Conditional Display Control for Image Forming Apparatus
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current image forming apparatuses display processing progress even when no other users are nearby, leading to meaningless and potentially annoying displays for the operating user.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus that only displays processing progress using a light emitter when a second user with the possibility of using the apparatus is detected within a certain range, thereby notifying waiting times only when a standby user is present.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If processing progress is always displayed to notify waiting users, then information provision to standby users is improved, but the operating user experiences annoyance and display meaningfulness deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system changes the display parameter from constant to conditional based on user detection. The display unit switches between displaying and non-displaying processing progress according to whether a standby user is detected, thereby resolving the contradiction between informing standby users and avoiding annoyance to the operating user
Solution Approach 2:
The detection unit provides feedback about the presence of standby users to the display unit. This feedback mechanism enables the system to automatically adjust display behavior based on real-time user presence information, ensuring progress is shown only when appropriate
2Loss of information
If processing progress is displayed continuously, then standby users are kept informed, but energy consumption and display relevance worsen when no standby users are present
Solution Approach 1:
The detection unit performs preliminary detection of standby user presence before the display unit activates. By detecting user presence in advance, the system avoids unnecessary energy consumption from displaying progress when no standby users are around, while ensuring information is available when needed
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AI summary
An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to perform display corresponding to progress of processing accepted by an image forming apparatus only in a case where a second user having a possibility of using the image forming apparatus other than a first user who is operating an operation panel is detected.