IP Library Granted Patent US 11,947,645
Granted Patent B2
US 11,947,645 · App. 17/177,759 · Granted Apr 2, 2024

Voice-based authentication after successful authentication based on non-voice input

Inventor: Minoru Akiyama (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
G06F21/32G10L17/02G10L25/51
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Patent No.
US 11,947,645
App. No.
17/177,759
Granted
Apr 2, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to obtain a registered first voice of a first user identified in first authentication achieved by an authentication method different from an authentication method employing a voice, obtain a second voice uttered by a second user during operation, perform second authentication for confirming that the second user is the first user identified in the first authentication by comparing a feature of the first voice and a feature of the second voice, and perform, if the second authentication is successfully completed, a process in accordance with an operation associated with the second voice.

Claims (32)

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a processor configured to

obtain, from a server that is separate and different from the information processing apparatus and stores a plurality of registered voices corresponding to a plurality of users, a registered first voice of a first user identified in first authentication achieved by an authentication method different from an authentication method employing a voice, and not obtain from the server any other registered voices among the plurality of registered voices,

obtain a second voice uttered by a second user during operation,

perform second authentication for confirming that the second user is the first user identified in the first authentication by comparing a feature of the first voice and a feature of the second voice without comparing the second voice to any other registered voices other than the first voice, and

perform, if the second authentication is successfully completed, a process in accordance with an operation associated with the second voice.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second voice is associated with a certain operation, and

wherein, if the feature of the second voice includes the feature of the first voice, the second authentication is successfully completed.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the process is configured to, if the second authentication fails,

receive an operation performed using an operator,

perform a process in accordance with the operation performed using the operator, and

transmit operation information indicating the operation performed using the operator to a predetermined transmission destination.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor is configured to, in a case where the second voice is associated with an operation for setting a part of a plurality of setting values to be used for the process, perform the process in accordance with the part of the plurality of setting values and other setting values determined in advance.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4 ,

wherein the other setting values are determined in advance for the first user identified in the first authentication.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor is configured to, if the second authentication is successfully completed, transmit the second voice to the server that performs a process for recognizing the second voice.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor is configured to, if the second authentication fails, not transmit the second voice to the server that performs a process for recognizing the second voice.

8. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process comprising:

obtaining, from a server that is separate and different from the information processing apparatus and stores a plurality of registered voices corresponding to a plurality of users, a registered first voice of a first user identified in first authentication achieved by an authentication method different from an authentication method employing a voice, and not obtaining from the server any other registered voices among the plurality of registered voices,

obtaining a second voice uttered by a second user during operation,

performing second authentication for confirming that the second user is the first user identified in the first authentication by comparing a feature of the first voice and a feature of the second voice without comparing the second voice to any other registered voices other than the first voice, and

performing, if the second authentication is successfully completed, a process in accordance with an operation associated with the second voice.

9. An information processing method to be performed by a computer, the method comprising:

obtaining, from a server that is separate and different from the information processing apparatus and stores a plurality of registered voices corresponding to a plurality of users, a registered first voice of a first user identified in first authentication achieved by an authentication method different from an authentication method employing a voice, and not obtaining from the server any other registered voices among the plurality of registered voices,

obtaining a second voice uttered by a second user during operation,

performing second authentication for confirming that the second user is the first user identified in the first authentication by comparing a feature of the first voice and a feature of the second voice without comparing the second voice to any other registered voices other than the first voice, and

performing, if the second authentication is successfully completed, a process in accordance with an operation associated with the second voice.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 28, 2021
From: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
To: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Reel/Frame 056078/0098 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 17, 2021
From: AKIYAMA, MINORU
To: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 055297/0762 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-110697 · Jun 26, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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