Patent ID: 11950095
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A communication apparatus having a direct wireless communication function of performing wireless communication with an external device without using an external relay device, the communication apparatus comprising:
at least one memory that stores a set of instructions; and
at least one processor that executes the set of instructions to:
set a setting related to starting of the direct wireless communication function to either one of ON or OFF;
receive a user instruction to start the direct wireless communication function; and
control the communication apparatus to start the direct wireless communication function not based on the user instruction to start the direct wireless communication function, but in accordance with the communication apparatus being in a predetermined state in a case where the setting related to starting of the direct wireless communication function is set to ON,
wherein the direct wireless communication function is not started in accordance with the communication apparatus being in a predetermined state, but is started based on a user instruction to start the direct wireless communication function in a case where the setting related to starting of the direct wireless communication function is set to OFF.