Information terminal and execution control method

3:

• The information terminal according to claim 1, wherein
• a plurality of authentication points are displayed on the touch panel,
• the detection unit detects authentication points touched during the first operation and presence or absence of the second operation on each of the authentication points,
• the storage unit stores an authentication pattern composed of authentication points touched during the first operation and presence or absence of the second operation on each of the authentication points, and
• the execution control unit controls whether to execute a function of the information terminal based on a result of verification between an input pattern composed of the authentication points and the presence or absence of the second operation on each of the authentication points detected by the detection unit and the authentication pattern.

5:

• The information terminal according to claim 1, wherein
• the detection unit detects a trajectory of the first operation on the touch panel and a press position when the second operation is performed during the first operation,
• the storage unit stores an authentication pattern composed of the trajectory of the first operation on the touch panel and the press position when the second operation is performed during the first operation, and
• the execution control unit controls whether to execute a function of the information terminal based on a result of verification between an input pattern composed of the trajectory of the first operation and the press position when the second operation is performed during the first operation detected by the detection unit and the authentication pattern.

8:

• An execution control method in an information terminal with a touch panel including a press detection mechanism capable of accepting a press operation on an operating surface, the method comprising:
• a detection step of detecting a first operation being an operation of sliding a contact object over the operating surface of the touch panel during a period from contact to release of the contact object to/from the operating surface and a second operation being the press operation performed during the first operation through the press detection mechanism;
• a storage step of storing an authentication pattern composed of the first operation and the second operation into a storage unit;
• and
• an execution control step of controlling whether to execute a function of the information terminal based on a result of verification between an input pattern composed of the first operation and the second operation detected by the detection unit and the authentication pattern.