Disk apparatus and information processing system discriminative plural external electronic appliances
US6687072B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 9, 2001 |
| Grant date | Feb 3, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 29, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B2220/20
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A magnetic disk apparatus includes a requesting unit for requesting the magnetic disk apparatus to re-set a value of specification information capable of determining performance of the magnetic disk apparatus in combination with either identification result or flag information; a performance unit for causing the magnetic disk apparatus which receives the request to re-set the own specification; a detecting unit for detecting an internal condition of the disk apparatus; a processing unit for processing the detection result; a conversion unit for converting the internal condition of the magnetic disk apparatus into states of a numeral value, a figure, a color, and a sound in combination with the process result, and for notifying the converted condition to a user; and a battery.
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