JP5472006B2 - Information processing apparatus having communication function - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for protecting an information processing apparatus.

  Among the information handled by the information processing apparatus, there is a type of information that is not desirably viewed by a third party. For example, regarding personal information such as e-mails and telephone transmission / reception histories, many relatives and friends feel reluctant to see.

  Therefore, a technique for detecting an unauthorized operation by a third party and eliminating an operation of the information processing apparatus by the third party has been proposed.

  Patent Document 1 discloses a face authentication device that performs face authentication by capturing a self-portrait with a camera. In the apparatus of Patent Document 1, when an operation for selecting a function to be a security target is received, an image captured by the camera is collated with face authentication image data stored in advance. Is activated. Then, every time a certain time elapses, imaging by the camera and face authentication are repeatedly executed.

  Patent Document 2 discloses a portable terminal device having a lock mechanism that combines face authentication and password authentication. In the portable terminal device of Literature 2, password authentication is performed when face authentication for an operator's face image captured in response to an input operation by the operator fails. And when both face authentication and password authentication fail, it controls to the locked state which does not accept the input to a portable terminal device.

JP 2009-223651 A JP 2009-296112 A

  In the conventional technique, when it is detected that the user is not a scheduled user, the information processing apparatus is shifted to a state where the operation is impossible. Therefore, not only the operation of the information processing apparatus by a third party is excluded, but also the third party is made aware of the existence of the security function. While the security function is expected to have an effect of protecting the information processing apparatus from a third party, the presence of the security function itself may attract the third party's interest in the information processing apparatus. In other words, the presence of the security function reminds a third party that information that is valuable for the owner of the information processing apparatus is stored in the information processing apparatus. In addition, when a third party who notices the existence of the security function is close to the owner of the information processing device, he calls a suspicion about the owner of the information processing device, You may be invited. Therefore, an object of the present invention is to effectively eliminate the operation of the information processing apparatus by a third party without making the third party aware of the existence of the security function.

  An information processing apparatus disclosed in the present application has a communication function, and in one aspect, a notification unit that notifies an incoming call by the communication function, an operation unit that receives an operation by an operator, and whether or not authentication is successful An authentication determination unit that determines whether the authentication is not successful, and a pseudo incoming call processing unit that outputs a pseudo incoming call that simulates an incoming call by the communication function from the notification unit.

  According to the present invention, the operation of the information processing apparatus by a third party can be effectively excluded without making the third party aware of the presence of the security function.

The figure which shows the functional structure of the information processing apparatus which concerns on a present Example. Figure showing an example of the contents of the address storage Figure showing an example of the contents of the incoming call history The figure which shows an example of the flow of the process performed in the information processing apparatus which concerns on a present Example. The figure which shows a mode that the information processing apparatus which concerns on a present Example is used. The figure which shows the structure of the information processing apparatus which concerns on 2nd Example.

  FIG. 1 shows a functional configuration related to the present invention in an information processing apparatus having a communication function (wireless communication function or wired communication function).

  An information processing apparatus 100 illustrated in FIG. 1 includes an operation unit 100A, an operation detection unit 100B, an imaging unit 100C, an authentication determination unit 100D, a pseudo processing unit 100E, an incoming call processing unit 100F, a ringing unit 100G, and a display. Unit 100H, address storage unit 100I, feature information storage unit 100J, pseudo message storage unit 100K, incoming call history storage unit 100L, and the like.

  The operation unit 100A is a functional unit that receives an input operation by a user, and for example, a button, a touch panel, or the like can be used as the operation unit. In addition, in an information processing apparatus having a slide mechanism of a housing, a switch that outputs a signal corresponding to the state of the slide mechanism when the slide mechanism is operated can be used as the operation unit. Further, in an information processing apparatus having an opening / closing mechanism in which housings are connected via a rotating hinge, a signal corresponding to the state of the opening / closing mechanism (for example, an open state and a closed state) when the opening / closing mechanism is operated. Can be used as the operation unit.

  The operation detection unit 100B has a function of detecting an operator's operation based on an input signal from the operation unit 100A. Then, when the operation of the operator is detected, imaging by the imaging unit is started. For example, when receiving a signal indicating that various operation buttons such as a menu button, a numeric button, and a mail function activation button are pressed, imaging by the imaging unit 100C is started. In addition, for example, in an information processing apparatus in which main operation buttons such as a character input button have two forms of being hidden by a slide mechanism and exposed, a signal indicating a state in which the character input button is exposed When the image is received, imaging by the imaging unit 100C may be started. As another example, in an information processing apparatus having an opening / closing mechanism, imaging by the imaging unit 100C may be started when a signal indicating a state in which the opening / closing mechanism is opened is received.

  The imaging unit 100C has a function of imaging an operator's face using an imaging element that generates an image using a physical phenomenon such as a photoelectric effect that detects light and generates charges. As the image sensor, a CCD image sensor (Charge Coupled Device Image Sensor), a CMOS image sensor (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor Image Sensor), or the like is used. The camera lens may be provided around the display unit or the operation unit, for example. This is because the operator often pays attention to the display unit or the operation unit when operating the information processing apparatus, and the operator's face is likely to be included in the captured image. The imaging unit 100C supplies an image obtained by imaging to the authentication determination unit 100D.

  The authentication determination unit 100D has a function of determining whether or not the operator of the information processing apparatus 100 has succeeded in authentication. For example, the image supplied from the imaging unit 100C is compared with the feature information of the user's face registered in advance in the feature information storage unit 100J using a face authentication algorithm. In this embodiment, a known method is used as the face authentication algorithm. For example, the technique described in JP 2010-45770 A can be used. For example, when the result of face authentication using the image supplied from the imaging unit 100C does not match the facial feature registered in advance or the similarity is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold, the authentication determination unit 100D Then, it is determined that face authentication has failed. In this example, the authentication determination unit 100D determines that the authentication is not successful when the face authentication fails. If the authentication determining unit 100D determines that the authentication is not successful, the authentication determining unit 100D causes the pseudo processing unit 100E to execute a process related to the pseudo incoming call. Note that the information processing apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment may employ an authentication method other than face authentication as an authentication method. For example, PIN authentication in which identification information acquired via a short-range wireless communication function such as RFID is compared with identification information stored in the information processing apparatus 100 in advance may be used. Alternatively, in the case of an information processing apparatus equipped with a fingerprint authentication sensor, biometric authentication that collates biometric information acquired from the fingerprint authentication sensor with feature information stored in advance in the information processing apparatus may be used. Further, the information processing apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment is not limited to an example in which authentication is performed in response to receiving an input signal from the operation unit 100A. For example, the predetermined authentication may be performed before starting the operation of the information processing apparatus 100 or within a predetermined time after starting the operation.

  The pseudo processing unit 100E has a function of generating a signal (pseudo incoming signal) that simulates an incoming call addressed to its own terminal in a communication service using a communication function when authentication is not successful in the process of the authentication determining unit 100D. For example, the pseudo processing unit 100E generates a pseudo incoming signal indicating an incoming call of a radio telephone or a pseudo incoming signal indicating reception of an electronic mail. Then, the pseudo processing unit 100E supplies the generated pseudo incoming signal to the incoming processing unit 100F.

  The incoming call processing unit 100F has a function of notifying that there has been an incoming call using the ringing unit 100G and the display unit 100H when an incoming communication service is received by the communication function. In addition, when a pseudo incoming signal is supplied from the pseudo processing unit 100E, the ringing unit 100G is used to output a ring tone or output a vibration that tells the incoming call. In addition, when receiving a pseudo incoming call signal, the incoming call processing unit 100F displays a message informing the incoming call using the display unit.

  The address storage unit 100I has a function of storing address information including the name or name of a communication partner with a communication function and identification information on the communication function of the communication partner. FIG. 2 shows an example of the contents of the address storage unit. In the example shown in FIG. 2, a plurality of address information records having the name (A101), the destination 1 (A102), the destination 2 (A103), and the availability flag (A104) as data items may be stored. it can.

  The name (A101) is a data item for storing information indicating the name or name of the communication partner. In the example of FIG. 2, the name “AAA” and the name “BBB” are shown.

  The destination 1 (A102) and the destination (A103) are data items for storing information indicating identification information of a communication partner on the communication function. In the example of FIG. 2, in the record of the name “AAA”, the telephone number specified by the destination 1 “03-****-****” and the destination 2 “AAA@***.***” The e-mail address specified by is shown. In addition, in the record of name “BBB”, the telephone number specified by destination 1 “090-****-****” and the destination 2 “BBB@***.***” Email address is shown.

  The availability flag (A104) is a data item for storing information indicating whether or not it may be used as information to be displayed on the display unit in the generation of the pseudo incoming signal. In the example of FIG. 2, the availability flag “1” is set in the record of the name “AAA”, which indicates that the data item of the record may be used when generating the pseudo incoming signal. On the other hand, in the record with the name “BBB”, the availability flag “0” is set, which indicates that the data item of the record is not used when the pseudo incoming call signal is generated.

  The feature information storage unit 100J has a function of storing feature information of a face extracted from a face image of an operator who is scheduled to operate the information processing apparatus 100 (for example, an owner of the information processing apparatus). In the present invention, a known method is used for the face recognition process. Therefore, the feature information in the present invention is appropriately adjusted to the content according to a known method.

  The pseudo message storage unit 100K has a function of storing data of a pseudo message that is reproduced in conjunction with a process in the pseudo incoming call process according to the present embodiment. The pseudo message storage unit 100K stores a pseudo message corresponding to the incoming service to be simulated. For example, as a pseudo message for simulating an incoming call of a voice call service, voice data with a content that gives an erroneous call or voice data with a content that gives a case when the radio wave transmission / reception status is not good is stored. In addition, text data of contents that convey advertisements or fictitious promises on the job are stored as pseudo messages when the incoming mail service is simulated. In the embodiment in which a pseudo message is received from an external device that can communicate using the communication function, the pseudo message storage unit 100K may be omitted.

  The incoming call history storage unit 100L has a function of storing an incoming call history indicating information related to incoming calls in a communication service using a communication function. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of the contents of the incoming call history storage unit 100L. In the example shown in FIG. 3, a time (B101) indicating the time when an incoming call is received, a name (B102) indicating the name or name of the called party, a destination (B103) indicating identification information in the communication service of the called party, A plurality of records are stored that have, as data items, a pseudo flag (B104) indicating whether or not the call history is a pseudo-incoming process and image data (B105) indicating a face image of an operator who has not been successfully authenticated. ing. In the example shown in FIG. 3, an incoming call is received from the name (B102) “AAA” at time (B101) “2010/10 / 01,22: 10” and time (B101) “2010/9 / 30,13: 10”. A history indicating that there has been is stored. However, for the incoming call from the name “AAA” at the time “2010/10/01, 22:10”, “1” is stored in the pseudo flag (B104) indicating the incoming call history by the pseudo incoming call process. In addition, “0001.jpg” indicating the face image of the operator who has not been successfully authenticated in the image data (B105) is stored. On the other hand, for the incoming call from the name “AAA” at the time “2010/9 / 30,13: 10”, “0” indicating that the incoming call history by the original incoming call processing is stored in the pseudo flag (B104). Yes.

  Next, a flow of steps executed in the information processing apparatus in the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 4 shows an example of the flow of steps executed in the information processing apparatus according to this embodiment.

  For example, in the operation detection unit 100B, the process flow shown in FIG. 4 is started in response to receiving a signal indicating a predetermined operation from the operation unit 100A. The image capturing unit 100C supplies image data obtained from the image sensor to the authentication determining unit 100D (S101). At least at the time of S101, the image data supplied from the imaging unit 100C to the authentication determination unit 100D is not displayed on the display unit 100H. Further, at the time of S101, a process for notifying the execution of the imaging process such as outputting a shutter sound is not executed. This is to prevent the operator from performing the imaging process. On the other hand, a display indicating that a certain process is being executed, such as an hourglass icon, may be displayed to produce an effect as if the original process for the operation performed by the operator is being performed. Then, in the calculation inside the information processing apparatus 100, the original process for the operation may be temporarily stopped and the process shown in FIG. 4 may be preferentially executed.

  The authentication determining unit 100D determines whether authentication is successful (S102). For example, face authentication is performed on the image data supplied from the imaging unit 100C. In this embodiment, since the face authentication algorithm uses a known method, it will not be described in detail. For example, in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2010-45770, face authentication is performed by searching a part having a characteristic shape of an eye, nose, mouth, or the like from an image using template matching and collating with a pre-registered feature amount for each part. Technology is disclosed.

  For example, the authentication determining unit 100D determines that the face authentication is successful when the facial feature information included in the captured image matches the pre-registered feature information or the similarity is equal to or greater than a threshold value. (NO in S103). If it is determined in S103 that the face authentication is successful, S104 to S108 described later are skipped, and the process according to the present embodiment is ended (NO in S103). As a result, the information processing apparatus 100 executes the original process for the operation detected by the operation detection unit 100B.

  On the other hand, for example, when the facial feature information included in the captured image does not match the pre-registered feature information or the similarity is less than the threshold, the authentication determining unit 100D determines that the face authentication has failed. . Then, it is determined that the authentication is not successful (YES in S103), and the information processing apparatus 100 notifies that there is an incoming call addressed to its own terminal in the communication service using the communication function (S104, S105). In this incoming call notification, even when there is no incoming call addressed to the terminal itself in the communication service using the communication function, notification that there is an incoming call is made. For example, the pseudo processing unit 100E generates a signal that simulates an incoming call addressed to itself in a communication service using the communication function, and supplies the signal to the incoming call processing unit 100F (S104).

  The pseudo processing unit 100E may select an arbitrary record from the address information stored in the address storage unit 100I and generate a pseudo incoming signal based on the contents of the selected record. For example, in the example shown in FIG. 2, when the record of the name “AAA” is selected, the name “AAA”, the destination 1 “03-****-****”, and the destination 2 “AAA @ *** Generates a pseudo incoming signal that causes the display unit to display the content including any of the data items “. ***”. Moreover, when selecting arbitrarily, you may distinguish the record excluded from selection object and the record included in selection object based on the availability flag (A104) of address information. The present invention is not limited to referring to the address information stored in the address storage unit 101 in the generation of the pseudo incoming signal. For example, a pseudo incoming signal may be generated that causes the display unit to display a message such as “non-notification” indicating a state in which identification information such as a telephone number cannot be received from the other party.

  The incoming call processor 100F receives the supply of the pseudo incoming signal from the pseudo processor 100E, and executes a step of notifying the incoming call based on the supplied pseudo incoming signal (S105). For example, the incoming call processing unit 100F uses the ringing unit 100G to output a ringtone or output a vibration that tells the incoming call (S105). In addition, when receiving a pseudo incoming call signal, the incoming call processing unit 100F displays a message informing the incoming call using the display unit (S105). In S105, the incoming call processor 100F may register the incoming call history based on the pseudo incoming signal. For example, when simulating an incoming call of a voice call service, the incoming call processing unit 100F registers a record in the incoming call history of the voice call based on the contents indicated by the pseudo incoming call signal. The original user can recognize the presence of the operator who has not been successfully authenticated by displaying the incoming call history on the display unit. FIG. 3 is an example of the contents of the incoming call history stored in the storage area of the information processing apparatus. In the example shown in FIG. 3, a plurality of records having data items of time (B101), name (B102), destination (B103), pseudo flag (B104), and image data (B105) are stored. be able to. When the incoming call processing unit 100F executes the incoming call process based on the pseudo incoming signal, the system time in that case is stored in the time (B101), and the name or name indicated in the pseudo incoming signal is stored in the name (B102). The destination indicated in the pseudo incoming call signal is stored in the destination (B103). Further, when executing the incoming process based on the pseudo incoming signal, the incoming processing unit 100F stores “1” indicating the execution of the pseudo incoming process in the pseudo flag (B104). And the image imaged by the imaging part is stored in image data (B105). On the other hand, when the normal incoming process is executed, “0” indicating that the pseudo incoming process is not executed is stored in the pseudo flag (B104). In this case, it is sufficient not to store the image by the imaging unit. When the incoming call history registered in this way is displayed on the display unit, it is determined whether or not the authentication is successful, and the data items to be displayed are determined depending on whether or not the authentication is successful. Switch. For example, if the authentication is not successful, only the time (B101), name (B102), and destination (B103) may be displayed in the example shown in FIG. As a result, in the example shown in FIG. 3, the operator who has not succeeded in authentication has the name “AAA” at the time “2010/10/01, 22:10” and the time “2010/9 / 30,13: 10”. ”May refer to the incoming call history indicating that there was an incoming call, but the incoming call history from the name“ AAA ”at the time“ 2010/10/01, 22:10 ”is due to pseudo incoming call processing. Until there is something, it cannot be determined. On the other hand, if the authentication is successful, in the example shown in FIG. 3, in addition to the time (B101), name (B102), and destination (B103), the pseudo flag (B104) and the image data (B105) What is necessary is just to control the display content of the incoming call history according to the content stored in the data item. For example, if the authentication is successful, the image shown in the image data (B105) stored in the incoming call history may be displayed on the display unit, or the image data for the record in the incoming call history list may be displayed. An icon indicating that it is stored may be displayed. As a result, the operator who has succeeded in the authentication, in the example shown in FIG. 3, the name “AAA” at time “2010/10 / 01,22: 10” and time “2010/9 / 30,13: 10”. The incoming call history from the name “AAA” at the time “2010/10/01, 22:10” among the incoming call histories indicating that an incoming call has been received from “ Furthermore, by referring to the image data “0001.jpg”, an operator who has not been successfully authenticated can be confirmed. Accordingly, it is possible to consider that the occupancy management of the information processing apparatus 100 owned by the user is thoroughly considered in consideration of the presence of the operator imaged in the image data “0001.jpg”.

  Next, when the incoming call processing unit 100F detects a response operation to the pseudo incoming call (YES in S106), the incoming call processing unit 100F reproduces a predetermined pseudo message (S107). Note that the reproduced pseudo message may be stored in advance in the information processing apparatus, or may be received from an external apparatus capable of communication using a communication function. Further, the content of the reproduced pseudo message may be adjusted according to the incoming service to be simulated. For example, when simulating an incoming call of a voice call service, the voice data of the content that produced the wrong call or the voice data of the content produced when the radio wave transmission / reception status is not good is reproduced as a pseudo message. In order to simulate an incoming mail service, text data may be reproduced as a pseudo message.

  On the other hand, the incoming call processing unit 100F, when executing the incoming process based on the pseudo signal, when a predetermined time has elapsed since the start of the state where no response operation is received (NO in S106) (YES in S108), The incoming call process based on the pseudo signal is terminated. If the predetermined time has not elapsed since the start of the state where no response operation is received (NO in S106) (NO in S108), the incoming process based on the pseudo incoming signal is continued.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a state in which the information processing apparatus according to the present embodiment is used. In the example of FIG. 5, an example of a mobile phone is shown as the information processing apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment. Assume that the original owner 300 of the mobile phone 100 has left the mobile phone 100 in the living room and stayed in the toilet 400. The spouse 200 of the owner 300 (an example of a relationship close to the owner of the information processing apparatus) intends to confirm whether there is any sign of poor conduct in the daily life of the owner 300, and the owner 300 May operate the cellular phone 100 that has been misplaced without the consent of the owner 300. The cellular phone 100 that has received an operation by the spouse 200 performs a face authentication process based on the face image of the spouse 200 captured by the imaging unit 100C, for example. However, since it does not match the facial features of the owner 300 registered in advance, the mobile phone 100 executes the pseudo incoming process according to the present embodiment. Alternatively, the pseudo incoming call process according to the present embodiment is executed in response to the fact that the authentication operation has not been executed within a predetermined time after receiving the operation of the mobile phone 100.

  For example, the mobile phone 100 outputs a ring tone from a speaker serving as the ringing unit 100G, and displays the content based on the pseudo incoming signal on the display unit 100H. As a result, the spouse 200 has an illusion that an incoming call addressed to the owner 300 has actually arrived, and performs a response operation in the pseudo incoming call process or gives up the operation of the mobile phone and leaves it alone. That is, it is possible to effectively prevent the operation of stealing the personal information of the owner 300 that would be stored in the mobile phone 100 from being continued. Further, according to the present embodiment, the spouse 200 has no way of distinguishing the pseudo incoming call process according to the present embodiment from the original incoming call process. Therefore, the spouse 200 does not need to be aware that the function for protecting the personal information of the owner 300 that will be stored in the mobile phone 100 is being executed, and the spouse has doubts. The situation can be effectively avoided.

  Hereinafter, another embodiment of the information processing apparatus according to the present invention will be described. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating the configuration of the information processing apparatus according to the second embodiment. In the example shown in FIG. 6, the same parts as those in FIG.

  6 includes a first system unit 101, a second system unit 102, a wireless communication control unit 103, an antenna 104, a voice control unit 105, a ring tone output speaker 105A, a receiver 105B, a microphone 105C, and a vibrator. A control unit 106, an input function unit 107, a camera unit 108, a storage unit 109, a display unit 110, and the like are included.

  The first system unit 101 includes a second system unit 102, a wireless communication control unit 103, a voice control unit 105, a vibrator control unit 106, a key input function unit 107, a storage unit 109, a display unit 110, and the like, and a bus They are communicably connected through various lines such as wiring, and have functions such as controlling the operation of each component and receiving the operation result of each component and executing a predetermined process. Further, the first system unit 101 shown in FIG. 6 has a calculation function for executing a process defined by a software program. As a functional configuration, the first system unit 101 includes an authentication determination unit 100D, a pseudo processing unit 100E, and an incoming call processing unit 100F. Have

  The second system unit 102 can operate independently of the first system unit 101. In the present embodiment, the second system unit 102 includes an imaging unit 100C that receives a signal from the camera unit 108 and generates an image as a functional configuration. Have.

  The wireless communication control unit 103 has a function of supplying received data obtained by executing a decoding process or the like to a radio wave signal received by the antenna 104 to the first system unit 101 or a transmission supplied from the first system unit 101. The antenna 104 has a function of outputting a radio wave signal obtained by executing a modulation process or the like on data. For example, the wireless communication control unit 103 has a communication function compliant with various communication standards such as W-CDMA and CDMA2000.

  The voice control unit 105 converts voice data (for example, digital data in a PCM (pulse code modulation) format) supplied from the first system unit 101 into an analog signal, and outputs a ringtone output speaker 105A or a receiver 105B (receiving speaker). And a function of supplying audio data (for example, digital data in a PCM format, etc.) obtained by sampling an analog signal input from the microphone 105C to the first system unit 101. In the present embodiment, the voice control unit includes a ringing unit 100G as a functional configuration.

  The vibrator control unit 106 has a function of receiving a control signal from the first system unit 101 and driving a vibrator that generates vibration.

  The key input function unit 107 has a function of accepting an operation from an operator of the information processing apparatus. For example, as the key input function unit 107, an input button can be arranged on the information processing apparatus, or a touch panel can be arranged on the display unit 110. In the present embodiment, the key input function unit 107 includes an operation unit 100A and an operation detection unit 100B as functional configurations.

  The storage unit 109 is a semiconductor storage device such as a RAM (Random Access Memory) or a ROM (Read Only Memory), or a portable storage medium. In the present embodiment, the storage unit 109 includes a feature information storage unit 100J, an address storage unit 100I, and a pseudo message storage unit 100K as functional configurations.

  The display unit 110 has a function of displaying display data supplied from the first system unit 101. For example, a liquid crystal display unit or an organic EL display unit.

  In the information processing apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment, in response to receiving an operation by the operator, an interrupt signal indicating the operation content is first sent from the input function unit 107 functioning as the operation unit 100A and the operation detection unit 100B. Supplied to the system unit 101.

  The first system unit 101 requests the second system unit to execute an imaging process in response to receiving the interrupt signal.

  The second system unit 102 functioning as the imaging unit 100C executes the imaging process using the camera unit 108 in response to receiving an imaging request from the first system unit 101. Then, the image data generated by the imaging process is supplied to the first system unit 101.

  In response to receiving the supply of image data, the first system unit 101 refers to the storage unit 109 functioning as the feature information storage unit 100J and causes the authentication determination unit 100D to execute the process. If it is determined that the authentication is not successful, the process of the pseudo processing unit 100E is executed. The first system unit 101 executes the process of the incoming call processing unit 100F based on the pseudo incoming signal generated by the process of the pseudo processing unit 100E. As a result, a ring tone is output from the ring volume output speaker 105A via the voice control unit 105, or a predetermined vibration is output via the vibrator control unit 106. Note that when executing the pseudo call processing according to this embodiment, even if the information processing apparatus is set to the private mode in which the ring volume is not output, the ring tone is forcibly output from the ring tone output speaker. Also good. Further, the first system unit 101 displays a message indicating the contents of the called party on the display unit based on the pseudo incoming signal generated by the process of the pseudo processing unit 100E. In addition, the first system unit 101 stores an incoming history record indicating that there was an incoming call based on the pseudo incoming signal in the process of the incoming call processing unit 100F in the storage unit 109 functioning as the incoming call history storage unit 100L.

  Then, when an interrupt signal indicating a response operation is received from the input function unit 107 during execution of the pseudo incoming call processing, the first system unit 101 functions as the pseudo message storage unit 100K by the process of the incoming call processing unit 100F. The pseudo message acquired from the storage unit 109 is reproduced.

  Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail above, the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiment, and various modifications and changes can be made within the scope of the gist of the present invention described in the claims. Is possible. It should be noted that the scope of the gist of the present invention extends to any combination of the embodiments described above.

Further, in the embodiment described above, there is a place where the information processing apparatus having the wireless communication control unit 103 is described as an example of the information processing apparatus according to the present invention, but the present invention is not limited to this. The information processing apparatus having a communication function may be, for example, a portable device or a stationary device. Examples of the portable device may be a portable phone, a smartphone, a notebook computer, a portable game machine, and the like. Moreover, the apparatus which does not incorporate a battery and operates by receiving power supply from an external power source may be used.

Claims (5)

An information processing apparatus having a communication function,
A notification unit for notifying an incoming call by the communication function;
An operation unit for receiving an operation by an operator;
An authentication judgment unit for judging whether or not the authentication is successful;
A pseudo incoming call processing unit that outputs a pseudo incoming call that simulates an incoming call by the communication function when the authentication determining unit determines that the authentication is not successful;
An information processing apparatus comprising: The pseudo incoming call processing unit, when notifying the pseudo incoming call by the notification unit, when receiving a response operation for the pseudo incoming call, reproduces the pseudo message for the pseudo incoming call.
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1. The pseudo incoming call processing unit registers an incoming call history including a time at which the pseudo incoming call is notified and information on an incoming call partner simulated by the pseudo incoming call, and the registered incoming call history is due to the pseudo incoming call. Information indicating that is stored in a storage area that cannot be referred to by an operator who has not been successfully authenticated,
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2. An imaging unit that images the face of the operator of the information processing apparatus;
The pseudo incoming call processing unit stores the face image of the operator who has not succeeded in authentication in a storage area which cannot be referred to by the operator who has not succeeded in authentication, in association with the registered incoming call history. To
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1. On the computer,
An informing unit for informing an incoming call by a communication function;
An operation unit for receiving an operation by an operator;
An authentication judgment unit for judging whether or not the authentication is successful;
A pseudo incoming call processing unit that outputs a pseudo incoming call that simulates an incoming call by the communication function when the authentication judgment unit determines that the authentication is not successful;
A program characterized by functioning as

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