Image Processing Setting History Display With Authentication-Gated Job Reuse
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing image processing apparatuses face challenges in balancing the usability of job setting histories with security, particularly when setting values related to protected data storage destinations are involved, leading to potential security breaches.
Innovation Solution
An image processing apparatus that stores and displays setting histories requiring authentication information, allowing users to input and execute jobs based on these histories only after providing valid authentication, thus ensuring secure access to sensitive operations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If setting history including storage destination of protected data is displayed and reused, then usability is improved, but security is compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts sensitive information (storage destination of protected data) from the setting history display. The list displayer shows setting history items without revealing specific storage destinations that contain protected data, while still allowing users to access and reuse the settings through authentication. This separation allows usability to be maintained while security risks are mitigated.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies different display qualities to different parts of the setting history. Sensitive portions (storage destinations of protected data) are masked or omitted, while non-sensitive portions (job type, basic settings) are displayed normally. This selective disclosure maintains usability for general settings while protecting security-critical information.
2Reliability
If display of setting history content is restricted to secure security, then security is improved, but usability is impaired
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary authentication before allowing access to setting history details. The system first verifies user credentials, then based on authentication results, determines what setting history information can be displayed and reused. This preliminary security check ensures that only authorized users can access protected storage destinations, maintaining both security and usability for authenticated users.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an authentication mechanism as an intermediary between the user and the setting history content. This intermediary verifies user credentials and mediates access rights, allowing authenticated users to access setting history with protected data while preventing unauthorized access. The authentication system acts as a gatekeeper that balances security requirements with user convenience.
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AI summary
An image processing apparatus includes: a setting history storage that stores a setting history being a history of a setting value when a job is executed; a list displayer that displays a list of the setting history; a setting screen displayer that displays, in a case where the setting history is selected, a setting screen on which the setting value included in the selected setting history is input; and a job executer that executes a job, based on the setting value input on the setting screen. The list displayer displays a list including the setting history for which authentication information is required, in a case where a job based on the setting value is executed.