Dynamic Display Control for Image Processing Setting Screens
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional image processing apparatus setting screens are inefficient due to numerous setting items, with high-frequency items being difficult to access and lacking flexibility, leading to reduced operational efficiency and user convenience.
Innovation Solution
A display control system that selectively displays setting screens for specific functions, prioritizing frequently used items and allowing users to customize their display, using a selection function determination unit, item information acquisition unit, and control unit to optimize the arrangement and visibility of setting items based on use frequency and user preferences.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If all setting items are listed on one screen, then complete information is provided, but the screen area is insufficient and usability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The setting items are segmented into multiple categories or groups (e.g., frequently used settings, advanced settings, function-specific settings). Each category is displayed on a separate screen or tab, allowing the interface to present complete information across multiple organized sections rather than overwhelming the user with all items simultaneously on a single screen.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces navigation dimensions such as tabs, categories, or hierarchical menus that allow users to access different groups of setting items. This transforms the single-screen limitation into a multi-page or multi-level navigation structure, effectively expanding the display capacity beyond the physical screen area while maintaining organized access to all setting items.
2Ease of operation
If setting items are arranged based on statistical use frequency, then common settings are accessible, but flexibility is reduced for users with different needs
Solution Approach 1:
The setting screen arrangement is made dynamic rather than static. The system can adapt the display order, categories, or prioritization of setting items based on individual user behavior patterns, preferences, or roles. This allows the interface to evolve from a fixed statistical arrangement to a personalized dynamic layout that serves different user needs while maintaining ease of access for frequent operations.
Solution Approach 2:
Different regions or sections of the setting screen are assigned different organizational qualities. Frequently used settings are placed in prominent, easily accessible locations, while less common settings are organized in separate categories. Users can customize their local preferences for specific setting groups, allowing each user to optimize their personal workflow while the system maintains overall adaptability for diverse user needs.
3Ease of operation
If hierarchical structure with tabs is used, then screen organization is improved, but the number of steps to access settings increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by predicting which setting items a user is likely to need based on their behavior patterns, recent operations, or profile information. Frequently accessed settings are pre-positioned in prominent locations or pre-loaded on the main screen, reducing the need for users to navigate through multiple hierarchical levels or tabs to reach commonly used functions.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements a universal access mechanism that allows users to reach any setting item through multiple pathways. While hierarchical organization with tabs provides structured navigation, the system also offers direct search functionality, favorites shortcuts, or contextual access points that can bypass multiple hierarchical levels. This multi-functional access approach maintains screen organization while reducing the time and steps required to access settings.
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AI summary
There is provided a technique to contribute to an improvement in convenience of a setting screen for performing setting for a function capable of being executed by an image processing apparatus. A display control apparatus causes plural setting screens to be selectively displayed, which are respectively for performing settings for plural functions capable of being executed by the image processing apparatus and on each of which plural setting items for each of the functions can be displayed, and includes a selection function determination unit to determine that a setting screen for which function among the plural functions has been selected, an item information acquisition unit to acquire information relating to, among the plural setting items relating to the function whose setting screen is determined to have been selected by the selection function determination unit, a setting item to be displayed on the setting screen for the function, and a control unit to display, based on the information acquired by the item information acquisition unit and on the setting screen for the function whose setting screen is determined to have been selected by the selection function determination unit, the setting item to be displayed on the setting screen.