Print Attribute Management via Visual Page Segmentation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing information processing systems do not allow users to systematically check and manage print attributes set for pages within a document, making it difficult to associate pages with their corresponding print attributes.

Innovation Solution

An information processing apparatus is configured to display areas associated with print attributes, allowing users to set and manage print attributes for each page, enabling pages to be displayed and partitioned based on their attributes through a user interface that includes a print attribute setting process, where print attribute areas can be set, adjusted, and managed to handle incompatible attribute settings.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If print attributes are set for individual pages without visual display areas, then the system maintains simplicity, but users cannot systematically check or grasp the association between pages and print attributes

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvevisibility of print attribute associationsVSAvoidinterface structure for attribute management

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The display area is segmented into multiple regions, with each region corresponding to a specific print attribute. Pages are distributed across these regions based on their attributes, enabling systematic visual checking and management of print attribute associations without overwhelming interface complexity

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces a spatial dimension to print attribute management by displaying pages in different regions rather than using a flat list. This dimensional organization allows users to visually grasp attribute associations while maintaining interface simplicity through intuitive spatial grouping

Inventive Principle:

Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

2Adaptability or versatility

If multiple print attributes are set for pages with overlapping regions, then attribute management flexibility is improved, but determining which attribute applies becomes complex

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveprint attribute configuration flexibilityVSAvoidattribute priority determination

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

Each region in the display area is assigned a specific print attribute with localized quality. When regions overlap, the attribute from the uppermost region applies to pages in that overlapping area, providing clear local priority rules that maintain operational simplicity while allowing flexible attribute configuration

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The system establishes attribute priority relationships in advance through the regional hierarchy before pages are assigned. This preliminary structuring of attribute priorities eliminates the need for complex real-time determination when multiple attributes overlap, simplifying the user operation while maintaining versatility

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS11372601B2Information processing apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium

Publication Date: 2022.06.28 FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP

AI summary

An information processing apparatus includes a processor. The processor is configured to display an area in association with a setting of a print attribute. The processor is configured to display each page in the area for the print attribute which is set for the page. The pages form a document that is to be printed.