CN112824105A - Data processing method of consumable chip, consumable and imaging equipment - Google Patents
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Abstract
The embodiment of the invention relates to a data processing method of a consumable chip, the consumable chip, a consumable and an imaging device, wherein the consumable chip is communicated with the imaging device, and the data processing method comprises the following steps: the consumable chip receives a command of writing in first consumption information and a command of writing in second consumption information of the imaging equipment; the consumable chip writes the second consumption information into the storage area; the consumable chip judges whether the second consumption information reaches a preset value; if yes, the consumable chip feeds back error reporting information to the imaging device, the imaging device deletes the stored first consumption information after the consumable chip is powered on again, the imaging device determines consumable residual information based on the second consumption information stored by the consumable chip, and the imaging device can identify and use the capacity of consumable expansion.
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Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of image formation, in particular to a data processing method of a consumable chip, the consumable chip, a consumable and an imaging device.
Background
Printers and copiers are widely used imaging devices, and popular printers or copiers generally use consumables such as a toner cartridge and an ink cartridge, ink or carbon powder is accommodated in a corresponding cartridge (a toner cartridge or an ink cartridge, etc.) to form consumables, and consumable chips are mostly mounted on the cartridges of the consumables and used for storing information related to printing consumables.
In the prior art, the consumable chip can set and store the relevant information of the consumable when leaving the factory, and the relevant information of the consumable includes first capacity information and second capacity information, wherein the first capacity information is the capacity information recorded when the consumable leaves the factory, the second capacity information is the actual capacity information of the consumable, and the numerical value of the second capacity information is greater than the numerical value of the first capacity information.
Because the consumable chip is mainly used for storing information related to printing consumables and plays roles of identity recognition and state recording, when the consumable box provided with the consumable chip is installed on the imaging device, the imaging device can provide electric signals for the consumable chip, namely the imaging device supplies power for the consumable chip, at the moment, the imaging device can send a reading command to the consumable chip to read the related information of the consumable recorded on the consumable chip, if the consumable box is a completely new consumable box, the imaging device can read the related information of consumables such as first capacity information and second capacity information recorded on the consumable chip, when one-time imaging operation is finished, the imaging device can respectively calculate the first consumption information and the second consumption information based on the first capacity information and the second capacity information, and then write the first consumption information and the second consumption information into the consumable chip, the image forming apparatus itself may store the first consumption information, and then the image forming apparatus may determine consumable remaining information based on the first consumption information or the second consumption information, wherein the first consumption information has a higher priority. Since the image forming apparatus itself stores the first consumption information and has a higher priority, even when a consumable cartridge that expands the capacity to accommodate the printing consumable substance is shipped from the factory and the consumable chip is caused to perform a printing operation using the actual capacity (i.e., using the second capacity information having a larger numerical value than the first capacity information), the image forming apparatus determines the consumable remaining information based only on the first consumption information stored in itself; since the image forming apparatus prohibits the image forming operation when the remaining amount of consumables is insufficient, even if the capacity of actual consumables accommodating printing consumables is enlarged, the image forming apparatus cannot be made to recognize and use the enlarged capacity of the portion.
Disclosure of Invention
The embodiment of the invention provides a data processing method of a consumable chip, the consumable chip, a consumable, imaging equipment and a storage medium, which are used for solving the problem that the imaging equipment cannot identify and use the expanded part capacity after the capacity of the consumable is expanded in the prior art.
In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a data processing method for a consumable chip, where the method includes:
the consumable chip is communicated with an imaging device, after the imaging device performs imaging operation, the imaging device calculates first consumption information and second consumption information based on first capacity information and second capacity information read from the consumable chip, determines consumable remaining information based on the first consumption information or the second consumption information, and stores the first consumption information, wherein the first consumption information has higher priority than the second consumption information, and the method comprises the following steps:
the consumable chip receives a command of writing the first consumption information and a command of writing the second consumption information by the imaging equipment;
the consumable chip writes the second consumption information into a storage area;
the consumable chip judges whether the second consumption information reaches a preset value;
if yes, the consumable chip feeds back error reporting information to the imaging device, so that the imaging device deletes the stored first consumption information after the consumable chip is powered on again, and the imaging device determines consumable residual information based on second consumption information stored by the consumable chip.
Optionally, the feeding back error information to the imaging device by the consumable chip includes:
and the consumable chip sends error information to the imaging equipment.
Optionally, the feeding back error information to the imaging device by the consumable chip includes:
and when the imaging equipment initiates N times of commands, the consumable chip does not respond to the commands of the imaging equipment, wherein N is a natural number which is more than or equal to 1.
In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a consumable chip, in communication with an imaging device, after the imaging device performs an imaging operation, the imaging device calculates first consumption information and second consumption information based on first capacity information and second capacity information read from the consumable chip, determines consumable remaining information based on the first consumption information or the second consumption information, and stores the first consumption information, where the first consumption information has a higher priority than the second consumption information, including:
a receiving module for receiving a command for writing first consumption information and a command for writing second consumption information by the image forming apparatus;
a writing module for writing the second consumption information into the storage area;
the judging module is used for judging whether the second consumption information reaches a preset value; and
and the error reporting module is used for feeding back error reporting information to the imaging device when the second consumption information reaches a preset value, so that the imaging device deletes the stored first consumption information after the consumable chip is powered on again, and the imaging device determines consumable residual information based on the second consumption information stored in the consumable chip.
Optionally, the error reporting module includes:
the first error reporting unit is used for not responding to the command of the imaging device when the imaging device initiates the command for N times, wherein N is a natural number which is more than or equal to 1.
Optionally, the error reporting module includes:
and the second error reporting unit is used for sending error information to the imaging equipment.
In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a consumable chip, including a memory and a processor, where the memory is used to store information including program instructions, and the processor is used to control execution of the program instructions, and the program instructions are loaded and executed by the processor to implement the data processing method.
In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a consumable, including the consumable chip described above.
In a fifth aspect, embodiments of the present invention provide an image forming apparatus provided with the consumable described above.
In a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a storage medium, where the storage medium includes a stored program, and when the program runs, the apparatus on which the storage medium is located is controlled to execute the method executed by the consumable chip.
It can be understood that, in the data processing method of the consumable chip provided in the embodiment of the present invention, only the second consumption information generated by the imaging device is stored, the first consumption information is not stored, and the error reporting information is sent when the second consumption information reaches the preset value, so that the imaging device reports an error, at this time, the imaging device considers that the consumable chip is in an error and cannot be used continuously, and further generates an operation for reminding a user to power off the consumable chip, when the consumable chip is powered on again, the imaging device considers that the consumable is replaced, and thus the stored information related to the consumable is removed, then the first consumption information is also removed, and meanwhile, a reading command for reading the consumable related information stored in the consumable chip is initiated, because the consumable chip does not store the first consumption information, the imaging device determines the consumable remaining information according to the read second consumption information, thereby judging whether the consumables in the consumables cartridge are exhausted, and since the second consumption information is determined based on the second capacity information, the image forming apparatus can recognize and use the partially expanded capacity when the second capacity is expanded, thereby realizing the expansion of the consumables capacity.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating a connection between a consumable chip and an imaging device according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a data processing method of a consumable chip according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a data processing method for a consumable chip according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a functional module of a consumable chip according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a consumable chip according to an embodiment of the present invention.
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For better understanding of the technical solutions of the present invention, the following detailed descriptions of the embodiments of the present invention are provided with reference to the accompanying drawings.
It should be understood that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the invention, and not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
The terminology used in the embodiments of the invention is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. As used in the examples of the present invention and the appended claims, the singular forms "a," "an," and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
It should be understood that the term "and/or" as used herein is merely one type of association that describes an associated object, meaning that three relationships may exist, e.g., a and/or B may mean: a exists alone, A and B exist simultaneously, and B exists alone. In addition, the character "/" herein generally indicates that the former and latter related objects are in an "or" relationship.
In the embodiments of the present invention, "at least one" means one or more, "a plurality" means two or more. "and/or" describes the association relationship of the associated objects, meaning that there may be three relationships, e.g., a and/or B, which may mean: a exists alone, A and B exist simultaneously, and B exists alone, wherein A and B can be singular or plural. The character "/" generally indicates that the former and latter associated objects are in an "or" relationship. "at least one of the following" or similar expressions refer to any combination of these items, including any combination of the singular or plural items. For example, at least one (one) of a, b, or c, may represent: a, b, c, a-b, a-c, b-c, or a-b-c, wherein a, b, c may be single or multiple.
Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of connection between a consumable chip 1 and an imaging device 2 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in fig. 1, the consumable chip 1 includes a processor 11 having an information processing function and a memory 12 for storing consumable related information, and the consumable chip 1 communicates with the imaging device 2 through the processor 11 to transmit data in the memory 12 to the imaging device 2 or write data of the imaging device 2 into the memory 12.
The image forming apparatus 2 denotes a device that prints print data generated by a computer, for example, on a recording medium such as printing paper. Examples of the image forming apparatus 2 include, but are not limited to, copiers, printers, facsimile machines, scanners, and multifunction peripherals that perform the above functions in a single apparatus. The image forming apparatus 2 may be an inkjet printing image forming apparatus 2, a laser printing image forming apparatus, or other types of image forming apparatuses.
The consumable chip 1 is arranged on a consumable, and the consumable chip 1 in the embodiment of the invention can be applied to an ink box/liquid container of an ink-jet imaging device and can also be applied to a toner cartridge/powder box of a laser imaging device.
The memory 12 is a nonvolatile memory, and is connected to the processor 11, and when the consumable chip 1 is powered off, the data stored in the memory is not lost, and the nonvolatile memory may be NOR flash, NAND flash, EEPROM (erasable programmable read only memory), FRAM (ferroelectric memory), MRAM (magnetic RAM), NVSRAM (nonvolatile static memory), or the like.
The memory 11 may be provided integrally with the processor 11, or may be provided separately from the processor 11, and the operation code in the processor 11 may be stored in its own memory unit, or may be stored in the memory 12.
The memory 12 generally stores production date, manufacturer, device code, chip serial number, consumption information threshold, consumable installation date, consumable installed identifier, consumable color verification information, and related information such as the first capacity information, the second capacity information, the first consumption information, and the second consumption information mentioned in the background, it should be noted that in the embodiment of the present invention, the memory 12 does not store the first consumption information. It should be noted that some of the above-listed related information stored in the memory 12 may not be necessary, and the present invention is not limited thereto.
FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a data processing method of a consumable chip according to an embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in fig. 2, a data processing method of a consumable chip, the consumable chip communicates with an imaging device, after the imaging device performs an imaging operation, the imaging device calculates first consumption information and second consumption information based on first capacity information and second capacity information read from the consumable chip, determines consumable remaining information based on the first consumption information or the second consumption information, and stores the first consumption information, wherein the first consumption information has a higher priority than the second consumption information, the data processing method includes:
step S01: the consumable chip receives a command of writing in first consumption information and a command of writing in second consumption information of the imaging equipment;
step S02: the consumable chip writes the second consumption information into the storage area and does not store the first consumption information;
step S03: the consumable chip judges whether the second consumption information reaches a preset value;
step S04: if yes, the consumable chip feeds back error reporting information to the imaging device, the imaging device deletes the stored first consumption information after the consumable chip is powered on again, and the imaging device determines consumable residual information based on the second consumption information stored by the consumable chip.
It can be understood that, in the data processing method of the consumable chip provided in the embodiment of the present invention, only the second consumption information generated by the imaging device is stored, the first consumption information is not stored, and the error reporting information is sent when the second consumption information reaches the preset value, so that the imaging device reports an error, at this time, the imaging device considers that the consumable chip is in an error and cannot be used continuously, and further generates an operation for prompting a user to power off the consumable chip, when the consumable chip is powered on again, the imaging device considers that the consumable is replaced, and thus the stored information related to the consumable is removed, then the first consumption information is also removed, and meanwhile, a reading command for reading the consumable related information stored in the consumable chip is initiated, because the consumable chip does not store the first consumption information, the imaging device determines the consumable remaining information according to the read second consumption information, thereby judging whether the consumables in the consumable cartridge are exhausted, and since the second consumption information is determined based on the second capacity information, when the second capacity is expanded/the value of the second capacity information is larger than the value of the first capacity information, the image forming apparatus can recognize and use the partially expanded capacity, thereby realizing the expansion of the capacity of the consumables.
The following describes each step of the data processing method of the consumable chip according to the embodiment of the present invention in detail.
For step S01: the consumable chip receives a command of writing in first consumption information and a command of writing in second consumption information of the imaging equipment; the imaging device stores first consumption information and second consumption information, determines consumable remaining information based on the first consumption information or the second consumption information, and the first consumption information is higher in priority than the first consumption information.
Specifically, the consumable chip pre-stores a threshold (referred to herein as a preset value) of first capacity information, second capacity information, and second consumption information, when the consumable cartridge with the consumable chip is mounted on the imaging device, the imaging device provides an electrical signal to the consumable chip, that is, the imaging device supplies power to the consumable chip, at this time, the imaging device sends a read command to the consumable chip to read the related information of the consumable recorded on the consumable chip, the imaging device reads the related information of the consumable, such as the first capacity information and the second capacity information recorded on the consumable chip, when the imaging device, such as a printer, completes a printing operation, the imaging device calculates the first consumption information and the second consumption information based on the first capacity information and the second capacity information, and then sends a write command related to the first consumption information and a write command related to the second consumption information to the consumable chip, a processor within the consumable chip receives a command for the imaging device to write the first consumption information and a command for writing the second consumption information.
The first capacity information and the second capacity information represent the number of printable pages of the consumables, wherein the first capacity information is the number of printable pages corresponding to the capacity recorded when the consumables leave a factory, and is set for realizing the standardization of the consumables; the second capacity information is the number of printable pages corresponding to the capacity of the actual consumable material for accommodating the print consumable material, and normally, the value corresponding to the second capacity information is greater than or equal to the value corresponding to the first capacity information, for example, 1500 pages are the first capacity information, and 2000 pages are the second capacity information.
Wherein the first consumption information is associated with a first capacity of the consumable chip, the second consumption information is associated with a second capacity of the consumable chip, and the first consumption information vary based on consumption of the consumable.
For example, the first consumption information is a ratio of a first value and first capacity information, wherein the first value is a difference between the first capacity information and a first consumed consumable amount; the second consumption information is a ratio of a second value to second capacity information, wherein the second value is a difference between the second capacity information and a second consumed consumable amount.
For example, the first consumed consumable amount and the second consumed consumable amount represent printed pages, wherein the first consumed consumable amount is the number of pages printed by the imaging device using the consumable accumulation, and the imaging device counts the number of printed pages to determine the first consumed consumable amount when the imaging device completes one printing, and the first consumed consumable amount is not associated with the printing coverage. For example, if the image forming apparatus prints 20 pages for the first printing using the consumable material, the amount of the first consumed consumable material may be 20; the second consumed consumable quantity is relative to the first consumed consumable quantity, the second consumed consumable quantity is a printing page number corresponding to the consumable quantity actually consumed by the imaging equipment for printing, and the second consumed consumable quantity is associated with the printing coverage rate; for example, if the number of pages printed by the image forming apparatus using the consumable supply accumulation is 1 page, if the printing coverage corresponding to the page is lower than a certain value (for example, 50% of printing coverage and 80% of a certain value), the second consumed consumable supply amount may be 0, or the printing coverage may be directly used as the value of the second consumed consumable supply amount (0.5).
As can be seen from the above example, the values of the first consumption information and the second consumption information both change with the change in the number of printed pages, and the change rate of the first consumption information is at least not less than (i.e., greater than or equal to) the change rate of the second consumption information within the same time range, so that the first consumption information is greater than or equal to the second consumption information.
It should be understood that the printing coverage is the percentage of the area covered by the ink relative to the whole printing paper area when printing, that is, the total area of the printing paper occupied by the printed matters, and is generally used by printer manufacturers to measure the number of the printing matters which can be printed by one consumable.
The first consumption information and the second consumption information may be percentages, for example, the image forming apparatus has printed 1000 pages using a consumable, the first capacity information of a consumable chip corresponding to the consumable is 4000 pages, the second capacity information is 5000 pages, then, for the first capacity information, the current remaining printable number of pages corresponding to the consumable is 3000 pages, for the second capacity information, the current remaining printable number of pages corresponding to the consumable is 4000 pages, then, the calculated first consumption information is 75%, which indicates that the current remaining printable number of pages accounts for 75% of the first capacity information, and the second consumption information is 80%, which indicates that the current remaining printable number of pages accounts for 80% of the second capacity information. The number of pages that have been printed is obtained by accumulating, by the printing apparatus, the number of pages printed by the current printing operation and the number of pages printed by the past printing operation for the same consumable part, and in other embodiments, the first consumption information and the second consumption information are not necessarily percentages, and may also be other information, such as integers or non-percentages. In other embodiments, the first consumption information may also be a ratio of the number of pages printed by the consumable cartridge to the first capacity information, and the second consumption information may also be a ratio of the number of pages printed by the consumable cartridge to the second capacity information, similarly, for example, the image forming apparatus has currently printed 1000 pages, the first capacity information is 4000 pages, and the second capacity information is 5000 pages, and the first consumption information may be 25% (i.e., a ratio of 1000 to 4000), that is, the number of pages printed by the consumable accounts for 25% of the first capacity information, and the first consumption information is 20% (i.e., a ratio of 1000 to 5000), and that the number of pages printed by the consumable currently accounts for 20% of the second capacity information.
The above is merely an example, and the present invention is not limited to the existence of the first consumption information and the second consumption information.
For step S02: writing the second consumption information into the storage area;
specifically, after receiving a command for writing first consumption information and a command for writing second consumption information by the imaging device, the processor in the consumable identifies the first consumption information and the second consumption information, writes the second consumption information into a storage area of the memory for storing the second consumption information, and does not perform writing processing on the first consumption information.
For step S03: judging whether the second consumption information reaches a preset value;
the preset value can be flexibly set, and the invention is not limited to this. For example, the preset value may be 55%, 60%, etc., and in the embodiment of the present invention, the preset value is set to be the same as or associated with the ratio between the first capacity information and the second capacity information, for example, when the first capacity information is 1500 pages and the second capacity information is 2000 pages, the preset value may be set to be the ratio between the first capacity information and the second capacity information, that is, 75%.
For step S04: and if the second consumption information reaches the preset value, feeding back error reporting information to the imaging equipment, deleting the first consumption information after the consumable chip is powered on again by the imaging equipment, and determining the consumable residual information by the imaging equipment based on the second consumption information stored in the consumable chip.
The consumable remaining information may be a consumable remaining amount or a consumable remaining condition (e.g., whether a consumable remains).
Specifically, if the second consumption information reaches the preset value, the consumable chip feeds back the error reporting information to the imaging device in the following manner:
the first method is as follows: when the imaging device initiates N times of commands, the consumable chip does not respond to the commands of the imaging device, so that the imaging device considers that the consumable chip is wrong and cannot be used continuously, wherein N is a natural number which is more than or equal to 1.
The second method comprises the following steps: the consumable chip feeds back error information to the imaging equipment, so that the imaging equipment considers that the consumable chip has errors and cannot be continuously used.
When imaging equipment thinks that the consumptive material chip goes wrong, can generate prompt message, for example send the chimes of doom, or adopt display screen display etc for the user can learn the condition that the consumptive material chip takes place the mistake, and then reminds the user to carry out the operation that can make the consumptive material chip carry out the outage, and the operation that makes the consumptive material chip carry out the outage can for example: turning off the imaging equipment, powering on the imaging equipment after the imaging equipment is powered off, and then powering on the consumable chip in the consumable; or, remind the user to open and shut and cover the operation, take out the consumptive material from imaging device and install again, and then power on again after making the consumptive material chip in the consumptive material outage.
When the consumable chip is powered on again, the imaging device considers that the consumable box is replaced, so that the stored information related to the consumable box is removed, then the first consumption information is also removed, meanwhile, a reading command for reading the consumable related information stored in the consumable chip is initiated, because the consumable chip does not store the first consumption information, when the imaging device and the consumable chip are powered on again, the imaging device reads the consumable related information on the consumable chip, the consumable related information comprises second consumption information, the imaging device determines the consumable remaining information according to the read second consumption information, so as to judge the consumable remaining information in the consumable box, because the second consumption information is determined based on the second capacity information, when the value of the second capacity information is larger than that of the first capacity information/directly expands the data of the second capacity information, the image forming apparatus can recognize and use the partially expanded capacity, achieving expansion of the capacity of the consumable.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a data processing method for a consumable chip according to an embodiment of the present invention;
the following describes an overall workflow of a data processing method for a consumable chip according to an embodiment of the present invention with reference to fig. 3.
A data processing method of a consumable chip comprises the following steps:
step S11: the consumable chip prestores first capacity information, second capacity information and a preset value;
step S12: the image forming apparatus performs a printing operation;
step S13: the imaging equipment calculates the first consumption information and the second consumption information and sends a command for writing the first consumption information and the second consumption signal into the consumable chip;
step S14: the consumable chip stores the second consumption information and does not store the first consumption information;
step S15: the consumable chip judges whether the second consumption information reaches a preset value;
step S16: the consumptive material chip sends and reports error message, makes imaging equipment think that the consumptive material chip makes mistakes, can not be continued to use, when imaging equipment thinks that the consumptive material chip goes wrong, can generate tip information, for example send the chimes of doom, or adopt display screen display etc. for the user can learn the condition that the consumptive material chip takes place the mistake.
Step S17: a user switches on or off the imaging equipment to restart the consumable chip after the consumable chip is powered off;
step S18: the imaging device clears the first consumption information recorded by the imaging device;
step S19: the image forming apparatus calculates a remaining amount of the consumable according to the second consumption information.
Compared with the prior art, since the image forming apparatus in the prior art determines the remaining amount of the consumable according to the first consumption information and the first capacity information, for example, when the consumed consumable amount corresponding to the first consumption information reaches or approaches to the first capacity information, the image forming apparatus considers that the current consumable is exhausted or insufficient, and thus the consumable will not be used for image forming operation; in the invention, the consumable chip does not store the first consumption information, and sends the error reporting information when the second consumption information reaches the preset value, so that the imaging equipment reports errors, and further the imaging equipment determines consumable residual information according to the second consumption information, thereby judging whether the consumable in the consumable box is exhausted or insufficient, because the second consumption information is determined based on the second capacity information, when the second capacity is enlarged/the numerical value of the second capacity information is larger than that of the first capacity information, the imaging equipment can identify and use the enlarged capacity of the part, and the enlargement of the consumable capacity is realized.
It should also be appreciated that the data processing method of the consumable chip provided by the invention only needs to improve the data processing logic of the consumable chip, and does not need to improve the hardware and program design of the existing imaging device, so that the imaging device can identify and use the enlarged capacity of the consumable, thereby greatly reducing the research and development cost and the production cost, and having strong reliability.
FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of functional modules of the consumable chip according to the present invention.
As shown in fig. 4, an embodiment of the present invention provides a consumable chip 100, which communicates with an imaging device, after the imaging device performs an imaging operation, the imaging device calculates first consumption information and second consumption information based on first capacity information and second capacity information read from the consumable chip, determines consumable remaining information based on the first consumption information or the second consumption information, and stores the first consumption information, where the first consumption information has a higher priority than the second consumption information, and the consumable chip 100 includes:
a receiving module 11 for receiving a command for writing first consumption information and a command for writing second consumption information by the image forming apparatus;
a writing module 12 for writing the second consumption information into the storage area;
the judging module 13 is configured to judge whether the second consumption information reaches a preset value; and
and the error reporting module 14 is configured to feed back error reporting information to the imaging device when the second consumption information reaches the preset value, so that the imaging device deletes the stored first consumption information after the consumable chip is powered on again, and the imaging device determines consumable remaining information based on the second consumption information.
Optionally, the error reporting module 14 includes: the first error reporting unit is used for not responding to the command of the imaging device when the imaging device initiates the command for N times, wherein N is a natural number which is more than or equal to 1. .
Optionally, the error reporting module 14 includes: and the second error reporting unit is used for sending error information to the imaging equipment.
For other contents of the consumable chip 100 provided in this embodiment, reference may be made to the corresponding description above, and in order to avoid repetition, embodiments of the present invention are not listed here.
It can be understood that the consumable chip provided in the embodiment of the present invention only stores the second consumption information generated by the imaging device, does not store the first consumption information, and sends the error reporting information when the second consumption information reaches the preset value, so that the imaging device reports an error, and at this time, the imaging device considers that the consumable chip is in error and cannot be used continuously, and further generates an operation for reminding a user to power off the consumable chip, and when the consumable chip is powered on again, the imaging device considers that the consumable is replaced, so as to remove the stored information related to the consumable, then the first consumption information stored in the imaging device is also removed, and meanwhile, the imaging device initiates a reading command for reading the consumable related information stored in the consumable chip, and since the consumable chip does not store the first consumption information, the imaging device determines the consumable remaining information according to the read second consumption information, thereby judge whether the consumptive material in this consumptive material box can also continue to print, because second consumption information is confirmed based on second capacity information, consequently, when the numerical value of second capacity information is bigger than the numerical value of first capacity information when second capacity enlarges, imaging device can discern and use the capacity that this part enlarges, and then realizes the expansion of consumptive material capacity.
The embodiment of the invention provides a consumable, which comprises a consumable box body (or a consumable container) and a consumable chip provided by any embodiment of the invention, wherein the consumable chip is arranged on the consumable box body (or the consumable container), and the consumable chip is used for executing the data processing method.
Embodiments of the present invention provide an imaging device, where the consumable provided in any embodiment of the present invention is installed on the imaging device, and in order to avoid repetition, the embodiments of the present invention are not listed here.
The embodiment of the invention provides a storage medium, which includes a stored program, wherein, when the program runs, a device in which the storage medium is located is controlled to execute a data processing method executed by the consumable chip, the method executed by the consumable chip has corresponding description above, and is not repeated herein to avoid repetition.
Referring to fig. 5, a consumable chip 50 according to an embodiment of the present invention is provided, where the consumable chip 50 includes: a processor 51, a memory 52 and a computer program 53 stored in the memory 52 and operable on the processor 51, wherein the computer program 53, when executed by the processor 51, implements a data processing method of a consumable chip provided in an embodiment of the present invention, the data processing method comprising:
receiving a writing command of the imaging device for the first consumption information and a writing command for the second consumption information, writing the second consumption information into a memory, judging whether the second consumption information reaches a preset value, and sending error information to the imaging device when the second consumption information reaches the preset value, so that the imaging device determines the consumable surplus according to the second consumption information after the consumable chip is powered on again; the imaging device is used for calculating first consumption information and second consumption information based on the read first capacity information and second capacity information of the consumable chip, determining consumable remaining information based on the first consumption information or the second consumption information, and the priority of the first consumption information is higher than that of the first consumption information; the memory 52 is used to store the second consumption information.
Alternatively, the computer program is executed by the processor 51 to implement the functions of each module/unit in the consumable chip 100 shown in fig. 4, and is not repeated herein to avoid repetition.
It can be understood that the consumable chip provided in the embodiment of the present invention only stores the second consumption information sent by the imaging device, does not store the first consumption information, and sends the error reporting information when the second consumption information reaches the preset value, so that the imaging device reports an error, at this time, the imaging device considers that the consumable chip is in error and cannot be used continuously, and further generates an operation for reminding a user to power off the consumable chip, when the consumable chip is powered on again, the imaging device considers that the consumable is replaced, and thus the stored information related to the consumable is removed, then the first consumption information stored in the imaging device is also removed, and meanwhile, the imaging device initiates a reading command for reading the consumable related information stored in the consumable chip, because the consumable chip does not store the first consumption information, the imaging device determines the consumable remaining information according to the read second consumption information, thereby judging whether the consumables in the consumable cartridge can continue printing, and because the second consumption information is determined based on the second capacity information, when the second capacity is enlarged/the numerical value of the second capacity information is larger than the numerical value of the first capacity information, the image forming apparatus can recognize and use the partially enlarged capacity, thereby realizing the enlargement of the capacity of the consumables.
The Processor 51 may be a Central Processing Unit (CPU), other general purpose Processor, a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) or other Programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic, discrete hardware components, etc. A general purpose processor may be a microprocessor or the processor may be any conventional processor or the like.
It is clear to those skilled in the art that, for convenience and brevity of description, the specific working processes of the above-described systems, apparatuses and units may refer to the corresponding processes in the foregoing method embodiments, and are not described herein again.
In the embodiments provided in the present invention, it should be understood that the disclosed system, apparatus and method may be implemented in other ways. For example, the above-described apparatus embodiments are merely illustrative, and for example, a division of a unit is merely a logical division, and an actual implementation may have another division, for example, a plurality of units or components may be combined or integrated into another system, or some features may be omitted, or not executed. In addition, the shown or discussed mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection may be an indirect coupling or communication connection through some interfaces, devices or units, and may be in an electrical, mechanical or other form.
Units described as separate parts may or may not be physically separate, and parts displayed as units may or may not be physical units, may be located in one place, or may be distributed on a plurality of network units. Some or all of the units can be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of the embodiment.
In addition, functional units in the embodiments of the present invention may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist alone physically, or two or more units are integrated into one unit. The integrated unit can be realized in a form of hardware, or in a form of hardware plus a software functional unit.
The integrated unit implemented in the form of a software functional unit may be stored in a computer readable storage medium. The software functional unit is stored in a storage medium and includes several instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device) or a Processor (Processor) to execute some steps of the methods according to the embodiments of the present invention. And the aforementioned storage medium includes: various media capable of storing program codes, such as a usb disk, a removable hard disk, a Read-only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk.
The present invention is not limited to the above preferred embodiments, and any modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvements, etc. within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the scope of the present invention.
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1. A data processing method of a consumable chip, the consumable chip being in communication with an imaging device, after the imaging device performs an imaging operation, the imaging device calculating first consumption information and second consumption information based on first capacity information and second capacity information read from the consumable chip, and determining consumable remaining information and storing the first consumption information based on the first consumption information or the second consumption information, the first consumption information having a higher priority than the second consumption information, the method comprising:
the consumable chip receives a command of writing the first consumption information and a command of writing the second consumption information by the imaging equipment;
the consumable chip writes the second consumption information into a storage area;
the consumable chip judges whether the second consumption information reaches a preset value;
if yes, the consumable chip feeds back error reporting information to the imaging device, the imaging device deletes the stored first consumption information after the consumable chip is powered on again, and the imaging device determines consumable residual information based on second consumption information stored by the consumable chip.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the consumable chip feeds back error information to the imaging device, comprising:
when the imaging device initiates N times of commands, the consumable chip does not respond to the commands of the imaging device, wherein N is a natural number which is more than or equal to 1.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the consumable chip feeds back error information to the imaging device, comprising:
and the consumable chip sends error information to the imaging equipment.
4. A consumable chip that communicates with an imaging apparatus, the imaging apparatus calculating first consumption information and second consumption information based on first capacity information and second capacity information read from the consumable chip after performing an imaging operation, and determining consumable remaining information and storing the first consumption information based on the first consumption information or the second consumption information, the first consumption information having a higher priority than the second consumption information, comprising:
a receiving module for receiving a command of the image forming apparatus to write the first consumption information and a command of the image forming apparatus to write the second consumption information;
a writing module for writing the second consumption information into the storage area;
the judging module is used for judging whether the second consumption information reaches a preset value; and
and the error reporting module is used for feeding back error reporting information to the imaging device when the second consumption information reaches a preset value, so that the imaging device deletes the stored first consumption information after the consumable chip is powered on again, and the imaging device determines consumable residual information based on the second consumption information stored in the consumable chip.
5. The consumable chip of claim 4, wherein the error reporting module comprises:
the first error reporting unit is used for not responding to the command of the imaging device when the imaging device initiates the command for N times, wherein N is a natural number which is more than or equal to 1.
6. The consumable chip of claim 4, wherein the error reporting module comprises:
and the second error reporting unit is used for sending error information to the imaging equipment.
7. A consumable chip comprising a memory for storing information including program instructions and a processor for controlling the execution of the program instructions, characterized in that: the program instructions, when loaded and executed by a processor, implement the method of any one of claims 1 to 3.
8. A consumable comprising a consumable chip according to any one of claims 4 to 7.
9. An imaging apparatus, characterized in that a consumable according to claim 8 is provided.
10. A storage medium comprising a stored program, wherein a device on which the storage medium is located is controlled to perform any of the methods of 1-3 when the program is run.
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