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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2010
Kosei Okamoto, Kunitachi, JP;
Hiroyuki Sakamoto, Ome, JP;
Akihisa Fujimoto, Fussa, JP;
Masao Suga, Ome, JP;
Kosei Okamoto, Kunitachi, JP;
Hiroyuki Sakamoto, Ome, JP;
Akihisa Fujimoto, Fussa, JP;
Masao Suga, Ome, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki-shi, JP;
Abstract
When initializing a card-shaped device inserted in a card interface, operation mode acquiring means incorporated in an electronic device acquires operation mode information, stored in a register file incorporated in the card-shaped device, by a predetermined procedure using a predetermined pin. Operation mode setting means incorporated in the electronic device executes signal assignment on a plurality of data pins peculiar to an operation mode indicated by the acquired operation mode information, thereby switching a data transfer width, and allowing the card-shaped device to operate in the operation mode.