View source for US Patent Application 18350062. IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION WITH PORTABLE TERMINAL simplified abstract

=IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION WITH PORTABLE TERMINAL=


==Organization Name==

[[CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA]]


==Inventor(s)==

[[Takuya Uemura of Chiba (JP)]]

==IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION WITH PORTABLE TERMINAL - A simplified explanation of the abstract==


This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18350062 titled 'IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION WITH PORTABLE TERMINAL

==Simplified Explanation==

The patent application describes an image forming apparatus that can communicate with a portable terminal using near field wireless communication.
* The apparatus has a first communication portion that uses a specific type of wireless communication to communicate with the portable terminal when it is held over the apparatus.
* There is also a second communication portion that can communicate with the portable terminal using a different type of wireless communication, which has a broader communication range than the first type.
* The second communication portion is able to communicate with the portable terminal based on the communication established through the first communication type.
* The apparatus includes a sound generating portion that generates a notification sound to indicate when the communication between the portable terminal and the second communication portion is enabled.


==Original Abstract Submitted==

An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion, a first communication portion for communicating with a portable terminal through near field wireless communication by using a first communication type in response to holding of the portable terminal thereover, a second communication portion, capable of communicating with the portable terminal on the basis of communication with the portable terminal by using the first communication type, for carrying out wireless communication with the portable terminal by using a second communication type broader in communication range than the first communication type, and a sound generating portion for generating a notification sound for notifying that communication between the portable terminal and the second communication portion is enabled in response to enablement of the communication between the portable terminal and the second communication portion.