Information Processing Device Wireless Connection via Web Interface
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current information processing devices require complex user operations when connecting to external devices lacking specific wireless communication methods, as users must perform additional settings and view connection procedure guidance, making the process cumbersome.
Innovation Solution
An information processing device with a first wireless communication unit, a display unit, and a control unit that displays a web page related to the connection device's settings, allowing users to select and connect to the device using the first wireless communication method, simplifying the connection process by acquiring and displaying identification information and detecting the corresponding connection device.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the information processing device uses a first wireless communication method for connection, then communication capability is improved, but user operation complexity increases when the external device does not include the second wireless communication unit
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a web page as an intermediary interface between the user and the information processing device. The web page automatically displays connection procedures and settings guidance based on the detected wireless communication method, mediating the complex technical parameters into user-friendly visual instructions. This resolves the contradiction by maintaining communication capability while reducing user operation complexity through automated information presentation.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs self-service by automatically detecting which wireless communication method the external device supports and autonomously displaying the appropriate connection procedures on the web page. The information processing device itself generates and presents the necessary guidance without requiring external assistance or manual configuration, thereby simplifying user operation while preserving adaptability to different communication methods.
2Reliability
If additional settings and application program activation are required for connection, then communication reliability is improved, but operation time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action by pre-preparing and dynamically displaying all necessary connection information, settings guidance, and procedural steps on the web page before the user actually performs the connection. The system anticipates what settings are needed and presents them in advance, allowing users to complete all configurations in one organized process rather than discovering requirements step-by-step, thus maintaining reliability while reducing total operation time.
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AI summary
A control unit of an information processing device causes a touch panel to display, based on identification information of a connection device received by the touch panel, a web page related to a setting of the connection device corresponding to the identification information and related to a setting of wireless communication of a first wireless communication method, acquires the identification information of the connection device included in the web page, displays the identification information of the connection device on an application screen displayed by an application program, when the identification information displayed on the application screen is selected, detects the connection device corresponding to the identification information, and wirelessly connects to the connection device by causing a first wireless communication I/F to perform wireless communication according to the first wireless communication method.