Voice-Activated Printing System with User Identification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current printing systems using smart speakers with voice recognition services cannot accurately specify the content to be printed for each user through voice commands, leading to uncertainty in what is being printed.
Innovation Solution
A printing system that includes a printing apparatus and an information processing apparatus connected through a network, where the information processing apparatus stores registration information linked to user identification, acquires keywords from voice commands, and creates and transmits print data associated with the identified content to the printing apparatus for execution.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If voice commands are used to initiate printing through a smart speaker, then ease of operation is improved, but the ability to accurately specify content for each user deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary registration of multiple users' voice characteristics and preferred content in advance. When a voice command is received, the system identifies the user based on pre-registered voice data and automatically retrieves the corresponding preferred content, eliminating the need for manual content specification while maintaining accuracy.
Solution Approach 2:
The information processing apparatus acts as an intermediary between the smart speaker and the printing apparatus. It receives the voice command, identifies the user, determines the preferred content based on user profiles, and then transmits the appropriate print data to the printing apparatus, thereby bridging the gap between simple voice input and accurate content specification.
2Measurement precision
If manual content selection is required for each user, then content specification accuracy is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
Each user's preferred content is automatically determined by the system based on pre-registered user profiles and voice identification. The system serves itself by automatically matching the user to their preferred content without requiring manual intervention, thereby maintaining content specification accuracy while simplifying operation.
3Ease of operation
If user identification and content matching are automated, then ease of operation is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The information processing apparatus performs multiple functions: it acts as a voice recognition interface, a user identification system, a content management database, and a print data transmitter. By consolidating these functions into a single apparatus, the system achieves automated content selection without proportionally increasing overall system complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
A printing system includes a printing apparatus and an information processing apparatus coupled to the printing apparatus through a network. The information processing apparatus has: a storage that stores registration information in correspondence with the identification information of a user, the registration information including at least one of a content corresponding to a keyword and acquired-from source information representing a source from which the content was acquired; a keyword acquiring section that acquires the keyword included in a print command by voice and the identification information linked to the keyword from a voice relay apparatus; and a transmitting section that creates print data that uses the content that is associated with the acquired identification information and corresponds to the keyword acquired by the keyword acquiring section, and transmits the print data to the printing apparatus. The printing apparatus receives the print data and executes printing according to the print data.