Electronic apparatus

• US 4,209,850 A
• Filed: 09/25/1978
• Issued: 06/24/1980
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/1977
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Tazaki, Shigemitsu, Yamataka, Akihiro, Kusumoto, Tadao, Souma, Tsunenori
• Primary Examiner(s): Fears, Terrell W.
• Application Number:
  US05/945,118
• Time in Patent Office: 638 Days
• Field of Search: 365/94, 365/229, 365/189, 360/15
• US Class Current: 365/52
• CPC Class Codes: G11C 17/00 Read-only memories programmable only once; Semi-permanent stores, e.g. manually-replaceable information cards

Abstract

A digital electronic apparatus is provided for allowing easy copying from a first memnory to a second memory. Said copying operation can be arbitrarily controlled from a key entry means. Said first and second memories are constructed in the form of a pack detachable from said electronic apparatus. The copying operation cannot be easily performed by an unauthorized person as the information including the copying instruction is contained in a pack.

Claims

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:

key input means for indicating a copying range;

a main body of the electronic apparatus connected to said key input means;

a first memory pack detachably connected to said main body of electronic apparatus;

a second memory pack detachably connected to said main body of electronic apparatus; and

copying means for transferring all or a part of the content of said first memory pack to said second memory pack according to a control of the copying range by said key input means.

2. An electronic apparatus according to the claim 1, wherein said copying means comprises a third memory pack detachably connected to said main body of said electronic apparatus.

3. An electronic apparatus according to the claim 1, further comprising indicating means for indicating the completion of said copying.

4. An electronic apparatus according to the claim 1 wherein said key input means comprises keys each representing plural meanings.

5. An electronic apparatus according to the claim 1 wherein said electronic apparatus comprises a small calculator.

6. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a main body of the electronic apparatus;

a first memory provided in said main body of the electronic apparatus;

a second memory provided in said main body of the electronic apparatus;

a copying pack detachably connected to said main body of the electronic apparatus and storing therein an instruction for copying all or a part of the content stored in said first memory; and

indicating means for indicating the completion of said copying.

7. An electronic apparatus according to the claim 6 wherein at least said first memory is detachably connected to the main body of said electronic apparatus.

8. An electronic apparatus according to the claim 6 wherein said electronic apparatus comprises a small calculator.