The embodiment of the invention discloses an information processing method and related equipment, the method is applied to electronic equipment, the electronic equipment comprises an optical fingerprint identification module, the optical fingerprint identification module comprises a transmitter and a plurality of receivers corresponding to the transmitter, and the method comprises the following steps: receiving target information in a screen locking state; determining an acquisition area corresponding to the target information; controlling the emitter to lighten pixels corresponding to the acquisition area, and controlling the receiver corresponding to the acquisition area to acquire a fingerprint image corresponding to the acquisition area; and if the fingerprint image is successfully matched with a preset fingerprint template corresponding to the target information, displaying display content corresponding to the target information. By adopting the fingerprint unlocking method and device, the flexibility of fingerprint unlocking can be improved.