Document Editing Device Automating Character Decoration Conversion

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Solution Overview

Problem

Users face a heavy burden when manually searching for and converting character decoration types in HTML documents, such as HTML e-mail, between different mobile terminals, as available decoration types on one terminal may not be compatible with another, leading to time-consuming manual adjustments.

Innovation Solution

A document editing device that automatically searches and converts character decoration types by specifying a target decoration type, displaying warnings for incompatible types, and allowing batch or individual conversions, with features like history storage for easy selection and communication compatibility checks.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If manual search for character decoration types is performed, then character decoration types can be converted between different terminals, but user burden and time consumption increase significantly

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecharacter decoration type compatibilityVSAvoidtime for searching and converting character decoration types

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically performs the search and conversion of character decoration types without requiring manual user intervention. The control means autonomously identifies character strings with incompatible decoration types and converts them, allowing the system to serve itself rather than requiring user effort for each conversion task.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces the manual mechanical process of searching and converting character decoration types with an automated control means that uses algorithmic processing. The control means systematically searches through character strings and applies conversion rules, substituting human manual operations with an automated computational system.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

2Adaptability or versatility

If manual search for character decoration types is performed, then character decoration types can be converted between different terminals, but operation complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecharacter decoration type compatibilityVSAvoidease of converting character decoration types

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

3Ease of operation

If automatic search and conversion is implemented, then user burden is reduced, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveease of converting character decoration typesVSAvoidcomplexity of document editing device

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The control means is designed to perform multiple functions: it searches for character strings, identifies character decoration types, determines compatibility with receiving terminals, and executes conversion operations. By consolidating these functions into a single multi-functional control unit, the patent manages device complexity while achieving automatic character decoration type conversion.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The control means acts as an intermediary between the user's editing actions and the actual character decoration type conversion. It mediates the process by automatically handling the search and conversion tasks, shielding the user from complexity while managing the conversion process through systematic processing of character strings and decoration type information.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS9031966B2Document editing device and document editing method

Publication Date: 2015.05.12 KYOCERA CORP

AI summary

A document editing device can edit a document using a markup language, and includes: an operation module for receiving input from a user; a display module that displays an editing screen for editing the document; a control module that searches a character string of a document displayed on the document editing screen, the character string being a character string to which a character decoration type identical to a search-target character decoration type specified by an operation of the operation module by the user is set.