Patent ID: 8396259
Filing Date: 2013-03-12
Classification: G06F,G06K

Abstract:
1. An electronic device having a biometric authentication function, comprising: a biometric authentication sensor for detecting a feature quantity of a living body; a user identification unit for identifying a user based on the feature quantity detected by the biometric authentication sensor at a time a specific operation is performed by the user; a body part identification unit for identifying a body part based on the feature quantity detected by the biometric authentication sensor, wherein, in case the number of detection times counted by the detection times counter is N (N≧2), the folder selection unit selects the specific folder according to the body part identified by the body part identification unit based on a feature quantity detected k-th (k=2, . . . , N) by the biometric authentication sensor; and a data storage unit for storing data acquired according to the specific operation in a specific folder corresponding to the user identified by the user identification unit.