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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 16, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Takumi Soga, Sagamihara, JP;
Assignee:
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395309 ; 395882 ;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus includes an interface for connecting a host computer and a plurality of external units, and a cache memory unit interposed in the interface, for temporally storing data which is transmitted or received through the interface. The cache memory unit includes an access control circuit for selectively setting a plurality of ID numbers corresponding to ID numbers of the plurality of external units in the interface, receiving access to the plurality of external units by the host computer, and making it possible that the host computer transparently accesses the plurality of external units.