Job Processing Apparatus Stopping Transmission via Last Input Job
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face difficulties in promptly stopping a facsimile transmission job on a job processing apparatus, as they need to search through a list of jobs, which can lead to incomplete or ongoing transmissions due to the time-consuming nature of this process.
Innovation Solution
A job processing apparatus equipped with an input unit, management unit, reception unit, search unit, and stopping unit that allows users to input, manage, and stop transmission jobs efficiently by searching for the last input job during a configuration screen display, enabling immediate cessation of the desired transmission.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the user presses the stop key and selects a job from the job list, then the job can be stopped, but it takes time to search for the desired job in the list
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary identification of the last input job and prepares it for stopping before the user actually requests to stop a job. When the stop key is pressed during configuration screen display, the system has already identified the target job, eliminating the need for users to search through the job list.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention extracts the most recently input job information from the job list and presents it separately on the configuration screen. This allows users to identify and stop the desired job immediately without searching through the entire job list, as the target job is already highlighted or displayed prominently.
2Measurement precision
If the user searches through the job list to find the desired job, then the correct job can be identified, but facsimile transmission may be performed during the search
Solution Approach 1:
The system identifies and highlights the last input job on the configuration screen before the user presses the stop key. This preliminary identification ensures that the user selects the correct job without needing to search through the job list, preventing transmission from occurring during the selection process.
Solution Approach 2:
The configuration screen serves as an intermediary between the job list and the stop operation. It displays information about the last input job in a prominent manner, acting as a mediator that guides the user to the correct job without requiring them to search through the entire job list, thus ensuring accurate job identification.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the system displays a configuration screen for making settings, then job settings can be adjusted, but the user cannot quickly stop the last input job
Solution Approach 1:
The configuration screen is designed to serve multiple functions: it allows users to adjust job settings while also prominently displaying information about the last input job and enabling quick stopping of that job. This multi-functionality eliminates the need for a separate job selection interface, allowing users to both configure and stop jobs from the same screen.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention merges the job configuration function and the job stopping function into a single configuration screen. The last input job information is integrated into the configuration screen display, allowing users to access both setting adjustment and job stopping capabilities without switching between different interfaces or screens.
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AI summary
A job processing apparatus that is capable of positively stopping a transmission job desired by a user. A transmission job is input according to a user's operation. Uncompleted transmission jobs out of input transmission jobs are managed by a job management table. A first stop instruction for stopping a transmission job is received according to a user's operation. In a case where the first stop instruction is received during display of a configuration screen for making settings of a transmission job, a transmission job input last out of the transmission jobs managed by the job management table is searched for, and the searched-for transmission job is stopped.