Vehicle Entry Authentication With Secure Biometric Data Updates

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing vehicle authentication systems face challenges in protecting user authentication data confidentiality and ensuring accurate authentication, particularly with biological data that can change over time and pose privacy risks when shared across users.

Innovation Solution

An entry system and method that includes an acquisition unit for personal data, an authentication unit for collating and authenticating the user, and a management unit for updating authentication data based on successful authentication, ensuring secure and accurate individual verification.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If authentication data is stored clearly to enable accurate collation with personal data, then authentication accuracy is improved, but security and confidentiality of personal data deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveauthentication accuracyVSAvoiddata confidentiality risk
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a management unit as an intermediary between the authentication data storage and the authentication process. This management unit controls access to authentication data, allowing it to be used for authentication while preventing unauthorized access. The management unit acts as a mediator that enables the authentication function while protecting the confidentiality of personal data through controlled access mechanisms.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Reliability

If authentication data is updated frequently to reflect changes in personal data, then authentication reliability is improved, but security risk from data exposure deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveauthentication reliabilityVSAvoiddata exposure risk
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements preliminary actions by having the management unit prepare and manage authentication data updates in a controlled manner. Before updating authentication data, the system verifies the legitimacy of the update source and ensures proper security measures are in place. This preliminary control prevents unauthorized updates while allowing necessary updates to maintain authentication reliability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements feedback mechanisms where the management unit monitors authentication attempts and data usage patterns. This feedback allows the system to detect unusual activities and adjust security measures accordingly, maintaining authentication reliability while responding to security threats in real-time.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

3Ease of operation

If personal data is retained in transferred vehicles, then user convenience is improved, but privacy protection deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser convenienceVSAvoidprivacy protection
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies dynamics by making authentication data management flexible and adaptive to vehicle transfer situations. The management unit can dynamically adjust data retention policies based on vehicle ownership status, user authorization, and security requirements. This allows the system to maintain user convenience when appropriate while protecting privacy when vehicles are transferred, creating a dynamic balance between convenience and security.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS20250304008A1Entry system and entry control method
Publication Date: 2025.10.02 HONDA MOTOR CO LTD
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AI summary

An entry system includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire personal data of a target person who intends to utilize a moving body; an authentication unit configured to collate the acquired personal data with authentication data of a registered user stored in a storage device, and to authenticate that the target person is the registered user based on the acquired personal data of the target person; and a management unit configured to manage the authentication data, and the management unit updates the authentication data for the registered user who is the target person based on the acquired personal data of the target person, when authentication of the target person is a success in the authentication unit.