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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2005
Toru Fujino, Kawaguchi, JP;
Fumio Shoji, Komae, JP;
Takao Ikuno, Yokohama, JP;
Masahiro Odaira, Kawasaki, JP;
Yoshiaki Katahira, Yokohama, JP;
Kenji Kasuya, Yokohama, JP;
Noritsugu Okayama, Kawasaki, JP;
Yasuhito Niikura, Matsudo, JP;
Toru Fujino, Kawaguchi, JP;
Fumio Shoji, Komae, JP;
Takao Ikuno, Yokohama, JP;
Masahiro Odaira, Kawasaki, JP;
Yoshiaki Katahira, Yokohama, JP;
Kenji Kasuya, Yokohama, JP;
Noritsugu Okayama, Kawasaki, JP;
Yasuhito Niikura, Matsudo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Memory interface means which can be easily removed by a user is included, use of a generally-available general-purpose memory is made possible and increase of the capacity of a memory which can be used by an image forming apparatus, image electronic data stored in a memory in the image forming apparatus, management information for managing the image electronic data, management information in the apparatus such as a telephone book used by facsimile means are can be bidirectionally copied or moved with the external memory in accordance with the user's operation or automatically.