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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2019
Shunsuke Yano, Kanagawa, JP;
Shunsuke Yano, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus and an authentication method performed using the information processing apparatus are provided. An information processing apparatus receives, as authentication information, identification information of a user of an information processing system including the information processing apparatus and an authentication apparatus, converts the authentication information, and controls to execute an authentication process based on the authentication information. The information processing apparatus converts the authentication information to form a readable authentication information by converting a character that cannot be interpreted by the information processing apparatus into a character that can be interpreted by the information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus executes the authentication process to enable use of the information processing apparatus based on the readable authentication information, when the authentication process to enable use of the information processing system is executed by the authentication apparatus.