Screen Display Wizard with Segmented Compliance and User Settings

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing image forming apparatuses, such as multifunction peripherals, lack a comprehensive initial setting wizard that addresses both legal compliance and user-friendly device settings, neglecting essential and recommended settings for legal regulations and user convenience during initial activation.

Innovation Solution

A screen display method and communication apparatus that includes a structured initial setting wizard with distinct screen groups for essential legal compliance settings, recommended settings, and user-specific settings, ensuring all necessary configurations are completed before allowing full functionality.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If a comprehensive initial setting wizard is implemented to address both legal compliance and user-friendly settings, then legal compliance and operational feeling are improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvelegal complianceVSAvoidinitial setting wizard structure
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The initial setting wizard is divided into three distinct screen groups: first screen group for essential device settings to accommodate legal regulations, second screen group for recommended device settings to accommodate legal regulations, and third screen group for user-specific device settings. This segmentation allows the complex compliance requirements to be managed through structured, manageable sections while maintaining user-friendly operation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Ease of operation

If a comprehensive initial setting wizard is implemented to address both legal compliance and user-friendly settings, then operational feeling is improved, but ease of operation decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveoperational feelingVSAvoidinitial setting wizard structure
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The initial setting wizard is divided into three distinct screen groups: first screen group for essential device settings to accommodate legal regulations, second screen group for recommended device settings to accommodate legal regulations, and third screen group for user-specific device settings. This segmentation allows the complex compliance requirements to be managed through structured, manageable sections while maintaining user-friendly operation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

3Reliability

If essential and recommended legal compliance settings are included in the initial setting wizard, then legal compliance is improved, but setup time increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvelegal complianceVSAvoidinitial setup time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The initial setting wizard is divided into three distinct screen groups: first screen group for essential device settings to accommodate legal regulations, second screen group for recommended device settings to accommodate legal regulations, and third screen group for user-specific device settings. This segmentation allows the complex compliance requirements to be managed through structured, manageable sections while maintaining user-friendly operation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent performs preliminary classification of settings into essential, recommended, and user-specific categories before the initial setup process. This pre-organization allows the system to present compliance requirements in a structured manner that guides users through necessary settings efficiently, reducing overall setup time while ensuring legal compliance.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentEP4597291A1Screen display method and communication apparatus
Publication Date: 2025.08.06 SHARP KK
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AI summary

Provided is a screen display method of a communication apparatus which displays a screen group including screens having identical screen attributes as an initial setting wizard executed at the time of initial activation, in which the screen group includes at least a first screen group having a screen attribute which receives the essential device setting to accommodate various legal regulations, a second screen group having a screen attribute which receives a device setting that is recommended to accommodate the various legal regulations, and a third screen group having a screen attribute which receives one or more device settings necessary for the user to use the communication apparatus.