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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2002
Applicant:
Gaku Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Gaku Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Ohta-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a camera which obtains a still image and/or a moving image, at least a part of functions of the camera are previously restricted. To lift the restrictions, an operation restriction code (key data) is used. An externally inputted code and the operation restriction code are compared with each other, and if the input data and the operation restriction code correspond with each other, the restrictions of the functions are lifted.