Patent ID: 8149424

Claim:
An image processing device, comprising: a media connecting portion including a concave portion, the concave portion including a first surface and a second surface, the concave portion forming a space that houses therein a protrusion type storage medium whose body protrudes from the media connecting portion and an insertion type storage medium whose body is inserted into the media connecting portion; a protrusion type slot portion for the protrusion type storage media on the first surface; an insertion type slot portion for the insertion type storage media on the second surface, wherein an insertion direction in the protrusion type slot portion is substantially orthogonal to an insertion direction in the insertion type slot portion; an operation unit having at least one of a display and an operation key, the media connecting portion being on the operation unit, and the operation unit includes a movable mechanism for allowing movement of the protrusion type slot portion; an input unit inputting opening and closing instructions of the protection cover; a first control unit controlling opening and closing operations of a protection cover; and a second control unit controlling operations of the movable mechanism, wherein when an instruction to open the protection cover is input by the input unit, the first control unit controls the protection cover to be in an open status and the second control unit controls the protrusion type slot portion for protrusion type storage media to move to a position where insertion and removal of the protrusion type storage media are readily made.