Receiver-Side Transmission Condition Management for Image Data

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing image transmission systems often transmit data under conditions that do not match the receiver's needs, as the transmission conditions are determined by the transmitter rather than the receiver, leading to inconvenience and potential loss of important data.

Innovation Solution

An image transmission system where a server connects with multiple devices via a network, allowing receivers to specify and store transmission conditions for each transmitter or group of transmitters, enabling the system to transmit data under conditions tailored to the receiver's preferences, including address, time, and reliability considerations.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If transmission conditions are determined by the transmitter side, then the transmitter can easily select and set transmission conditions, but the transmission conditions may not match the receiver's needs

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveease of selecting transmission conditionsVSAvoidadaptability to receiver's needs

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent inverts the traditional approach by allowing the receiver to determine transmission conditions rather than the transmitter. The receiver stores multiple transmission conditions in a storage unit, each associated with different transmitter groups, and determines which condition to use based on the transmitter's group classification. This inversion resolves the contradiction by making the system adaptable to receiver needs while maintaining ease of operation through automated group-based selection.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #13The other way round (Inversion)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes the parameter of control from transmitter-side selection to receiver-side determination. By classifying transmitters into groups and storing multiple transmission conditions with different parameters (communication protocols, addresses, formats), the system can dynamically select appropriate parameters based on the transmitter group, achieving both ease of operation and adaptability to receiver needs.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

2Adaptability or versatility

If multiple transmission conditions are registered for different destinations, then transmission conditions can be customized, but transmission conditions may not be available for temporary locations such as business trip offices

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecustomization of transmission conditionsVSAvoidreliability of data transmission

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent makes the transmission condition storage universal by allowing registration of transmission conditions not only for specific destination addresses but also for transmitter groups. This multi-functionality enables the receiver to handle various scenarios including fixed offices, temporary locations, and mobile situations, ensuring reliable data transmission regardless of location by matching the transmitter's group to appropriate pre-registered conditions.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies preliminary action by having the receiver pre-register multiple transmission conditions for different transmitter groups before actual transmission occurs. When the receiver is at a temporary location without a specific transmission condition registered, the system can still reliably transmit data by selecting from pre-registered conditions based on the transmitter's group classification, eliminating the need for real-time condition creation.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

3Measurement precision

If transmission conditions are set for each specific destination, then precise control is achieved, but the system cannot handle temporary or unexpected transmission destinations

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveprecision of transmission condition matchingVSAvoidhandling of temporary destinations

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the transmitter population into distinct groups based on classification criteria (such as department, function, or priority). Instead of creating transmission conditions for every possible destination, the system creates conditions for transmitter groups, achieving precise control within each group while maintaining adaptability to temporary destinations through group-based matching rather than exact destination matching.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS8427673B2System, device, method and recording medium for transmitting data under transmission conditions

Publication Date: 2013.04.23 KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECH INC

AI summary

Personal address books of users are stored in an address server. Each user registers, with the personal address book of his/her own, conditions (transmission conditions) that should be satisfied when other users transmit image data to the user. The conditions are registered in correspondence with addresses of the other users. When one of the other users transmits (as a transmission source) to the user (as a transmission destination) who has set the transmission conditions, from an MFP, the transmission conditions, which were set by the transmission destination user with respect to the transmitter, are downloaded from the address server to the transmission source MFP. And then the MFP transmits the image data to the transmission destination user under the downloaded transmission conditions. This enables the transmission destination user to cause the image data to be transmitted thereto under such conditions that match the needs of the transmission destination user.