Information Processing Apparatus Prioritizing Display Data

Solution Overview

Problem

Existing information processing technologies fail to explicitly indicate particular information to recipients when displaying operation target data with animation features, leading to unclear understanding and unnecessary printed sheets.

Innovation Solution

An information processing apparatus that includes an interpreter module to acquire and generate electronic data from an electronic document, using selection information to prioritize display data over secondary data, reducing the easy-read performance of secondary data to ensure specific information is not immediately apparent, thereby enhancing the presentation's clarity and reducing printed output.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If operation target data items are displayed with animation features to facilitate understanding, then the presentation becomes more intuitive and engaging, but the easy-to-read performance of secondary data increases, making particular information explicitly indicated to recipients

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveintuitive understandingVSAvoidexplicit indication of particular information

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies different display characteristics to different data items based on their importance. Primary operation target data items are displayed with full animation features and high easy-to-read performance for intuitive understanding, while secondary operation target data items are displayed with reduced animation features and reduced easy-to-read performance to prevent explicit indication. This local differentiation resolves the contradiction by allowing intuitive presentation of important information while preventing premature disclosure of secondary information.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

2Adaptability or versatility

If all operation target data items are displayed with full animation features, then the presentation is comprehensive and engaging, but the number of printed sheets increases unnecessarily

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecomprehensive presentationVSAvoidnumber of printed sheets

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts and separates operation target data items into primary and secondary categories based on their importance and display requirements. Secondary operation target data items are extracted from the full animation display and printed separately or omitted from certain outputs. This extraction allows comprehensive presentation of all data items while reducing the quantity of printed material by selectively excluding secondary items from printed outputs where they are not needed.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

3Ease of operation

If secondary operation target data items are displayed with the same ease-to-read performance as primary items, then all information is equally accessible, but the presentation clarity is reduced and unnecessary information is overly prominent

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveinformation accessibilityVSAvoidpresentation clarity

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies different display characteristics to different data items based on their importance. Primary operation target data items are displayed with full animation features and high easy-to-read performance for intuitive understanding, while secondary operation target data items are displayed with reduced animation features and reduced easy-to-read performance to prevent explicit indication. This local differentiation resolves the contradiction by allowing intuitive presentation of important information while preventing premature disclosure of secondary information.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentUS10755034B2Information processing apparatus

Publication Date: 2020.08.25 KONICA MINOLTA INC

AI summary

An information processing apparatus processes an electronic document including operation target data items. The electronic document is controlled by a processor performing an interpreter module which includes a first acquisition instruction for acquiring edit information, a second acquisition instruction for acquiring relevance information, and a generation instruction for generating electronic data from the electronic document based on the edit information and the relevance information. The relevance information includes first selection information for selecting some operation target data item, and second selection information for selecting another operation target data item. The electronic data includes first display data which is displayed based on the some operation target data item, and second display data which is displayed based on the another operation target data item in order that easy-to-read performance of the second display data is decreased to be lower than the first display data.