Digital camera with a personal identification
AssigneeFuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
InventorAkiko Kuwayama
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Abstract
A digital camera with a personal identification which is provided with a fingerprint comparator for comparing fingerprint data inputted and sensed by a fingerprint sensor with those already registered with a fingerprint register. An identifier of one of the registered fingerprint data identified with the inputted data is stored in an authorizer of the camera. When a microcomputer of the camera receives an instruction, it accesses the authorizer to execute the instruction if the instruction is intended to handle a frame of image data associated with an identifier stored in the authorizer.
Claims12
A digital camera for picking up a scene with an image sensor and forming a frame of image data representative of the scene with a signal processor, comprising:
- a fingerprint sensor provided on an exterior of said digital camera for sensing a fingerprint to produce inputted fingerprint data;
- a fingerprint register for registering fingerprint data with specific identifiers allotted;
- a memory for storing therein frames of image data so that each frame is associated with one of the identifiers;
- a comparison circuit for comparing the inputted fingerprint data with the fingerprint data registered with said fingerprint register to produce identified fingerprint data;
- an authorizer for storing therein an identifier specific to the fingerprint data identified by said comparison circuit;
- a user interface circuit for inputting an instruction to said digital camera;
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- a controller for accessing said authorizer to reference the identifier stored in said authorizer and executing an instruction if the instruction is intended to handle a frame of image data associated with the identifier stored in said authorizer.
A method of personal identification for use in a digital camera, comprising the steps of:
- inputting fingerprint data to the digital camera;
- checking if the inputted fingerprint data is identical with fingerprint data registered with a fingerprint register of the digital camera;
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- registering the inputted fingerprint data having an identifier with the fingerprint register in the case no fingerprint data is registered with the register.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.