| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a camera unit and a portable electronic device such as a mobile phone capable of restricting use and protecting recorded information with a simple configuration. SOLUTION: The mobile phone 10 has a camera function including a lens unit 13 and an image pickup device and comprises a finger contact member 14 which can be housed in a housing 11 and a user can touch one's finger thereon when moved and a fingerprint collation unit wherein a fingerprint contacted with the finger contact member is photographed by the lens unit and the image pickup device, then said fingerprint is collated with the registered fingerprint whether they are the same or not based upon the photographed image. When the fingerprint is recognized the same as the registered fingerprint by the fingerprint collation unit, restricted functions such as power switch become available.
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