Remote Control Screen Adaptation for Multifunction Peripheral Models
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Solution Overview
Problem
Multifunction peripherals (MFPs) require separate programs for different models, making it challenging to remotely operate them using portable devices due to the need to associate hard key operations with portable device inputs, which can be cumbersome and inefficient.
Innovation Solution
A screen generation device and method that determines a reference direction based on display aspect ratios, generates a size-changed screen, and arranges a hard key screen with soft key images associated with hard keys, allowing for a remote operation screen that adapts to different device orientations and layouts.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If separate programs are installed for different MFP models, then hard key operations can be accurately associated, but device complexity and installation burden increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by creating a single remote control application that can control multiple MFP models through automatic model detection. The system retrieves hard key information from the MFP's operation panel display and dynamically generates corresponding soft key screens, eliminating the need for separate programs for different models while maintaining accurate hard key operation association.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses copying by replicating the hard key layout and functionality from the MFP's operation panel display into the remote control screen. The system captures the operation panel display, extracts hard key information, and creates corresponding soft key images that mirror the original hard key arrangement, ensuring accurate operation association without requiring model-specific programming.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the remote control screen is generated without adapting to display aspect ratios, then screen generation is simpler, but the screen layout does not adapt to different device orientations
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dynamics by making the remote control screen generation process adaptive to different display aspect ratios and orientations. The system detects the display aspect ratio of the portable device and dynamically adjusts the screen layout, resizing and repositioning elements to optimize the display for portrait or landscape orientation without requiring manual configuration.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses parameter changes by modifying screen generation parameters based on the detected display aspect ratio. The system changes layout parameters, element positioning, and sizing according to whether the device is in portrait or landscape mode, enabling the same application to adapt to different orientations while maintaining a manageable generation process through automated parameter adjustment.
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AI summary
A screen generation device includes a controller configured to: determine one of a vertical direction and a horizontal direction to be a reference direction; generate a size-changed screen; generate a hard key screen; generate a remote operation screen; determine a first area and a second area; arrange the size-changed screen in the first area and the hard key screen in the second area; and arrange the soft key images in the hard key screen of the same size as the second area.