CN117698134A - Multi-consumable management method, material box management system and storage medium - Google Patents

Multi-consumable management method, material box management system and storage medium Download PDF

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CN117698134A
CN117698134A CN202410163189.XA CN202410163189A CN117698134A CN 117698134 A CN117698134 A CN 117698134A CN 202410163189 A CN202410163189 A CN 202410163189A CN 117698134 A CN117698134 A CN 117698134A
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雷丛金
朱光辉
王海强
李瑾琪
唐京科
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The invention provides a multi-consumable management method, a material box management system and a storage medium, wherein the method comprises the following steps: judging and displaying the number of the material boxes, and detecting each material box; when a preset signal is detected, respectively displaying first preset parameter information of corresponding consumable materials based on the preset signal; and when the preset signal is not detected, respectively displaying second preset parameter information corresponding to the consumable materials based on the first user instruction, or respectively displaying that the consumable materials corresponding to the trough are empty. The multi-consumable management method provided by the embodiment of the invention can visually display the number of the material boxes and the related information of the consumable in the material boxes, so that the use condition of the consumable in the material boxes is clear at a glance, the interaction process based on the consumable is optimized, and the user experience is improved.

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Multi-consumable management method, material box management system and storage medium
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of Three-dimensional (3D) printing, in particular to a multi-consumable management method, a material box management system and a storage medium.
Background
3D printing technology, also known as additive manufacturing technology, is a technology that builds objects by layer-by-layer printing using bondable materials based on digital model files. 3D printing is typically implemented using a 3D printer. The 3D printer, also called a three-dimensional printer and a three-dimensional printer, is a process device for rapid molding. 3D printers are often used in the field of mold manufacturing, industrial design, etc. to manufacture models or parts. One typical 3D printing technique is fused deposition modeling (Fused Deposition Modeling, FDM) in which objects are constructed by selectively depositing molten material onto a layer-by-layer printing plate, the material used being a thermoplastic polymer.
In 3D printers, a tray holder is commonly used to mount the consumable tray. The user needs to record the information corresponding to the materials placed on the tray support at any time, and under a plurality of scenes such as model slicing, printing initiation and material changing, corresponding manual operation is needed to be carried out according to the characteristics of the materials, and the printed materials are numerous, so that the printing process is complicated and printing failure is possibly caused by insufficient experience of consumable problems.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention provides a multi-consumable management method, a printing device, a material box and a storage medium, and mainly aims to provide an automatic consumable management method, optimize interaction process aiming at consumable information and improve user experience.
In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a multi-consumable management method, including:
judging and displaying the number of the material boxes, and detecting each material box;
when a preset signal is detected, respectively displaying first preset parameter information of corresponding consumable materials based on the preset signal;
and when the preset signal is not detected, respectively displaying second preset parameter information corresponding to the consumable materials based on the first user instruction, or respectively displaying that the consumable materials corresponding to the trough are empty.
Further, before the step of displaying the second preset parameter information of the corresponding consumable based on the first user instruction, the method further includes:
judging whether consumable materials exist in the material box or not;
when it is determined that consumable materials exist in the material box, responding to second preset parameter information input in any one or more modes of voice input, manual selection or manual input of a user, and generating a first user instruction;
and when the fact that no consumable exists in the material box is determined, the second preset parameter information in the first user instruction is empty.
Further, be equipped with a plurality of silo in the magazine, be equipped with a plurality of silos in the magazine, be provided with signal receiving assembly in the silo presets the within range, every detect the step to the magazine includes:
and detecting whether consumable materials on the corresponding trough have the preset signals or not through the signal receiving assembly.
Further, the cartridge is further provided with a consumable sensor, and the step of judging whether consumable materials exist in the cartridge includes:
and detecting whether consumable materials exist in the corresponding trough through the consumable material sensor.
Further, the first preset parameter information includes one or more of a reference number, a consumable allowance, a material quality and a color of the corresponding consumable, and the step of displaying the first preset parameter information of the corresponding consumable includes:
displaying consumable allowance of the consumable in a display area corresponding to the consumable through the size of a preset graph;
displaying the color of the consumable material through the color of the preset graph;
and displaying the material of the consumable material by material abbreviation.
Further, the preset signal comprises an initial amount of corresponding consumable, and the consumable allowance is calculated according to the initial amount and the consumption.
Further, the method further comprises:
judging and displaying the number of the material racks;
and displaying third preset parameter information of each material rack based on a second user instruction, or displaying that the material rack is empty.
Further, the preset signal includes an RFID signal or an NFC signal.
In a second aspect, embodiments of the present invention provide a cartridge management system, comprising:
magazine, display screen:
a memory storing a computer program or instructions;
a processor which when executed performs the computer program or the instructions, implements the steps of a multi-consumable management method as provided in the first aspect.
In a third aspect, embodiments of the present invention provide a computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program which, when executed, implements the steps of a multi-consumable administration method as provided in the first aspect.
According to the multi-consumable management method, the material box management system and the storage medium provided by the embodiment of the invention, after the number of connected material boxes is judged, each material box is detected, if a preset signal is detected in a certain material box, the material box is indicated that consumable materials are necessarily present, and first preset parameter information is displayed at the position corresponding to the consumable materials; when the preset signal is not detected, the material box may not have consumable, or may be a chip on which the preset signal cannot be generated, and when the consumable is in the material box but the chip is not in the material box, the first user instruction is received and the second preset parameter information of the consumable is extracted from the first user instruction, and when the consumable is not in the material box, the corresponding position of the consumable is directly displayed to be empty. The multi-consumable management method provided by the embodiment of the invention can visually display the number of the material boxes and the related information of the consumable in the material boxes, so that the use condition of the consumable in the material boxes is clear at a glance, the interaction process based on the consumable is optimized, and the user experience is improved.
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Fig. 1 is a flowchart of a multi-consumable management method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of a multi-consumable display according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of a multi-consumable display according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of a multi-consumable display according to another embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a printing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 6 is a schematic diagram of a multi-consumable display according to another embodiment of the present invention.
The achievement of the objects, functional features and advantages of the present invention will be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings, in conjunction with the embodiments.
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Embodiments of the present application are described in detail below, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like or similar reference numerals refer to like or similar elements or elements having like or similar functions throughout. The embodiments described below by referring to the drawings are exemplary only for the purpose of explaining the present application and are not to be construed as limiting the present application.
In the description of the present application, it should be understood that the terms "center," "longitudinal," "transverse," "length," "width," "thickness," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," "clockwise," "counterclockwise," "axial," "circumferential," "radial," etc. indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientation or positional relationships shown in the drawings, are merely for convenience in describing the present application and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element being referred to must have a particular orientation, be configured and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore should not be construed as limiting the present application.
In order to better understand the solution of the present application, the following description will make clear and complete descriptions of the technical solution of the embodiment of the present application with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiment of the present application. It will be apparent that the described embodiments are only some, but not all, of the embodiments of the present application. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments herein without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the present application.
In the embodiment of the application, at least one refers to one or more; plural means two or more. In the description of the present application, the words "first," "second," "third," and the like are used solely for the purpose of distinguishing between descriptions and not necessarily for the purpose of indicating or implying a relative importance or order. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and the like, are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying a relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defining "a first" or "a second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more such feature. In the description of the present application, the meaning of "a plurality" is two or more, unless explicitly defined otherwise.
In the present invention, unless explicitly specified and limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," "secured," and the like are to be construed broadly, and may be attached, detached, or integrated, for example; can be mechanically or electrically connected; can be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, and can be communicated with the inside of two elements or the interaction relationship of the two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art according to the specific circumstances.
In the present invention, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, a first feature "above" or "below" a second feature may include both the first and second features being in direct contact, as well as the first and second features not being in direct contact but being in contact with each other through additional features therebetween. Moreover, a first feature being "above," "over" and "on" a second feature includes the first feature being directly above and obliquely above the second feature, or simply indicating that the first feature is higher in level than the second feature. The first feature being "under", "below" and "beneath" the second feature includes the first feature being directly under and obliquely below the second feature, or simply means that the first feature is less level than the second feature.
Reference in the specification to "one embodiment" or "some embodiments" or the like means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment is included in one or more embodiments of the application. Thus, the terms "comprising," "including," "having," and variations thereof herein mean "including but not limited to," unless expressly specified otherwise.
Fig. 1 is a flowchart of a multi-consumable management method according to an embodiment of the present invention, where, as shown in fig. 1, the multi-consumable management method includes:
the execution main body of the embodiment of the invention is a multi-consumable management system, the controller of the multi-consumable management system is electrically connected with the material boxes, the number of the material boxes can be one or a plurality, the controller and the material boxes can be connected through a USB port or a Type-C interface, the controller determines whether the material boxes are connected according to signals at the interface, and the controller can specifically determine whether the material boxes are connected according to actual conditions, and the embodiment of the invention is not limited in particular.
In general, since the types of consumables that can be placed in one cartridge are limited, by connecting a plurality of cartridges to increase the types of consumables, for example, in the case where 4 types of consumables of colors can be placed in each cartridge, the consumable of 16 colors can be used by connecting 2 cartridges with the multi-consumable management system, and the more the number of cartridges connected thereto, the more colors can be used.
S110, judging and displaying the number of the material boxes, and detecting each material box;
each cartridge is checked to see if a preset signal can be detected in the cartridge. In the following, the detection of one of the cartridges is described as an example, and the detection process for each cartridge is the same.
Because the printing consumable has a plurality of manufacturers, consumable materials and models among different manufacturers may be different, in order to judge whether the consumable in the material box accords with the printing requirement of the target printer, detection of a preset signal needs to be carried out, and whether the preset signal can be detected on the consumable is judged. The detection method of the preset signal can be determined according to actual conditions, and the embodiment of the invention is not particularly limited.
In the embodiment of the invention, the detection of the preset signal is carried out on each material box, so that each consumable in the material box can be regarded as being detected, and whether the preset signal can be detected on the consumable is judged.
For example, in the embodiment of the present invention, a related signal transmitting component may be disposed on the consumable and used for transmitting a preset signal, where the signal transmitting component may be any component capable of transmitting an electrical signal, such as a bluetooth sensor, an NFC sensor, an RFID sensor, etc., and may be specifically determined according to practical situations, which is not specifically limited in the embodiment of the present invention.
For example, the preset signal includes an RFID signal or an NFC signal. When the signal transmitting component is an RFID sensor, the preset signal is an RFID signal; when the signal transmitting component can be an NFC sensor, the preset signal is an NFC signal.
It should be noted that, the preset signal further includes related information of the consumable, such as a consumable brand, a consumable type, a consumable name, a consumable color, a consumable diameter, a consumable allowance, a consumable density, a consumable length, a printing temperature range, and the like, which may be specifically determined according to actual situations, and the embodiment of the present invention is not limited in this particular aspect. The value of the preset range can be determined according to practical situations, which is not particularly limited in the embodiment of the present invention.
S120, when a preset signal is detected, first preset parameter information of corresponding consumable materials is displayed based on the preset signal;
when a preset signal is detected in the material box, the material box is indicated that consumable materials are necessarily present, and first preset parameter information contained in the preset signal is read and displayed. For example, in the case where 4 consumables are placed in the cartridge, the 4 consumables respectively correspond to different display areas at the time of display; if no consumable is placed at the 1 st position and the 2 nd position, the first consumable and the second consumable are placed at the 3 rd position and the 4 th position respectively, and if preset signals are detected on the first consumable and the second consumable, relevant parameters of the consumable are displayed at the corresponding positions of the first consumable and the second consumable.
It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the value of the first preset parameter information may be determined according to an actual situation, which is not specifically limited in the embodiment of the present invention.
For example, the first preset parameter information may include a reference number of the consumable, a consumable allowance, a material quality and a color, the reference number of the consumable indicates a position of the consumable in the cartridge, and the consumable allowance indicates a remaining amount of the consumable.
And S130, when the preset signals are not detected, respectively displaying second preset parameter information of corresponding consumable materials based on the first user instruction, or respectively displaying that consumable materials at corresponding positions are empty.
When the preset signal cannot be detected in the material box, two possibilities exist, namely, the material box is provided with consumable materials, and a signal sending component is not arranged on the consumable materials, so that the preset signal cannot be detected; the other is that the material box has no consumable, and a preset signal cannot be detected.
Therefore, before the step of displaying the second preset parameter information of the corresponding consumable based on the first user instruction, the method further includes:
judging whether consumable materials exist in the material box or not;
when it is determined that consumable materials exist in the material box, responding to second preset parameter information input in any one or more modes of voice input, manual selection or manual input of a user, and generating a first user instruction;
and when the fact that no consumable exists in the material box is determined, the second preset parameter information in the first user instruction is empty.
In the embodiment of the invention, whether consumable materials exist in the material box is judged first, the judging method can be determined according to actual conditions, and the embodiment of the invention is not particularly limited.
In some embodiments, the material box is provided with a material groove, a plurality of material grooves are arranged in the material box, a signal receiving component is arranged in a preset range of the material groove, and the detecting step for each material box comprises the following steps:
and detecting whether consumable materials on the corresponding trough have the preset signals or not through the signal receiving assembly.
In the embodiment of the invention, consumable materials are winding raw materials in a filament form, the consumable materials are wound on a material tray, the material tray is provided with the signal transmitting assembly, the material tray is arranged in a material groove of the material box, different consumable materials are wound on different material trays, and different material trays are respectively placed on different material grooves. And a signal receiving assembly is arranged in the preset range of each trough so as to ensure that the signal receiving assembly can receive preset signals sent by the corresponding trays.
For example, when the preset signal is an RFID signal, the signal receiving component is an RFID reading component, and when the preset signal is an NFC signal, the signal receiving component is an NFC reading component.
It should be noted that, the value of the preset range may be determined according to the actual situation, which is not specifically limited in the embodiment of the present invention.
In some embodiments, the consumable sensor is disposed in the cartridge, and the step of determining whether the consumable is present in the cartridge includes:
and detecting whether consumable materials exist in the corresponding trough through the consumable material sensor.
In the embodiment of the invention, the consumable sensor is arranged in the material box, and can detect signals when a user inserts the material tray into the material groove. For each trough, if the consumable sensor detects a signal, the consumable in the trough can be judged to exist; if the consumable sensor does not detect a signal, it can be determined that no consumable is present in the trough.
After judging whether consumable materials exist in the material box, continuing to explain, under the condition that the consumable materials exist in the material box but a preset signal cannot be detected, the user can directly input second preset parameter information of the consumable materials because the information of the consumable materials cannot be read through the preset signal, and a first user instruction is generated based on the input second preset parameter information. The input mode of the consumable second preset parameter information can be voice input, can be manually selected from the existing parameters, can be directly and manually input, can be combined, can be determined according to actual conditions, and is not particularly limited.
And under the condition that no consumable exists in the material box, the user cannot input corresponding information, and the second preset parameter information in the first user instruction is set to be empty.
Therefore, when the preset signal is not detected, judgment is performed based on the first user instruction, if the first user instruction contains second preset parameter information, the second preset parameter information of the corresponding consumable is displayed, and if the first user instruction is empty, the consumable at the corresponding position is displayed to be empty.
According to the multi-consumable management method provided by the embodiment of the invention, after the number of connected material boxes is judged, each material box is detected, if a preset signal is detected in a certain material box, the material box is indicated that consumable materials are necessarily present, and first preset parameter information is displayed at the position corresponding to the consumable materials; when the preset signal is not detected, the material box may not have consumable, or may be a chip on which the preset signal cannot be generated, and when the consumable is in the material box but the chip is not in the material box, the first user instruction is received and the second preset parameter information of the consumable is extracted from the first user instruction, and when the consumable is not in the material box, the corresponding position of the consumable is directly displayed to be empty. The multi-consumable management method provided by the embodiment of the invention can visually display the number of the material boxes and the related information of the consumable in the material boxes, so that the use condition of the consumable in the material boxes is clear at a glance, the interaction process based on the consumable is optimized, and the user experience is improved.
In some embodiments, the first preset parameter information includes one or more of a reference number, a consumable allowance, a material quality, and a color of the corresponding consumable, and the displaying the first preset parameter information of the corresponding consumable includes:
displaying consumable allowance of the consumable in a display area corresponding to the consumable through the size of a preset graph;
displaying the color of the consumable material through the color of the preset graph;
and displaying the material of the consumable material by material abbreviation.
In the embodiment of the invention, the first preset parameter information comprises the label, the consumable allowance, the material quality and the color of the corresponding consumable, when the first preset parameter information of the consumable is displayed, the corresponding display area is found according to the material groove where the consumable is positioned, the display areas corresponding to the consumable on different material grooves are different, and the consumable allowance is displayed through the size of a preset image. For example, the consumable part margin may be displayed by a circle pattern, and the larger the consumable part margin is, the larger the circle pattern area is.
The color of the consumable can also be displayed by the color of the preset graph, for example, the consumable is yellow, and then the circle image is yellow. Consumable abbreviations can be marked on the display area to display the material of the consumable, such as PLA material and PETG material.
It should be noted that, the current printing consumable material can be displayed by the brightness of the preset pattern, if the first consumable material is used for current printing, the preset pattern of the display area corresponding to the first consumable material is bright, and the preset patterns in other display areas are dark; the consumable supplies can be distinguished in a dynamic mode and a static mode, for example, the preset image of the first consumable supply corresponding to the display area is dynamically rotated, the preset images in other display areas are static, and a user can know the consumable supplies which are currently used at a glance.
For example, fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of a multi-consumable display provided in an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 2, the multi-consumable management system is connected to 4 cartridges, where the 4 cartridges are respectively distinguished by 1, 2, 3, and 4, and each cartridge has 4 material tanks respectively distinguished by ABCD. The right strip boxes sequentially represent 1, 2, 3 and 4 material boxes from top to bottom, the inverted triangle represents consumable materials in current printing, and the symbols in the strip boxes represent the states of consumable materials in each material groove in the material boxes.
As shown in fig. 2, the cartridge displayed on the current page is the 1 st cartridge, wherein the AB two tanks are empty, and "/" is used for indicating that the empty is formed, so that the following "… …" indicates that the material of the consumable cannot be known; consumable materials exist in the C trough, but because a preset signal cannot be detected, and the consumable materials in the C trough are not edited by a user, the consumable materials are in an intermediate state, and "? The lower pen-shaped icon represents that the material can be edited, and the C material groove can normally display the first preset parameter information of the consumable after the user edits; and D, consumable materials exist in the trough and a preset signal can be detected, a shadow part in the drawing represents consumable material allowance, PLA represents material, an eye image represents normal display, and the more the consumable material allowance is, the larger the shadow part is, the less the consumable material allowance is, and the less the shadow part is.
In some embodiments, the method further comprises:
judging and displaying the number of the material racks;
and displaying third preset parameter information of each material rack based on a second user instruction.
In the embodiment of the invention, the material rack is also displayed, and the material rack is generally not provided with a signal transmitting component, so that a preset signal cannot be detected under normal conditions, and therefore, the third preset parameter information in the second user instruction needs to be manually input, wherein the manual input mode can be voice input, manual selection, manual input or combination of the modes, and the method is particularly determined according to actual conditions. In the embodiment of the invention, the third preset parameter information in the second user instruction is manually input, and then the third preset parameter information in the second user instruction is read and displayed.
It should be noted that, the first preset parameter information, the second preset parameter information, and the third preset parameter information are all related systems of consumable materials, and the parameters included in the related systems may be the same or different.
Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of multi-consumable display provided in the embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 3, the cartridge management system is connected to 4 cartridges and 1 cartridge, and the current page shows the situation of consumable in four material tanks ABCD of the 1 st cartridge, where the situation of consumable in the ABCD material tanks is the same as that in fig. 2. Fig. 3 also shows third preset parameter information of the material rack, and the consumable information in the material rack cannot be read, but can be edited, so that the material rack also presents an intermediate state.
FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a multi-consumable display according to another embodiment of the present invention, where the parameters of the consumables of the rack and the consumable C are edited on the basis of FIG. 3 to obtain FIG. 4, the consumable information of the consumable in the C chute is edited to generate a second user instruction, and then the second preset parameter information of the consumable in the C chute is extracted based on the second user instruction, so that the residual quantity, color, material and the like of the consumable in the C chute can be displayed; and editing consumable information of consumable materials in the material rack to generate a third user instruction, and extracting third preset parameter information of the consumable materials in the material rack based on the third user instruction, so that information such as the allowance, color, material quality and the like of the consumable materials in the material rack can be displayed.
Comparing the consumable residue amounts of the material rack, the C material groove and the D material groove in fig. 4, the consumable residue amount on the material rack is the largest, the consumable residue amount of the D material groove is the second, and the consumable residue amount of the C material groove is the smallest.
In some embodiments, the preset signal includes an initial amount of the corresponding consumable, and the consumable balance is calculated according to the initial amount and the consumption.
In the embodiment of the invention, the preset signal contains the initial amount of the consumable, and it is easy to understand that the consumable is continuously consumed in the printing process, the consumable allowance is continuously changed, and the multi-consumable management system displays the real-time consumable allowance, so that the consumable consumption is subtracted from the initial amount to obtain the real-time consumable amount.
Fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a printing system according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 5, where the printing system includes a cartridge, an upper and lower feeder, a blanking assembly, and a printhead of a printer, and the upper and lower feeder is installed at a front end of the cartridge. The multi-consumable management method in the embodiment of the invention at least relates to two different consumables, namely a first consumable and a second consumable, wherein the first consumable and the second consumable can be positioned in a material box connected with a 3D printer or positioned on an outer hanging material rack of the 3D printer, and the method can be determined according to actual conditions, and the embodiment of the invention is not particularly limited.
In the embodiment of the invention, the first consumable is positioned in the third material groove, the second consumable is positioned in the fourth material groove, different consumable materials in the material box enter the feeding and discharging device according to different paths, an output pipeline of the feeding and discharging device is connected with the cutting component, and an output pipeline of the cutting component is connected with the printing head.
The material box is used for placing consumable materials, the first consumable material and the second consumable material are respectively placed in different material grooves of the material box, each consumable material is connected with the upper and lower material feeders through different channels, for example, the first consumable material is connected with the upper and lower material feeders through a first pipeline, and the second consumable material is connected with the upper and lower material feeders through a second pipeline; a driving device is arranged in the upper feeder and the lower feeder, and when feeding is needed, the driving device works to provide driving force in the feeding direction so as to drive corresponding consumable materials to feed; when the material is required to be returned, the driving device provides driving force for the material returning direction, so that corresponding consumable material is driven to return.
Taking the first consumable as an example, when the first consumable needs to be transmitted according to a feeding path, extruding the first consumable onto the feeding pipeline along the first pipeline, so that the first consumable is transmitted according to the feeding path; the end of feed pipeline is connected with the blank subassembly, and first consumptive material is transmitted to the print head after the blank subassembly, and the print head extrudes first consumptive material and carries out the product and print.
In the embodiment of the invention, the sensors are arranged at the inlet of the blanking component, the position of the cutter and the position of the printing head, and the sensors are used for detecting whether consumable materials exist at the corresponding positions, so that the feeding process or the discharging process of the consumable materials can be known, and the printing progress can be displayed by displaying the position of the consumable materials; in addition, two photoelectric detection sensors are also arranged in the embodiment of the invention, and whether the printer is fed or returned can be obtained through the photoelectric detection sensors.
Fig. 6 is a schematic diagram of a multi-consumable display according to another embodiment of the present invention, where, as shown in fig. 6, a first consumable corresponds to a third material tank, corresponds to a C display area in the drawing, a second consumable is placed in a fourth material tank, corresponds to a D display area in the drawing, the consumable is graphically represented by a roller, a shadow size represents a consumable residual amount, and other icons have the same meaning as the above. The printer also comprises a feeding button and a discharging button, when the printer is in a feeding state, the feeding button emits light, and the discharging button does not emit light; when the printer is in the material returning state, the material feeding button does not emit light, and the material returning button emits light.
Notably, the print progress is also shown in fig. 6 for three arrows, the first arrow indicating the arrival of the consumable at the entrance of the blanking assembly, the second arrow indicating the arrival of the consumable at the cutter of the blanking assembly, the third arrow indicating the arrival of the consumable at the print head, the lower box indicating the arrival of the consumable at the nozzle, the arrival of the consumable at a certain position, the corresponding icon being illuminated to show the print progress of the consumable.
And after the material box receives the material changing instruction, the printing head is controlled to stop printing by each controller in the printer.
In addition, the printer also controls the printing head to move to a preset wiping position, and prepares to wipe the printing head, wherein the wiping operation is used for wiping nozzles of the printing head, so that pollution caused by mixing of consumables with different colors or different materials is prevented, the preset wiping position can be determined specifically according to actual conditions, and the embodiment of the invention is not limited specifically.
The first consumable is transferred to the blanking position according to the blanking path, is split into a first part and a second part at the blanking position, the roller icon corresponding to C is lighted under the condition, the second arrow below is lighted, and the blanking button emits light. In an actual implementation process, the extruder withdraws the first consumable from the extruder, and the withdrawn first consumable is transmitted along a material withdrawal path, and is detected by a sensor installed at a material cutting position after the first consumable is transmitted to the material cutting position, so that the first consumable is cut into two sections. The first consumable of the first part is continuously returned to the preset material returning position according to the material returning path, and the second part is discarded along the material returning path.
Then the second consumable is transferred to the extruder of the print head according to the feed path, in which case the roller icon corresponding to C is darkened, the second arrow in the C area is darkened, the roller icon corresponding to D is darkened, and the third arrow in the D area is darkened, the specific transfer process is the same as the transfer process of the first consumable described above, and reference is made to the above process for details. In the practical implementation process, the upper and lower glassware extrudes the second consumable, extrudes the second consumable to the second pipeline, reaches the blank subassembly through the transmission of second pipeline, reaches the feeding pipeline after the blank subassembly, finally transmits to the print head.
The printer also controls the nozzles of the printing head to perform wiping operation at a preset wiping position, and in the embodiment of the invention, the preset wiping operation is performed for a preset period of time, and the nozzles of the printing head can be wiped clean through the wiping operation; after this predetermined time has elapsed, the extruder in the printhead extrudes the second consumable out of the printed product, in which case the third arrow in the D area is darkened and the lower box icon is illuminated.
As one embodiment, the second consumable is transported to the print head according to a feed path, the print head being controlled to perform the wiping operation at a preset wiping position comprising:
judging whether the second consumable is detected at the printing head;
if the second consumable is detected at the printing head, the printing head is controlled to execute wiping operation at a preset wiping position;
if the second consumable is not detected at the print head, the second tray is controlled to rotate according to the preset feeding direction, and the second consumable continues to be transported until the second consumable is detected at the print head.
In the process that the second consumable is transmitted to the printing head according to the feeding path, if the sensor at the printing head detects the second consumable, the second consumable is transmitted to the printing head, and at the moment, the nozzle of the printing head is subjected to wiping operation, so that pollution to new materials caused by residual first consumable in the nozzle is avoided.
If the sensor at the printing head does not detect the second consumable, the second consumable is required to be continuously transmitted until the second consumable reaches the printing head, and the driving device of the feeding and discharging device and the cutting assembly provides driving force for the feeding direction to drive the second material tray to rotate towards the preset feeding direction, so that the second consumable is continuously transmitted until the second consumable is detected at the printing head.
The sensor is typically mounted at the extruder of the printhead.
As one embodiment, the print head is controlled to perform the wiping operation at a preset wiping position comprising:
after the second consumable material is controlled to be continuously fed for a preset length, the residual material of the first consumable material in the throat pipe in the printing head is extruded, and meanwhile, the second consumable material is controlled to be in a pre-printing state, and the printing head is controlled to execute a wiping operation at a preset wiping position;
wherein the preset length does not exceed the length of the throat.
In the embodiment of the invention, when the nozzle of the printing head is subjected to wiping operation, at the moment, the second consumable is positioned at the extruder, the second consumable is fed continuously towards the direction of the nozzle, and after a preset length is fed, the second consumable can extrude the first consumable remained in the throat from the nozzle because the preset length does not exceed the length of the throat of the printer, and meanwhile, the second consumable is in a pre-printing state; and then controlling the nozzle to execute wiping operation so as to wipe the first consumable material remained at the nozzle clean and avoid cross contamination to the second consumable material.
Note that the pre-print state is: based on the type of consumable, the showerhead temperature and extrusion pressure are set at the adapted parameter ranges.
The embodiment of the invention provides a material box management system, which comprises a material box, a display screen and a material box management system, wherein:
a memory storing a computer program or instructions;
and the processor realizes the steps of the multi-consumable management method when executing the computer program or the instructions.
The Memory may include a random access Memory (Random Access Memory, abbreviated as RAM) or a Non-Volatile Memory (Non-Volatile Memory), such as at least one magnetic disk Memory. Optionally, the memory may also be at least one memory device located remotely from the aforementioned processor.
The processor may be a general-purpose processor, including a central processing unit (Central Processing Unit, CPU for short), a network processor (Network Processor, NP for short), etc.; but also digital signal processors (Digital Signal Processing, DSP for short), application specific integrated circuits (Application Specific Integrated Circuit, ASIC for short), field-programmable gate arrays (Field-Programmable Gate Array, FPGA for short) or other programmable logic devices, discrete gate or transistor logic devices, discrete hardware components.
The specific implementation process of the system embodiment corresponding to the method is the same as that of the method embodiment, and reference is made to the method embodiment for details, so that the detailed description of the product embodiment is omitted.
The embodiment of the invention provides a computer readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored, the computer program being executed to implement the steps of the multi-consumable management method.
It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that embodiments of the present invention may be provided as a method, apparatus, or computer program product. Accordingly, embodiments of the present invention may take the form of an entirely hardware embodiment, an entirely software embodiment or an embodiment combining software and hardware aspects. Furthermore, embodiments of the invention may take the form of a computer program product on one or more computer-usable storage media (including, but not limited to, disk storage, CD-ROM, optical storage, etc.) having computer-usable program code embodied therein.
Embodiments of the present invention are described with reference to flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams of methods, terminal devices (apparatus), and computer program products according to embodiments of the invention. It will be understood that each flow and/or block of the flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams, and combinations of flows and/or blocks in the flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams, can be implemented by computer program instructions. These computer program instructions may be provided to a processor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, embedded processor, or other programmable data processing terminal device to produce a machine, such that the instructions, which execute via the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing terminal device, create means for implementing the functions specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.
These computer program instructions may also be stored in a computer-readable memory that can direct a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to function in a particular manner, such that the instructions stored in the computer-readable memory produce an article of manufacture including instruction means which implement the function specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.
These computer program instructions may also be loaded onto a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to cause a series of operational steps to be performed on the computer or other programmable apparatus to produce a computer implemented process such that the instructions which execute on the computer or other programmable apparatus provide steps for implementing the functions specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.
While preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described, additional variations and modifications in those embodiments may occur to those skilled in the art once they learn of the basic inventive concepts. It is therefore intended that the following claims be interpreted as including the preferred embodiment and all such alterations and modifications as fall within the scope of the embodiments of the invention.
Those skilled in the art will appreciate that implementing all or part of the above described methods may be accomplished by way of a computer program stored on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, which when executed, may comprise the steps of the embodiments of the methods described above. Any reference to memory, storage, database, or other medium used in the various embodiments provided herein may include non-volatile and/or volatile memory. The nonvolatile memory can include Read Only Memory (ROM), programmable ROM (PROM), electrically Programmable ROM (EPROM), electrically Erasable Programmable ROM (EEPROM), or flash memory. Volatile memory can include Random Access Memory (RAM) or external cache memory. By way of illustration and not limitation, RAM is available in a variety of forms such as Static RAM (SRAM), dynamic RAM (DRAM), synchronous DRAM (SDRAM), double Data Rate SDRAM (DDRSDRAM), enhanced SDRAM (ESDRAM), synchronous Link DRAM (SLDRAM), memory bus direct RAM (RDRAM), direct memory bus dynamic RAM (DRDRAM), and memory bus dynamic RAM (RDRAM), among others.
It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that, for convenience and brevity of description, only the above-described division of the functional units and modules is illustrated, and in practical application, the above-described functional distribution may be performed by different functional units and modules according to needs, i.e. the internal structure of the apparatus is divided into different functional units or modules to perform all or part of the above-described functions.
The above embodiments are only for illustrating the technical solution of the present invention, and not for limiting the same; although the invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: the technical scheme described in the foregoing embodiments can be modified or some technical features thereof can be replaced by equivalents; such modifications and substitutions do not depart from the spirit and scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, and are intended to be included in the scope of the present invention.

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1. A multi-consumable management method, comprising:
judging and displaying the number of the material boxes, and detecting each material box;
when a preset signal is detected, respectively displaying first preset parameter information of corresponding consumable materials based on the preset signal;
and when the preset signal is not detected, respectively displaying second preset parameter information corresponding to the consumable materials based on the first user instruction, or respectively displaying that the consumable materials corresponding to the trough are empty.
2. The multiple consumable management method according to claim 1, wherein before the step of displaying the second preset parameter information of the corresponding consumable, respectively, based on the first user instruction, the method further comprises:
judging whether consumable materials exist in the material box or not;
when it is determined that consumable materials exist in the material box, responding to second preset parameter information input in any one or more modes of voice input, manual selection or manual input of a user, and generating a first user instruction;
and when the fact that no consumable exists in the material box is determined, the second preset parameter information in the first user instruction is empty.
3. The multiple consumable management method according to claim 2, wherein a plurality of material tanks are provided in the material tank, a signal receiving component is provided in a preset range of the material tanks, and the detecting step for each material tank comprises:
and detecting whether consumable materials on the corresponding trough have the preset signals or not through the signal receiving assembly.
4. A multiple consumable management method according to claim 3 wherein a consumable sensor is further provided in the cartridge, and the step of determining whether consumable is present in the cartridge comprises:
and detecting whether consumable materials exist in the corresponding trough through the consumable material sensor.
5. The multi-consumable management method according to claim 1 or 3, wherein the first preset parameter information includes one or more of a reference number, a consumable allowance, a material quality, and a color of the corresponding consumable, and the displaying the first preset parameter information of the corresponding consumable includes:
displaying consumable allowance of the consumable in a display area corresponding to the consumable through the size of a preset graph;
displaying the color of the consumable material through the color of the preset graph;
and displaying the material of the consumable material by material abbreviation.
6. The multi-consumable management method according to claim 5, wherein the preset signal includes an initial amount of the corresponding consumable, and the consumable balance is calculated according to the initial amount and the consumption.
7. The multiple consumable management method of claim 1, further comprising:
judging and displaying the number of the material racks;
and displaying third preset parameter information of each material rack based on a second user instruction.
8. The multiple consumable management method of claim 1, wherein the preset signal comprises an RFID signal or an NFC signal.
9. The utility model provides a magazine management system which characterized in that includes magazine, display screen and:
a memory storing a computer program or instructions;
a processor, which when executing the computer program or the instructions, performs the steps of the multi-consumable management method according to any one of claims 1 to 8.
10. A computer readable storage medium, characterized in that the computer readable storage medium has stored thereon a computer program which, when executed, implements the steps of the multiple consumable management method according to any of claims 1 to 8.
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