Remote One-Touch Key Destination Recognition
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users of digital multifunction peripherals cannot easily recognize whether a transmission destination acquired from another apparatus on a network is set as the destination for a document, as existing systems do not manage this information effectively.
Innovation Solution
A communication apparatus that acquires destination information from another apparatus on a network, associates it with information indicating its set status, and displays it in a way that allows users to recognize whether the destination is set, using an acquisition unit, storage unit, and display unit.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If transmission destination information is acquired from another apparatus on the network, then the versatility of document transmission is improved, but the user cannot easily recognize whether the acquired destination is set as the document destination
Solution Approach 1:
The display unit displays the acquired transmission destination information in a visual format that enables users to recognize whether it is set as the document destination. Different visual states (such as color changes or display patterns) indicate whether the destination is currently selected, making remote destinations as recognizable as local ones.
Solution Approach 2:
The storage unit acts as an intermediary between the acquisition unit and the display unit, managing the association between destination information and its selection status. This intermediary structure allows the system to maintain and present destination information with its operational state, enabling users to distinguish selected from unselected destinations.
2Ease of operation
If the apparatus manages acquired destination information with selection status, then the ease of operation is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The storage unit combines multiple functions into a single component: it stores acquired destination information, manages the association with selection status, and provides this data to the display unit. This merging approach maintains ease of operation while avoiding the need for separate complex management systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The storage unit serves multiple purposes: storing local destination information, storing acquired destination information, and maintaining the selection status for both types of destinations. This multi-functional design handles diverse information types with a single unified structure, reducing overall system complexity.
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AI summary
A communication apparatus at a client side communicates with a server to update remote one-touch keys each time because a remote one-touch key can be deleted or added in a communication apparatus at the server side. However, a remote one-touch key selected to specify a transmission destination can be used to deselect the transmission destination. Consequently, the communication apparatus at the client side does not update the remote one-touch keys while the remote one-touch key is selected to specify the transmission destination. With the configuration, the one-touch keys provided from the communication apparatus at the server side can be used while the operability of the one-touch keys is maintained.