Face Authentication Routing for Privilege-Based User Incentives

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Solution Overview

Problem

There is a desire to promote the widespread use of biometric authentication systems, particularly face authentication, in various locations such as airports and other public spaces.

Innovation Solution

An information processing device and method that performs biometric authentication, generates route information based on successful authentication at multiple locations, and determines user privileges based on this information to incentivize its use.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If biometric authentication is performed at multiple installed terminals arranged in various places, then the user can earn privileges and be motivated to use the system, but the system complexity increases due to need for route information generation and privilege determination

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveuser motivation and engagementVSAvoidsystem complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments the authentication process into multiple independent installed terminals distributed in various places. Each terminal can autonomously perform authentication, and the central processing device aggregates results to generate route information and determine privileges. This segmentation allows the system to handle multiple locations without requiring a monolithic complex system.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The central processing device acts as an intermediary between the distributed installed terminals and the user. It receives authentication results from terminals, generates route information, and determines privileges, thereby mediating the complexity between the simple terminal devices and the user interaction layer.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Productivity

If route information is generated based on position and time information from multiple authentication successes, then user privileges can be determined and incentives can be provided, but the information processing load increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveprivilege determination capabilityVSAvoidprocessing load

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSPower

Solution Approach 1:

The system preliminarily collects and stores position information and time information from successful authentications at installed terminals. This pre-processing allows the central processing device to generate route information and determine privileges more efficiently, as the raw data is already organized and ready for analysis.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system generates route information based on a subset of authentication successes rather than requiring all possible authentication events to be processed. This partial action approach reduces the processing load while still providing sufficient basis for privilege determination.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Data Source

PatentUS12555133B2Information processing device, face authentication promotion system, information processing method, non-transitory computer readable medium storing program

Publication Date: 2026.02.17 NEC CORP

AI summary

An information processing device includes an acquisition unit, an authentication request unit, a generation unit, and a determination unit. The authentication request unit causes biometric authentication to be performed on biometric information about a user acquired by one or more installed terminals arranged in various places to be compared with biometric information about registered users. The acquisition unit acquires time information about a time when the biometric authentication has been successful. The generation unit generates route information about the user based on position information about the one or more installed terminals for which the biometric authentication has been successful and the time information about the time when the biometric authentication has been successful. The determination unit determines a privilege for the user based on the route information.