Electronic apparatus and information processing method
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorTakeshi Funahashi
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Abstract
An electronic apparatus connectable to an information processing apparatus includes: a reading unit configured to read biometric information; a receiving unit configured to receive a removable storage medium; and a control unit configured to perform user authentication using the biometric information read by the reading unit, and controlling, on the basis of a result of the user authentication, at least one of writing of data on the removable storage medium received by the receiving unit and reading of data stored on the removable storage medium received by the receiving unit, the data writing and the data reading being performed by the information processing apparatus connected to the electronic apparatus.
Claims10
An electronic apparatus connectable to an information processing apparatus, comprising:
- reading means for reading biometric information;
- receiving means for receiving a removable storage medium;
- and
- controlling means for performing user authentication using the biometric information read by the reading means, and controlling, on the basis of a result of the user authentication, at least one of writing of data on the removable storage medium received by the receiving means and reading of data stored on the removable storage medium received by the receiving means, the data writing and the data reading being performed by the information processing apparatus connected to the electronic apparatus.
An information processing method for an electronic apparatus that is connectable to an information processing apparatus and includes reading means for reading biometric information and receiving means for receiving a removable storage medium, the information processing method comprising the steps of:
- performing user authentication using the biometric information read by the reading means;
- and
- controlling, on the basis of a result of the user authentication, at least one of writing of data on the removable storage medium received by the receiving means and reading of data stored on the removable storage medium received by the receiving means, the data writing and the data reading being performed by the information processing apparatus connected to the electronic apparatus.
An electronic apparatus connectable to an information processing apparatus, comprising:
- a reading unit configured to read biometric information;
- a receiving unit configured to receive a removable storage medium;
- and
- a control unit configured to perform user authentication using the biometric information read by the reading unit, and controlling, on the basis of a result of the user authentication, at least one of writing of data on the removable storage medium received by the receiving unit and reading of data stored on the removable storage medium received by the receiving unit, the data writing and the data reading being performed by the information processing apparatus connected to the electronic apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.