Menu Screen for Selective Destination and Condition Reflection
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Solution Overview
Problem
In image processing apparatuses like multifunction peripherals, users face inconvenience when executing processes that require setting both execution conditions and destinations, as existing systems do not allow easy selection or modification of only the destination or execution conditions from operation histories.
Innovation Solution
The apparatus includes a first display for software keys generated based on application selection and execution, and a second display that, upon different user operations, shows a menu with options to execute applications using the destination, execution conditions, or a second software key, allowing users to selectively reflect only the destination or execution conditions from the operation history.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the existing system displays operation histories as a timeline and executes jobs based on selected history, then the trouble of inputting setting contents every time is saved, but users cannot easily select or modify only the destination or execution conditions from operation histories
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the job execution process into two independent selectable modes: destination selection and execution condition selection. When a user selects a software key from operation history, the system divides the settings into separate components (destination vs. execution conditions) and allows independent selection or modification of each component through distinct menu options, enabling granular control without requiring full re-input of all settings.
2Productivity
If the system allows selective reflection of destination or execution conditions, then user convenience is improved, but the operational complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary organization of job settings by pre-categorizing operation history data into distinct components: destination information and execution conditions. This preliminary structuring allows users to quickly access and selectively reflect only the specific components they need to modify, rather than dealing with a monolithic settings structure, thereby improving efficiency while managing complexity through pre-established data organization.
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AI summary
In a case where a setting content includes a destination to which an output product output by executing one application is to be transmitted, and in a case where a software key is selected, a menu screen including at least two of a first item for executing the application using the destination, a second item for executing the application using a setting content, and a third item for executing the application corresponding to a second software key based on the setting content is displayed.