MFP Server Image Selection via Address Feature Association
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Solution Overview
Problem
In communication systems where users select printing images, the increasing number of options burdens the user with a heavier selection task, making it cumbersome to choose the desired image for printing.
Innovation Solution
An information processing server communicates with a device capable of print and scan processing, receiving scan information, transmitting sample image information, and associating delivery address and feature information to reduce user burden by pre-selecting image features based on previous print data, thereby simplifying the image selection process.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If various kinds of display information are received from the web server to provide multiple printing image options, then the user can select from more diverse images, but the burden on the user for selecting the desired image increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by automatically acquiring scan information from the device, creating first surface image information with delivery addresses, and pre-selecting appropriate second surface images from the server before presenting options to the user. This reduces the user's selection burden while maintaining image diversity
Solution Approach 2:
The information processing server acts as an intermediary between the user and the image selection process. It receives scan information, processes it to create first surface image information, acquires corresponding second surface images from the server, and presents a curated set of options to the user, thereby mediating between the need for diverse images and the desire for easy selection
Data Source
AI summary
A non-transitory storage medium stores instructions executable by an information processing server communicable with a device capable of executing a print processing and a scan processing. A delivery address and a second surface image are to be printed on first and second surfaces of a delivery object. First feature information indicates a feature of the second surface image. The information processing server reads delivery address information and the first feature information associated with each other, when scan information is newly received. The information processing server extracts sample image information when the read delivery address information is the same as the delivery address information contained in the newly-received scan information. The sample image information is for displaying a sample image corresponding to the second surface image having a feature indicated by the first feature information associated with the read delivery address information.