Patent ID: 7154536

Claim:
A digital camera for picking up a scene with an image sensor and forming a frame of image data representative of the scene with a signal processor, comprising: a fingerprint sensor provided on an exterior of said digital camera for sensing a fingerprint to produce inputted fingerprint data; a fingerprint register for registering one or more fingerprint data with a specific identifier allotted for each registered fingerprint data; a memory for storing therein frames of image data so that each frame is associated with one of the identifiers; a comparison circuit for comparing the inputted fingerprint data with the one or more fingerprint data registered with said fingerprint register to produce identified fingerprint data; an authorizer for storing therein an identifier specific to the fingerprint data identified by said comparison circuit; a user interface circuit for inputting an instruction to said digital camera; and a controller for accessing said authorizer to reference the identifier stored in said authorizer and executing the instruction if the instruction is intended to handle a frame of image data associated with the identifier stored in said authorizer.