Image Data Encryption Settings for Multi-Destination Transmission

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing systems fail to efficiently handle the selection and setting of encryption levels and passwords for encryption levels and passwords for encryption levels and passwords for image data when transmitting to multiple destinations, requiring repetitive user input and lacking flexibility in batch or individual application settings.

Innovation Solution

An image processing apparatus with a controller that allows users to select either batch or individual encryption settings for multiple destinations, enabling efficient encryption level and password management through a multifunction peripheral, including a display for configuring and a storage for encryption settings, and a communicator for transmitting encrypted data.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If encryption settings are applied individually to each destination, then encryption security and customization are improved, but user operation complexity and time consumption increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveencryption securityVSAvoiduser operation complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the encryption setting process into two independent modes: batch application mode for efficient bulk processing and individual application mode for customized per-destination configuration. This segmentation allows users to choose the appropriate granularity level, resolving the contradiction between security customization and operational simplicity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system dynamically adapts its behavior based on user selection, switching between batch application and individual application modes. This dynamic flexibility enables the system to optimize between security customization and operational efficiency depending on the specific use case, eliminating the need for users to navigate complex individual settings for every destination.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

2Productivity

If encryption settings are applied in batch to multiple destinations, then user operation efficiency is improved, but encryption customization and security control are reduced

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveuser operation efficiencyVSAvoidencryption customization

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent divides the encryption application process into batch mode and individual mode, allowing users to segment their workflow. For destinations requiring uniform security policies, batch application provides high efficiency. For destinations needing customized security levels, individual application enables precise control. This segmentation resolves the trade-off between productivity and adaptability.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system provides universal encryption functionality that can operate in multiple modes (batch and individual application) within a single interface. This multi-functionality ensures that the same system can satisfy both efficiency-driven batch operations and customization-driven individual operations, eliminating the need for separate tools or complex configuration processes.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Manufacturing precision

If repetitive encryption settings are required for multiple destinations, then encryption precision and control are improved, but time consumption and operational burden increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveencryption precisionVSAvoidtime consumption

Core Design Contradiction:

Manufacturing precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements preliminary action by allowing users to define encryption settings in advance and store them as templates. These pre-configured settings can then be rapidly applied to multiple destinations through batch application, eliminating the need for repetitive manual configuration while maintaining precise encryption control. This resolves the contradiction between encryption precision and time consumption.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

4Adaptability or versatility

If multiple encryption configuration options are provided, then system versatility and user flexibility are improved, but system complexity and configuration difficulty increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesystem flexibilityVSAvoidsystem complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the configuration interface into distinct, clearly labeled modes (batch application and individual application). This segmentation presents multiple configuration options in an organized, non-overlapping manner that reduces perceived complexity while maintaining system versatility. Users can select their preferred mode without being overwhelmed by unnecessary options.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS20260006148A1Image processing apparatus and encryption setting method

Publication Date: 2026.01.01 SHARP KK

AI summary

An image processing apparatus includes a transmitter that transmits transmission data to a designated destination, and one or a plurality of controllers that control encryption of the transmission data based on an encryption setting set by a user. The one or the plurality of controllers encrypts the transmission data based on an application setting of either a batch application in which the encryption setting is applied in a batch manner to the transmission data for a plurality of the destinations, or an individual application in which the encryption setting is individually applied to the transmission data for the plurality of destinations, and transmits the encrypted transmission data to the plurality of destinations.