Remote Login Authentication for Image Processing Apparatus
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face difficulties in operating image processing systems, such as photocopiers, due to the need for manual input of network addresses and passwords for remote login and file sharing, which complicates tasks like memory printing and scan jobs, requiring back-and-forth trips between devices and cumbersome input operations.
Innovation Solution
An image processing apparatus connected via a network to a terminal device, which stores network addresses and user identification information, allows remote login, and includes an input part for operator instructions, an acquisition part for identification information, a judgment part to verify user identity, and a file operation part to perform tasks like acquiring or storing image files based on access permission, simplifying operations by eliminating the need for manual input of network details.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If manual input of network address and password is required for remote login, then security is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by automatically acquiring network addresses and storing authentication information in advance. When a user initiates a remote login, the system has already prepared the necessary network configuration data, eliminating the need for manual input of network addresses and passwords while maintaining security through pre-stored credentials.
Solution Approach 2:
The image processing apparatus performs self-service by automatically acquiring its own network address and managing authentication information. The system independently retrieves network configuration data and uses stored credentials to establish remote connections without requiring user intervention for manual input, thereby improving ease of operation while maintaining security through automated credential management.
2Productivity
If remote login is implemented for memory printing, then productivity is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The image processing apparatus implements a universal remote login function that serves multiple purposes: memory printing, scan jobs, and other file operations. By creating a multi-functional remote access system that handles various tasks through a single authentication mechanism, the system improves productivity across different operations while managing device complexity through consolidated functionality rather than separate systems for each task.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces an intermediary authentication mechanism that mediates between the user and the image processing apparatus. This intermediary layer handles the complexity of remote login, network address acquisition, and credential verification, allowing users to access memory printing and other functions remotely without directly interacting with the complex underlying systems, thus improving productivity while managing complexity through abstraction.
3Ease of operation
If automatic network address acquisition is implemented, then ease of operation is improved, but loss of information increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts and separates the network address acquisition function from the manual input process. By automatically extracting network configuration data from the system environment and storing it separately, the system improves ease of operation by eliminating manual input while managing information security through controlled extraction and storage of network address data in protected locations.
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AI summary
An image processing apparatus is connected via a network to a terminal device having a recording medium loaded therein, receives a remote login from the terminal device, and executes an image processing job. When an operator who has logged in to the image processing apparatus is the same person as a user who is remotely logged in to the image processing apparatus from the terminal device, the image processing apparatus performs one of operations A and B after the image processing apparatus is granted access permission by the terminal device with use of a network address of the terminal device, which is acquired upon the remote login, the operation A being to acquire an image file stored in the recording medium, the operation B being to cause an image file stored in the apparatus to be stored in the recording medium.