INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

摘要

An information processing apparatus which communicates with an external apparatus having a face authentication function, comprises a unit which acquires a type of the authentication function of the external apparatus from the external apparatus; a unit which receives image data held in the external apparatus and a face feature amount used by the external apparatus for the authentication function; and a unit which controls, in accordance with a result of comparing a type of a face authentication function of the information processing apparatus with the type of the authentication function of the external apparatus, whether to use the received face feature amount for the authentication function of the information processing apparatus, or to re-generate, from the received image data, a face feature amount corresponding to the type of the authentication function of the information processing apparatus.

主权项

1. An information processing apparatus which communicates with an external apparatus having a face authentication function, comprising:
an acquisition unit configured to acquire a type of the face authentication function of the external apparatus from the external apparatus; a reception unit configured to receive image data held in the external apparatus and a face feature amount used by the external apparatus for the face authentication function; and a control unit configured to control, in accordance with a result of comparing a type of a face authentication function of the information processing apparatus with the type of the face authentication function of the external apparatus, whether to use the face feature amount received by the reception unit for the face authentication function of the information processing apparatus, or to re-generate, from the received image data, a face feature amount corresponding to the type of the face authentication function of the information processing apparatus.