Report Printing Language Control in User-Authenticated Image Processing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing image processing apparatuses face issues where report printing output in languages that may not be understandable or desired by the user, leading to inconvenience in both manual and automatic report printing scenarios.
Innovation Solution
The apparatus includes a control unit that determines the language for report printing based on user authentication, allowing manual report printing in the user's preferred language and automatic report printing in the administrator's language, with the ability to store and manage language settings and report types.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Extent of automation
If report printing is performed in a language set in advance for the image processing apparatus, then automatic report printing can be performed, but the language may not be understandable or desired by the user who performed manual report printing
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by making the report language specific to each user's login information. When a user logs in, the control unit identifies the user and sets the report language according to that user's preferences stored in the storage unit. This allows different users to receive reports in their respective preferred languages (e.g., Japanese or English) while maintaining a unified system architecture.
2Ease of operation
If the language for the screen of the operation unit is changed to match the user's preferred language, then manual report printing can be performed in the desired language, but automatic report printing may be performed in a language not understandable or desired by the administrator
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dynamics by making the report language changeable based on the login user's identity. The control unit dynamically determines the report language at the time of report generation by referencing the storage unit, which contains language preferences for different users. This dynamic approach allows the system to adapt the language to each user's preferences whether performing manual or automatic report printing, rather than using a fixed language setting.
3Device complexity
If a fixed language is set for report printing, then the system structure is simple, but the system cannot adapt to different user language preferences
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by creating a language setting system that serves multiple users with different language preferences through a unified structure. The storage unit stores language preferences for multiple users, and the control unit universally applies the appropriate language setting based on the logged-in user's identity. This allows the system to support both Japanese and English (or other languages) reports through a single, integrated mechanism rather than requiring separate systems for each language.
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AI summary
An image processing apparatus that is capable of performing report printing in a language desired by a user in either manual report printing or autonomic report printing. A storage unit stores information on the image processing apparatus. A touch panel receives input from a log-in user A control unit controls execution of the automatic report printing in which the information is printed by the printing unit as a report when predetermined conditions are satisfied, and execution of the manual report printing in which the information is printed by the printing unit as a report based on an instruction from the log-in user. The control unit performs the automatic report printing in a predetermined language and performs the manual report printing in a language for the log-in user.