Mobile Feature-Image Selection for Image-Forming Document Output
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing image forming apparatuses lack the ability to select and output document sheet data based on feature images, as they often do not have display capabilities to display such images, limiting user interaction and selection options.
Innovation Solution
An image forming system that includes an acquisition processing portion to generate feature images, an acceptance processing portion to display these images on a mobile terminal, and an output processing portion to output the corresponding document sheet data based on user selection on the mobile terminal, allowing selection and output based on feature images regardless of the display capabilities of the image forming apparatus.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If an image forming apparatus is equipped with display capabilities to display feature images, then user interaction and selection options are improved, but device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a mobile terminal as an intermediary device to display feature images and receive user selections. The image forming apparatus communicates with the mobile terminal via communication units, allowing the mobile terminal to serve as the display interface while the image forming apparatus retains its core printing functionality without requiring integrated display hardware.
2Adaptability or versatility
If an image forming apparatus integrates both storage and display capabilities, then functionality is improved, but the apparatus becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The mobile terminal serves multiple functions: it acts as a display device for feature images, a communication interface for receiving user selections, and a controller for transmitting output instructions to the image forming apparatus. This multi-functional approach eliminates the need for the image forming apparatus to integrate display capabilities while maintaining enhanced functionality.
3Measurement precision
If feature images are displayed on the image forming apparatus itself, then selection accuracy is improved, but the requirement for display hardware increases system complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The mobile terminal serves as an intermediary that displays high-quality feature images generated by the image forming apparatus. This allows users to accurately identify and select desired documents based on visual features while the image forming apparatus focuses on its core strength of document processing and output, rather than displaying images.
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AI summary
An image forming system (100) includes an acquisition processing portion (42), an acceptance processing portion (43), and an output processing portion (44). The acquisition processing portion (42) acquires feature images indicating features of respective pieces of document sheet data stored in a predetermined storage portion (24), the feature images corresponding to the respective pieces of document sheet data. The acceptance processing portion (43) causes one or a plurality of the feature images acquired by the acquisition processing portion (42) to be displayed on a predetermined mobile terminal (3), and accepts a selection operation for selecting the feature image on the mobile terminal (3). The output processing portion (44) outputs the document sheet data corresponding to the feature image selected by the selection operation.