Image Processor Engine Preparation for Reduced Latency
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing image processing apparatuses experience increased processing time when an immediate execution button is pressed, as the engine preparation operation is only initiated after user input, leading to longer delays compared to selecting a function screen directly.
Innovation Solution
An image processing apparatus that includes a processor configured to display operation screens with buttons for specifying processing tasks and execute corresponding engine preparation operations in response to user interactions, allowing for pre-initiation of engine preparation before user input, thereby reducing processing time.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of time
If the preparation operation is executed only after the user presses the immediate execution button, then the device complexity is reduced, but the processing time from button press to image output increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by executing the preparation operation for the printer engine in advance, before the user actually presses the immediate execution button. The processor detects the display of the immediate execution button and automatically starts the preparation operation, so that when the button is pressed, the engine is already ready and only the image output operation remains, significantly reducing the processing time.
2Loss of time
If the preparation operation is executed in advance when the immediate execution button is displayed, then the processing time is reduced, but the energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The preparation operation is initiated in advance when the immediate execution button is displayed, preparing the printer engine before actual printing is needed. This preliminary action reduces the waiting time when the button is pressed, while the system manages energy by only maintaining preparation state for buttons that are actually displayed and potentially selected.
Data Source
AI summary
Provided is an image processing apparatus including a display operation unit, the image processing apparatus including: a memory; and a processor in communication with the memory, wherein the processor is configured to: display a predetermined operation screen for selectively displaying at least one of a plurality of buttons each for specifying processing to be executed; and execute, based on display, on the predetermined operation screen, of a button having an attribute in which processing corresponding to the button is started in response to a user operation on the button, a preparation operation for a processing unit corresponding to the button.