Emotion Value Reliability via Device Certification and Authentication

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing technologies do not effectively maintain or improve the reliability of emotion values, which are new indices indicating emotions, thoughts, values, humanity, or reliability of objects based on interaction histories between objects, including people and articles.

Innovation Solution

An information processing system that includes a communication unit to acquire interaction information from sensing devices, an emotion information database to calculate emotion values, a certification unit to certify sensing devices, and an authentication unit to authenticate interaction information, ensuring the accuracy and reliability of emotion values.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If sensing devices are used to detect interactions between objects to generate emotion values, then the system can objectively measure emotions and thoughts, but the reliability of the emotion values may be compromised due to potential errors in detection or data manipulation

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveemotion value accuracyVSAvoidemotion value reliability
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by implementing a certification mechanism before the sensing device can register interaction data. The certification unit issues certification information to sensing devices that meet predetermined criteria, and this certification is stored in advance in the authentication information database. When the sensing device later transmits interaction information, the authentication unit checks the pre-stored certification information, ensuring that only certified devices can contribute to emotion value calculations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces an intermediary mechanism between the sensing device and the emotion value generation system. The authentication unit acts as a mediator that verifies the sensing device's credibility by checking certification information before allowing the device to register its detected interactions. This intermediary verification layer ensures that only authenticated sensing devices can contribute data to the emotion information database, thereby maintaining the reliability of generated emotion values.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Productivity

If interaction information is registered directly without verification, then the system operates efficiently with minimal overhead, but incorrect or fraudulent data can be registered, compromising emotion value reliability

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata registration efficiencyVSAvoiddata registration reliability
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary verification by storing certification information in the authentication information database before the sensing device attempts to register interaction data. This pre-established certification framework allows for rapid authentication during data registration without requiring complex real-time verification procedures, thus maintaining efficiency while ensuring reliability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements a feedback mechanism where the authentication unit provides feedback to the emotion information generation unit about the credibility of incoming data. The authentication unit checks certification information and returns authentication results, which then feedback into the decision-making process of whether to register the interaction information. This feedback loop ensures that only verified data is registered, maintaining reliability without significantly impacting productivity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS11615177B2Information processing system, information processing device, control method, and storage medium
Publication Date: 2023.03.28 SONY GROUP CORP
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AI summary

An information processing system including a communication unit that acquires information related to an interaction between objects from a sensing device that detects the interaction between the objects, an emotion information database constructed by accumulating an evaluation value used when an emotion value of each object generated based on the information related to the interaction between the objects is calculated, a certification unit that certifies the sensing device and issues certification information to the sensing device, and an authentication unit that authenticates the information related to the interaction transmitted from the sensing device based on the certification information issued to the sensing device.