Information Processing Device for Cross-Border Entry Procedure Optimization

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Solution Overview

Problem

The entry/departure management card system fails to account for articles violating regulations in a passenger's baggage, leading to missed procedures or prolonged entry processes when such items are not reported, as the information is limited to self-reported departure data.

Innovation Solution

An information processing device and method that acquires article information from a security inspection in a first country and provides it to devices handling entry procedures in a second country, including determining restrictions and generating guide information for procedures based on this information.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If the entry/departure management card system uses only self-reported baggage information from the first country, then the system is simple and easy to operate, but articles violating regulations in the second country are missed and processing time increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebaggage information completenessVSAvoidentry procedure time
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs security inspection and acquires article information in the first country before the passenger arrives at the second country. This preliminary action ensures that baggage information is collected in advance, including articles that may violate regulations in the second country, thereby preventing information loss and enabling efficient entry processing.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system introduces an intermediary information processing mechanism that bridges the first country's security inspection and the second country's entry procedures. Article information acquired in the first country is transmitted through this intermediary system to the second country's entry device, ensuring complete information transfer without loss and enabling timely processing.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Productivity

If the system collects and processes article information from security inspection in the first country, then entry procedure efficiency improves and regulation compliance increases, but the system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveentry procedure efficiencyVSAvoidinformation processing system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The entry/departure management card system is enhanced to perform multiple functions: it not only manages departure information from the first country but also acquires, processes, and transmits article information for entry procedures in the second country. This multi-functionality allows the same system to improve productivity across different stages without requiring completely separate systems.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The system establishes a feedback mechanism where article information acquired in the first country is continuously transmitted and utilized in the second country's entry procedures. This feedback loop ensures that regulation compliance is maintained while entry procedure efficiency is improved, as the system automatically processes and acts on the acquired information without requiring manual intervention.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS20240135480A1Information processing device, information processing method, and storage medium
Publication Date: 2024.04.25 NEC CORP
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AI summary

Provided is an information processing device including an acquisition unit that acquires article information indicating an article included in baggage of a passenger in a security inspection of a first country and a providing unit that provides the article information to a device used for a procedure for an entry into a second country of the passenger.