Face Recognition Maintenance Notification Controller
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional information processing apparatuses, such as image forming devices, lack the ability to identify and notify only the appropriate person for maintenance tasks, often alerting individuals who are not responsible for the maintenance, leading to inefficiencies and potential disruptions.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus equipped with an imaging device, storage, and a controller that detects a person's face and determines if they are the manager, using feature information to inform maintenance notifications only when the detected person is identified as the manager, thereby ensuring the right individual is alerted.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the information processing apparatus executes informing operation when a person is detected, then maintenance notifications can be sent to nearby individuals, but notifications may be sent to wrong persons who are not responsible for maintenance
Solution Approach 1:
The system captures images of persons near the apparatus, performs face recognition to identify who is present, and uses this feedback information to determine whether to send maintenance notifications. This closed-loop approach ensures notifications are sent only to authorized persons rather than anyone nearby.
Solution Approach 2:
The face recognition system acts as an intermediary between the motion detection sensor and the notification system. Instead of directly notifying anyone detected by the motion sensor, the system first processes the detected person through face recognition to verify authorization before triggering notifications.
2Loss of information
If face recognition is implemented to identify the manager, then notification accuracy improves, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The imaging device serves multiple functions: it detects the presence of persons, captures images for face recognition, and provides visual feedback. By making the imaging device multi-functional, the system avoids adding separate components for each function, thereby reducing overall system complexity while maintaining high notification accuracy.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses its own imaging device and processing capabilities to perform face recognition and identification without requiring external recognition systems. This self-service approach eliminates the need for additional external hardware or services, reducing system complexity.
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AI summary
In accordance with an embodiment, an information processing apparatus comprises an imaging device configured to acquire a peripheral image of the information processing apparatus; a storage device configured to store maintenance information indicating a status of the apparatus for a maintenance; a notification device; a controller configured to detect a face of a person based on the peripheral image acquired by the imaging device, determine whether the detected person is a manager of the information processing apparatus, and control the notification device to inform the maintenance information read from the storage device if the detected person is determined as the manager of the information processing apparatus.