Control device and electronic apparatus

• US 20060282682A1
• Filed: 06/14/2006
• Published: 12/14/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 06/14/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Masaki, Yasuo, Miyake, Yasunari, Tanabe, Hideki
• Application Number:
  US11/453,308
• Publication Number:
  US 20060282682A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 713/186
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/32 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/37 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voice recognition

Abstract

A control device includes: an input unit configured to input control information; a transmission unit that transmits the inputted control information to a device to be controlled; an image pickup unit that captures an image of an operator; a face image detection unit that detects a face image from the image of the operator captured by the image pickup unit; and a personal authentication unit that identifies and authenticates the operator according to the face image detected by the face image detection unit, wherein the control device transmits personal information concerning the operator authenticated by the personal authentication unit together with the control information to the device to be controlled.

Claims

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a remote control device that includes an input unit configured to input control information and a transmission unit that transmits the control information to the electronic apparatus,

wherein the remote control device further includes;

an image pickup unit that captures an image of an operator;

a face image detection unit that detects a face image from the image captured by the image pickup unit; and

a personal authentication unit that identifies and authenticates the operator according to the face image detected by the face image detection unit,

wherein the transmission unit transmits personal information concerning the operator authenticated by the personal authentication unit together with the control information to the electronic apparatus, and

wherein the electronic apparatus performs a control operation, which is based on the received control information, according to the received control information, the received personal information and control operation data preliminarily set corresponding to the personal information.

2. A control device comprising:

an input unit configured to input control information;

a transmission unit that transmits the inputted control information to a device to be controlled;

an image pickup unit that captures an image of an operator;

a face image detection unit that detects a face image from the image of the operator captured by the image pickup unit; and

a personal authentication unit that identifies and authenticates the operator according to the face image detected by the face image detection unit,

wherein the control device transmits personal information concerning the operator authenticated by the personal authentication unit together with the control information to the device to be controlled.

3. The control device according to claim 2, further comprising a display unit that displays the image captured by the image pickup unit.

4. The control device according to claim 3, wherein the display unit performs both of display of the image captured by the image pickup unit and display of information concerning the control information inputted through the input unit.

5. The control device according to claim 2, wherein the control device is configured to be detachable with the device to be controlled, and

wherein in a case where the control device is attached to the device to be controlled, presence or absence of the operator is checked by the image pickup unit, the face image detection unit, and the personal authentication unit.

7. An electronic apparatus controlled by the control device according to claim 2, characterized in that:

a control operation based on the control information is performed according to the received control information and the received personal information and to control operation data preliminarily set corresponding to the personal information.

6. A control device comprising:

an image pickup unit that captures an image of an operator;

a face image detection unit that detects a face image from the image of the operator captured by the image pickup unit;

a personal authentication unit that identifies and authenticates the operator according to the face image detected by the face image detection unit; and

a transmission unit that transmits personal information concerning the operator authenticated by the personal authentication unit together with a control information to the device to be controlled,

wherein the control device is configured to be detachable with the device to be controlled, and

wherein in a case where the control device is attached to the device to be controlled, presence or absence of the operator is checked by the image pickup unit, the face image detection unit, and the personal authentication unit.