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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2007
Masashi Kato, Nagoya, JP;
Toru Tsuzuki, Okazaki, JP;
Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Nagoya, JP;
Kazuma Aoki, Kasugai, JP;
Masashi Kato, Nagoya, JP;
Toru Tsuzuki, Okazaki, JP;
Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Nagoya, JP;
Kazuma Aoki, Kasugai, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A peripheral device has a mounting portion and a storage unit. The mounting portion is configured to mount a removable storage. The storage unit is configured to store data. The reading out unit reads out specific information from the removable storage medium when the removable storage medium is mounted to the mounting portion. The deletion unit deletes at least part of the data in the storage unit based on the specific information read out by the reading out unit.