US 6,601,766 B2 · Electronic device using card-type media

Abstract

Openings (OPa, OPb) corresponding to respective card slots (18a, 18b) are formed in a side face of a digital camera, and a slot cover (121) having a size covering both of the openings (OPa, OPb) is placed in a manner so as to shift thereon, thereby allowing either of the openings of the card slots to be selectively exposed. A CPU, installed therein, is allowed to access a card-type medium attached to the card slot that is not exposed, and is not allowed to access a card-type medium attached to the card slot that is exposed. A card-type medium can be detachably attached to the card slot that is exposed, and with respect to the card slot that is not exposed, the attaching and removing operations of a card-type medium are restricted.

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Dependent claims

An electronic device for executing a predetermined function using electronic data, comprising:

a plurality of medium-attaching parts to which card-shaped media can be attached through a plurality of openings, respectively, said plurality of openings being arranged on positions accessible from outside;
and
a cover member alternatively movable to a first position to selectively expose at least a first one of said plurality of openings, and said cover member being movable to a second position to selectively expose at least a second one of said plurality of openings.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Electronic device using card-type media

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Electronic device using card-type media

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