Setting Selection UI for Finding Stored Function Presets
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Solution Overview
Problem
As the number of stored setting information increases, it becomes difficult for users to find desired setting information without remembering the past setting values, leading to inefficient selection of desired settings.
Innovation Solution
An information processing device and program that display a first operation element for selecting a function and a setting screen, along with associated setting items and second operation elements indicating possible setting values, allowing users to narrow down and display relevant setting information without manual selection.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If multiple applications are operated simultaneously in a smartphone, then functionality and user productivity are improved, but memory resources are depleted and the system becomes unstable
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a virtual memory space that copies the structure and management mechanisms of physical memory. This virtual memory allows applications to allocate and manage memory resources virtually, enabling multiple applications to operate simultaneously without depleting actual physical memory resources, thus maintaining system stability while improving multi-application productivity
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a new dimension of memory management by implementing virtual memory that operates independently from physical memory constraints. This additional memory dimension allows the system to handle multiple applications beyond the limits of physical memory capacity, resolving the contradiction between multi-application operation and system stability
2Productivity
If memory resources are expanded to support more applications, then multi-application operation is improved, but device complexity and power consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The virtual memory management system serves multiple functions: it manages physical memory allocation, provides virtual memory expansion, handles memory swapping between applications, and maintains system stability. This multi-functional approach allows the same memory management infrastructure to support increased application capacity without proportionally increasing device complexity
3Quantity of substance
If physical memory capacity is increased to support more applications, then application capacity is improved, but device cost and size increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the need for additional physical memory hardware with a virtual memory system implemented through software-based memory management. This substitution allows the system to achieve increased memory capacity without physically adding more memory components, thereby avoiding increased manufacturing costs and device size while still supporting more applications
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AI summary
When displaying a setting value selection screen for selecting a setting value of a setting item of a function associated with a selected menu button, an image forming device displays, for each setting list, a notification batch for notifying the presence or absence of a shortcut button associated with a setting list of the setting value selection screen.