Document Preview Positioning Based on Attribute History

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Solution Overview

Problem

Users face difficulties in easily checking attributes appended to documents as they require scrolling and enlarging operations to locate relevant portions, making the process cumbersome.

Innovation Solution

An information processing apparatus with a processor and memory that displays a portion of a document based on historical data, allowing users to check attributes without manual adjustments by associating previous document types with attributes and display positions, enabling automatic switching of preview display positions based on document types and attributes.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If the entire document is displayed on the preview screen, then the user can see the full document content, but the user cannot easily check specific attribute-related portions without scrolling and enlarging operations

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveease of checking attributeVSAvoidtime for scrolling and enlarging operations

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system pre-processes the document to identify and store the position information of portions related to attributes before the user needs to check them. When an attribute is specified, the system can immediately display the relevant portion without requiring the user to manually scroll or search through the entire document, thus resolving the contradiction between ease of checking and time consumption.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system extracts and displays only the specific portion of the document that is related to the specified attribute, rather than showing the entire document. This extraction of relevant information allows users to quickly check attribute-related content without the need for scrolling or enlarging operations, improving ease of operation while reducing time loss.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

2Ease of operation

If the document is displayed at a large size to make content visible, then the user can read the content easily, but the display area is limited and requires scrolling

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvevisibility of document contentVSAvoidcomplexity of display control operations

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system extracts and displays only the specific portion of the document that contains the attribute-related information, rather than displaying the entire document. This allows the relevant content to be shown at an appropriate size within the limited display area, making it easily visible without requiring scrolling or other complex display control operations.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Data Source

PatentUS11206336B2Information processing apparatus, method, and non-transitory computer readable medium

Publication Date: 2021.12.21 FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP

AI summary

An information processing apparatus includes a memory and a processor. The processor is configured to display a portion of a first document on a display based on history stored in the memory and a first attribute specified by a user. The history associates a previous document type of a previously displayed document with a previous attribute that was previously attached to the previously displayed document and a previous portion of the previously displayed document that was being displayed when the previous attribute was attached to the previously displayed document.