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US 2006/0233428 A1Published application
Information processing apparatus and method of controlling the same
OwnerAkio Sakaiinventor
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes an HDD, a fingerprint sensor, and a CPU or a BIOS-ROM which monitors a communication state between a program stored therein and the fingerprint sensor. If it is determined that the communication state is abnormal, power to the fingerprint sensor is shut off.
Claims9
An information processing apparatus comprising:
- internal storage means;
- a fingerprint sensor which detects a fingerprint image;
- and
- monitoring control means for monitoring a communication state between a program stored in the internal storage means and the fingerprint sensor,
- wherein the monitoring control means shuts off power to the fingerprint sensor if the monitoring control means determines that the communication state is abnormal.
2 more elements
A method of controlling an information processing apparatus comprising internal storage means and a fingerprint sensor which detects a fingerprint image, the method comprising:
- a monitoring control monitoring a communication state between a program stored in the internal storage means and the fingerprint sensor;
- and
- a power control shutting off power to the fingerprint sensor if it is determined in the monitoring control that the communication state is abnormal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.