Collective Setting Value Update for Small Multi-Function Peripherals
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Solution Overview
Problem
Small multi-function peripherals and printers face challenges with user convenience due to limited display capabilities on their monitors, requiring users to manually change and revert setting values one by one, which is time-consuming and prone to errors, especially when multiple settings need to be adjusted collectively.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus with a display unit, retaining unit, determining unit, acceptance unit, and updating unit that allows users to collectively change and reflect multiple setting values through a user interface, specifying items to be changed and displaying options for collective processing, including a 'reflect' and 'cancel' button for efficient setting management.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Volume of moving object
If a smaller monitor is used to maintain compact device size, then device portability is improved, but display performance deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-identifies and groups related setting items that should be changed together. When a user changes one setting value, the system automatically determines other settings that need to be changed and presents them as a collective group, eliminating the need for users to manually navigate through multiple settings one by one on the limited display.
2Manufacturing precision
If setting values are changed one by one through manual operation, then setting precision is improved, but operation time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges multiple related setting items into a single collective change operation. When a user changes one setting value, the system automatically groups other related settings and allows all changes to be applied simultaneously through a single confirmation action, rather than requiring separate operations for each setting.
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides feedback by displaying a summary screen that shows all setting values that will be changed collectively. This allows users to review the changes before confirmation and makes corrections if needed, ensuring setting accuracy while reducing operation time.
3Productivity
If multiple setting values are changed collectively, then operation efficiency is improved, but error propagation risk increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system displays a confirmation screen showing all setting values that will be changed collectively, allowing users to review and correct any errors before the changes are applied. This feedback mechanism ensures that even though multiple settings are changed together, users can verify each value and make corrections if needed.
Solution Approach 2:
The system prevents error propagation by requiring user confirmation before applying collective changes. The confirmation screen allows users to identify and correct any incorrect settings before they are applied, preventing erroneous changes from propagating through the system.
4Loss of information
If the number of displayable items is increased to show all settings, then information completeness is improved, but display complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the setting change process into two distinct stages: a selection stage where users identify settings to change, and a confirmation stage where all changes are displayed together for review. This segmentation allows the interface to remain simple at each stage while providing complete information at the confirmation stage.
Solution Approach 2:
The system transitions from a one-dimensional display of individual settings to a two-dimensional view that shows the relationship between settings and their collective changes. The confirmation screen presents settings in a structured format that displays both individual values and their interrelationships without increasing physical display complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
A user interface is provided which expressly specifies items to be changed in accordance with the change of a setting value of one item, and collectively reflects or abandons a plurality of entered setting values. An information processing apparatus continuously accepts a plurality of the setting values to be collectively changed when it is determined that the selected setting item is a specific item to be collectively changed, in the case where change of the setting value is instructed through the menu, and collectively rewrite a plurality of setting values stored in the storage to a plurality of accepted setting values, when a button for reflecting a plurality of accepted setting values displayed on the display unit is selected.