Display Control Device for Distinguishable Print Process Progress
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current display technologies for printers do not provide detailed progress notifications for print processes, making it difficult for users to track the status of print jobs accurately.
Innovation Solution
A display control system that acquires and displays the progress of multiple processes, including subdivided processes, allowing users to distinguish which processes are currently being executed, enhancing visibility and management of print job status.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If general status notification is used, then device complexity is reduced, but information completeness deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The print process is divided into multiple processes (data transmission, image processing, printing) and further into subdivided processes. The display control device segments the progress information into process-level and subdivided process-level details, allowing users to view overall progress or specific task status as needed. This segmentation enables detailed information disclosure without requiring a completely complex system architecture.
Solution Approach 2:
The display control device dynamically adjusts the level of detail shown based on user needs. It can display general process status overview or drill down into specific subdivided process details. The system transitions between different information granularities dynamically, providing comprehensive information when needed while maintaining simplicity through on-demand detail revelation.
2Loss of information
If detailed progress notification is implemented, then information completeness is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments progress tracking into hierarchical levels: process-level progress and subdivided process-level progress. Each level can be independently managed and displayed. This segmentation allows detailed information to be organized in a structured manner, reducing the cognitive load on the system and enabling manageable complexity through hierarchical organization.
Solution Approach 2:
The display control device adds a hierarchical dimension to progress information presentation. Instead of a flat list of tasks, it organizes information into multiple levels (processes and subdivided processes), allowing users to navigate through dimensions of detail. This dimensional organization enables detailed information display while maintaining system manageability through structured hierarchy.
3Ease of operation
If process execution status is made distinguishable, then ease of operation is improved, but information processing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The display control device uses visual differentiation (such as color changes, icons, or graphical indicators) to distinguish between different process states and subdivided processes. Executing processes are highlighted differently from completed or pending processes. This visual coding simplifies the user interface and makes status monitoring intuitive, reducing the information processing complexity from the user perspective while maintaining clear distinguishability.
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AI summary
A display control device includes a progress acquirer that acquires progress of a plurality of processes for generating print products, a subdivision progress acquirer that acquires, in at least one of the plurality of processes, progress of subdivided processes obtained by subdividing the process, a process display that displays the plurality of processes on a display device so that at least one of the processes being executed is distinguishable, and a subdivided process display that displays the subdivided processes on the display device so that at least one of the subdivided processes being executed is distinguishable.