| US 7,460,692 B2 | ||
| Image forming apparatus | ||
| Akihiro Mizutani, Tokyo (Japan); and Kazuhiro Ogura, Yokohama (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo (Japan); and Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Sep. 10, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/937,413. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0056666 A1, Mar. 16, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06K 9/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 382—118 [358/1.14; 358/1.15] | 14 Claims |
| 1. An image forming apparatus, comprising:
a camera which photographs an operator;
an authentication unit to authenticate whether or not facial data indicating an operator's face photographed by the camera
indicates a registered person based on a result of searching for the facial data registered in a facial data storage unit
in which the facial data indicating the operator's face is registered beforehand;
a control unit to control an only predetermined function executable by a person other than the registered person in a case
where that it is judged that the operator is not the registered person by an authentication result of the authentication unit;
a motion capture unit which captures a motion of the photographed operator by photographing the motion of the operator in
a moving image; and
a motion data storage unit which stores moving images indicating a preset motion,
wherein the control unit comprises a process to start warming-up, when judging that the motion of the operator captured by
the motion capture unit in a standby state is the same as a motion of the moving image stored in the motion data storage unit.
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