Image Processing Apparatus Transition Animation Warm-Up Time
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Solution Overview
Problem
Multifunctional image forming apparatuses face a challenge in reducing warm-up time while providing a sophisticated user interface through transition animation, as the animation process can prolong the time required for screen changes.
Innovation Solution
An image processing apparatus with a reception unit for application button registration, a first display control unit for displaying application buttons, and a second display control unit that performs screen transitions with or without animation based on the availability of a pre-generated transition image, allowing for efficient warm-up time management.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If transition animation is displayed during screen changes, then user interface sophistication is improved, but warm-up time becomes longer
Solution Approach 1:
The patent generates transition animation images in advance and stores them in a buffer memory before they are needed. This preliminary preparation allows the animation to be displayed immediately when screen transitions occur, without adding to the warm-up time, as the images are ready beforehand.
Solution Approach 2:
The transition animation process is divided into distinct stages: image generation, buffering/storage, and display. By segmenting the process, the computationally intensive generation phase occurs separately from the display phase, allowing the animation to be prepared during idle periods and displayed without delaying system activation.
2Ease of operation
If transition animation is generated and displayed, then screen change effects are enhanced, but CPU burden increases
Solution Approach 1:
The transition animation images are generated in advance and stored in buffer memory, separating the computationally intensive generation process from the display process. This allows the CPU to prepare the animation during idle periods without impacting the performance during actual screen transitions.
Solution Approach 2:
A buffer memory is introduced as an intermediary between the CPU and the display system. The CPU generates animation images and stores them in the buffer, which then supplies them to the display on demand. This intermediary decouples the CPU workload from the real-time display requirements, reducing the CPU burden during screen transitions.
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AI summary
When a registration request of an application button is received, an information processing apparatus generates an image for transition if an activation-completed notification is received. If the activation-completed notification is not received, the information processing apparatus generates the image for transition after the activation-completed notification is received.