IP Library Granted Patent US 12,543,142
Granted Patent B2
US 12,543,142 · App. 18/150,172 · Granted Feb 3, 2026

Information processing device and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing program

Inventors: Iwane Ikeda (Nagano, JP); Hiroyuki Kuramoto (Shiojiri, JP); Yui Imamura (Shiojiri, JP)
Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
H04W64/003H04N1/00427H04W64/006
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Patent No.
US 12,543,142
App. No.
18/150,172
Granted
Feb 3, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information processing device wirelessly communicates with an electronic device via a wireless communication unit and includes a search result acquisition unit, a direction information acquisition unit, and a controller. The search result acquisition unit acquires information of a search result about the electronic device by a search via the wireless communication unit. The direction information acquisition unit acquires direction information representing a direction in which the electronic device exists, by short-range wireless communication with the electronic device via the wireless communication unit. The controller makes a determination about whether the electronic device found by the search is located within a range in a predetermined direction or not, based on the information of the search result and the direction information, and executes display processing of displaying a screen relating to the electronic device that is a target of the determination.

Claims (21)

1 . An information processing device wirelessly communicating with an electronic device via a wireless communication unit, the information processing device comprising:

a search result acquisition unit configured to acquire, via the wireless communication unit, information representing a search result of a search of the electronic device;

a direction information acquisition unit configured to acquire direction information representing a direction in which the electronic device exists, the acquisition being by short-range wireless communication with the electronic device via the wireless communication unit; and

a controller configured to make a determination, based on the information representing the search result and the direction information, of whether or not the electronic device found by the search is located within a range in a predetermined direction, and in response executing display processing of displaying a screen relating to the electronic device that is a target of the determination,

the controller further configured to execute a display processing of displaying a screen identifying the electronic device that is the target of the determination can execute a job,

the controller configured to execute processing of enabling an operation on an icon indicating execution of the job when a result of the determination shows that the electronic device is located within the range in the predetermined direction, and execute processing of disabling the operation on the icon when the result of the determination shows that the electronic device is not located within the range in the predetermined direction.

2 . The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein

the controller is configured to execute processing of determining whether the electronic device is located within a predetermined angle range including a horizontal direction, as the range in the predetermined direction.

3 . The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein

when a result of the determination shows that a plurality of the electronic devices are found by the search and located within the range in the predetermined direction, the controller is configured to display processing of identifying that the plurality of the electronic devices are located within the range in the predetermined direction.

4 . The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein

the controller is configured to execute display processing of displaying a screen where a list of information of the electronic device located within the range in the predetermined direction is displayed, as the screen relating to the electronic device that is the target of the determination.

5 . The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein

the controller is configured to execute display processing of displaying a screen where an image of the electronic device located within the range in the predetermined direction is displayed on a map image, as the screen relating to the electronic device that is the target of the determination.

6 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program, the program causing a computer to function as:

a wireless communication unit wirelessly communicating with an electronic device;

a search result acquisition unit acquiring, via the wireless communication unit, information representing a search result of a search of the electronic device;

a direction information acquisition unit acquiring direction information representing a direction in which the electronic device exists, by short-range wireless communication with the electronic device via the wireless communication unit; and

a controller making a determination, based on the information representing the search result and the direction information, of whether or not the electronic device found by the search is located within a range in a predetermined direction, and in response executing display processing of displaying a screen relating to the electronic device that is a target of the determination,

the controller further executing a display processing of displaying a screen identifying the electronic device that is the target of the determination can execute a job,

the controller configured to execute processing of enabling an operation on an icon indicating execution of the job when a result of the determination shows that the electronic device is located within the range in the predetermined direction, and execute processing of disabling the operation on the icon when the result of the determination shows that the electronic device is not located within the range in the predetermined direction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 25, 2023
From: IKEDA, IWANE; KURAMOTO, HIROYUKI; IMAMURA, YUI
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062483/0921 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-001131 · Jan 6, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230217405A1 · Jul 6, 2023
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