Operation authentication relay apparatus, method, and program
AssigneeNEC Corporation
InventorKayato Sekiya
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Abstract
A relay apparatus, which is connected between an information terminal and at least one peripheral device communicatively connected to the information terminal and supplying information to the information terminal, is recognized as a peripheral device by the information terminal, and recognized as an information terminal by the peripheral device. The relay apparatus comprises authentication means for authenticating a user using the information terminal by operating the peripheral device and control means for controlling relaying of an operation signal of the peripheral device operated by the user to the information terminal, based on an authentication result of the user.
Claims20
An operation authentication relay apparatus connected between an information terminal and a peripheral device communicatively connected to the information terminal,
- wherein the operation authentication relay apparatus comprises:
- at least a processor;
- a memory storing program instructions executable by at least the processor;
- a first communication interface to connect to the information terminal;
- a second communication interface to connect to the peripheral device;
- and
- a camera,
- wherein at least the processor is configured to execute the program instructions to
- control the first and second communication interfaces such that the operation authentication relay apparatus is recognized as the peripheral device by the information terminal, and recognized as the information terminal by the peripheral device;
- authenticate a user who operates the peripheral device to use the information terminal, by performing face detection of the user in image data captured by the camera and identifying the user from persons with at least face information registered in advance, the information terminal set to be logged in by a shared user account or not equipped with a login function;
- and
- control relaying of a signal between the peripheral device and the information terminal, based on an authentication result of the user.
An operation authentication relay method of an operation authentication relay apparatus connected between an information terminal and a peripheral device communicatively connected to the information terminal and supplying information to the information terminal, the method comprising:
- controlling the operation authentication relay apparatus to be recognized as the peripheral device by the information terminal;
- controlling the operation authentication relay apparatus to be recognized as an information terminal by the peripheral device;
- authenticating a user who operates the peripheral device to use the information terminal, by performing face detection of the user in image data captured by a camera and identifying the user from persons with at least face information registered in advance, the information terminal set to be logged in by a shared user account or not equipped with a login function;
- and
- controlling relaying of an operation signal of the peripheral device operated by the user to the information terminal, based on an authentication result of the user.
A non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing a program causing a computer constituting an operation authentication relay apparatus connected between an information terminal and a peripheral device communicatively connected to the information terminal and supplying information to the information terminal, to execute processing comprising:
- controlling the operation authentication relay apparatus to be recognized as the peripheral device by the information terminal and to be recognized as an information terminal by the peripheral device;
- authenticating a user who operates the peripheral device to use the information terminal, by performing face detection of the user in image data captured by a camera connected to the operation authentication relay apparatus and identifying the user from persons with at least face information registered in advance, the information terminal set to be logged in by a shared user account or not equipped with a login function;
- and
- controlling relaying of an operation signal of the peripheral device operated by the user to the information terminal, based on an authentication result of the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.