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US 9,883,066 B2Granted
Method and device for performing printing operation through communication service of image forming apparatus
AssigneeS-Printing Solution Co., Ltd.
InventorsJung-hyun Shin, Jeong-phil Kim
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus and a communication connection method thereof. The communication connection method includes: receiving, by a first image forming apparatus, packet information from a second image forming apparatus; measuring, by the first image forming apparatus, a signal strength of the received packet information; and changing a connection reference strength of the first image forming apparatus based on the measured signal strength.
Claims20
A communication connection method comprising:
- receiving, by a first image forming apparatus, a signal including a data packet from a second image forming apparatus:
- the first image forming apparatus having a first connection reference strength level indicating a first connection boundary from the first image forming apparatus, the first image forming apparatus being configured to be connectable to devices located within the first connection boundary, and
- the second image forming apparatus having a second connection boundary from the second image forming apparatus, the second image forming apparatus being configured to be connectable to devices located within the second connection boundary;
- determining, by the first image forming apparatus, a signal strength of the received signal;
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- changing, by the first image forming apparatus, the first connection reference strength level based on the determined signal strength, so that the first connection boundary of the first image forming apparatus does not overlap with the second connection boundary of the second image forming apparatus.
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A first image forming apparatus comprising:
- a communicator configured to receive a signal including a data packet from a second image forming apparatus:
- the first image forming apparatus having a first connection reference strength level indicating a first connection boundary from the first image forming apparatus, the first image forming apparatus being configured to be connectable to devices located within the first connection boundary, and
- the second image forming apparatus having a second connection boundary from the second image forming apparatus, the second image forming apparatus being configured to be connectable to devices located within the second connection boundary;
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- a controller configured to:
- determine a signal strength of the received signal, and
- change the first connection reference strength level based on the determined signal strength, so that the first connection boundary of the first image forming apparatus does not overlap with the second connection boundary of the second image forming apparatus.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.