User-Specific Operation Screen Management for Image Processing Apparatus
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face inconvenience when switching between different image processing apparatuses due to differences in operation screens, leading to a lack of familiarity and efficiency when using multiple devices.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus that manages screen information associated with users, identifies the user, and displays an operation screen created based on the user's familiar screen information from a primary device on a secondary device, ensuring consistency and familiarity across different image processing apparatuses.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If different operation screens are displayed for different image processing apparatuses, then each device can be optimized for its specific functions, but users experience inconvenience and reduced efficiency when switching between multiple devices
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal operation screen system that can be used across multiple different image processing apparatuses. The server manages screen information that is not tied to a specific device, allowing the same operation screen to function on various apparatuses. This enables users to switch between devices without encountering different interfaces, thereby improving ease of operation while maintaining adaptability through the flexible server-based management architecture.
2Productivity
If operation screens are customized for each image processing apparatus, then device-specific functionality is maximized, but the learning curve increases when users switch between devices
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-managing screen information on the server before users switch between devices. The server stores and manages operation screen data in advance, so when a user accesses a different image processing apparatus, the familiar operation screen is already prepared and immediately displayed. This eliminates the need for users to relearn interfaces, reducing adaptation time while preserving device-specific functionality through the server's flexible management capabilities.
3Ease of operation
If a standardized operation screen is used across all image processing apparatuses, then user consistency is improved, but device-specific optimizations are lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a server as an intermediary between users and image processing apparatuses. The server manages screen information and mediates the interaction, allowing standardized operation screens to be delivered across multiple devices while maintaining the ability to adapt to device-specific requirements. The server acts as a buffer that decouples the user interface from the underlying device hardware, enabling consistency without sacrificing optimization capabilities.
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AI summary
An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to manage pieces of screen information in association with users, the screen information being related to an operation screen to be used for operating an image processing apparatus, identify a user who is going to use the image processing apparatus, and cause a display to display an operation screen created based on the screen information of the identified user, the display being used by the user when using the image processing apparatus.