Image Processing Display Control for Missing Job History Items
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face difficulties in searching for job histories in image processing apparatuses when the value of an item has not been set, leading to a cluttered display with messages indicating no recorded items, making it hard to find desired job history information.
Innovation Solution
An image processing apparatus and method that stores job history data and includes a display control unit to decide an alternative item for display when the content of a specific item is not set, using items like job type or user name as substitutes to simplify the display and search process.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If the system displays all job history items including those with empty content, then the display shows complete job history information, but the display becomes cluttered and difficult to search
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by treating different job history items differently based on their content status. Items with content are displayed normally, while items without content are replaced with alternative items. This selective display approach maintains information completeness for valid items while improving searchability by eliminating clutter from empty items.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces alternative items as intermediaries to bridge the gap between complete information display and clean searchability. When a primary job history item has no content, an alternative item (such as a placeholder or categorized label) is used to represent it, allowing the system to maintain information structure without displaying cluttering empty values.
2Device complexity
If the system uses a fixed display format for job histories, then the display structure is simple and consistent, but it cannot adapt when item content is missing
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamics by making the display format adaptive rather than fixed. The system automatically adjusts the display content based on whether each job history item has valid content or not. This dynamic adjustment allows the display to maintain simplicity for complete items while adapting to handle missing content gracefully through alternative representations.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies parameter changes by modifying the display parameters (shown content) based on the content availability of each job history item. When content is present, the primary item is displayed; when content is missing, the display parameter switches to show an alternative item instead, thus adapting the display without changing the underlying data structure.
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AI summary
An image processing apparatus comprising a display control unit configured to, in a case where there is an item in which a content has not been set in a plurality of items of job information, decide for each history data of a plurality of jobs an item to be used for displaying a list of execution histories of the plurality of jobs and, based on a content set for the decided item, control the display unit so as to display the list of execution histories of the plurality of jobs.