Image Processing Apparatus Automatic Sheet Type Adjustment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face difficulties in making sophisticated adjustments to setting values for high-quality printing due to the need to manually select and adjust multiple settings for sheet types and sizes in image processing apparatuses, making it challenging for normal users to achieve optimal printing results.
Innovation Solution
An image processing apparatus with an identification unit for determining sheet size and type, a display control unit for guiding automatic adjustments, and a setting unit for automatically configuring the paper feed source, allowing users to select between manual and automatic settings based on detected sheet properties, thereby simplifying the printing process.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple means for changing setting values are provided, then the adaptability of the system is improved, but the device complexity and ease of operation deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The identification unit automatically detects sheet size and type, and the setting unit automatically sets appropriate settings values without requiring user intervention. This self-service mechanism eliminates the need for users to manually select from multiple changing means, thereby reducing operational complexity while maintaining system adaptability through automatic detection and adjustment capabilities
2Ease of operation
If automatic adjustment based on sheet properties is implemented, then ease of operation is improved, but measurement precision requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The identification unit serves as an intermediary that bridges the gap between sheet properties and appropriate settings values. It automatically detects and identifies sheet characteristics, then the setting unit uses this information to determine optimal settings. This intermediary mechanism enables automatic adjustment while managing measurement precision requirements through specialized detection hardware and processing algorithms
Data Source
AI summary
An image processing apparatus includes an identification unit that identifies a sheet size and a sheet type of an adjustment target sheet, a display control unit that, in a case of making an adjustment of a setting value of the sheet type automatically based on the sheet size and the sheet type identified by the identification unit, displays on a display unit an operating procedure for making the adjustment automatically, and a setting unit that sets the sheet size and the sheet type after the adjustment for a paper feed source into which the adjustment target sheet is loaded.