To provide an
information processing apparatus and a control method that, when locking a
system in response to the absence of a person, control not to lock the
system in response to the short-term absence of a person while ensuring security.SOLUTION: An
information processing apparatus comprises: a first processor that controls an operation of a
system; and a second processor that performs detection
processing of performing detection of a
person present in a direction facing a display part on the basis of a picked-up image and detection as to whether the person gazes the display part, and face
authentication processing of collating a face image of the person with a face image of a user registered in advance. When the presence of the person gazing the display part is no longer detected, the first processor causes the system to transit to a low
power consumption mode, when subsequently the presence of the person paying attention to the display part is detected and the person is determined to be the user registered in advance on the basis of the face
authentication processing, causes the system to return from the low
power consumption mode, and when the person is determined not to be the user registered in advance, locks the system.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6