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Apparatus with communication function, method of controlling apparatus, and storage medium storing program for controlling apparatus

US7117023B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 16, 2001
Grant dateOct 3, 2006
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Expiry dateOct 16, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02D30/70
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Even in an apparatus connected to another apparatus which periodically transmits a command, a mode transition such as transition to a power saving stand-by mode can be performed. A mode change for Bluetooth communications and a mode change in a stand-by state are performed in cooperation with each other to efficiently switch between stand-by modes.

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