Patent ID: 9686442
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. An information processing apparatus that permits a user to use thereof through authentication, comprising: an image capturing unit; an extracting unit configured to extract feature information of each person recognized based on images captured by the image capturing unit; a temporary storing unit configured to temporarily store feature information of one or more persons authenticated by an external apparatus, the external apparatus storing feature information of one or more persons to be authenticated; a verification unit configured to verify whether each person has been authenticated based on feature information stored in the temporary storing unit and feature information of each person extracted by the extracting unit; and an authentication unit configured to transmit feature information of a person who cannot be verified as authenticated to the external apparatus and request authentication of the person; wherein feature information of an authenticated person authenticated by an external apparatus is deleted from the temporary storing unit after the authenticated person left from an area, the extracting unit being able to extract feature information of each person in the area.