Patent ID: 9041952
Filing Date: 2015-05-26
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An input device comprising: a display section that includes a display area and is configured to display a plurality of symbols in respective first regions of the display area; an input section configured to receive an input indicating which of the plurality of symbols displayed on the display section is selected by a user by specifying a position in the display area; and an authentication section configured to authenticate the user based on a result received by the input section, wherein the input section receives the input indicating which of the plurality of symbols displayed on the display section is selected, by receiving an input indicating one second region selected from among a plurality of second regions allocated to non-overlapping positions in each of the first regions, and the authentication section authenticates the user based on the first region corresponding to the selected symbol from among the plurality of first regions and the second region selected from among the plurality of the second regions.