Vehicle Entry Control Using Boarding Intent and Pre-Authenticated Keys
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems complicate user entry into vehicles by requiring cumbersome authentication processes, especially for vulnerable groups like aged people, people with disabilities, and children.
Innovation Solution
An entry system that includes a detection unit to identify a target person approaching a vehicle, an acquisition unit to capture images, a determination unit to assess boarding intent, a key authentication unit to verify an electronic key, and a control unit to automatically unlock the door upon successful authentication and intent determination.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If traditional authentication processing is used for vehicle entry, then security is maintained, but user convenience and accessibility deteriorate due to complicated procedures
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs electronic key authentication in advance before the user reaches the vehicle. The detection unit identifies the user approaching the vehicle, and the key authentication unit verifies the electronic key beforehand, so that when the user arrives at the vehicle, the authentication is already complete and the door can be unlocked immediately without requiring the user to manually authenticate.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables automatic door unlocking based on the detected boarding intention and pre-authenticated electronic key. The control unit automatically performs the door unlocking operation without requiring the user to manually operate any buttons or switches, making the system serve itself by automatically completing the entry process.
2Loss of time
If automatic door unlocking is implemented, then entry speed is improved, but security may deteriorate without proper authentication verification
Solution Approach 1:
The key authentication unit performs authentication verification in advance before the automatic door unlocking is triggered. The system detects the electronic key in the vicinity of the vehicle and completes the authentication process beforehand, ensuring that by the time automatic unlocking is initiated, the user's identity has already been verified, thus maintaining security while enabling fast entry.
3Ease of operation
If multiple authentication methods are required for vulnerable users, then security is maintained, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts and eliminates the need for manual authentication operations from the entry process. By using the detection unit to automatically identify the user and the key authentication unit to verify the electronic key without user intervention, the system removes the burden of complex authentication procedures from vulnerable users while maintaining security through electronic key verification.
Data Source
AI summary
An entry system includes: a detection unit configured to detect a target person approaching a moving body; an acquisition unit configured to acquire an image of the target person at a prescribed time interval; a determination unit configured to determine presence/absence of a boarding intention of the target person to the moving body based on movement of the target person recognized from the image; a key authentication unit configured to search an electronic key present around the moving body and to authenticate the electronic key; and a control unit configured to control an operation of the moving body. When authentication of the electronic key is a success in the key authentication unit, the control unit automatically unlocks a door of the moving body when the determination unit determines that the target person has the boarding intention.