KR101225121B1 - Apparatus for monitoring inkjet printer head - Google Patents
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an inkjet printer head monitoring device for observing a plurality of ink droplets ejected from an inkjet printer head at high speed, the inkjet printer head for observing a plurality of ink droplets ejected from a plurality of nozzles of the inkjet printer head. A monitoring apparatus, comprising: a plurality of photographing means for photographing the ink droplets to obtain an image, and a plurality of photographing means provided on an optical path between the plurality of photographing means and the ink droplets, the plurality of photographing means being rotatably installed in a straight line. Integrating the plurality of photographing means in correspondence to the amount of change by the rotation of the rotating mirror part so that the length of each optical path from the rotating mirror part and the photographing means to the ink droplet is maintained constant. A moving stage and the photographing means, And a control unit for controlling the operation of the rotating mirror unit and the moving stage, wherein the photographing means captures an image of the ink droplet reflected by the rotating mirror unit.
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The present invention relates to an inkjet printer head monitoring apparatus, and more particularly, to an inkjet printer head monitoring apparatus for enabling a high speed observation of a plurality of ink droplets ejected from a plurality of inkjet printer heads.
Inkjet printing technology is being applied in various industries, from office printing devices to micro patterning processes. In the manufacturing process using the inkjet printing technology, the characteristic of the head for directly discharging ink is an important factor in determining the reliability of the process because ink droplets must be discharged consistently and accurately in order to guarantee product quality.
Therefore, as a method for verifying and improving the consistency and accuracy of the ink droplets discharged from the nozzle of the inkjet head, research on a method for monitoring and evaluating the operating state of the nozzle by observing the ink droplets has been continued. In this case, a manufacturing process using inkjet technology typically uses a head having a plurality of nozzles to increase productivity, so that it is necessary to be able to observe the state of several nozzles at high speed.
The present inventors have proposed a technology related to a "high speed optical observation system" in which a plurality of ink droplets can be observed at a high speed in Korean Patent No. 10-0845301. 1 is a diagram illustrating an apparatus for acquiring an image of a plurality of ink droplets by observing a conventional inkjet head at high speed.
According to this, the image acquisition means 20 such as a camera photographs the
By rotating the
However, in this method, since the
In particular, there are a plurality of inkjet printer heads, or in order to reduce the observation time, the image acquisition means 20 is mounted so that a plurality of images can be acquired at once, and photographing may be performed. Since each image acquisition means 20 must be provided with a
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and an inkjet head monitoring apparatus for observing a plurality of ink droplets ejected from a nozzle of an inkjet head at high speed without using optical equipment such as an expensive focusing lens or an electric zoom lens. The purpose is to provide.
In particular, an inkjet head monitoring apparatus can be used to accurately capture a large number of ink droplets at high speed while reducing costs by allowing a single apparatus to control a plurality of photographing means even when observing using a plurality of photographing means. The purpose is to provide.
In order to achieve the above object, the inkjet head monitoring apparatus of the present invention is an inkjet printer head monitoring apparatus for observing a plurality of ink droplets ejected from a plurality of nozzles of an inkjet printer head, wherein a plurality of images are obtained by photographing the ink droplets. A plurality of photographing means and a plurality of rotating mirror parts provided on an optical path between the plurality of photographing means and the ink droplets, the plurality of rotating mirror parts rotatably installed in a straight line and the rotating mirror part from the photographing means. The moving stage and the photographing means, the rotating mirror portion and the moving stage for integrally moving the plurality of photographing means corresponding to the amount of change by the rotation of the rotating mirror part so that the length of each optical path leading to the enemy is kept constant. A control unit for controlling an operation, Group pickup means is characterized in that for recording an image of the enemy ink liquid reflected by the rotary mirror unit.
The rotating mirror unit may be designed to include a mirror body having a reflective surface and a rotation driving unit for rotating the mirror body.
In addition, it is preferable that the mirror body has at least three or more reflecting surfaces in order to improve the observation speed when performing periodic observations repeatedly using the inkjet head monitoring apparatus.
The moving stage preferably moves the photographing means along the optical path between the photographing means and the rotating mirror in order to minimize the moving distance of the photographing means for correcting the focal length.
The apparatus may further include a fixed mirror unit installed to correspond to the plurality of photographing means on an optical path between the photographing means and the rotating mirror part so as to observe a plurality of ink droplets at a high speed by using a plurality of photographing means. The moving stage moves the photographing means in a direction perpendicular to the arrangement surface of the nozzle, and the photographing means photographs an image of the ink droplet reflected by the rotating mirror part and reflected by the fixed mirror part. desirable.
In addition, the rotating mirror part corresponding to each photographing means is arranged in a row so that the plurality of rotating mirror parts are controlled by one driving part, and the rotating driving part is belted. Or chains or links.
According to the present invention, a plurality of ink droplets are observed at high speed by rotation of the rotating mirror unit by using a rotating mirror unit rotatably installed between the photographing means and the ink droplets to change the optical path between the photographing means and the ink droplets by rotation. An inkjet print head monitoring device is provided, which makes it possible to do so.
In addition, by moving the photographing means using a moving stage to maintain a constant length of the optical path from the photographing means to the ink droplets through the rotating mirror portion, shooting during shooting without the need for a separate optical equipment for correcting the optical path difference An inkjet printer head monitoring apparatus is provided which allows the focus of the means to be accurately focused on all ink droplets.
In addition, even when a large number of droplets are to be observed at a high speed using a plurality of photographing means, a plurality of control devices are provided by moving the photographing means using one moving stage and controlling the rotation of the rotating mirror part using a single rotation driving part. Compared to the case of driving each photographing means or each rotating mirror unit through the error can be reduced, the inkjet printer head monitoring device that can be observed precisely by attenuating vibration, and can reduce the cost.
1 is a diagram illustrating an apparatus for acquiring an image of a plurality of ink droplets by observing a conventional inkjet head at high speed.
2 is a view showing an inkjet printer head monitoring apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a diagram showing a configuration corresponding to each photographing means of the inkjet printer head monitoring apparatus according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a view showing an inkjet printer head monitoring apparatus according to a third embodiment of the present invention.
Hereinafter, an inkjet printer head monitoring apparatus 200 according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
2 is a view showing the inkjet printer head monitoring apparatus 200 according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 2, the inkjet printer head monitoring apparatus 200 according to the present embodiment is an inkjet printer head monitoring apparatus that observes a plurality of
The
The photographing means 210 is for acquiring an image by observing and photographing the
The photographing means 210 is for observing a plurality of
Here, it is preferable that the photographing means 210 uses a camera having a high pixel image pickup device capable of obtaining a high frame rate of 30 frames / sec or higher and a high resolution image. It is preferable to include a high magnification lens of 3 times or more that can be adjusted according to the size of the
In addition, the moving
The moving
The moving
In this embodiment, the moving
The
Since the
In the present embodiment, the fixed
Hereinafter, the operation of the inkjet printer head monitoring apparatus 200 according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described.
The
The photographing means 210 is a light path from the photographing means 210 to the fixed
Under the control of the control unit, the photographing
After the observation of one region, the
The optical path is changed so that the length of the optical path from the photographing means 210 to the
In this case, in order to observe the plurality of
In this embodiment, each of the optical paths between the plurality of photographing
As described above, the inkjet printer
In addition, the photographing means 210 observes a plurality of
Therefore, the amount of change in the optical path from the
Position movement of the plurality of photographing
Hereinafter, an inkjet printer head monitoring apparatus 200 according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
3 is a view showing an inkjet printer head monitoring apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention. Since members designated by the same member number as those shown in FIG. 2 have the same configuration and function, detailed description of overlapping portions will be omitted.
In this embodiment, the
When the photographing means 210 periodically observes different areas sequentially, when the mirror
Hereinafter, an inkjet printer head monitoring apparatus 200 according to a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
4 is a diagram showing an inkjet printer head monitoring apparatus 200 according to a third embodiment of the present invention. Members designated by the same member number as those shown in FIGS. 2 to 3 have the same configuration and function, and thus descriptions of overlapping portions will be omitted.
A plurality of
The driving force transmitted by the belt, the chain or the
10 nozzle of
20: image acquisition means 30: polygon mirror
100: inkjet printer head 110: nozzle
120: ink droplets
200: inkjet printer head monitoring device
210: recording means 220: moving stage
225: support 230: fixed mirror portion
240: rotating mirror portion 241: mirror body
242: rotary drive unit 245: belt, chain or link
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A plurality of photographing means for photographing the ink droplets to obtain an image;
A plurality of rotating mirrors provided on an optical path between the plurality of photographing means and the ink droplets, the plurality of rotating mirrors being rotatably installed in a straight line;
A moving stage for integrally moving the plurality of photographing means corresponding to the amount of change by the rotation of the rotating mirror part so that the length of each optical path from the photographing means to the ink droplet is maintained constant;
And a controller configured to control operations of the photographing means, the rotating mirror unit, and the moving stage.
And the photographing means captures an image of the ink droplet reflected by the rotating mirror part.
And the rotating mirror unit includes a mirror main body having a reflective surface and a rotating driving unit rotating the mirror main body.
And the mirror body has at least three reflective surfaces.
And the moving stage moves the photographing means along an optical path between the photographing means and the rotating mirror part.
And a fixed mirror unit installed on the optical path between the photographing unit and the rotating mirror unit to correspond to the plurality of photographing units, respectively.
The moving stage moves the photographing means in a direction perpendicular to the arrangement surface of the nozzle,
And the photographing means captures an image of the ink droplet reflected by the rotating mirror part and reflected by the fixed mirror part.
The rotating mirror unit is arranged in a line,
Inkjet printer head monitoring device, characterized in that the rotary drive unit of the rotary mirror unit is connected integrally driven by a belt, chain or link
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