Patent ID: 8503410

Claim:
A wireless communication apparatus, comprising: a first communication unit configured to communicate by a first communication method; a second communication unit configured to communicate by a second communication method different from the first communication method, wherein the second communication method uses electromagnetic coupling; and a determination unit configured to determine, when the first communication unit communicates with another wireless communication apparatus, whether or not said another wireless communication apparatus is present inside a communication area of the second communication unit using at least the second communication unit; wherein the first communication unit communicates with said another wireless communication apparatus by first transmission power in a case where it is determined by the determination unit that said another wireless communication apparatus is present inside the communication area of the second communication unit, and communicates with said another wireless communication apparatus by second transmission power larger than the first transmission power in a case where it is determined by the determination unit that said another wireless communication apparatus is not present inside the communication area of the second communication unit.