Information Processing Device Setting Screen Display Differentiation

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Solution Overview

Problem

In information processing devices, users face difficulty in distinguishing between necessary and unnecessary setting items for services, leading to confusion and potential failure in achieving desired operations due to the lack of clear indication of service-specific setting items among common setting items.

Innovation Solution

An information processing device with a display and controller that differentiates the display of setting items based on whether a service is installed, using a first manner for items not related to the service and a second manner for items that need to be set, allowing users to easily identify and set required settings.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If all setting items are displayed uniformly without differentiation, then the setting screen maintains simplicity and consistency, but users cannot easily distinguish between necessary and unnecessary setting items for services

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveease of identifying required settingsVSAvoidcomplexity of display management

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by differentiating the display appearance of setting items based on their service association status. Specific setting items related to installed services are displayed with distinct visual characteristics (such as different colors, icons, or highlighting) compared to common setting items, allowing users to easily identify which settings are necessary for service operation without complicating the overall display structure

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The patent segments setting items into two categories: service-specific setting items and common setting items. This segmentation is implemented through different display manners that visually separate these categories, helping users understand which settings are required for specific services and which are general configurations, thereby improving operational ease

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

2Loss of information

If setting items are differentiated by display manner based on service introduction status, then users can easily identify required settings, but the display system becomes more complex

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveclarity of setting item informationVSAvoidcomplexity of controller logic

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent utilizes color changes as a visual differentiation method for setting items. Service-specific setting items are displayed with distinct color coding or highlighting compared to common setting items, providing clear visual information about which settings are required for services without requiring complex interface changes or additional display elements

Inventive Principle:

Principle #32Color changes

Data Source

PatentUS10936158B2Information processing device and non-transitory computer readable medium

Publication Date: 2021.03.02 FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP

AI summary

An information processing device includes a display and a controller. The display displays a setting screen containing a display element representing a setting item. The controller exerts control in such a manner that, in the case where a service is not introduced in the information processing device, the display element is displayed in a first manner, and exerts control in such a manner that, in the case where a service is introduced in the information processing device and where the setting item is not a setting item to be set for use of the service, the display element is displayed in a second manner. The second manner is different from the first manner.