Patent ID: 11937179
Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G  Y | IPC G  H

Claim 7:
8. A communication control method for an electronic apparatus that operates in one of a plurality of operation modes including a first operation mode and a second operation mode having lower power consumption than the first operation mode and that wirelessly communicates with an external access point, the communication control method comprising:
determining whether the electronic apparatus is operating in the first operation mode or in the second operation mode,
executing first scan processing as scan processing for the access point such that the first scan processing scans a first scanning target and a second scanning target in response to determining that the electronic apparatus is operating in the first operation mode; and
executing second scan processing in which a scanning target is limited compared with the first scan processing such that the second scan processing scans the first scanning target but does not scan the second scanning target in response to determining that the electronic apparatus is operating in the second operation mode,
the executing of the first scan processing starting after stopping the second operation mode and shifting to the first operation mode in response to a change in communication setting being carried out based on a user instruction while the electronic apparatus is operating in the second operation mode.