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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2013
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Tsunahito Nakashita, Mitaka, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/02 (2006.01); G06F 12/12 (2016.01); G06F 11/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0246 (2013.01); G06F 11/3034 (2013.01); G06F 2212/7211 (2013.01);
Abstract
An information processing apparatus capable of reading/writing a storage device capable of performing dynamic wear leveling, a method of controlling the apparatus, and a storage medium. The apparatus confirms a logically free region of the storage device, and performs writing of dummy data to the logically free region and logical deletion of a region to which the dummy data is written.