Configuration Screen Preview for Multifunction Peripheral Operability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users of multifunction peripherals, especially in environments like supermarkets or convenience stores, often struggle to recognize whether a configuration operation is ongoing, leading to decreased operability due to unfamiliarity with the device.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus with a display unit showing configuration screens in a predetermined order, including a screen switching unit that displays a subsequent sequence screen when not on the final screen, aiding users in understanding the progression of operations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If multiple configuration screens are displayed one at a time in a predetermined order, then the information processing can be performed systematically, but the user cannot recognize whether the configuration operation still continues
Solution Approach 1:
The patent adds a temporal dimension to the screen display by showing a part of the subsequent sequence screen in advance. This allows users to perceive the progression of configuration operations across time, understanding that the operation continues while maintaining systematic processing of each configuration screen.
2Ease of operation
If a part of the subsequent sequence screen is displayed in advance, then the user can recognize that the configuration operation continues, but the screen complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts only a part of the subsequent sequence screen (such as a portion of the next configuration screen) and displays it in advance, rather than showing the entire subsequent screen. This reduces the complexity of screen management while still providing users with sufficient information to recognize that the configuration operation continues.
3Ease of operation
If the user interface is simplified for ease of use, then novice users can operate the device more easily, but the device cannot provide sufficient information about operation progression
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary action by displaying a part of the subsequent sequence screen before the user actually reaches that screen in the configuration sequence. This gives novice users advance information about what comes next in the operation progression, making the interface more intuitive without overwhelming them with complex information.
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AI summary
An information processing system according to the present disclosure has, for example, a copy function. In the copy function, a plurality of configuration screens including a paper selection screen are displayed one at a time in a predetermined order as a configuration target screen in a main area on a display surface of a display. In a case where a subsequent configuration screen is present when any configuration screen is displayed as the configuration target screen in the main area, a left end part of the subsequent configuration screen is displayed in a marginal part on a right side of the main area. Furthermore, in a case where configuration on the current configuration target screen is complete by a user operation, an appropriate modification is made on the left end part of the subsequent configuration screen. Accordingly, an operability of an information processing system having the copy function is improved.