Peripheral device for information processing and information processing system
OwnerTakafumi Ito, Shinichi Hiroki +1inventors
InventorsTakafumi Ito, Shinichi Hiroki, Takeshi Ishiguro
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Abstract
A peripheral device for information processing performs cable communication with an information processing apparatus to access a card-type data storage medium. The storage medium is inserted in a slot of the peripheral device. A label on which printing can be performed is stuck on the outer surface of the storage medium. The peripheral device has a printing section for performing printing on the label on the storage medium. The printing section prints the contents of access to the storage medium on the label on the storage medium by using a thermal head while the storage medium is inserted in the slot.
Claims20
An information processing system for accessing a data storage medium having a card shape, the storage medium having an outer surface on which printing can be performed, comprising:
- a data processing section;
- a supporting section configured to support the storage medium;
- a connecting section configured to interface the data processing section with the storage medium, when the storage medium is supported by the supporting section;
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- a printing section configured to perform printing on the outer surface of the storage medium, when the storage medium is supported by the supporting section, the printing section printing, on the outer surface of the storage medium, contents of access to the storage medium which is made by the data processing section to store, delete, or read data with respect to the storage medium through the connecting section.
A peripheral device for information processing configured to communicate with an information processing apparatus and to access a data storage medium having a card shape, the storage medium having an outer surface on which printing can be performed, comprising:
- a data processing section;
- a supporting section configured to support the storage medium;
- a first connecting section configured to interface the data processing section with the information processing apparatus;
- a second connecting section configured to interface the data processing section with the storage medium, when the storage medium is supported by the supporting section;
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- a printing section configured to perform printing on the outer surface of the storage medium, when the storage medium is supported by the supporting section, the printing section printing, on the outer surface of the storage medium, contents of access to the storage medium which is made by the data processing section to store, delete, or read data with respect to the storage medium through the second connecting section.
A peripheral device for information processing configured to communicate with an information processing apparatus and to access a data storage medium having a card shape, the storage medium having an outer surface on which printing can be performed, comprising:
- an accessing section configure to access the storage medium;
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- a printing section configured to perform printing on the outer surface of the storage medium, wherein the printing section prints, on the outer surface of the storage medium, contents of access to the storage medium which is made by the accessing section to store, delete, or read data with respect to the storage medium.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.