Image Forming Apparatus Self-Service IC Card Registration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users without IC cards or who have forgotten theirs face burdensome password input for login, and administrators incur costs and registration work in providing IC cards for all users, while existing IC card authentication lacks user convenience for self-registration.
Innovation Solution
An image forming apparatus allows users to perform IC card registration via a user interface, using a processor and memory to store account information and read medium information, enabling self-registration during both simple login and IC card authentication processes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If IC card authentication is implemented, then security and user convenience are improved, but administrator costs and registration work increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables users to register their own IC cards without administrator assistance. When a user logs in via simple login and selects their profile, they can touch their IC card to the reader to automatically register the card information. This self-service mechanism eliminates the need for administrators to manually register each user's IC card, reducing registration work while maintaining security.
2Reliability
If passwords are set for simple login, then user identity confirmation is improved, but user convenience deteriorates due to repeated password input
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements IC card registration in advance during the simple login process. When users first log in via simple login, they register their IC card information which is then stored in the system. Subsequently, users can log in using only their IC card without needing to input passwords repeatedly, as the IC card serves as pre-configured authentication credentials.
3Reliability
If IC cards are provided for all users, then authentication reliability is improved, but administrator costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables users to self-register their own IC cards without administrator intervention. Users simply touch their IC cards to the reader during the login process, and the system automatically registers the card information. This eliminates the need for administrators to manually distribute and register IC cards for each user, significantly reducing administrator costs while maintaining authentication reliability.
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AI summary
An image forming apparatus operable to accept a login of a user by an input of medium information stored in a storage medium or an input via a user interface is provided. The apparatus comprises a storage to store account information that includes user identification information of a registered user and can further include the medium information associated with the user; a reader to read the medium information from the storage medium; a user interface to display a screen and accept an input; and a controller configured to accept a login by a user, wherein the controller, in a case where, at the time of a login of a user via the user interface, the medium information associated with a corresponding user is not registered, registers, in association with the corresponding user, the medium information inputted by the reader.