Touch Panel Display for Image Allocation Adjustment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional image forming apparatuses cannot change the allocation state of specific images on a printing page during preview, limiting user convenience when images need to be resized or reoriented while maintaining the size and orientation of others.
Innovation Solution
A touch panel displaying device that allows users to perform gesture operations to change the allocation state of images on a printing page, maintaining the allocation state of preceding pages, enabling partial adjustments to image size, orientation, and placement.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If all images in a file are reduced at a constant magnification ratio and allocated to printing pages, then the printing process is simple and efficient, but the user cannot change the allocation state of a particular printing page partially, hampering convenience
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the image allocation process into two levels: global allocation (N in 1 printing for all images) and local allocation (individual image positioning on specific pages). Users can perform gesture operations on specific images within the preview to adjust their placement independently, while maintaining the overall N in 1 structure. This segmentation allows both efficient batch processing and flexible individual adjustments.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces dynamic adjustment capability during the preview phase. Initially, all images are allocated at constant magnification ratio for efficient processing. However, during preview, users can perform gesture operations (drag, rotate, resize) on specific images to dynamically change their allocation state. The system maintains both the static global allocation structure and allows dynamic local adjustments, resolving the contradiction between efficiency and flexibility.
2Device complexity
If conventional image forming apparatus displays preview images with fixed allocation, then the display process is simple, but the user cannot intuitively adjust image size and orientation on specific pages, reducing operational flexibility
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables users to directly manipulate images on the preview display through intuitive gesture operations. Users can drag images to reposition them, rotate them to change orientation, and resize them to adjust magnification. The system responds immediately to these gestures, allowing users to self-service the image allocation without requiring complex menu navigation or multiple processing steps. This maintains simple display process while greatly enhancing adjustment flexibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transforms the static preview display into a dynamic interactive interface. The display initially shows the fixed allocation state for simplicity, but becomes dynamically adjustable when users perform gesture operations. The system allows real-time modification of image allocation, size, and orientation on specific pages while maintaining the overall printing structure, achieving both simplicity and versatility.
3Productivity
If the system maintains constant magnification ratio for all images, then the processing is consistent and efficient, but images that need different sizes cannot be properly displayed, limiting adaptability
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the magnification control into global and local levels. Globally, a constant magnification ratio is applied to all images for efficient consistent processing. Locally, individual images can have their magnification adjusted through user gesture operations during preview. This allows the system to maintain processing efficiency while accommodating images that require different sizes for optimal display.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies different magnification qualities to different images based on local requirements. While the default state uses uniform magnification for all images (global quality), users can perform resize gestures on specific images to apply local quality adjustments. This allows images that need different sizes to be properly displayed while maintaining consistent processing for the majority of images.
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AI summary
An image forming apparatus, as a displaying device, displays the 2nd printing page out of a plurality of printing pages on an operation panel when the 1st to 10th images were allocated to each of the printing pages. The image forming apparatus maintains an allocation state of the 1st printing page anterior to the 2nd printing page and changes an allocation state of at least one of images corresponds to the contact points with the operation panel, when the image forming apparatus receives a gesture operation moves the contact points. The starting points of the contact points are in the 2nd printing page displayed on the operation panel.