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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:
Jul. 11, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 08, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Masaoki Ohtsuka, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
711113 ; 711137 ; 711156 ; 711115 ;
Abstract
A removable medium data storage apparatus includes a medium loading mechanism for loading a medium, a read circuit for reading data, a buffer for temporarily storing read data, and an MPU. The MPU includes at least a read pattern table for storing a read pattern specified by a read command issued by a host apparatus, the read pattern being formed of a block address and a processed block size, so that data can be prefetched according to the read pattern each time the medium is loaded.