Biometric Sensor Integrated Control Device for Seamless User Identification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing multimedia devices require disruptive or annoying user interaction for personalized content recommendation, which distracts from moving image content and is not efficient for user-specific identification.
Innovation Solution
A multimedia device with a biometric sensor, such as a vein scanner, integrated into a control device, allowing for user-specific and group-specific operation modes through intuitive interaction, enabling secure and efficient person-specific identification without explicit authentication.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If traditional user identification methods are used, then user-specific operation is achieved, but user interaction becomes disruptive and annoying
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs user identification automatically without requiring active user participation. The biometric sensor continuously monitors users in the room, and the system autonomously determines which user-specific operating mode to activate based on detected biometric data, eliminating the need for users to manually authenticate or interact with the device.
Solution Approach 2:
The system prepares multiple user-specific operating modes in advance and continuously monitors for the presence of authorized users. When a user enters the room, the system has already prepared the corresponding personalized content and settings, enabling seamless transition to the appropriate mode without requiring the user to initiate any authentication process.
2Reliability
If explicit authentication is required, then secure user identification is achieved, but efficiency and user experience deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces traditional mechanical authentication methods (such as key entry, button pressing, or manual card insertion) with an optical/biometric detection system. The biometric sensor uses light to detect physiological features of users, substituting the mechanical interaction with a non-contact optical measurement process that is both secure and efficient.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces biometric data as an intermediary between the user and the authentication process. Instead of direct user input, the system captures indirect biometric signals (such as vein patterns or facial features) and uses these as the basis for identification, creating a seamless bridge between user presence and system recognition.
3Ease of operation
If biometric sensors are integrated, then seamless identification is achieved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The biometric sensor is integrated into the existing control device, which already serves multiple functions such as remote control and user interface. By making the control device universal and multi-functional, the patent avoids adding a separate dedicated biometric authentication device, thereby reducing overall system complexity while still achieving seamless identification.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent combines the biometric sensor functionality with the existing control device structure. Instead of separating the authentication function into a standalone component, the biometric sensing capability is merged into the control device that users already interact with, simplifying the overall device architecture and reducing the number of separate components.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables seamless and secure user-specific operation, allowing personalized content recommendations without distracting the user, and facilitates flexible adaptation to different users' needs by recognizing biometric data for various operating modes.
Implementation Method 1
The multimedia device has a biometric sensor, in particular in the form of a vein scanner
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AI summary
The method involves operating a multimedia device (10) in an operating mode for a case of using a control device (15) e.g. remote control, of the multimedia device and detecting biometric data associable to a data set of the biometric data using a biometric sensor (16) by a detecting device (17). The multimedia device is operated in another operating mode for a case of using the control device and detecting the biometric data different from the data set of the biometric data using the sensor by the detecting device. The data set of the biometric data is stored in a storage device (18). Independent claims are also included for the following: (1) a multimedia device (2) a computer program comprising instructions for performing a method for operating a multimedia device (3) a computer program product comprising instructions for performing a method for operating a multimedia device.