Kyocera Document Solutions Assigned Patent

Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, Japan, has been assigned a patent (9,846,547) developed by Chimura, Tetsuyuki, Osaka, Japan, for a “storage medium and electronic device.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “An electronic device includes: a first non-volatile storage device, a second non-volatile storage device, and a processor. The first non-volatile storage device has limitations on a number of times of writing therein. The second non-volatile storage device has no limitations on a number of times of writing therein. The processor functions as: a normal writing section, a backup writing section, a substitute writing section, and a determination section. The normal writing section writes data into only the first non-volatile storage device. The backup writing section writes data into both the first non-volatile storage device and the second non-volatile storage device. The substitute writing section writes data into only the second non-volatile storage device. The determination section selects one of the normal writing section, the backup writing section, and the substitute writing section based on the number of bad blocks in the first non-volatile storage device.”

The patent application was filed on September 29, 2016 (15/280,070)