Mobile Device Secured Association with Multifunction Image Processing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Mobile devices lack a secured association with multifunction devices, making it difficult to control access and track resource usage in environments requiring security and resource management.
Innovation Solution
A mobile image processing method where a device code is transmitted from a mobile device to an image processing device for authentication, allowing the generation of a new device code that associates the mobile device with the user, enabling secure access and job execution, with optional optical code generation for easy scanning.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If mobile devices are used to access multifunction devices without secured association, then ease of operation is improved, but security and access control deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces device codes as an intermediary mechanism to establish secure associations between mobile devices and multifunction devices. The device code serves as a mediator that enables authenticated access while maintaining ease of operation through automated code generation and transmission processes.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary authentication actions by generating and verifying device codes before allowing access to the multifunction device. This preliminary action ensures security is established in advance while maintaining user-friendly operation through automated code generation.
2Reliability
If device codes are generated and transmitted for authentication, then security is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses optical codes as a simplified copy mechanism for device authentication. Instead of complex cryptographic protocols, the system generates visual optical codes that can be easily captured and verified, reducing the complexity of the authentication mechanism while maintaining security.
Solution Approach 2:
The system replaces complex mechanical or cryptographic authentication mechanisms with optical code-based verification. This substitution simplifies the association mechanism by using visually-based code generation and recognition instead of complex digital authentication protocols.
3Ease of operation
If optical codes are used for device association, then ease of operation is improved, but measurement precision deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs parameter changes in the optical code design, using variations in color, pattern, or visual characteristics to encode device identification information. These parameter changes enable easy scanning while maintaining sufficient precision for accurate device recognition through optical capture.
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AI summary
A mobile data processing method, in which a request for performing a data processing job by a data processing device is initiated from a user of a mobile device. A device code of the mobile device in association with the user is transmitted to the data processing device. The user is authenticated by the data processing device. Whether the device code of the mobile device is identifiable by the data processing device is determined. An entry of the data processing job in association with the user and the device code of the mobile device is created in the data processing device if the device code of the mobile device is identified by the data processing device. The data processing job is executed if the entry of the data processing job is created and stored in association with the user and the device in the data processing device.