Information processing device, information processing method, and computer program

• US 9,501,633 B2
• Filed: 10/25/2013
• Issued: 11/22/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/02/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Sako, Yoichiro, Takai, Motoyuki, Takeda, Masashi, Miyajima, Yasushi
• Primary Examiner(s): Armouche, Hadi
• Assistant Examiner(s): Steinle, Andrew
• Application Number:
  US14/063,422
• Publication Number:
  US 20140130148A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,124 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/32 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/36 by graphic or iconic representation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/44 Program or device authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2123 Dummy operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/013 Eye tracking input arrangements G06F3/015 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/14 Digital output to display device ; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units

Abstract

An information processing device includes a display that displays an input screen including a plurality of images, an image selecting section that selects at least one image within the input screen in accordance with an input operation from a user, and a controller that controls the information processing device on a basis of the image selected by the image selecting section.

Claims

1. An information processing device comprising:

a controller having a memory, wherein a set of instructions stored in the memory cause the controller to;

extract a single group photograph, which comprises images of a plurality of objects, on an input screen;

determine a size of an image of at least one object from the images of the plurality of objects in the single group photograph, wherein the image is to be replaced with a user authentication image, wherein the user authentication image includes at least one of an actual image, a synthetic image, and/or a hand-drawn image;

replace the image by the user authentication image based on the determined size;

display the single group photograph; and

authenticate a user based on a selection of the user authentication image from the images of the plurality of objects selectable within the displayed single group photograph, wherein the authentication is performed repeatedly for a predetermined number of selections.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein each of the images of the plurality of objects included in the input screen is one of:

a photograph of a person, living being, or building;

a static image;

a piece of computer graphics;

a piece of animation; and

a moving image.

3. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the input screen comprises:

the user authentication image and the image of the at least one object other than the user authentication image.

4. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the user authentication image includes at least one of an image of a friend, an image of an acquaintance, an image of a relative of the user, an image of a person the user likes, an image of a person in history the user likes, an image of a fictitious person the user likes, and/or an image of another person related to the user.

5. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the user authentication image includes at least one of an image of a pet of the user, an image of an ornamental plant of the user, an image of an animal the user likes, an image of a plant the user likes, an image of a fictitious animal the user likes, an image of a fictitious plant the user likes, and/or an image of a living being related to the user.

6. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the user authentication image includes at least one of an image of a house of the user, an image of a school the user went to, an image of an office of the user, an image of a building the user likes, an image of a fictitious building the user likes, and/or an image of a building related to the user.

7. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to partially replace the single group photograph with the user authentication image.

8. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to control a location in which to place or configured to control a size in which to display the user authentication image within the input screen.

9. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to control a location in which to place or configured to control a size in which to display the user authentication image within the input screen, by a random number.

10. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein:

the controller is further configured to determine whether or not the user authentication image is selected based on a detection of a digital watermark in the user authentication image.

11. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to generate the input screen.

12. The information processing device according to claim 11, wherein the controller is further configured to generate the input screen by combining the single group photograph and the user authentication image.

13. The information processing device according to claim 11, wherein the controller is configured to generate the input screen by marking another object from the plurality of objects in the single group photograph as the user authentication image.

14. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the authentication of the user is performed by repeatedly attempting the display of the single group photograph on the input screen, the selection of user authentication image in the single group photograph, and determination of whether or not the user authentication image is selected a predetermined number of times.

15. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the information processing device is used by the user wearing the information processing device on a head or face of the user.

16. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to select the user authentication image in the displayed single group photograph on a basis of an input of line of sight of the user.

19. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to:

determine the size of the user authentication image; and

display the user authentication image in the single group photograph based on the determined size of the image of the at least one object and the determined size of the user authentication image.

17. An information processing method comprising:

in an information processing device;

extracting a single group photograph, which comprises images of a plurality of objects, on an input screen;

determining a size of an image of at least one object from the images of the plurality of objects in the single group photograph, wherein the image is to be replaced with a user authentication image, wherein the user authentication image includes at least one of an actual image, a synthetic image, and/or a hand-drawn image;

replacing the image by the user authentication image based on the determined size;

displaying the single group photograph; and

authenticating a user based on a selection of the user authentication image from the images of the plurality of objects selectable within the displayed single group photograph, wherein the authentication is performed repeatedly for a predetermined number of selections.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon, a set of computer executable instructions for causing a computer to execute steps comprising:

extracting a single group photograph, which comprises images of a plurality of objects, on an input screen;

determining a size of an image of at least one object from the images of the plurality of objects in the single group photograph, wherein the image is to be replaced with a user authentication image, wherein the user authentication image includes at least one of an actual image, a synthetic image, and/or a hand-drawn image;

replacing the image by the user authentication image based on the determined size;

displaying the single group photograph; and

authenticating a user based on a selection of the user authentication image from the images of the plurality of objects selectable within the displayed single group photograph, wherein the authentication is performed repeatedly for a predetermined number of selections.