Image Transfer Condition Reuse Across External Services
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing image transfer systems require users to re-input sortation conditions for different external services, leading to additional work when the same conditions are desired for multiple services.
Innovation Solution
An image transfer apparatus that manages sortation conditions and associates them with transfer destinations, allowing users to select and link conditions with external services, enabling seamless transfer of images based on user-defined criteria.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If users register sortation conditions for each external service separately, then each service can have customized transfer rules, but users need to input the same conditions multiple times, increasing work burden
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal sortation condition management system where conditions registered once can be associated with multiple external services. The management unit stores sortation conditions independently of specific services, allowing a single condition to be reused across backup services, edit services, and other external services, eliminating redundant input while maintaining service-specific customization through selective association.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables users to copy sortation conditions by registering them once in the management unit and then associating them with multiple external services. Instead of re-inputting conditions for each service, the system creates references to the same condition data, allowing efficient replication across different service destinations.
2Productivity
If the system manages sortation conditions centrally, then condition reuse across services is enabled, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the image transfer system into two independent functional modules: a management unit that handles sortation condition registration and storage, and transfer units for each external service that handle actual image transfers. This segmentation allows the management unit to maintain a centralized condition database without requiring complex integration logic in each transfer unit, reducing overall system complexity while enabling efficient condition reuse.
Solution Approach 2:
The management unit acts as an intermediary between users and multiple external service transfer units. It provides a standardized interface for condition registration and maintains associations between conditions and services, mediating the complexity of multi-service coordination while presenting a simple user interface. This intermediary role centralizes management logic without burdening individual transfer units with complex coordination requirements.
Data Source
AI summary
An image transfer apparatus for transferring a received image to a transfer destination includes a management unit configured to manage first information in which sortation conditions to sort the received image are held, an association unit configured to associate a sortation condition selected by a user from among the sortation conditions included in the first information with a transfer destination selected by the user, and a transfer unit configured to transfer the received image to a specified transfer destination.