Patent ID: 8810669
Filing Date: 2014-08-19
Classification: H04L,H04N,H04W

Abstract:
1. An image input device capable of wireless communication, comprising: a setting unit, configured to set external device identification information for each of at least one external device, by communicating with the at least one external device, in advance; a storage unit configured to store the external device identification information set by the setting unit; an instruction unit configured to instruct, when no external device is connected to the image input device, the start of connection with an external device; a selection unit configured to select an external device based on the external device identification information stored in the storage unit; and a control unit configured to control the image input device so as to transition into a state for establishing a wireless connection using a predetermined transmission protocol with the selected external device based on the set external device identification information when the start of connection is instructed, wherein the control unit comprises: (a) a first transition unit configured to transition the image input device into a first state for establishing the wireless connection using the predetermined transmission protocol with any external device identified by the set external device identification information; and (b) a second transition unit configured to transition the image input device into a second state for establishing the wireless connection using the predetermined transmission protocol with the selected external device and not establishing the wireless connection using the predetermined transmission protocol with an external device other than the selected external device, and wherein the control unit controls the image input device so as to transition into the first state after the start of connection is instructed and before the selection is made by the selection unit, and so as to transition into the second state from the first state after the selection is made by the selection unit.