Drone Flight Authentication Using Biometric Operator Verification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Unmanned flight apparatuses can receive unauthorized instructions via networks, leading to safety concerns as they may perform undesirable operations.
Innovation Solution
Incorporating authentication processing within the unmanned flight apparatus and management systems to verify the authenticity of instruction information using biometric data and registered authentication information, ensuring operations are only performed within defined operable ranges by authorized operators.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the unmanned flight apparatus receives instructions via network without authentication, then the ease of operation is improved, but the reliability deteriorates due to unauthorized operations
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs authentication processing before executing flight instructions. The authentication processing part verifies the operator's identity by comparing biometric information with registered authentication information stored in the storage medium, ensuring that only authorized operators can control the unmanned flight apparatus. This preliminary verification action prevents unauthorized operations while maintaining ease of use through automated biometric authentication.
2Reliability
If authentication processing is implemented, then the reliability is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The flight control device integrates multiple functions into a single system: it serves as both the flight controller and the authentication processing unit. The storage component stores both flight control programs and authentication information (biometric data). This multi-functional integration reduces the need for separate authentication hardware and software modules, thereby minimizing the increase in device complexity while maintaining reliable authentication capabilities.
3Reliability
If biometric authentication is performed periodically, then the safety is improved, but the loss of time increases due to continuous verification
Solution Approach 1:
The authentication processing is performed periodically at predetermined time intervals during flight operations. Rather than requiring continuous authentication, the system verifies the operator's identity at regular intervals, maintaining safety while minimizing time loss. This periodic verification approach balances security requirements with operational efficiency, ensuring that unauthorized takeovers are detected without constantly interrupting flight control.
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AI summary
An unmanned flight apparatus that flies on the basis of instruction information acquired from an operation apparatus, the unmanned flight apparatus includes a storage that stores apparatus identification information for identifying the unmanned flight apparatus, an instruction information acquisition part that acquires the instruction information, an authentication processing part that authenticates that the instruction information is proper by comparing registered authentication information stored in a storage medium with biometric information of an operator transmitted periodically from an operation apparatus for operating the unmanned flight apparatus, and a flight controller that flies the unmanned flight apparatus on the basis of the instruction information within an operable range defined by a relationship between the registered authentication information and the apparatus identification information, on a condition that the authentication processing part determines that the instruction information is proper.