Image Processing Apparatus Custom Error Screen Selection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing image processing apparatuses fail to provide sufficient error notification during service usage, as standard error screens may not adequately convey the nature of errors occurring during image processing actions, particularly when instructed by servers.
Innovation Solution
An image processing apparatus that determines the source of instruction data to display either a standard or custom error screen, with custom screen data acquired from the server when the error occurs during specific instruction data execution, allowing for appropriate error notification tailored to the service provided.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If a standard error screen is displayed for all errors, then the device complexity is reduced and ease of operation is improved, but the loss of information increases because the error content may not be sufficiently notified
Solution Approach 1:
The patent stores multiple error screen templates in advance in the memory unit, each template pre-configured for different error types. When an error occurs, the controller selects and displays the appropriate pre-prepared template, avoiding the need to generate error screens dynamically and reducing information loss while maintaining manageable complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies different error screen templates to different error situations based on the error type identification. Each error type receives a specialized error screen with appropriate information, achieving local optimization of error notification quality without requiring a completely complex system-wide overhaul
2Loss of information
If multiple custom error screens are implemented for different error types, then the loss of information is reduced by providing appropriate error notification, but the device complexity increases due to multiple screen data management
Solution Approach 1:
The controller automatically identifies the error type from the error information received during image processing and selects the corresponding error screen template based on this feedback. This automated selection process reduces the operational burden on users while ensuring appropriate error information is conveyed
Solution Approach 2:
The error screen system is designed to handle multiple error types using a unified approach: a single controller that can identify various error types and select from multiple pre-stored templates. This multi-functional design provides comprehensive error notification without requiring separate manual intervention systems for each error type
3Loss of time
If custom error screens are stored in advance in the memory, then the loss of time is reduced by avoiding dynamic generation, but the device complexity increases due to additional memory requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts only the essential error screen templates needed for common error types and stores them in the memory unit. By taking out only the necessary components rather than storing all possible error screens or generating them dynamically, the system achieves fast error notification while keeping memory requirements manageable
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AI summary
An image processing apparatus includes: a memory; and a controller configured to execute: first acquisition processing of acquiring instruction data, execution instruction processing of causing an image processing device to execute the image processing action instructed by the instruction data, and first determination processing, in response that an error occurs during the image processing action, of determining whether the instruction data is specific instruction data or not, first error processing, in response that it is determined that the instruction data is not the specific instruction data, of displaying a standard error screen to be represented by standard screen data stored in advance in the memory, and second error processing, in response that it is determined that the instruction data is the specific instruction data, of displaying a custom error screen to be represented by custom screen data acquired from the server.