Information processing apparatus and a card-shaped adapter for smaller and larger storage medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHitoshi Nabetani, Yoshihiro Uchino
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Abstract
An information processing apparatus includes a holding mechanism for detachably holding a card-shaped adapter and a receiving portion for receiving information stored in a smaller storage medium through the adapter, wherein the holding mechanism is arranged so as to expose an ejecting member when the adapter is received by the holding mechanism. The adapter includes a connecting portion in which the smaller storage medium is detachably located and has a shape similar to a larger storage medium which the holding mechanism is also able to detachably hold. The adapter further includes the ejecting member to be manually operated for releasing the smaller storage medium from the adapter.
Claims14
An information processing apparatus comprising:
- (a) a holding mechanism for detachably holding a card-shaped adapter, the adapter comprising a connecting portion in which a smaller storage medium is detachably located and having a shape similar to a larger storage medium which said holding mechanism is also able to detachably hold, the adapter further comprising an ejecting member to be manually operated for releasing the smaller storage medium from the adapter;
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- (b) means for receiving information stored in the smaller storage medium through the adapter,
- wherein said holding mechanism is arranged so as to expose the ejecting member when the adapter is received by said holding mechanism.
A card-shaped adapter having a shape similar to a larger storage medium and being detachably received by an information processing apparatus comprising:
- (a) a connecting portion in which a smaller storage medium is detachably located;
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- (b) an ejecting member to be manually operated for releasing the smaller storage medium from the adapter, said connecting portion being arranged so as to expose the ejecting member when the adapter is received by the apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.