Display apparatus, authentication method, and program

1. A display apparatus comprising:

an input section that inputs input information representing an input operation from an operation means contacting a touch screen, which includes a plurality of segmented areas, each of the segmented areas including an inner space that includes a plurality of positions defined by coordinates that further segment each of the segmented areas;

a display section that refers to an authentication table correlating the input operation with a display image so as to display the display image on the touch screen; and

an authentication processing section that refers to the authentication table so as to determine whether a combination of a display image displayed on the touch screen and an input operation represented by the input information input by the input section in a state where the display image is being displayed is correlated in the authentication table, and authenticates an input action by the input operation when the combination is correlated in the authentication table,

wherein the authentication table includes a movement of the operation means on the touch screen, a contact area of the operation means on the touch screen, and a contact position of the operation means on the touch screen as the input operation,

the authentication table further correlates at least three security levels, each security level representing different difficulty from that of other security levels on permitting authentication with the display screen and the input operation which are correlated with each other,

the authentication processing section authenticates the input action based on one of the movement, the contact area and the contact position in a lowest security level, authenticates the input action based on the movement, the contact area and the contact position in a highest security level, and authenticates the input action based on two items of the movement, the contact area and the contact position in a middle security level between the lowest security level and the highest security level, and

the authentication table further correlates the input operation with an image different from the displayed image.

2. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising an image processing section that performs image processing representing the input operation on the display image displayed on the touch screen.

3. An authentication method comprising:

referring to an authentication table that correlates a display image with an input operation so as to display the display image on a touch screen;

inputting input information representing an input operation from an operation means contacting the touch screen, which includes a plurality of segmented areas including an inner space that includes a plurality of positions defined by coordinates that further segment each of the segmented areas; and

referring to the authentication table so as to determine whether a combination of a display image displayed on the touch screen and an input operation represented by the input information input by an input section in a state where the display image is being displayed is correlated in the authentication table, and authenticating an input action by the input operation when the combination is correlated in the authentication table,

wherein the authentication table includes a movement of the operation means on the touch screen, a contact area of the operation means on the touch screen, and a contact position of the operation means on the touch screen as the input operation,

the authentication table further correlates at least three security levels, each security level representing different difficulty from that of other security levels on permitting authentication with the display screen and the input operation which are correlated with each other,

at the authenticating, the input action is authenticated based on one of the movement, the contact area and the contact position in a lowest security level, the input action is authenticated based on the movement, the contact area and the contact position in a highest security level, and the input action is authenticated based on two items of the movement, the contact area and the contact position in a middle security level between the lowest security level and the highest security level, and

the authentication table further correlates the input operation with an image different from the displayed image.

4. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing executable instructions that when executed by a processor perform steps comprising:

referring to an authentication table that correlates a display image with an input operation so as to display the display image on a touch screen;

inputting input information representing an input operation from an operation means contacting the touch screen, which includes a plurality of segmented areas including an inner space that includes a plurality of positions defined by coordinates that further segment each of the segmented areas; and

referring to the authentication table so as to determine whether a combination of a display image displayed on the touch screen and an input operation represented by the input information input by an input section in a state where the display image is being displayed is correlated in the authentication table, and authenticating an input action by the input operation when the combination is correlated in the authentication table,

wherein the authentication table includes a movement of the operation means on the touch screen, a contact area of the operation means on the touch screen, and a contact position of the operation means on the touch screen as the input operation,

the authentication table further correlates at least three security levels, each security level representing different difficulty from that of other security levels on permitting authentication with the display screen and the input operation which are correlated with each other,

at the authenticating, the input action is authenticated based on one of the movement, the contact area and the contact position in a lowest security level, the input action is authenticated based on the movement, the contact area and the contact position in a highest security level, and the input action is authenticated based on two items of the movement, the contact area and the contact position in a middle security level between the lowest security level and the highest security level, and

the authentication table further correlates the input operation with an image different from the displayed image.