Printed Document Identification Information Embedding for Automated Routing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current systems for processing print media, such as questionnaires and delivery slips, require manual identification of applications for data input, leading to inefficiencies and potential errors due to the lack of automated identification and processing of input methods.
Innovation Solution
A print medium processing system that generates and embeds identification information, like QR codes, into printed data, allowing the system to automatically identify the input method and direct the processed data to the appropriate application, eliminating the need for manual selection and ensuring secure and accurate data transfer.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If manual identification of applications is used for data input, then user control and flexibility are maintained, but processing efficiency decreases and error rates increase
Solution Approach 1:
The printed document itself contains the identification information (QR code, barcode, or embedded data) that automatically identifies the target application. The system self-services by encoding the routing information directly in the document, eliminating the need for manual user identification and selection of applications.
Solution Approach 2:
The identification information is pre-encoded into the printed document during the printing process. This preliminary action ensures that when the document is later scanned or read, the application identification is immediately available without requiring user intervention or manual lookup.
2Extent of automation
If identification information is embedded in printed data, then automated processing is enabled, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The printing system is enhanced with a multi-functional capability to embed various types of identification information (QR codes, barcodes, or other machine-readable formats) in a unified manner. This universal approach allows different identification methods to be handled through the same system architecture, managing complexity through standardization.
Solution Approach 2:
The identification information acts as an intermediary element between the printed document and the application system. This mediator enables automated recognition and routing without requiring direct complex integration between the printing system and all possible target applications, simplifying the overall system architecture.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple input methods are supported, then system versatility is improved, but difficulty in identifying the correct application increases
Solution Approach 1:
Each printed document receives localized identification information specifically tailored to its destination application. Rather than requiring the user to understand multiple input methods, the document itself carries the specific identifier needed for its target application, making the identification process simple and accurate.
Solution Approach 2:
The identification information encodes multiple parameters including application ID, input method type, and routing information in a single machine-readable structure. This parameter encoding allows the system to handle multiple input methods and applications through a unified identification mechanism, eliminating the confusion that would arise from supporting multiple methods without structured identification.
Data Source
AI summary
There is provided a print medium processing system including an identification information generating unit that receives input method information which is referred to when image data is inputted to an application which processes the image data, and generates identification information for the received input method information, an information memory that stores the generated identification information in a manner associated with the input method information, a printing unit that adds the identification information of the input method information to image data to be printed, and prints the image data, a reading unit that reads image data printed in a print medium, an extracting unit that extracts the identification information from the image data, an obtaining unit that obtains the input method information specified by the identification information extracted from the information memory, and a transferring unit that transfers the image data to an application specified from the input method information.