Patent ID: 8593672

Claim:
An information equipment apparatus comprising: a first operation section and a second operation section, each of the first and second operation sections having a display section and a plurality of operation buttons; a communication section which carries out communication with a terminal apparatus storing identification data of an operator related to respective operations in the first and second operation sections, by using a human body of the operator as a communication path; and a control section which, in coordination with a detection of the respective operations in the first and second operation sections, executes an identification of a first operator based on the identification data by carrying out communication with the terminal apparatus via the communication section, and according to a result of the identification, controls a control operation corresponding to the operation in the first operation section received from the first operator by correlating to the identified first operator, further executes the identification of an operator of a newly received operation in the second operation section during the control of the control operation by the first operator, and when the operator of the newly received operation in the second operation section is identified as the same operator as the first operator, the control section controls the control operation in the second operation section as a continuation control operation of the control operation in the first operation section by the first operator, wherein when the operator, of the newly received operation in the second operation section during the control of the control operation by the first operator, is identified as the first operator, the control section releases the first operation section by logging out of the first operator from the first operation section.