JP2006276472A5 - - Google Patents

Claims (8)

An information processing apparatus that performs calculation processing to simulate a physical phenomenon of a transfer process in an electrophotographic process,
A medium dynamic model creating means for generating a dynamic model of the transfer medium;
Medium force calculating means for determining the force acting on the transfer medium, including electrostatic force calculated based on the electric field strength and the charge amount of the transfer medium;
Medium deformation calculation means for calculating deformation of the transfer medium using the dynamic model and a force acting on the dynamic model;
An information processing apparatus comprising: an electric field calculation model updating unit that changes a mesh division for electric field calculation using the calculated deformation result of the transfer medium. The medium force receiving means is
When the transfer medium carries toner, the electrostatic force acting on the transfer medium including the toner is obtained by regarding the charge of the toner as a part of the charge of the transfer medium. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1. Furthermore,
The position of each toner is expressed in a coordinate system based on the transfer medium, and the toner position after the transfer medium is deformed is calculated assuming that the position of each toner in the coordinate system does not change even if the transfer medium is deformed. A toner position updating means;
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the toner position update unit updates the position of each toner after the medium deformation calculation unit calculates the deformation of the transfer medium. The medium deformation calculation means calculates a steady solution of medium deformation under the electric field condition for each time step,
The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the electric field calculation model update unit reflects the change in the mesh of the transfer medium using the steady solution.   When the simulation is performed by combining the potential distribution, the behavior of the microparticles, and the deformation of the flexible object in the region including the resistance and discharge, the movement of the object, the movement of the microparticle, and the deformation of the flexible object, the toner is used. 3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the information processing apparatus is a fine object instead of a flexible object instead of a transfer medium. In order to simulate the physical phenomenon of the transfer process in an electrophotographic process, a control method for an information processing apparatus that performs calculation processing,
A medium dynamics model creation process for generating a dynamic model of the transfer medium;
A medium force calculating step for obtaining a force acting on the transfer medium, including an electrostatic force calculated based on the electric field strength and the charge amount of the transfer medium;
A medium deformation calculation step of calculating deformation of the transfer medium using the dynamic model and a force acting on the transfer medium;
An information processing apparatus control method comprising: an electric field calculation model updating step of changing mesh division for electric field calculation using the calculated deformation result of the transfer medium.   A program for causing a computer to execute the control method according to claim 6.   A computer-readable storage medium storing the program according to claim 7.