Electronic apparatus, electronic camera, electronic device, image display apparatus, and image transmission system
First Claim
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1. An electronic apparatus having a user identification function for identifying a user comprising:
- a wireless communication unit that executes wireless communication with an electronic instrument carried by the user of the electronic apparatus and obtains personal information on the user from the electronic instrument; and
a setting unit that selects operational settings for electronic apparatus based upon the user personal information obtained by the wireless communication unit.
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Abstract
In an electronic apparatus having a user identification function or in a user identification method, an electronic apparatus and an electronic instrument having stored therein user personal information communicate in wireless with each other so as to enable the electronic apparatus to automatically identify the electronic apparatus user. If the electronic apparatus identifies a plurality of possible users, the electronic apparatus automatically selects the user by executing specific user identification processing.
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52 Claims
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1. An electronic apparatus having a user identification function for identifying a user comprising:
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a wireless communication unit that executes wireless communication with an electronic instrument carried by the user of the electronic apparatus and obtains personal information on the user from the electronic instrument; and
a setting unit that selects operational settings for electronic apparatus based upon the user personal information obtained by the wireless communication unit.
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2. An electronic apparatus having a user identification function for identifying a user comprising:
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a wireless communication unit that executes wireless communication with an electronic instrument carried by the user of the electronic apparatus and obtains personal information on the user from the electronic instrument;
a user selection unit that, if a plurality of possible users of the electronic apparatus are determined to be present based upon results of the wireless communication, automatically selects a user most likely to use the electronic apparatus as the electronic apparatus user from the plurality of possible users; and
a setting unit that selects operational settings for the electronic apparatus based upon the personal information on the user selected by the user selection unit. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. An electronic apparatus having a user identification function for identifying a user, comprising:
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a wireless communication unit that wirelessly communicates with electronic instruments present in the vicinity of the electronic apparatus;
a user selection unit that selects an electronic instrument carried by a user other than an operator of the electronic apparatus from electronic instruments with which wireless communication has been achieved and obtains, via the wireless communication unit, personal information on the user from the selected electronic instrument; and
a control unit that controls operations of the electronic apparatus based upon the user personal information obtained by the user selection unit. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43)
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44. An electronic apparatus having a user identification function for identifying a user, comprising:
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a display unit;
a wireless communication unit that executes wireless communication with an electronic instrument carried by the user of the electronic apparatus and obtains personal information on the user from the electronic instrument;
a control unit that, if a plurality of possible users of the electronic apparatus are determined to be present based upon results of the wireless communication, controls the display unit to display the plurality of users at the display unit;
a manual user selection unit operated to manually select a single user from the plurality of possible users displayed at the display unit; and
a setting unit that selects operational settings for the electronic apparatus based upon the personal information on the user selected through the manual user selection unit.
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45. An electronic apparatus having a user identification function for identifying a user, comprising:
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a wireless communication unit that executes wireless communication with an electronic instrument carried by the user of the electronic apparatus and obtains personal information on the user from the electronic instrument through wireless communication;
a user selection unit that checks whether or not each user of the electronic instruments is a possible user of the electronic apparatus, as an output level of a wireless transmission signal from the wireless communication unit is gradually increased while communicating with the electronic instruments, and selects a possible user of the electronic apparatus who is first detected as the electronic apparatus user; and
a setting unit that selects operational settings for the electronic apparatus based upon the personal information on the user selected by the user selection unit.
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46. An identification method for identifying a user of an electronic apparatus available for use by the user through wireless communication between the electronic apparatus and an electronic instrument carried by the user and having stored therein information on the user, comprising:
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a wireless communication step in which the electronic apparatus executes wireless communication with the electronic instruments present in the vicinity of the electronic apparatus;
a first identification step in which if the electronic apparatus judges that there is a single possible user of the electronic apparatus based upon results of the wireless communication step, the electronic apparatus selects the user as the user of the electronic apparatus; and
a second identification step in which, if the electronic apparatus judges that there are a plurality of possible users of the electronic apparatus based upon the results of the wireless communication step, the electronic apparatus automatically selects a user most likely to be the user of the electronic apparatus as the electronic apparatus user.
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47. A user identification method through which an electronic apparatus available for use by a user identifies the user of the electronic apparatus by wirelessly communicating with an electronic instrument carried by the user and having stored therein information on the user, comprising:
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a search step in which the electronic apparatus wirelessly communicates with electronic instruments present in the vicinity of the electronic apparatus while gradually increasing the output level of a wireless transmission signal and searches for possible users of the electronic apparatus; and
an identification step in which the electronic apparatus selects a possible user of the electronic apparatus first detected by the electronic apparatus through the search step as the electronic apparatus user.
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48. An identification method for identifying a user of an electronic apparatus available for use by the user through wireless communication between the electronic apparatus and an electronic instrument carried by the user and also having stored therein information on the user, comprising:
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a wireless communication step in which the electronic apparatus executes wireless communication with the electronic instruments present in the vicinity of the electronic apparatus;
an identification step in which the electronic apparatus automatically selects a user most likely to be the user of the electronic apparatus as the electronic apparatus user based upon results of the wireless communication step;
a notification step in which the electronic apparatus issues an notification indicating that the user has been selected to the electronic instrument carried by the selected user through wireless communication; and
a reporting step in which the electronic instrument having received the notification reports to the user carrying the electronic instrument that the user has been selected as the electronic apparatus user by the electronic apparatus.
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49. A user identification method through which an electronic apparatus having a non-contact IC card reading function and available for use by a user identifies the user of the electronic apparatus by wireless communicating with a non-contact IC card which is carried by the user and has stored therein information on the user, comprising:
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a wireless communication step in which the electronic apparatus executes wireless communication with a non-contact IC card present in the vicinity of the electronic apparatus;
a first identification step in which, if the electronic apparatus determines that there is a single possible user of the electronic apparatus based upon results of the wireless communication step, the electronic apparatus selects the user as the user of the electronic apparatus; and
a second identification step in which, if the electronic apparatus determines that there are a plurality of possible users of the electronic apparatus based upon the results of the wireless communication step, the electronic apparatus automatically selects a user most likely to be the user of the electronic apparatus as the electronic apparatus user.
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50. An identification method through which an electronic instrument carried by a user identifies an electronic apparatus to be utilized by the user by wirelessly communicating with the electronic apparatus to be utilized by the user, comprising:
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a wireless communications step in which the electronic instrument carried by the user executes a wireless communication with electronic apparatuses present in the vicinity of the electronic instrument;
a first identification step in which, if the electronic instrument determines that there is a single electronic apparatus available for use by the user carrying the electronic instrument based upon results of the wireless communication step, then the electronic instrument selects the electronic apparatus as the electronic apparatus to be used by the user; and
a second identification step in which, if the electronic instrument determines that there are a plurality of electronic apparatuses available for use by the user carrying the electronic instrument based upon the results of the wireless communications step,then the electronic instrument automatically selects an electronic apparatus that the user most likely intends to use as the electronic apparatus to be used by the user.
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51. An identification method through which an electronic instrument carried by a user identifies an electronic apparatus to be utilized by the user by wireless communication with the electronic apparatus to be utilized by the user, comprising:
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a wireless communications step in which the electronic instrument carried by the user executes a wireless communication with electronic apparatuses present in the vicinity of the electronic instrument;
an identification step in which the electronic instrument automatically selects an electronic apparatus which is most likely to be used by the user as the electronic apparatus to be used by the user based upon results of the wireless communication step; and
a notification step in which a notification indicating that the user is to use the electronic apparatus selected through the identification step is issued to the selected electronic apparatus by the electronic instrument.
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52-179. -179. Cancelled.
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