Image Forming Device Setting Screen Output Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Image forming devices face challenges in maintaining user convenience when outputting setting screens related to authentication processing, especially when using authentication methods that require prior authorization.
Innovation Solution
The image forming device includes an outputter and controllers that determine and display appropriate screen information for the setting screen based on the output destination, ensuring that the display content aligns with the capabilities of the output destination, even when using authentication methods that require prior authorization.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If OAuth 2.0 authentication method requiring prior authorization is implemented, then security is improved, but user convenience deteriorates due to complex setting screen output requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by customizing the setting screen display based on the output destination. When the setting screen is output to a display device, the full OAuth 2.0 authorization flow is shown. When output to a print device, a simplified version is displayed. This allows the system to maintain security requirements while adapting the user interface to different contexts, thereby preserving user convenience without compromising authentication security.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements dynamics by making the setting screen content adaptive rather than static. The controller determines the output destination and dynamically adjusts the displayed information accordingly. This dynamic adaptation allows the system to present only necessary information in each context, reducing user burden while maintaining the required security protocols for OAuth 2.0 authentication.
2Adaptability or versatility
If setting screen information is output to multiple destinations, then system versatility is improved, but information relevance deteriorates due to potential mismatch with destination capabilities
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by tailoring the setting screen content to each specific output destination. The controller identifies the destination type (display device or print device) and customizes the information presented accordingly. This ensures that each destination receives information optimized for its capabilities, maintaining both versatility and information relevance simultaneously.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the setting screen information into different components based on the output destination. Essential authentication information is provided to all destinations, while destination-specific details are selectively included. This segmentation allows the system to maintain versatility across multiple output destinations while preserving information relevance for each specific context.
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AI summary
An image forming device includes an outputter that outputs, in a case where an authentication method is capable of being set and an authentication method that requires prior authorization by an authorization service is selected, screen information of a setting screen corresponding to the authentication method that requires the prior authorization by the authorization service, and one or more controllers that control output of the screen information by the outputter. The one or more controllers perform control to determine a display content of the setting screen based on an output destination of the screen information and output the screen information including the display content.