Authentication System Automating User Registration via IC Card
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing authentication systems for multifunction peripherals require user intervention for registering authentication information, leading to complications and inefficiencies in user authentication processes.
Innovation Solution
A device and method that automate user authentication by acquiring and storing authentication information, creating priority user information, and enabling access to functions upon successful authentication, using a combination of storage controllers, creators, acquirers, and authenticators to streamline the authentication process.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If user authentication information is manually registered by user intervention, then authentication security is maintained, but operation complexity and time consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by automatically acquiring authentication information from the IC card before user authentication is needed. The authentication information is pre-processed and stored in the database, so that when a user needs authentication, the system can quickly retrieve and verify the pre-prepared authentication data without requiring manual registration at that moment.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service by allowing the IC card itself to provide the authentication information automatically when presented to the reading device. The user simply needs to present their IC card, and the system autonomously extracts, stores, and uses the authentication information from the card without requiring the user to manually register or input any authentication data.
2Productivity
If authentication information is automatically acquired and stored, then user authentication efficiency improves, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the authentication process into distinct functional modules: an acquisition unit that reads IC card information, a storage unit that saves authentication data to a database, a reading unit that retrieves data when needed, and a verification unit that validates authentication. This modular segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function independently, improving overall authentication efficiency while managing system complexity through clear functional separation.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces a database as an intermediary between the IC card reading function and the authentication verification function. The database serves as a mediator that stores authentication information retrieved from IC cards and provides it to the verification process when needed. This intermediary layer decouples the complexity of direct real-time verification from the information retrieval process, allowing efficient authentication while managing system complexity through the mediating database structure.
Data Source
AI summary
A first creator creates a first priority user information. When an installer installs a program that has a user authentication function, a second creator creates a second priority user information for use in the installed program separately from the first priority user information. An authenticator performs user authentication of the installed program using the created second priority user information.