Camera with user identity data
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1. A camera comprising:
- an image recording system for making image recordings, a memory for storing a plurality of user IDs, a user-operable selector control for enabling user selection of a said user ID stored in the memory and for setting a current-user data item stored in the memory to indicate the most recently selected user ID, this current-user data item being changeable by subsequent users by selecting a different user ID from said plurality of stored user IDs, and an identity association arrangement operative, upon an image recording being made using the camera, to associate with that image recording the user ID currently indicated by the current-user data item.
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Abstract
A camera is provided with user-input means for setting a current-user data item stored in the camera to indicate the user ID of a current user, this current-user data item being changeable by subsequent users to indicate their own respective user Ids. Upon an image recording being taken with the camera, the user ID currently indicated by the current-user data item. is associated with that image recording.
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1. A camera comprising:
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an image recording system for making image recordings, a memory for storing a plurality of user IDs, a user-operable selector control for enabling user selection of a said user ID stored in the memory and for setting a current-user data item stored in the memory to indicate the most recently selected user ID, this current-user data item being changeable by subsequent users by selecting a different user ID from said plurality of stored user IDs, and an identity association arrangement operative, upon an image recording being made using the camera, to associate with that image recording the user ID currently indicated by the current-user data item. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method of identifying the taker of an image recording, comprising the steps of:
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storing a plurality of user IDs in a memory of a camera, having a current user of the camera select one of said plurality of stored user IDs using an input selector of the camera, and storing an indication of the selected user ID in the memory of the camera, upon the current user taking an image recording using the camera, associating with that recording the user ID currently indicated by the stored indication. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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