Antenna Placement on Image Processing Apparatus Corners

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional image processing apparatuses face challenges in maintaining stable communication due to antenna placement limitations, which can lead to unstable communication with communication terminals positioned at unintended angles or in front of the casing.

Innovation Solution

The apparatus features a casing with multiple peripheries and corners, where the first and second antennas are strategically placed at corners closest to them, allowing for differential adjacency of peripheries to enhance communication accuracy by ensuring connectivity regardless of the communication terminal's position relative to the antennas.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If antennas are arranged on the back face of the casing only, then communication stability from the back face is improved, but communication with devices in front of the casing becomes difficult to stabilize

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecommunication stabilityVSAvoidcommunication coverage position

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The antenna system is segmented into multiple antennas (first antenna and second antenna) positioned at different corners of the casing. Each antenna serves a specific spatial zone, with the first antenna optimized for front-face communication and the second antenna for back-face communication, allowing the system to handle multiple communication scenarios simultaneously

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The antenna arrangement transitions from a single-plane (back face only) configuration to a multi-dimensional configuration by placing antennas at opposite corners of the casing. This spatial distribution across different dimensions of the casing enables coverage of both front and back communication zones

Inventive Principle:

Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

2Device complexity

If a single antenna is used, then device complexity is reduced, but communication accuracy when terminal position varies deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveantenna configurationVSAvoidcommunication accuracy

Core Design Contradiction:

Device complexityVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

Different corners of the casing are assigned different antenna positions based on local communication requirements. The first antenna at the first corner optimizes for front-face terminal communication, while the second antenna at the second corner optimizes for back-face terminal communication, with each antenna having its own optimal reception zone

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

Instead of using a single antenna that must serve all positions, the system employs multiple antennas that each provide partial coverage of specific zones. This excessive antenna configuration ensures that at least one antenna maintains accurate communication regardless of terminal position

Inventive Principle:

Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Data Source

PatentUS10197962B2Image processing apparatus

Publication Date: 2019.02.05 KONICA MINOLTA INC

AI summary

An image processing apparatus includes: a casing that includes a plurality of peripheries and a plurality of corners connecting mutually adjacent peripheries; and a first antenna and a second antenna that are attached on the casing, wherein the first antenna and the second antenna are arranged at a first corner closest to the first antenna and at a second corner closest to the second antenna, respectively, and the mutually adjacent peripheries forming the first corner and the mutually adjacent peripheries forming the second corner are mutually different.