Image Forming Apparatus Initial Screen Display Method
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current image forming apparatuses do not display an initial screen that corresponds to the start-up factor, leading to reduced user operability, as they either display incorrect functions or require users to change screens manually.
Innovation Solution
An image forming apparatus with a display unit, storage unit for screens and start-up factor information, and a control unit that determines the initial screen to display based on input start-up factors such as power switch signals, receipt notifications, paper detection signals, or touch panel inputs, ensuring the correct screen is shown at startup.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a preset function screen or frequency-based screen is displayed as initial screen, then the apparatus can display an initial screen, but the initial screen does not match the start-up factor causing reduced user operability
Solution Approach 1:
The control unit performs preliminary action by determining the initial screen in advance based on the start-up factor before the user needs to operate the apparatus. The screen determination is made proactively based on detected start-up factors (power switch on-signal, receipt notification, paper detection, touch panel input), ensuring the correct screen is ready for immediate display, thereby improving initial operability without requiring users to manually navigate or change screens.
2Productivity
If the apparatus displays any initial screen at startup, then the display unit can show information, but the displayed screen may not correspond to the intended function reducing user efficiency
Solution Approach 1:
The control unit implements feedback by continuously detecting start-up factors from various sources (power switch signals, receipt notifications, paper detection sensors, touch panel inputs) and using this feedback information to dynamically determine which initial screen should be displayed. This closed-loop approach ensures the displayed screen always corresponds to the actual start-up context, improving both productivity and screen relevance.
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AI summary
An image forming apparatus having functions pertaining to image formation includes: a display unit for displaying a screen corresponding to each function; a storage unit for storing the screens to be displayed on the display unit and start-up factor information, one of the screens stored as an initial screen related to the start-up factor information, the initial screen being displayed at a time of starting up the image forming apparatus; and a control unit for making the image forming apparatus start when the start-up factor information is input from an information obtaining unit in a state where the image forming apparatus is not in operation, for deciding the initial screen to be displayed on the display unit by comparing the input start-up factor information to the start-up factor information stored in the storage unit, and for making the display unit display the decided initial screen.