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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2024
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Kyohei Takeda, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuhiro Hosoda, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuki Narita, Chiba, JP;
Mayumi Shibao, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus includes a user interface. The apparatus displays a software keyboard for inputting a password, using the user interface; in a case where a password strength meter indicating a strength of a password is set to be displayed using the user interface, calculates a strength of a password input from the software keyboard; and displays the software keyboard and the password strength meter indicating the strength of the input password, and in a case where a password strength meter indicating a strength of a password is set not to be displayed using the user interface, displays the software keyboard. In the case where a password strength meter indicating a strength of a password is set not to be displayed using the user interface, the password strength meter is not displayed.