Contactless Visitor Check-in via Dynamic QR Code Authentication
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional visitor check-in processes are time-consuming and pose health risks, especially during pandemics, due to manual methods and complex computer searches for access information.
Innovation Solution
A contactless check-in system utilizing a mobile application and kiosk interface, where users can scan a dynamic QR code to authenticate their invitations, leveraging cloud validation and encryption for secure and efficient access.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If manual check-in methods are used, then human interaction is required for access authorization, but processing time increases and health risks arise
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service check-in where visitors autonomously complete the check-in process using their mobile devices. The visitor application allows users to scan QR codes, authenticate their invitations, and receive authorization without requiring manual intervention from facility staff, thereby reducing processing time while maintaining ease of operation
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual mechanical interaction with automated electronic systems. Mobile devices with cameras and processors substitute for manual check-in procedures, enabling automatic QR code scanning, cryptographic authentication, and electronic authorization, which significantly reduces processing time and eliminates health contact risks
2Reliability
If complex computer processes are used for information searching, then access information can be found, but processing time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-generating and storing unique QR codes and cryptographic key pairs before the check-in event. The visitor application is pre-configured with the necessary authentication protocols and invitation data. This preparation eliminates the need for complex real-time searching during check-in, as all verification data is already in place for immediate validation
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses copying by creating unique QR code representations that encode all necessary authentication information. Instead of searching for and verifying complex digital records in real-time, the system copies essential data into the QR code format, enabling rapid scanning and immediate verification without time-consuming computer processes
3Object-affected harmful factors
If contactless methods are used, then health risks are minimized, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces mobile devices as intermediary carriers between the visitor and the facility access system. The mobile application serves as a mediator that handles all complex authentication operations locally on the device, while the facility side only needs simple QR code scanning capability. This intermediary approach minimizes health contact risk while distributing system complexity to the visitor's device rather than requiring complex infrastructure at the facility
Data Source
AI summary
A system including one or more processors and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computing instructions configured to run on the one or more processors and perform one or more processors and perform: transmitting an invitation to a mobile application on a mobile device of a user, wherein the invitation authorizes the mobile application on the mobile device to be used to check-in to a facility; generating, by a visitor application, an image that is displayed on a kiosk at an entrance of the facility; receiving, from the mobile device, image data of the image, as scanned by the mobile application from the kiosk, and mobile application data; validating whether the mobile application data and the image data satisfy one or more criteria; and when the one or more criteria are satisfied, authorizing the user to access the facility. Other embodiments are disclosed.