US 12,461,186 B2
Electronic device, processing method, and program
Kota Nishida, Shiojiri (JP)
Assigned to Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/190,594.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-051055 (JP), filed on Mar. 28, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0305095 A1, Sep. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 64/00 (2009.01); G01S 5/00 (2006.01); G01S 13/08 (2006.01); G06F 21/30 (2013.01)
CPC G01S 5/0045 (2013.01) [G01S 13/08 (2013.01); G06F 21/305 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device for wirelessly communicating with a terminal device by a wireless communicator, the electronic device comprising:
a direction information acquisition unit configured to acquire, based on a beacon signal received by the wireless communicator from the terminal device, direction information related to a direction of the terminal device with respect to a reference position of the electronic device; and
a processor configured to perform image formation based on an image forming job corresponding to terminal identification information in the beacon signal when the processor determines that, based on the direction information, the terminal device is positioned in a first range which is a direction range of a predetermined angle.