Patent ID: 7544000
Filing Date: 2009-06-09
Classification: G03B

Abstract:
1. A camera, comprising: an acquisition unit which acquires an identifier via a cradle apparatus connected to the camera; a comparison unit which compares the identifier acquired by the acquisition unit with an identifier stored in a memory; and a camera controller which controls access of an apparatus connected via the cradle apparatus based on comparison results by the comparison unit, wherein the camera controller causes a user name, a password and a set value of an access level to be associated with each other and to be stored in a memory; the acquisition unit acquires a user name and a password via the cradle apparatus; the comparison unit compares the user name and password acquired by the acquisition unit with a user name and password stored in the memory; a setting unit sets an access level for controlling access of the apparatus to be connected via the cradle apparatus as the set value, based on the comparison results from the comparison unit; and a changing unit for changing the access level from the apparatus to be connected via the cradle apparatus, based on the set value set by the setting unit.