Printing System Voice Cancellation Pause Mechanism
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Solution Overview
Problem
In existing printing systems, canceling a printing instruction requires vocal notification of all cancelable instructions, leading to unnecessary printing before the cancellation can be processed, which can result in additional costs and user frustration, especially in pay-for-use systems.
Innovation Solution
A printing system that acquires instructions via speech input and other inputs, and executes an output process to vocally notify the user of cancelable image forming instructions, allowing for quick cancellation by reducing the number of printing instructions that need to be vocally identified and processed.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If all cancelable printing instructions are notified to the user vocally to identify a cancel target, then the user can accurately identify which printing instruction to cancel, but printing may be completed before cancellation is processed resulting in unnecessary printing
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pausing the printing operation immediately upon receiving a cancellation instruction, before the user completes their vocal response. This allows the system to prepare for cancellation in advance, preventing unnecessary printing while still allowing the user to identify the correct cancel target through vocal notification.
2Productivity
If the system processes cancellation instructions quickly, then unnecessary printing is reduced, but the user may not have sufficient time to identify the cancel target among multiple printing instructions
Solution Approach 1:
The system lists the printing instructions for user identification before executing the cancellation. This preliminary listing action gives the user sufficient time to identify the correct cancel target among multiple printing instructions, while the overall process remains efficient because the system is already prepared to execute cancellation immediately after user confirmation.
3Reliability
If the system waits for user confirmation before canceling printing instructions, then accurate cancellation is achieved, but printing may complete before cancellation is executed
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies preliminary anti-action by pausing the printing operation upon receiving a cancellation instruction, before the user completes their vocal response. This counter-action prevents the harmful effect of unnecessary printing while maintaining the ability to accurately identify the cancel target through vocal notification. The pause state serves as a buffer that prevents resource waste while preserving cancellation accuracy.
Data Source
AI summary
A printing system acquires a first instruction given in response to speech input by a user, a second instruction given in response to input other than the speech input by the user, and a third instruction, the first instruction and the second instruction serving as image forming instructions each given to perform an image forming operation of a processed image on a recording medium, the third instruction serving as a transmission instruction to transmit a cancelable image forming instruction of the image forming instructions or as a cancellation instruction to cancel the cancelable image forming instruction, and executes an output process in which in response to the acquired third instruction given from an apparatus that gives the first instruction, information regarding the first instruction is output to the apparatus, the information being vocally notified to the user and indicating the cancelable image forming instruction of the first instruction and the second instruction.