MUMBAI, India, Sept. 28 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202644033769 A) filed by Canon Kabushiki Kaisha on March 20, 2026, for Communication Apparatus, And Control Method Thereof.

Inventor includes Kiyohiro Tsunekawa -.

The application for the patent was published on September 25, 2026, under issue no. 39/2026.

Abstract: A communication apparatus connects to an access point (AP) through wireless communication. The communication apparatus includes connection means for connecting to a plurality of APs that operate jointly, through a predetermined communication method; search means for searching for an external AP outside the communication apparatus and obtaining information pertaining to the external AP discovered by the search; and a display control means for, in a case where the external AP discovered by the search means includes a plurality of APs that support the predetermined communication method and the plurality of APs form a group, controlling information pertaining to the plurality of APs included in the group to be displayed so as to be selectable as a single option when information pertaining to external APs discovered by the search means is displayed. [Figure 7]

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