Patent ID: 9639683
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. An information processing device having a processor, the information processing device comprising: an input receiving section receiving an input from a user using an input device, the input device in communication with the information processing device; a display control section changing a display screen, using the processor, to a screen saver when the input receiving section has not received any input for a predetermined time; a registered user information retaining section retaining biological information of a plurality of users registered in the information processing device; a biological information obtaining portion monitoring images captured by an imaging device and obtaining biological information from images captured periodically, wherein the biological information obtaining portion monitors images at a first rate when the screen saver is displayed; and a biometric authenticating portion determining, when biological information is obtained during display of the screen saver, whether a user whose biological information is obtained by the biological information obtaining portion is a registered user by comparing the obtained biological information with the biological information of the plurality of users retained in the registered user information retaining section, wherein when the biometric authenticating portion determines that the user whose biological information is obtained is a registered user, the display control section changes the screen saver to a login screen wherein the biological information obtaining portion monitors images at a second rate when the login screen is displayed, with the second rate greater than the first rate, wherein, when the input receiving section has not received any input for the predetermined time while the display control section is displaying a system screen or an application screen for a logged-in user, the display control section displays the screen saver, and when the biometric authenticating portion determines that the biological information obtained by the biological information obtaining portion is biological information of the logged-in user during the display of the screen saver by the display control section, the display control section displays the system screen or the application screen.