Dynamic Pop-up Control for Job Execution in Multifunction Machines
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing information processing systems face challenges in enhancing user convenience through screen display control, particularly in managing pop-ups during job execution in multifunction machines, where erroneous operations can lead to incorrect actions.
Innovation Solution
The system introduces an identification unit to detect user-designated locations on the screen and a control unit that manages two types of pop-ups: one that closes upon job completion and another that closes when the user designates a location outside its region, offering options for ending the job upon such designation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a job-controlling pop-up with no CLOSE button is displayed during job execution, then erroneous operations are prevented, but user convenience is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The pop-up's closing behavior is made dynamic based on the job execution state. When a job is running, the pop-up cannot be closed by pressing outside regions (maintaining reliability). When no job is running, the pop-up can be closed by pressing outside regions (improving convenience). This dynamic adjustment resolves the contradiction between preventing erroneous operations and maintaining user convenience.
2Ease of operation
If a pop-up is closed once the job ends, then the pop-up automatically disappears, but the user cannot end the job early by pressing outside the pop-up region
Solution Approach 1:
The region outside the pop-up is given multiple functions: it serves as a closing region when no job is running, and as a job-ending trigger region when a job is running. This multi-functionality allows the same interface element to provide both automatic closing capability and early job termination capability, resolving the contradiction between ease of operation and adaptability.
3Ease of operation
If a CLOSE button is provided on the pop-up, then the user can easily close the pop-up, but erroneous closing during job execution may occur
Solution Approach 1:
The CLOSE button is removed from the pop-up interface entirely. Instead, the closing function is achieved by pressing a region outside the pop-up boundary. This extraction eliminates the risk of erroneous closing during job execution while maintaining the ability to close the pop-up when appropriate, resolving the contradiction between ease of operation and reliability.
Data Source
AI summary
An information processing apparatus includes: an identification unit configured to identify a location designated by a user on a screen being displayed on a display unit; and a control unit, in which types of a pop-up displayed on the screen include at least a first type which is a type of a pop-up displayed once a job starts and closed once the job ends and a second type which is a type of a pop-up closed once the user designates a location outside a region of the pop-up, and in a case where the pop-up being displayed on the screen is the pop-up of the first type and then the user designates a location outside the region of the pop-up of the first type, the control unit displays, on the screen, an option for ending the job.