Display Controller Guiding Images for Scan Parameter Settings
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current image forming and reading apparatuses lack effective user guidance for setting appropriate scan parameters, leading to inconsistencies between user settings and document requirements, which can result in improper scanning and image processing.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus with a display controller that generates guiding images based on multiple scan parameters, providing users with clear instructions on how to set documents correctly, ensuring consistency between settings and document types, and adapting these instructions in real-time as scan parameters change.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If multiple scan parameters are set for reading image data, then scanning accuracy and document type matching are improved, but user confusion and setting errors increase due to lack of clear guidance
Solution Approach 1:
The display controller provides real-time visual feedback by showing guiding images that reflect the current scan parameter settings. When parameters change, the guiding image updates to show the correct document orientation and reading mode, allowing users to verify settings before execution and preventing errors through immediate visual confirmation.
Solution Approach 2:
The guiding image acts as an intermediary between the complex scan parameters and the user. Instead of directly presenting multiple parameters that cause confusion, the system translates them into a single intuitive visual representation showing the correct document setting, bridging the gap between technical settings and user understanding.
2Adaptability or versatility
If scan parameters are changed dynamically, then adaptability to different document types is improved, but inconsistency between settings and document requirements increases without real-time guidance updates
Solution Approach 1:
The guiding image is designed to be dynamic rather than static. It automatically updates in real-time when scan parameters change, maintaining consistency between the visual guidance and current settings. This dynamic behavior allows the system to adapt to different document types while ensuring reliability through continuous synchronization of guidance with actual parameters.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary action by updating the guiding image before the user executes the scan. This allows users to verify that parameters are correctly set for the intended document type before actual scanning begins, preventing errors through advance verification rather than correction after the fact.
3Loss of information
If detailed setting instructions are provided for all scan parameters, then user understanding is improved, but information overload and complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts only the essential visual information needed for correct document setting from the complete set of scan parameters. Instead of presenting all parameter details which would overload the user, it extracts and displays only the critical aspects shown in the guiding image (document orientation, reading mode), simplifying the interface while maintaining clarity.
Solution Approach 2:
Different parts of the interface serve different functions with appropriate levels of detail. The guiding image provides simplified visual guidance for common operations, while detailed parameter settings remain accessible but not prominently displayed. This local differentiation of information quality reduces overall complexity while maintaining necessary clarity where needed.
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AI summary
An information processing apparatus includes a setting unit and a display controller. The setting unit sets setting information to be used when reading image data from a document by a reader. The display controller performs control so that an instruction concerning how to set the document in the reader will be displayed for a user, on the basis of plural items of setting information set by the setting unit.