Body Area Network Authentication with Selective Operation Keys
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional image forming apparatuses using body area network communication for user authentication often require unnecessary manual intervention to prevent automatic operations, as users may not always want automatic functions to be performed based on data stored in their terminal apparatuses, leading to user inconvenience.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus with a body area network communication part, a display and operating part, and a control part that displays operation keys for obtaining specific information from a terminal apparatus only when communication is established, allowing users to selectively access and use their authentication, settings, or security information without automatic operation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If automatic operation is performed based on information stored in the terminal apparatus using body area network communication, then user convenience is improved, but users may perform operations they do not intend, leading to loss of control
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary authentication and information retrieval actions automatically when the terminal apparatus is carried near the image forming apparatus. However, it pauses before executing the actual operation, displaying a confirmation screen that requires user approval. This preliminary action approach enables automatic convenience while maintaining user control through the confirmation step.
2Extent of automation
If authentication is performed using body area network communication, then automatic operation can be enabled, but users cannot easily prevent automatic operation when not desired
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback by displaying a confirmation screen that shows the retrieved information and operation details before execution. This feedback loop allows users to review what the system has automatically retrieved and approved or cancel the operation, providing easy control over automatic functions.
3Loss of time
If information is automatically retrieved from the terminal apparatus, then user work is reduced, but unnecessary information retrieval occurs when users do not want automatic functions
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary information retrieval automatically to reduce user work, but implements a confirmation step before final execution. The confirmation screen allows users to approve or cancel the operation, ensuring that automatic retrieval only proceeds when desired by the user.
4Adaptability or versatility
If body area network communication is used for authentication, then seamless integration is achieved, but users lose the ability to selectively control information access
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses body area network communication for seamless authentication and information retrieval, but implements feedback through a confirmation screen that displays retrieved information and requires user approval. This allows selective control over information access while maintaining seamless communication integration.
Data Source
AI summary
There is provided an information processing apparatus including: a body area network communication part that performs communication with a terminal apparatus carried by a user, using a user's human body as a communication channel; a display and operating part having a display part that displays a screen and having, on the display part, an electrode for body area network communication, the screen receiving an operation performed by the user; and a control part that displays on the display part an operation key for allowing information stored in the terminal apparatus to be obtained by the body area network communication, when it is determined at the time of the user touching the electrode that communication between the body area network communication part and the terminal apparatus can be performed.