Image Processing Device Cloud Parameter Automation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current image processing systems face challenges in efficiently managing image scanning and printing across distant locations, particularly when users lack familiarity with digital equipment, leading to burdensome processes for both clients and scan executors, as they need to specify scan parameters and printer settings manually.
Innovation Solution
An image processing device and system that includes a reception unit for processing identifiers, an acquisition unit for processing information, an image reading unit for reading images based on scan parameters, and a transmission unit for sending images to a specified storing location, along with an instruction unit for printing, facilitating remote scanning and printing through cloud services and shared account information.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If manual specification of scan parameters and printer settings is required, then image processing can be performed, but the operation becomes burdensome for users unfamiliar with digital equipment
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-configuring scan parameters and printer settings through cloud-based account information. Users simply need to input their account credentials, and the system automatically retrieves and applies the pre-set parameters, eliminating the need for users to manually configure complex settings.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention introduces cloud-based account information as an intermediary between the user and the image processing system. Instead of directly interacting with complex device settings, users provide account credentials, and the cloud service acts as a mediator to automatically configure and transmit the appropriate parameters to the scanning and printing devices.
2Ease of operation
If cloud-based automatic parameter transmission is implemented, then ease of operation improves, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts the complex parameter configuration and management functions from the local device and relocates them to a cloud-based service. This allows the local device to focus on simple execution tasks while the cloud handles the complexity of parameter storage, retrieval, and transmission, effectively separating concerns and reducing local system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The cloud-based account information system serves multiple functions: storing scan parameters, managing printer settings, authenticating users, and coordinating between different devices. This universal platform handles various image processing tasks across different locations and devices, reducing the need for separate configuration systems at each location.
3Productivity
If scan parameters and printer information are pre-configured in cloud accounts, then remote printing becomes efficient, but information security requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements self-service authentication where users provide their own account credentials (such as line search codes or authentication tokens) that are already registered with the cloud service. This eliminates the need for the system to actively manage or transmit sensitive authentication information, as each user independently authenticates themselves, thereby maintaining security while enabling automated parameter retrieval.
Data Source
AI summary
An image processing device including a reception unit, an acquisition unit, an image reading unit, a transmission unit, and an instruction unit. The reception unit receives a processing identifier associated with image reading processing. The acquisition unit acquires processing information associated with the processing identifier, the processing information including at least information regarding a storing location and client's identification information. The image reading unit reads an image on the basis of the processing information. The transmission unit transmits data of the read image to the storing location according to the processing information. The instruction unit issues a print instruction to print the image on the basis of the client's identification information included in the processing information.