Patent ID: 7650144

Claim:
A wireless communication apparatus configured to communicate information including data and identification information identifying the data with a controlling apparatus by wireless communication, the wireless communication apparatus comprising: a first communicator, configured to perform the wireless communication by using a first communication system; a second communicator, configured to perform the wireless communication by using a second communication system having a communication speed higher than the first communication system; a storage, storing identification information indicative of specific data which has a data amount no less than a threshold value; a selector, configured to extract identification information from information to be sent to the controlling apparatus, the selector being configured to select the first communicator in a case where the extracted identification information is not identical with the identification information stored in the storage, and to select the second communicator in a case where the extracted identification information is identical with the identification information stored in the storage; an information acquirer, configured to acquire information related to a state of an environment of a peripheral region of the wireless communication apparatus, wherein the information acquirer includes an imaging device configured to image the peripheral region, and the specific data is image data that is imaged by the imaging device; a detector, configured to detect an abnormality in the state of the environment; and an activator, configured to activate the second communicator and send an instruction to the imaging device to image the peripheral region when the detector detects the abnormality, wherein the selector is configured to send the image data according to the instruction from the activator through the second communicator.