Eyewear-Based Authentication for Three-Point Medication Checks
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing three-point authentication process for medical acts, such as administering medication, is cumbersome and increases the risk of medical accidents, especially in emergency situations.
Innovation Solution
An authentication support system utilizing eyewear-type wearable terminals for iris authentication of medical practitioners, patient identification, and medication verification, which simplifies the three-point authentication by displaying a combined authentication result on the terminal's screen.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If three-point authentication is performed manually before medication administration, then authentication accuracy is improved, but operation complexity and time consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines three separate authentication processes (medical practitioner authentication, patient authentication, and medication authentication) into a single integrated authentication operation. The wearable terminal performs all three authentications simultaneously by capturing images of the practitioner, patient, and medication, then processes them through a unified authentication algorithm to generate a single authentication result, thereby reducing operational complexity while maintaining authentication accuracy.
Solution Approach 2:
The wearable terminal acts as an intermediary device that automates the authentication process. It captures images, performs image processing, executes authentication algorithms, and provides feedback to the user, replacing manual authentication operations with automated intelligent processing while ensuring authentication reliability.
2Reliability
If three-point authentication is performed manually before medication administration, then authentication accuracy is improved, but time consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The authentication process is designed to be continuous and parallel rather than sequential. The wearable terminal captures images of the practitioner, patient, and medication simultaneously, processes all images in parallel through the authentication algorithm, and generates the authentication result in one continuous operation, significantly reducing the time required compared to sequential manual authentication while maintaining high accuracy.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual mechanical authentication operations with automated optical and computational systems. The wearable terminal uses cameras to capture images, computational algorithms to process and compare biometric data, and electronic displays to provide feedback, replacing time-consuming manual verification steps with rapid automated processing while ensuring authentication accuracy.
3Reliability
If traditional authentication methods are used, then comprehensive authentication is achieved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The wearable terminal is designed as a multi-functional universal device that integrates medical practitioner authentication, patient authentication, medication authentication, and result display functions into a single device. This eliminates the need for multiple separate authentication systems and reduces overall system complexity while maintaining comprehensive authentication coverage.
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
Reduces the inconvenience of the three-point authentication process, enhancing safety and efficiency in administering medication by providing a streamlined authentication mechanism.
Implementation Method 1
a first acquisition unit configured to acquire a wearer authentication result indicating whether or not a wearer is a predetermined medical practitioner based on an iris authentication result of the wearer
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AI summary
An example object of the present disclosure is to reduce inconvenience of three-point authentication before administration of a medication to a patient. An authentication support apparatus includes: a first acquisition unit configured to acquire a wearer authentication result indicating whether or not a wearer is a predetermined medical practitioner based on an iris authentication result of the wearer who is wearing the eyewear-type wearable terminal; a second acquisition unit configured to acquire a patient authentication result based on authentication information of a patient imaged by the eyewear-type wearable terminal; and a third acquisition unit configured to acquire medication registration information indicating a correspondence between a medication specified based on medication information of the medication imaged by the eyewear-type wearable terminal and the patient who is an administration target.