Patent ID: 7668446

Claim:
An automatic photo studio having a counter for a person to receive a user, a plurality of satellites having a function of receiving operations of the user and a function of showing various displays to the user, and a plurality of studios for photographing a subject, said automatic photo studio comprising: a counter system provided in the vicinity of said counter for performing visitor processing and checkout processing to the user; a printer system provided in the vicinity of said counter for printing images based on subject images photographed in said studio; a satellite system provided to said satellite for enabling the user to edit the subject images photographed in said studio; and a studio system provided to said studio for controlling photo shooting conditions and photo shoot timing; wherein said satellite system determines whether the user is an authorized user based on information written in a player information storage medium as an information storage medium in the possession of the user, and permits the user to use said satellite when the user is an official user as said authorized user, and wherein said studio system determines whether the user is an authorized user based on information written in said player information storage medium in the possession of the user, and permits the user to use said studio when the user is an official user as said authorized user.