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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2021
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Hara, Kanagawa, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus that includes a non-volatile semiconductor storage apparatus includes a controller configured to make a setting of an erase-by-overwriting function of issuing an instruction to erase data stored in the semiconductor storage apparatus by overwriting the stored data with different data, wherein, in a case where the semiconductor storage apparatus satisfies a predetermined condition, the controller enables the setting of the erase-by-overwriting function to be made, and wherein, in a case where the semiconductor storage apparatus does not satisfy the predetermined condition, the controller disables the setting of the erase-by-overwriting function to be made.