Image Forming Apparatus Remote Access Display Adaptation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional methods for remote access to image forming apparatuses using miniaturized terminal devices, such as smartphones, often result in uncomfortable viewing of web content due to mismatched display resolutions and attributes.
Innovation Solution
An image forming apparatus equipped with a display control unit, attribute information acquisition unit, and web content acquisition unit that adjusts web content based on the terminal device's attributes, generating and transmitting optimized image data for display on both the image forming apparatus and the terminal device during remote access.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If web content is displayed using the image forming apparatus's native display resolution, then the display quality on the image forming apparatus is optimized, but the display compatibility on terminal apparatuses with different resolutions deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The browser unit changes the display parameters (resolution, scaling) of web content based on the terminal apparatus's attributes. When remote access is detected, the system acquires terminal attributes and adjusts the web content rendering parameters to match the terminal's display capabilities, thereby achieving optimal display quality across different devices while maintaining adaptability.
2Device complexity
If a single web content generation method is used for both local and remote access, then the system complexity is reduced, but the user experience on different devices deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically switches between different web content generation modes based on the access context. The display control unit detects whether remote access is active and dynamically adjusts the web content acquisition strategy - using terminal attributes during remote access and native display attributes during local access. This dynamic adaptation improves user experience without requiring complex manual configuration.
3Productivity
If web content is optimized for the image forming apparatus display, then the display performance on the image forming apparatus is improved, but the display performance on miniaturized terminal displays deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies different quality optimization strategies to different display contexts. The display control unit determines the access mode and applies appropriate rendering quality settings - high-resolution detailed rendering for the image forming apparatus's large display, and optimized rendering for terminal apparatuses with smaller displays. This ensures optimal display performance for each specific device while maintaining cross-device versatility.
Data Source
AI summary
An image forming apparatus that is remotely accessed from a terminal apparatus includes: a display; a display control unit configured to control display of the display and to transmit image data of an image to the terminal apparatus in order to display the image to be displayed on the display, onto the terminal apparatus; an attribute information acquisition unit configured to obtain first attribute information related to an attribute of the terminal apparatus; a web content acquisition unit configured to obtain web content by issuing a notification of second attribute information related to an attribute of the image forming apparatus to a server in a case where remote access is not being executed, and by issuing a notification of the first attribute information to the server in a case where remote access is being executed; and a browser unit configured to generate an image based on the obtained web content.