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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2006
Hideyuki Hashimoto, Toyokawa, JP;
Takeshi Hibino, Toyokawa, JP;
Kazuyuki Kawabata, Toyokawa, JP;
Kenichi Sawada, Toyohashi, JP;
Hideyuki Hashimoto, Toyokawa, JP;
Takeshi Hibino, Toyokawa, JP;
Kazuyuki Kawabata, Toyokawa, JP;
Kenichi Sawada, Toyohashi, JP;
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is an access control apparatus controls access to a storage device and includes an access password input device that receives an input of an access password; an access control information acquiring unit that acquires access control information indicating an access password to be inputted for access; an access controller that controls access to a file stored in a file storage region, based on the inputted access password and the access control information, wherein the access controller is operable when different region access passwords are set for accessing a first file storage region and a second file storage region, respectively, to control access after a file stored in the first file storage region has been transported to the second file storage region so that at least one password that could be used to access the file in the first file storage region is inherited after transportation.