Adaptive Operation-Button Ordering for Image Forming Displays
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing image forming apparatuses struggle with setting the display order of operation buttons in a user-friendly manner, especially when shared by multiple users, as individual preferences cannot be accommodated, leading to confusion and inconvenience.
Innovation Solution
Implement a controller that measures user-specific and total numbers of operations on operation buttons to set the display order in either a user-specific mode or a cross-user mode, optimizing the display for individual user experience or shared usage scenarios.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a fixed display order of operation buttons is used for all users, then device complexity is reduced and ease of operation is maintained for shared devices, but individual user preferences cannot be accommodated leading to confusion and inconvenience
Solution Approach 1:
The display order of operation buttons is made dynamic rather than fixed. The system automatically adjusts the display order based on measured operation frequencies, allowing the interface to adapt to each user's habits without manual configuration. This resolves the contradiction by providing personalized ordering (improving ease of operation) through automatic measurement and adjustment (avoiding complex manual settings).
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs self-service by automatically measuring operation frequencies and reordering buttons based on user behavior patterns without requiring user intervention. The controller autonomously collects data, processes it, and adjusts the display order, eliminating the need for complex user-facing configuration interfaces while still providing personalized ordering.
2Adaptability or versatility
If user-specific display order is implemented for each individual user, then individual user experience is optimized, but device complexity increases due to needing to manage multiple user profiles and preferences
Solution Approach 1:
The system achieves user-specific customization through self-service automation. The controller automatically measures operation frequencies for each user and generates personalized display orders without requiring manual user profile management or complex configuration interfaces. This provides adaptability (user-specific ordering) while keeping device complexity low (automatic measurement and adjustment).
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements continuous feedback loops where operation frequencies are measured, processed, and used to adjust display orders. This feedback mechanism enables the system to adapt to individual user preferences automatically, providing versatility without manual intervention or complex user management infrastructure.
3Productivity
If operation buttons are reordered based on operation frequency, then ease of operation is improved for frequent users, but the system complexity increases due to measurement and adjustment mechanisms
Solution Approach 1:
The measurement and adjustment mechanisms operate autonomously without user intervention. The controller automatically counts operation frequencies, processes the data, and reorders buttons based on measured usage patterns. This provides productivity improvements (faster access to frequently used functions) while keeping the system simple from the user perspective (automatic operation).
Solution Approach 2:
The system establishes feedback loops where operation frequencies are continuously measured and used to dynamically adjust button display orders. This feedback-driven approach improves operation efficiency by placing frequently used buttons in more accessible positions while managing system complexity through automated data collection and processing.
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AI summary
In an image forming apparatus, a controller allows a display device to display operation buttons and executes either one of: a user-specific display mode in which, for each individual one of users, respective user-specific numbers of operations on the operation buttons made by the individual user are measured and, in use by the individual user, an order of display of the operation buttons on the display device for the individual user is set based on the respective user-specific numbers of operations on the operation buttons; and a cross-user display mode in which respective total numbers of operations on the operation buttons made by all the users are measured and, in use by any one of the users, an order of display of the operation buttons on the display device is set based on the respective total numbers of operations on the operation buttons.