Information processing apparatus and information processing method

An information processing apparatus that identifies a driver of a vehicle on the basis of at least one of the results of first authentication based on a first part of the living body of a user and second authentication based on a user device, comprising a controller including at least one processor configured to execute the processing of identifying the driver of the vehicle,

• wherein:
• the controller gives higher priority to the result of first authentication than the result of second authentication in the processing of identifying the driver of the vehicle,
• the first part includes a finger part of the living body and a face of the living body,
• the first authentication includes fingerprint authentication based on the finger part and face authentication based on the face part,
• the controller gives higher priority to the result of fingerprint authentication than the result of face authentication in the processing of identifying the driver of the vehicle,
• the user device includes a first communication terminal that functions as an electronic key of the vehicle and a second communication terminal that does not function as an electronic key of the vehicle,
• the second authentication includes authentication of the first communication terminal and authentication of the second communication terminal, and
• the controller gives higher priority to the result of authentication of the first communication terminal than the result of authentication of the second communication terminal in the processing of identifying the driver of the vehicle.