Dynamic Timeout Adjustment for Image Processing Communication Paths
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Solution Overview
Problem
Communication systems face inefficiencies due to inappropriate setting of timeout times, leading to either prolonged waiting times or frequent communication errors, depending on whether the timeout is too long or too short.
Innovation Solution
A management device with a communication interface and hardware processor measures communication speed before job transmission, setting an optimal timeout time for image processing apparatuses based on the measured speed to balance communication efficiency and error prevention.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the timeout time is set to be long, then communication errors are reduced, but the communication efficiency deteriorates due to prolonged waiting time
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic timeout time adjustment by measuring communication speed before job transmission and setting the timeout time based on the measured speed. The timeout time is not fixed but adapts to current network conditions, allowing the system to optimize between reliability and efficiency based on real-time communication performance
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the timeout time parameter based on measured communication speed. By establishing a relationship between communication speed and timeout time (e.g., longer timeout for slower speeds, shorter timeout for faster speeds), the system dynamically adjusts this critical parameter to resolve the contradiction between preventing communication errors and maintaining efficiency
2Productivity
If the timeout time is set to be short, then communication efficiency is improved by reducing waiting time, but communication errors increase leading to frequent reconnections
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts timeout time based on measured communication speed rather than using a fixed short timeout. This allows the system to maintain high efficiency when communication speed is fast while preventing errors when speed is slow, thus resolving the contradiction between efficiency and reliability
Solution Approach 2:
The patent performs communication speed measurement before job transmission to preliminarily determine the appropriate timeout time. This preliminary action ensures that the timeout time is optimally set before communication begins, preventing both excessive waiting and premature timeout errors
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AI summary
A management device for an image processing apparatus includes a communication interface and a hardware processor. The communication interface transmits and receives a job to be executed in the image processing apparatus. Before transmission and reception of a job, the hardware processor transmits data on a communication path of the job for measuring a communication speed to obtain information representing a communication speed of a communication path for the job transmitted and received by the communication interface, and sets a timeout time of an image processing apparatus that executes the job, based on the obtained information representing a communication speed.