Patent ID: 6808424
Filing Date: 2004-10-26
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
A memory card installer, comprising:a main body having a shape that can be installed to a memory card installation part provided to a device configured to be connected with a memory card; an installation part configured to allow a plurality of memory cards to be installed; a device side I/O terminal which is configured to be electrically connected with a device side in a state that said main body is installed to said memory card installation part; a plurality of memory card side I/O terminals which are configured to be electrically connected with memory cards, respectively, installed to said installation part; and a connection switching part for switching so as to connect said memory card side I/O terminals, respectively, to said device side I/O terminal, wherein: said device side I/O terminal is electrically connected to said device in a connecting state which is based on a device side memory card connecting standard carried out in the device, a plurality of memory cards which are based on another memory card connecting standard different from the device side memory card connecting standard are installed to said installation part, said memory card side I/O terminals are electrically connected to the memory cards, respectively, in a connecting state based on said another memory card connecting standard in the state that said memory cards are installed to said installation part, and the memory card data installer further comprising data converting sections having a function for converting data captured from said device via said device side I/O terminal into data based on said another memory card connecting standard so as to output the converted data to said memory card side I/O terminals, respectively, and/or a function for converting data captured from said memory cards via said memory card side I/O terminals, respectively, into data based on said device side memory card connecting standard so as to output the converted data to said device side I/O terminal, wherein said memory card side I/O terminals are electrically connected with a plurality of memory cards having different memory card connecting standards, respectively, and wherein said data converting sections convert data captured from one memory card via a terminal composed of said memory card side I/O terminals into data which adapt to the memory card connecting standard on which another memory card connected to another terminal of said memory card side I/O terminals is based, so as to output the converted data to said another terminal without providing the converted data to the device side I/O terminal.