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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2005
Mitsuru Yasue, Kawasaki, JP;
Kinya Saito, Kawasaki, JP;
Kenichi Utsumi, Kawasaki, JP;
Reisuke Nakagawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Hitomi Akiyama, Kawasaki, JP;
Ichirou Sakuma, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroyasu Inagaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Yoshiharu Itoh, Kawasaki, JP;
Mitsuru Yasue, Kawasaki, JP;
Kinya Saito, Kawasaki, JP;
Kenichi Utsumi, Kawasaki, JP;
Reisuke Nakagawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Hitomi Akiyama, Kawasaki, JP;
Ichirou Sakuma, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroyasu Inagaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Yoshiharu Itoh, Kawasaki, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A drive control apparatus receives an instruction from an upper unit, to mount a predetermined medium onto a predetermined drive unit. If a combination of the predetermined medium and the predetermined drive unit is determined as inappropriate, the drive control unit replies to the upper unit that the predetermined drive unit cannot be used. A combination of a medium and a drive is appropriate if both, the medium and the drive are suitable for any one of encrypted and unencrypted data.