One-Touch Key Destination Registration via Icon Transmission
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Solution Overview
Problem
In data transmission systems, operators face difficulties in easily registering and distinguishing destination information for one-touch keys, especially when display areas are limited, leading to cumbersome processes for creating and selecting icons for destination settings.
Innovation Solution
A data transmission system where the receiving apparatus transmits destination information, including image data, back to the transmitting apparatus, allowing for automatic registration of this information on one-touch keys, simplifying the process by using image data to visually recognize and select destinations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If icons are created and registered for each destination to help visual recognition, then ease of operation is improved, but device complexity increases due to the need to create, select, and process multiple icons
Solution Approach 1:
The receiving apparatus automatically generates and transmits its own icon image data to the transmitting apparatus, eliminating the need for manual icon creation or selection by users. The system serves itself by having the destination device provide its own visual identifier automatically during or after data transmission.
Solution Approach 2:
The receiving apparatus prepares and stores icon image data in advance, making it available for automatic transmission to the transmitting apparatus. This preliminary preparation of visual identification data eliminates the need for post-transmission icon setup or manual configuration.
2Measurement precision
If detailed information is displayed on one-touch keys to help distinguish destinations, then measurement precision is improved, but area of display is reduced due to limited space on keys
Solution Approach 1:
The solution transitions from displaying detailed textual information within the limited two-dimensional space of one-touch keys to transmitting and displaying icon image data that can be rendered at larger sizes. Icons provide visual recognition in a different dimensional approach, using graphical representation rather than text density to convey destination information.
Solution Approach 2:
Icons use visual characteristics including color, shape, and imagery to distinguish destinations, replacing text-based identification. This allows operators to quickly recognize destinations through visual cues rather than reading detailed information, effectively overcoming the display area limitation.
Data Source
AI summary
In a system where a transmitting apparatus is connected via a network to a receiving apparatus, the receiving apparatus has a storage device for storing destination information which can be registered to a key in an operating device to be operated for transmission in a transmitting apparatus. When data is received from the transmitting apparatus, the destination information including an icon or information on a site wherein the destination information is stored is returned to the transmitting apparatus. Thus, registration of destination information to the key becomes easy at the transmitting apparatus.