Communication apparatus for connecting to a wireless network using a simple operation
A communication apparatus includes an acquiring unit that acquires information regarding another communication apparatus from a captured image; a determining unit that determines, on the basis of the information acquired by the acquiring unit, whether the other communication apparatus requests a connection using an infrastructure mode based on an IEEE 802.11 standard or requests a connection using Wi-Fi Direct; and a providing unit that provides, to the other communication apparatus, a communication parameter used for a connection requested by the other communication apparatus on the basis of a result of determination by the determining unit.
1. A communication apparatus comprising:
one or more processors; and
one or more memories storing code to be executed by the one or more processors, when executed by the one or more processors, cooperating to act as:
a capturing unit configured to capture an image associated with other communication apparatus;
a determining unit that determines, on the basis of information acquired from the image captured by the capturing unit, whether the other communication apparatus requests a connection using an infrastructure mode based on an IEEE 802.11 standard or requests a connection using Wi-Fi Direct;
a selecting unit that selects a communication parameter for connecting by using the infrastructure mode in a case where the determining unit determines that the other communication apparatus requests a connection using the infrastructure mode and selects a communication parameter for connecting by using Wi-Fi Direct in a case where the determining unit determines that the other communication apparatus requests a connection using Wi-Fi Direct; and
a providing unit that provides, to the other communication apparatus, the communication parameter selected by the selecting unit.
2. The communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein, if the determining unit determines that the other communication apparatus requests the connection using the infrastructure mode based on the IEEE 802.11 standard, the providing unit provides a communication parameter used for a connection to a wireless local area network established by an access point different from the communication apparatus.
3. The communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein, if the determining unit determines that the other communication apparatus requests the connection using Wi-Fi-Direct, the providing unit provides a communication parameter used for a connection using Wi-Fi Direct between the communication apparatus and the other communication apparatus.
4. The communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the image includes any of a barcode and a two-dimensional code.
5. The communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the communication parameter includes at least any one of a service set identifier, an encryption key, an encryption method, an authentication key, and an authentication method.
6. A communication method comprising:
capturing an image associated with other communication apparatus;
determining, on the basis of information acquired from the image captured, whether the communication apparatus requests a connection using an infrastructure mode based on an IEEE 802.11 standard or requests a connection using Wi-Fi Direct;
selecting a communication parameter for connecting by using the infrastructure mode in a case where it is determined that the communication apparatus requests a connection using the infrastructure mode and selects a communication parameter for connecting by using Wi-Fi Direct in a case where it is determined that the communication apparatus requests a connection using Wi-Fi Direct; and
providing, to the communication apparatus, the communication parameter selected.
7. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program for causing a computer to execute a communication method, the communication method comprising:
capturing an image associated with other communication apparatus;
determining, on the basis of information acquired from the image captured, whether the other communication apparatus requests a connection using an infrastructure mode based on an IEEE 802.11 standard or requests a connection using Wi-Fi Direct;
selecting a communication parameter for connecting by using the infrastructure mode in a case where it is determined that the other communication apparatus requests a connection using the infrastructure mode and selects a communication parameter for connecting by using Wi-Fi Direct in a case where it is determined that the other communication apparatus requests a connection using Wi-Fi Direct; and
providing, to the other communication apparatus, the communication parameter selected.