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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2007
Nobuyoshi Tomita, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuyoshi Tomita, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
A communication device, operable to communicate with an electronic device via a network, may include a storage section, an image capturing section, and an identification section. The storage section may store device identification information identifying the electronic device and one or more face images of one or more users that use the electronic device while associating the device identification information with each of the face images of the users of the electronic device. The image capturing section may capture an image of a face of the user of the electronic device. The identification section may identify the electronic device on the basis of the device identification information stored in association with one of the stored face images that matches the captured image of the face of the user of the electronic device.
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