User-Authenticated Processing Control for Safe Pest Control Tracking
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing pest control technologies, such as those used for exterminating harmful animals, struggle to distinguish between humans and animals, leading to potential accidental shootings, and lack effective theft prevention measures.
Innovation Solution
A processing device that includes a determination means to authenticate users, enabling or disabling identification functions and tracking signals based on user authorization, and cooperates with other devices to prevent unauthorized use and ensure safe operation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If a processing device is used for identifying persons in pest control operations, then the ability to distinguish between humans and animals is improved, but the risk of accidental shooting of persons increases if the device is stolen or used by unauthorized users
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements user authentication before enabling the person identification function. The determination means verifies user credentials in advance, and only authorized users can activate the identification function. This preliminary security check prevents unauthorized use and potential accidental shootings while maintaining the ability to accurately identify persons when properly used.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent dynamically controls the state of the identification function based on authentication results. The setting means enables or disables the first function (person identification) depending on whether the user is authorized. This dynamic switching ensures the function is available when needed by authorized users but inactive when used by unauthorized individuals, resolving the safety concern.
2Reliability
If the processing device includes authentication and function control mechanisms, then safety against unauthorized use is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The processing device integrates multiple functions into a single system: user authentication (determination means), function control (setting means), and person identification (first function). By combining these functions in one device rather than separate systems, the patent achieves comprehensive safety control while minimizing the increase in overall system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The determination means automatically verifies user credentials and the setting means automatically enables or disables functions based on authentication results. This self-service mechanism reduces the need for manual intervention or external control systems, achieving robust safety controls without proportionally increasing device complexity.
3Reliability
If tracking signals are activated for unauthorized devices, then theft prevention capability is improved, but the energy consumption and device complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The tracking signal is activated periodically or on-demand rather than continuously. When the determination means detects unauthorized use, the instruction means triggers tracking signal output at specific intervals to monitor and record the device's location and usage patterns. This periodic activation provides effective theft prevention capability while significantly reducing energy consumption compared to continuous tracking.
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AI summary
A processing device according to an aspect of the present disclosure is capable of cooperating with another device by being connected to the other device, the processing device and includes, a determination means for determining whether a user is a person who is permitted to use the processing device when using the processing device; a setting means for enabling a first function that is a function for identifying a person of the processing device in a case where the determination means determines that the user is a person who is permitted to use the processing device, and disables the first function in a case where the determination means determines that the user is not a person who is permitted to use the processing device, and an instruction means for causing the processing device to output a signal for enabling tracking of the processing device in a case where the setting means disables the first function.