Information processing apparatus and control method

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a memory which temporarily stores a program of an OS (Operating System);

a first processor which executes the program to implement functions of the OS; and

a second processor which performs face detection processing to detect a face area with a face captured therein from an image captured by an imaging unit, wherein

when the face area is no longer detected from a state where the face area is detected by the second processor, the first processor performs first processing to limit use of at least some of the functions of the OS in response to the fact that a state where the face area is not detected has lasted for a predetermined first time,

when it is detected that the information processing apparatus is held by a user before the first time elapses, the first processor disables the first processing, and performs second processing to limit the use of at least some of the functions of the OS in response to the fact that a state where there is no input by the user using the OS functions has lasted for a predetermined second time,

the first processor enables the first processing based on the fact that the face area is detected by the second processor before the second time elapses in the second processing, and when the face area is no longer detected again, the first processor limits the use of at least some of the functions of the OS in response to the fact that a state where the face area is not detected has lasted for the first time,

the second processor changes detection conditions of the face area between when the first processing is executed and when the second processing is executed by the first processor,

the second processor detects, in the face area, an area in which a face-likeness evaluation value of the image processed by the face detection processing is a threshold value or more, and

the threshold value when the second processing is executed is set to a value lower than the threshold value when the first processing is executed.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising

a sensor for detecting movement of the information processing apparatus, wherein

the first processor detects whether the information processing apparatus is held by the user based on the movement of the information processing apparatus detected by the sensor.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first processor disables the second processing based on the fact that the face area is detected by the second processor before the second time elapses in the second processing.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

when the evaluation value is the threshold value or more continuously for a predetermined third time from the image in the face detection processing, the second processor detects, as the face area, an area in which the evaluation value is the threshold value or more, and

the third time when the second processing is executed is set to a time shorter than the third time when the first processing is executed.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein when at least some of the functions of the OS are limited by the second processing, the first processor enables the first processing, while when the face area is detected by the second processor again, the limitations on the OS functions limited by the second processing are released.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first time is set shorter than the second time.

7. A control method for an information processing apparatus including: a memory which temporarily stores a program of an OS (Operating System); a first processor which executes the program to implement functions of the OS; and a second processor which performs face detection processing to detect a face area with a face captured therein from an image captured by an imaging unit, the control method comprising:

a step in which when the face area is no longer detected from a state where the face area is detected by the second processor, the first processor performs first processing to limit use of at least some of the functions of the OS in response to the fact that the state where the face area is not detected has lasted for a predetermined first time; and

a step in which when it is detected that the information processing apparatus is held by a user before the first time elapses, the first processor disables the first processing, and performs second processing to limit use of at least some of the functions of the OS in response to the fact that a state where there is no input by the user using the functions of the OS has lasted for a predetermined second time, wherein

the first processor enables the first processing based on the fact that the face area is detected by the second processor before the second time elapses in the second processing, and when the face area is no longer detected again, the first processor limits the use of at least some of the functions of the OS in response to the fact that a state where the face area is not detected has lasted for the first time,

the second processor changes detection conditions of the face area between when the first processing is executed and when the second processing is executed by the first processor,

the second processor detects, in the face area, an area in which a face-likeness evaluation value of the image processed by the face detection processing is a threshold value or more, and

the threshold value when the second processing is executed is set to a value lower than the threshold value when the first processing is executed.