摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To identify a user without imposing the explicit procedure for personal identification on the user. <P>SOLUTION: An input device comprises: an extraction unit 15 which extracts a feature quantity 5 of the lateral face of a user's hand touching an input face; a storage device 30 which stores a feature quantity 5b and user information 1 in such a manner that they are associated with each other in advance; a checking unit 16 which determines whether a feature quantity 5a and the feature quantity 5b match each other; and a processing unit 17 which acquires, if matching of the feature quantity 5 is determined, the user information 1 associated with the matching feature quantity 5b. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT |