Image Processing Apparatus Unified Input Screen
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing image processing apparatuses require cumbersome two-step operations for uploading image data, involving input and upload steps, which can be complex for users, especially those not accustomed to handling web applications.
Innovation Solution
The image processing apparatus displays a screen with appropriate display objects for both scanning and selecting stored image data, allowing users to easily input image data using either the scanner or stored documents from the same screen, simplifying the upload process by integrating input methods.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the image processing apparatus uses a conventional web browser for file upload, then the apparatus can upload image data to external servers, but the operation becomes complex requiring two separate steps (input step and upload step)
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the file input function and upload function into a single integrated display region. The form input area serves dual purposes: both displaying file selection interfaces and showing upload progress/status. This merging eliminates the need for separate input and upload steps, allowing users to complete both operations through a single unified interface.
Solution Approach 2:
The display region is designed to serve multiple functions simultaneously. It acts as both a file selection interface and an upload status display area. The same visual space handles different operational phases (selection, uploading, completion) without requiring navigation to different screens or regions, making the interface universal for both input and upload operations.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the image processing apparatus provides multiple input methods (scanner and stored documents), then the versatility of the apparatus increases, but the interface complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple input method interfaces (scanner selection and stored document selection) into a single unified form input area. Both input methods are presented together in one display region rather than requiring separate screens or regions, allowing users to choose between scanner and stored documents without navigating through complex multi-step interfaces.
Solution Approach 2:
The form input area is designed as a universal interface that handles multiple input methods (scanner and stored documents) through a single unified display region. This multi-functional design allows the same interface space to support different input sources without increasing overall interface complexity.
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AI summary
With an image processing apparatus (110, 120, 130), which has an input unit configured to input image data and which is communicably connected to an external apparatus via a network (152), in the case that a document with a predetermined form that includes a request for input of image data is obtained via the network from the external apparatus, in the event of displaying a screen corresponding to the obtained document, a screen including a display object based on the predetermined form, the display object to instruct inputting of image data with the input unit, is displayed. At this time, determination is made as to whether or not to display the display object, and according to determination results a control unit (111) controls the display of the display object.