# US 2017/0255771 A1 · Information processing apparatus, information processing method and program > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2017/0255771 A1 - Document ID: US20170255771A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/444,542 - Filed: 2017-02-28 - Published: 2017-09-07 - Earliest claimed: 2016-03-01 - Assignees: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Takumi MIYAKAWA - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20170255771A1 ## CPC - G06F 21/36: by graphic or iconic representation - G06F 3/04817: using icons (graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34) - G06F 3/0482: Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus - G06F 3/04883: for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text - G06F 21/32: using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract The invention aims to enable, with respect to an application for which user authentication is necessary, to perform an operation for selecting the application and an operation for the user authentication as easily as possible. A swipe of an icon as an example of the operation for selecting the application to be activated and subsequent acceptance of a touching operation of a finger to a sensor detection area of a fingerprint authenticating device as an example of the operation for the user authentication are performed based on a series of operations. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An information processing apparatus comprising: an accepting unit configured to accept a first operation of indicating an instruction to select an application; an acquiring unit configured to acquire authentication information to be used for user authentication, based on a second operation; a tracking unit configured to track that the first operation is continuously performed so as to approach an area where the second operation is performed, and the second operation is performed as a part of the first operation; and an activating unit configured to activate the application selected by the first operation, in a case where a predetermined user is identified based on the authentication information. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the tracking by the tracking unit ends in a predetermined time, and a state that the application is being selected by the first operation is maintained for the predetermined time. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first operation is performed to a touch panel, and the second operation is performed in the area different from the touch panel, and the tracking unit is configured to track that the first operation passes through a boundary of the touch panel and then reaches the area where the second operation is performed. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a drawing unit configured to draw an image for guiding a direction in which the first operation is performed to head toward the area where the second operation is performed. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the instruction is to activate the application. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the acceptance by the accepting unit is performed on a locked screen. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first operation includes a slide operation. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first operation indicates the instruction to select the application from a plurality of applications. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first operation includes a predetermined pattern operation for each individual application. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the authentication information includes fingerprint information. ### Claim 11 An information processing apparatus comprising: an accepting unit configured to accept a first operation of indicating an instruction to select an application; an acquiring unit configured to acquire, based on a second operation, authentication information to be used for user authentication, at a position where the first operation is accepted; and an activating unit configured to activate the application selected by the first operation, in a case where the user authentication is permitted based on the authentication information. ### Claim 12 An information processing method comprising: accepting a first operation of indicating an instruction to select an application; acquiring authentication information to be used for user authentication, based on a second operation; tracking that the first operation is continuously performed so as to approach an area where the second operation is performed, and the second operation is performed as a part of the first operation; and activating the application selected by the first operation, in a case where a predetermined user is identified based on the authentication information. ### Claim 13 A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of storing a program to cause a computer to perform an information processing method comprising: accepting a first operation of indicating an instruction to select an application; acquiring authentication information to be used for user authentication, based on a second operation; tracking that the first operation is continuously performed so as to approach an area where the second operation is performed, and the second operation is performed as a part of the first operation; and activating the application selected by the first operation, in a case where a predetermined user is identified based on the authentication information. ### Claim 14 An information processing method comprising: accepting a first operation of indicating an instruction to select an application; acquiring, based on a second operation, authentication information to be used for user authentication, at a position where the first operation was accepted; and activating the application selected by the first operation, in a case where the user authentication was permitted based on the authentication information. ### Claim 15 A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of storing a program to cause a computer to perform an information processing method comprising: accepting a first operation of indicating an instruction to select an application; acquiring, based on a second operation, authentication information to be used for user authentication, at a position where the first operation was accepted; and activating the application selected by the first operation, in a case where the user authentication was permitted based on the authentication information.