Image Reading Apparatus Scan Condition Selection Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing image reading apparatuses are limited in convenience as they only allow the use of scan conditions registered on the device itself, restricting the ability to utilize scan conditions from external apparatuses.
Innovation Solution
The image reading system allows users to select between using scan conditions registered on the device or received from an external apparatus, enabling the use of input scan conditions and registered scan conditions for improved convenience.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If only scan conditions registered on the image reading apparatus are used, then the device complexity is reduced, but the adaptability and user convenience are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The image reading apparatus is designed to accept scan conditions from multiple sources including both external apparatuses and the apparatus itself, making the system universally applicable to different scanning scenarios without requiring separate modes or configurations for each source type
Solution Approach 2:
A control unit is introduced as an intermediary component that manages the selection and application of scan conditions from different sources, coordinating between external apparatuses and the image reading apparatus to determine which scan conditions are applied
2Ease of operation
If scan conditions from external apparatuses are allowed, then user convenience is improved, but the ease of operation becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically receives and applies scan conditions from external apparatuses without requiring manual configuration or complex user intervention, allowing the external apparatus to provide scan conditions that are automatically integrated into the imaging operation
Data Source
AI summary
An image reading apparatus includes: an input operation unit; a reading device which performs a scanning operation of reading an image of a document; and a control unit. The control unit performs: a communication receiving process of receiving a scan condition for the scanning operation through a data communication unit; an input receiving process of receiving a scan condition for the scanning operation through the input operation unit; a selection receiving process of receiving a selection instruction received by the input operation unit and representing whether to perform a first reading mode for performing the scanning operation preferentially on a basis of the scan condition received in the communication receiving process or a second reading mode for performing the scanning operation preferentially on a basis of the scan condition received in the input receiving process; and a scanning executing process of performing the selected reading mode.