Image Forming Apparatus Automatic File Naming
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing image forming and reading apparatuses face challenges in efficiently creating easily identifiable file names during storage, with automatic naming methods leading to difficulty in file access and user-set names requiring labor-intensive input.
Innovation Solution
An image forming and reading apparatus with a control unit that creates a template-based file name automatically, incorporating user-specific and category information to facilitate easy identification and reduce operational burden during storage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If automatic file naming based on date and sequence number is used, then operation burden at storage time is reduced, but file identification and accessibility deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by automatically creating meaningful file names at the time of storage using date, sequence numbers, and predefined patterns. This preliminary naming action ensures that files are immediately identifiable without requiring user intervention later, thus resolving the contradiction between reducing storage operation burden and maintaining file identification ease.
Solution Approach 2:
The file naming system serves itself by automatically generating descriptive file names without human intervention. The control unit autonomously combines date information, sequence numbers, and naming patterns to create identifiable file names, eliminating the need for user input while maintaining file accessibility.
2Difficulty of detecting and measuring
If user manually sets file names individually, then file identification and accessibility improves, but operation burden at storage time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system eliminates the need for user intervention in file naming by implementing self-service automatic naming. The control unit autonomously generates file names using date, sequence numbers, and predefined patterns, thereby maintaining excellent file identification while completely removing the operation burden of manual name input.
Solution Approach 2:
The control unit acts as an intermediary between the storage system and the user, automatically translating storage requirements into meaningful file names. This intermediary function bridges the gap between automatic naming efficiency and manual naming quality without requiring direct user involvement.
3Quantity of substance
If many files are stored in the HDD, then storage capacity utilization improves, but file identification and access time deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary organization by creating systematically named files at storage time using date, sequence numbers, and descriptive patterns. This preliminary naming action establishes an implicit organizational structure that enables rapid file retrieval even when the HDD contains numerous files, thus preventing access time deterioration as storage capacity increases.
Solution Approach 2:
The file naming system implicitly segments files by incorporating date information and sequence numbers, creating natural groupings that facilitate organized storage and efficient retrieval. This segmentation approach maintains file accessibility even as the total number of stored files increases.
Data Source
AI summary
An image forming apparatus of the invention includes a read unit to read an original document, a storage unit to store an image file of the original document read by the read unit, a control unit to control storage and readout of the image file into and from the storage unit, and an image formation unit to print the image file read from the storage unit, and the control unit creates a template including one or plural elements, automatically creates an image file name based on the template when the image file is stored in the storage unit, and stores the image file. According to the image forming apparatus of the invention, when a file is stored, an operation burden is low and an easily identified file name can be created.