Building Management Robot for User Authentication and Elevator Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current building management robots lack the ability to efficiently recognize and authenticate various individuals within a building, providing customized services and minimizing user inconvenience, especially when using elevators.
Innovation Solution
A building management robot equipped with a communication unit, camera, and processor that recognizes identification devices, acquires image data, and authenticates users based on their authentication level, providing services accordingly. It includes features like wireless communication modules for detecting identification device positions, adjusting camera directions, and interacting with elevator management systems to optimize user access.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If a building management robot is deployed to provide various management operations and services, then building management efficiency and service capability are improved, but the ability to recognize and authenticate various persons and provide customized services is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The building management robot is equipped with multiple functional modules including wireless communication modules for identification device recognition, camera for image data acquisition, processor for user recognition and authentication level confirmation, and service provision capabilities. This multi-functional integration enables the robot to handle various tasks such as security operations, guard assistance, parking lot management, cleaning, and customized services for different user types (residents, visitors, delivery personnel), thereby resolving the contradiction between productivity improvement and adaptability enhancement
Solution Approach 2:
The robot's authentication and service provision system is divided into distinct functional segments: identification device recognition module, image data acquisition module, user recognition module, authentication level confirmation module, and service provision module. Each segment handles a specific aspect of the authentication process, allowing the system to efficiently manage complex person recognition and authentication tasks while maintaining high building management productivity
2Ease of operation
If the robot provides customized services based on authentication levels, then service quality and user experience are improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies different authentication levels and service provisions to different users based on their local characteristics. The processor determines authentication levels (first authentication level for residents, second authentication level for visitors, third authentication level for delivery personnel) and provides customized services accordingly. This local quality approach allows high service quality through personalization while managing complexity by using standardized authentication level categories
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses authentication level as a key parameter to simplify the complex task of providing customized services. By changing the parameter from detailed user analysis to discrete authentication levels (first, second, third levels), the system achieves high service quality through differentiated treatment while reducing computational and operational complexity
3Reliability
If the robot uses multiple wireless communication modules for positioning and identification device recognition, then positioning accuracy and authentication reliability are improved, but device complexity and energy consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The wireless communication modules act as intermediaries between the robot and identification devices. By using standardized wireless communication protocols and modules, the system achieves high authentication reliability through multiple recognition points without significantly increasing device complexity. The communication modules mediate the interaction between the robot's positioning system and user identification devices
4Ease of operation
If the robot monitors elevator boarding areas and detects persons waiting for elevators, then user convenience and safety are improved, but measurement precision requirements and processing complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The robot performs preliminary actions by monitoring elevator boarding areas and detecting persons waiting for elevators before the actual elevator service is provided. The processor analyzes image data from the camera to identify waiting users and determines when to call the elevator or provide assistance. This preliminary monitoring improves user convenience and safety by ensuring timely service while using standard image recognition techniques to manage measurement precision requirements
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
The robot effectively provides customized services and minimizes user inconvenience by accurately authenticating individuals and managing elevator usage based on their authentication levels, ensuring secure and efficient access within the building.
Implementation Method 1
a communication unit configured to recognize an identification device corresponding to a first divided space among at least one divided space in a building and acquire first identification information of the first divided space from the identification device, and wherein the communication unit includes at least two wireless communication modules spaced apart from in the building management robot
Implementation Method 2
the processor may detect a position or direction of the identification device based on a difference in intensity or time between signals respectively received from the identification device through the at least two wireless communication modules
Implementation Method 3
the processor may detect a position or direction of the identification device based on a difference in intensity or time between signals respectively received from the identification device through the at least two wireless communication modules
Implementation Method 4
a camera configured to acquire image data including a position where the identification device is recognized
Implementation Method 5
the processor may recognize the user from the image data through the recognition model stored in the memory
Data Source
AI summary
A building management robot includes a communication unit configured to recognize an identification device corresponding to a first divided space among at least one divided space in a building and acquire first identification information of the first divided space from the identification device, a camera configured to acquire image data including a position where the identification device is recognized, and a processor configured to recognize a user from the image data, confirm an authentication level of the first divided space of the recognized user from a database, and provide the user with a service based on the confirmed authentication level.