Document Editing Apparatus for Page Item Verification

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional document editing software requires significant user effort to ensure that page items like page numbers, watermarks, and dates are properly added to all pages, as users must manually check each page due to limitations in existing technologies, leading to inefficiencies and labor-intensive workflows.

Innovation Solution

A document editing apparatus and associated computer program that automatically identifies pages where page items may not be properly added, extracts and displays the quantity of such pages for each potential cause, allows users to select and exclude specific causes, and informs them of pages needing confirmation, thereby streamlining the process.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If a user manually checks each page to confirm proper addition of page items, then the accuracy of page item placement is improved, but the time and labor required increases significantly

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveaccuracy of page item placementVSAvoidtime and labor required

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs self-checking by automatically detecting pages where page items may not be properly added through image recognition technology. The apparatus analyzes each page independently and identifies potential issues without requiring manual verification of every page, thus achieving accurate detection while reducing time and labor consumption.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The manual mechanical checking process is replaced with an automated optical recognition system. The apparatus uses image processing and pattern recognition algorithms to automatically detect improper page item placements, substituting human visual inspection with machine-based automated detection that is both accurate and efficient.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

2Productivity

If page items are added to all pages collectively, then the efficiency of the adding process is improved, but the reliability of proper addition to each page deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveefficiency of adding processVSAvoidreliability of proper addition

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements a feedback mechanism where, after collectively adding page items to all pages, the apparatus automatically checks each page to identify where additions may be improper. This feedback loop allows the system to maintain high productivity from bulk processing while ensuring reliability through automated verification and selective reprocessing of problematic pages.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary collective addition of page items to all pages before conducting detailed verification. This preliminary action allows efficient bulk processing to occur first, followed by targeted correction of only those pages that fail the automated check, thereby maintaining both high productivity and reliability.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

3Difficulty of detecting and measuring

If the user checks each page individually on the layout screen, then the detection of improper page items is improved, but the device complexity and operation difficulty increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedetection of improper page itemsVSAvoidcomplexity of checking process

Core Design Contradiction:

Difficulty of detecting and measuringVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system extracts and isolates the detection function from the overall page processing workflow. By using dedicated image recognition technology specifically for detecting improper page item placements, the system simplifies the user's task to merely reviewing automated detection results, rather than manually examining each page's layout and content.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Data Source

PatentUS8914719B2Apparatus and method for editing document, and computer-readable storage medium for computer program for editing document

Publication Date: 2014.12.16 KONICA MINOLTA INC

AI summary

An apparatus for editing a document containing a plurality of pages each of which includes one or more first objects is provided. The apparatus includes: an adding portion that adds a second object to each of the pages; an extraction portion that extracts, from the pages, a possible improper page that is a page to which the second object is probably not added properly, the possible improper page being extracted for each cause due to which the second object is not added properly; a quantity display portion that displays, for each cause, a quantity of the possible improper page thus extracted; an excluding portion that excludes, from the possible improper page, a selected page that is a page corresponding to the cause selected by a user; and an informing portion that informs the user of a to-be-confirmed page corresponding to the possible improper page remaining after excluding the selected page.