Token Issuing Application for Airport Check-in Terminals
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing check-in terminals in airports often lack face authentication functionality, necessitating high costs for upgrading to new models with this feature.
Innovation Solution
An information processing system and method that enables the implementation of a face authentication function on existing check-in terminals by using a token issuing application to capture and match face images with passport data, associating them with a unique token ID for seamless integration with existing systems.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If new-model check-in terminals with face authentication function are introduced, then face authentication capability is improved, but cost increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by enabling existing check-in terminals to perform face authentication through software integration rather than requiring dedicated hardware. The token issuing application can be installed on terminals that already exist, allowing them to serve dual purposes: traditional check-in operations and biometric authentication, thereby avoiding the need to replace entire terminal systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses an intermediary approach by introducing a token issuing application as a software layer between the existing terminal hardware and the face authentication function. This application acts as a mediator that leverages existing camera and processing capabilities to perform biometric verification without requiring fundamental hardware changes, thus reducing implementation costs.
2Reliability
If face authentication function is added to existing terminals, then security is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies segmentation by dividing the face authentication process into distinct functional modules: face image capture, face feature extraction, feature amount calculation, and matching determination. This modular approach allows the complex authentication function to be implemented through separate, manageable processing steps within the token issuing application, reducing overall system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses copying by creating a digital representation (feature amount) of the user's face characteristics from captured images. Instead of storing and comparing actual face images directly, the system extracts and stores numerical feature representations that can be efficiently compared, simplifying the authentication process and reducing computational complexity.
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AI summary
A program in the present invention causes a computer to perform: performing a first process for performing a predetermined process related to an aircraft boarding procedure and acquiring boarding reservation information on a user; when the process is completed, performing a second process for matching biometric information acquired from the user with passport biometric information included in passport information acquired from a passport of the user and, when a result of the matching of the biometric information with the passport biometric information is that the matching is successful, associating the passport information, the biometric information, and the boarding reservation information with each other; and performing a switching process for switching whether to perform the first process or the second process.