EP1219420B1 - Vorrichtung zur Abtastung von Registermarken in einer Mehrfarbendruckmaschine - Google Patents

Vorrichtung zur Abtastung von Registermarken in einer Mehrfarbendruckmaschine Download PDF

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EP1219420B1
EP1219420B1 EP01128209A EP01128209A EP1219420B1 EP 1219420 B1 EP1219420 B1 EP 1219420B1 EP 01128209 A EP01128209 A EP 01128209A EP 01128209 A EP01128209 A EP 01128209A EP 1219420 B1 EP1219420 B1 EP 1219420B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
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    • B41F33/00—Indicating, counting, warning, control or safety devices
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  • the present invention relates to a marking mark reading device in a polychromatic printing machine working a material strip or sheets.
  • This material, or printing medium generally has an area for printing the image and a print area reserved for the signs of quality control, signs usually known by the name of marks of registration or register, with reference to the marking of the different colors of the printing.
  • Such machines have in fact several printer groups placed one after the other; each printing on the support, with the aid of an engraved cylinder or a forme cylinder, for example, the same pattern of a different color. To obtain a perfect final image, it is necessary that all the different color prints are superimposed exactly.
  • the control of the marking of these prints is done by means of registration marks printed by each printing cylinder in the area reserved for the signs of the quality control, generally in the margin of the support worked. With a reading device, these marks make it possible to determine the error of marking of each color with respect to the color of the first printing unit taken generally as a reference. To compensate for these offsets, a correction order is then generated and acts either on the print medium path or on the position of the corresponding print cylinders.
  • Some devices make it possible to take an image of a whole group of marks using a CCD video camera, then to subject this image to an analog-digital conversion, to center this scanned image on a window of analysis and to determine deviations from marks of references.
  • a white light source provides sufficient illumination of the medium filmed by the video camera. This light source can be derived from a strobe which, thanks to its repeated flashes, makes it possible to take still images of the moving medium at high speed.
  • the lighting of these marks becomes an increasingly significant component, especially when these marks can no longer be made visible by a single light source, white or monochrome. Indeed, according to the color of the printed marks, the latter may, under such lighting, not be sufficiently contrasted and appear invisible or pose problems on the contrary glare or reflection in the presence of specular colors such as gilding for example.
  • the first phase is to look for the initially unknown positions of each of the registration marks. This task can be greatly facilitated if the marks in question are each made clearly visible by a light source of adequate color. Similarly, when these marks scroll at high speeds of up to 20 m / s, it is easy to understand that it is also advantageous, even necessary, that these marks can be perceived without any ambiguity possible.
  • the object of the present invention is to overcome these drawbacks by proposing a compact reading device making it possible, with a minimum of one read head, to simultaneously detect several registration marks, while the latter would each require a reading device equipped with a reader. particular lighting to provide sufficient contrast necessary for their detection.
  • the device according to the invention thus has the advantage of being able to detect offsets between the prints of each color after simultaneous reading of a reference mark and one or more registration marks by one and the same reading head.
  • the registration marks are scanned by the photosensitive elements and read by scanning into a multitude of fine independent cuts which, successively arranged one after the other, reconstitute in the form of images. striated the images of the read marks.
  • the modulation of the illumination source provides an alternation of colors and / or of intensity making it possible to obtain a line-by-line coloring cycle during the scanning of the image, or group of lines per group of lines, even image by image.
  • the simultaneous or almost simultaneous reading of these marks by this device does not depend on the shape of these marks, their size, or their disposition to each other.
  • the detection of low-contrast concentric registration marks can be read simultaneously without difficulty by the device of the present invention which will alternately modulate the color of its lighting according to that of the marks read so as to render them, in turn, well visible.
  • a sequence of such sequences could comprise the reading of a group of several successive lines illuminated under the same color, then that of a succession of lines taken one by one alternately in one color and then in another, before going back to reading a group of several illuminated lines under the same lighting.
  • the device in question is not a priori not limited by the possible number of lighting colors.
  • the intensity of this lighting could also be modulated and used to detect the desired brands.
  • the use of filters generating different colors from a white light for example could also replace the diversity of light sources without bringing a new feature.
  • the number of rows of photosensitive elements in no way limits the applications offered by this device as described above.
  • the figure 1 gives a schematic representation in perspective of the device 1 of the present invention.
  • This device is placed above a support 2, scrolling in a full-color printing machine, so that it can easily detect the passage of registration marks 21, 22 printed on this support.
  • the reading device 1 consists of a housing, drawn in broken lines and in partial section, in which there are at least two light sources 3, 4 allowing the one and the other to project alternately on the support 2 a lighting zone 5 covering at least the area occupied by the registration marks 21, 22.
  • Each lighting source 3, 4 may be constituted by one or more light diodes 13, 14 as illustrated by way of example in FIG. the figure 1 .
  • the reading device 1 also comprises an optics 6 allowing projecting, on at least one photosensitive element 7, the image of a portion 8 of the surface of the support 2 which is illuminated in zone 5.
  • the reading portion 8 corresponds to a strip whose dimensions are mainly chosen as a function of those of the marking marks and the content of the specifications of the reading device; the latter defining in particular the resolution of the image of said scanned registration marks, as well as the speed of acquisition of these images by the reading device as a function of the speed of displacement of the support 2.
  • the photosensitive element 7 may be a CCD sensor composed of a large number of pixels 17 generating electrical pulses and forming, according to their number and their arrangement, one or more photosensitive strips placed side by side.
  • the photosensitive element 7 constitutes the photosensitive element 7 as illustrated.
  • the latter is connected, like the reading sources 3 and 4, to a microprocessor 9, in particular for controlling the lighting of these sources in a programmed mode and for processing the pulses delivered by each pixel 17.
  • the principle of operation of this device aims to scan the registration marks 21, 22 in their entirety by successively capturing adjacent image portions 8, alternately illuminated in one color and then in another thanks to the light sources 3, 4.
  • Each portion 8 of registration marks is preferably read only once under the light of one of the light sources, which sources follow lighting sequences governed in time and in their duration according to the programmed mode in the microprocessor 9.
  • the final image of the registration marks taken by this device can be easily recomposed by assembling successively all the read portions 8 in the same order as naturally defined during the acquisition by the displacement of the support 2 Once recomposed, this image, or the data it contains, can then be used to determine any discrepancies between the colors of the colors. impressions during the operation of the registration of the corresponding printing cylinders.
  • FIGS. 2 and 3 each give examples of two pairs of registration marks 21, 22 and 31, 32 as could be found on the support 2 after it has been printed by a polychrome machine. In these illustrations, the dimensions of these marks are greatly enlarged; in reality they each occupy only a surface of a few square millimeters. Marking marks of the figure 2 correspond to those who are illustrated in the figure 1 , but it goes without saying that other marks of identification, like those of the figure 3 for example, could be represented. Each mark of a couple is of a different color; thus the color of the mark 21 or 31 is not the same as that of the mark 22 or respectively 32.
  • the marks 21 and 22 of triangular shapes oppose exactly by their points and are so perfectly in register with each other, just like the marks 31 and 32 which are perfectly concentric.
  • the reading device 1 of the present invention Being of different color, often pale and low contrast, and although read simultaneously, each of these marking marks needs to be illuminated by a complementary color light to be made visible. This makes it possible to improve the contrast and to ensure that it can be correctly detected by the photosensitive element 7.
  • the reading device according to the invention makes it possible to respond fully to these requirements by means of the alternating illumination illustrated in Figures 4 and 5 on the marking marks of the corresponding figures 2 and 3.
  • the figure 4 gives, in a plan view, an example of a representation of the illumination of the reading device 1 applied to the triangular registration marks 21, 22.
  • the presence of these marking marks can then be made clearly visible by the succession of portions 8, or reading slices, generated by the device 1.
  • the latter appear alternately in one color and then in another forming thin strips 8a, 8b of identical dimensions.
  • These colors correspond to those of the different light sources 3, 4 which are chosen according to the colors of the read marks.
  • the strips 8a, 8b each have a color that reveals a strong contrast with that of the registration marks 21, 22 taken respectively. Under this zebra light, it becomes possible to clearly highlight the contours of the two tracking marks read simultaneously.
  • the contours of each of these marks are drawn as a dashed line which easily allows complete reconstruction of the shape of the mark and perfect detection thereof during the stamping operation of the printing rolls.
  • the figure 5 offers a reconstruction of the image of the concentric locating marks of the figure 3 from the 8 portions of images read by the device 1 in a lighting mode which differs from that used previously. In this figure, it is easy to recognize the different lighting sequences that constitute the chosen lighting mode.
  • the first sequence is formed by alternating a group 18 of three thin contiguous bands 8a with a group 28 of three thin contiguous strips 8b of another color. This succession of alternations is followed, in the central part of the registration mark 32, by a second sequence formed by a succession of alternations of the bands 8a and 8b taken one by one, before going back to the first sequence formed alternations groups 18 and 28.
  • the reading device can of course do without the alternation of lighting colors and illuminate said marks with a light of one and the same color during all the time that their reading takes. It will also be noted that, as necessary, changes in intensity of lighting can easily replace the alternations of colors without the detection principle used by this device is changed. It goes without saying that the number of registration marks that can be read simultaneously by this device is not a priori limited. To do this, it suffices to adapt the number of different color light sources of the device 1, without, however, excluding all the possible color combinations given for example by activating both a blue light source and a yellow light source for obtain on the printed support a zone 5 illuminated by a green light.
  • the LEDs 13, 14 could also emit a different color light.
  • the wavelengths emitted by said light sources 3, 4 are not necessarily limited to the range covered by the visible range.
  • the pixels 17, which in large number constitute the photosensitive element 7, may have different sensitivities to the lengths relative to one another. waves they receive. For example, some pixels 17 may be more particularly sensitive to red-orange colors while others would be rather receptive to blue-green or yellow colors. To analyze the image read, it would be sufficient for example to use the appropriate color pixels to find the different color marks.

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  1. Vorrichtung (1) zum Lesen von Kennzeichnungsmarken (21, 22, 31, 32), die auf einem durch eine polychrome Druckmaschine hindurchgehenden Träger (2) aufgedruckt sind, umfassend wenigstens eine Lichtquelle (3, 4), die auf dem Träger (2) einen von den Kennzeichnungsmarken (21, 22, 31, 32) durchquerten Beleuchtungsbereich (5) beleuchtet, eine Optik (6), die es ermöglicht, auf einem lichtempfindlichen, von mehreren Pixeln (17) gebildeten Element (7) die durchlaufenden Bilder der Kennzeichnungsmarken in Form mehrerer Teile (8) zu erhalten, die nacheinander entsprechend einem gewissen Lesetakt gelesen werden, sowie einen Mikroprozessor (9), der die Beleuchtung der Lichtquelle (3, 4) durchführt und die durch die Pixel (17) erzeugten elektrischen Impulse verarbeitet, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Lichtquelle (3, 4) den Träger (2) auf einem Beleuchtungsbereich (5) mit wenigstens einer Modulation bei der Intensität oder/und der Farbe beleuchtet während des simultanen oder sequentiellen Lesens von wenigstens zwei Kennzeichnungsmarken (21, 22, 31, 32).
  2. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die auf das Licht des Beleuchtungsbereichs (5) bezogenen Modulationen synchron mit dem Lesetakt von jedem Teil (8) der Bilder erfolgen.
  3. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die auf das Licht des Beleuchtungsbereichs (5) bezogenen Modulationen synchron mit dem Lesetakt jeder Kennzeichnungsmarke (21, 22, 31 32) erfolgen.
  4. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die pro Zeiteinheit gezählte Anzahl Modulationen identisch der Anzahl Teile (8) der Bilder ist, die im gleichen Zeitintervall gelesen werden.
  5. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass eine Abfolge unterschiedlicher Modulationen einen programmierten Beleuchtungszyklus bildet und vom Mikroprozessor (9) gesteuert/geregelt wird, und dass das Licht des Beleuchtungsbereichs (5) gemäß einer sukzessiven Wiederholung wenigstens eines Beleuchtungszyklus variiert.
  6. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass im Verlauf eines Beleuchtungszyklus selbst die Anzahl von Farben oder von unterschiedlichen Intensitäten, die beim Beleuchtungsbereich (5) angewendet werden, proportional zur Anzahl simultan gelesener Kennzeichnungsmarken unterschiedlicher Farbe ist.
  7. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass in einem Zyklus selbst und für jede der Farben der Kennzeichnungsmarken der Kontrast der Kennzeichnungsmarke (21, 22, 31, 32) bezogen auf den Träger (2) verbessert wird durch Verwenden einen Lichts mit einer Wellenlänge zwischen 380 nm und 780 nm oder/und einer Intensität zwischen 5% und 100% der maximalen Intensität für die Beleuchtung des Bereichs (5).
  8. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das lichtempfindliche Element (7) von mehreren Pixeln (17) gebildet ist, die auf wenigstens eine Wellenlänge wenigstens einer gedruckten Farbe empfindlich sind.
  9. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die nacheinander gelesenen Teile (8), wenn sie nebeneinander angeordnet werden, es ermöglichen, wenigstens die Gesamtheit der Fläche der simultan gelesenen Kennzeichnungsmarken (21, 22, 31, 32) abzudecken.
  10. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die nacheinander gelesenen Teile (8) eine geometrische Form aufweisen, die derjenigen von Bändern (8a, 8b) ähnlich ist, die eine Breite zwischen 0,1 und 5 mm aufweisen.
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