Image-Forming Device Duplication Format Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Image-forming devices lack user-friendliness in creating duplicates of original documents with storage units, as they only consider image/RFID duplicate formats and do not offer options for other formats.
Innovation Solution
An image-forming device with an image-reading unit, data-reading unit, duplication-performing unit, receiving unit, and controlling unit that allows for image/data-duplication processes, data-duplication processes, and user instructions to create duplicates in various formats, including image-only, RFID-only, and combined image/RFID formats.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the image-forming device only performs image/RFID duplication process, then the device structure remains simple, but the user-friendliness and versatility are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The image-forming device is designed to perform multiple duplication processes (image/RFID duplication, data-only duplication, image-only duplication) using a unified device structure. The controlling unit selectively executes different duplication processes based on user input, enabling the device to serve multiple functions without requiring separate dedicated devices for each duplication type.
2Ease of operation
If the device offers multiple duplication formats, then user-friendliness improves, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The device incorporates dynamic control through the receiving unit and controlling unit, which adaptively select and execute different duplication processes based on real-time user input. The system can switch between image/RFID duplication, data-only duplication, and image-only duplication modes, providing flexible and user-friendly operation without requiring fixed, complex hardware configurations for each mode.
3Productivity
If the device provides only image/RFID duplication, then the device structure remains simple, but the productivity and efficiency are reduced due to inability to create duplicates in other formats
Solution Approach 1:
The duplication function is segmented into distinct processes: image/RFID duplication process, data-only duplication process, and image-only duplication process. Each process can be independently selected and executed based on user needs. This segmentation allows the device to efficiently handle different duplication requirements without requiring a completely redesigned system for each format.
Data Source
AI summary
In an image-forming device, an image-reading unit reads an image formed on an original document. A data-reading unit reads data stored in a storing member of the original document. A duplication-performing unit performs a plurality of duplication processes including at least an image/data-duplication process in which the duplication-performing unit forms the read image on a first recording medium having a storing member and writes the read data to the storing member of the first recording medium, and a data-duplication process in which the duplication-performing unit writes the read data to the storing member of the first recording medium without forming the read image on the first recording medium. A receiving unit receives an image/data-duplication instruction and a data-duplication instruction. The duplication-performing unit performs the image/data-duplication process if the receiving unit receives the image/data-duplication instruction, and performs the data-duplication process if the receiving unit receives the data-duplication instruction.