Image communication apparatus wirelessly connectable to other apparatuses, system having the image communication apparatus, and method for controlling the same

摘要

A wireless mode between a scanner and an image communication apparatus is changed, in response to completion of image transmission from the scanner to the image communication apparatus, completion of print of the image sent from the scanner to the image communication apparatus, completion of transmission via a communication line connected to the image communication apparatus of the image sent from the scanner to the image communication apparatus, instructions to stop print of the image sent from the scanner to the image communication apparatus, instructions to stop transmission via the communication line connected to the image communication apparatus of the image sent from the scanner to the image communication apparatus, and states of the scanner and the image communication apparatus at a predetermined time and so on. For example, a low power consumption mode and communication mode of Bluetooth communication are switched to each other.

主权项

1. An electric apparatus comprising:
a communication unit that communicates wirelessly with an other apparatus; and a controller that controls, in a case that a remaining amount of a battery of the electric apparatus is lower than a defined value in a state that the communication unit is in a second mode of which power consumption is lower than that of a first mode, the communication unit to transmit, to the other apparatus, a first message for requesting a transition to the first mode, and controls, in a case that the communication unit has transitioned to the first mode in response to the transmission of the first message, the communication unit to transmit, to the other apparatus, a second message for requesting the other apparatus to supply electric power.