(54) INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD
(75) Inventor: Shuichi Okamura, Ichihara (JP)
(73) Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
( * ) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this patent is extended or adjusted under 35 U.S.C. 154(b) by 725 days.
(21) Appl.No.: 11/080,419
(22) Filed: Mar. 16, 2005
(65) Prior Publication Data
US 2005/0212763 Al Sep. 29, 2005
(30) Foreign Application Priority Data
Mar. 26,2004 (JP) 2004-093164
(51) Int. CI.
G09G 5/00 (2006.01)
(52) U.S. CI 345/156; 345/173
(58) Field of Classification Search 345/156 173;
715/771,773,778; 713/182 See application file for complete search history.
(56) References Cited
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FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS
JP 2003-66826 3/2003
KR 2002-0050785 6/2002
WO 01/33344 5/2001
* cited by examiner
Primary Examiner—Nitin Patel
(74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
(57) ABSTRACT
An information processing apparatus and method for ensuring security when a virtual keyboard is used while an image displayed on a display is disclosed to the outside are provided. According to an embodiment of the present invention, it is determined whether or not a virtual keyboard is displayed on a display (S100). If a virtual keyboard is displayed, it is determined whether or not a target character input window onto which characters are input by using the virtual keyboard is a password input window (S101). If this window is the password input window, VRAM distribution is temporarily stopped (S102). With this operation, the distribution of the image stored in the VRAM (i.e., the image displayed on the display) is stopped while a virtual input device is displayed on the display and the target character input window is the password input window.
3 Claims, 12 Drawing Sheets
