Facsimile Apparatus Automatic Notification Destination Management

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional facsimile transmission systems require users to manually input notification destinations for transmission results, leading to cumbersome operations and potential errors in receiving transmission results.

Innovation Solution

A facsimile apparatus and method that stores user names and notification destinations in association, allowing automatic transmission result notification by retrieving the corresponding notification destination from a stored list based on user information included in the transmission instruction.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If the user manually inputs the notification destination each time PCFAX transmission is performed, then the transmission result can be sent to the correct destination, but the operation becomes troublesome and time-consuming

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveaccuracy of notification destinationVSAvoidoperation simplicity

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The notification destination is registered in advance in the image communication apparatus before the PCFAX transmission occurs. When a transmission request is received, the system automatically retrieves the pre-registered notification destination associated with the user, eliminating the need for manual input at transmission time while ensuring accuracy.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

2Reliability

If the notification destination is manually input at the time of PCFAX transmission, then the system can send results to the intended recipient, but errors may occur during input

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecorrectness of result deliveryVSAvoidinput errors

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

3Ease of operation

If the system stores and automatically retrieves notification destinations, then the operation becomes simple and errors are prevented, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveautomation of notificationVSAvoidsystem structure

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The image communication apparatus automatically manages the notification destination information by storing it in advance and retrieving it automatically when needed. The system serves itself by autonomously selecting and using the appropriate notification destination without requiring external manual input, thereby simplifying operation while the added complexity is confined to the storage and retrieval mechanisms within the apparatus.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS10362181B2Facsimile apparatus, control method thereof, and storage medium

Publication Date: 2019.07.23 CANON KK

AI summary

A facsimile apparatus includes a memory device that stores a user name and a notification destination of a transmission result of facsimile transmission in association with each other. The facsimile apparatus receives, from an external apparatus, a facsimile transmission instruction that includes image data, a transmission destination of facsimile transmission, and a user name; executes, for the transmission destination included in the facsimile transmission instruction, facsimile transmission of the image data included in the facsimile transmission instruction; and transmits a transmission result of the executed facsimile transmission to the notification destination stored in the memory device in association with the user name included in the facsimile transmission instruction.