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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2005
Masahiro Odaira, Kawasaki, JP;
Fumio Shoji, Tokyo, JP;
Takao Ikuno, Yokohama, JP;
Yoshiaki Katahira, Yokohama, JP;
Toru Fujino, Kawaguchi, JP;
Kenji Kasuya, Yokohama, JP;
Noritsugu Okayama, Kawasaki, JP;
Yasuhito Niikura, Matsudo, JP;
Masahiro Odaira, Kawasaki, JP;
Fumio Shoji, Tokyo, JP;
Takao Ikuno, Yokohama, JP;
Yoshiaki Katahira, Yokohama, JP;
Toru Fujino, Kawaguchi, JP;
Kenji Kasuya, Yokohama, JP;
Noritsugu Okayama, Kawasaki, JP;
Yasuhito Niikura, Matsudo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus, method, and program accesses a USB memory in accordance with a request from a PC on a network using a USB host interface, a USB device interface, a network interface, a network manager which inputs, via the network interface, a file access command which requests access to a memory card connected to the USB host interface, a memory manager which inputs the file access command generated inside an apparatus, a file access controller which performs exclusive access control between the file access commands input by the network and memory managers, a SCSI analyzer which converts the file access command selected by the file access controller into a SCSI command, and a memory card access controller which performs exclusive access control between the SCSI command generated by the conversion, and a SCSI command input via the USB device interface and requests access to the memory card.