Mobile Terminal Automatic Login via Beacon Signal Strength
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face inconvenience and effort in login processing for image forming apparatuses, particularly due to the need to perform operations like inserting an IC card or holding a mobile terminal close to the device for pairing, which is time-consuming and inefficient.
Innovation Solution
A mobile terminal system that receives a beacon signal from an image forming apparatus, determines signal strength, and transmits user information for login based on signal strength differences, allowing automatic login without user intervention.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If automatic login based on signal strength is implemented, then user effort and time in login processing is reduced, but device complexity increases due to signal strength monitoring and comparison mechanisms
Solution Approach 1:
The mobile terminal automatically performs login processing by monitoring beacon signal strength and comparing it with threshold values, eliminating the need for manual user operations such as inserting IC cards or initiating pairing procedures. The system serves itself by autonomously determining when to transmit user information based on signal strength conditions.
Solution Approach 2:
The mobile terminal continuously monitors beacon signal strength in advance before login is required, maintaining awareness of the image forming apparatus's presence and readiness. This preliminary monitoring enables the system to automatically initiate login transmission when signal strength conditions are satisfied, without requiring user intervention at the moment of login.
2Measurement precision
If continuous beacon signal monitoring is performed, then login accuracy and responsiveness is improved, but energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of continuous monitoring, the mobile terminal performs beacon signal strength measurements at periodic intervals or triggered by specific events such as entering a predefined geographic area. This periodic approach maintains adequate detection accuracy while significantly reducing energy consumption compared to continuous monitoring.
Solution Approach 2:
The system adjusts monitoring parameters dynamically based on conditions such as current signal strength, battery level, and user preferences. When energy conservation is prioritized, the monitoring frequency and threshold sensitivity are adjusted to reduce energy consumption while maintaining acceptable login detection accuracy.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This solution reduces user effort and time in login processing by enabling automatic login based on signal strength analysis, improving user experience and efficiency.
Implementation Method 1
a reception unit that receives a beacon signal transmitted by an image forming apparatus
Implementation Method 2
a first determination unit that determines whether or not a received signal strength of the beacon signal is not lower than a predetermined signal strength
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AI summary
A mobile terminal capable of reducing time and effort of a user in login processing. When a beacon signal transmitted by an image forming apparatus is received, it is determined whether or not the received signal strength of the received beacon signal is not lower than a predetermined signal strength. If it is determined that the received signal strength is not lower than the predetermined signal strength, it is determined whether or not a difference between the received signal strength of a first beacon signal and the received signal strength of a second beacon signal received after the first beacon signal satisfies a predetermined condition, and if it is determined that the difference satisfies the predetermined condition, user information is transmitted to the image forming apparatus in order to cause a user to log in the image forming apparatus.