VR Headset Two-Stage Permission for Printer Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current systems for printing in metaverse spaces lack efficient user permission management and secure operation of image forming apparatuses, particularly in scenarios where users may not have prior registration or payment for use, leading to potential unauthorized consumable consumption and malfunction risks.
Innovation Solution
A virtual reality system that includes a headset, a virtual video server, and a management server, allowing users to operate image forming apparatuses without initial permission by implementing a two-stage permission system, where users can either be registered or pay for temporary use, with optional advertisement displays to manage access and usage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If users are required to be registered beforehand to operate image forming apparatuses, then security and control are improved, but ease of operation and accessibility deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The permission system is segmented into multiple levels: registered users obtain permanent permissions, while unregistered users can obtain temporary permissions through payment or advertisement viewing. This segmentation allows the system to maintain security for registered users while providing accessibility to unregistered users.
Solution Approach 2:
A management server acts as an intermediary between users and image forming apparatuses. It handles permission verification, authentication, and coordination, enabling unregistered users to access the system through temporary permission mechanisms while maintaining security control.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If a strict permission system is implemented, then unauthorized consumable consumption is prevented, but device complexity and operational restrictions increase
Solution Approach 1:
The management server implements a universal permission management system that handles multiple scenarios: registered user authentication, unregistered user payment processing, advertisement-based access, and temporary permission generation. This multi-functional approach prevents unauthorized consumable use while avoiding the need for separate complex systems for each access scenario.
3Ease of operation
If temporary permission access is allowed without registration, then ease of operation is improved, but security control and reliability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions to ensure security before allowing temporary access: verifying payment completion, confirming advertisement viewing, or validating temporary permission tokens. These preliminary actions maintain security control while enabling accessibility for unregistered users.
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AI summary
A virtual reality system includes a virtual reality headset including a display device that displays at least a virtual reality video and an imaging device that captures images at a predetermined range including view of a user, a virtual video server configured to control the virtual reality video, an image forming apparatus, and a management server configured to communicate with the image forming apparatus and the virtual video server, wherein the virtual reality headset enables a user interface relating to operations on the image forming apparatus to be operated without satisfaction of a predetermined condition in a state where a use permission is obtained in the management server, and wherein the virtual reality headset enables the user interface relating to operations on the image forming apparatus to be operated based on satisfaction of the predetermined condition in a state where the use permission is not obtained in the management server.