Electronic Ticket Visual Verification via Dynamic Animations
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic ticketing systems face verification challenges due to the inefficiency of barcode scanners with LCD screen displays, leading to increased processing time and potential errors, especially in high-crowd venues.
Innovation Solution
An electronic ticketing system that uses a visual aid, such as patterns or animations, displayed on a user's device for human verification, eliminating the need for barcode scanners and ensuring secure, piracy-resistant validation through dynamic visual objects and security protocols.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Extent of automation
If barcode scanners are used to verify electronic tickets displayed on LCD screens, then ticket verification can be automated, but the verification process becomes slow and error-prone due to poor scanner compatibility with screen displays
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the mechanical/optical barcode scanning system with a human-visual verification system. Instead of using barcode scanners that struggle to read LCD screens, the system displays visually distinctive patterns (geometric shapes, colors, animations) that can be quickly perceived by human eyes, eliminating the automation-speed tradeoff.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent utilizes color and visual pattern changes on the display screen to create verifiable ticket information. Different colors, geometric patterns, and animations are used to encode ticket validity, allowing rapid human verification without requiring physical contact or specialized scanning equipment.
2Ease of operation
If barcode scanners are used for electronic ticket verification, then contactless verification is achieved, but the reflectivity of LCD screens defeats the scanning process
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the optical scanning mechanism with direct human visual inspection. The visual patterns designed in the patent are specifically optimized for human perception rather than machine reading, eliminating the fundamental incompatibility between LCD screen reflectivity and barcode scanner operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs distinctive color patterns, geometric shapes, and animations that are easily distinguishable by human vision. These visual elements are designed to be clearly visible on standard LCD screens without requiring special optical conditions, thus maintaining both contactless operation and high verification reliability.
3Ease of operation
If static visual patterns are used for ticket verification, then human verification is simplified, but the tickets become vulnerable to piracy and guessing
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces dynamic elements to the visual patterns, including animations, moving elements, and time-varying displays. These dynamic patterns are difficult to capture in static images or replicate without access to the original application, providing both ease of human verification and strong anti-piracy protection.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent utilizes periodic or time-based visual patterns that change over time. The ticket verification patterns may animate, cycle through different states, or require timing-based interaction, making them difficult to guess or replicate while remaining simple for human verification when viewed in real-time.
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AI summary
This invention discloses a novel system and method for distributing electronic ticketing such that the ticket is verified at the entrance to venues by means of an animation or other human perceptible verifying visual object that is selected by the venue for the specific event. Tins removes the need to use a bar-code scanner on an LCD display of a cell phone or other device and speeds up the rate at which human ticket takers can verify ticket holders.