Image Display Device for Printer Status Visualization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current image display systems for monitoring the operating state of image forming apparatuses, such as printers, lack effective visualization of complex internal states and error conditions, making it difficult for users to quickly understand the apparatus's status without detailed technical knowledge.
Innovation Solution
An image display device comprising an imaging unit, an apparatus specifying unit, a state acquisition unit, an image generating unit, a positioning unit, and a combining unit that generates and combines images to visually represent the operating state of the apparatus, allowing users to intuitively understand the status through a composite image displayed on a mobile terminal.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If detailed technical parameters and operating states are displayed, then information completeness is improved, but user understanding becomes more difficult without technical knowledge
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the display information into multiple layers: a simplified visual layer showing apparatus states through images/icons, and a detailed technical layer accessible upon user request. This segmentation allows simultaneous presentation of both simple visual information and complete technical data without overwhelming the user.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary visualization layer that translates complex technical operating states into intuitive visual representations. This intermediary layer acts as a mediator between the raw technical data and the user, making information comprehensible without losing completeness.
2Measurement precision
If complex internal states and error conditions are visualized in detail, then diagnostic accuracy is improved, but visualization complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by providing different levels of visualization detail in different regions or contexts of the display. Critical error conditions receive detailed visual attention with specific icons and colors, while normal operating states use simpler representations, optimizing diagnostic accuracy without uniformly increasing complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses color changes to encode different operating states and error conditions, allowing complex diagnostic information to be conveyed through intuitive color coding rather than complex visual structures. This maintains diagnostic accuracy while simplifying the overall visualization.
3Reliability
If real-time operating state monitoring is implemented, then system reliability is improved, but information processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts only the essential operating state parameters needed for visualization from the complete set of available data. By taking out only the critical information for real-time display while processing complete data in the background, the system maintains reliability without proportionally increasing information processing requirements.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements partial action by updating only the visual elements that correspond to changed operating states rather than continuously refreshing the entire display. This reduces information processing requirements while maintaining real-time monitoring capability for system reliability.
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AI summary
An image display device includes: an imaging unit; an apparatus specifying unit that specifies an object apparatus imaged by the imaging unit; a state acquisition unit that acquires an operating state of the apparatus; an image generating unit that generates an image corresponding to the specified apparatus and the acquired operating state; a positioning unit that determines a reference position of the image acquired by the imaging unit; a combining unit that combines the generated image with the image acquired by the imaging unit using the reference position; and a display that displays the combined image.