Patent ID: RE39550

Claim:
A security apparatus for a device supplying a service to a user in a service use area surrounding the user, comprising: image input means for continuously inputting an image to monitor the service use area; person discrimination means for continuously recognizing a person in the input image, and for registering the person as a user allowed to use the service if the person is recognized as an authorized user; use situation decision means for deciding that the user is not under a situation to use the service in case the user is not recognized in the input image; infringement situation decision means for deciding that a security of the service use area is infringed in case at least one person other than the authorized user is recognized in the input image; and service control means for supplying the service to the authorized user and for controlling a supply of the service if said use situation decision means decides that the user is not under the situation to use the service or if said infringement situation decision means decides that the security of the service use area is infringed.