Voice Manual Hybrid Interface for Print Setting Efficiency
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Solution Overview
Problem
In print shops with large production printers, the complexity of printing settings, especially with numerous paper types and post-processing options, makes it difficult to minimize downtime and perform settings efficiently, even with voice-assisted input systems.
Innovation Solution
An operation receiving apparatus and image forming system that combines voice and manual operation inputs, using a display to identify and instruct users on operation items, allowing for parallel voice and manual operation, enabling quicker and more efficient printing settings.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If voice-assisted input system is used for printing settings, then input efficiency is improved, but it is still difficult to perform settings quickly when there are many functions and long complicated set values
Solution Approach 1:
The display screen is segmented into multiple regions: a first display region showing a reduced-size manual operation screen and a second display region showing a voice operation screen with microphone icon. This segmentation allows users to simultaneously access both voice and manual input interfaces, enabling parallel operation modes to reduce overall setting time despite the complexity of printing parameters.
Solution Approach 2:
The system adds a spatial dimension to the input interface by displaying multiple operation screens in different regions of the display device. The first display region contains a reduced manual operation screen while the second display region provides voice operation access, creating a multi-dimensional input space that accommodates both input methods simultaneously rather than sequentially.
2Ease of operation
If voice operation is used for printing settings, then ease of operation is improved, but the number of operations required remains large due to many functions and long set values
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges voice operation and manual operation interfaces into a single display device, showing both the reduced manual operation screen and the voice operation screen simultaneously in different regions. This combination allows users to leverage both input methods for complex printing settings, reducing the overall number of operations needed while maintaining ease of use.
Solution Approach 2:
The display device serves multiple functions by simultaneously displaying both manual operation screens and voice operation screens. This multi-functionality allows the same hardware interface to support diverse input methods, accommodating users who prefer different interaction styles and reducing the complexity burden through flexible input options.
3Measurement precision
If manual operation is used for printing settings, then precision of input is maintained, but time consumption increases due to the large number of settings required
Solution Approach 1:
The system prepares both manual and voice operation interfaces in advance on the display device, with the manual operation screen reduced and displayed in the first region while the voice operation screen is ready in the second region. This preliminary preparation of multiple input pathways allows users to immediately switch between methods without time loss, maintaining input accuracy while reducing overall setting time.
Data Source
AI summary
An apparatus includes: a display; and a controller that: causes the display to display a plurality of operation items that can be instructed by a user, receives an instruction by a voice operation with respect to at least one of the operation items, and receives an instruction by a manual operation with respect to at least one of the operation items. The display displays a first operation item identifiable from the remaining operation items, and the first operation item can be instructed by a user voice.