Image Forming Device Storage Location Display Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing image forming devices face challenges in efficiently managing and displaying image data stored across multiple locations with the same identification information, particularly in handling attribute information associated with these locations, which complicates user navigation and data retrieval.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of an image forming device with a search processor and a display controller that collectively represents multiple storage locations with the same identification information, using different display processes based on the presence or absence of attribute information, allowing for organized display and user-friendly data retrieval.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If multiple storage locations with the same identification information are displayed individually, then complete information is provided, but the number of operations required to select desired image data increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple storage location information items that share the same identification information into a single collectively displayed item. This combining approach reduces the number of display elements and user selection operations while preserving access to all underlying storage locations, thereby resolving the contradiction between information completeness and operational ease.
2Measurement precision
If attribute information is displayed for each storage location, then detailed identification is achieved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by displaying attribute information selectively - only when it differs among storage locations with the same identification information. This targeted approach provides necessary identification precision while avoiding the complexity of displaying all possible attributes for all storage locations uniformly.
Solution Approach 2:
The system displays attribute information partially - only the relevant attributes that differentiate storage locations are shown, rather than all possible attributes. This partial display approach maintains identification precision while reducing overall display complexity.
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AI summary
An image forming device includes a search processor and a display controller. The search processor searches storage location information corresponding to storage locations storing image data. When multiple storage location information with the same identification information is found by search, the display controller causes a display unit to display representational information collectively representing the multiple storage location information, and causes the display unit to display information related to image data using a different process of displaying information related to image data stored in the multiple locations, according to whether or not attribute information used as supplementary information for identifying storage location information is associated with each of the multiple storage location information corresponding to specified representational information.