Remote Support Terminal Authentication for Secure Moving-Body Control

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing remote support systems for moving bodies, such as vehicles and robots, lack authentication mechanisms to prevent unqualified individuals from operating the remote support terminal, compromising security.

Innovation Solution

A remote support terminal that displays an authentication screen and prohibits access to the remote support screen until user authentication is completed, ensuring only authorized users can perform remote operations.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If authentication mechanism is added to remote support terminal, then security is improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
ImprovesecurityVSAvoiddevice complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The remote support terminal interface is segmented into distinct functional screens: an authentication screen for verifying user credentials and a remote support screen for executing support operations. This segmentation allows the system to enforce security requirements only where necessary (at the authentication stage) while keeping the actual remote support functionality separate and simpler in structure.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The authentication process is performed as a preliminary action before granting access to the remote support screen. The control device checks user credentials in advance and only displays the remote support screen after successful authentication, thereby preventing unauthorized access without requiring complex continuous verification mechanisms throughout the entire system.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Reliability

If authentication screen is displayed before remote support screen, then unauthorized access is prevented, but operation time increases

Engineering Contradiction:
ImprovesecurityVSAvoidoperation time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The authentication screen is displayed as a preliminary step before the remote support screen, but the authentication process is designed to be quick and straightforward, checking credentials and making an access decision rapidly. This preliminary action ensures security is established before the actual remote support operation begins, minimizing the time added to the overall process.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The authentication process is streamlined to allow qualified users to quickly verify their credentials and proceed to the remote support screen without unnecessary delays. The system efficiently processes authentication and transitions to the functional screen, rushing through the security check to minimize time loss while maintaining rigorous security standards.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #21Skipping (Rushing through)

Data Source

PatentUS20240184864A1Remote support terminal and terminal control method
Publication Date: 2024.06.06 TOYOTA JIDOSHA KK
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AI summary

A remote support terminal is operated by a user performing a remote support for a moving body. The remote support terminal includes a display and one or more processors. The one or more processors display an authentication screen for requesting authentication of the user on the display. The one or more processors prohibit displaying a remote support screen for the user to perform the remote support for the moving body on the display until the authentication of the user is completed. The one or more processors display the remote support screen on the display after the authentication of the user is completed.