Automated Network Configuration for Image Processors
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Solution Overview
Problem
Configuring initial settings for image processing apparatuses is inconvenient for users, particularly when advanced settings require manual input of connection information and subsequent access to remote UIs, which can be cumbersome and prone to misuse by unintended users.
Innovation Solution
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores a program that facilitates configuring network settings for an image processing apparatus by receiving settings, generating connection destination information, and displaying a page for further configuration, reducing user burden and enhancing security by prompting password registration.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If manual input of connection information and access to remote UI is used for configuring advanced settings, then the image processing apparatus can be configured, but the user burden increases and the process becomes cumbersome
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically generates connection destination information and provides it to the terminal apparatus, eliminating the need for manual input. The image processing apparatus serves itself by creating and transmitting the connection information that the terminal needs to access it for configuration.
Solution Approach 2:
The image processing apparatus generates connection destination information in advance, before the terminal apparatus needs to access it. This preliminary generation of connection information simplifies the subsequent configuration process by having the data ready beforehand.
2Reliability
If manual input of connection information is required, then connection can be established, but the process is prone to misuse by unintended users
Solution Approach 1:
Connection destination information acts as an intermediary between the terminal apparatus and the image processing apparatus. This intermediary element provides secure access by requiring the terminal to obtain and use this specific information, preventing unintended users from directly accessing the configuration interface.
3Extent of automation
If the terminal apparatus automatically obtains connection information, then user burden is reduced, but additional automation mechanisms are required
Solution Approach 1:
The image processing apparatus performs the automation itself by automatically generating and transmitting connection destination information. This self-service approach achieves high automation without requiring complex external systems, as the apparatus serves its own configuration needs.
Data Source
AI summary
There is provided an information processing terminal for receiving a plurality of settings including a network setting of an image processing apparatus, transmitting the received network setting to the image processing apparatus, receiving, from the image processing apparatus, connection destination information to display a page on which at least a predetermined setting of the image processing apparatus that is different from the plurality of settings is to be configured, the connection destination information being generated based on the transmitted network setting, and displaying, based on completion of configuration of the plurality of settings, an object to access a connection destination indicated by the received connection destination information.