Marked Document Processing Without Color-Based Process Mapping
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems require users to remember and manually select predefined processes associated with specific marker colors, increasing complexity as the number of colors and processes increases, leading to a cumbersome user experience.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus and method that allows users to set processes on marked regions without being conscious of the marker colors used, enabling learning of these settings for future use, thereby simplifying the configuration process.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Extent of automation
If predefined processes are associated with specific marker colors, then the system can automatically execute specific processes on marked regions, but users must remember and manually select the correct color-process associations, increasing operation complexity
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of requiring users to select processes based on predefined color associations, the system inverts the approach by allowing users to freely set any process on any marked region regardless of color. The system then automatically detects and executes the designated process, eliminating the need for users to remember color-process mappings while maintaining automation.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces an intermediary mechanism where the process setting is decoupled from marker color. A new interface layer allows users to designate processes on marked regions without being constrained by predefined color associations, serving as a mediator between the user's intent and the system's automatic execution capability.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple marker colors are supported with predefined processes, then the system can handle diverse processing needs, but the number of color-process combinations increases, leading to higher system complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies universality by creating a single, unified process setting mechanism that works with any marker color. Instead of having separate predefined processes for each color, one process setting can be applied universally to marked regions regardless of their color, allowing the system to handle diverse processing needs without increasing complexity for each additional color.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the parameter of process association from being color-dependent to being region-dependent. By shifting the basis of process selection from marker color to marked region properties, the system maintains adaptability for diverse processing while simplifying the underlying structure, as the same process can be applied to regions marked with different colors.
3Reliability
If users must manually select predefined processes based on marker colors, then the system can execute specific processes, but the user burden increases and efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service by allowing users to directly designate processes on marked regions without needing to consult predefined color-process associations. Users can freely set the desired process on each marked region, and the system automatically executes it, eliminating the cognitive burden of remembering color codes while maintaining accurate process execution.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary action by pre-detecting all marked regions and their properties before process selection. This allows users to see all marked regions and freely assign processes to them without being constrained by color-based predefined associations, streamlining the workflow and improving efficiency while ensuring accurate process execution.
Data Source
AI summary
An information processing apparatus: detects, from a document image obtained by reading a marked document, a marked region; displays a first setting screen for setting a process to be associated with the detected marked region based on designation by a user; and executes the process set on the first setting screen on the detected marked region.