Authentication Apparatus Using Pyroelectric Sensors and Mobile Device Communication
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing printing systems lack secure and efficient user authentication mechanisms to ensure that only authorized users can execute processes on multi-function machines, such as printing and copying, especially in scenarios where users approach the machines without carrying their mobile devices.
Innovation Solution
A processing apparatus with a recognition unit that detects user intention through pyroelectric sensors and person detection cameras, and performs user authentication via short-range communication with mobile devices to verify user IDs, ensuring only authorized users can execute processes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If user authentication is performed through short-range communication with mobile devices, then security of user authentication is improved, but convenience of operation deteriorates when users do not carry their mobile devices
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary authentication mechanism where the processing apparatus communicates with the mobile device to verify user identity. The system uses short-range communication (WiFi, Bluetooth, NFC) as an intermediary channel to transfer authentication information between the user's mobile device and the processing apparatus, enabling secure verification without requiring physical contact or traditional card-based systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service authentication by automatically detecting the mobile device's presence through short-range communication and initiating the authentication process without manual intervention. The processing apparatus autonomously verifies the user's identity using information exchanged with the mobile device, eliminating the need for users to physically present identification cards or manually input credentials.
2Measurement precision
If recognition unit detects user intention through pyroelectric sensors and cameras, then accuracy of user intention recognition is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple detection functions into a single integrated recognition unit. The pyroelectric sensor and person detection camera are combined to work together, with the pyroelectric sensor providing initial motion detection and the camera providing visual confirmation and identification. This merging approach allows the system to achieve high detection accuracy while managing complexity through functional integration rather than separate independent systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary detection using pyroelectric sensors to detect motion and identify potential users before initiating more complex authentication processes. The recognition unit proactively detects user presence and intention through the pyroelectric sensor and camera, triggering the authentication sequence only when necessary, thereby optimizing the balance between detection accuracy and system complexity.
3Reliability
If authentication processing unit verifies user ID through communication with mobile device, then reliability of authorized access is improved, but communication time and energy consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The authentication processing unit implements partial verification by first checking whether the mobile device is detected within the communication area through short-range communication. If the device is detected, the system proceeds with full authentication using the user ID verification process. This partial action approach allows the system to quickly identify potential users and only engage in time-consuming authentication procedures when necessary, reducing overall authentication time while maintaining security.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
This solution provides secure and efficient user authentication, allowing authorized users to access and use multi-function machines while preventing unauthorized access, even when users approach the machines without their mobile devices.
Implementation Method 1
a recognition unit that recognizes existence/non-existence of use intention in which a user attempts to cause the process execution unit to execute the process
Implementation Method 2
a first communication unit that performs wireless communication with a mobile device which is moved in a predetermined communication area
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AI summary
A processing apparatus includes: a process execution unit that executes a process according to a user instruction; a first communication unit that performs wireless communication with a mobile device moved in a predetermined communication area; a recognition unit that recognizes existence/non-existence of use intention; an authentication processing unit that executes a user authentication process in cases where the first communication unit receives a user ID maintained in the mobile device and the recognition unit recognizes that the user who possesses the user ID attempts to cause the process execution unit to execute the process; and a process execution permission unit that permits the process execution unit to execute the necessary authentication process in a case where the reception user ID is recognized as the user ID possessed by the user who has the authority to cause the process execution unit to execute the necessary authentication process.