Image Processor Preset Selection Interface
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users of multifunction peripherals face laborious tasks in restoring settings after mistakenly selecting an unintended preset-setting group, leading to undesirable changes in print, scan, and facsimile settings, as they need to manually update settings again.
Innovation Solution
An image processor with a display system that visually distinguishes selected and unselected preset-setting groups, storing changed settings and preventing unintended selection changes, ensuring intuitive operation and preventing accidental updates by displaying set values and controlling the image processing mechanism based on original and changed values.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the system allows switching between preset-setting groups, then the ease of operation is improved, but the reliability deteriorates due to unintended selection changes
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies preliminary anti-action by detecting when a user navigates back from a detailed setting screen and automatically preventing the icon state from changing back to unselected. This preemptive measure counteracts the potential harmful effect of unintended selection changes before they can occur, thereby maintaining reliability while preserving ease of operation.
2Loss of time
If the system restores settings after misoperation, then the loss of time is reduced, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by maintaining a record of the previously selected preset-setting group and automatically restoring it when a misoperation is detected. This advance preparation eliminates the need for complex restoration procedures, reducing user time loss while avoiding significant increases in device complexity through straightforward data management.
3Measurement precision
If the system displays all icons in unselected state, then the measurement precision of selection state is improved, but the ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies local quality by displaying icons with different visual characteristics based on their selection state. The currently selected preset-setting group's icon is displayed in a distinct manner (e.g., highlighted or different color) from unselected icons, allowing users to quickly identify the active setting while maintaining intuitive operation through visual differentiation.
Data Source
AI summary
An image processor includes a display. The display displays a preset-setting-group selection screen containing a plurality of icons respectively corresponding to preset-setting groups such that one icon is displayed in a manner indicative of a selected state while at least one icon other than the one icon is displayed in a manner that is indicative of an unselected state. When any of set values of a preset-setting group corresponding to the one icon having been displayed in the manner indicative of the selected state, the display displays a preset-setting-group-updated screen containing the one icon displayed in the manner indicative of the selected state on the preset-setting-group selection screen and not containing the at least one icon in the manner indicative of the unselected state on the preset-setting-group selection screen.