Image Processing Operation Panel History Region Expansion
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing image processing apparatuses do not provide sufficient convenience for users when utilizing the history button, as they require users to manually input setting contents for repeated image processing tasks.
Innovation Solution
The image processing apparatus includes an operation panel with a display that shows a first history screen with a menu region and a history region. Upon user operation, the apparatus switches to a second history screen where the history region is expanded, allowing for easier access and management of completed image processing tasks.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the history region is kept compact on the first history screen, then the menu region remains accessible and the screen layout is balanced, but the history buttons are not easily accessible and require more user effort to interact with
Solution Approach 1:
The history region is designed to be dynamically expandable from its initial compact state. When a user selects a history button or performs a specific operation, the history region expands to display additional history entries or detailed information. This dynamic transformation allows the interface to adapt to different user needs without requiring a permanently complex layout, resolving the contradiction between ease of operation and device complexity.
2Quantity of substance
If more history buttons are displayed simultaneously, then users can access more completed image processings at once, but the display area for each history button decreases and the screen becomes cluttered
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of displaying all history buttons in a single two-dimensional grid which would clutter the screen, the invention uses a multi-dimensional approach where the history region can expand into additional spatial dimensions or layers. When expanded, the history region may display more buttons vertically or horizontally, or present detailed information in a separate overlay, allowing users to access more history items without reducing the display area of each button in the compact view.
3Ease of operation
If the history region is expanded to show more completed image processings, then user convenience is improved, but the menu region becomes less accessible or requires additional navigation steps
Solution Approach 1:
The screen is segmented into distinct functional regions: the menu region and the history region. The history region can be expanded independently without affecting the menu region's accessibility. When the history region expands, it may do so in a dedicated area or overlay, allowing users to access expanded history functionality while maintaining the ability to quickly return to or access the menu region through predefined navigation paths, thus avoiding increased navigation complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
An image processing apparatus for executing a plurality of functions related to image processings includes an operation panel and a controller. The operation panel includes a display configured to display a first history screen on which a menu region and a history region are arranged. In the menu region, function buttons corresponding to a plurality of functions are arranged. In the history region, history buttons corresponding to completed image processings are arranged. The controller is configured to control the display to switch from the first history screen to a second history screen on which the history region is expanded, in response to user operation on the operation panel.