Monitoring Apparatus Detecting Unauthorized Contacts via Destination Comparison

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current systems lack the capability to monitor and prevent improper contacts between individuals with different destinations, which could lead to unauthorized information exchange.

Innovation Solution

A monitoring apparatus that acquires location and destination information for individuals in a predetermined area, determines if contacts between individuals with different destinations have occurred, and outputs alerts for unauthorized interactions.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If monitoring of all persons is implemented to detect improper contacts, then detection capability is improved, but device complexity and processing burden increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecontact detection capabilityVSAvoidsystem complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by acquiring and storing destination information for each person before contact detection occurs. This pre-acquisition of destination data enables the subsequent contact detection process to efficiently determine whether contacts are proper or improper by simply comparing destinations, rather than analyzing all possible contact scenarios from scratch.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The monitoring system segments the monitoring task into distinct components: (1) acquiring destination information for each person, (2) detecting contacts between persons, and (3) determining whether contacts are improper by comparing destinations. This segmentation allows each component to be handled independently and efficiently, reducing overall system complexity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

2Reliability

If contact detection between all persons is performed, then security is improved, but processing time and computational load increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesecurity levelVSAvoidprocessing time

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

Destination information is acquired and stored in advance for all persons in the monitoring area. When contact detection is performed, the system immediately compares the destinations of contacting persons against this pre-stored information, enabling rapid determination of improper contacts without time-consuming analysis.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system replaces complex mechanical or manual monitoring methods with automated information processing. By using automated acquisition of destination information and automated comparison logic, the system achieves high-speed processing of contact detection without manual intervention, maintaining high security while minimizing processing time.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Data Source

PatentUS10970988B2Information processing apparatus, information processing system, method, and program

Publication Date: 2021.04.06 CANON KK

AI summary

In an apparatus configured to monitor a person in a predetermined area, location information indicating a location of the person and information indicating a destination of the person in the predetermined area are acquired for each of a plurality of persons present in the predetermined area. A contact between the persons is detected using the location information. Using the information indicating the destination of each of the persons detected as having contacted, it is determined whether the contact is an unauthorized contact, and a determination result is output.