Information Apparatus Setting Replication by Ordered Dependencies

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing systems fail to prevent unintended setting values when replicating settings from one apparatus to another, leading to potential errors and mismatches due to lack of consideration for operative association and prohibition processes.

Innovation Solution

An information processing system that acquires and replicates setting information with a defined order, starting from the setting item with the lowest order, ensuring that setting values are matched by considering operative associations and prohibitions between the replication source and destination apparatuses.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Speed

If setting values are replicated without considering setting order and operative association, then replication speed is improved, but setting accuracy deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvereplication speedVSAvoidsetting accuracy

Core Design Contradiction:

SpeedVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by recording the setting order of multiple setting items before replication occurs. The replication destination apparatus uses this pre-recorded setting order information to replicate setting values in the correct sequence, ensuring that operative associations are maintained without requiring real-time analysis during replication, thus achieving both speed and accuracy.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

2Productivity

If all setting items are replicated regardless of operative association, then replication completeness is improved, but setting reliability deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvereplication completenessVSAvoidsetting reliability

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments the replication process by individually handling each setting item according to its specific setting order and operative association relationships. Instead of treating all setting items uniformly, the system processes them in segmented steps based on their dependency chains, ensuring that each item is replicated only when its prerequisites are satisfied, thereby maintaining reliability while preserving completeness.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

3Ease of operation

If setting values are replicated in arbitrary order, then operation simplicity is improved, but setting correctness deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveoperation simplicityVSAvoidsetting correctness

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements self-service by automatically using the pre-recorded setting order information to determine the replication sequence without requiring manual intervention or complex user input. The replication destination apparatus autonomously reads the setting order from the recorded information and executes replication in the correct sequence, maintaining simplicity while ensuring correctness through automated logic.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS20250310457A1Information processing system and information apparatus system

Publication Date: 2025.10.02 FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP

AI summary

An information processing system includes one or plural processors configured to: acquire setting information including plural setting items and a setting order of the plural setting items; and replicate setting values in order from the setting item having a lowest setting order.