Patent ID: 7379095

Claim:
A camera system comprising: a radio communication medium and a camera communicable with said radio communication medium within a predetermined distance, said camera comprising: an image pickup part for obtaining image data by photographing a subject; a storing part for storing information peculiar to a user of said camera; a radio communication medium reading part for transmitting a predetermined radio signal and reading information from the radio communication medium; an authorization part for authorizing the camera user by collating information read at the radio communication medium reading part with the camera user's own information stored in the storing part; and a record part for recording information related to the camera user authorized at the authorization part while connecting said information related to the camera user with the image data photographed at the image pickup part, and said radio communication medium comprising: a storing part for storing predetermined information; and a transmission part for receiving the predetermined radio signal transmitted from the radio communication medium reading part of the camera and transmitting the predetermined information stored in the storing part as a radio signal.