Setup Interface Display Control for Print System Configuration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing print system setup operations are cumbersome as users cannot easily ascertain which setup items have been completed and which have not, leading to uncertainty and inefficiency in the installation process.
Innovation Solution
A program stored on a computer-readable medium that performs display control processes to show input completion images alongside setting images, allowing users to track and verify input information without returning to previous steps, with features like distinguishable display modes, sequence arrangement, and selection commands for easy access and modification of inputted information.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If setup operation is arranged to cause processing to proceed in accordance with a predetermined sequence, then the installation process becomes structured and controlled, but users become uncertain about which work items have been performed and which have not
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a feedback mechanism by displaying completion information for each work item after it has been processed. The display shows checkmarks or completion indicators next to completed items, providing users with immediate feedback about the installation progress and which items have been successfully completed, thereby resolving the uncertainty about completed work items.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the setup operation into discrete work items, each with its own completion status tracking and display. This segmentation allows users to individually monitor the completion state of each specific task (e.g., driver installation, port configuration, test print) without being overwhelmed by the entire complex setup process.
2Loss of information
If users need to ascertain specifics of input information for completed work items, then they must return to previous steps, but this increases time consumption and interrupts the setup process
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by preserving and displaying input information for completed work items immediately after they are processed. Instead of requiring users to return to previous steps later, the system proactively maintains and presents the input information (such as device names, IP addresses, or configuration parameters) alongside the completion status, allowing users to review details without interrupting the overall setup process.
3Ease of operation
If the display shows only completion status without detailed information, then the display remains simple, but users cannot ascertain specifics of input information
Solution Approach 1:
The patent adds another dimension to the display by incorporating both completion status indicators and detailed input information in a multi-layered interface. The display shows completion status at one level (checkmarks, color coding) and input information at another level (detailed fields, configurable parameters), allowing users to access both simplicity and detail as needed without cluttering the overall interface.
Data Source
AI summary
A computer-readable medium causes an information processing apparatus capable of performing a plurality of setting processing for making a setting in accordance with a predetermined sequence to perform processing including a first display control process including displaying a corresponding setting image for each of the plurality of setting processing, an information acceptance process including accepting information required to perform the setting processing through the displayed setting image, a shift command acceptance process including accepting a shift command for making a shift toward another setting processing from setting processing corresponding to the setting image displayed in the first display control process, and a second display control process including displaying an input completion image showing information accepted in the information acceptance process in addition to the setting image corresponding to the setting processing to be shifted by the shift command when the shift command is accepted in the shift command acceptance process.