Information Processing Apparatus for Image Reading Service Matching
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face challenges in finding an image reading apparatus that meets the specific reading operation requirements demanded by service providing apparatuses, leading to time-consuming searches.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus and image reading apparatus system that stores and manages service identification, user identification, and apparatus identification information, allowing users to easily find and determine if image reading apparatuses can execute specific reading operations based on stored specifications and function information.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If users manually search for image reading apparatuses that meet service specifications, then they can find suitable apparatuses, but the process is time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-storing service identification information, reading setting specifications, and apparatus function information in a database before the user needs to find an apparatus. When a user accesses the service, the system has already organized this information and can immediately perform matching without requiring the user to manually search through specifications.
Solution Approach 2:
The information processing apparatus acts as an intermediary between the user and the image reading apparatuses. It receives service identification information, automatically determines compatible apparatuses by comparing specifications, and presents the results to the user. This intermediary function eliminates the need for users to manually search and compare apparatus specifications themselves.
2Measurement precision
If the system stores detailed specification information for all services and apparatuses, then matching accuracy is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the matching process into distinct components: service identification information, reading setting specifications, and apparatus function information are stored as separate, organized data structures. This segmentation allows the system to manage detailed specifications efficiently by breaking them down into manageable categories that can be processed and compared systematically.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the parameters of information storage by organizing data in a structured format with specific fields for service identification, reading settings, and apparatus functions. This parameter organization enables accurate matching while maintaining manageable complexity through standardized data structures that can be efficiently queried and compared.
Data Source
AI summary
Computer readable instructions, when executed by a processor, may cause an information processing apparatus to determine whether one or more of status information including specific apparatus identification information are received during a first time period around the time of receiving a reading instruction. The computer readable instructions, when executed by the processor, may cause the information processing apparatus to determine whether one or more of specific image reading apparatuses identified by one or more of specific apparatus identification information can execute a reading operation represented by acquired setting information from a memory, using one or more of a plurality of function information associated with the one or more of specific apparatus identification information, and transmit a determination result to an operation apparatus based on determining whether the one or more of specific image reading apparatuses can execute the reading operation.