Mobile Terminal Confirmation for Proximity Wireless Authentication
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Solution Overview
Problem
In scenarios where multiple image forming apparatuses are arranged closely, there is a risk of unintended cooperative actions between a mobile terminal and an adjacent image forming apparatus due to overlapping radio wave coverage, leading to authentication and other actions being performed with the wrong device against the user's intention.
Innovation Solution
A mobile terminal acquires apparatus specifying information through proximity wireless communication, displays a confirmation message with this information to the user, and executes cooperative actions only after user confirmation, ensuring the intended image forming apparatus is selected.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If proximity wireless communication is used for automatic authentication, then ease of operation is improved, but reliability deteriorates due to unintended authentication with wrong apparatus
Solution Approach 1:
The system displays apparatus specifying information (such as apparatus ID or name) to the user before executing the cooperative action. This preliminary display allows the user to verify that the detected apparatus is the intended target, preventing unintended authentication while maintaining automatic detection capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides feedback to the user by displaying the apparatus specifying information received from the detected apparatus. This feedback loop allows the user to confirm the identity of the apparatus before proceeding with authentication, ensuring reliability while maintaining ease of operation.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple image forming apparatuses are arranged closely, then adaptability is improved, but harmful factors increase due to overlapping radio wave coverage causing unintended connections
Solution Approach 1:
Before establishing a connection, the system displays apparatus specifying information to allow the user to verify the intended target. This preliminary verification step prevents unintended connections to adjacent apparatuses while maintaining the ability to work with multiple devices.
Solution Approach 2:
The mobile terminal acts as an intermediary by receiving and displaying apparatus specifying information from the detected apparatus before proceeding with authentication. This intermediary step provides a verification mechanism that prevents harmful unintended connections.
3Productivity
If automatic cooperative action is executed without confirmation, then productivity is improved, but reliability deteriorates due to potential wrong apparatus selection
Solution Approach 1:
The system displays apparatus specifying information to the user before executing the cooperative action. This preliminary display step ensures that the user can verify the correct apparatus is selected, maintaining reliability while minimizing delay to productivity.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of requiring full manual confirmation of all parameters, the system displays only the essential apparatus specifying information (such as apparatus ID or name) for quick verification. This partial confirmation approach maintains high productivity while ensuring sufficient reliability.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
This approach ensures that the user confirms the desired image forming apparatus before initiating cooperative actions, preventing unintended interactions and ensuring the correct apparatus is used, thus enhancing user control and accuracy in multi-apparatus environments.
Implementation Method 1
a communication based on the Bluetooth (registered trademark) standard and a communication based on the Bluetooth low energy (BLE) which is the extended standard of the Bluetooth
Data Source
AI summary
A non-transitory recording medium storing a computer readable program causes a computer incorporated in a mobile terminal to execute the steps of: a) acquiring apparatus specifying information in order for a user to determine whether an information processing apparatus to cooperate with the mobile terminal is a desired information processing apparatus using a proximity wireless communication with the information processing apparatus; b) displaying, on an operation unit of the mobile terminal, a confirmation message which is a confirmation message to confirm execution of a cooperative action with the information processing apparatus and includes the apparatus specifying information; and c) executing the cooperative action in response to a confirmation operation to the confirmation message by the user.