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Digital camera with a personal identification

  • US 7,154,536 B2
  • Filed: 02/28/2002
  • Issued: 12/26/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/21/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. 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 one or more fingerprint data with a specific identifier allotted for each registered fingerprint data;

    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 one or more 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; and

    a controller for accessing said authorizer to reference the identifier stored in said authorizer and executing the instruction if the instruction is intended to handle a frame of image data associated with the identifier stored in said authorizer.

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