ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND AUTHENTICATION METHOD THEREIN

摘要

Provided is an electronic device and an authentication method able to restrict and disable an operation when a third person other than an authorized user who is registered as a user, and prevent information leakage without requiring the user a complicated operation. At a time when an operator inputs an authentication request by any one of the user identification numbers, when first information inputted via the input part is coincided with the first password related to the user identification number for which the authentication request is inputted, and when characteristic data at a time when the first information is inputted falls within a specified range of a histogram of the databases related to the user identification number for which the authentication request is inputted, the operator is authenticated as the user for which the authentication request is inputted.

主权项

1. An electronic device comprising:
an input part that is configured to input various information by an operator including one or more users; and a storage part that is configured to store individual information about each of the one or more users, the storage part holding a user identification number for the users, a first password for the users, and a database that is configured to store various characteristic data at a time when the users input at least the first password via the input part as mutually related one set, at a time when an operator inputs an authentication request by anyone of the user identification numbers stored in the storage part, when first information inputted via the input part is coincided with the first password related to the user identification number for which the authentication request is inputted, and the various information characteristic data at a time when the first information is inputted via the input part fall within a specified region previously set to a histogram accumulated in the data base related to the user identification number for which the authentication request is inputted, the operator is authorized as a user related to the user identification number for which the authentication request is inputted.