摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a control system capable of preventing an apparatus from being used by the other person without permission by controlling functions of the apparatus according to whether external equipment existent outside the apparatus can be authenticated or not. <P>SOLUTION: The present invention relates to a control system configured by including a control device (100) controlling at least one function (1) and at least one piece of external equipment (900-1 to 900-n: n is an arbitrary integer) existent outside the control device (100), wherein the control device (100) authenticates the external equipment (900-1 to 900-n) and controls the function (1) according to the number of pieces of authenticated equipment that can be authenticated and the number of pieces of non-authenticated equipment that cannot be authenticated. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT |