Universal Driver Control Device for Image Processing Systems
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Solution Overview
Problem
The complexity of universal drivers increases when special settings windows are pre-installed for specific image processors, making it difficult to configure settings without complicating the driver's structure.
Innovation Solution
A control device and image processing system that utilize a universal driver to supply common and special setting screens, allowing users to select and configure settings independently, with special settings acquired from external devices or servers, eliminating the need for pre-installed special settings windows within the universal driver.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If special function settings windows are pre-installed in the universal driver for specific image processors, then users can configure special settings for specific devices, but the structure of the universal driver becomes more complex and memory allocation increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the settings configuration into two separate components: common settings handled by the universal driver and special settings handled by device-specific settings windows. This segmentation allows the universal driver to remain simple while still enabling special settings configuration through a modular approach where device-specific windows are loaded only when needed rather than being pre-installed within the driver itself.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts the special settings windows from the universal driver structure and stores them separately in the storage unit. When a user needs to configure special settings for a specific device, the system retrieves the appropriate settings window from external storage rather than having it embedded in the driver. This extraction reduces the driver's complexity and memory requirements while maintaining the ability to access special settings when needed.
2Adaptability or versatility
If special function settings windows are pre-installed in the universal driver, then special settings can be configured, but it increases memory allocation and identification complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary organization of special settings windows in the storage unit before they are needed. The settings windows are prepared and stored with proper identification information in advance, allowing the system to quickly retrieve and display the appropriate settings window when a user selects a specific device, without requiring all settings windows to be loaded into memory simultaneously.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of embedding actual special settings windows within the universal driver, the system creates and stores simplified representations or references to these windows in the storage unit. When needed, the full settings windows are loaded from storage as copies, reducing the memory footprint of the driver itself while maintaining access to complete settings functionality.
Data Source
AI summary
A content of the common setting is applied to the plurality of devices and a content of the special setting is applied to a specific device among the plurality of devices. When the item of the special setting for the specific device is selected on the common setting screen, the acquiring unit is configured to acquire special setting screen data corresponding to the selected item of the special setting from an external device. A second setting screen supplying unit is configured to supply the special setting screen data to the display unit such that the display unit displays a special setting screen on which the content of the special setting for the selected item is settable.