Display Controller Temporal Switching for Destination Confirmation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Information processing apparatuses, such as image forming devices, face challenges in efficiently displaying and managing transmission destinations and processing parameters, leading to potential user errors in selecting correct transmission settings.
Innovation Solution
The apparatus includes a reception unit for selecting a destination from a transmission destination list and a display controller that temporarily displays registered mail addresses instead of object images when a destination is selected, reverting to object images after a preset time period or upon user interaction.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the display region continuously shows the mail address after destination selection, then user confirmation of transmission destination is improved, but display region occupancy is wasted and interface responsiveness deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The display controller dynamically changes the display state based on timing and user interaction. The mail address is displayed temporarily for a preset time period after destination selection, then automatically reverted to the object image. This dynamic display approach ensures user confirmation while maintaining interface responsiveness and avoiding permanent occupancy of the display region.
2Loss of information
If the display region shows both object image and mail address simultaneously, then information completeness is improved, but display region space is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses temporal dimension to resolve spatial conflict. Instead of displaying both object image and mail address simultaneously in the limited display region, the system switches between displaying the object image and the mail address at different time periods. This temporal separation allows complete information presentation while respecting the constrained display space.
3Ease of operation
If the system waits for user operation to revert display, then user control is improved, but time delay increases
Solution Approach 1:
The display controller implements periodic action by automatically reverting the display to the object image after a preset time period elapses following destination selection. This automatic time-based reversion complements user control through operation detection, ensuring the display region is promptly recovered without requiring explicit user action, thus balancing ease of operation with time efficiency.
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AI summary
An information processing apparatus includes a reception unit and a display controller. The reception unit receives an operation for selecting a destination from a transmission destination list containing a registered mail address of the destination to which an image is to be transmitted. The display controller displays an object image in a predetermined display region. The object image indicates a parameter of an image reading unit that reads the image. When the destination is selected by the operation, the display controller makes the display region display the mail address registered in the transmission destination list in place of the object image. When a preset time period elapses, the display controller sets the display back to the object image.