CN113342366A

CN113342366A - Chip read-write device, read-write method, electronic device, medium, and program product

Info

Publication number: CN113342366A
Application number: CN202110742804.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 罗志彬; 祁美超
Original assignee: Ninestar Corp
Current assignee: Ninestar Corp
Priority date: 2020-07-06
Filing date: 2021-06-30
Publication date: 2021-09-03

Abstract

The invention provides a chip reading and writing device, a reading and writing method, an electronic device, a medium and a program product, wherein the chip reading and writing device comprises a rack, a fixing assembly, a containing piece, a reading and writing assembly and a clamping assembly; the fixing assembly is arranged on the rack and used for fixing the consumable to be read and written; the reading and writing assembly comprises a plurality of electric connecting pieces, the accommodating piece is used for accommodating the electric connecting pieces, and the clamping assembly is used for alternatively clamping the electric connecting pieces and driving the electric connecting pieces to move so as to enable the electric connecting pieces to be electrically connected with the chip. The chip reading and writing device, the reading and writing method, the electronic device, the medium and the program product provided by the invention have higher reading and writing efficiency on the consumable chip.

Description

Chip read-write device, read-write method, electronic device, medium, and program product

Technical Field

The present invention relates to the field of chip read/write devices, and in particular, to a chip read/write device, a read/write method, an electronic device, a medium, and a program product.

Background

Printers are common office equipment. The printer has consumables such as an ink cartridge and a developing cartridge. The consumable is provided with a chip and used for storing relevant information related to the consumable, such as attribute information of consumable model, production date, manufacturer, serial number, chip program version and the like.

The chip is usually designed by a Micro Controller Unit (MCU), and includes a program area and a data area. The program area is used for storing program codes which can be executed by the MCU, and the MCU executes the program codes in the program area to realize the communication between the consumable and the printer; the data area is used for storing the attribute information of the consumable.

The chip reading and writing comprises two operations of reading a chip program and writing the chip program, and the current program content in the chip can be covered for writing the chip program. At present, the mode of reading and writing the consumable chip is usually to manually select different burning heads according to the type of the consumable. However, when the number and types of consumables are large, the efficiency of the read/write method is low.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the foregoing problems, embodiments of the present invention provide a chip read/write device, a chip read/write method, an electronic device, a medium, and a program product, which have high chip read/write efficiency.

In order to achieve the above object, the embodiments of the present invention provide the following technical solutions:

a first aspect of an embodiment of the present invention provides a chip read-write device, which is suitable for a consumable item of a printer, where the consumable item has a chip. The chip reading and writing equipment comprises a rack, a fixing component, a containing piece, a reading and writing component and a clamping component; the fixing assembly is arranged on the rack and used for fixing the consumable to be read and written; the reading and writing assembly comprises a plurality of electric connecting pieces, the accommodating piece is used for accommodating the electric connecting pieces, and the clamping assembly is used for clamping the electric connecting pieces according to the selected consumable material and driving the electric connecting pieces to move so as to enable the electric connecting pieces to be electrically connected with the chip.

In some embodiments, a first label is provided on the consumable; the chip reading and writing equipment comprises a first scanning piece, and the first scanning piece is used for scanning the first label to obtain attribute information of the consumable; the clamping assembly is used for clamping the corresponding electric connector according to the attribute information of the consumable.

In some embodiments, the chip reading and writing device further comprises a label printing part for printing a second label, wherein the second label is used for being attached to the consumable.

In some embodiments, the chip read-write device further comprises a first attitude detection component; the first posture detection component is used for acquiring the current position and the current orientation of the chip, and the clamping component is used for driving the electric connection piece to move towards one side of the chip according to the current position and the current orientation of the chip and enabling contact pins of the electric connection piece to be arranged opposite to contacts of the chip.

In some embodiments, the clamping assembly comprises: the first connecting arm can rotate around a first rotating shaft relative to the rack and can move along a first direction relative to the rack, and the first rotating shaft is perpendicular to the first direction; the second connecting arm is connected with the other end of the first connecting arm and can rotate around a second rotating shaft relative to the first connecting arm, and the first rotating shaft and the second rotating shaft are arranged in parallel at intervals; the third connecting arm is connected with the second connecting arm, can rotate around a third rotating shaft relative to the second connecting arm and moves relative to the second connecting arm along the extending direction of the third rotating shaft, and the third rotating shaft and the second rotating shaft are arranged in parallel at intervals; and the clamping piece is connected with the third connecting arm and used for clamping the electric connecting piece.

In some embodiments, a second scanning element is disposed on the clamping assembly, and the second scanning element is connected to the third connecting arm and is configured to acquire image information of a current orientation of the clamping assembly.

In some embodiments, the chip read-write device further includes a data transmission interface, where the data transmission interface is disposed on the read-write component, and is used to connect with a remote update device and obtain the program of the chip.

In some embodiments, the chip reader further comprises an expander, an input of the expander being connected to the reader, the expander having a plurality of outputs, each of the outputs being operable to connect to one of the electrical connections.

In some embodiments, the consumable comprises a consumable body and a packaging piece, the consumable body and the chip are arranged in the packaging piece, and an operation hole is arranged at a position of the packaging piece corresponding to the chip and is communicated with the inner side and the outer side of the packaging piece; the electrical connection piece can extend into the packaging piece through the operation hole.

A second aspect of the embodiments of the present invention provides a chip reading and writing method, which is applied to the chip reading and writing device according to any one of the first aspect, where the chip reading and writing method includes obtaining attribute information of a consumable item according to a first tag of the consumable item; judging whether the program of the chip of the consumable needs to be updated or not according to the attribute information of the consumable; if so, determining the electric connecting piece corresponding to the consumable according to the attribute information of the consumable, and controlling the electric connecting piece to extend into a package of the consumable so as to electrically connect the electric connecting piece with the chip and update the program of the chip.

In some embodiments, after controlling the electrical connector to extend into the package of the consumable so that the electrical connector is electrically connected to the chip, the method further comprises: sending the attribute information of the consumable and the version information of the program of the chip to remote updating equipment; and receiving a burning command sent by the remote updating device, and burning the chip according to the burning command, wherein the burning command is sent when the remote updating device judges that the program version of the chip needs to be updated.

In some embodiments, after determining whether the program of the chip of the consumable part needs to be updated according to the attribute information of the consumable part, the method further includes: if the program of the chip needs to be updated, the chip read-write equipment sends an update prompt to remote update equipment; and receiving an update command sent by the remote update equipment, and burning the chip according to the update command, wherein the update command responds to the update operation of a user according to the update prompt.

In some embodiments, the consumable is provided with a check mark; before acquiring the attribute information of the consumable according to the first label of the consumable, the method further comprises the following steps: and acquiring the legal consumables according to the check identification.

A third aspect of the embodiments of the present invention provides a chip read-write device, which includes an obtaining module, configured to obtain attribute information of a consumable according to a first tag of the consumable; the judgment module is used for acquiring whether the program of the chip of the consumable item needs to be updated or not according to the attribute information of the consumable item; and the control module is used for determining the electric connecting piece corresponding to the consumable according to the attribute information of the consumable when the program of the chip of the consumable needs to be updated, and controlling the electric connecting piece to extend into the package of the consumable so as to enable the electric connecting piece to be electrically connected with the chip and update the program of the chip.

A fourth aspect of the embodiments of the present invention provides an electronic apparatus, including: at least one processor and memory; the memory stores computer-executable instructions; the at least one processor executing the computer-executable instructions stored by the memory causes the electronic device to perform the method of any of the second aspects.

A fifth aspect of embodiments of the present invention provides a computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions for implementing the method of any one of the second aspects when executed by a processor.

A sixth aspect of embodiments of the present invention provides a computer program product comprising a computer program which, when executed by a processor, performs the method of any one of the second aspects.

Compared with the prior art, the chip reading and writing device, the reading and writing method, the electronic device, the medium and the program product provided by the embodiment of the invention have the following advantages:

the chip reading and writing equipment comprises the accommodating piece, the accommodating piece is used for accommodating the plurality of electric connecting pieces, different types of electric connecting pieces can be placed in the accommodating piece according to different types of consumables, and the chip reading and writing equipment can be suitable for different types of consumables to read and write the chip. The chip reading and writing equipment further comprises a clamping assembly, the clamping assembly can select the electric connecting piece matched with the clamping assembly according to the type of the consumable chip, and the end, provided with the contact pin, of the electric connecting piece stretches into the operating hole, so that the contact pin is electrically connected with the contact of the chip, and reading and writing of the consumable chip are achieved. On the one hand, can carry out read-write operation to the chip of consumptive material under the condition of not dismantling the consumptive material package, reduce the process of dismouting consumptive material package, improve read-write efficiency. On the other hand, the chip reading and writing equipment automatically selects the electric connecting piece according to the type of the consumable material, and compared with a mode of manually selecting the electric connecting piece, the chip reading and writing equipment is short in consumed time and low in error rate, and the reading and writing efficiency of the chip is improved.

In addition to the technical problems solved by the embodiments of the present invention, the technical features constituting the technical solutions, and the advantages brought by the technical features of the technical solutions described above, other technical problems that can be solved by the chip read-write device, the read-write method, the electronic device, the medium, and the program product provided by the embodiments of the present invention, other technical features included in the technical solutions, and advantages brought by the technical features will be further described in detail in specific embodiments.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are some embodiments of the present invention, and those skilled in the art can also obtain other drawings according to the drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a chip read-write device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the clamping assembly of FIG. 1 shown gripping an electrical connector;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the clip assembly of FIG. 1 shown in position relative to the access opening of the package;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of the accommodating member in fig. 1 to 3;

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural view of the clamping assembly shown in FIGS. 1 to 3;

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural view of portion A of FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a schematic view of the consumable of FIGS. 1-3;

FIG. 8 is a schematic view of the package of FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a schematic view of the package of FIG. 7 with a first label attached thereto;

figure 10 is a schematic view of the package of figure 7 with a second label attached thereto;

FIG. 11 is a schematic view of the consumable body of FIG. 7;

FIG. 12 is a schematic view of the structure of portion B of FIG. 11;

FIG. 13 is a first flowchart illustrating a chip read/write method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 14 is a second flowchart illustrating a chip read/write method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 15 is a third schematic flowchart of a chip read/write method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 16 is a schematic structural diagram of another chip read/write device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 17 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Reference numerals:

10: consumable materials; 11: a consumable body; 111: a chip; 1111: a contact; 12: a package; 121: an operation hole; 122: an identification unit; 13: a first label; 14: a second label;

21: a frame;

22: a fixing assembly;

23: a housing member; 231: a separation chamber;

24: a read-write component; 241: an electrical connection; 242: a display screen;

25: a clamping assembly; 251: a first connecting arm; 252: a second connecting arm; 253: a third connecting arm; 254: a clamping member; 2541: a clamping jaw;

26: a second scanning member; 261: a camera; 262: a lighting fixture;

27: printing a label;

31: an acquisition module; 32: a judgment module; 33: a control module;

41: a processor; 42: a memory; 43: a communication interface;

X₁: a first rotating shaft; x₂: a second rotating shaft; x₃: a third rotating shaft; y: a first direction.

Detailed Description

In order to make the aforementioned objects, features and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention more comprehensible, embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It is to be understood that the described embodiments are merely a few 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.

Among the prior art, for reading and writing the chip of consumptive material, need demolish the package of consumptive material to expose the chip on the consumptive material body. Simultaneously, the kind of consumptive material is more, and the chip of different consumptive materials corresponds different electric connector, just also leads to electric connector's kind more, like this, when reading and writing the chip of consumptive material, the staff need select the electric connector corresponding with current consumptive material in more electric connector, and speed is slower, and makes mistakes easily.

In view of this, an embodiment of the present application provides a chip read-write device, a read-write method, an electronic device, a medium, and a program product, where the chip read-write device is provided with a receiving component for placing a plurality of electrical connectors, and the chip read-write device further includes a clamping component for selecting corresponding electrical connectors according to the type of a consumable chip, so that the selection speed is increased, the error rate is reduced, and the read-write efficiency of the consumable chip is also increased.

The embodiment provides a chip read-write device, which is suitable for a printer consumable 10, wherein the consumable 10 is provided with a chip 111.

FIG. 7 is a schematic view of the consumable of FIGS. 1-3. Fig. 8 is a schematic view of the package of fig. 7. Fig. 9 is a schematic view of the package of fig. 7 with a first label attached thereto. Fig. 10 is a schematic view of the package of fig. 7 with a second label attached. FIG. 11 is a schematic structural view of the consumable body of FIG. 7. Fig. 12 is a schematic structural view of a portion B in fig. 11.

Referring to fig. 7 to 12, the consumable 10 includes a consumable body 11 and a package 12, the consumable body 11 and the chip 111 are disposed in the package 12, an operation hole 121 is disposed at a position of the package 12 corresponding to the chip 111, and the operation hole 121 communicates with the inner side and the outer side of the package 12.

The printer may be a laser printer, an ink jet printer, or the like. The consumable 10 of the printer may be an ink cartridge, a developing cartridge, or the like. The present embodiment does not limit the printer, the kind of the consumable 10, and the like.

Consumable 10 includes a consumable body 11 and a chip 111, and consumable 10 is typically packaged in a package 12 during transport. Wherein, the chip 111 can be installed on the consumable body 11 and collectively accommodated in the package 12. Of course, the consumable body 11 and the chip 111 may be accommodated and fixed in the package 12, respectively.

For the package 12, it may be a box-like structure. Depending on the material, the package 12 may be a carton, a wooden box, a blister box, or an injection molded box made of an injection molded material, in which case the package 12 has a fixed shape. For example, referring to fig. 7, the package 12 has a body in which the consumable body 11 is accommodated and a cover for closing the opening of the body, so that the body and the cover can form a closed accommodating cavity. The body and the cover can be detachably connected or hinged, and the embodiment is not limited.

When the package 12 is a blister pack, the material may be paper, Polyvinyl chloride (PVC), Polypropylene (PP), etc. And when the material of packing piece 12 is PVC or PP, packing piece 12 can be the transparency to the staff observes inside consumptive material body 11.

In some embodiments, the package 12 may also be a flexible bag-like structure, such that the package 12 has a smaller outer dimension.

In some embodiments, the packaging member 12 is provided with an operation hole 121, the operation hole 121 is communicated with the inner side and the outer side of the packaging member 12, and the chip 111 is arranged at the position of the operation hole 121. Thus, the worker can directly perform read-write operation or disassemble and assemble the chip 111 and the like through the operation hole 121 without removing the package 12, thereby improving the read-write efficiency.

The shape and size of the operation hole 121 may be set according to the chip reading and writing device, and the operation hole 121 may be a rectangular hole, for example.

In some embodiments, a guard may be disposed at the operation hole 121, and the guard may be a film-like structure to prevent foreign matters such as external dust from entering the package 12. And the protective film is susceptible to cracking so that electrical connections 241 can extend through the protective film into the interior of package 12.

Of course, the protection members may be a spliced structure, and the protection members cover the operation holes 121 by being pressed against each other to be deformed. And electrical connections 241 may extend into package 12 through the gaps between the guards.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a chip read-write device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the clamping assembly of FIG. 1 configured to clamp an electrical connector. Fig. 3 is a schematic view of the arrangement of fig. 1 with the clip assembly facing the access opening of the package. Fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of the accommodating member shown in fig. 1 to 3. Fig. 5 is a schematic structural view of the clamping assembly shown in fig. 1 to 3. Fig. 6 is a schematic structural view of a portion a in fig. 5.

Referring to fig. 1 to 6, in some embodiments, the chip reading/writing device includes a frame 21, a fixing assembly 22, a receiving member 23, a reading/writing assembly 24, and a clamping assembly 25; the fixing component 22 is arranged on the rack 21 and used for fixing the consumable 10 to be read and written; the read/write component 24 includes a plurality of electrical connectors 241, the accommodating component 23 is used for accommodating the plurality of electrical connectors 241, and the clamping component 25 is used for clamping the electrical connectors 241 according to the selection of the consumable 10 and driving the electrical connectors 241 to move, so that the electrical connectors 241 are electrically connected with the chip 111.

The frame 21 may be a frame structure and has a supporting plate for supporting the fixing member 22, the clamping member 25, and the like.

The fixing assembly 22 is used to fix the consumable 10 to be read and written. The fixing assembly 22 may have different structures according to the shape of the packaging 12 of the consumable 10. For example, when the packaging member 12 is a box-shaped structure made of PP, the fixing component 22 may be a plurality of limit blocks disposed on the supporting plate to prevent the consumable 10 from falling. At this time, the operation hole 121 may be located at the top of the package 12 in the height direction.

It is understood that the positions of the contacts 1111, the number of contacts 1111, etc. of different kinds of chips 111 are different. Then, one electrical connector 241 needs to be correspondingly arranged for each type of chip 111.

Correspondingly, the embodiment further includes a receiving member 23, the receiving member 23 is a container-shaped structure, and an opening of the receiving member 23 is located above the height direction, so that the clamping assembly 25 clamps the electrical connector 241.

The accommodating member 23 is divided into a plurality of separating cavities 231, the plurality of separating cavities 231 are arranged in parallel, and each separating cavity 231 can be respectively provided with one electrical connector 241. Therefore, according to the type of the consumable 10, different types of the electric connectors 241 can be placed in the accommodating part 23, and when the chips 111 of different types of the consumable 10 are read and written, the corresponding electric connectors 241 can be selected, so that the reading and writing efficiency is high.

The read/write element 24 may be a chip burning structure known to those skilled in the art, and the chip burning structure may be a structure known to those skilled in the art, and the specific structural composition of the chip burning structure is not limited in this embodiment.

The read-write assembly 24 includes a plurality of electrical connectors 241, the electrical connectors 241 are burning connectors, each electrical connector 241 is provided with a processing module and a contact pin, one end of the contact pin is electrically connected to the contact 1111 of the chip 111, and the other end of the contact pin is electrically connected to the chip burning structure through the processing module, so as to electrically connect the chip 111 and the chip read-write device.

The electrical connector 241 can be connected to the chip programming structure through an electrical connection line to electrically connect the chip programming structure to the chip 111 and to program the chip. Of course, the electrical connection members 241 can also be electrically connected with the chip burning structure in a wireless manner, so that each electrical connection member 241 is prevented from being provided with an electrical connection wire, and the electrical connection wires are prevented from being intertwined.

In some embodiments, an expander may be further provided, where an input end of the expander is connected to the read/write component, that is, the input end of the expander is connected to an interface of the chip burning structure, the expander has a plurality of output ends, each output end is used to be connected to one electrical connector, that is, the expander has a plurality of burning interfaces, and each burning interface is connected to one electrical connector 241. Thus, when a plurality of chips 111 need to be burned at the same time, a plurality of electrical connectors 241 can be connected to the output end of the expander.

It will be appreciated that the plurality of electrical connections 241 associated with the expander may be the same or different.

Wherein, according to the quantity of consumables 10 to be burned, each interface of the chip read-write equipment can be connected with an expander to improve the burning efficiency.

The structure of the expander may be of a kind well known to those skilled in the art. Exemplarily, the expander includes an expander body, and a main control module and a serial port chip that are located in the expander body, where the main control module is provided with a main port, the main port is connected to an interface of the chip burning structure, and the serial port chip is provided with a serial port, and the serial port is connected to the electrical connector 241.

In some embodiments, the expander may further include a main controller, and a USB interface, a protocol generator, and a chip burn interface electrically connected to the main controller. The USB interface is connected with the chip burning structure through an electric connecting wire, and the chip burning interface is connected with the electric connecting piece 241.

When the expander in this embodiment is used, the main controller processes the chip program and distributes the chip program into a plurality of paths of data, the protocol generator is used for generating a protocol when communicating with the chip 111, such as an IIC protocol, a 1-Wire bus protocol, and the like, the distributed data is output to each electric connector 241 through the chip burning interface by the protocol, and the program of the chip 111 is burned into each chip 111 by the electric connectors 241.

Of course, the USB interface may be other interfaces known to those skilled in the art.

In some embodiments, the expander may further include a data register for temporarily storing the received chip program, and if the same type of chip 111 is continuously programmed, the chip program of the chip programming structure may not be received each time, but the data register is temporarily stored, and the expander is used to program the chip 111 after the power supply is connected, so as to improve the read-write efficiency.

In some embodiments, the expander may further include a power module, and the power module provides power to the expander and the chip 111, so that the use is convenient.

The chip burning structure may include a display screen 242 for displaying the attribute information of the current chip 111. The display screen 242 may be an lc (liquid Crystal display) display screen, an LED (Light-Emitting Diode) display screen, an OLED (Organic Light-Emitting Diode) display screen, or the like.

The clamping assembly 25 is used for clamping the fixed electrical connector 241, and the clamping assembly 25 may be a clamping jaw structure.

Thus, when it is desired to read from or write to the chip 111, the consumable 10 can be placed on the fixed component 22, and then can be manually or automatically placed through a production line. The chip reading and writing device can automatically select the electric connector 241 corresponding to the current consumable 10 from the accommodating part 23 according to the type of the consumable 10, and then the clamping part 254 clamps the electric connector 241 and drives the electric connector 241 to penetrate through the operation hole of the packaging part 12 and extend into the packaging part 12 until the electric connector 241 is electrically connected with the chip 111. At this moment, can read and write to chip 111 through reading and writing subassembly 24, avoid the manual work to select electric connector 241, convenient operation has improved work efficiency.

Moreover, when the fixing assembly 22 is provided with a plurality of consumables 10, the clamping assembly 25 can sequentially clamp the electrical connectors 241 corresponding to the plurality of chips 111, and each consumable 10 is connected with the chip burning structure through the corresponding electrical connector 241, so that the chips 111 of the plurality of consumables 10 can be burned at the same time, and the reading and writing efficiency can be improved. The plurality of consumables 10 may be of the same type or different types.

It can be understood that, after the previous consumable 10 is completely read and written, the clamping assembly 25 can drive the electrical connector 241 to return to the corresponding compartment 231 to prepare for the next consumable 10 to be read and written. And when the clamping assembly 25 fails, the electric connecting piece 241 can be extended into the packaging component 12 in a mode of manually holding the electric connecting piece 241, and the electric connecting piece 241 is electrically connected with the chip 111.

In some embodiments, the consumable 10 is provided with a first tag 13; the chip reading and writing device includes a first scanning unit (not shown) for scanning the first label 13 to obtain the attribute information of the consumable 10.

The first label 13 may be a two-dimensional code, a three-dimensional code, a four-dimensional code, a bar code, etc., and the first label 13 may be attached to the outer wall surface of the packing member 12 as an adhesive, or may be engraved on the packing member 12 by laser coding.

The first tag 13 may be provided on the outer wall surface of the consumable 10, on the chip 111, or at another location. In some embodiments, the first label 13 is affixed to the package 12, or to a printer, to avoid the need to remove the package 12 to scan the first label 13.

The first scanning element may be a scanning device such as a scanning gun known to those skilled in the art. The first scan element may be disposed at a position of the gantry 21 corresponding to the fixed assembly 22. Thus, after the consumable 10 is fixed on the fixing assembly 22, the first scanning component scans the first label 13 on the package 12 to obtain the attribute information of the consumable 10. Of course, the first scanning component may be disposed at other positions of the frame 21, and the embodiment is not limited.

The first scanning member is electrically connected to the read/write component 24, so that after the first scanning member scans the first tag 13, the read/write component 24 can obtain attribute information of the current consumable 10, for example, any one or more of a model of the consumable 10, a model of the chip 111, a lot number of the consumable 10, a production date of the consumable 10, a production line number of the consumable 10, a printer model, and the like. As long as the program information of the chip 111, for example, version information of the chip program, can be acquired by the attribute information. This attribute information may be displayed on display screen 242 to facilitate personnel in obtaining attribute information for consumable 10.

The model of the chip 111 can be customized by a manufacturer, and even if different consumables 10 adopt the same type of chip 111, the chip 111 can be named as different models as long as the internal programs of the chip 111 are different.

In some embodiments, gripping assembly 25 is configured to grip a corresponding electrical connector 241 according to the attribute information of consumable 10. Considering that the receiving member 23 has a plurality of electrical connectors 241 disposed therein, in some embodiments, each of the compartments 231 of the receiving member 23 may be separately coded, e.g., first, second, third, etc. Wherein the first label 13 comprises the code of the compartment 231, i.e. the code of the compartment 231 also belongs to the property information of the consumable 10.

Thus, after the first scanning component scans the first tag 13 of the current consumable 10, the code of the electrical connector 241 corresponding to the current consumable 10 can be obtained, so that the clamping assembly 25 can accurately clamp the corresponding electrical connector 241. The staff need not to know the model of chip 111 in advance, also need not to know the model of electric connector 241 in advance, has improved the read-write efficiency of chip 111, has reduced the error rate.

In some embodiments, the chip reader further comprises a label printer 27 for printing the second label 14, the second label 14 for attaching to the consumable 10.

The label print 27 may be a label printer known to those skilled in the art for printing the second label 14. The label print 27 may be fixedly attached to the frame 21 or may be a separate component from the frame 21.

The second label 14 can display the attribute information of the consumable 10 in a text code form. Or the second label 14 may be a two-dimensional code, a bar code, or the like. The operator can select different label prints 27 depending on the type of second label 14.

After the chip 111 of the consumable 10 is completely read and written, the program content of the chip 111 changes, and at this time, the second tag 14 includes the updated attribute information of the chip 111, and the second tag 14 is attached to the consumable 10, for example, may be attached to the packaging member 12. At this point, second label 14 may cover first label 13 to avoid first label 13 and second label 14 being displayed on package 12 at the same time. In some embodiments, the second label 14 may cover the access hole 121 to provide protection to the consumable 10, at which time the first label 13 may be torn off.

It will be appreciated that the label printer may print the second label 14 at any time during the reading and writing of the chip 111. For example, when the chip read/write device determines that the program of the chip 111 needs to be updated, the second label 14 may be printed by a label printer.

In some embodiments, when the chip 111 is updated in batches, the second label 14 may also be printed out in batches by a label printer, and then the chip 111 is updated.

In some embodiments, when the reading and writing of the chip 111 of the consumable 10 are failed, the chip reading and writing device may issue an alarm prompt, such as a buzzer alarm sound or a light alarm.

In some embodiments, the chip reader further comprises a first attitude detector (not shown); the first posture detection component is used for acquiring the current position and the current orientation of the chip 111, and the clamping component 25 is used for driving the electric connection component 241 to move towards one side of the chip 111 according to the current position and the current orientation of the chip 111 and enabling contact pins of the electric connection component 241 to be arranged opposite to contacts of the chip 111.

It will be understood that the electrical connector 241 is provided with a plurality of contact pins, and that the chip 111 is correspondingly provided with a plurality of contacts 1111, each contact pin abutting a corresponding contact 1111 when the electrical connector 241 is electrically connected to the chip 111. Thus, when the electrical connection member 241 is electrically connected to the chip 111, the electrical connection member 241 and the chip 111 have a certain relative direction.

Considering that the handling hole 121 may be located at different positions of the chassis 21 when the consumable 10 is placed on the fixing assembly 22, and the contact pins of the electrical connection member 241 may also face different directions when the electrical connection member 241 is in the partition chamber 231, in this embodiment, the chip read/write apparatus further includes a first posture detecting member, which may include a position sensor for detecting the current position of the chip 111 and a direction sensor for detecting the current orientation of the chip 111. Thus, the clamping assembly 25 can drive the electrical connector 241 to move toward the current position of the chip 111, and before the clamping assembly 25 drives the electrical connector 241 to extend into the operation hole 121, the current orientation of the contact pins on the electrical connector 241 can be adjusted according to the current orientation of the chip 111, so that the electrical connector 241 and the chip 111 can be electrically connected effectively.

In some embodiments, the chip reader further comprises a second attitude detector for obtaining the current position and the current orientation of the clamping assembly 25, that is, obtaining the current position and the current orientation of the electrical connection 241 on the clamping assembly 25. Thus, when the clamping element 25 drives the current electrical connector 241 to move, the read/write element 24 can obtain the position and the orientation of the current electrical connector 241 in real time, so as to control the clamping element 25 to move towards the current position of the chip 111, and drive the clamping element 25 to adjust the direction of the electrical connector 241.

In some embodiments, gripper assembly 25 may be a robotic structure known to those skilled in the art, which may be exemplified by a four-axis industrial robot or a six-axis industrial robot, such that gripper assembly 25 may have a greater degree of freedom to facilitate adjusting the position and orientation of electrical connections 241 based on the position and orientation of chip 111.

Alternatively, referring to fig. 5 and 6, the clamping assembly 25 includes: a first connecting arm 251, one end of the first connecting arm 251 is connected with the frame 21, the first connecting arm 251 can rotate around a first rotating axis X₁Rotates relative to the frame 21 and is movable relative to the frame 21 in a first direction Y, a first axis of rotation X₁Perpendicular to the first direction Y; a second connecting arm 252, the second connecting arm 252 being connected to the other end of the first connecting arm 251 and being capable of rotating around a second rotation axis X₂Rotates relative to the first connecting arm 251, the first rotation axis X₁And a second axis of rotation X₂Are arranged in parallel and at intervals; a third connecting arm 253, the third connecting arm 253 is connected with the second connecting arm 252 and can rotate around a third rotation axis X₃Rotates relative to the second connecting arm 252 and rotates along the third rotation axis X₃Is moved relative to the second connecting arm 252, the third axis of rotation X₃And a second rotating shaft X₂Are arranged in parallel and at intervals; and the clamping piece 254, the clamping piece 254 is connected with the third connecting arm 253 for clamping the electric connecting piece 241.

Specifically, the first connecting arm 251 may be a rod-shaped structure, one end of the first connecting arm 251 is rotatably connected to the frame 21, and the second connecting arm 252 is connected to the other end of the first connecting arm 251. Wherein the first connecting arm 251 is rotatable around a first rotation axis X₁Rotates relative to the frame 21 and the first link arm 251 moves relative to the frame 21 in the first direction Y. That is, the second connecting arm 252 may be made to rotate about the first rotation axis X₁Rotates relative to the frame 21 and follows a first directionAnd moves in the direction Y relative to the frame 21.

The second connecting arm 252 is connected to the first connecting arm 251 and can rotate around the second rotation axis X₂Rotating, first axis of rotation X₁And a second axis of rotation X₂Are arranged in parallel and at intervals. Wherein the third connecting arm 253 is disposed on the second connecting arm 252, and the third connecting arm 253 can rotate around the third rotation axis X₃Rotating relative to the second connecting arm 252, the third axis of rotation X₃And a second axis of rotation X₂Are arranged in parallel and at intervals. Thus, the third connecting arm 253 can also rotate around the third rotation axis X under the condition of moving along with the second connecting arm 252₃Rotating relative to the second connecting arm 252.

Wherein the clamping member 254 is disposed on the third connecting arm 253, and the third connecting arm 253 can further rotate along the third rotation axis X₃Is moved relative to the second connecting arm 252.

Thus, the clamping member 254 is movable along the first direction Y relative to the frame 21 and along the third rotation axis X₃Is moved relative to the frame 21 in the longitudinal direction. Meanwhile, the clamping members 254 may also be respectively wound around the first rotation axis X₁A second rotating shaft X₂And a third axis of rotation X₃The clamping member 254 has a larger degree of freedom in rotation relative to the frame 21, which drives the electrical connection member 241 to move toward the chip 111.

In some embodiments, clamp 254 is a jaw arrangement, illustratively including two jaws 2541, where the two jaws 2541 can be moved toward each other to clamp electrical connector 241 or away from each other to release electrical connector 241. Referring to fig. 6, the clamping jaw 2541 can be slidably connected to the third connecting arm 253 through a sliding slot structure, which provides a guiding function for the clamping jaw 2541, and the structure of the clamping member 254 is not limited in this embodiment.

The holder 254 is detachably connected to the third connecting arm 253 to facilitate the maintenance of the holder 254 or the replacement of the holder 254 fitted thereto depending on the structure of the electric connector 241 or the like.

First rotating shaft X₁And the first direction Y may extend in different directions. Illustratively, the first axis of rotation X₁A second rotating shaft X₂And a third axis of rotation X₃All can be arranged along the height direction, firstThe direction Y is arranged along the horizontal direction.

To facilitate gripping of the electrical connectors 241 corresponding to the current consumable 10 by the gripping assembly 25. The position of the different compartments 231 can be encoded, the attribute information of the chip 111 stores the position information of the electrical connector 241 corresponding to the consumable 10, and the clamping assembly 25 moves to the compartment 231 corresponding to the position information and clamps the electrical connector 241.

In some embodiments, a glowing member may also be provided at each of the compartments 231. When the first scanning member scans the first label 13 and obtains the attribute information of the chip 111, the light emitting member of the compartment 231 where the electrical connection member 241 corresponding to the chip 111 is located can be turned on. The third connecting arm 253 is provided with a light sensing member, and the light sensing member senses the light emitted by the light emitting member, and then clamps the electrical connector 241 in the separation cavity 231 corresponding to the light sensing member.

In some embodiments, the second scanning member 26 is disposed on the holding assembly 25, and the second scanning member 26 is connected to the third connecting arm 253 for obtaining image information of the current orientation of the holding member 254.

The second scanning member 26 is disposed on the third connecting arm 253 so that the second scanning member 26 can have the same position and the same orientation as the holding assembly 25.

Wherein, when the code of the compartment 231 is a bar code, the second scanning element 26 can also be a scanning bar or the like as known to those skilled in the art. In some embodiments, the second scan element 26 may include a camera 261 for capturing image information of the current orientation of the grip 254. At this time, the camera 261 may also be provided with an illumination lamp 262, and when the light intensity at the position of the accommodating member 23 is low, the camera 261 may be supplemented with light by the illumination lamp 262.

Thus, after the chip reading and writing device acquires the codes of the separation cavity 231 according to the attribute information of the consumable 10, the clamping assembly 25 can move above the accommodating part 23 relative to the rack 21, and in the moving process of the clamping assembly 25, the second scanning part 26 acquires the code information corresponding to the current orientation of the clamping part 254 in real time and compares the code information with the code corresponding to the attribute information of the consumable 10, if the code information corresponding to the current orientation of the clamping part 254 is the same as the code corresponding to the attribute information of the consumable 10, the clamping assembly 25 is controlled to move down and clamp the electrical connector 241, the accuracy is high, and the operation is convenient.

In some embodiments, the current orientation of the gripping assembly 25 may also be determined by the second scanning member 26, and at this time, the package 12 may be provided with an identification portion 122 for adjusting the orientation of the gripping assembly 25 with reference.

In some embodiments, the chip read-write device further includes a data transmission interface, which is disposed on the read-write component 24 and is used for connecting with a remote updating device and acquiring the program of the chip 111.

The acquired program content of the chip 111 may refer to attribute information of the data area, or may refer to instruction information in the program area. Of course, the program of the chip 111 may include both the attribute information and the instruction information.

The program of the chip 111 needs to be maintained and upgraded, and then the chip program pre-stored in the chip read-write device needs to be updated.

The chip program of the version to be updated is issued to the server, for example, the chip program of the higher version or the lower version, the chip read-write device is connected to the server through the internet, and checks whether the chip program of the version to be updated is on the server, if so, the chip program of the version to be updated is downloaded to the chip read-write device. Of course, the updating can be performed in a local manner, besides the manner of updating the chip program through the server.

In addition, the chip read-write equipment is also provided with a computer execution instruction program, the computer execution instruction program is a program relevant to the chip read-write equipment to execute the burning instruction, the version replacement of the computer execution instruction program is also existed, and the upgrading of the computer execution instruction upgrading program of the chip read-write equipment can be completed by adopting the above chip program updating mode.

Fig. 13 is a first flowchart of a chip read-write method according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to fig. 13, the present embodiment provides a read/write method applied to the chip read/write apparatus, including:

s100, acquiring attribute information of the consumable 10 according to the first tag 13 of the consumable 10.

S200, judging whether the program of the chip 111 of the current consumable 10 needs to be updated according to the attribute information of the consumable 10.

Specifically, when it is necessary to read and write the chip 111, the consumable 10 may be first fixed on the fixing component 22 of the rack 21. The first scanning member may scan the first label 13 on the package 12 to obtain the attribute information of the consumable 10.

Of course, when the first scanning member 12 is disposed at other positions of the rack, the consumable 10 may not be placed on the rack 21 for scanning by the first scanning member.

Specifically, the chip read-write device may obtain the current program version information of the chip 111 according to the attribute information of the consumable 10, and compare the current program version information with the target chip program version information stored in the chip read-write device itself. If no renewal is required, the current consumable 10 can be removed.

The program version information in the attribute information may be a version number, and the version number may be represented by a number and a letter, such as V1.0 and V1.2, or may be represented by a number or a letter alone, such as 100 representing the 1.0 version, 101 representing the 1.1 version, or a representing the 1.0 version, B representing the 1.1 version, and the like. For example, when the version number pre-stored in the chip read-write device is greater than the version number in the attribute information, the program of the chip 111 may be updated, that is, the program of the chip 111 may be upgraded.

The program version information in the attribute information may also be represented by a preset symbol. For example, the detection of a number "0" in the preset data segment in the attribute information indicates that the chip program does not need to be updated, the detection of a number "1" indicates that the chip program needs to be upgraded, and the detection of a data "2" indicates that the chip program needs to be downgraded.

The chip read-write device determines whether the chip 111 of the current consumable 10 needs to be updated, for example, whether the version of the chip program needs to be updated to a high version, according to the attribute information of the consumable 10. Or, the current program version is updated to a lower version.

S300, if the consumable is required to be updated, determining the electric connector 241 corresponding to the consumable 10 according to the attribute information of the consumable 10, and controlling the electric connector 241 to extend into the packaging part 12 of the consumable 10 so as to electrically connect the electric connector 241 with the chip 111 and update the program of the chip 111.

Specifically, when the program of the chip 111 needs to be updated, the chip read-write device may obtain the encoding information of the electrical connector 241 corresponding to the current consumable 10 according to the obtained attribute information.

The chip read-write equipment can control the clamping component 25 to move, in the moving process of the clamping component 25, the second scanning component 26 acquires the coding information of the separation cavity 231, towards which the clamping component 254 faces currently, in real time and compares the coding information with the coding information corresponding to the current consumable 10, and when the coding information acquired by the second scanning component 26 is consistent with the coding information corresponding to the current consumable 10, the chip read-write equipment controls the clamping component 25 to clamp the electric connecting component 241 corresponding to the code and drives the electric connecting component 241 to move towards one side of the consumable 10.

Before the clamping assembly 25 controls the electrical connector 241 to extend into the operation portion, for example, during the process of the clamping assembly 25 driving the electrical connector 241 to move, the clamping assembly 25 may drive the electrical connector 241 to rotate according to the current orientation of the chip 111, so that the position of the contact pins of the electrical connector 241 corresponds to the position of the contacts 1111 on the chip 111.

Subsequently, the clamping component 25 can drive the electrical connector 241 to extend into the operation hole, so that the contact pin of the electrical connector 241 is abutted to the contact 1111 of the chip 111, thereby achieving the electrical connection between the read/write component 24 and the chip 111, and performing the read/write of the chip program. At this point, chip 111 loads the program and caches it. The cache memory of the chip 111 may be a certain storage unit in the chip memory, or may be Flash, RAM, SRAM, and the like, which are well known to those skilled in the art.

If the chip 111 fails to read or write, the clamping assembly 25 can drive the electrical connector 241 to extend out of the package 12, and make the chip reading and writing device alarm.

If the reading and writing of the chip 111 are completed, the chip reading and writing device can control the label printing member 27 to print the second label 14, and cover the second label 14 on the first label 13 or cover the operation hole 121. When the second label 14 covers the operation hole 121, the first label 13 can be torn off.

In some embodiments, the package 12 of the consumable 10 may also be provided with a verification indicia. Before acquiring the attribute information of the consumable 10 according to the first tag 13 of the consumable 10, the method further includes: and acquiring the legal consumable 10 according to the verification identifier. That is, before the first scanning device scans the first label 13, it can also be determined whether the consumable 10 is a valid consumable 10 by determining the check mark, for example, whether the consumable 10 is a pirated consumable 10.

There are various configurations of the check mark, for example, the check mark may be used as one of the attribute information, and the corresponding check mark may be analyzed after the first tag 13 is scanned.

The identification can also be two parts separate from the first label 13, so that the first label 13 is scanned at the same time as the identification, or separately.

Optionally, the check mark can be of a structure such as characters and patterns which are easy to recognize, illegal consumables 10 can be removed in a manual mode, and the reading and writing efficiency is improved.

In order to avoid counterfeiting the check mark, the check mark can also adopt a check code form, so that after the first scanning piece scans the check mark, when the scanned check code is the same as the pre-stored check code, the consumable 10 can be judged to be a legal consumable 10.

Illustratively, the package 12 of the consumable 10 is provided with a check mark and a first label 13, the check mark may be a logo pattern formed by combining characters and patterns, the first label 13 is a two-dimensional code, and the check mark and the program version information may be manually or visually identified and determined.

Of course, the check mark or the first tag 13 may also have the chip program version information of the current consumable 10. If the version number of the V1.0 expression mode is used, and the program version information is arranged in the middle of the two-dimensional code, the consumable 10 does not need to be read and written when the verification identifier is judged to be legal and the program version is the latest version, and the working efficiency is improved.

When the check mark on the consumable 10 matches with the check mark pre-stored in the chip read-write device, the scanning operation of the first tag 13 is performed. When the check mark on the consumable 10 is not consistent with the check mark pre-stored in the chip read-write equipment, the current consumable 10 can be taken out for classification or alarm prompt, so that the read-write efficiency is improved.

Fig. 14 is a first flowchart of a chip read-write method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 14, in some embodiments, after controlling the electrical connection 241 to extend into the packaging 12 of the consumable 10, so that the electrical connection 241 is electrically connected to the chip 111, the method further includes:

s301, transmitting the attribute information of the consumable 10 and the version information of the program of the chip 111 to a remote updating device.

The remote updating device can be a mobile phone, a computer and the like. Therefore, the worker can control the reading and writing process of the chip reading and writing equipment at a position which is far away from the chip reading and writing equipment.

And S302, receiving a burning instruction sent by the remote updating device, and burning the chip 111 according to the burning instruction, wherein the burning instruction is sent when the remote updating device judges that the program version of the chip 111 needs to be updated.

After the chip read-write device acquires the attribute information of the consumable 10, the attribute information of the consumable 10 and the prestored version information of the chip 111 are sent to the remote updating device, and the remote updating device performs comparison and judgment, for example, whether the consumable needs to be updated or not can be manually selected. If the chip 111 needs to be updated, a burning command is sent to the chip reading and writing device for burning.

Thus, the working place of the worker may not be limited, and the chip 111 burning process may be started at a preset time or a preset position.

Fig. 15 is a third schematic flowchart of a chip read-write method according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 15, in some embodiments, after determining whether the program of the chip 111 of the current consumable 10 needs to be updated according to the attribute information of the consumable 10, the method further includes:

s101, if the program of the chip 111 needs to be updated, the chip read-write equipment sends an update prompt to remote update equipment;

And S102, receiving an update command sent by the remote update device, and burning the chip 111 according to the update command, wherein the update command responds to an update operation of a user according to an update prompt.

That is, another read-write method for remotely controlling a chip read-write device provided in this embodiment is that after the chip read-write device obtains attribute information of the consumable 10, the attribute information can be sent to a remote updating device, and the remote updating device determines whether to need updating. For example, a manual selection is made whether an update is required.

Therefore, the working place of a worker can be not limited, the chip 111 burning process can be started at the preset time or the preset position, the calculated amount of the remote updating equipment is small, and the manufacturing cost of the remote updating equipment is low.

Fig. 16 is a schematic structural diagram of another chip read/write device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to fig. 16, the present embodiment further provides a chip read/write apparatus, which includes: the acquisition module 31 is used for acquiring the attribute information of the consumable according to the first label of the consumable; the judging module 32 is used for acquiring whether the program of the chip of the current consumable needs to be updated according to the attribute information of the consumable; and the control module 33 is used for determining the electric connecting piece corresponding to the consumable according to the attribute information of the consumable when the program of the chip of the consumable needs to be updated, and controlling the electric connecting piece to extend into the packaging piece of the consumable so as to enable the electric connecting piece to be electrically connected with the chip and update the program of the chip.

The chip read-write device in this embodiment is configured to execute the chip read-write method, and the implementation principle is similar to that in the above embodiment, and is not described again for comparison.

Fig. 17 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to fig. 17, the electronic device may include: at least one processor 41 and a memory 42.

And a memory 42 for storing programs. In particular, the program may include program code, e.g., of chip 111, which includes computer operating instructions. The memory 42 may store various programs corresponding to various kinds of consumables 10. It will be appreciated that for the same consumable 10, the memory 42 may store different versions of the program. For example, for the same consumable 10, the memory 42 may store a higher version of the chip program, as well as a lower version of the chip program.

The Memory 42 may comprise a Random Access Memory (RAM) and may further comprise a non-volatile Memory (e.g., at least one disk Memory).

The processor 41 is configured to execute the computer-executable instructions stored in the memory 42 to implement the chip reading and writing method described in the foregoing method embodiments, for example, the chip program stored in the memory 42 may be burned onto the chip 111. The electronic device may be, for example, the chip read/write device described above. When the electronic device is a chip read-write device, it may further include other components described above, such as the structure shown in fig. 1, which is not described again.

In some embodiments, various programs for different chips 111 may form a library and be stored in memory 42. After analyzing the attribute information obtained by the first scanning element, the processor 41 finds a program corresponding to the current consumable item 10 in the program library, and after the electrical connection element 241 is electrically connected with the chip 111, the program can be burned into the chip 111.

The processor 41 may be a Central Processing Unit (CPU), an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), or one or more Integrated circuits configured to implement the embodiments of the present Application.

Optionally, the electronic device may further comprise a communication interface 43. In a specific implementation, if the communication interface 43, the memory 42 and the processor 41 are implemented independently, the communication interface 43, the memory 42 and the processor 41 may be connected to each other through a bus and perform communication with each other. The bus may be an Industry Standard Architecture (ISA) bus, a Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) bus, an Extended ISA (EISA) bus, or the like. Buses may be classified as address buses, data buses, control buses, etc., but do not represent only one bus or type of bus.

Alternatively, in a specific implementation, if the communication interface 43, the memory 42 and the processor 41 are integrated into a chip, the communication interface 43, the memory 42 and the processor 41 may complete communication through an internal interface.

The present application also provides a computer-readable storage medium, which may include: various media capable of storing program codes, such as a usb disk, a removable hard disk, a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a RAM Memory, a magnetic disk, or an optical disk, are specifically, the computer-readable storage medium stores program instructions, and the program instructions are used in the chip reading and writing method in the above embodiments.

The present application also provides a program product comprising execution instructions stored in a readable storage medium. The at least one processor 41 of the electronic device may read the execution instruction from the readable storage medium, and the execution of the execution instruction by the at least one processor 41 causes the electronic device to implement the chip reading and writing method provided by the various embodiments described above.

The embodiments or implementation modes in the present specification are described in a progressive manner, each embodiment focuses on differences from other embodiments, and the same and similar parts among the embodiments may be referred to each other.

In the description of the present specification, reference to the description of the terms "one embodiment", "some embodiments", "an illustrative embodiment", "an example", "a specific example", or "some examples", etc., means that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the present invention. In this specification, schematic representations of the above terms do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.

Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solution of the present invention, and not to limit the same; while the invention has been described in detail and with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that: the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some or all of the technical features may be equivalently replaced; and the modifications or the substitutions do not make the essence of the corresponding technical solutions depart from the scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention.

Claims

1. A chip read-write device is suitable for printer consumables, the consumables have chips therein, characterized in that,

the chip reading and writing equipment comprises a rack, a fixing component, a containing piece, a reading and writing component and a clamping component;

the fixing assembly is arranged on the rack and used for fixing the consumable to be read and written; the reading and writing assembly comprises a plurality of electric connecting pieces, the accommodating piece is used for accommodating the electric connecting pieces, and the clamping assembly is used for clamping the electric connecting pieces according to the selected consumable material and driving the electric connecting pieces to move so as to enable the electric connecting pieces to be electrically connected with the chip.

2. The chip reading/writing device according to claim 1, wherein the consumable has a first tag;

the chip reading and writing equipment comprises a first scanning piece, and the first scanning piece is used for scanning the first label to obtain attribute information of the consumable; the clamping assembly is used for clamping the corresponding electric connector according to the attribute information of the consumable.

3. The chip reading/writing device according to claim 1, further comprising a label printer for printing a second label, wherein the second label is for attaching to the consumable.

4. The chip reader/writer device according to claim 1, wherein the chip reader/writer device further comprises a first posture detecting member;

the first posture detection component is used for acquiring the current position and the current orientation of the chip, and the clamping component is used for driving the electric connection piece to move towards one side of the chip according to the current position and the current orientation of the chip and enabling contact pins of the electric connection piece to be arranged opposite to contacts of the chip.

5. The chip read-write apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the clamping assembly includes:

the first connecting arm can rotate around a first rotating shaft relative to the rack and can move along a first direction relative to the rack, and the first rotating shaft is perpendicular to the first direction;

the second connecting arm is connected with the other end of the first connecting arm and can rotate around a second rotating shaft relative to the first connecting arm, and the first rotating shaft and the second rotating shaft are arranged in parallel at intervals;

the third connecting arm is connected with the second connecting arm, can rotate around a third rotating shaft relative to the second connecting arm and moves relative to the second connecting arm along the extending direction of the third rotating shaft, and the third rotating shaft and the second rotating shaft are arranged in parallel at intervals;

and the clamping piece is connected with the third connecting arm and used for clamping the electric connecting piece.

6. The chip reading/writing device according to claim 5, wherein a second scanning unit is disposed on the holding member, and the second scanning unit is connected to the third connecting arm and is configured to obtain image information of a current orientation of the holding member.

7. The chip reading-writing device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the chip reading-writing device further comprises a data transmission interface, and the data transmission interface is disposed on the reading-writing component, and is configured to connect with a remote updating device and obtain a program of the chip.

8. The chip reader according to any of claims 1 to 4, further comprising an expander, an input of said expander being connected to said read-write-assembly, said expander having a plurality of outputs, each of said outputs being adapted to be connected to one of said electrical connections.

9. The chip reading-writing device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the consumable includes a consumable body and a package, the consumable body and the chip are disposed in the package, and an operation hole is disposed at a position of the package corresponding to the chip, and the operation hole communicates with the inside and the outside of the package;

the electrical connection piece can extend into the packaging piece through the operation hole.

10. A chip read-write method applied to the chip read-write device according to any one of claims 1 to 9, comprising:

acquiring attribute information of the consumable according to the first label of the consumable;

judging whether the program of the chip of the consumable needs to be updated or not according to the attribute information of the consumable;

if so, determining the electric connecting piece corresponding to the consumable according to the attribute information of the consumable, and controlling the electric connecting piece to extend into a package of the consumable so as to electrically connect the electric connecting piece with the chip and update the program of the chip.

11. The method for reading and writing the chip according to claim 10, wherein after controlling the electrical connector to extend into the package of the consumable so that the electrical connector is electrically connected to the chip, the method further comprises:

sending the attribute information of the consumable part and/or the version information of the program of the chip to remote updating equipment;

and receiving a burning command sent by the remote updating device, and burning the chip according to the burning command, wherein the burning command is sent when the remote updating device judges that the program version of the chip needs to be updated.

12. The chip reading/writing method according to claim 10, wherein after determining whether the program of the chip of the consumable item needs to be updated according to the attribute information of the consumable item, the method further comprises:

if the program of the chip needs to be updated, the chip read-write equipment sends an update prompt to remote update equipment;

and receiving an update command sent by the remote update equipment, and burning the chip according to the update command, wherein the update command responds to the update operation of a user according to the update prompt.

13. The chip reading-writing method according to claim 10, wherein the consumable part is provided with a check mark;

before acquiring the attribute information of the consumable according to the first label of the consumable, the method further comprises the following steps:

and acquiring the legal consumables according to the check identification.

14. A chip read-write apparatus, comprising:

the acquisition module is used for acquiring the attribute information of the consumable according to the first label of the consumable;

the judgment module is used for acquiring whether the program of the chip of the consumable item needs to be updated or not according to the attribute information of the consumable item;

and the control module is used for determining the electric connecting piece corresponding to the consumable according to the attribute information of the consumable when the program of the chip of the consumable needs to be updated, and controlling the electric connecting piece to extend into the package of the consumable so as to enable the electric connecting piece to be electrically connected with the chip and update the program of the chip.

15. An electronic device, characterized in that the electronic device comprises: at least one processor and memory;

the memory stores computer-executable instructions;

the at least one processor executing the computer-executable instructions stored by the memory causes the electronic device to perform the method of any of claims 10-13.

16. A computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon, which when executed by a processor, perform the method of any one of claims 10-13.

17. A computer program product, characterized in that it comprises a computer program which, when being executed by a processor, carries out the method of any one of claims 10-13.