Electronic Ticketing Visual Verification System
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic ticketing systems face verification challenges due to the inefficiency of barcode scanners with LCD screens, leading to longer processing times and potential errors, making it impractical for large crowds in venues.
Innovation Solution
An electronic ticketing system that uses a validating visual object, such as patterns, animations, or images, displayed on a user's device, which can be perceived by humans without the need for scanning, ensuring secure and efficient verification by ticket takers.
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 LCD screen reflectivity
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the mechanical/optical barcode scanning system with a human-visual verification system. Instead of using barcode scanners that read reflected light from LCD screens, the system displays visually distinctive patterns (such as unique images, colors, or animations) that can be directly perceived by human ticket takers, eliminating the need for scanning hardware and significantly speeding up verification.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a visual copy of the ticket verification information in a human-perceivable format. Rather than relying on machine-readable barcodes, the system generates visual patterns that replicate the essential verification data in a form that humans can quickly interpret, maintaining automation benefits while improving human readability and verification speed.
2Ease of operation
If barcode scanners are used for electronic ticket verification, then contactless verification is achieved, but the complexity of the verification system increases due to scanner-LCD compatibility issues
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the verification information from the machine-readable barcode format and presents it in a human-readable visual format. By removing the dependency on barcode scanners and their associated compatibility issues with LCD screens, the system simplifies the overall verification process while maintaining contactless operation through visual display on mobile devices.
3Reliability
If traditional paper ticket verification (tearing in half) is replaced with electronic tickets, then ticket fraud is reduced, but verification time increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent prepares verification information in advance in a human-perceivable format. By pre-generating distinctive visual patterns that are immediately recognizable, the system eliminates the need for time-consuming scanning processes while maintaining security. The visual patterns are ready for instant verification, reducing wait time at entry points.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical barcode scanning process with direct human visual inspection. This substitution maintains the anti-fraud capabilities of electronic tickets while dramatically reducing verification time, as humans can quickly recognize distinctive visual patterns without requiring complex scanning hardware and processing.
Data Source
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. This 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. The system also can permit ticket purchase verification in the absence of a network connection during verification.