US Patent 11937179 Electronic apparatus and communication control method

An electronic apparatus includes: a wireless communication unit wirelessly communicating via an external access point; and a processing unit operating in one of a plurality of operation modes including a first operation mode and a second operation mode having lower power consumption than the first operation mode, the processing unit controlling the wireless communication unit. The processing unit executes first scan processing as scan processing for the access point when the operation mode is the first operation mode. The processing unit executes second scan processing in which a scanning target is limited compared with the first scan processing, when the operation mode is the second operation mode.