Scanner Device Top-Mounted Keyboard and Display Layout
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional network scanners face a tradeoff between compactness and operability, leading to reduced user convenience due to the integration of input and output devices, which compromises ease of operation and display visibility.
Innovation Solution
A scanner device with a keyboard and display positioned on top, allowing for a full keyboard and large display without increasing installation area, featuring a control unit that manages image reading, storage, and display control, along with mechanisms for easy access and maintenance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If the input and output devices are made compact to enable flexibility in installation, then the installation area is reduced, but the ease of operation and display visibility deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent positions the keyboard and display on the top surface of the scanner device, utilizing the vertical dimension and top surface area rather than expanding the device's footprint on the horizontal plane. This allows full-sized input and output devices to be accommodated without increasing the installation area, resolving the contradiction between compactness and ease of operation.
2Area of stationary object
If the input and output devices are made compact to enable flexibility in installation, then the installation area is reduced, but the display visibility deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
By placing the display on the top surface of the device rather than on the front or side panels, the patent enables a larger display area to be accommodated within the same installation footprint. This dimensional repositioning allows for improved display visibility without compromising the compact installation area.
3Ease of operation
If a large display and full keyboard are provided, then the ease of operation and visibility are improved, but the installation area increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent utilizes the top surface of the scanner device as the mounting location for both the keyboard and display, effectively using the vertical and top horizontal dimensions rather than expanding the device's base footprint. This allows full-sized input and output devices to be provided while maintaining a compact installation area.
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AI summary
A scanner device includes a keyboard, a display, a control unit, and a storage unit, wherein the keyboard and the display are disposed so as to cover the top of the body of the scanner device, and the control unit includes an image reading unit that controls to read image data from original documents, an image storing unit that stores the image data read by the image reading unit in the storage unit, and a display control unit that controls to display the image data of any of the original documents on the display based on the image data stored by the image storing unit.