Dynamic History Button Sizing for Image Forming Control Interfaces
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing information processing apparatuses for image forming devices do not allow users to easily change the size and number of history buttons, which can be user-unfriendly and affect visibility and operability.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus with a control device that adjusts the size and number of history buttons based on user input, allowing them to be displayed in a manner that matches the size of application icons, enhancing user preference and usability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the size and number of history buttons are fixed in the display interface, then the device structure is simple and easy to manufacture, but the user visibility and operability are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic adjustability of history button size and quantity through user input. The control device receives user instructions to change the size and number of history buttons, and the display device dynamically updates the interface to reflect these changes. This transforms a static interface into a dynamic one that adapts to user preferences, resolving the contradiction between simplicity and usability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the parameters of the display interface by allowing users to specify the size and number of history buttons. The control device processes these parameter changes and updates the display accordingly. This enables the interface to adapt to different user needs while maintaining a relatively simple underlying device structure.
2Ease of operation
If history buttons are displayed with fixed size and number, then the display layout is simple and stable, but the user preference and usability are compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The display layout transitions from a fixed composition to a dynamic one that can be adjusted based on user preferences. The control device enables users to modify the size and number of history buttons, and the display device updates the layout accordingly. This maintains stability in the sense that the layout consistently reflects user preferences while allowing necessary changes for usability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system incorporates feedback mechanisms where user input regarding preferred size and number of history buttons is received and processed. The control device uses this feedback to adjust the display layout, creating a closed-loop system that continuously adapts to user needs while maintaining layout coherence.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the display interface allows customization of history button size and number, then user preference is accommodated, but the processing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The control device is designed with multi-functionality to handle both the display control and the customization processing within a single integrated system. This universal approach allows the device to accommodate user preferences for history button size and number without requiring separate dedicated components, thereby managing complexity while maintaining adaptability.
Data Source
AI summary
In an information processing apparatus, a storage device stores a plurality of respective combinations of setting values set in jobs previously executed in relation to each of a plurality of predetermined functions, and a control device allows a display device to display at least one of respective first images representing the plurality of functions in a first region of a display area and display, in a second region of the display area, at least one of respective second images showing the plurality of combinations of setting values stored in the storage device and, upon acceptance of a touch gesture on one of the at least one second image through a touch panel of an operation device, executes, in accordance with the combination of setting values shown by the second image on which the touch gesture has been made, a job related to the function associated with the second image.