TWM526112U - Smart plotter - Google Patents

Description

Wisdom plotter

The present invention relates to a drawing device, and more particularly to a drawing device that can modulate ink of a plurality of colors.

In order to meet the needs of various users, there are many types of color pens on the market, which can be roughly divided into monochrome pens and multi-function pens. Monochrome pens only write one color pen, so users usually You have to prepare a number of different color pens. The multi-function color pen can be conveniently carried and used to select the desired color because it contains a plurality of refills of different colors in one housing. However, the color of the current color pens is fixed, and the inks of different color pen cores cannot be mixed during use to produce inks of other colors.

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a smart plotter that can mix different color inks to produce other color inks according to user needs.

Therefore, the novel smart plotter is suitable for installing a plurality of ink cores of different color inks. The smart plotter includes a housing, and an ink mixing module, an image capturing module and a color control module respectively mounted on the housing. The ink mixing module is mounted in the casing, and includes an ink holder for the ink cartridges to be inserted and inserted, a drawing unit that can be driven to extract ink of each ink core through the ink holder, and a a mixing unit driven by mixing all the inks drawn by the capturing unit, a communicating group connected to the mixing unit and exposed to the bottom end of the housing for writing the output head of the ink, and a driving unit capable of driving the mixing unit Ink is injected into the water outlet drive unit in the water outlet. The image capturing module is mounted on the outer surface of the casing and can output a color patch image. The color control module is connected to the image capturing module and the ink mixing module, including a a color database storing a mixture ratio of inks corresponding to each color, a color analysis unit capable of analyzing the color of the image of the color block, and a color analysis unit capable of being activated to compare the output of the color analysis unit from the color database a color correction unit corresponding to the ink mixing ratio corresponding to the color, and the color adjustment control unit can control the capturing unit to respectively draw a specific volume of ink from the ink cores according to the ink mixing ratio, and control the mixing unit to mix the inks, And controlling the water outlet driving unit to inject ink into the water outlet head.

The utility model has the advantages that the structure of the ink mixing module, the color control module and the image capturing module mounted on the casing enables the smart pencil plotter to be easily absorbed through the analysis article. The color, and automatically adjust the ink of the corresponding color, is a very innovative color pen design.

Referring to Figures 1, 2, and 3, an embodiment of the present smart plotter is adapted to mount a plurality of ink cartridges 900, and the ink cartridges 900 respectively contain inks of different colors, such as red, blue, and green. The smart plotter can use the ink of the ink cartridges 900 to modulate the ink of another color desired by the user. The smart plotter comprises a housing 3, and an ink mixing module 4 respectively mounted on the housing 3, a display module 5, an image capturing module 6, a memory 7 and a color control module. Group 8.

The housing 3 is in the form of a multi-section pen holder for gripping, and can be disassembled into a head section 31, a section 32 connected to the top end portion of the head section 31, and a group connected to the top end of the middle section 32. The top segment 33.

It must be noted that the design of the smart plotter is not the focus of this new model. It is not limited to the pen style. When it is implemented, the outer shape of the outer casing 3 can be changed according to the needs of use.

The ink mixing module 4 is mounted in the middle section 32 and includes an ink holder 41, a capturing unit 42 connected to the ink holder 41, a mixing unit 43 connected to the capturing unit 42, and a mixing unit. The unit 43 extends downwardly through the water outlet head 44 at the bottom end of the head section 31, and a water outlet driving unit 45 attached to the water outlet head 44.

The tops of the ink holders 41 are spaced apart from each other by three plug connectors 411 for the ink cartridges 900 to be respectively connected downwardly. The plug connectors 411 can be inserted into the ink cartridge 900 to guide the discharged ink.

The capturing unit 42 is connected to the plug connector 411, and can respectively guide and guide the ink discharged from the plug connector 411, and is driven by the color control module 8 to extract a specific volume of ink and capture the ink. The discharged ink drops or flows into the mixing unit 43.

In this embodiment, the capturing unit 42 is an inkjet structure design using an inkjet head of an inkjet printer, such as a thermal bubble inkjet technology or a piezoelectric inkjet technology, which can be respectively inserted from the connector 411. The required volume of ink is taken out quantitatively in the ink of the diversion, but is not limited thereto.

The mixing unit 43 has an ink chamber (not shown) for receiving the ink taken out from the ink cartridges 900 by the capturing unit 42, and can be driven by the color control module 8 to generate high frequency oscillation. The inks are uniformly mixed in a vibrating manner to perform color mixing treatment. In the present embodiment, each time the scintillation unit 42 is driven to perform ink scooping, the total volume of the inks taken from the three ink cartridges is fixed, so that the mixing unit 43 The second time will mix and modulate a specific volume of ink.

The water outlet head 44 has an elastic tube portion 441 which communicates with the ink chamber at one end thereof, and a communication group is connected to the end of the elastic tube portion 441 and passes out of the bottom end of the head portion to be pressed against the paper for writing. In the present embodiment, the water discharge portion 442 is a stylus-type pen tip, and when the user moves the paper on the paper with the water discharge portion 442, the container can flow out to form a stroke.

In order to avoid the ink remaining in the ink chamber and the inner wall surface of the water discharge head 44, and contaminating the ink prepared next time, the ink chamber wall surface and the inner wall surface of the water discharge head 44 may be surface-treated to make the ink difficult to adhere, for example, for example. It is coated with a layer of Teflon film or a hydrophilic/hydrophobic coating, but it is not limited to the above.

The effluent driving unit 45 is a peristaltic pump mounted on the elastic tube portion 441, and is driven by the grading control unit 83 to perforately press the elastic tube portion 441, thereby generating an ink chamber in the water outlet head 44. The negative pressure power drawn by the ink forces the ink in the ink chamber to be injected into the water discharge head 44. However, in the implementation, the manner in which the water discharge driving unit 45 drives the output of the ink is not limited thereto.

The image capturing module 6 is mounted on the top end segment 33 and has an image capturing lens 61 embedded in an outer side surface of the top end segment 33. The image capturing module 6 can be embedded and exposed to the top end segment 33. The control button 85 of the outer side is driven to capture the captured image through the image capturing lens 61, and the currently captured image is displayed on the display module 5. Further, the image capturing module 6 further takes a self-photographing A specific area in the image extracts a partial image and outputs a patch image. In this embodiment, the image capturing module 6 extracts and outputs the color patch image from the central portion of the image data, but the implementation is not limited to the central portion.

The display module 5 is embedded in the outer side of the top end segment 33, and the memory 7 is mounted in the top end segment 33. The color control module 8 is mounted in the top end segment 33, and the signal is connected to the display module 5, the image capturing module 6 and the memory body 7, and extends through the middle portion 32 via a downward direction. The signal line 80 is connected to the ink mixing module 4.

The color correction control module 8 includes a color database 81, a color analysis unit 82, a color adjustment control unit 83, a color usage recording unit 84, and a plurality of controls respectively embedded in the outer side of the top end segment 33. Key 85. The color database 81 has built-in ink mixing ratios of a plurality of colors, and the ink mixing ratio refers to a volume ratio of ink taken from the ink cartridges 900 when ink of one color is to be modulated. The color analysis unit 82 can receive the image of the color block and recognize the color of the color block image, and display the color data of the color block image on the display module 5.

The color adjustment control unit 83 can be activated by the function keys 85, and according to the color data displayed by the display module 5, the corresponding ink mixing ratio is compared from the color data library 81, and further according to the ink. The mixing ratio is controlled to draw a specific amount of ink from the ink cartridges 900 into the ink chamber. Then, the mixing unit 43 is further driven to mix and mix two or three colors of ink to modulate the ink of the same color as the patch image. Next, the water discharge driving unit 45 is controlled to operate for a specific period of time, and the ink prepared by mixing is injected into the water discharge portion 442 of the water discharge head 44 from the ink chamber. At this time, the user can touch the paper head 44 to write on the paper, so that the ink is gradually released and attached to the paper during the writing movement to form a stroke.

The color use recording unit 84 can store the color data of the modulated ink in the memory 7 when the color control unit is activated to modulate the ink of a specific color. In addition, the color usage recording unit 84 can also be controlled by the control keys 85 to display the color data stored in the memory 7 on the display module 5, so as to facilitate the user to query and select the used color. And, by operating the control keys 85, the color control unit 83 is caused to control the ink mixing module 4 to mix and modulate the ink of the selected color again.

When the smart pencil plotter is used, the ink cartridges 900 of the three colors specified for use are respectively inserted into the ink holder 41, and then the control panel 85 can be operated to activate the smart plotter. When the user needs to modulate the color of the item seen in front of the eye, such as the color of a particular part of a picture, the control button 85 can be operated to activate the image capturing module 6 and align the image taking lens 61. The image captures the portion of the desired color, so that the portion is located at the center of the image capturing device, and the image capturing lens 61 is driven to capture the image data containing the portion through the control button 85. The image capturing module 6 will automatically The image data captures and outputs the color patch image.

The color control module 8 analyzes the color of the color patch image and the corresponding ink mixing ratio. When the user operates the control keys 85 to determine the ink to be modulated, the color control module 8 will The ink mixing module 4 is controlled to take the ink of the ink cartridges 900 and mix them, and the prepared ink is injected into the water discharge head 44. At this time, the user can write the stroke of the ink of the desired color on the paper by the water outlet 44.

When the user wants to use the ink color that has been previously modulated, the color control data can be controlled by the color control module 8 to display the previously used color data, and the color control data can be controlled. The color control module 8 drives the ink mixing module 4 to modulate the ink of the selected color again, which is quite convenient.

In the implementation, it is not necessary to set the image capturing module 6 , and a plurality of color materials may be built in the color database 81 for the user to select and use according to requirements.

Referring to FIG. 4, the color control module 8 may further include a communication unit 86 audibly connected to an electronic device 901, which may be a computer, a notebook computer, a tablet computer, a mobile phone or Other mobile devices. The communication unit 86 can be a component that communicates through wireless communication technology, such as a wireless communication module such as Bluetooth, wifi or ZigBee, or a signal terminal that can be directly connected to the signal line, such as a USB terminal. The communication terminal 86 can receive the color data provided by the electronic device 901. The color adjustment control unit 83 can control the ink mixing module 4 to mix the ink of the corresponding color according to the color data received by the communication unit 86.

In summary, the structure of the ink mixing module 4, the color control module 8 and the image capturing module 6 mounted on the housing 3 allows the novel smart plotter to be easily captured. By analyzing the color on the item and directly modulating the ink of the same color as the item, the user does not need to dig through a pile of colored pens to find the pen of the corresponding color, which is quite convenient and practical, and is a very innovative color pen design. Therefore, it is indeed possible to achieve the purpose of the present invention.

However, the above is only the embodiment of the present invention, and when it is not possible to limit the scope of the present invention, all the simple equivalent changes and modifications according to the scope of the patent application and the contents of the patent specification are still This new patent covers the scope.

3‧‧‧Shell
31‧‧‧ head
32‧‧‧ middle section
33‧‧‧top section
4‧‧‧Ink mixing module
41‧‧‧ ink holder
411‧‧‧ Plug connector
42‧‧‧Capture unit
43‧‧‧Mixed unit
44‧‧‧Water head
441‧‧‧Flexible tube
442‧‧‧Water Department
45‧‧‧Outlet water drive unit
5‧‧‧Display module
6‧‧‧Image capture module
61‧‧‧Image lens
7‧‧‧ memory
8‧‧‧Color Control Module
80‧‧‧ signal line
81‧‧‧Color database
82‧‧‧Color Analysis Unit
83‧‧‧Color Control Unit
84‧‧‧Color Usage Recording Unit
85‧‧‧Control keys
86‧‧‧Communication unit
900‧‧‧Ink core
901‧‧‧Electronic equipment

Other features and effects of the present invention will be apparent from the following description of the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of one embodiment of the present smart plotter; FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the embodiment; Figure 3 is a functional block diagram of the embodiment; and Figure 4 is a functional block diagram of another embodiment of the embodiment.

3‧‧‧Shell

31‧‧‧ head

32‧‧‧ middle section

33‧‧‧top section

4‧‧‧Ink mixing module

41‧‧‧ ink holder

411‧‧‧ Plug connector

44‧‧‧Water head

442‧‧‧Water Department

5‧‧‧Display module

61‧‧‧Image lens

80‧‧‧ signal line

85‧‧‧Control keys

900‧‧‧Ink core

Claims (13)

A smart plotter for installing a plurality of ink cartridges of different color inks, and comprising: a housing; an ink mixing module mounted in the housing, including an ink holder for connecting the ink cartridges a picking unit that can be driven to extract ink of each ink cartridge through the ink holder, a mixing unit that can be driven to mix all the inks drawn by the picking unit, a connected group connected to the mixing unit and exposed a water outlet head for outputting ink outside the housing, and a water outlet driving unit for driving the mixed unit to be injected into the water outlet head; a color control module, the signal is connected to the ink mixing module, including a storage a color database having a plurality of ink mixing ratios corresponding to a specific color, and a color correction control unit, wherein the color correction control unit is activated to correspond to an ink mixing ratio corresponding to one of the colors of the color database Controlling the capturing unit to respectively draw a specific volume of ink from the ink cartridges, and controlling the mixing unit to mix the inks And a driving unit controlling the water injected into the ink out of the head. The smart plotter according to claim 1, further comprising an image capturing module mounted on the outer surface of the casing and capable of extracting a color patch image, wherein the color tone control module is connected to the image by the signal The capture module further includes a color analysis unit that can analyze the color of the color patch image, and the color adjustment control unit can be activated to compare the color of the color analysis unit to the color output of the color analysis unit. The ink mixing ratio is controlled, and according to the ink mixing ratio, the capturing unit is controlled to draw a specific volume of ink from the ink cores, and the mixing unit is controlled to mix the ink, and the water discharging driving unit is controlled to inject the ink into the water discharging head. The smart plotter according to claim 2, wherein the image capturing module comprises an image capturing lens that is embedded on an outer surface of the casing and can be driven to extract an image data. The group can extract a specific area image of the image data to form the color patch image. The smart plotter of claim 3, wherein the image capture module extracts a central region image of the image data to form the patch image. The smart plotter according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the color control module has a plurality of embedded bodies exposed on an outer surface of the casing, and is operable to control the image capturing module and the color tone control The control button for the unit. The smart plotter according to claim 2 or 3, further comprising a display module embedded with the outer surface of the casing and displaying the color data of the color analysis unit for analyzing the output. The smart plotter according to claim 6, further comprising a memory, wherein the color control module further comprises a color of the ink that can be mixed by the color control unit to drive the ink mixing module to be recorded in the memory The color used in the recording unit. The smart plotter according to claim 7, wherein the color usage recording unit is controllable by the control keys, and the recorded storage color data is displayed for selection, and the color adjustment control unit is The control is started by the control keys, and the ink mixing module is controlled to output the ink corresponding to the color according to the selected color data. The smart plotter according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the mixing unit is drivable by the color adjustment control unit to generate high frequency vibration to mix the ink. The smart plotter according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the water outlet head has an elastic tube portion connected to the mixing unit to output the mixed ink, and one end connected to the elastic tube portion and extending out of the shell a water outlet portion of the body, the water outlet driver is attached to the elastic tube portion, and the elastic tube portion is peristalically pressed to cause the elastic tube to generate a creeping pump for sucking ink and delivering a negative pressure to the water outlet portion. . The smart plotter according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the color control device further comprises a signal connected to the color control unit and communicable with the electronic device for data processing. The communication unit for transmission. The smart plotter of claim 11, wherein the communication unit wirelessly communicates with the electronic device via wireless communication technology. The smart plotter of claim 11, wherein the communication unit is adapted to electrically connect the electronic device to the electronic device via a signal line for communication.