Biometric Authentication for Personal Mobility Rental Systems
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current personal mobility rental systems require users to repeatedly operate their terminals for rental and authentication processes, which can be inconvenient and inefficient, especially in scenarios where traffic congestion and parking issues are prevalent.
Innovation Solution
A server system that allows personal mobility rental by transmitting a rental permission signal to a personal mobility device upon successful biometric authentication from a user terminal, using a communicator to manage location information and unlock the device within a specified distance, and automatically generating rental fee information based on usage time.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If users repeatedly operate terminals for rental and authentication processes, then authentication reliability is improved, but user convenience deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary authentication by having users register biometric information in advance. During rental, the server automatically compares real-time biometric data with pre-registered information, eliminating the need for repeated manual authentication operations while maintaining security.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service rental by automatically matching biometric information without requiring users to manually input credentials or repeatedly authenticate. The server autonomously verifies user identity through biometric comparison and completes the rental process automatically.
2Productivity
If the system transmits rental permission signals to personal mobility devices, then rental efficiency is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the authentication and permission granting logic from the personal mobility device and concentrates it in the server. The server handles biometric verification, candidate mobility selection, and rental permission transmission, simplifying the mobility device while improving overall rental efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The server acts as an intermediary between the user terminal and personal mobility devices. It receives biometric information, performs authentication, determines candidate mobilities based on location data, and transmits rental permission signals, coordinating the entire rental process centrally.
3Reliability
If the system uses biometric authentication, then security is improved, but processing time increases
Solution Approach 1:
Biometric information is registered and stored in advance in the server's database. During rental, the system only needs to compare real-time biometric data with pre-stored templates, significantly reducing processing time while maintaining high security through reliable biometric verification.
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AI summary
An embodiment server includes a communicator configured to communicate with a personal mobility and a user terminal and a controller configured to control the communicator to transmit a rental permission signal to the personal mobility in response to receiving an authentication completion signal from the user terminal, wherein the authentication completion signal is a signal generated by the user terminal based on biometric information of a user received by the user terminal and registered biometric information stored in the user terminal.