US 12,225,620 B2
Electronic apparatus and method for controlling the same
Shinya Sakashita, Nagano (JP)
Assigned to Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/656,243.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-053092 (JP), filed on Mar. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0312547 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 76/30 (2018.01); G06F 1/26 (2006.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); H04W 88/06 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 76/30 (2018.02) [G06F 1/266 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); H04W 88/06 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic apparatus, comprising:
a first communication section that performs first communication in a wireless manner based on a first communication standard;
a second communication section that performs second communication in a wired manner based on a second communication standard that is different from the first communication standard, an electric power being supplied from an apparatus of a connection destination of the second communication to the electric apparatus in the second communication standard; and
a controller that controls the first communication section and the second communication section, wherein
in response to performance of connection in the second communication during connection in the first communication, a supply of the electric power from the apparatus of the connection destination of the second communication to the electronic apparatus using the second communication is started before a predetermined packet is received through the second communication,
the controller does not disconnect the first communication until the predetermined packet is received through the second communication, and
the controller disconnects the first communication when receiving the predetermined packet through the second communication.