Multi-Factor Authentication System for Inspection Verification

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing information processing systems for inspection results management lack effective methods to determine whether a user has undergone a specific inspection, particularly in preventing unauthorized users from impersonating those who have been inspected.

Innovation Solution

An information processing system comprising a first information acquiring unit for obtaining performance data related to a specific inspection, a second information acquiring unit for determining user identity, a determining unit to verify if the user has undergone the inspection based on both sets of information, and an output unit to provide results, which can include using two-dimensional codes, face authentication, and proximity communication to ensure authenticity.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If only inspection result information is used for authentication, then the system is simple to operate, but the reliability of authentication deteriorates due to potential impersonation

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveauthentication process simplicityVSAvoidauthentication accuracy
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines multiple authentication factors: inspection result information (first information) and user identification information (second information, such as facial recognition or fingerprint data). This merging of multiple verification dimensions prevents impersonation while maintaining ease of use through automated multi-factor authentication.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The determining unit acts as an intermediary that receives both the inspection result information and user identification information, processes them together, and generates the authentication determination. This intermediary processing ensures that both information types are properly integrated to prevent fraud while maintaining simple user interaction.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Reliability

If multiple types of information are collected for authentication, then the reliability of authentication is improved, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveauthentication accuracyVSAvoidinformation processing system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the authentication system into distinct functional components: a first acquiring unit for obtaining inspection result information, a second acquiring unit for obtaining user identification information, and a determining unit for processing both information types. This segmentation allows each component to handle specific tasks independently, managing overall system complexity while improving authentication reliability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS12142099B2Information processing system, information processing method and computer program
Publication Date: 2024.11.12 NEC CORP
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AI summary

An information processing system (10) comprises: a first acquiring means (210) for acquiring a first information relating to performance of a specific inspection; a second acquiring means (220) for acquiring a second information for determining that whether or not a user is a person who has gotten the specific inspection; a determining means (300) for performing a determination that whether or not the user has gotten the specific inspection on the basis of the first information and the second information; and an output means (400) for performing an output according to a result of the determination. According to such the information processing system, it is possible to appropriately process information relating to a specific inspection.