Scanned Document Filing Interface for Single-Screen Review

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing image filing systems require manual and visual confirmation and correction of character strings extracted from scanned documents, which is inefficient and labor-intensive.

Innovation Solution

An image processing apparatus that displays document type, file name, and saving destination on a single screen, allowing for confirmation and correction of these elements before saving, thereby simplifying the filing process.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If manual and visual confirmation and correction of character strings is performed separately for each document property, then accuracy of document filing is improved, but user operation workload increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveaccuracy of document filingVSAvoiduser operation workload
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines multiple document property confirmations (document type, file name, saving destination) into a single integrated display screen. This allows users to review and correct all properties simultaneously in one view, rather than navigating through multiple separate screens or steps, thereby reducing operational workload while maintaining filing accuracy.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent segments the display screen into distinct regions showing different document properties (document type, file name, saving destination). This segmentation allows users to quickly locate and identify specific properties that need correction without being overwhelmed by a cluttered interface, improving both ease of operation and accuracy.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Measurement precision

If multiple screens are used to display and correct different document properties, then detail and precision of each property is improved, but time required for filing increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedetail of document propertiesVSAvoidtime required for filing
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges multiple property display functions into a single screen interface, allowing users to review document type, file name, and saving destination simultaneously. This eliminates the need to navigate through multiple screens sequentially, significantly reducing the time required for document filing while maintaining full detail and precision of each property through organized display regions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent utilizes spatial arrangement on a two-dimensional screen to organize multiple document properties in distinct regions. This dimensional organization allows all properties to be visible and editable simultaneously without compromising readability or detail, effectively compressing what would traditionally require multiple sequential screens into a single parallel view.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

3Productivity

If automated analysis processing is used to identify document type, then productivity is improved, but accuracy of automatic identification may decrease requiring manual correction

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvefiling speedVSAvoidaccuracy of automatic identification
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements a feedback mechanism where the automatically analyzed document properties are displayed on the screen for user review and correction. Users can verify the automatic identification results and make corrections if needed, creating a feedback loop that maintains high productivity through automation while ensuring accuracy through human verification of the displayed properties.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The patent performs automated analysis processing as a preliminary action to pre-identify document properties before user review. This preliminary automation handles the routine identification tasks, improving productivity, while the subsequent display and correction interface allows users to verify and correct any inaccuracies, ensuring reliability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS20260072874A1Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium
Publication Date: 2026.03.12 CANON KK
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AI summary

An image processing apparatus displays a type of a document, which is represented by image data and identified by analysis processing on the image data and a file name of a file including the image data, which is generated based on a rule set in association with the corresponding type on a single screen and allows for accepting of correction of the type and the file name.