JP2022059004A5

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Publication number: JP2022059004A5
Application number: JP2022021413A
Authority: JP
Filing date: 2022-02-15
Publication date: 2022-06-06
Anticipated expiration: 2035-01-26

Description

本発明は、上記の課題を解決するためになされたものであり、通信装置のコンピュータを、対象装置との第１無線通信によって通信情報を取得する取得手段と、前記所定のネットワークに前記対象装置が属していないこと、及び、前記所定の命令のブロードキャストの実行の結果に基づいて、前記対象装置との第１無線通信によって取得された前記通信情報に基づいて確立される、前記通信装置の外部且つ前記対象装置の外部の装置である外部装置を介さない前記通信装置と前記対象装置との間のピアツーピアの無線接続を用いて、所定の情報を前記対象装置に対して送信する第２無線通信を実行し、前記所定のネットワークに前記対象装置が属していること、及び、前記所定の命令のブロードキャストの実行の結果に基づいて、前記外部装置を介した前記通信装置と前記対象装置との間の無線接続を用いて、前記所定の情報を前記対象装置に対して送信する第３無線通信を実行する実行手段と、として動作させ、前記第１無線通信は、前記第２無線通信に用いられる通信方式及び、前記第３無線通信に用いられる通信方式と異なる近距離無線通信方式によって実行されることを特徴とする。 The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and is an acquisition means for acquiring communication information from a computer of a communication device by first wireless communication with the target device, and the target device in the predetermined network. External to the communication device, which is established based on the communication information acquired by the first wireless communication with the target device based on the fact that the device does not belong to the device and the result of executing the broadcast of the predetermined instruction. A second wireless communication that transmits predetermined information to the target device by using a peer-to-peer wireless connection between the communication device and the target device without going through an external device that is an external device of the target device. Is executed, and based on the fact that the target device belongs to the predetermined network and the result of executing the broadcast of the predetermined command, between the communication device and the target device via the external device. The first wireless communication is used for the second wireless communication by operating as an execution means for executing the third wireless communication for transmitting the predetermined information to the target device by using the wireless connection of the above. It is characterized in that it is executed by a communication method and a short-range wireless communication method different from the communication method used for the third wireless communication .

Claims

The computer of the communication device,
An acquisition means for acquiring communication information by the first wireless communication with the target device,
A broadcasting means for broadcasting a predetermined instruction to a predetermined network including the communication device and an external device, and
Established based on the communication information acquired by the first wireless communication with the target device based on the fact that the target device does not belong to the predetermined network and the result of executing the broadcast of the predetermined command. Predetermined information is transferred to the target device by using a peer-to-peer wireless connection between the communication device and the target device, which is external to the communication device and does not go through an external device that is an external device of the target device. Execute the second wireless communication to transmit to
Based on the fact that the target device belongs to the predetermined network and the result of executing the broadcast of the predetermined command, a wireless connection between the communication device and the target device via the external device is established. By using it, it is operated as an execution means for executing a third wireless communication for transmitting the predetermined information to the target device.
The first wireless communication is a program characterized in that it is executed by a communication method used for the second wireless communication and a short-range wireless communication method different from the communication method used for the third wireless communication.

Further, the target device is further operated as a first determination means for determining whether or not the target device is already operating in the mode for peer-to-peer wireless communication.
The program according to claim 1, wherein the first determination means executes determination based on information acquired by the short-range wireless communication method.

Further operated as a second determination means for determining whether or not the target device belongs to the predetermined network.
The second determination means is a response received from a device participating in the predetermined network based on the execution of the broadcast of the predetermined command after the predetermined command is broadcast, and is a response of the target device. The program according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the determination is executed based on whether or not a predetermined response, which is a response corresponding to the identification information, is detected by the communication device.

After it is determined by the first determination means that the target device is not operating in the mode for wireless communication in the peer-to-peer, the target device belongs to the predetermined network by the second determination means. The program according to claim 3, which is subordinate to claim 2, wherein it is determined whether or not the presence is present.

The program according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the identification information of the target device is received from the target device by the short-range wireless communication method.

The program according to any one of claims 3 to 5, wherein the identification information of the target device includes a MAC address.

The peer-to-peer wireless connection between the communication device and the target device without going through the external device shall be a peer-to-peer wireless connection between the communication device and the target device using the access point of the target device. The program according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the program is characterized by.

The program according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the short-range wireless communication method used for the first wireless communication is a Near Field Communication (NFC).

The program according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the short-range wireless communication method used for the first wireless communication is Bluetooth.

The program according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the communication method used for the second wireless communication and the communication method used for the third wireless communication are wireless LANs.

The program according to claim 10, wherein the communication method used for the second wireless communication is Wi-Fi Direct.

A claim that the short-range wireless communication method used for the first wireless communication is characterized in that the communication speed is different from the communication method used for the second wireless communication and the communication method used for the third wireless communication. The program according to any one of 1 to 11.

The communication is based on the fact that the target device is not operating in a mode for wireless communication in the peer-to-peer manner, and the target device does not belong to a predetermined network including the communication device and the external device. The invention according to any one of claims 1 to 12, wherein the device is further operated as a transmission means for transmitting the instruction for operating the device in the mode for wireless communication in the peer-to-peer manner by the short-range wireless communication method. Program.

The program according to claim 13, wherein the mode for peer-to-peer wireless communication is a mode in which the target device operates as an access point.

The target device is a printing device that executes printing.
The program according to any one of claims 1 to 14, wherein the predetermined information is a print job for causing the target device to perform printing.

Further operate as a display means to display a selection screen for selecting image data,
The program according to any one of claims 1 to 15, wherein the predetermined information is information based on image data selected by a user on the selection screen.

Based on the fact that the target device is already operating in the mode for wireless communication in the peer-to-peer, the second wireless communication is executed.
Based on the fact that the target device is not operating in a mode for peer-to-peer wireless communication, that the target device does not belong to the predetermined network, and that the result of broadcasting the predetermined instruction is executed. , The second wireless communication is executed,
Based on the fact that the target device is not operating in a mode for peer-to-peer wireless communication, that the target device belongs to the predetermined network, and that the result of broadcasting the predetermined instruction is executed. The program according to any one of claims 1 to 16, wherein the third wireless communication is executed.

It ’s a communication device,
An acquisition means for acquiring communication information by the first wireless communication with the target device,
Established based on the communication information acquired by the first wireless communication with the target device based on the fact that the target device does not belong to the predetermined network and the result of executing the broadcast of the predetermined command. Predetermined information is transferred to the target device by using a peer-to-peer wireless connection between the communication device and the target device, which is external to the communication device and does not go through an external device that is an external device of the target device. Execute the second wireless communication to transmit to
Based on the fact that the target device belongs to the predetermined network and the result of executing the broadcast of the predetermined command, a wireless connection between the communication device and the target device via the external device is established. It has an execution means for executing a third wireless communication for transmitting the predetermined information to the target device.
The first wireless communication is a communication device characterized in that it is executed by a communication method used for the second wireless communication and a short-range wireless communication method different from the communication method used for the third wireless communication.

It is a control method for communication devices.
The acquisition step of acquiring communication information by the first wireless communication with the target device,
Established based on the communication information acquired by the first wireless communication with the target device based on the fact that the target device does not belong to the predetermined network and the result of executing the broadcast of the predetermined command. Predetermined information is transferred to the target device by using a peer-to-peer wireless connection between the communication device and the target device, which is external to the communication device and does not go through an external device that is an external device of the target device. Execute the second wireless communication to transmit to
Based on the fact that the target device belongs to the predetermined network and the result of executing the broadcast of the predetermined command, a wireless connection between the communication device and the target device via the external device is established. It has an execution step of executing a third wireless communication for transmitting the predetermined information to the target device by using the method.
The first wireless communication is a communication device characterized in that it is executed by a communication method used for the second wireless communication and a short-range wireless communication method different from the communication method used for the third wireless communication.