Image Processing Apparatus File Division for Transmission Errors
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional methods face challenges in efficiently transmitting large volumes of image data, particularly with fixed-form documents, as they often result in laborious scanning and division processes, leading to increased data amounts and transmission errors.
Innovation Solution
An image processing apparatus and method that allows users to input the number of pages per file, enabling the creation of image data files divided accordingly, thereby reducing the number of divisions and minimizing transmission errors.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If a plurality of sets of fixed-form documents are collectively scanned and transmitted as one large file, then the number of scanning operations is reduced, but the data amount becomes large increasing transmission errors
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the scanned image data into multiple files based on the number of pages, where each file contains a predetermined number of pages (e.g., 10 pages per file). This segmentation allows the system to process large volumes of documents while keeping each transmitted file within a safe data size limit, thus preventing transmission errors while maintaining high productivity through batch scanning.
2Reliability
If image data is divided into many small portions to avoid transmission errors, then transmission reliability improves, but the number of divisions becomes large making handling difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a configurable parameter for the number of pages per file (defaulting to 10 pages). This allows flexible adjustment of file division granularity based on transmission requirements. By optimizing this parameter, the system achieves a balance between keeping files small enough to avoid transmission errors and large enough to minimize the total number of files, thus reducing handling complexity while maintaining reliability.
3Ease of operation
If the number of pages per file is increased to reduce the number of divisions, then handling becomes easier, but the risk of transmission errors increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system provides a configurable parameter that allows users to specify the number of pages per file based on their transmission requirements and network conditions. This flexibility enables optimization of the balance between ease of handling (fewer files) and transmission reliability (smaller file sizes), allowing the same system to adapt to different operational contexts without being locked into a fixed division strategy.
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AI summary
An image processing apparatus receives a number of pages to be included in one file from a user, and reads an original. The image communication apparatus divides image data of the read original at each set of the received number of pages, and creates a file including the image data for each division of the divided image data.