JP2009146290A - Calibration method and device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problem that there has been room for improvement in schedule setting in scheduling calibration. <P>SOLUTION: The calendar of a user is read by a scanner. A business day and a holiday are recognized by a recognition means. A user office schedule is generated from the recognition result by a schedule conversion means, and the standard operation calendar information of a user office is set in a schedule in a printer. The power source of the printer is turned off on a day set as a holiday, and calibration is not performed. Calibration is performed on the date when operation time has been set prior to start time, and it has been already adjusted with necessary precision in starting an operation. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention is a technique relating to calibration for ensuring the stability of an input / output device such as a printer.

In the past, there was no such thing as performing device calibration in advance in conjunction with an electronic schedule system for device reservation. JP-A-2002-297354, JP-A-2002-63004, etc. only perform print job scheduling and do not consider calibration. In Japanese Patent Application No. 2004-177378, a calibration schedule is performed for a print job, but nothing is done before the occurrence of the print job.
JP 2002-297354 A JP 2002-63004 A Japanese Patent Application No. 2004-177378

  An object of the present invention is to solve the problem that if calibration is performed after a job is generated, the calibration processing time delays the entire job progress. Further, the problem to be solved by the present invention is to facilitate schedule setting.

  Read the user's calendar from the scanner. Recognize business days and holidays by means of recognition. A user office schedule is generated from the recognition result by the schedule conversion means, and the standard operation calendar information of the user office is set in the schedule in the printer. The printer is turned off on the day set to be off, and no calibration is performed. On the day when the operation time is set, calibration is performed prior to the start time, and is adjusted with necessary accuracy at the start of operation.

  According to the present invention, appropriate calibration is performed prior to the time period during which the printer is used. Thus, sufficient accuracy is maintained at the time of use, and it is possible to prevent the printer utilization efficiency from being lowered due to calibration occurring in a frequently used time zone. In addition, there is an effect that the user can easily set the equipment operation plan.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a system according to an embodiment of the present invention. A client PC 10 is connected to a printer 11 and a scanner 15. This may be connected via a network. The printer 11 has an adjustment unit 12, an accuracy evaluation unit 13, and a schedule 14 indicating the operation plan of the printer. The scanner 15 has a recognition unit 16 and a schedule conversion unit 17 inside. In the figure, the schedule 14 is provided on the printer side and the schedule conversion means 17 is provided on the scanner side, but the present invention is not limited to this configuration. The printer 11 and the scanner 15 may be integrated devices or may be separate devices.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an overview of schedule generation according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  The user calendar 20 is read from the scanner 15 to obtain a scanned image 21. Next, the scan image 21 is recognized by the recognition means 16 and a recognition result 22 is obtained. As a result, information on working days and holidays of the user office can be obtained. Using this recognition result 22 and user registration information 23 separately set by the user, schedule data 24 is generated by the schedule conversion means 17 and set in the schedule 14.

  FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a calibration execution procedure according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  (Step 30) When the adjustment time for satisfying the required accuracy is taken into consideration with respect to the operation plan of the printer for the day, it is determined whether the current time is the adjustment start time. If the adjustment start time has not yet been reached, the process ends. If it has reached, the process proceeds to step 31.

  (Step 31) The accuracy evaluation means 13 determines whether the current accuracy of the printer satisfies the required accuracy. If it is satisfied, the process ends. Otherwise, the process proceeds to step 32.

  (Step 32) The adjustment means 12 performs adjustment to satisfy the required accuracy of the printer.

The block diagram which shows the structure of the system which is an Example of this invention. The block diagram which shows the whole image of the schedule production | generation which is an Example of this invention. The flowchart which shows the calibration implementation procedure which is an Example of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

10 Client PC
11 Printer,
12 adjustment means 13 accuracy evaluation means 14 schedule,
15 scanner 16 recognition means 17 schedule conversion means,
20 User Calendar 21 Scanned Image 22 Recognition Result 23 User Registration Information 24 Schedule Setting UI Example 30-32 Flowchart Steps

Claims (1)

  A calibration method and apparatus characterized in that a device operation plan is set by a user calendar read from a scanner and the stability of the device is ensured prior to the operation start time.

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