Information Processing Device with Dual-Stage Impersonation Detection

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing impersonation detection technologies in biometric authentication systems reduce system throughput and require significant computing resources, leading to inefficiencies and increased processing loads.

Innovation Solution

An information processing device that includes a first determination for unauthorized authentication and a second determination for suspiciousness, allowing immediate gate access while locking payment accounts for suspected impersonation, and subsequent monitoring to confirm or clear suspicions using multiple cameras and behavioral analysis.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If impersonation detection is introduced to improve security, then security strength is improved, but system throughput is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesecurity strengthVSAvoidsystem throughput
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The authentication system is segmented into two independent pathways: a fast authentication pathway for normal users that maintains high throughput, and a suspicious user detection pathway that performs comprehensive impersonation detection. This segmentation allows the system to improve security for suspicious cases without bottlenecking overall system throughput.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary authentication to quickly verify legitimate users before they encounter any security checks. Only after this preliminary validation does the system engage in more resource-intensive impersonation detection, ensuring that security measures are applied selectively rather than to all users, thereby maintaining throughput while improving security.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Reliability

If fraud determination is performed for all users after e-learning, then security is improved, but computing resources are excessively consumed

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvefraud detection accuracyVSAvoidcomputing resources
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The system applies different levels of detection intensity to different users based on their risk profiles. High-risk users undergo comprehensive impersonation detection with multiple verification methods, while low-risk users experience streamlined authentication. This local differentiation of detection quality ensures high fraud detection accuracy for suspicious cases while conserving computing resources for the majority of legitimate users.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

Instead of performing full fraud determination for all users, the system performs partial authentication for most users and reserves excessive (comprehensive) detection actions only for suspicious cases. This partial action approach maintains adequate security for the majority while avoiding the excessive computing resource consumption that would result from universal comprehensive detection.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

3Reliability

If multiple determination steps are added to detect unauthorized authentication, then security is improved, but processing time is increased

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveunauthorized authentication detectionVSAvoidauthentication processing time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The authentication system dynamically adjusts the number and type of determination steps based on real-time risk assessment. For low-risk authentication attempts, the system uses fewer determination steps to minimize processing time. When indicators of unauthorized authentication are detected, the system dynamically increases the number of determination steps. This dynamic adaptation allows the system to improve unauthorized authentication detection when necessary while maintaining fast processing for normal cases.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS20250252167A1Information processing device, control method of information processing device, and storage medium
Publication Date: 2025.08.07 CANON KK
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AI summary

An information processing device includes at least one processor; and a memory coupled to the at least one processor, the memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to: acquire first data, authenticate a person based on the first data, perform a first determination of whether a person to be authenticated by the authentication is attempting the unauthorized authentication, and perform, in a case where it is determined that the unauthorized authentication is being attempted in the first determination, a second determination of whether the person to be authenticated is a suspicious person.