US 12,120,770 B2
Communication apparatus capable of communicating with other devices, control method of communication apparatus, and storage medium
Takashi Matsui, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/699,926.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-053819 (JP), filed on Mar. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0312179 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 8/00 (2009.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 16/28 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 8/005 (2013.01) [H04W 4/026 (2013.01); H04W 16/28 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
9. A control method of a communication apparatus, the method comprising:
transmitting a first signal for a search in a predetermined first range;
after transmitting the first signal for a search in the predetermined first range, transmitting a second signal for a search in a second range narrower than the predetermined first range;
wirelessly communicating with an external apparatus;
upon receipt of a first response to the first signal, controlling the communication apparatus to transmit the second signal for the search in the second range narrower than the predetermined first range, based on a direction of the first response; and
upon receipt of a second response to the second signal, informing a user of a direction of the external apparatus,
wherein, in a case where communication is performed, the communication apparatus continuously communicates dummy data for the external apparatus.