Image Processing Apparatus Voice Guide Priority Controller
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing image processing apparatuses with voice guide functions often cause confusion by suddenly stopping voice guides when a new job requires outputting voice guidance, leading to user inconvenience.
Innovation Solution
The apparatus includes a data memory for storing voice guide data, a voice output component, and a controller that prevents a first voice guide from being outputted if a higher-priority voice guide is required for another job, ensuring continuous and prioritized voice guidance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Speed
If the image processing apparatus immediately stops outputting a voice guide when a new job requires voice guidance, then the new job's voice guide can be output without delay, but the currently-outputting voice guide is suddenly interrupted causing user confusion
Solution Approach 1:
The system determines in advance whether to prohibit voice guide output by checking if a voice guide is already being output before starting a new job's voice guide. This preliminary check prevents sudden interruptions by preparing the prohibition decision before the conflict occurs.
Solution Approach 2:
The controller acts as an intermediary between multiple voice guide output requests. It manages the conflict by determining whether to prohibit the new voice guide based on the current output state, ensuring smooth transitions without sudden interruptions.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple voice guides are output simultaneously for different jobs, then all jobs receive voice guidance, but the voice guides interfere with each other causing confusion
Solution Approach 1:
The system determines in advance whether to prohibit voice guide output by checking if a voice guide is already being output before starting a new job's voice guide. This preliminary check prevents simultaneous conflicting outputs while maintaining adaptability for sequential jobs.
Solution Approach 2:
The voice guide output state is dynamically managed by the controller, which adjusts the prohibition decision based on the current output state. This dynamic control allows the system to adapt to different job scenarios while preventing harmful simultaneous outputs.
Data Source
AI summary
An image processing apparatus includes: a data memory that stores in itself voice guide data pieces; a voice output portion that outputs the voice guide data pieces stored in the data memory; and a controller. The controller prohibits a first voice guide data piece from being outputted according to a job by the voice output portion, while a second voice guide data piece is being outputted according to another job thereby.