Numeric Key One-Touch Dialing for Image Transmission Apparatus
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional facsimile devices require dedicated one-touch dial keys for each telephone number, occupying valuable space on the operation panel and limiting user convenience.
Innovation Solution
An image transmission apparatus with a scanner, display, memory, and controller that allows for one-touch dial functionality using a combination of numeric and direction keys, eliminating the need for dedicated one-touch dial keys by storing telephone numbers in memory and retrieving them for transmission based on key operations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If dedicated one-touch dial keys are provided for each telephone number, then one-touch dial function is achieved, but operation panel space is occupied and key arrangement becomes complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by enabling numeric keys to serve dual purposes: functioning as both numeric input keys for dialing and as one-touch dial keys when combined with specific key operations. This eliminates the need for separate dedicated one-touch dial keys, thereby saving operation panel space while maintaining the one-touch dial function.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges the functionality of numeric keys with one-touch dial keys by combining their operations. When a specific key is pressed together with a numeric key, the system retrieves and dials the telephone number associated with that numeric key, effectively combining two key functions into one unified system.
2Ease of operation
If dedicated one-touch dial keys are provided for each telephone number, then one-touch dial function is achieved, but the number of keys increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent makes numeric keys universal by enabling them to perform both numeric input and one-touch dialing functions. This reduces the total number of keys required while maintaining full one-touch dial functionality, thereby reducing device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent combines the functions of numeric keys and one-touch dial keys into a single unified system. By pressing a specific key in combination with numeric keys, the system achieves one-touch dialing without requiring separate dedicated keys, thus reducing the overall key count and device complexity.
3Adaptability or versatility
If numeric keys are used for both numeric input and one-touch dialing, then key functionality is enhanced, but key operation complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-associating telephone numbers with numeric keys in memory. When a specific key is pressed together with a numeric key, the system automatically retrieves the pre-stored telephone number, eliminating the need for manual dialing and simplifying the operation despite the enhanced functionality.
Data Source
AI summary
An image transmission apparatus includes a plurality of keys, a scanner, a display, a memory, and a controller. The plurality of keys includes a plurality of numeric keys and a first specific key. The memory is capable of storing a plurality of telephone numbers associated with respective ones of the plurality of numeric keys. The controller controls the display to display a telephone number inputted via the plurality of numeric keys, and transmits the image data generated by the scanner to a transmission destination indicated by the displayed telephone number. In a case that operation of the first specific key is received and operation of one of the plurality of numeric keys, as an operated numeric key, is received, the controller reads a telephone number associated with the operated numeric key from the memory, and transmits the image data to a transmission destination indicated by the read telephone number.