Image Forming Apparatus Anomaly Detection Data Conversion
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Solution Overview
Problem
Facsimile apparatuses often experience anomalies during data conversion processes, leading to halted operations and failure to process subsequent received data, even when initial data reception is normal.
Innovation Solution
An image forming apparatus with a receiving section, storage section, converting section, determining section, and controlling section that identifies and manages anomalies in data conversion processes, allowing it to terminate the affected process and switch to subsequent data for conversion and printing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the converting section continues to process data after an anomaly is detected, then the anomaly may cause the entire converting process to fail, but terminating the process may result in loss of already converted data
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the data conversion process into discrete units (pages or data blocks) that can be independently processed and managed. When an anomaly is detected in one unit, the system can terminate processing for that specific unit while preserving and outputting the successfully converted units, thus preventing total failure while minimizing data loss.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements a feedback mechanism where the determining section continuously monitors the converting process and provides real-time information about anomalies to the controlling section. This feedback loop enables the system to detect issues, make informed decisions about termination, and preserve successfully converted data by adjusting the conversion process dynamically based on detected conditions.
2Reliability
If the facsimile apparatus stops operation when an anomaly occurs in data conversion, then the anomaly can be addressed, but subsequent received data cannot be processed
Solution Approach 1:
The patent makes the system operation dynamic by allowing it to adapt its behavior based on detected anomalies. Instead of a fixed response (complete stop or continuous processing), the system dynamically adjusts by terminating only the affected conversion process while maintaining operation for subsequent data, thus balancing stability with continuity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the data processing workflow into independent units that can be processed sequentially. When an anomaly is detected in one unit, the system can isolate that unit and continue processing subsequent units, preventing the entire operation from stopping while still addressing the anomaly in the affected segment.
3Productivity
If the converting process is terminated when an anomaly is detected, then subsequent data can be processed, but the already converted data may be lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements segmentation of the conversion process into discrete, manageable units (such as pages or data blocks). Each unit is processed independently and can be individually managed. When an anomaly is detected in one unit, the system can terminate processing for that specific unit while preserving and outputting the successfully converted units, thus preventing total data loss.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs a feedback mechanism where the determining section monitors the converting process and provides real-time information about anomalies to the controlling section. This feedback enables the system to track which data units have been successfully converted before an anomaly occurs, allowing informed decisions about which data to preserve and which to discard, thereby minimizing information loss while maintaining processing continuity.
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AI summary
An image forming apparatus has a receiving section that receives data regarding an image transmitted through a communication network, a storage section that stores the received data which is received by the receiving section, a converting section that reads out the received data stored in the storage section and performs a converting process of converting the received data to image data, and an image forming section that forms an image on a recording medium based on the image data which is converted by the converting section, a determining section that determines whether or not an anomaly occurs in the converting process of the converting section, and a controlling section that controls the converting section to terminate the converting process determined by the determining section that an anomaly occurs, and to perform the converting process of subsequent data if the receiving section receives the subsequent data.