Digital camera including a printer for receiving a cartridge having security control circuitry

摘要

A digital camera is disclosed which includes a printer for printing images onto a receiver having preformed authenticating information, the receiver being formed in a cartridge which is insertable into the printer. The camera captures and digitizes an image of a scene and stores the captured digitized scene image. The cartridge includes security control circuitry having a predetermined code for enabling the printer. The printer includes a print station adapted to print the captured digitized scene image in relation to the preformed authenticating information on the receiver; and receives the cartridge having the receiver and advances the receiver past the print station; logic and control circuitry is responsive to the inserted cartridge for receiving the predetermined code to enable the printer, and is also responsive to the captured digitized scene image for causing the receiver to advance past the print station and for providing signals to the enabled printer in response to the captured digitized scene image for causing the printer to print an image on the receiver in relation to the preformed authenticating information on the receiver.