Patent Publication Number: US-11645021-B2

Title: Communication system, communication apparatus, and control method using wireless communication

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
     This application is a Continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 17/122,617, filed Dec. 15, 2020, which claims the benefit of Japanese Patent Applications No. 2019-232163, filed Dec. 23, 2019, No. 2019-236838, filed Dec. 26, 2019, and No. 2020-168733, filed Oct. 5, 2020, all of which are hereby incorporated by reference herein in their entirety. 
    
    
     BACKGROUND 
     Field of the Disclosure 
     Aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to a communication apparatus capable of performing wireless communication with a terminal such as a portable communication terminal. The communication apparatus is able to be used for office equipment, such as a printer, a scanner, a facsimile (FAX) machine, a copying machine, and a multifunction peripheral acting as a combination of some or all of these machines and, additionally, a general-purpose information processing apparatus such as a personal computer (PC). 
     Description of the Related Art 
     In recent years, portable communication terminals, such as smartphones and tablet terminals, have been growing in use for business purposes. Alongside this, even in office equipment (information processing apparatuses) including printers (image forming apparatuses), an expansion of the function of cooperating with portable communication terminals is being required. 
     Examples of such a cooperative function include the function of performing cooperation using Bluetooth® communication, particularly, Bluetooth Low Energy (hereinafter referred to as “BLE”). Here, BLE is one of the Bluetooth standards, and is a standard for close-range wireless communication intended to provide reduced power consumption compared to Classic Bluetooth. 
     Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2017-173189 discusses a system which identifies a distance between an image forming apparatus and a portable communication terminal (external apparatus) with use of the radio field intensity of a BLE beacon signal which the image forming apparatus emits, and, in a case where the identified distance is sufficiently small, determines that the image forming apparatus and the portable communication terminal are apparatuses which ought to cooperate with each other and starts communications directed to cooperation. 
     The system discussed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2017-173189 has room for improvement in a method for determining apparatuses which are to cooperate with each other. This is because the system discussed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2017-173189 uses only information about a distance between the two apparatuses in determining apparatuses which are to cooperate with each other and, therefore, may cause apparatuses which are close in distance but ought not to cooperate with each other to inadvertently cooperate with each other. For example, in the system discussed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2017-173189, suppose that a distance available for cooperation has been determined in such a way as to enable an image forming apparatus to cooperate with a portable communication terminal which has come close to the front side of the image forming apparatus. In this case, the image forming apparatus may start to cooperate with even a portable communication terminal which is situated facing the back side or lateral side of the image forming apparatus as long as the portable communication terminal is present within the range of the determined distance. Therefore, cooperation may start when a user who carries the portable communication terminal has only tried to pass by the back side or lateral side of the image forming apparatus. 
     SUMMARY 
     Aspects of the present disclosure are generally directed to providing or reducing a communication system capable of preventing the occurrence of a situation in which a communication terminal and a communication apparatus may cooperate with each other via wireless communication in error. Particularly, aspects of the present disclosure are directed to providing a communication system capable of preventing or reducing the occurrence of a situation in which, in the case of performing cooperation via Bluetooth wireless communication with use of information about a distance between a communication terminal and a communication apparatus, the communication terminal and the communication apparatus may cooperate with each other in error. 
     According to embodiments of the present disclosure, a communication system includes a communication apparatus and a communication terminal which are able to perform wireless communication with each other, in which the communication apparatus includes a first wireless communication interface conforming to a Bluetooth standard and including a plurality of antennas, and in which the communication terminal includes a second wireless communication interface conforming to the Bluetooth standard and one or more controllers configured to acquire angle information and radio field intensity information based on a result of a plurality of radio waves respectively emitted from the plurality of antennas having been received by the second wireless communication interface, and, in response to the angle information and the radio field intensity information having satisfied a predetermined condition, transmit a request for establishment of wireless communication conforming to the Bluetooth standard to the first wireless communication interface via the second wireless communication interface. 
     Further features of the present disclosure will become apparent from the following description of exemplary embodiments with reference to the attached drawings. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         FIG.  1    is a diagram illustrating a configuration of an image processing system. 
         FIG.  2    is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of a portable communication terminal. 
         FIG.  3    is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of an image forming apparatus. 
         FIG.  4 A  is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a Bluetooth circuit included in the image forming apparatus. 
         FIG.  4 B  is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a Bluetooth circuit included in the portable communication terminal. 
         FIG.  5 A  is a diagram illustrating the front surface of a Bluetooth circuit board. 
         FIG.  5 B  is a diagram illustrating the upper surface of the Bluetooth circuit board. 
         FIG.  5 C  is a diagram illustrating the back surface of the Bluetooth circuit board. 
         FIG.  5 D  is a diagram used to explain a relationship between radio waves and a shield. 
         FIG.  6    is a diagram used to explain direction detection which is performed with use of Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE). 
         FIG.  7    is a diagram illustrating a flow for establishment of communication between the portable communication terminal and the image forming apparatus using BLE. 
         FIG.  8 A  is a diagram illustrating an image forming apparatus in a first exemplary embodiment as viewed from diagonally forward right. 
         FIG.  8 B  is a diagram illustrating the image forming apparatus in the first exemplary embodiment as viewed from right lateral side. 
         FIG.  9    is a diagram illustrating the entire flow of respective operations of the user, the portable communication terminal, and the image forming apparatus in the first exemplary embodiment. 
         FIG.  10    is a flowchart illustrating processing which the portable communication terminal in the first exemplary embodiment performs. 
         FIG.  11    is a flowchart illustrating processing which the image forming apparatus performs. 
         FIG.  12    is a diagram illustrating a relationship between radio field intensity and distance in a look-up table (LUT) which is used for conversion. 
         FIG.  13 A  is a diagram used to explain a communication establishment region in the first exemplary embodiment.  FIG.  13 B  is a diagram used to explain a communication establishment region formed in a mirror arrangement. 
         FIG.  14 A  is a diagram illustrating an image forming apparatus in each of a second exemplary embodiment and a third exemplary embodiment as viewed from diagonally forward right. 
         FIG.  14 B  is a diagram illustrating the image forming apparatus in each of the second exemplary embodiment and the third exemplary embodiment as viewed from right lateral side. 
         FIG.  14 C  is a diagram illustrating the image forming apparatus in each of the second exemplary embodiment and the third exemplary embodiment as viewed from upper side. 
         FIG.  15 A  is a diagram used to explain a communication establishment region in the second exemplary embodiment. 
         FIG.  15 B  is a diagram used to explain a communication establishment region in a modification example of the second exemplary embodiment. 
         FIG.  16    is a diagram illustrating the entire flow of respective operations of the user, the portable communication terminal, and the image forming apparatus in the second exemplary embodiment. 
         FIG.  17   , which is composed of  FIGS.  17 A and  17 B , is a flowchart illustrating processing which the portable communication terminal in the second exemplary embodiment performs. 
         FIG.  18    is a diagram illustrating the entire flow of respective operations of the user, the portable communication terminal, and the image forming apparatus in the third exemplary embodiment. 
         FIG.  19   , which is composed of  FIGS.  19 A and  19 B , is a flowchart illustrating processing which the portable communication terminal in the third exemplary embodiment performs. 
         FIG.  20 A  is a diagram used to explain a communication establishment region in the third exemplary embodiment. 
         FIG.  20 B  is a diagram used to explain a method for calculating the communication establishment region in the third exemplary embodiment. 
         FIG.  20 C  is a diagram used to explain a method for calculating the communication establishment region in the third exemplary embodiment. 
         FIGS.  21 A,  21 B,  21 C,  21 D,  21 E, and  21 F  are diagrams illustrating examples of screens each of which is displayed on the portable communication terminal. 
         FIG.  22    is a diagram used to explain a communication establishment region in a further exemplary embodiment. 
         FIG.  23 A  is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a Bluetooth circuit included in the image forming apparatus. 
         FIG.  23 B  is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a Bluetooth circuit included in the portable communication terminal. 
         FIG.  24 A  is a diagram illustrating the front surface of a Bluetooth circuit board. 
         FIG.  24 B  is a diagram illustrating the upper surface of the Bluetooth circuit board. 
         FIG.  24 C  is a diagram illustrating the back surface of the Bluetooth circuit board. 
         FIG.  24 D  is a diagram used to explain a relationship between radio waves and a shield. 
         FIG.  25    is a diagram used to explain direction detection which is performed with use of BLE. 
     
    
    
     DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS 
     Various exemplary embodiments, features, and aspects of the disclosure will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. Furthermore, configurations used to implement the present disclosure are not limited to only the configurations which are described in the following description. A part of the described configurations can be omitted or replaced with an equivalent thereof within a range in which similar advantageous effects are able to be attained. 
     In a first exemplary embodiment, a configuration in which an angle of emission (angle of departure (AoD)) method is employed to calculate a relative positional relationship between an image forming apparatus and a portable communication terminal is described. More specifically, a configuration in which a plurality of radio waves emitted from a plurality of antennas is received by one antenna of a portable communication terminal and the relative positional relationship is calculated based on the received radio waves is described. Particularly, in the first exemplary embodiment, a configuration in which a Bluetooth circuit  21  is mounted on the front surface side of an image forming apparatus  20  and a detection area which is limited in angle and distance around the Bluetooth circuit  21  is used is described. 
     &lt;System Configuration&gt; 
       FIG.  1    is a diagram illustrating a configuration of an image processing system  1 . As illustrated in  FIG.  1   , the image processing system  1  (communication system) includes a portable communication terminal  10 , an image forming apparatus  20 , a client terminal  400 , and a server  300 . The image forming apparatus  20 , the client terminal  400 , and the server  300  are interconnected via a network  500  in such a way as to be able to communicate with each other. 
     The image forming apparatus  20  is a communication apparatus, such as a multifunction peripheral (MFP) having a plurality of functions including, for example, a copy function, a scan function, a print function, a facsimile (FAX) function, and an e-mail transmission function, a printer having a single function (single-function printer (SFP)), or a scanner. In the image processing system  1  in the first exemplary embodiment, the image forming apparatus  20  is described as a color laser beam multifunction peripheral. 
     The client terminal  400  is an information processing apparatus, such as a personal computer (PC), which the user uses. The client terminal  400  issues a print job to cause the image forming apparatus  20  to print an electronic file stored in a storage included therein or an external server (not illustrated). Moreover, the client terminal  400  performs reception of image data obtained by the image forming apparatus  20  performing scanning. 
     The server  300  is an information processing apparatus which provides various network services to image forming apparatuses. 
     The server  300  provides, for example, a service for storing print data which the image forming apparatus  20  is able to download and print. The server  300  provides, for example, a service for receiving upload of an image read by the image forming apparatus  20  and storing the uploaded image. The server  300  provides, for example, an e-mail service for transmitting an e-mail output from the image forming apparatus  20  to a destination apparatus and transmitting, to the image forming apparatus  20 , an e-mail addressed from an external apparatus to the image forming apparatus  20 . The server  300  provides, for example, a user authentication service for managing users who use the image forming apparatus  20  with use of, for example, a user identification (ID) or a group ID. 
     Furthermore, the term “job” refers to a unit of serial image processing (for example, copy, scan, or print) which the image forming apparatus  20  implements using a scanner  24  and a printer  25 . 
     The network  500  is an information communication network including, for example, a local area network (LAN) or a wide area network (WAN). 
     The portable communication terminal  10  is a communication apparatus, such as a mobile telephone including, for example, a smartphone, a tablet-type personal computer, a notebook-type personal computer, or a personal digital assistant (PDA). The portable communication terminal  10  is able to communicate with the image forming apparatus  20  via, for example, Bluetooth communication, wireless LAN communication, or near field communication (NFC), and has a cooperation function of cooperating with the image forming apparatus  20  using wireless communication. Examples of the cooperation function include an authentication function (login function) of performing an authentication procedure between the portable communication terminal  10  and the image forming apparatus  20  and limiting or canceling the functions of the image forming apparatus  20 . Moreover, examples of the cooperation function include a printing function of transmitting, from the portable communication terminal  10 , print data to be printed by the image forming apparatus  20 . Moreover, examples of the cooperation function include a transmission function of transmitting, to the portable communication terminal  10 , an image read by the image forming apparatus  20  from an original. Moreover, examples of the cooperation function include a confirmation function of acquiring and confirming, via the portable communication terminal  10 , status information, setting information, and screen information about the image forming apparatus  20 . 
     &lt;Portable Communication Terminal&gt; 
       FIG.  2    is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of the portable communication terminal  10 . As illustrated in  FIG.  2   , the portable communication terminal  10  includes, for example, a controller  100 , an operation panel  14 , a Bluetooth circuit  11 , a wireless LAN circuit  12 , an NFC circuit  13 , other circuits  15 , and a Universal Serial Bus interface (USB-IF)  16 . Moreover, the operation panel  14 , the Bluetooth circuit  11 , the wireless LAN circuit  12 , the NFC circuit  13 , the other circuits  15 , and the USB-IF  16  are connected to the controller  100  via communication paths such as buses in such a way as to be able to communicate with the controller  100 . 
     Moreover, various wireless circuits (Bluetooth, wireless LAN, and NFC) included in the portable communication terminal  10  are able to perform wireless communication connection and exchange of data with various wireless circuits included in the image forming apparatus  20 . 
     The Bluetooth circuit  11  is an antenna module unit (wireless communication interface) equipped with a controller compliant with a Bluetooth standard. Here, the Bluetooth circuit  11  is assumed to perform communication in conformance with the IEEE 802.15 standard (what is called Bluetooth®). Specifically, the Bluetooth circuit  11  is assumed to perform wireless communication using Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) for low power consumption, which is a part of the Bluetooth standard and using an Industrial Scientific and Medical (ISM) band for the 2.4 GHz band. Moreover, the Bluetooth circuit  11  is assumed to conform to a BLE communication method of Bluetooth 5.1 and to be compatible with the function of detecting a direction in which the image forming apparatus  20  is situated with use of the BLE communication. A specific method for direction detection is described below with reference to  FIG.  6   . 
     The wireless LAN circuit  12  is an antenna module unit (wireless communication interface) equipped with a controller compliant with a wireless LAN standard (the Wi-Fi standard or the IEEE 802.11 standard). 
     The NFC circuit  13  is an antenna module unit (wireless communication interface) equipped with a controller compliant with an NFC standard (for example, ISO/IEC 14443 Type A, Type B, or FeliCa (Type F)). 
     The operation panel  14  is a user interface unit which is able to perform displaying and inputting of information. The operation panel  14  includes a display  141 , which functions as a display unit for displaying information, and a touch panel  142 , which functions as an input unit (reception unit) for receiving inputting of information. 
     The other circuits  15  are other circuits which constitute the portable communication terminal  10 , such as a functional module for mobile phone radio waves and a functional module for the Global Positioning System (GPS). Configurations of the other circuits  15  vary with products of the portable communication terminal  10  and are, therefore, omitted from detailed description. 
     The USB-IF  16  is an interface for connecting to an information processing apparatus such as a personal computer and performing transmission and reception of data via communication of the USB standard. 
     The controller  100  is a control unit for performing various control operations for the portable communication terminal  10 . The controller  100  includes a central processing unit (CPU)  101 , a user interface (UI) controller  102 , a random access memory (RAM)  103 , a read-only memory (ROM)  104 , and a storage  105 . 
     The CPU  101  is a central computation unit which controls the entire portable communication terminal  10 , and implements the functions of the portable communication terminal  10  by connecting to and controlling various functional units of the portable communication terminal  10 . 
     The UI controller  102  is a UI control unit which controls the display  141  and the touch panel  142  in cooperation with the CPU  101 . The UI controller  102  performs processing for recognizing an operation performed by the user on the touch panel  142 . Moreover, the UI controller  102  performs processing for changing the display content of the display  141  according to an operational status on the portable communication terminal  10  or an operational status on the touch panel  142 . The user is allowed to operate applications described below by using the operation panel  14 . 
     The RAM  103  is a work memory used for the CPU  101  to operate, and stores arithmetic operation data and various programs. 
     The ROM  104  stores, for example, programs and image data which the CPU  101  of the portable communication terminal  10  uses and applications which run in cooperation with the image forming apparatus  20 . 
     The storage  105  is a non-volatile secondary storage device used for storing large-volume programs and data. The stored programs and data become able to be used by being loaded onto the RAM  103 . The storage  105  is a memory device (memory unit or storage unit) standardized as, for example, a Secure Digital (SD) card, an embedded MultiMediaCard (eMMC), or a solid state drive (SSD). Furthermore, a part of the function of the storage  105  can be assumed by the ROM  104 . 
     &lt;Image Forming Apparatus&gt; 
       FIG.  3    is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of the image forming apparatus  20 . The image forming apparatus  20  includes, for example, a controller  200 , a scanner  24 , a printer  25 , an operation panel  26 , a Bluetooth circuit  21 , a wireless LAN circuit  22 , a near field communication (NFC) circuit  23  (NFC unit), a wired LAN-IF  27 , and a USB-IF  28 . These functional units of the image forming apparatus  20  operate in conjunction with each other to implement various functions such as printing, scanning, and copying. Moreover, the respective wireless circuits (the Bluetooth circuit  21 , the wireless LAN circuit  22 , and the NFC circuit  23 ) perform wireless communication connection with the wireless circuits included in the portable communication terminal  10 , thus being able to exchange data therewith. 
     The Bluetooth circuit  21  is an antenna module unit (wireless communication interface) equipped with a controller compliant with the Bluetooth standard. As with the portable communication terminal  10 , the Bluetooth circuit  21  is assumed to perform communication in conformance with the IEEE 802.15 standard and is assumed to conform to a BLE communication method of Bluetooth 5.1. The Bluetooth circuit  21  includes a plurality of antennas in such a way as to enable the Bluetooth circuit  11  of the portable communication terminal  10  to recognize the angle of emission of the image forming apparatus  20 . A specific configuration of the Bluetooth circuit  21  and a specific method for direction detection are described below. 
     The wireless LAN circuit  22  is an antenna module unit (wireless communication interface) equipped with a controller compliant with the wireless LAN standard (the Wi-Fi standard or the IEEE 802.11 standard). 
     The NFC circuit  23  is an antenna module unit (wireless communication interface) equipped with a controller compliant with the NFC standard (for example, ISO/IEC  14443  Type A, Type B, or FeliCa (Type F)). 
     The scanner  24  is a unit (a reading unit or a reading device) which reads an image or characters on an original with a charge-coupled device (CCD) sensor or a contact image sensor (CIS) and converts the read image or characters into image data. An original an image or characters on which are to be read can be the one placed on a document positioning glass plate or the one conveyed by an automatic document feeder (ADF). 
     The printer  25  is a printer engine (an image forming unit or an image forming device) which prints image data on paper (sheet). The printer  25  is of, for example, an electrophotographic type, and includes, for example, a laser scanner unit, a photosensitive drum, and a paper conveyance unit. Furthermore, a printer engine of another type, such as an inkjet type, can be employed. 
     The operation panel  26  is a UI unit which the user uses to operate the image forming apparatus  20 . The operation panel  26  is a user interface unit which is able to perform displaying and inputting of information. The operation panel  26  includes a display  262 , which functions as a display unit for displaying information, a touch panel  263 , which functions as an input unit (reception unit) for receiving inputting of information, and a UI controller  261 , which controls the display  262  and the touch panel  263 . The UI controller  261  controls the display  262  and the touch panel  263  in cooperation with a main system on a chip (SoC)  201 . The UI controller  261  performs processing for recognizing an operation performed by the user on the touch panel  263 . Moreover, the UI controller  261  performs processing for changing the display content of the display  262  according to an operational status on the image forming apparatus  20  or an operational status on the touch panel  263 . 
     The wired LAN-IF  27  is an interface used for performing network communication via a connector for LAN. 
     The USB-IF  28  is an interface for connecting to, for example, a personal computer and performing transmission and reception of data with the personal computer via communication of the USB standard. 
     The controller  200  is electrically connected to and thus controls each of the Bluetooth circuit  21 , the wireless LAN circuit  22 , the NFC circuit  23 , the scanner  24 , the printer  25 , and the operation panel  26 . Moreover, the controller  200  includes, in addition to the main SoC  201 , for example, a RAM  205 , a ROM  206 , and a storage  207 . 
     The main SoC  201  (a system on a chip) is an integrated-circuit component, and includes a CPU  202 , an image processing hardware logic  203 , and various interface (IF) controllers  204 . 
     The CPU  202  is a central computation unit which controls the entire image forming apparatus  20 , and implements the functions of the image forming apparatus  20  by connecting to and controlling various functional units of the image forming apparatus  20 . 
     The image processing hardware logic  203  performs image processing, such as correction, manipulation, or editing, on image data received from, for example, the scanner  24  or the wired LAN-IF  27 . Moreover, the image processing hardware logic  203  performs processing, such as color conversion, filter processing, or resolution conversion, on image data which is to be output to the printer  25 . 
     The various IF controllers  204  are interface control controllers used for connection to, for example, the Bluetooth circuit  21 , the wireless LAN circuit  22 , the NFC circuit  23 , the RAM  205 , the ROM  206 , and the storage  207 . Examples of the interfaces include a USB interface, a Serial ATA (SATA) interface, and a low-voltage differential signaling (LVDS) interface. System buses used for connections of these units are included in the main SoC  201 . 
     The RAM  205  is a system work memory used for the CPU  202  to operate, and stores arithmetic operation data and various programs for the CPU  202 . Moreover, the RAM  205  is used also as an image memory which retains image data on which various image processing operations have been performed by the image processing hardware logic  203  during scanning or during printing. 
     The ROM  206  is a boot ROM, and stores a boot program for the controller  200 . 
     The storage  207  is a non-volatile secondary storage device used to store large-volume programs and data, and is used with the stored programs and data loaded onto the RAM  205 . For example, the storage  207  is a memory device (a memory unit or a storage unit) standardized as, for example, a hard disk drive (HDD) or an SSD. Furthermore, a part of the function of the storage  207  can be assumed by the ROM  206 . 
     &lt;Configurations of Bluetooth Circuits&gt; 
     Configurations of the Bluetooth circuit  21  and the Bluetooth circuit  11  are described in detail with reference to  FIGS.  4 A and  4 B , respectively.  FIG.  4 A  is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the Bluetooth circuit  21  included in the image forming apparatus  20 . The Bluetooth circuit  21  is mounted in the image forming apparatus  20 , and performs wireless communication conforming to the Bluetooth standard (mainly, concerning BLE) with the portable communication terminal  10 , thus controlling inputting and outputting of data between the portable communication terminal  10  and the main SoC  201 . As mentioned above, the Bluetooth circuit  21  conforms to a BLE communication method of Bluetooth  5 . 1 . The Bluetooth circuit  21  includes an integrated circuit (IC) chip  51  and BLE antennas  45  to  48 , which are arranged on a substrate  49 . Furthermore, while, in  FIG.  4 A , each antenna is illustrated as a trident, this is an expression of expediency for distinction from a solid line in the figure, and the actual shape of each antenna does not need to be a trident. The IC chip  51  includes functions of a host interface (I/F) control unit  41 , a BLE baseband unit  42 , a radio frequency (RF) control unit  43 , and an RF switch  44  in an aggregated manner. 
     The host I/F control unit  41  performs inputting and outputting of data with respect to the main SoC  201  illustrated in  FIG.  3    via a wired interface. Examples of the interface include an interface allowing for connection with a cable  80  (see  FIG.  8 B ) compliant with a serial communication method, such as a Universal Serial Bus (USB). The BLE baseband unit  42  is a unit which performs baseband signal processing to effect digital signal processing in BLE communication. The RF control unit  43  is a unit which performs modulation and demodulation processing of radio waves for radio frequency (RF) communication to perform BLE communication with the portable communication terminal  10 . The RF switch  44  performs switching control for connecting to the RF control unit  43  by switching between the BLE antennas  45  to  48  for connection. The RF switch  44  is assumed to include four contacts, i.e., a contact “a”, a contact “b”, a contact “c”, and a contact “d”. The BLE antenna  45  is an antenna formed to perform wireless communication and is able to be used to perform communication with the portable communication terminal  10 . Furthermore, the BLE antenna  45  is a pattern antenna wired in a pattern on the substrate  49 , and is regulated in such a way as to have antenna characteristics available for performing BLE communication in the 2.4 GHz band. The BLE antennas  46  to  48  are antennas formed in manners similar to that of the BLE antenna  45 . 
     Furthermore, the BLE antennas  45  to  48  do not need to be pattern antennas formed on the substrate  49 . For example, the BLE antennas  45  to  48  can be antenna components having equivalent characteristics (what is called “chip antennas”) which are mounted and arranged on the substrate  49 . Moreover, these antennas do not need to be arranged directly on the substrate  49 . For example, the antenna terminals “a”, “b”, “c”, and “d” of the IC chip  51  can be provided with terminal connectors, so that external antennas which are connectable to these connectors can be used. 
     The BLE antennas  46  to  48  are regulated in such a way as to have antenna characteristics equivalent to those of the BLE antenna  45 . Specifically, four BLE antennas having equivalent characteristics are evenly arranged on the substrate  49 . The BLE antenna  45  is connected to the contact “a” of the RF switch  44 , and, similarly, the BLE antennas  46  to  48  are connected to the contact “b”, the contact “c”, and the contact “d” of the RF switch  44 , respectively. Thus, the RF switch  44  is configured to be able to perform switching as to which BLE antenna of the four BLE antennas  45  to  48  to connect to the RF control unit  43 . 
       FIG.  4 B  is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the Bluetooth circuit  11  included in the portable communication terminal  10 . The Bluetooth circuit  11  is mounted in the portable communication terminal  10 , and performs wireless communication compliant with the Bluetooth standard (mainly, concerning BLE) with the image forming apparatus  20 , thus controlling inputting and outputting of data between the image forming apparatus  20  and the CPU  101 . While the Bluetooth circuit  21  includes a plurality of antennas mounted therein, the Bluetooth circuit  11  includes a single antenna mounted therein. The Bluetooth circuit  11  includes an IC chip  110  and a BLE antenna  115 , which are arranged on a substrate  119 . The IC chip  110  includes functions of a host I/F control unit  111 , a BLE baseband unit  112 , and an RF control unit  113  in an aggregated manner. 
     The host I/F control unit  111  is configured to perform inputting and outputting of data with respect to the CPU  101  via a wired interface. 
     The BLE baseband unit  112  is configured to perform baseband signal processing to effect digital signal processing in BLE communication. 
     The RF control unit  113  is configured to perform modulation and demodulation processing of radio waves for radio frequency (RF) communication to perform BLE communication with the image forming apparatus  20 . 
     The BLE antenna  115  is an antenna formed to perform wireless communication and is able to be used to perform communication with the image forming apparatus  20 . Moreover, the BLE antenna  115  is a pattern antenna wired in a pattern on the substrate  119 , and is regulated in such a way as to have antenna characteristics available for performing BLE communication in the 2.4 GHz band. 
     The Bluetooth circuit  11  includes a single antenna mounted therein, but is assumed to conform to the BLE communication method of Bluetooth  5 . 1  so as to support a function for detecting a direction in which the image forming apparatus  20  is situated. Furthermore, the Bluetooth circuit  11  can be configured to include a plurality of antennas as with the Bluetooth circuit  21 . 
     &lt;Antennas and Shield&gt; 
     Next, a relationship between the antennas of the Bluetooth circuit  21  and a shield is described. As mentioned above, the Bluetooth circuit  21  includes a plurality of antennas. As illustrated in  FIG.  5 A , the BLE antennas  45  to  48  are formed in pattern wiring on the substrate  49 .  FIG.  5 A  is a diagram illustrating a front surface of the Bluetooth circuit board. In this way, including a plurality of antennas enables performing direction detection (described below in detail) compliant with the Bluetooth standard. The BLE antennas  45  to  48  are connected to the IC chip  51 . Specifically, the BLE antennas  45 ,  46 ,  47 , and  48  are connected to the contact “a”, the contact “b”, the contact “c”, and the contact “d” of the RF switch  44 , respectively. Moreover, on the substrate  49  of the Bluetooth circuit  21 , there is provided a connector  52  which is connectable to the controller  200  with a cable  80  (see  FIG.  8 B ) for interface connection with the controller  200 . The connector  52  is connected to the host I/F control unit  41  of the IC chip  51 . 
     On the substrate  49 , there is provided a screw hole  53 , via which the substrate  49  is connected to ground (GND) for electrical circuits. Usually, a wireless communication which uses radio waves in high-frequency band in, for example, BLE is able to exert maximum antenna characteristics by obtaining the electrically stabilized GND. Therefore, it is desirable that the substrate  49  be fixed to a metallic plate of the image forming apparatus  20 , which serves as the electrically stabilized GND. 
     A method of fixing the substrate  49  is described with reference to  FIG.  5 B .  FIG.  5 B  is a diagram illustrating an upper surface of the Bluetooth circuit board. A metallic plate  55  is a plate to which the substrate  49  is attached. The metallic plate  55  serves as GND for electrical circuits in the body of the image forming apparatus  20 , and is grounded via, for example, a GND line. A metallic spacer  56  is a spacer used for fixing the substrate  49  to the metallic plate  55 . The substrate  49  and the metallic plate  55  are physically interconnected and are connected to GND in an electrical circuit manner. A screw  57  is a metallic screw used for fixing the substrate  49  to the metallic spacer  56 , and is fastened through the screw hole  53  of the substrate  49 . A resin spacer  58  is a spacer formed from plastic resin and used for fixing the substrate  49  to the metallic plate  55 , and is fixed to the metallic plate  55 . 
     Moreover, the metallic plate  55  functions as a shield member which shields radio waves emitted from the BLE antennas  45  to  48 . 
       FIG.  5 C  is a diagram illustrating a back surface of the Bluetooth circuit board. As illustrated in  FIG.  5 C , on the back surface side of the substrate  49 , the entire substrate  49  including a region in which the BLE antennas  45  to  48  are arranged is covered with the metallic plate  55 . The metallic plate  55 , which is in the above-mentioned positional relationship, exerts an influence on the range of radio waves emitted from the BLE antennas  45  to  48 .  FIG.  5 D  is a diagram used to explain a relationship between radio waves and a shield. As with  FIG.  5 B ,  FIG.  5 D  illustrates the Bluetooth circuit  21  as viewed from the upper surface thereof. Moreover,  FIG.  5 D  illustrates the behavior of radio waves emitted from the BLE antenna  46 , which is taken as a representative of the BLE antennas  45  to  48 . As understandable from  FIG.  5 D , the metallic plate  55  is located on the back surface side of the substrate  49 . Therefore, radio waves emitted toward the back surface side of the substrate  49  out of radio waves emitted from the BLE antenna  46  are blocked by the metallic plate  55 . Since the blocked radio waves are reflected or absorbed, radio waves do not travel to portions indicated by dashed arrows  60 . In a precise sense, radio waves may travel due to multipath propagation caused by diffracted waves or reflected radio waves, but, since the radio field intensity thereof is greatly attenuated, can be treated as the ones which does not affect distance detection or direction detection described below. 
     These characteristics are taken advantage of to limit the propagation area of radio waves emitted from a BLE antenna from a concentric area to a semicircular area. This enables, while preventing or reducing the image forming apparatus  20  from cooperating with a portable communication terminal  10  which is coming close to the back surface side of the image forming apparatus  20 , the image forming apparatus  20  to appropriately cooperate with a portable communication terminal  10  which is coming close to the front surface side of the image forming apparatus  20 . 
     &lt;Communication Establishment Processing&gt; 
     Next, establishment of communication (communication establishment processing starting with discovery and leading to connection) in BLE is described.  FIG.  7    is a diagram illustrating a flow of communication establishment between the portable communication terminal  10  and the image forming apparatus  20  using BLE. The state transition occurring from the time when the portable communication terminal  10  discovers the image forming apparatus  20  to the time when a connection for BLE communication between the portable communication terminal  10  and the image forming apparatus  20  becomes established is as follows. 
     As illustrated in  FIG.  7   , each of the link layers of the portable communication terminal  10  and the image forming apparatus  20  is in a standby state at the beginning. The standby state is a state in which neither transmission nor reception is being performed. In step S 701 , when executing a program, the image forming apparatus  20  transitions to an advertising state, thus coming to transmit advertising packets with a predetermined period. Furthermore, processing in step S 701  refers to one set of processing for emitting the respective packets from the BLE antennas  45  to  48  (four packets in total). This also applies to steps S 702 , S 705 , S 706 , and S 707  described below. 
     The advertising packet is broadcasting, and is not radio wave transmission with a designated address. Moreover, the type of a packet (protocol data unit type) used for the advertising packet is ADV_IND (connectable undirected advertising) because a reply as a connection request from the portable communication terminal  10  is supposed. The advertising packet includes information about, for example, a universally unique identifier (UUID) indicating, for example, a device name and a device function and a TX power level. 
     The portable communication terminal  10  transitions to a scanning state in response to the progress of processing for a program (cooperation application). In the scanning state, the portable communication terminal  10  performs reception of advertising packets from the image forming apparatus  20 . In this way, a scanning state for receiving advertising packets is referred to as “passive scan”. Depending on a processing process of the program, the portable communication terminal  10  can enter into a state not included in the scanning state. In that case, the portable communication terminal  10  does not enter into passive scan and, therefore, does not receive broadcasting from the image forming apparatus  20 . 
     Here, if the cooperation application is activated in the portable communication terminal  10  and the Bluetooth function of the portable communication terminal  10  is enabled, the portable communication terminal  10  is treated as having entered into the scanning state. 
     In step S 702 , in the state of passive scan, when the portable communication terminal  10  receives advertising packets from the image forming apparatus  20  (advertiser), processing for the cooperation application progresses. In step S 703 , the portable communication terminal  10  transmits a scan request (SCAN_REQ) to the image forming apparatus  20 , thus trying to acquire further information. A scan state in which such acquisition of information is performed is referred to as “active scan”. In step S 704 , the portable communication terminal  10  receives a scan response from the image forming apparatus  20  and then stores information obtained by scanning in a storage included therein. The information which has been acquired here includes, in addition to device information about the image forming apparatus  20 , for example, information required for implementing the direction detection function in Bluetooth 5.1, such as an interval d between a plurality of antennas and a wavelength λ of radio waves. Then, in steps S 705  and S 706 , the portable communication terminal  10  continues to periodically receive advertising packets emitted from the image forming apparatus  20 . When being in a scanning state  70 , the portable communication terminal  10  is able to acquire an angle of emission θ by calculating a direction from advertising packets emitted from the image forming apparatus  20 . Moreover, the portable communication terminal  10  is able to acquire a distance from the radio field intensity of the received radio waves. 
     In step S 707 , the portable communication terminal  10  receives advertising packets emitted from the image forming apparatus  20 , and, when it turns out that the portable communication terminal  10  is present within a specific detection region from angle information and distance information acquired by reception of advertising packets, the portable communication terminal  10  transitions to an initiating state. Then, in step S 708 , the portable communication terminal  10  transmits a connection request (CONNECT_REQ) to the image forming apparatus  20  and performs negotiation therewith, thus transitioning to a connection state. Upon completion of connection for BLE communication, the portable communication terminal  10  comes to serve as a master and the image forming apparatus  20  comes to serve as a slave, so that, in steps S 709  and S 710 , the portable communication terminal  10  and the image forming apparatus  20  become able to transmit and receive data with respect to each other. Thus far is a serial procedure for establishment of communication for BLE. 
     &lt;Direction Detection&gt; 
     Next, a method for direction detection using a plurality of antennas is described. A method of detecting a direction by causing a transmission side including a plurality of antennas to emit radio waves for BLE communication and causing a reception side including a single antenna to receive radio waves for BLE communication is described with reference to  FIG.  6   .  FIG.  6    is a diagram used to explain direction detection using BLE. In  FIG.  6   , the transmission side for radio waves is equivalent to the Bluetooth circuit  21  of the image forming apparatus  20 , and the reception side for radio waves is equivalent to the Bluetooth circuit  11  of the portable communication terminal  10 . The present method is a method of detecting an angle of emission called an angle of departure (AoD) or a direction of departure (DoD), in which a positional relationship between two apparatuses is expressed by the angle of emission θ. While, in the Bluetooth circuit  21 , four antennas are used, for ease of explanation, here, for descriptive purposes, description is performed with use of two antennas, i.e., an antenna  1  and an antenna  2 . 
     First, as a premise, the image forming apparatus  20  serving as the transmission side is assumed to periodically emit advertising packets (advertisement packets). At this time, the image forming apparatus  20  serving as the transmission side emits advertising packets while sequentially switching between the antenna  1  and the antenna  2 . Then, two types of radio waves, i.e., a radio wave emitted from the antenna  1  and a radio wave emitted from the antenna  2 , come to arrive at the portable communication terminal  10  serving as the reception side. Here, since there is provided an interval between the antenna  1  and the antenna  2 , the distance between the antenna  1  and the portable communication terminal  10  differs from the distance between the antenna  2  and the portable communication terminal  10 . Accordingly, as a result, a very slight difference occurs between a time required for a wireless radio wave emitted from the antenna  1  to arrive at the portable communication terminal  10  and a time required for a wireless radio wave emitted from the antenna  2  to arrive at the portable communication terminal  10 . This very slight difference in time is able to be detected as a phase difference occurring when the portable communication terminal  10  has received radio waves. Here, the interval between the antenna  1  and the antenna  2  is denoted by d, the angle of emission of a wireless radio wave emitted from each of the antenna  1  and the antenna  2  is denoted by θ, and the wavelength of the wireless radio wave is denoted by λ. In this instance, when the above-mentioned phase difference is denoted by φ, the following relationship holds.
 
φ=(2 πd *cos(θ))/λ
 
     Accordingly, the angle of emission θ of a radio wave is calculated as shown below.
 
θ=arccos((φλ)/(2 πd ))
 
     As just described, if radio waves emitted from a plurality of antennas are received by a single antenna and a phase difference between the received plurality of radio waves is able to be accurately detected, a positional relationship between the transmission side and the reception side for radio waves is able to be calculated as the angle of emission θ. Furthermore, to calculate an accurate phase difference, it is desirable that the antenna  1  and the antenna  2  have equivalent radio properties. Therefore, as mentioned above, the BLE antennas  45  to  48  are configured to have equivalent radio properties. Moreover, to calculate an accurate phase difference, it is desirable that a radio wave emitted from the antenna  1  and a radio wave emitted from the antenna  2  be direct waves which linearly come through the same propagation path to arrival at a single antenna serving as the reception side. Determining whether a plurality of radio waves received by the portable communication terminal  10  have passed through the same propagation path (are direct waves) can be enabled by, for example, comparing the respective reception intensities of two radio waves. 
     Furthermore, to perform the above-mentioned calculation, the interval d between the antenna  1  and the antenna  2  serving as the transmission side and the wavelength λ of a wireless radio wave are required. Accordingly, in a case where the portable communication terminal  10  is configured to calculate the angle of emission, the portable communication terminal  10  is required to acquire these parameters in advance. Therefore, such information about the interval d and the wavelength λ can be configured to be included in an advertising packet (or a response to a scan request) which the image forming apparatus  20  emits. 
     The subsequent description is performed on the premise that the angle of emission θ is able to be acquired. Moreover, calculation of the angle of emission is assumed to be performed by the RF control unit  113  included in the IC chip  110  based on the specifications of the Bluetooth standard. Accordingly, the controller  100  only needs to acquire information about the angle of emission which is output from the Bluetooth circuit  11 . Furthermore, the angle of emission θ can also be calculated by the controller  100 . 
     &lt;Distance Detection&gt; 
     Next, distance detection using the radio field intensity is described.  FIG.  12    is a diagram illustrating a relationship between the radio field intensity (received signal strength indication (RSSI)) and the distance in a look-up table (LUT) used for conversion. The distance between the transmission side and the reception side for radio waves is able to be estimated based on information indicating how much a radio wave has attenuated from the time of being emitted to the time of being received. The attenuation of a radio wave is able to be calculated based on the output radio field intensity (first radio field intensity information) obtained when the transmission side emits the radio wave and the reception radio field intensity (second radio field intensity information) obtained when the reception side receives the radio wave. 
     Here, a general calculating formula for a propagation loss L of radio wave in free space is shown below.
 
 L=P −RSSI   (1)
     L: propagation loss   P: output radio field intensity   RSSI: measured radio field intensity   

     Then, the distance is calculated from the propagation loss. The calculation of a propagation loss is defined by, for example, a calculating formula (2). Upon conversion of the calculating formula (2), a calculating formula (3) for calculating the distance is obtained.
 
 L =(4Π d /λ){circumflex over ( )}2   (2)
 
 d =(λ(√ L ))/(4Π)   (3)
     d: distance between the transmission side and the reception side   λ: wavelength of radio wave   Π: pi (the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter)   

     Accordingly, if the wavelength of a radio wave, the output radio field intensity, and the reception radio field intensity are obtained, the distance is able to be calculated. In a case where calculation of the distance is performed by the portable communication terminal  10 , since the reception radio field intensity is measured at the time of reception of a radio wave, the wavelength of a radio wave and the output radio field intensity only need to be acquired as an advertising packet (or a response to a scan request). 
     However, a value which is obtained by the above-mentioned calculation is a calculated value obtained under ideal circumstances, and some errors may be observed in the value of distance depending on differences in various usage environments including individual differences of, for example, the arrangement of antennas and the shapes of apparatuses. Therefore, a table (LUT) can be created based on a relationship between distances obtained at the time of designing apparatuses and the reception radio field intensity and then be used for determining a communication establishment region. With this method used, the radio field intensity characteristics specific for the model of the image forming apparatus  20  are able to be reflected without having to be expressed by, for example, coefficients for calculating formulae. Furthermore, in the case of an operation using an LUT, an LUT associated with the model of the image forming apparatus  20  can be acquired from device information included in an advertising packet. 
       FIG.  12    is a diagram illustrating a relationship between the reception radio field intensity and the distance in a conversion table which is used in the image forming apparatus  20 . As indicated by a conversion example  1200  illustrated in  FIG.  12   , in the conversion table which is used in the image forming apparatus  20 , a distance “100 cm” is output with respect to inputting of an RSSI value “−65 dBm”. As understandable from  FIG.  12   , as an RSSI value larger than “−65 dBm” is input, a distance shorter than “100 cm” is output. On the other hand, as an RSSI value smaller than “−65 dBm” is input, a distance longer than “100 cm” is output. Moreover, as understandable from  FIG.  12   , there is a tendency that, as the distance is loner, the amount of change of the radio field intensity becomes smaller. This means that, as the position is farther, it becomes more difficult to determine the distance. Therefore, in the case of intending to accurately determine the distance with respect to the far position, the output radio field intensity can be set higher on the side of the image forming apparatus  20 . In a case where the output radio field intensity has been adjusted, the value of the output radio field intensity can be caused to be included in an advertising packet as TX power information. Using this information enables the portable communication terminal  10  to calculate or convert a distance associated with TX power. For example, in a case where TX power has been adjusted, switching or correction of an LUT to be used is performed in the portable communication terminal  10 . 
     Furthermore, the above-mentioned conversion table is created on the assumption of the case of using an ideal portable communication terminal  10  (a reference device). Therefore, in a case where a portable communication terminal in user environment having model-specific radio field intensity characteristics (a usage device) has been used, a deviation may be caused between the output distance information and the actual distance. For example, as indicated by a dashed line illustrated in  FIG.  12   , the usage device may have such characteristics that the RSSI value is output at values lower (by about −5 dBm) than those in the reference device. Therefore, to perform high-accuracy distance detection, it is desirable to previously store such characteristic information (individual value information) and then correct the RSSI value before performing conversion using the above-mentioned conversion table. Furthermore, such characteristic information (calibration information) is able to be obtained by calibration processing. The calibration processing is performed by locating the usage device at a specific position with respect to the image forming apparatus  20  and measuring the reception radio field intensity of a radio wave received in that state. The specific position is, for example, the position at a distance of 0 cm or the position at a distance of  100  cm from a target mark included in the image forming apparatus  20 . Furthermore, the calibration processing does not necessarily need to be performed. Moreover, it is desirable that the calibration processing be performed at a position suitable for the use application. Moreover, the calibration processing can be performed at a plurality of positions to enable performing higher-accuracy correction. Moreover, a variation may occur in reception radio field intensity depending on the timing of acquisition thereof. Therefore, it is favorable to acquire reception radio field intensities at a plurality of timings and average the acquired reception radio field intensities to obtain an average reception radio field intensity to be used. 
     The first exemplary embodiment is characterized in that the Bluetooth circuit  21  is located on the front surface side of the image forming apparatus  20  and a detection area limited in angle and distance around the Bluetooth circuit  21  is used. 
     &lt;Antenna Arrangement&gt; 
       FIG.  8 A  is a diagram illustrating the image forming apparatus  20  in the first exemplary embodiment as viewed from diagonally forward right. The user who uses the image forming apparatus  20  has a high probability of coming close to the vicinity of the operation panel  26  when, for example, using the scanner  24  or coming to pick up printed paper output from the printer  25 . Therefore, the first exemplary embodiment is configured to locate the Bluetooth circuit  21  in a region on the front surface near the operation panel  26 , thus increasing the detection accuracy for the portable communication terminal  10 . 
     Moreover, for the same reason, the NFC circuit  23  is located in the vicinity of the Bluetooth circuit  21 . Additionally, a target mark  83  is located in the vicinity of the NFC circuit  23 . 
     The target mark  83  is a mark which guides the user in such a way as to bring the portable communication terminal  10  close to (into contact with) the position of the target mark  83  when the NFC circuit  23  and the NFC circuit  13  are caused to communicate with each other. Moreover, the target mark  83  is also used as a target for the user who carries a portable communication terminal to come close to a detection area located around the Bluetooth circuit  21 . 
       FIG.  8 B  is a diagram illustrating the image forming apparatus  20  in the first exemplary embodiment as viewed from right lateral side. As illustrated in  FIG.  8 B , the NFC circuit  23  is connected to the operation panel  26  via a cable  81 , and the operation panel  26  is electrically connected to the controller  200  via a cable  82 . On the other hand, the Bluetooth circuit  21  is electrically connected to the controller  200  via a cable  80 . Each of the NFC circuit  23  and the Bluetooth circuit  21  implements the respective functions by being controlled by a program which is executed by the controller  200 . 
     &lt;Detection Area&gt; 
     A detection area (communication establishment region) in the first exemplary embodiment is described.  FIG.  13 A  is a diagram used to explain a communication establishment region in the first exemplary embodiment. In the case of intending to define a communication establishment region by only distance information that is based on the radio field intensity, as in conventional art, the communication establishment region becomes a circular range centering on the Bluetooth circuit  21 . This circular range is expressed as a circle shown by a dashed line. The circle shown by a dashed line is formed at a position at a distance of about  100  cm from the Bluetooth circuit  21 . On the other hand, a communication establishment region  1300  in the first exemplary embodiment is expressed as a region surrounded by a sectoral solid line. Threshold values for the range of such a region are expressed as follows. For example, these threshold values are assumed to be previously registered with a cooperation application. Furthermore, these threshold values can be managed on the side of the image forming apparatus  20  and then be transmitted to the portable communication terminal  10  while being included in the above-mentioned scan response.
 
R≤100 cm, and 5°≤θ≤135°
 
     Thus, the first exemplary embodiment is configured to narrow the communication establishment region down to a specific direction by using not only distance information that is based on the radio field intensity but also angle information which is obtained based on radio waves emitted from a plurality of antennas. In this way, limiting the communication establishment region enables preventing or reducing the unintended occurrence of communication establishment. 
     &lt;Usage Sequence&gt; 
     First, the flow of usage of the system described in the first exemplary embodiment is described.  FIG.  9    is a diagram illustrating the entire flow of the respective operations of the user  900 , the portable communication terminal  10 , and the image forming apparatus  20  in the first exemplary embodiment. Here, the entire flow is described, and details of the processing are described with reference to the processing flowcharts of  FIG.  9    and  FIG.  10   .  FIG.  9    is used to describe a case where setting of the function “come close and log in” has been performed as an example. 
     A state in which the user  900 , who carries the portable communication terminal  10 , stands at a position away from the image forming apparatus  20  is premised. In this state, in step S 901 , the image forming apparatus  20  continues to periodically emit advertising packets until implementing establishment of BLE communication (communication establishment). In step S 902 , the user  900 , which wants to cause the image forming apparatus  20  and the portable communication terminal  10  to cooperate with each other, operates the portable communication terminal  10  to issue an activation instruction for the cooperation application. The portable communication terminal  10  activates the cooperation application in response to the activation instruction. When the cooperation application is activated, the portable communication terminal  10  becomes able to respond to advertising packets emitted from the image forming apparatus  20 . 
     Furthermore, in a state in which the cooperation application is activated, a screen for the cooperation application is displayed on the display  141  of the portable communication terminal  10 .  FIGS.  21 A,  21 B,  21 C,  21 D,  21 E, and  21 F  are diagrams illustrating examples of screens each of which is displayed on the portable communication terminal  10 .  FIG.  21 A  illustrates a top screen for the cooperation application, which is a screen used for selecting a function to be effected in cooperation with the image forming apparatus  20 . The user is allowed to select a desired function, such as print or scan, via the top screen. Moreover, the user is allowed to designate a device selection function from among other features, thus causing the portable communication terminal  10  to display a device selection screen  2101  illustrated in  FIG.  21 B . 
     Referring to  FIG.  21 B , in the device selection screen  2101 , there are located a button used for performing a function “manual connection”, a button used for performing a function “touch and log in”, a button used for performing a function “come close and connect”, and a button used for performing a function “come close and log in”. The function “manual connection” is a function of selecting a device from a device list on the screen, performing a Bluetooth communication establishment procedure, and exchanging wireless LAN connection information via Bluetooth communication, thus establishing wireless LAN communication (Wi-Fi direct communication). 
     The function “touch and log in” is a function of causing the portable communication terminal  10  to touch (come close to) the target mark of the image forming apparatus  20 , performing a Bluetooth communication establishment procedure, and exchanging user authentication information via Bluetooth communication. This enables logging in to the image forming apparatus  20 . 
     The function “come close and connect” is a function of coming close to a distance of about  100  cm from the image forming apparatus  20 , performing a Bluetooth communication establishment procedure, and exchanging wireless LAN connection information via Bluetooth communication. This enables establishing wireless LAN communication (Wi-Fi direct communication). 
     The function “come close and log in” is a function of coming close to a distance of about  100  cm from the image forming apparatus  20 , performing a Bluetooth communication establishment procedure, and exchanging user authentication information via Bluetooth communication, thus logging in to the image forming apparatus  20 . 
     When, in step S 901 , receiving advertising packets emitted from the image forming apparatus  20  in a state in which the cooperation application is activated, then in step S 903 , the portable communication terminal  10  recognizes the received advertising packets as packets received from a cooperation target apparatus. Then, in step S 904 , the portable communication terminal  10  emits a scan request to the image forming apparatus  20 , and, in step S 905 , receives a scan response from the image forming apparatus  20 . As a result, in step S 906 , the portable communication terminal  10  acquires detailed device information about the image forming apparatus  20 . Then, the portable communication terminal  10  displays a list of apparatuses available for Bluetooth cooperation based on the detailed device information. Additionally, when, in step S 901 , receiving advertising packets, then in step S 907 , the portable communication terminal  10  acquires distance information and angle information from information obtained at the time of acquisition of the advertising packets. Then, the portable communication terminal  10  uses these pieces of information to display, in the screen  2100 , information about, for example, the radio field intensity, the direction detection state, and the direction detection corresponding state, and updates displaying of such information as needed. 
     After that, when, in step S 908 , the user  900  selects the function “come close and log in” in the device selection screen  2101 , the portable communication terminal  10  switches to a mode of determining a connection destination device based on the distance information and angle information. 
     In this mode, in step S 907 , the portable communication terminal  10  acquires position information about the portable communication terminal  10  with respect to the image forming apparatus  20  from distance information and angle information calculated from the advertising packets. Then, the portable communication terminal  10  determines whether the portable communication terminal  10  itself is situated within a detection area in which the portable communication terminal  10  starts cooperation, based on the acquired position information. 
     In a case where the user  900  is situated at an initial position, the portable communication terminal  10  is sufficiently away from the image forming apparatus  20  and, therefore, in step S 909 , determines that the portable communication terminal  10  is situated outside the communication establishment region  1300 . Moreover, in a case where, in step S 910 , the user  900  has moved to the lateral surface side or back surface side of the image forming apparatus  20 , since the angle is not appropriate, then in step S 909 , the portable communication terminal  10  determines that the portable communication terminal  10  is situated outside the communication establishment region  1300 . On the other hand, in a case where the user  900  has come close to the front surface of the image forming apparatus  20 , since the angle and distance are appropriate, then in step S 912 , the portable communication terminal  10  determines that the portable communication terminal  10  is situated within the communication establishment region  1300 . 
     In a case where the portable communication terminal  10  has become situated within the communication establishment region  1300 , then in step S 913  and step S 914 , the portable communication terminal  10  emits a connection request to the image forming apparatus  20  and establishes BLE communication. Upon establishment of BLE communication, in step S 915 , the portable communication terminal  10  transmits authentication information used for performing the function “come close and log in” to the image forming apparatus  20 . Upon receiving the authentication information, in step S 916 , the image forming apparatus  20  performs matching of authentication data and, if successful, executes a login procedure. In step S 917 , the user  900 , who has been logged in, is allowed to operate the image forming apparatus  20  depending on the authenticated authority. Thus far is the entire flow in the first exemplary embodiment. 
     &lt;Control Flow for Image Forming Apparatus&gt; 
     To implement the above-described entire flow, the image forming apparatus  20  performs control illustrated in the flowchart of  FIG.  11   .  FIG.  11    is a flowchart illustrating processing which the image forming apparatus  20  performs. Furthermore, the control illustrated in this flowchart is executed by the controller  200 . Specifically, the above-mentioned control is implemented by the CPU  202  loading a program stored in the ROM  206  onto the RAM  205  and executing the program. 
     First, in step S 1101 , the controller  200  determines whether the Bluetooth circuit  21  of the image forming apparatus  20  is in a connection state. If it is determined that the portable communication terminal  10  is already in a BLE connection state (YES in step S 1101 ), without transmitting advertising packets, the controller  200  advances the processing to step S 1108 , in which the controller  200  maintains the BLE connection state. In the first exemplary embodiment, the image forming apparatus  20  is connected as a slave. Therefore, here, the image forming apparatus  20  should not perform broadcast transmission of advertising packets. On the other hand, if it is determined that there is no portable communication terminal  10  which is in a BLE connection state (NO in step S 1101 ), the controller  200  advances the processing to step S 1102 . 
     In step S 1102 , the controller  200  controls the Bluetooth circuit  21  to perform transition to an advertising state. In the advertising state, in step S 1103 , the image forming apparatus  20  performs broadcast transmission of advertising packets with a predetermined period. This state is referred to as an advertising state. The advertising state is a waiting state in which the image forming apparatus  20  waits for reception of a connection request from the portable communication terminal  10 . In the advertising state, the Bluetooth circuit  21  emits packets while switching between a plurality of BLE antennas  45  to  48 . Packet emission operations performed four times by such four antennas are treated as one set of advertising packet emission. 
     In step S 1104 , the controller  200  determines whether a SCAN_REQ packet serving as a response to the advertising packets has been received. If it is determined that the SCAN_REQ packet has been received (YES in step S 1104 ), the controller  200  advances the processing to step S 1105 , and, if it is determined that no SCAN_REQ packet has been received (NO in step S 1104 ), the controller  200  advances the processing to step S 1106 . 
     In step S 1105 , the controller  200  transmits data of SCAN_RESP in response to SCAN_REQ. The data of SCAN_RESP includes device information such as model name, color or monochrome, and paper handling. Moreover, the data of SCAN_RESP also includes information about, for example, an interval d between a plurality of antennas and the wavelength λ of a radio wave required to implement the direction detection function in Bluetooth 5.1. 
     In step S 1106 , the controller  200  determines whether a CONNECT_REQ packet has been received. If it is determined that no CONNECT_REQ packet has been received (NO in step S 1106 ), the controller  200  returns the processing to step S 1103 , thus continuing to transmit advertising packets. If it is determined that the CONNECT_REQ packet has been received (YES in step S 1106 ), the controller  200  advances the processing to step S 1107 . 
     In step S 1107 , the controller  200  performs negotiation processing with a portable communication terminal  10  from which a connection request has been received. Then, the controller  200  transitions to a connection state to establish BLE communication, thus completing communication establishment. 
     In step S 1108 , the controller  200  maintains BLE communication in which communication establishment is completed. In step S 1109 , the controller  200  performs cooperation processing with the portable communication terminal  10  using Bluetooth communication. Then, the controller  200  ends a series of operations of the processing. 
     &lt;Control Flow for Portable Communication Terminal&gt; 
     To implement the above-described entire flow, the portable communication terminal  10  performs control illustrated in the flowchart of  FIG.  10   .  FIG.  10    is a flowchart illustrating processing which the portable communication terminal  10  performs in the first exemplary embodiment. Furthermore, the control illustrated in this flowchart is performed by the controller  100 . Specifically, the above-mentioned control is implemented by the CPU  101  loading a program stored in the ROM  104  onto the RAM  103  and executing the program. Furthermore, the program which is executed by the CPU  101  is a program for a cooperation application installed on the portable communication terminal  10 . 
     When the cooperation application is activated, in step S 1001 , the controller  100  sets the Bluetooth circuit  11  to a scanning state. 
     In step S 1002 , the controller  100  waits for advertising packets emitted from another BLE-compliant device to be received by the Bluetooth circuit  11 , which has been set to a scanning state. The advertising packets are being emitted in a broadcast manner from the image forming apparatus  20  as illustrated in  FIG.  7   . Upon receiving advertising packets (YES in step S 1002 ), the controller  100  advances the processing to step S 1003 . 
     In step S 1003 , the controller  100  determines whether an emission source for the received advertising packets is an apparatus compliant with the cooperation application. The advertising packets are radio waves standardized to be able to be used by various apparatuses and, therefore, may be received from an apparatus not compliant with the cooperation application. Therefore, it is desirable that the controller  100  perform processing for making a discrimination of the emission source for advertising packets. 
     The discrimination is performed with use of data included in advertising packets. Examples of the data included in advertising packets include an address used for discriminating an advertiser, a UUID, or an identifier discriminable by the cooperation application embedded as optional data. Using such data enables discriminating an image forming apparatus  20  which is an apparatus capable of performing cooperation using the cooperation application. 
     In step S 1004 , the controller  100  determines whether detailed device information has already been acquired from the emission source for advertising packets. If it is determined that the device information has not yet been acquired (NO in step S 1004 ), the controller  100  advances the processing to step S 1005 , and, if it is determined that that the device information has already been acquired (YES in step S 1004 ), the controller  100  advances the processing to step S 1006 . 
     In step S 1005 , the controller  100  transmits, to the image forming apparatus  20 , a SCAN_REQ packet in reply to the received advertising packets, thus requesting further detailed information about the image forming apparatus  20 . Then, since the image forming apparatus  20  transmits data of SCAN_RESP as a response to the SCAN_REQ packet, the controller  100  acquires the data of SCAN_RESP. The SCAN_RESP includes device information about the image forming apparatus  20 . The device information includes, in addition to the functions and status of the image forming apparatus  20 , for example, an interval d between a plurality of antennas and the wavelength λ of a radio wave. These pieces of data are optional data of the coded form. The acquired optional data can be used as information used for monitoring various functions of a device in a device list screen such as the screen  2100 . The acquired device information is then stored in the RAM  103  of the portable communication terminal  10 , and is used for, for example, calculation of the angle of emission for BLE communication of the image forming apparatus  20 . Moreover, the acquired device information can be stored in the ROM  104  or the storage  105  in such a way as to be able to be called up later. 
     Furthermore, code to be embedded as optional data can be created in any method as long as matching is able to be established between the image forming apparatus  20  and the portable communication terminal  10 . Moreover, in a case where target code is added as optional data due to an increase in, for example, new models, a mechanism of, for example, taking measures in such a way as to be able to make a discrimination by updating of the cooperation application or performing matching on a network server can be adopted. 
     In step S 1006 , the controller  100  acquires, from the acquired device information, a discrimination result indicating whether the image forming apparatus  20  is compatible with the direction detection function in Bluetooth  5 . 1 . The discrimination result can be acquired from a result obtained by performing matching on device information or can be acquired from a result obtained by the Bluetooth circuit  11  discriminating a Bluetooth-compliant version included in packets. If it is determined that the image forming apparatus  20  is compatible with the direction detection function (YES in step S 1006 ), the controller  100  advances the processing to step S 1007 . If it is determined that the image forming apparatus  20  is not compatible with the direction detection function (NO in step S 1006 ), the controller  100  advances the processing to step S 1014 . 
     In step S 1007 , the controller  100  calculates a distance from the radio field intensity of the received advertising packets and stores the distance as distance information. Specifically, the controller  100  acquires, as radio field intensity information, the value of RSSI (dBm) which is the reception radio field intensity obtained when advertising packets have been received, and inputs the acquired value to a conversion table (LUT) for conversion into an actual distance, thus acquiring distance information R (cm). The acquired distance information is then stored in the RAM  103  of the portable communication terminal  10 , and is used for calculation of positional information about the portable communication terminal  10  itself relative to the image forming apparatus  20 . 
     In step S 1008 , the controller  100  calculates the angle of emission θ by the method described with reference to  FIG.  6    based on the received advertising packets. The controller  100  stores the angle of emission θ of a radio wave emitted from the image forming apparatus  20  as angle information. The acquired angle information is then stored in the RAM  103  of the portable communication terminal  10 , and is used for calculation of positional information about the portable communication terminal  10  itself with respect to the image forming apparatus  20 . 
     In step S 1009 , the controller  100  calculates at which position the portable communication terminal  10  itself, which is executing the cooperation application, is located relative to the image forming apparatus  20  from the distance R and the angle of emission θ. In step S 1010 , the controller  100  determines whether the position expressed by the distance R and the angle of emission θ has fallen within a previously-set predetermined region. For example, in a case where the portable communication terminal  10  is located at a position A illustrated in  FIG.  13 A , the position expressed by the distance R and the angle of emission θ becomes R=98 cm and θ=33°. Since this position is within a threshold value (YES in step S 1010 ), the controller  100  advances the processing to step S 1011  to execute communication establishment. Moreover, in a case where the portable communication terminal  10  is located at a position B illustrated in  FIG.  13 A , the position expressed by the distance R and the angle of emission θ becomes R=130 cm and θ=50°. Since this position is outside the threshold value (NO in step S 1010 ), the controller  100  returns the processing to step S 1002  without executing communication establishment. 
     In step S 1011 , the controller  100  determines whether “come close and connect type mode” is currently enabled. Furthermore, “come close and connect type mode” mentioned here is a mode with a concept comprehensively including the function “come close and connect”, the function “touch and log in”, and the function “come close and log in”. Moreover, “connect” mentioned here refers to BLE communication being established as communication. 
     In step S 1012 , the controller  100  controls and causes the Bluetooth circuit  11  to transmit a connection request (CONNECT_REQ) to the Bluetooth circuit  21  of the image forming apparatus  20  targeted for connection. 
     In step S 1013 , the controller  100  performs negotiation processing with the image forming apparatus  20 . This causes the Bluetooth circuit  11  to transition to a connection state in which BLE communication is allowed, thus completing communication establishment. 
     In step S 1016 , the controller  100  performs cooperation processing with the image forming apparatus  20  with use of Bluetooth communication. Then, the controller  100  ends a series of operations of the processing. 
     As described above, the portable communication terminal  10  and the image forming apparatus  20  are mutually compatible with the direction detection function in Bluetooth 5.1, entering a specific region in the above-mentioned way enables implementing communication establishment for BLE communication. On the other hand, in a case where a communication of the version not compatible with the specifications of Bluetooth 5.1 is used, it is not possible to perform detection of a communication establishment region using a combination of distance information and angle information. In this case (NO in step S 1006 ), the controller  100  performs processing in step S 1014  and subsequent steps to perform conventional detection using only distance information. 
     In step S 1014 , as with step S 1007 , the controller  100  calculates a distance from the radio field intensity of the received advertising packets and stores the calculated distance as distance information. In this flow, the controller  100  is unable to treat angle information. Therefore, the controller  100  uses the calculated distance information to detect a range concentrically extending from the Bluetooth circuit  21 . 
     In step S 1015 , the controller  100  determines whether the distance information has fallen within a predetermined range. If it is determined that the distance information has not fallen within the predetermined range (NO in step S 1015 ), the controller  100  maintains the scanning state and returns the processing to step S 1002 . If it is determined that the distance information has fallen within the predetermined range (YES in step S 1015 ), the controller  100  advances the processing to step S 1011  to perform a procedure for communication establishment. 
     &lt;Cooperation Processing&gt; 
     Cooperation processing which the image forming apparatus  20  and the portable communication terminal  10  perform in step S 1109  and step S 1016 , respectively, is described. As illustrated in, for example,  FIG.  21 A or  21 B , the portable communication terminal  10  is able to use various cooperation functions using the cooperation application. 
     As a function in common with various functions, there is a power return function of the image forming apparatus  20 . If, in a normal power state (standby state), the image forming apparatus  20  does not receive a user operation or an execution job during a predetermined time, the image forming apparatus  20  transitions to a power saving state (sleep state). The power saving state is a state which is lower in power consumption than the normal power state. In the power saving state, a part or the whole of electric power supply to the operation panel  26  is stopped, so that, for example, a backlight of the display  262  is turned off. Here, in the power saving state, electrical power supply to the Bluetooth circuit  21  is assumed not to be stopped. If communication establishment for BLE communication is completed with respect to the image forming apparatus  20 , which is currently in the power saving state, the image forming apparatus  20  transitions (returns) from the power saving state to the normal power state. 
     In a case where the function “come close and log in” or “touch and log in” is used out of various functions, exchange of authentication is performed via BLE communication. Specifically, first, the portable communication terminal  10  transmits authentication information about a previously-registered user (for example, a user ID and a password) to the image forming apparatus  20  via BLE communication. Upon verifying registration information corresponding to the received authentication information, the image forming apparatus  20  manages user information associated with the registration information as logged-in user information, and makes a part or all of the functions included in the image forming apparatus  20  available based on user information about the logged-in user. For example, if login is successful, the login screen transitions to the menu screen, so that an operation on the menu screen is enabled. Furthermore, a configuration in which authentication processing is performed by the server  300  can be employed. 
     In a case where, for example, the function “print”, “scan”, or “come close and connect” is used out of various functions, exchange of wireless LAN connection information is performed via BLE communication, so that processing for switching wireless communication from BLE communication to wireless LAN communication (handover processing) is performed. Furthermore, while, to perform establishment of BLE communication, a notification for bringing the portable communication terminal  10  close to the image forming apparatus  20  is issued, such a notification can be issued before reception of an execution instruction for each of the various functions or can be issued after reception of an execution instruction for each of the various functions. 
     Specifically, first, the portable communication terminal  10  transmits a handover request (a request for switching of wireless communication) to the image forming apparatus  20  via BLE communication. Upon receiving the request, the image forming apparatus  20  transmits, to the portable communication terminal  10 , connection information used for connecting to the wireless LAN circuit  22  (for example, an Internet Protocol (IP) address, a service set identifier (SSID), and a password). Upon receiving the connection information, the portable communication terminal  10  performs switching of settings based on the connection information, and transmits a request for establishment of connection from the wireless LAN circuit  12  to the wireless LAN circuit  22 . The wireless LAN circuit  22  performs a procedure in response to the request for establishment of connection, so that wireless LAN communication is established. 
     After establishment of wireless LAN communication, for example, a print function (printing function), which transmits, from the portable communication terminal  10 , print data to be printed to the image forming apparatus  20 , is executed. Furthermore, the print function can include a function in which the portable communication terminal  10  issues an instruction for starting printing of print data transmitted from the client terminal  400  to the image forming apparatus  20  and then stored in the image forming apparatus  20 . Moreover, the print function can also include a function in which the portable communication terminal  10  issues an instruction for starting processing for downloading print data stored in the server  300  to the image forming apparatus  20  and printing the print data. 
     Moreover, after establishment of wireless LAN communication, for example, a scan function (reading function), which transmits, to the portable communication terminal  10 , an image read from an original by the image forming apparatus  20 , is executed. Furthermore, the scan function can include a function in which the portable communication terminal  10  issues an instruction for starting processing for uploading an image read from an original by the image forming apparatus  20  to the server  300  or the client terminal  400 . 
     Moreover, after establishment of wireless LAN communication, for example, a confirmation function in which the portable communication terminal  10  acquires and confirms status information (toner remaining amount information, error information, print count information, and electric power information), setting information (print setting and scan setting), and screen information about the image forming apparatus  20  is executed. The confirmation function can be implemented by a method in which the portable communication terminal  10  accesses a web server provided by the image forming apparatus  20 , acquires web page information from the web server, and displays the web page information by a browser function of the cooperation application, or a method in which such web page information is communicated to a browser application included in the portable communication terminal  10 . In that case, the portable communication terminal  10  performs processing for acquiring Uniform Resource Locator (URL) information about a web server provided by the image forming apparatus  20  in a process for any one of BLE communication and wireless LAN communication. 
     &lt;Remarks&gt; 
     As described above, the first exemplary embodiment determines the timing of start of communication establishment for BLE communication between the portable communication terminal  10  and the image forming apparatus  20  based on the angle of emission and radio field intensity of advertising packets which the image forming apparatus  20  emits. Using the angle of emission and radio field intensity enables the portable communication terminal  10  having entered a specific region such as the communication establishment region  1300  to automatically proceed with a procedure for communication establishment (communication establishment in BLE). 
     Particularly, the first exemplary embodiment uses the angle of emission of an advertising packet to narrow down a region based on which to start communication establishment. Therefore, the first exemplary embodiment is able to distinguish between a region based on which to perform communication establishment and a region based on which not to perform communication establishment even if the distances thereof from an antenna are the same. This enables avoiding mistakenly performing communication establishment with a portable communication terminal carried by a user who has come close to the lateral surface side or back surface side of the image forming apparatus  20 . 
     Furthermore, in the description of step S 908 , the function “come close and log in” is taken as an example, but can be replaced with the function “come close and connect” or “touch and log in”. 
     Moreover, the first exemplary embodiment is able to prevent or reduce careless communication establishment with the image forming apparatus  20  and, therefore, enables preventing or reducing the occurrence of a situation in which the image forming apparatus  20  accidentally recovers from a power saving state and thus wastes electric power. 
     Moreover, the first exemplary embodiment is able to prevent or reduce careless communication establishment with the image forming apparatus  20  and, therefore, enables preventing or reducing the occurrence of a situation in which the maximum number of devices allowed to simultaneously perform BLE communication or the maximum number of devices allowed to simultaneously perform wireless direct communication is carelessly reached. 
     Moreover, the first exemplary embodiment is able to prevent or reduce careless login to the image forming apparatus  20  and, therefore, enables preventing or reducing the occurrence of a situation in which, while a user is operating the image forming apparatus  20 , another user carelessly logs in and thus causes an erroneous operation. 
     On the assumption of the above-described basic configuration, a second exemplary embodiment is described as a specific example. The second exemplary embodiment is characterized in that the Bluetooth circuit  21  is located on the back surface side (a side opposite to the front surface) of the image forming apparatus  20  and a detection area (communication establishment region) limited in angle and distance which is in the vicinity of a specific position on the front surface side of the image forming apparatus  20  is used. Thus, in the second exemplary embodiment, a method in which the Bluetooth circuit  21  does not need to be located at a nearby position which defines a detection area is described. 
     Furthermore, configurations and processing operations in the second exemplary embodiment are partially in common with the configurations and processing operations described in the first exemplary embodiment. Therefore, similar configurations and processing operations are assigned the respective same reference characters and the detailed description thereof is omitted here. 
     &lt;Antenna Arrangement&gt; 
     It is desirable that the Bluetooth circuit  21  be located at a position most appropriate in consideration of, for example, radio properties in such a way as to satisfy a condition of use of a function to be implemented. In a case where various conditions are considered, the vicinity of the operation panel  26  on the front surface side of the image forming apparatus  20  such as that described in the first exemplary embodiment may not be necessarily an optimum position. 
     In the second exemplary embodiment, the Bluetooth circuit  21  is located at a position illustrated in  FIGS.  14 A,  14 B, and  14 C  as a position favorable in terms of radio property.  FIG.  14 A  is a diagram illustrating an image forming apparatus  20  in each of the second exemplary embodiment and a third exemplary embodiment as viewed from diagonally forward right.  FIG.  14 B  is a diagram illustrating the image forming apparatus  20  in each of the second exemplary embodiment and the third exemplary embodiment as viewed from right lateral side.  FIG.  14 C  is a diagram illustrating the image forming apparatus  20  in each of the second exemplary embodiment and the third exemplary embodiment as viewed from upper side. As illustrated in  FIG.  14 C , the Bluetooth circuit  21  is located at a position near the back surface side of the image forming apparatus  20 . This position is referred to a “physical position  1400 ”. On the other hand, the second exemplary embodiment performs control such that the center of a specific region based on which to perform communication establishment for BLE communication is set to a position near the front surface side of the image forming apparatus  20 . This position is referred to a “virtual position  1401 ”. The physical position  1400  and the virtual position  1401  are arranged in a positional relationship expressed by a width across corners  1402 . Furthermore, the NFC circuit  23  is assumed to be located at a position similar to that illustrated in  FIGS.  8 A and  8 B , and the target mark  83  is also assumed to be located at a position similar to that illustrated in  FIGS.  8 A and  8 B . 
     &lt;Detection Area&gt; 
     The second exemplary embodiment, as with the first exemplary embodiment, uses a distance R detected by the radio field intensity and the angle of emission θ detected by direction detection, which are calculated centering on the physical position  1400  of the Bluetooth circuit  21  of the image forming apparatus  20 . The second exemplary embodiment uses, in addition to the distance R and the angle of emission θ, an LUT and threshold value information associated with a communication establishment region centering on the virtual position  1401 . 
     In the second exemplary embodiment, in a case where the function “touch and log in” has been selected, a region  1503  illustrated in  FIG.  15 A  serves as a communication establishment region. Furthermore, in  FIG.  15 A , each circle expressed by a dashed line indicates a distance centering on the Bluetooth circuit  21  and calculated from the radio field intensity for descriptive purposes. The communication establishment region  1503  is a region in which the calculated distance R and the calculated angle of emission θ take values satisfying 110 cm≤R≤120 cm and 125°≤θ≤135°. Furthermore, this region is a region defined based on the virtual position  1401 . Specifically, the communication establishment region  1503  is defined as a region which becomes “+0 cm to + 10  cm” and “−8° to +2° ” based on the virtual position  1401 . Here, since the distance from the physical position  1400  to the virtual position  1401  is 110 cm and the angle of the virtual position  1401  relative to the physical position  1400  is 133°, the communication establishment region  1503  becomes a region illustrated in  FIG.  15 A .  FIG.  15 A  is a diagram used to explain a communication establishment region for use in the second exemplary embodiment. When the portable communication terminal  10  has entered the communication establishment region  1503 , communication using BLE is established. Since the communication establishment region  1503  is a region which overlaps the position of the target mark  83 , when the user brings the portable communication terminal  10  close to the position of the target mark  83  in such a way as to touch the target mark  83 , communication in BLE is established. In this way, using the distance information R and the angle information θ to limit a specific region to a region near the target mark  83  enables the target mark  83  for the NFC circuit  13  to be also used as a position targeted for touching. With this setting, even in a case where the user uses a wireless communication of any one of the BLE and NFC standards, the user is enabled to use the wireless communication with the same sense of use. 
     In the second exemplary embodiment, in a case where the function “come close and log in” has been selected, a region  1504  illustrated in  FIG.  15 B  serves as a communication establishment region. Furthermore, in  FIG.  15 B , each circle expressed by a dashed line indicates a distance centering on the Bluetooth circuit  21  and calculated from the radio field intensity for descriptive purposes. The communication establishment region  1504  is a region in which the calculated distance R and the calculated angle of emission θ take values satisfying 90 cm≤R≤130 cm and 85°≤θ≤135° or a region in which the calculated distance R and the calculated angle of emission θ take values satisfying 130 cm≤R≤140 cm and 90°≤θ≤130°. This region is a region defined based on the virtual position  1401 . Specifically, the communication establishment region  1504  is defined as a region which becomes “−20 cm to +20 cm” and “−48° to +2°” based on the virtual position  1401  or a region which becomes “+20 cm to +30 cm” and “−43° to −3°” based on the virtual position  1401 . Here, since the distance from the physical position  1400  to the virtual position  1401  is 110 cm and the angle of the virtual position  1401  relative to the physical position  1400  is 133°, the communication establishment region  1504  becomes a region illustrated in  FIG.  15 B .  FIG.  15 B  is a diagram used to explain a communication establishment region for use in a modification example of the second exemplary embodiment. 
     When the portable communication terminal  10  has entered the communication establishment region  1504 , communication using BLE is established. Since the communication establishment region  1504  is a region which overlaps the position of the target mark  83 , when the user brings the portable communication terminal  10  close to the position of the target mark  83  while carrying the portable communication terminal  10 , communication in BLE is established. 
     In this way, using the distance information R and the angle information θ to limit a specific region to a region near the target mark  83  enables the target mark  83  for the NFC circuit  13  to be set as a guide for a BLE communication establishment position. 
     Furthermore, as explained with reference to  FIG.  12   , with regard to the portable communication terminal  10 , which is used in user environments, an individual difference may occur in radio property. Therefore, in a case where a communication establishment region is defined based on information about a previously determined virtual position (the radio field intensity corresponding to the distance  110  cm and the angle 133°), even if the portable communication terminal  10  is brought close to the target mark  83 , the portable communication terminal  10  may not be detected in a normal way. To cope with such a case, the cooperation application can be configured to allow calibration processing to be used for correction.  FIG.  21 E  illustrates an example of a screen used to correct a distance used for the function “touch and log in”. The present calibration prompts the user to bring the portable communication terminal  10  close to the target mark  83  near the virtual position  1401  and causes the user to press an OK button  2104 , thus measuring the radio field intensity and the angle at that position. Then, in a case where there is a difference from the previously determined virtual position (the radio field intensity corresponding to the distance 110 cm and the angle 133°), the present calibration stores such difference information. Then, at the timing of measuring the position, the present calibration performs correction of an error using the stored difference information. Furthermore, the present calibration can directly store information about a virtual position obtained by calibration and perform measurement of the position using such information. In the second exemplary embodiment, information to be acquired by calibration includes, in addition to information about the radio field intensity, information about the angle. 
     Moreover, in the case of the function “come close and log in”, not only a calibration for the reference position but also a calibration for each distance can be performed. The present calibration previously provides a line scale to a main body of the image forming apparatus  20 , for example, in an attached manner and causes the user to press an OK button  2105  illustrated in  FIG.  21 F  at a predetermined position on the line scale, thus measuring the radio field intensity at such a position. Since, depending on a placement space for the image forming apparatus  20 , a distance may be unable to be ensured, the radio field intensity only needs to be measured only in a region which the user is able to enter. Therefore, a skip button  2106  used for skipping unnecessary measurement is provided as illustrated in  FIG.  21 F . In a case where there is a difference with respect to an LUT used for conversion between the distance and the radio field intensity, the present calibration previously stores such difference information. Then, at the timing of measuring the position, the present calibration performs correction of an error using the stored difference information. Furthermore, the present calibration can directly store information about a virtual position obtained by calibration and perform measurement of the position using such information. 
     &lt;Differences in Usage Sequence and Flow&gt; 
     The usage sequence and the control flow for the image forming apparatus  20  and the portable communication terminal  10  in the second exemplary embodiment are the same in content as those in the first exemplary embodiment except for characterizing portions. Therefore, here, only differences are described in detail, and the other duplicated portions are omitted from detailed description.  FIG.  16    is a diagram illustrating the entire flow of respective operations of the user  900 , the portable communication terminal  10 , and the image forming apparatus  20  in the second exemplary embodiment. 
     Referring to  FIG.  16   , in step S 901 , the image forming apparatus  20  in the second exemplary embodiment continues to emit advertising packets until performing establishment of BLE communication (communication establishment) as with the first exemplary embodiment. In a state in which, in step S 902 , the cooperation application is activated in the portable communication terminal  10 , then in step S 903 , the portable communication terminal  10  receives advertising packets emitted from the image forming apparatus  20 . Then, in steps S 904 , S 905 , and S 1601 , the portable communication terminal  10  requests and acquires detailed device information from the image forming apparatus  20 . In step S 1601  in the second exemplary embodiment, unlike step S 906 , the device information to be acquired further includes information about the physical position  1400  and information about the virtual position  1401 . Moreover, in step S 1601 , the portable communication terminal  10  creates an LUT that is based on the virtual position with use of these pieces of information and, in steps S 909  and S 912 , the portable communication terminal  10  uses the LUT to determine whether the portable communication terminal  10  is currently present within the communication establishment region. 
     The processing to be performed here is equivalent to processing in step S 1701  illustrated in  FIG.  17   , which is composed of  FIGS.  17 A and  17 B .  FIG.  17    is a flowchart illustrating processing which the portable communication terminal  10  performs in the second exemplary embodiment. When acquiring the detailed device information from the image forming apparatus  20 , the controller  100  of the portable communication terminal  10  further acquires information about the physical position of the Bluetooth circuit  21  and information about the virtual position thereof. Then, the controller  100  creates an LUT that is based on the virtual position with use of range information (for example, “+0 cm to +10 cm” and “−8° to +2°”) previously stored by the cooperation application, information about the physical position, and information about the virtual position. At this time, in processing in step S 1105 , which is performed by the image forming apparatus  20 , the image forming apparatus  20  is assumed to transmit, as a response, information about the physical position and virtual position of the Bluetooth circuit  21  in addition to the device information described in the first exemplary embodiment. Then, the controller  100  stores the created LUT in the RAM  103  of the portable communication terminal  10  and, in steps S 1702  and S 1703 , the controller  100  uses the LUT to perform determination for execution of communication establishment for BLE communication with the image forming apparatus  20 . Moreover, the controller  100  can store the LUT that is based on the virtual position in the ROM  104  or the storage  105  in such a way as to enable such an LUT to be also used for later activation timing. 
     &lt;Remarks&gt; 
     As described above, the second exemplary embodiment determines the timing of start of communication establishment for BLE communication between the portable communication terminal  10  and the image forming apparatus  20  based on the angle of emission and radio field intensity of advertising packets which the image forming apparatus  20  emits and the LUT that is based on the virtual position. In this way, in the second exemplary embodiment, using a communication establishment region that is based on the virtual position enables using a special communication establishment region in which, if the portable communication terminal  10  comes too close to the Bluetooth circuit  21 , communication establishment is not performed. 
     Furthermore, in the description of step S 908 , the function “come close and log in” is taken as an example, but can be replaced with the function “come close and connect” or “touch and log in”. 
     Moreover, information such as range information (for example, “+0 cm to +10 cm” and “−8° to +2°”) can be not information previously stored by the cooperation application but information which is transmitted from the image forming apparatus  20  at the timing of, for example, a scan response. 
     A third exemplary embodiment is characterized in that the Bluetooth circuit  21  is located on the back surface side of the image forming apparatus  20  and a detection area (communication establishment region) limited in angle and distance centering on a specific position on the front surface side of the image forming apparatus  20  is used. Thus, in the third exemplary embodiment, a method in which the Bluetooth circuit  21  does not need to be located at a reference position for the detection area is described. 
     Furthermore, configurations and processing operations in the third exemplary embodiment are partially in common with the configurations and processing operations described in the second exemplary embodiment. Therefore, similar configurations and processing operations are assigned the respective same reference characters and the detailed description thereof is omitted here. 
     &lt;Detection Area&gt; 
     In the third exemplary embodiment, as with the second exemplary embodiment, the Bluetooth circuit  21  is located at a position illustrated in  FIGS.  14 A,  14 B, and  14 C . Moreover, as with the second exemplary embodiment, a communication establishment region is formed at a position away from the Bluetooth circuit  21 . On the other hand, the third exemplary embodiment has a feature different from that of the second exemplary embodiment with regard to the shape of a detection area. 
       FIG.  20 A  is a diagram used to explain a communication establishment region in the third exemplary embodiment. The position of the Bluetooth circuit  21  in this case is assumed to be a physical position  1400 , as with  FIGS.  14 A to  14 C , and a position away from the physical position  1400  is assumed to be a virtual position  1401 . In the third exemplary embodiment, a region surrounded by a sectoral solid line and centering on the virtual position  1401  serves as a communication establishment region  2000 . The communication establishment region  2000  is a region of the shape similar to that of the communication establishment region  1300  described with reference to  FIG.  13 A . 
     &lt;Calculation of Corrected Distance and Corrected Angle&gt; 
     The third exemplary embodiment performs calculation for converting the distance R and the angle of emission θ centering on the physical position  1400  of the Bluetooth circuit  21  of the image forming apparatus  20  into a corrected distance R′ and a corrected angle of emission θ′ centering on the virtual position  1401 . This conversion is assumed to be performed on the cooperation application, which the portable communication terminal  10  executes. 
     The corrected distance is denoted by R′ and the corrected angle of emission is denoted by θ′. Then, division into cases is performed depending on the detected angle of emission θ, and the following correction conversion is performed in each case. 
     
       
         
           
             
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     The corrected distance R′ and the corrected angle of emission θ′ are able to be expressed in the above formulae. All of the variables including, for example, the distance R, the angle of emission θ, a side “a”, a side “c”, and an angle B, which are used for the above calculation, are values which are acquired in a processing flow described below. 
     Furthermore, while, here, a trigonometric function is used as a method of converting the distance R and the angle of emission θ into the corrected distance R′ and the corrected angle of emission θ′, the use of a trigonometric function is merely an example, and another method can be employed as the above-mentioned method for conversion. 
     &lt;Differences in Usage Sequence and Control Flow&gt; 
     The usage sequence and the control flow for the image forming apparatus  20  and the portable communication terminal  10  in the third exemplary embodiment are the same in content as those in the second exemplary embodiment except for characterizing portions. Therefore, here, only differences are described in detail, and the other duplicated portions are omitted from detailed description.  FIG.  18    is a diagram illustrating the entire flow of respective operations of the user  900 , the portable communication terminal  10 , and the image forming apparatus  20  in the third exemplary embodiment. 
     Referring to  FIG.  18   , in step S 901 , the image forming apparatus  20  in the third exemplary embodiment continues to emit advertising packets until performing establishment of BLE communication (communication establishment) as with the first and second exemplary embodiments. In a state in which, in step S 902 , the cooperation application is activated in the portable communication terminal  10 , then in step S 903 , the portable communication terminal  10  receives advertising packets emitted from the image forming apparatus  20 . Then, in steps S 904 , S 905 , and S 1801 , the portable communication terminal  10  requests and acquires detailed device information from the image forming apparatus  20 . In step S 1801  in the third exemplary embodiment, unlike S 906 , the device information to be acquired further includes information about the physical position  1400  and information about the virtual position  1401 . 
     The processing to be performed here is equivalent to processing in step S 1901  illustrated in  FIG.  19   , which is composed of  FIGS.  19 A and  19 B .  FIG.  19    is a flowchart illustrating processing which the portable communication terminal  10  performs in the third exemplary embodiment. In this processing, the controller  100  transmits a SCAN_REQ packet in response to the received advertising packets, thus requesting detailed information about the image forming apparatus  20 . This enables the controller  100  to receive the device information. At this time, in processing in step S 1105 , which is performed by the image forming apparatus  20 , the image forming apparatus  20  is assumed to transmit, as a response, information about the physical position  1400  and information about the virtual position  1401  included in the image forming apparatus  20  itself in addition to the device information described in the first exemplary embodiment. These pieces of information are numerical data available to express a positional relationship including sides “a”, “b”, and “c” and angles A, B, and C of a triangle given by the physical position  1400  and the virtual position  1401  illustrated in  FIG.  20 B or  20 C .  FIG.  20 B  is a diagram used to explain a method of calculating a communication establishment region in the third exemplary embodiment.  FIG.  20 C  is also a diagram used to explain a method of calculating a communication establishment region in the third exemplary embodiment. These pieces of information are assumed to be stored in the ROM  206  or the storage  207  of the image forming apparatus  20  in advance. The controller  100  stores the device information required for the above-mentioned correction in the RAM  103  of the portable communication terminal  10  and uses such device information to perform determination for execution of communication establishment for BLE communication with the image forming apparatus  20 . Moreover, the controller  100  can store such device information in the ROM  104  or the storage  105  in such a way as to enable such device information to be called up at the time of later activation. This way enables the portable communication terminal  10  to receive information about the physical position  1400  and the virtual position  1401  and use such information for correction processing with the cooperation application. 
     After acquiring information required for the above-mentioned calculation, then in step S 907 , the portable communication terminal  10  acquires distance information and angle information from the radio field intensity and the angle of emission of the received advertising packets. 
     When, in step S 908 , the user  900  selects the function “come close and log in” as a function of the cooperation application, the portable communication terminal  10  discriminates the position of the portable communication terminal  10  itself relative to the image forming apparatus  20  from distance information and angle information calculated from the advertising packets. In step S 1802 , the portable communication terminal  10 , which has acquired distance information and angle information in step S 907 , calculates corrected distance information and corrected angle information based on the device information acquired in the above-mentioned way. The processing to be performed here is equivalent to processing in step S 1902  illustrated in  FIG.  19   . In step S 1902 , the controller  100  performs correction processing using the distance R calculated in step S 1007  and the angle of emission θ calculated in step S 1008 . 
     In step S 1903 , the controller  100  uses numerical values obtained by the above-mentioned correction processing to determine whether the portable communication terminal  10  has entered the predetermined region. 
     The region serving as threshold values used for determination is a region such as that illustrated in  FIG.  20 A . At this time, threshold values used for determining whether to perform communication establishment are as follows. Such threshold information is assumed to be previously stored by the cooperation application.
 
R′≤100 cm and 5°≤θ′≤135°
 
     For example, in a case where the portable communication terminal  10  is situated at a position C illustrated in  FIG.  20 A , since the corrected position obtained by the above-mentioned correction becomes R′=127 cm and θ′=3° and, therefore, the condition for the specific region is not satisfied, then in step S 1803 , the portable communication terminal  10  determines that the portable communication terminal  10  is outside the specific region. If the calculated corrected values are outside the range for the condition (NO in step S 1903 ), the controller  100  returns the processing to step S 1002 , thus continuing the scanning state and continuing to repeat position determination. 
     Suppose that, after step S 910 , then in step S 911 , the user  900  moves the portable communication terminal  10  to a position close to the front surface of the image forming apparatus  20 , such as a position A illustrated in  FIG.  20 A  (as with  FIG.  13 A ). In this case, since the Bluetooth circuit  21  is present at the physical position  1400 , the position expressed by the distance R and the angle of emission θ becomes R=135 cm and θ=90°. If calculation is performed on such a position based on the above-mentioned conversion formulae, values of R′=98 cm and θ′=33° are derived. These values are similar to the values acquired at the position A illustrated in  FIG.  13 A . 
     Referring to  FIG.  20 A , in the position A, the corrected values indicate R′=98 cm and θ′=33°. Thus, in the position A, the condition of R′≤100 cm and 5°≤θ′≤135° is satisfied. Therefore, in step S 1804 , the controller  100  determines that the portable communication terminal  10  is present within the communication establishment region for communication establishment (YES in step S 1903 ). Then, the controller  100  advances the processing to step S 1011  illustrated in  FIG.  19    to perform communication establishment. 
     Subsequent processing is equivalent to the processing illustrated in  FIG.  9   . In steps S 913  and S 914 , the portable communication terminal  10  emits a connection request packet to the image forming apparatus  20  and thus establishes BLE communication. Upon establishment of BLE communication, in step S 915 , the portable communication terminal  10  transmits authentication information used for performing the function “come close and log in” to the image forming apparatus  20 . Upon receiving the authentication information, in step S 916 , the image forming apparatus  20  performs matching of authentication data and, if the matching result indicates success, executes a login procedure. In step S 917 , the user  900 , who has been logged in, is allowed to operate the image forming apparatus  20 . Thus far is the entire flow in the third exemplary embodiment. 
     &lt;Remarks&gt; 
     As described above, the third exemplary embodiment determines the timing of start of communication establishment for BLE communication between the portable communication terminal  10  and the image forming apparatus  20  as follows. Thus, the third exemplary embodiment determines such timing based on the angle of emission and radio field intensity of advertising packets which the image forming apparatus  20  emits and the corrected distance and corrected angle which are obtained by calculation. In this way, the third exemplary embodiment is able to use, as a communication establishment region, a region which is derived by a calculation that is based on the virtual position. Accordingly, for example, even in a case where the Bluetooth circuit  21  is not located on the front surface side of the image forming apparatus  20 , the third exemplary embodiment is able to detect a positional relationship between the portable communication terminal  10  and the image forming apparatus  20  as if the Bluetooth circuit  21  were located on the front surface side of the image forming apparatus  20 . 
     In the third exemplary embodiment, a determination as to whether to perform communication establishment is performed with use of not a distance that is based on the physical position but a distance that is based on the virtual position. Therefore, even in a case where the portable communication terminal  10  is situated at the position A illustrated in  FIG.  20 A , communication establishment is able to be performed. The position A illustrated in  FIG.  20 A  corresponds to a distance based on which communication establishment is not performed in the case of the distance that is based on the physical position of the Bluetooth circuit  21 . However, performing correction based on the virtual position enables the position A to be treated as a target for performing communication establishment. Moreover, in a case where the portable communication terminal  10  is situated at the position C illustrated in  FIG.  20 A , communication establishment is not performed. The position C illustrated in  FIG.  20 A  corresponds to a distance based on which communication establishment is performed in the case of the distance that is based on the physical position of the Bluetooth circuit  21 . However, performing correction based on the virtual position enables the position C to be treated as a target for not performing communication establishment. 
     Furthermore, in the description of step S 908 , the function “come close and log in” is taken as an example, but can be replaced with the function “come close and connect” or “touch and log in”. 
     Moreover, while the position of the portable communication terminal  10  is expressed by a positional relationship in a triangle given by the physical position  1400  and the virtual position  1401 , a conceivable configuration for such expression is not limited and can be, for example, coordinates, vectors, or three-dimensionally applied values as long as those are of the data format which is able to be treated by the cooperation application. 
     Moreover, information such as threshold value information (for example, “R′≤100 cm and 5°≤θ′≤135°”) can be not information previously stored by the cooperation application but information which is transmitted from the image forming apparatus  20  at the timing of, for example, a scan response. 
     The above-described first exemplary embodiment employs an angle of emission (angle of departure (AoD)) method to obtain a relative positional relationship between an image forming apparatus and a portable communication terminal. On the other hand, a fourth exemplary embodiment employs an angle or reception (angle of arrival (AoA)) method to obtain a relative positional relationship between an image forming apparatus and a portable communication terminal. Thus, the fourth exemplary embodiment is configured to receive, with a plurality of antennas of the portable communication terminal, radio waves emitted from a single antenna of the image forming apparatus and use the received radio waves to obtain the relative positional relationship. 
     Furthermore, configurations and processing operations in the fourth exemplary embodiment are similar to the configurations and processing operations described in the first exemplary embodiment except for those associated with the above-mentioned method. Therefore, similar configurations and processing operations are assigned the respective same reference characters and the detailed description thereof is omitted here. 
     &lt;Bluetooth Circuit of Portable Communication Terminal&gt; 
     The Bluetooth circuit  10011  is an antenna module unit (wireless communication interface) equipped with a controller compliant with the Bluetooth standard. The Bluetooth circuit  10011  is assumed to conform to the BLE communication method of Bluetooth 5.1 and to be compatible with the function of detecting, by BLE communication, a direction in which the image forming apparatus  20  is located. Moreover, the Bluetooth circuit  10011  includes a plurality of antennas in such a way as to be able to detect the angle of reception (direction) of radio waves emitted from the image forming apparatus  20 . 
       FIG.  23 B  is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the Bluetooth circuit  10011  included in the portable communication terminal  10 . The Bluetooth circuit  10011  is mounted in the portable communication terminal  10 , and performs wireless communication compliant with the Bluetooth standard (mainly, concerning BLE) with the image forming apparatus  20 , thus controlling inputting and outputting of data between the image forming apparatus  20  and the CPU  101 . While the Bluetooth circuit  10021  includes a single antenna mounted therein, the Bluetooth circuit  10011  includes a plurality of antennas mounted therein. The Bluetooth circuit  10011  includes an IC chip  10110  and BLE antennas  115 ,  116 ,  117 , and  118 , which are arranged on a substrate  119 . The IC chip  10110  includes functions of a host I/F control unit  111 , a BLE baseband unit  112 , an RF control unit  113 , and an RF switch  114  in an aggregated manner. 
     The RF control unit  113  is configured to perform modulation and demodulation processing of radio waves for radio frequency (RF) communication to perform BLE communication with the image forming apparatus  20 . 
     The BLE antennas  115 ,  116 ,  117 , and  118  are antennas formed to perform wireless communication and are able to be used to perform communication with the image forming apparatus  20 . Furthermore, each of the BLE antennas  115 ,  116 ,  117 , and  118  is a pattern antenna wired in a pattern on the substrate  119 , and is regulated in such a way as to have antenna characteristics available for performing BLE communication in the 2.4 GHz band. 
     The Bluetooth circuit  10011  is assumed to conform to the BLE communication method of Bluetooth 5.1 so as to support a function for detecting a direction in which the image forming apparatus  20  is situated. 
     &lt;Bluetooth Circuit of Image Forming Apparatus&gt; 
     The Bluetooth circuit  10021  is an antenna module unit (wireless communication interface) equipped with a controller compliant with the Bluetooth standard. The Bluetooth circuit  10021  is assumed to perform communication in conformance with the IEEE 802.15 standard and to be compatible with the BLE communication method of Bluetooth  5 . 1 . The Bluetooth circuit  10021  includes a single antenna. 
       FIG.  23 A  is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the Bluetooth circuit  10021  included in the image forming apparatus  20 . The Bluetooth circuit  10021  is mounted in the image forming apparatus  20 , and performs wireless communication conforming to the Bluetooth standard (mainly, concerning BLE) with the portable communication terminal  10 , thus controlling inputting and outputting of data between the portable communication terminal  10  and the main SoC  201 . As mentioned above, the Bluetooth circuit  10021  conforms to a BLE communication method of Bluetooth 5.1. The Bluetooth circuit  10021  includes an integrated circuit (IC) chip  10051  and a BLE antenna  46 , which are arranged on a substrate  49 . Furthermore, while, in  FIG.  23 A , the antenna is illustrated as a trident, this is an expression of expediency for distinction from a solid line in the figure, and the actual shape of the antenna does not need to be a trident. The IC chip  10051  includes functions of a host interface (I/F) control unit  41 , a BLE baseband unit  42 , and a radio frequency (RF) control unit  43  in an aggregated manner. 
     &lt;Antenna and Shield&gt; 
     Next, a relationship between the antenna of the Bluetooth circuit  10021  and a shield is described. As mentioned above, the Bluetooth circuit  10021  includes a single antenna. As illustrated in  FIG.  24 A , the BLE antenna  46  is formed in pattern wiring on the substrate  49 .  FIG.  24 A  is a diagram illustrating a front surface of the Bluetooth circuit board.  FIG.  24 B  is a diagram illustrating an upper surface of the Bluetooth circuit board.  FIG.  24 C  is a diagram illustrating a back surface of the Bluetooth circuit board.  FIG.  24 D  is a diagram used to explain a relationship between radio waves and a shield. 
     In this way, a mechanism for performing direction detection (described below in detail) compliant with the Bluetooth standard with use of a single antenna is provided. The BLE antenna  46  is connected to the IC chip  10051 . Moreover, on the substrate  49  of the Bluetooth circuit  10021 , there is provided a connector  52  which is connectable to the controller  200  with a cable  80  (see  FIG.  8 B ) for interface connection with the controller  200 . The connector  52  is connected to the host I/F control unit  41  of the IC chip  10051 . 
     Moreover, the metallic plate  55  functions as a shield member which shields radio waves emitted from the BLE antenna  46 . 
     &lt;Communication Establishment Processing&gt; 
     Communication establishment processing is approximately the same as the content described in the first exemplary embodiment with reference to  FIG.  7   . However, in the fourth exemplary embodiment, processing in step S 701  refers to one set of processing for receiving the respective packets by the BLE antennas  115 ,  116 ,  117 , and  118 . This also applies to steps S 702 , S 705 , S 706 , and S 707  described below. 
     Moreover, in the fourth exemplary embodiment, the scan response which the portable communication terminal  10  receives in step S 704  does not include information about an interval between a plurality of antennas. 
     When being in a scanning state  70 , the portable communication terminal  10  is able to acquire an angle of emission θ by calculating a direction from advertising packets emitted from the image forming apparatus  20 . 
     &lt;Direction Detection&gt; 
     Next, a method for direction detection using a plurality of antennas is described. A method of detecting a direction by causing a transmission side including a single antenna to emit radio waves for BLE communication and causing a reception side including a plurality of antennas to receive radio waves for BLE communication is described with reference to  FIG.  25   .  FIG.  25    is a diagram used to explain direction detection using BLE. In  FIG.  25   , the transmission side for radio waves is equivalent to the Bluetooth circuit  10021  of the image forming apparatus  20 , and the reception side for radio waves is equivalent to the Bluetooth circuit  10011  of the portable communication terminal  10 . The present method is a method of detecting an angle of reception called an angle of arrival (AoA) or a direction of arrival (DoA), in which a positional relationship between two apparatuses is expressed by the angle of reception θ. While, in the Bluetooth circuit  10011 , four antennas are used, for ease of explanation, here, for descriptive purposes, description is performed with use of two antennas, i.e., an antenna  1  and an antenna  2 . 
     First, as a premise, the image forming apparatus  20  serving as the transmission side is assumed to periodically emit advertising packets (advertisement packets). Then, radio waves emitted from the image forming apparatus  20  come to arrive at the portable communication terminal  10  serving as the reception side. 
     At the reception side, with two antennas, i.e., the antenna  1  and the antenna  2 , focused on, the distance taken for a radio wave emitted from the transmission side to arrive at the antenna  1  is different from the distance taken for a radio wave emitted from the transmission side to arrive at the antenna  2 . Accordingly, as a result, a very slight difference occurs between a time required for a wireless radio wave transmitted from the transmission to arrive at the antenna  1  and a time required for a wireless radio wave transmitted from the transmission to arrive at the antenna  2 . This very slight difference in time is able to be detected as a phase difference occurring when the respective antennas of the portable communication terminal  10  have received radio waves. 
     Here, the interval between the antenna  1  and the antenna  2  is denoted by d, the angle of reception of a wireless radio wave received by the antenna  1  or the antenna  2  is denoted by θ, and the wavelength of the radio wave is denoted by λ. In this instance, when the above-mentioned phase difference is denoted by φ, the following relationship holds.
 
φ=(2 πd *cos(θ))/λ,
 
     Accordingly, the angle of reception θ of a radio wave is calculated as shown below.
 
θ=arccos((φλ)/(2 πd ))
 
     As just described, if radio waves emitted from a single antenna are received by a plurality of antennas and a phase difference between the received plurality of radio waves is able to be accurately detected, a positional relationship between the transmission side and the reception side for radio waves is able to be calculated as the angle of reception  74  . Furthermore, to calculate an accurate phase difference, it is desirable that the antenna  1  and the antenna  2  have equivalent radio properties. Therefore, as mentioned above, the BLE antennas  115 ,  116 ,  117 , and  118  are configured to have equivalent radio properties. Moreover, to calculate an accurate phase difference, it is desirable that a radio wave emitted from a single antenna of the image forming apparatus  20  be direct waves which linearly come through the same propagation path to arrival at a plurality of antennas of the portable communication terminal  10 . 
     Such direct waves, which have arrived at the portable communication terminal  10 , are received by the respective BLE antennas  115 ,  116 ,  117 , and  118 . Then, signals that are based on the radio waves received by the BLE antennas  115 ,  116 ,  117 , and  118  are sequentially input to the IC chip  10110  by the RF switch  114 , which is sequentially switched between contacts “a” to “d”. 
     As mentioned above, a phase difference is able to be obtained from a plurality of radio waves, and the angle of reception is able to be calculated from the obtained phase difference. Accordingly, the portable communication terminal  10  is able to detect, with the Bluetooth circuit  10011 , a direction in which the image forming apparatus  20  is situated as the angle of reception θ of a wireless radio wave. 
     Furthermore, to perform the above-mentioned calculation, the interval d between the antenna  1  and the antenna  2  serving as the reception side and the wavelength λ of a wireless radio wave are required. Accordingly, in a case where the portable communication terminal  10  is configured to calculate the angle of reception, the portable communication terminal  10  is required to acquire these parameters in advance. For example, information about the wavelength λ can be acquired from an advertising packet (or a response to a scan request) emitted from the image forming apparatus  20 . Furthermore, information about the interval d is information concerning the inside of the portable communication terminal  10  and, therefore, can also be previously stored. 
     The subsequent description is performed on the premise that the angle of reception θ is able to be acquired. Moreover, calculation of the angle of reception is assumed to be performed by the RF control unit  113  included in the IC chip  10110  based on the specifications of the Bluetooth standard. Accordingly, the controller  100  only needs to acquire information about the angle of reception which is output from the Bluetooth circuit  10011 . Furthermore, the angle of reception θ can also be calculated by the controller  100 . 
     &lt;Antenna Arrangement&gt; 
     The fourth exemplary embodiment is configured to locate the Bluetooth circuit  10021  in a region on the front surface near the operation panel  26 , in a similar way to that illustrated in  FIGS.  8 A and  8 B  in the first exemplary embodiment. 
     &lt;Detection Area&gt; 
     The fourth exemplary embodiment is configured to use the communication establishment region  1300  illustrated in  FIG.  13 A  as with the first exemplary embodiment. 
     &lt;Usage Sequence&gt; 
     The fourth exemplary embodiment is configured to determine the necessity or unnecessity of communication establishment for the functions “come close and log in”, “come close and connect”, and “touch and log in” based on a relative positional relationship between the image forming apparatus  20  and the portable communication terminal  10  as with the first exemplary embodiment. However, angle information which is used in the fourth exemplary embodiment is assumed to be based on the angle of arrival (AoA) method. 
     &lt;Control Flow for Image Forming Apparatus&gt; 
     In the fourth exemplary embodiment, the image forming apparatus  20  is controlled in a similar way to that illustrated in  FIG.  11    in the first exemplary embodiment. However, data of SCAN_RESP does not include information about the distance d between a plurality of antennas. 
     &lt;Control Flow for Portable Communication Terminal&gt; 
     In the fourth exemplary embodiment, the portable communication terminal  10  is controlled in a similar way to that illustrated in  FIG.  10    in the first exemplary embodiment. However, angle information which is used in the fourth exemplary embodiment is assumed to be based on the angle of arrival (AoA) method. Therefore, while, in the first exemplary embodiment, in step S 1008 , the controller  100  “acquires and stores ‘angle information’ calculated from phase data obtained before and after the received advertising packets and antenna information”, in the fourth exemplary embodiment, the controller  100  “acquires and stores ‘angle information’ calculated from phase data about advertising packets received by the respective antennas of the portable communication terminal and antenna information”. 
     The above-described second exemplary embodiment employs an angle of emission (angle of departure (AoD)) method to obtain a relative positional relationship between an image forming apparatus and a portable communication terminal. On the other hand, a fifth exemplary embodiment employs an angle or reception (angle of arrival (AoA)) method to obtain a relative positional relationship between an image forming apparatus and a portable communication terminal. Thus, the fifth exemplary embodiment is configured to receive, with a plurality of antennas of the portable communication terminal, radio waves emitted from a single antenna of the image forming apparatus and use the received radio waves to obtain the relative positional relationship. 
     Furthermore, basic configurations and processing operations in the fifth exemplary embodiment are similar to the configurations and processing operations described in the second exemplary embodiment, and processing operations and configurations concerning the above-mentioned method are similar to those in the fourth exemplary embodiment. Therefore, similar configurations and processing operations are assigned the respective same reference characters and the detailed description thereof is omitted here. 
     &lt;Antenna Arrangement&gt; 
     In the fifth exemplary embodiment, the Bluetooth circuit  10021  is located at the position illustrated in  FIGS.  14 A,  14 B, and  14 C  as with the second exemplary embodiment. Thus, the Bluetooth circuit  10021  is located at a position near the back surface side of the image forming apparatus  20 . This position is referred to a “physical position  1400 ”. On the other hand, the fifth exemplary embodiment performs control such that the center of a specific region based on which to perform communication establishment for BLE communication is set to a position near the front surface side of the image forming apparatus  20 . This position is referred to a “virtual position  1401 ”. The physical position  1400  and the virtual position  1401  are arranged in a positional relationship expressed by a width across corners  1402 . 
     &lt;Detection Area&gt; 
     The fifth exemplary embodiment, as with the second exemplary embodiment, uses a distance R detected by the radio field intensity and the angle of reception θ detected by direction detection, which are calculated centering on the physical position  1400  of the Bluetooth circuit  10021  of the image forming apparatus  20 . The fifth exemplary embodiment uses an LUT and threshold value information associated with a communication establishment region centering on the virtual position  1401 . 
     &lt;Usage Sequence&gt; 
     The fifth exemplary embodiment is configured to determine the necessity or unnecessity of communication establishment for, for example, the functions “come close and log in”, “come close and connect”, and “touch and log in” based on a relative positional relationship between the image forming apparatus  20  and the portable communication terminal  10  as with the second exemplary embodiment. However, angle information which is used in the fifth exemplary embodiment is assumed to be based on the angle of arrival (AoA) method. 
     &lt;Control Flow for Portable Communication Terminal&gt; 
     In the fifth exemplary embodiment, the portable communication terminal  10  is controlled in a similar way to that illustrated in  FIG.  17    in the second exemplary embodiment. However, angle information which is used in the fifth exemplary embodiment is assumed to be based on the angle of arrival (AoA) method. Therefore, while, in the second exemplary embodiment, in step S 1008 , the controller  100  “acquires and stores ‘angle information’ calculated from phase data obtained before and after the received advertising packets and antenna information”, in the fifth exemplary embodiment, the controller  100  “acquires and stores ‘angle information’ calculated from phase data about advertising packets received by the respective antennas of the portable communication terminal and antenna information”. 
     The above-described third exemplary embodiment employs an angle of emission (angle of departure (AoD)) method to obtain a relative positional relationship between an image forming apparatus and a portable communication terminal. On the other hand, a sixth exemplary embodiment employs an angle or reception (angle of arrival (AoA)) method to obtain a relative positional relationship between an image forming apparatus and a portable communication terminal. Thus, the sixth exemplary embodiment is configured to receive, with a plurality of antennas of the portable communication terminal, radio waves emitted from a single antenna of the image forming apparatus and use the received radio waves to obtain the relative positional relationship. 
     Furthermore, basic configurations and processing operations in the sixth exemplary embodiment are similar to the configurations and processing operations described in the third exemplary embodiment, and processing operations and configurations concerning the above-mentioned method are similar to those in the fourth exemplary embodiment. Therefore, similar configurations and processing operations are assigned the respective same reference characters and the detailed description thereof is omitted here. 
     &lt;Detection Area&gt; 
     The sixth exemplary embodiment is configured to perform communication establishment with use of the communication establishment region  2000  illustrated in  FIG.  20 A , as described in the third exemplary embodiment. 
     &lt;Calculation of Corrected Distance and Corrected Angle&gt; 
     The sixth exemplary embodiment performs calculation for converting the distance R and the angle of reception θ centering on the physical position  1400  of the Bluetooth circuit  10021  of the image forming apparatus  20  into a corrected distance R′ and a corrected angle of reception θ′ centering on the virtual position  1401 . This conversion is assumed to be performed on the cooperation application, which the portable communication terminal  10  executes. The corrected distance is denoted by R′ and the corrected angle of reception is denoted by θ′. However, angle information which is used in the sixth exemplary embodiment is assumed to be based on the angle of arrival (AoA) method. 
     &lt;Usage Sequence&gt; 
     The sixth exemplary embodiment is configured to determine the necessity or unnecessity of communication establishment for, for example, the functions “come close and log in”, “come close and connect”, and “touch and log in” based on a relative positional relationship between the image forming apparatus  20  and the portable communication terminal  10  as with the third exemplary embodiment. However, angle information which is used in the sixth exemplary embodiment is assumed to be based on the angle of arrival (AoA) method. 
     &lt;Control Flow for Portable Communication Terminal&gt; 
     In the sixth exemplary embodiment, the portable communication terminal  10  is controlled in a similar way to that illustrated in  FIG.  19    in the third exemplary embodiment. However, angle information which is used in the sixth exemplary embodiment is assumed to be based on the angle of arrival (AoA) method. Therefore, while, in the third exemplary embodiment, in step S 1008 , the controller  100  “acquires and stores ‘angle information’ calculated from phase data obtained before and after the received advertising packets and antenna information”, in the sixth exemplary embodiment, the controller  100  “acquires and stores ‘angle information’ calculated from phase data about advertising packets received by the respective antennas of the portable communication terminal and antenna information”. 
     The present disclosure is not limited to the above-described exemplary embodiments and can be modified in various manners (including an organic combination of some of the above-described exemplary embodiments) based on the gist of the present disclosure, so that variations or modifications thereof are not intended to be excluded from the scope of the present disclosure. Thus, configurations obtained by combining each of the above-described exemplary embodiments and a modification example thereof are also included in the present disclosure. 
     Embodiments of the present disclosure can also be implemented by performing processing for supplying a program for implementing one or more functions of the above-described exemplary embodiments to a system or apparatus via a network or a storage medium and causing one or more processors in a computer of the system or apparatus to read out and execute the program. Moreover, embodiments of the present disclosure can also be implemented by a circuit which implements the above-mentioned one or more functions (for example, an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC)). 
     The first to third exemplary embodiments are premised on a configuration in which, as described with reference to  FIG.  5 C , the back surface of the substrate  49  is covered with the metallic plate  55 . If the metallic plate  55  is configured not to cover the arrangement range of antennas, a different communication establishment region would be formed. The manner in which such a different communication establishment region is formed is illustrated in  FIG.  13 B .  FIG.  13 B  is a diagram illustrating a communication establishment region formed in a mirror arrangement. Referring to  FIG.  13 B , in addition to the communication establishment region  1300 , a sectoral communication establishment region  1301 , which is indicated by hatched lines, is formed. The communication establishment region  1301  is formed at a position in a mirror arrangement to the communication establishment region  1300  with respect to a virtual line X parallel to the arrangement direction of antennas (−135°≤θ≤−5°). This is the result of radio waves which travel toward the back surface side of the substrate  49 , including radio waves indicated by arrows  60  illustrated in  FIG.  5 D , spreading circumferentially. In the first to third exemplary embodiments, preventing or reducing the occurrence of such a communication establishment region in a mirror arrangement enables accurately implementing a communication establishment that is based on a detection area. However, such a configuration is not essential. For example, most of the communication establishment region  1301  is on the main body of the image forming apparatus  20  and is, therefore, not a region which the user may enter. Therefore, if the communication establishment region  1301  is considered to be ignorable, the back surface side of the substrate  49  does not need to be covered with the metallic plate  55 . 
     While, in the first to third exemplary embodiments, an example in which information about the wavelength λ of a wireless radio wave is included in a scan response has been described, since this value is able to be acquired from frequency information about advertising packets, information about the wavelength λ does not necessarily need to be included in a scan response. 
     In the first to third exemplary embodiments, a case where, if a result of determining that the portable communication terminal  10  has entered a communication establishment region has been obtained at least once, communication establishment processing for BLE communication is proceeded with has been described. However, communication establishment processing for BLE communication can be proceeded with based on a plurality of results of determination. For example, a configuration of determining a direction of movement of the user carrying the portable communication terminal  10  based on a plurality of results of determination and proceeding with communication establishment processing for BLE communication based on the determined direction of movement being toward the image forming apparatus  20  can be employed. 
     In the third exemplary embodiment, an example in which a communication establishment region determined by a calculation that is based on the virtual position is used has been described. Such a communication establishment region determined by the calculation can be applied to an area that is based on the physical position of the Bluetooth circuit  21 . For example, as illustrated in  FIG.  22   , a condition can be set in such a manner that the communication establishment region becomes a square-shaped region  2202 .  FIG.  22    is a diagram illustrating a communication establishment region in a further exemplary embodiment. Such an anteriorly square-shaped region is effective, for example, in an environment in which a plurality of image forming apparatuses is laterally arranged side by side. 
     In the first to third exemplary embodiments, device information about the image forming apparatus  20  is treated as information included in a scan response. For example, device information (simplified), data for discriminating a device, such as an address or a universally unique identifier (UUID), a received signal strength indication (RSSI), and Tx power level are included in an advertising packet, and device information (detailed), machine model particulars, a function supported by an application, data specific in an application, the interval d between a plurality of antennas, the wavelength λ of a wireless radio wave, and an advertising transmission interval are included in a scan response. However, if there is no problem in transfer capacity, a part or the whole of device information to be transmitted with a scan response can be included in an advertising packet. 
     Other Embodiments 
     Embodiment(s) of the present disclosure can also be realized by a computer of a system or apparatus that reads out and executes computer executable instructions (e.g., one or more programs) recorded on a storage medium (which may also be referred to more fully as a ‘non-transitory computer-readable storage medium’) to perform the functions of one or more of the above-described embodiment(s) and/or that includes one or more circuits (e.g., application specific integrated circuit (ASIC)) for performing the functions of one or more of the above-described embodiment(s), and by a method performed by the computer of the system or apparatus by, for example, reading out and executing the computer executable instructions from the storage medium to perform the functions of one or more of the above-described embodiment(s) and/or controlling the one or more circuits to perform the functions of one or more of the above-described embodiment(s). The computer may comprise one or more processors (e.g., central processing unit (CPU), micro processing unit (MPU)) and may include a network of separate computers or separate processors to read out and execute the computer executable instructions. The computer executable instructions may be provided to the computer, for example, from a network or the storage medium. The storage medium may include, for example, one or more of a hard disk, a random access memory (RAM), a read-only memory (ROM), a storage of distributed computing systems, an optical disk (such as a compact disc (CD), digital versatile disc (DVD), or Blu-ray Disc (BD)TM), a flash memory device, a memory card, and the like. 
     While the present disclosure includes exemplary embodiments, it is to be understood that the disclosure is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments. The scope of the following claims is to be accorded the broadest interpretation so as to encompass all such modifications and equivalent structures and functions.