US Patent Issued to Canon on May 20 for "Communication apparatus that can search for an external access point and perform connection processing using different communication modes, method of controlling same, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,307,147, issued on May 20, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Communication apparatus that can search for an external access point and perform connection processing using different communication modes, method of controlling same, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium" was invented by Wahei Sugawara (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A communication apparatus capable of operating in at least one of a plurality of modes including a first communication mode in which wireless communication is performed with another apparatus via an external access point and a second communication mode in which wireless communicat...