Service Provision System Automatic Transmitter Detection

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing service provision systems require users to actively perform operations such as ID issuance and card handling for service access, which is inconvenient.

Innovation Solution

A service provision system that includes an extraction unit to identify associated services based on user-specific transmitter IDs carried by users, a storage control unit to associate and store identification information, and a display control unit to automatically display relevant services on a touch panel without user operation.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If users actively perform operations such as ID issuance and card handling, then service access can be controlled and authenticated, but user convenience and ease of operation deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveservice access controlVSAvoiduser convenience

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically performs service provision by detecting transmitters in the vicinity and autonomously determining which service to provide, eliminating the need for users to manually present ID cards or perform authentication operations. The service provision apparatus itself carries out the identification and service selection processes.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system pre-stores service provision rules that associate transmitter types with specific services. When a transmitter is detected, the corresponding service is automatically selected based on these pre-configured rules, eliminating the need for real-time user input or manual service selection.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

2Measurement precision

If manual ID handling and service selection operations are required, then service accuracy can be ensured, but productivity and time efficiency deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveservice accuracyVSAvoidtime efficiency

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The service provision apparatus automatically detects transmitters, identifies their types, and selects appropriate services without requiring manual ID handling. This self-service mechanism maintains service accuracy through automated transmitter type recognition while eliminating time-consuming manual operations.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system replaces manual mechanical operations (presenting ID cards, selecting services on display) with automated wireless detection and electronic service selection. The transmitter detection and service matching processes are performed automatically through electronic communication and pre-configured rules.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

3Ease of operation

If automatic transmitter detection and service selection is implemented, then user convenience is improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveuser convenienceVSAvoidsystem complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system uses pre-stored service provision rules as an intermediary mechanism that simplifies the automation process. These rules act as a lookup table that maps transmitter types to services, allowing automatic service selection without requiring complex real-time decision-making algorithms.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The service provision apparatus is designed to handle multiple transmitter types and services through a unified automated detection and selection framework. The same detection mechanism and rule-based system work across different transmitter types, reducing the need for separate handling procedures for each service type.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

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

Enables seamless service access by automatically identifying and displaying user-specific services, enhancing user convenience and efficiency by eliminating the need for manual ID handling and service selection operations.

Implementation Method 1

a transmitter 14 that transmits a wireless signal

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectWireless signal transmission: Electromagnetic Induction

Data Source

PatentUS11533407B2Service provision system and non-transitory computer readable medium providing services to user carrying transmitter

Publication Date: 2022.12.20 FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP

AI summary

A service provision system includes an extraction unit that extracts an associated service corresponding to a user of a service provision apparatus from plural services of the service provision apparatus, a storage control unit that stores, in a storage unit, identification information for identifying a transmitter which is carried by the user and which transmits a wireless signal and information regarding the associated service while associating the identification information and the information regarding the associated service with each other, an obtaining unit that obtains the identification information included in the wireless signal transmitted without requiring the user to perform an operation, and a display control unit that receives, from the storage control unit, the associated service corresponding to the identification information obtained by the obtaining unit and that displays the associated service on a display unit of the service provision apparatus.