Image Reading Settings Prioritized for Multi-User Selection
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Solution Overview
Problem
In existing image reading apparatuses, as the number of registered setting conditions increases due to multiple users, it becomes difficult for a user to select the desired setting condition information, which is not always displayed in the predetermined display area, leading to inconvenience.
Innovation Solution
An image reading apparatus with a controller that registers setting conditions in association with users, prioritizes conditions corresponding to the identified user, and displays them in a determined order, allowing easy selection of desired settings.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple users register setting conditions, then the system supports more users and their preferences, but the display area cannot show all setting conditions, making it difficult for users to find their desired settings
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the display of setting conditions by creating user-specific display areas. Each user's registered setting conditions are separated and displayed in their own designated region, allowing users to quickly locate their preferences without searching through all conditions from multiple users. This segmentation resolves the contradiction by maintaining multi-user support while improving individual user ease of operation.
2Loss of information
If all registered setting conditions are displayed, then complete information is provided, but the predetermined display area becomes overcrowded and hard to navigate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by providing different display characteristics for different user groups. Each user has a dedicated display area with their own setting conditions, allowing the system to present simplified, user-specific information in each local region rather than overwhelming all users with the complete set of all conditions. This maintains information availability while reducing perceived complexity for each user.
3Adaptability or versatility
If setting conditions are registered by multiple users, then the system becomes more versatile, but selecting the desired setting condition becomes more difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action by pre-organizing setting conditions into user-specific display areas before the user needs to select them. When users access the system, their registered setting conditions are already sorted and displayed in their designated areas, eliminating the need to search through all conditions. This preliminary organization maintains versatile multi-user support while significantly reducing the time required for setting condition selection.
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AI summary
Setting conditions related to reading of an image of a document are registered in association with a user according to input by a user. When a user is identified, the priority order is determined so that a setting condition corresponding to the identified user is prioritized over a setting condition not corresponding to the user among the registered setting conditions, and the setting condition information indicating the setting conditions in the determined priority is displayed. The image is read under the setting condition based on the setting condition information selected according to the input by the user of the setting condition information indicating the displayed setting conditions.