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AssigneeKonica Minolta, Inc.
InventorsAkemi Morita, Takashi Ueda, Shinichi Iizuka
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A portable terminal includes a hardware processor, a storage, a communication interface that communicates with an external device, and a sensor that detects a subject's biometric information. The external device includes an authentication device that executes an authentication process using the biometric information to authenticate the subject. The external device transmits information based on the authentication process to the terminal authentication to obtain a permission to operate an apparatus. The hardware processor transmits the detected biometric information to the authentication device, receives the authentication information from the authentication device, stores the received authentication information in the storage, sets the storage to a state where the authentication information is readable when a predetermined condition is satisfied, and sets the storage to a state where the authentication information is unreadable when the predetermined condition is not satisfied.
A portable terminal comprising:
A method for controlling a portable terminal, the terminal comprises a storage and a communication interface, the method comprising:
A storage medium having a program non-transiently stored thereon for causing a computer processor to execute a method for controlling a portable terminal, the terminal comprises a storage and a communication interface, the executed method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.