CN113867656A

CN113867656A - Printer with a movable platen

Info

Publication number: CN113867656A
Application number: CN202111163872.6A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 胡训安
Original assignee: Shanghai Hannto Technology Inc
Current assignee: Shanghai Hannto Technology Inc
Priority date: 2021-09-30
Filing date: 2021-09-30
Publication date: 2021-12-31

Abstract

The application provides a printer. The printer includes a display device and a controller. The controller is connected with the display device and used for controlling the display device to display a current printing interface matched with the current working state according to the current working state of the printer, wherein the current printing interface comprises a printing preview interface. User operation can be simplified.

Description

Printer with a movable platen

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of printing, in particular to a printer.

Background

Along with the development of printer technology, the function of printer is more and more, very big having made things convenient for people's daily life. However, some printers in the art have a problem that the user operation is troublesome.

Disclosure of Invention

The present application provides an improved printer that can simplify user operations.

The application provides a printer including:

a display device; and

and the controller is connected with the display device and used for controlling the display device to display a current printing interface matched with the current working state according to the current working state of the printer, wherein the current printing interface comprises a printing preview interface.

In some embodiments of the application, the printer includes a display device and a controller, the controller can control the display device to display a current printing interface matched with the current working state according to the current working state of the printer, the current printing interface includes a printing preview interface, so that a user can directly preview a printing effect on the printer without previewing the printing effect through other equipment (such as a computer and a mobile phone) connected with the printer, and the purpose of simplifying user operation is achieved.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a printer according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 2 is a schematic perspective view of the printer of fig. 1.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to the exemplary embodiments, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. When the following description refers to the accompanying drawings, like numbers in different drawings represent the same or similar elements unless otherwise indicated. The embodiments described in the following exemplary embodiments do not represent all embodiments consistent with the present application. Rather, they are merely examples of apparatus consistent with certain aspects of the present application, as detailed in the appended claims.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the application. Unless otherwise defined, technical or scientific terms used herein shall have the ordinary meaning as understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this application belongs. The use of the terms "a" or "an" and the like in the description and in the claims of this application do not denote a limitation of quantity, but rather denote the presence of at least one. "plurality" includes two, and is equivalent to at least two. The word "comprising" or "comprises", and the like, means that the element or item listed as preceding "comprising" or "includes" covers the element or item listed as following "comprising" or "includes" and its equivalents, and does not exclude other elements or items. The terms "connected" or "coupled" and the like are not restricted to physical or mechanical connections, but may include electrical connections, whether direct or indirect. As used in this specification 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 also be understood that the term "and/or" as used herein refers to and encompasses any and all possible combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a printer 100 according to an embodiment of the present application. Fig. 2 is a schematic perspective view of the printer 100 in fig. 1.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, the printer 100 includes a display device 11 and a controller 12. The controller 12 is connected to the display device 11, and is configured to control the display device 11 to display a current printing interface matching the current operating state according to the current operating state of the printer 100.

In some embodiments, the current print interface includes a print preview interface and a print control interface. And the printing preview interface is used for displaying the printing effect of the current content to be printed. The print control interface includes a keyboard interface or a function key interface. The keyboard interface is used for displaying keyboard keys, so that a user can input control information to the printer 100 by operating the keyboard keys to control the current work of the printer 100; the function key interface includes function keys matched with the current operating state of the printer 100 so that the user can control the current operation of the printer 100 by operating the function keys. The current operating status of the printer 100 is different, and the corresponding printing control interfaces may be different.

In some embodiments, the controller 12 may control the display device 11 to display one of a print preview interface and a print control interface, or control the display device 11 to display both the print preview interface and the print control interface, depending on the current operating state of the printer 100. Specifically, the method comprises the following steps:

in some embodiments, if the controller 12 determines that the printer 100 is currently executing the function of print preview, the display device 11 may be controlled to display only the print preview interface.

In some embodiments, the print control interface comprises a preview adjustment control interface. The preview adjustment control interface comprises function keys such as image magnification, image reduction, color adjustment, brightness adjustment, image turning and the like, and a user can adjust the printing effect by operating the function keys. If the controller 12 determines that the printer 100 is currently executing the print preview function, the display device 11 may be controlled to simultaneously display the print preview interface and the preview adjustment control interface, so that the user can adjust the print effect by operating the function keys of the preview adjustment control interface.

In some embodiments, if the controller 12 determines that the printer 100 is performing a function other than the print preview, the controller 12 may control the display device 11 to display only the print control interface that matches the current operating state of the printer 100. For example, if the controller 12 determines that the printer 100 is currently executing a printing function, a function key for controlling the printer 100 to stop printing may be included in the printing control interface displayed on the control display device 11, so that the user can control the printing process through the corresponding function key.

In some printers in the technology, on one hand, the printer does not support a print preview interface displayed on the printer, a user needs to preview a print effect through a computer, a mobile phone and other devices connected to the printer, and the computer, the mobile phone and other devices may not be in the same position as the printer, so that the operation is complicated when the user previews the print effect; on the other hand, although the printer may display the function control menu through a display or the like provided in the printer, the function control menu may require manual selection by the user, for example, when the user needs to set the print effect, the user may need to select "print preview" on the top page of the function control interface, enter the interface of "print preview", select "print preview setting" on the interface of "print preview setting", enter the interface of "print preview setting", and set the print effect on the interface of "print preview setting". As the functions of the printer are more and more, the function control menu is more and more complex (for example, the menu hierarchy is more and more), and the operation is more cumbersome when the user sets the functions.

In some embodiments of the present application, the printer 100 includes the display device 11 and the controller 12, and the controller 12 may control the display device 11 to display a current printing interface matched with the current working state according to the current working state of the printer 100, where the current printing interface includes a print preview interface, so that a user may directly preview a printing effect on the printer 100, and the user does not need to preview the printing effect through other devices (e.g., a computer and a mobile phone) connected to the printer 100, thereby achieving a purpose of simplifying user operations. Further, the current printing interface further includes a printing control interface, the printing control interface is a control interface matched with the current working state of the printer 100, and a user can directly control the current working of the printer 100 through the printing control interface without performing menu selection layer by layer to perform function setting, so that the operation of the user in performing function setting can be further simplified.

The printer 100 of the present application will be further described below.

In some embodiments, printer 100 includes a faceplate 13 located on an exterior surface of printer 100. In some embodiments, the printer 100 includes a printer housing 17, and the panel 13 is a top wall or a side wall of the printer housing 17. In the present embodiment, the panel 13 is a top wall of the printer housing 17.

In some embodiments, the display device 11 includes a projection device 111 facing the panel 13, the projection device 111 is connected to the controller 12, and the controller 12 is configured to control the projection device 111 to project a print preview interface to the panel 13 or project the print preview interface and a preview adjustment control interface at the same time when receiving content to be printed. When the content to be printed is not received or the function of performing the print preview is not required, the controller 12 may be configured to control the projection device 111 to project a print control interface matching the current operating state to the panel 13. The printer 100 of the present application uses the projection device 111 to project a print preview interface or a print control interface onto the panel 13, and does not need to provide a display screen or other devices on the panel 13, thereby effectively simplifying the structural design of the printer 100.

In some embodiments, the printer 100 includes a detection device 14 connected to the controller 12, the detection device 14 is configured to detect an operation performed by a user on the print control interface and send a corresponding control instruction to the controller 12, and the controller 12 is configured to control the printer 100 according to the control instruction. For example, after the user clicks the function key indicating to stop printing on the print control interface during printing of the printer 100, the detection device 14 may detect the user operation, send a corresponding control instruction to the controller 12, and the controller 12 may control the printer 100 to stop operating. The printing control interface projected by the projection device 111 is a virtual interface, is not physically connected with the controller 12, and detects the operation of the user on the printing control interface through the detection device 14, so that the scheme has high implementability.

Further, in some embodiments, the control instruction includes a preview adjustment instruction, and when the print control interface is the preview adjustment control interface, the detecting device 14 is configured to detect an operation performed by a user on the preview adjustment control interface, and send a corresponding preview adjustment instruction to the controller 12, where the controller 12 adjusts the print preview interface according to the preview adjustment instruction. For example, the detection device 14 detects that the user performs an image enlargement operation on the preview adjustment control interface (e.g., clicks an image enlargement function key), the detection device 14 may send a corresponding preview adjustment instruction to the controller 12, and the controller 12 may enlarge the image on the print preview interface. Through setting up preview adjustment control interface, can make the user adjust the printing effect, the product adaptability is higher.

In some embodiments, the detection device 14 includes an infrared projection device 141 and an infrared capture device 142, the orthographic projection of the infrared projection device 141 on the plane of the panel 13 is located on one side of the panel 13, the infrared projection device 141 is at a distance from the surface of the panel 13, the infrared projection device 141 is used for emitting infrared light parallel to the panel 13, the infrared capture device 142 faces the panel 13, the distance from the infrared capture device 142 to the surface of the panel 13 is greater than the distance from the infrared projection device 141 to the surface of the panel 13, and the infrared capture device 142 is used for collecting the infrared light. The distance between the infrared projection device 141 and the surface of the panel 13 is a perpendicular distance between the infrared projection device 141 and the surface of the panel 13, and the distance between the infrared capture device 142 and the surface of the panel 13 is a perpendicular distance between the infrared capture device 142 and the surface of the panel 13. The distance from the infrared capturing device 142 to the surface of the panel 13 is greater than the distance from the infrared projecting device 141 to the surface of the panel 13, so that the infrared projecting device 141 can be ensured to be positioned between the panel 13 and the infrared capturing device 142, and the infrared capturing device 142 can collect infrared light emitted by the infrared projecting device 141. The infrared projection device 141 emits infrared rays parallel to the panel 13 having a range, for example, in fig. 2, the infrared projection device 141 is a fan-shaped infrared projection device, and emits infrared rays having a fan shape, and the range of the infrared rays is a range between the dotted line XY clockwise and the dotted line XZ. The range of infrared rays is orthographic on the panel 13. The print control interface projected by the projection device 111 onto the panel 13 needs to be located within the forward projection. Thus, when the user operates the print control interface, for example, when a certain function key of the print control interface is clicked by a finger, the infrared light irradiates the finger to generate diffuse reflection, so that infrared light spots exist in the infrared image collected by the infrared capture device 142. The infrared capturing device 142 can obtain the coordinates of the central point of the infrared spot by extracting the outline of the infrared spot and using technical means such as loop integration, etc., so as to determine the function keys operated by the user, send the control instructions corresponding to the function keys to the controller 12, and control the printer 100 by the controller 12. The infrared ray parallel to the panel 13 is projected by the infrared projection device 141, and the infrared ray is collected by the infrared capture device 142, so that the operation of the user on the printing control interface is determined, the scheme is high in implementability, and the detection is accurate.

In some embodiments, infrared capture device 142 may include an infrared camera.

In some embodiments, the panel 13 may also be used to place documents to be scanned for printing in a partially operational state of the printer 100 (e.g., when performing a scan print function). The document to be scanned for printing and the current print interface may be located in different areas of the panel 13. The printer 100 includes an image pickup device 15, the image pickup device 15 facing the panel 13, for picking up an image of an object to be picked up placed on the panel 13, and supplying the image to the controller 12 as a content to be printed. The object to be collected comprises a document to be scanned and printed. The image capturing device 15 includes a camera 151, the camera 151 facing the panel 13 for capturing an image of a document to be printed. And determining information such as characters and images in the document to be printed by analyzing the shot image. The information such as characters and images in the document to be printed is the content to be printed. The controller 12 may control the printer 100 to print information such as text, images, etc. in a document to be printed. Thus, the printer 100 can realize a scan printing function, and is more practical.

In some embodiments, the image capturing device 15 includes a light supplement lamp 152, the light supplement lamp 152 faces the panel 13, and the light supplement lamp 152 is configured to emit light when the camera 151 captures an image of an object to be captured. Thus, when the camera 151 collects an image of an object to be collected, if the light of the environment where the printer 100 is located affects image collection, the light supplement lamp 152 can adjust the light of the environment where the printer 100 is located, so as to improve the shooting quality.

In some embodiments, the printer 100 includes a bracket 16, the bracket 16 includes a first bracket segment 161 and a second bracket segment 162, the first bracket segment 161 extends from a side of the panel 13 to a direction away from the panel 13, the second bracket segment 162 extends from an end of the first bracket segment 161 away from the panel 13 to a middle of the panel 13, at least one of the infrared capturing device 142, the camera 151, the projection device 111, and the fill light 152 is disposed at an end of the second bracket segment 162 away from the first bracket segment 161, facing the panel 13, and the infrared projection device 141 is disposed at a bottom end of the first bracket segment 161. In the present embodiment, the infrared capturing device 142, the camera 151, the projecting device 111 and the fill-in light 152 are disposed at an end of the second frame section 162 far away from the first frame section 161, so that these devices can face the panel 13. The infrared projection device 141 is disposed at the bottom end of the first bracket segment 161, which ensures that the distance from the infrared capturing device 142 to the surface of the panel 13 is greater than the distance from the infrared projecting device 141 to the surface of the panel 13, so that the infrared capturing device 142 can collect the infrared light emitted by the infrared projection device 141. The infrared capturing device 142, the camera 151, the projecting device 111 and the light supplementing lamp 152 are arranged on the second bracket section 162, and the infrared projecting device 141 is arranged on the first bracket section 161, so that the devices can be arranged on one bracket 16, the size of the printer 100 can be reduced, and the structure of the printer 100 can be simplified. In some other embodiments, the printer 100 may also include a plurality of brackets, and the infrared capturing device 142, the camera 151, the projecting device 111, the fill light 152, and the infrared projecting device 141 may also be respectively disposed on different brackets.

In some embodiments, the cradle 16 includes a cradle head 1621 disposed at an end of the second cradle section 162 facing away from the first cradle section 161, the cradle head 162 includes a head housing 1622, the infrared capture device 142, the camera 151, the projection device 111, and the fill light 152 are disposed within the head housing 1622, and a side of the head housing 1622 facing the panel 13 is light transmissive. Locate infrared capture device 142, camera 151, projection arrangement 111 and light filling lamp 152 in head housing 1622, can effectually protect equipment. And one side of the head casing 1622 facing the panel 13 is made of transparent material and can transmit light, so that normal operation of the device can be ensured, for example, a current printing interface projected by the projection device 111 can be ensured, the image of an object to be acquired of the panel 13 can be normally projected onto the panel 13, and for example, the camera 151 can be ensured to normally acquire the image of the object to be acquired of the panel 13.

In some embodiments, the printer 100 includes connecting wires 18, the infrared capturing device 142, the camera 151, the projecting device 111, and the fill light 152 are connected to the controller 12 through the connecting wires 18, and at least a portion of the connecting wires 18 are disposed in the first frame segment 161 and the second frame segment 162. By disposing at least a portion of the connecting wires 18 in the first and

second carrier sections

161, 162, the user is prevented from touching, effectively improving the security of the printer 100. Meanwhile, the connecting wires 18 are not exposed, and the appearance of the printer 100 is more beautiful.

The above description is only exemplary of the present application and should not be taken as limiting the present application, as any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present application should be included in the scope of protection of the present application.

Claims

1. A printer, characterized in that the printer comprises:

a display device; and

2. The printer of claim 1, wherein the printer includes a panel located on an outer surface of the printer, the display device includes a projection device facing the panel, the projection device is connected to the controller, and the controller is configured to control the projection device to project the print preview interface onto the panel upon receiving content to be printed.

3. The printer according to claim 2, wherein the current printing interface comprises a printing control interface, the controller is configured to control the projection device to project the printing control interface matching the current working state onto the panel, the printer comprises a detection device connected to the controller, the detection device is configured to detect an operation performed by a user on the printing control interface and send a corresponding control instruction to the controller, and the controller is configured to control the printer according to the control instruction.

4. The printer of claim 3, wherein the print control interface comprises a preview adjustment control interface, the detecting device is configured to detect a user operation on the preview adjustment control interface and send a corresponding preview adjustment instruction to the controller, and the controller adjusts the print preview interface according to the preview adjustment instruction.

5. The printer of claim 3, wherein the print control interface comprises a keyboard interface and/or a function key interface.

6. The printer according to claim 3, characterized in that said detection means comprise an infrared projection means located on one side of said panel in orthogonal projection on the plane of said panel and at a distance from the surface of said panel, and an infrared capture means for capturing said infrared light, said infrared projection means being adapted to emit towards said panel an infrared light parallel to said panel, said infrared capture means facing said panel, said infrared capture means being at a greater distance from the surface of said panel than said infrared projection means.

7. The printer according to claim 6, comprising an image acquisition device facing said panel for acquiring an image of an object to be acquired placed on said panel, to be supplied to said controller as said content to be printed.

8. The printer of claim 7, wherein the image capture device comprises a camera and a fill light, the camera and fill light facing the panel, the fill light for emitting light when the camera captures an image of an object to be captured.

9. The printer of claim 8, wherein the printer includes a bracket, the bracket including a first bracket section and a second bracket section, the first bracket section extending from a side of the panel in a direction away from the panel, the second bracket section extending from an end of the first bracket section away from the panel toward a middle of the panel, at least one of the infrared capture device, the camera, the projection device, and the fill light being disposed at an end of the second bracket section away from the first bracket section, facing the panel, the infrared projection device being disposed at a bottom end of the first bracket section.

10. The printer of claim 9, wherein the cradle includes a cradle head disposed at an end of the second cradle section facing away from the first cradle section, the cradle head including a head housing, the infrared capture device, the camera, the projection device, and the fill light being disposed within the head housing, the head housing being transparent to light on a side facing the panel.

11. The printer of claim 2, wherein the printer comprises a printer housing, and the panel is a top wall or a side wall of the printer housing.