Image Processing Device Remote Icon Synchronization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional image processing devices cannot display a unified icon image that shows the conversion of a file through image processing, as they lack the ability to obtain and display icon images from remote terminals, leading to a disjointed user experience due to differing icon designs.
Innovation Solution
An image processing device that communicates with a remote terminal to obtain and display icon images for both unprocessed and processed files, applying specified image processing to the icon images, ensuring a consistent look and feel with the remote terminal's icon images.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the image processing device uses icon images stored inside for displaying the icon images corresponding to the files before and after the image processing, then the device can display icon images, but the user may feel strange due to the icon images not sharing a common look and feel with the icon images displayed on the remote terminal
Solution Approach 1:
The image processing device obtains icon images from the remote terminal before performing image processing on the files. By acquiring the original icon images in advance, the device can later process these icon images to reflect the file conversions, maintaining visual consistency with the remote terminal while demonstrating the processing results.
Solution Approach 2:
The image processing device creates processed versions of the obtained icon images to represent the converted files. Instead of using entirely different icon images, the device copies the original icon images and applies transformations to them, ensuring the processed icon images maintain the same visual style and look and feel as the original icons from the remote terminal.
2Loss of information
If the image processing device obtains the icon image corresponding to the file before image processing from the remote terminal, then the device can obtain an icon image, but it cannot find in advance what file is to be created through the image processing and cannot obtain the icon image corresponding to the file created after the image processing
Solution Approach 1:
The image processing device applies the same image processing operations to the obtained icon images that are applied to the actual files. By copying the file processing logic and applying it to the icon images, the device generates processed icon images that accurately represent the converted files without needing to obtain separate icon images for each possible output format.
Solution Approach 2:
The icon images serve as intermediaries between the remote terminal and the image processing device. By processing these intermediary icon images in parallel with the actual file processing, the device can display visual representations of the conversion results without needing to access or predict the exact output file formats in advance.
3Loss of information
If the image processing device processes the icon image displayed on the display based on the image processing specified by the user, then the device can show how the file is converted, but the device must obtain and process icon images from the remote terminal
Solution Approach 1:
The image processing device applies the user-specified image processing operations to the obtained icon images, creating processed icon images that visually represent the file conversions. This copying of processing operations allows the device to provide visual feedback on file conversions using the same processing logic applied to the actual files.
Solution Approach 2:
By processing the icon images with the same operations applied to the files, the device creates visual feedback that shows users how their files will be converted. The processed icon images provide immediate visual confirmation of the intended transformations, allowing users to verify the processing results before completion.
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AI summary
An image processing device capable of communicating with a remote terminal to apply image processing, comprising: a display; and a hardware processor that: communicates with the remote terminal and obtains an icon image of a file stored in the remote terminal; obtains a file subjected to the image processing; applies the image processing specified by a user to the obtained file; enables the display to display the unprocessed file before the image processing is applied or the processed file after the image processing is applied using the icon image; and processes the icon image displayed on the display based on the image processing specified by the user.