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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2009
Filed:
May. 31, 2006
Applicants:
Hidetaka Kaneko, Kawasaki, JP;
Osamu Omori, Kawasaki, JP;
Yukio Katsuyama, Kawasaki, JP;
Yoshio Kotaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Inventors:
Hidetaka Kaneko, Kawasaki, JP;
Osamu Omori, Kawasaki, JP;
Yukio Katsuyama, Kawasaki, JP;
Yoshio Kotaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 19/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An external unit is externally attached to a storage-medium storage device. The external unit includes a verification unit that verifies whether a storage medium that is about to be inserted in a storage slot of the storage-medium storage device is legitimate, and an open/close unit that opens the storage slot so that the storage medium can be inserted in the storage slot only upon the verifying unit verifying that the storage medium is legitimate.