US 12,015,979 B2
Electronic apparatus, communication system, and communication method
Kota Nishida, Shiojiri (JP)
Assigned to SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 24, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/211,301.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-056950 (JP), filed on Mar. 27, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0306944 A1, Sep. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. H04W 48/20 (2009.01); G06F 3/12 (2006.01); H04W 40/24 (2009.01); H04W 48/18 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 48/20 (2013.01) [G06F 3/1203 (2013.01); G06F 3/1236 (2013.01); G06F 3/1292 (2013.01); H04W 40/246 (2013.01); H04W 48/18 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic apparatus, comprising:
a wireless communication section configured to execute first wireless communication, which is communication with a terminal device through an external access point, and second wireless communication, which is direct connection to the terminal device; and
a processing section configured to perform communication control for the wireless communication section, wherein
when security strength of a second security standard of the second wireless communication is higher compared with security strength of a first security standard of the first wireless communication, the wireless communication section switches the communication with the terminal device from the first wireless communication to the second wireless communication,
the wireless communication section acquires information concerning the second security standard from the terminal device,
the acquired information concerning the second security standard is terminal ability information representing a security standard supported by the terminal device,
the processing section determines, based on the acquired information, whether to switch the communication with the terminal device from the first wireless communication to the second wireless communication,
the wireless communication section operates as an internal access point and performs the second wireless communication with the terminal device using the internal access point,
when the security strength of the second security standard of the second wireless communication is higher compared with the security strength of the first security standard of the first wireless communication, the wireless communication section transmits, to the terminal device, a request for connection change from the first wireless communication to the second wireless communication, and
the request for connection change includes connection information for connecting to the internal access point.