WO2013097703A1 - 一种喷墨墨盒、墨盒组、墨盒组装机检测方法 - Google Patents

一种喷墨墨盒、墨盒组、墨盒组装机检测方法 Download PDF

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WO2013097703A1
WO2013097703A1 PCT/CN2012/087425 CN2012087425W WO2013097703A1 WO 2013097703 A1 WO2013097703 A1 WO 2013097703A1 CN 2012087425 W CN2012087425 W CN 2012087425W WO 2013097703 A1 WO2013097703 A1 WO 2013097703A1
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聂冰
贾志铮
梁月丹
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珠海纳思达企业管理有限公司
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41JTYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/005Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01Ink jet
    • B41J2/17Ink jet characterised by ink handling
    • B41J2/175Ink supply systems ; Circuit parts therefor
    • B41J2/17503Ink cartridges
    • B41J2/17543Cartridge presence detection or type identification
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41JTYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/005Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01Ink jet
    • B41J2/17Ink jet characterised by ink handling
    • B41J2/175Ink supply systems ; Circuit parts therefor
    • B41J2/17503Ink cartridges
    • B41J2/1752Mounting within the printer
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41JTYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/005Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01Ink jet
    • B41J2/17Ink jet characterised by ink handling
    • B41J2/175Ink supply systems ; Circuit parts therefor
    • B41J2/17503Ink cartridges
    • B41J2/17526Electrical contacts to the cartridge
    • B41J2/1753Details of contacts on the cartridge, e.g. protection of contacts
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41JTYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/005Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01Ink jet
    • B41J2/17Ink jet characterised by ink handling
    • B41J2/175Ink supply systems ; Circuit parts therefor
    • B41J2/17503Ink cartridges
    • B41J2/17543Cartridge presence detection or type identification
    • B41J2/17546Cartridge presence detection or type identification electronically

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  • the present invention relates to the field of ink jet technology of ink jet recording apparatuses, and more particularly to an ink jet cartridge, an ink jet cartridge set and an ink jet cartridge mounting method detachably mounted on a color ink jet recording apparatus. Background technique
  • the color inkjet printer has a set of ink cartridges as needed, and various inks of different colors are loaded into different ink cartridges, and all the ink cartridges are mounted on the printer. In order to ensure normal printing of the ink jet printer, it is prevented that printing deviation occurs due to the ink cartridge being installed in the wrong position, and it is usually required to detect whether the ink cartridge is properly installed in the ink jet printer when the ink cartridge is installed.
  • 1 is a schematic diagram of a conventional ink cartridge installation detection principle. As shown in FIG. 1, it is assumed that an inkjet printer is provided with four ink cartridges, each of which is respectively mounted on a corresponding ink cartridge mounting position; the correct position corresponding to the ink cartridge a is position A.
  • the correct position corresponding to the ink cartridge b is the position ⁇
  • the correct position corresponding to the ink cartridge c is the position C, and the correct position corresponding to the ink cartridge d is the position D.
  • a light emitting portion such as an LED lamp, is disposed on the chip of the ink cartridge, and a light receiving portion for receiving light emitted from the light emitting portion is fixedly disposed on the casing of the ink jet printer.
  • the light emitting portion of the detected ink cartridge will be illuminated, and the light receiving portion is aligned with the correct position of the ink cartridge. If the light receiving portion can receive the amount of light reaching the set threshold value at the position, it indicates that the detected ink cartridge has Proper installation; If the amount of light does not reach the set threshold, the cartridge is not installed in the correct position, indicating an installation error. For example, as shown in FIG.
  • the ink cartridge ad is entirely moved in the direction of the arrow shown in FIG. 1 under the driving of the carriage in the inkjet printer, so that the position C is aligned with the light receiving portion, and the ink cartridge c is illuminated, and whether the ink cartridge c is detected according to the above method. Install correctly. And so on, straight Until all the ink cartridges have been tested.
  • the ink cartridge is loaded in the correct position but is judged not to be installed in the correct or appropriate position because the light receiver does not receive a sufficient amount of light.
  • the root cause of the above problem is that in the actual production process, due to the inevitable manufacturing error, the amount of light emitted by each LED lamp will be different, so when the amount of light emitted by the LED lamp of the detected ink cartridge is small, The emitted light is scattered light, and the amount of light reaching the light receiving portion is less likely to reach the threshold value, so that the light receiving portion judges that the ink cartridge is not mounted even if the ink cartridge is properly mounted in place.
  • the inkjet printer can only be adapted to a dedicated ink cartridge, and the non-dedicated ink cartridge that does not have an LED lamp installed and cannot respond to lighting or the like is not adapted, thereby limiting the user's ink cartridge selection.
  • the scope increases the user's use cost; from the point of view of the dedicated ink cartridge, the production cost of the special ink cartridge is high, and the special ink cartridge is likely to become a one-time product due to factors such as the setting of the LED light and the function of the chip itself, that is, After the end, the special ink cartridge will be discarded, which not only increases the user's use cost, but also the disposal of the dedicated ink cartridge can also cause waste of recyclable resources such as LED lights, and it is easy to cause environmental pollution. Summary of the invention
  • An object of the present invention is to provide an inkjet ink cartridge, an ink cartridge set, and an installation detection method for performing installation detection using the above inkjet ink cartridge without changing the structure of the ink cartridge, and which can solve the above-mentioned problem that the amount of light received by the light receiver does not reach the threshold value, and also improve the spray The versatility of ink cartridges.
  • the technical solution adopted by the present invention is:
  • An inkjet cartridge, and a plurality of the inkjet cartridges are detachably mounted on the inkjet printer, wherein the inkjet printer includes a light receiver for receiving light, and a plurality of devices electrically connected a contact, wherein the inkjet cartridge comprises: a container electrical contact electrically connected to the corresponding device electrical contact; an information storage device storing at least information related to the ink cartridge; emitting light toward the light receiver a light emitting portion and a light emitting instruction for controlling the light emitting portion to emit light according to the ink jet printer a control unit that controls the light emission of the light emitting unit, wherein the control unit of the inkjet ink cartridge receives a light emission command from the inkjet printer that controls the light emission of any of the plurality of inkjet ink cartridges The light emitting portion is controlled to emit light.
  • the lighting command is composed of the ink cartridge identification information and the light emitting portion state control information.
  • the information storage device stores ink cartridge identification information.
  • the inkjet cartridge further includes a cartridge chip, and the container electrical contacts and the information storage device are disposed on the cartridge chip.
  • the control unit of the inkjet ink cartridge receives the light-emitting command from the inkjet printer that controls the light-emitting portion of the plurality of ink-jet ink cartridges to emit light, and controls the light-emitting portion to emit light, specifically: the control When receiving the lighting command of the inkjet printer, the portion controls the light emitting portion only based on the light emitting portion state control information in the lighting command, and ignores the ink cartridge identification information in the lighting command.
  • the ink cartridge is provided with an ink cartridge loading detection module, wherein the ink cartridge installation detection module includes the light emitting portion and the control portion, wherein the ink cartridge installation detecting module receives a plurality of lighting commands of the inkjet printer via a bus, And illuminating each of the light-emitting commands, and turning on or off the light-emitting portion according to the analysis result.
  • the ink cartridge installation detection module includes the light emitting portion and the control portion
  • the ink cartridge installation detecting module receives a plurality of lighting commands of the inkjet printer via a bus, And illuminating each of the light-emitting commands, and turning on or off the light-emitting portion according to the analysis result.
  • the ink cartridge installation detection module is further provided with a storage unit that stores a plurality of ink cartridge identification information.
  • the control unit of the inkjet ink cartridge receives the light-emitting command from the inkjet printer that controls the light-emitting portion of the plurality of ink-jet ink cartridges to emit light, and controls the light-emitting portion to emit light, specifically: the control Receiving, when receiving the lighting instruction of the inkjet printer, acquiring the ink cartridge identification information of the lighting instruction and the light emitting portion state control information, and the lighting instruction and the plurality of ink cartridge identification information stored by the storage unit In contrast, if the plurality of ink cartridge identification information includes the ink cartridge identification information included in the lighting instruction, the light emitting portion is turned on or off according to the lighting command.
  • the ink cartridge installation detecting module is integrated with the ink cartridge chip.
  • An inkjet cartridge set comprising a plurality of ink cartridges according to claim 1, wherein: a control portion of each of the inkjet cartridges of the inkjet cartridge group receives the control issued by the inkjet printer When each of the light-emitting portions of the ink cartridge group emits a light-emitting command, respectively control the respective light-emitting The shot is illuminated.
  • the control unit of each of the inkjet ink cartridges includes an information read/write control unit and an illumination control unit; the information read/write control unit receives an installation response command issued by the inkjet printer and matched with the cartridge identification information And responding; the light emission control unit controls the light emitting portion to emit light when receiving any lighting command issued by the inkjet printer.
  • the control unit of the inkjet ink cartridge receives the light-emitting command from the inkjet printer that controls the light-emitting portion of the plurality of ink-jet ink cartridges to emit light, and controls the light-emitting portion to emit light, specifically: the control When receiving the lighting command of the inkjet printer, the portion controls the light emitting portion only based on the light emitting portion state control information in the lighting command, and ignores the ink cartridge identification information in the lighting command.
  • a plurality of the inkjet cartridges are detachably mounted on an inkjet printer; the inkjet printers are respectively separated by a plurality of device electrical contacts disposed thereon The plurality of inkjet cartridges communicate, the plurality of device electrical contacts are collinearly connected, and the inkjet printer is further provided with a light receiver for receiving light; the inkjet cartridge comprises: corresponding to the a device electrical contact electrically connected to the device electrical contact; an information storage device storing at least information related to the inkjet ink cartridge; a light emitting portion that emits light toward the light receiver; and a light emitting portion that emits light according to the inkjet printer a control unit for controlling the light emission of the light emitting unit by a light emission command, wherein the installed detection method comprises the following steps: Step 1: The inkjet printer emits a light emitting portion that controls a plurality of the inkjet ink cartridges to emit light Light-
  • the step 2 is specifically: when the control unit receives the lighting instruction of the inkjet printer, the light emitting portion is controlled only according to the light emitting portion state control information in the lighting command, and the ink cartridge recognition in the lighting command is ignored. information.
  • the step 2 is specifically: the ink cartridge stores a plurality of ink cartridge identification information in advance, and the control unit acquires the ink cartridge identification information and the light emitting portion state control information included in the lighting command when receiving the lighting instruction of the inkjet printer. And comparing the ink cartridge identification information of the lighting instruction with the plurality of ink cartridge identification information, if the plurality of ink cartridge identification information includes the ink cartridge included in the lighting instruction The identification information is turned on or off according to the lighting command.
  • the inkjet ink cartridge, the ink cartridge set and the ink cartridge assembly machine detecting method of the invention can fully ensure the stability of the installation detection of the ink cartridge of the printer, and prevent the installation error of the inkjet ink cartridge caused by the manufacturing error of the light emitting portion, and
  • the versatility of the ink cartridge is increased, and the range of selection of the ink cartridge adapted to the ink jet recording device is expanded by the user.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the principle of detecting the installation of the ink cartridge of the prior art.
  • FIG. 2a is a schematic view showing the appearance of an ink cartridge set according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • 2b is a schematic structural view of a chip according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • 3a is a schematic diagram of a lighting command sent by an inkjet printer control circuit according to an embodiment of the present invention
  • 3b is a schematic diagram of the illumination command understood by the illumination control module of the inkjet cartridge.
  • 4a-4d are schematic views showing the detection of the ink cartridge assembly machine of the embodiment of the present invention.
  • Figure 5 is a schematic diagram of communication between an ink cartridge and a printer control circuit in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of the installation detection process of the ink cartridge set according to the embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 7 is a schematic structural view of a main body of an ink cartridge set according to another embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a housing of an ink cartridge unit according to another embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of an ink cartridge installation detection instruction according to another embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a manner of interaction between a cartridge mounting detection module and a control circuit of an inkjet recording device according to another embodiment of the present invention
  • 12a is a schematic diagram of a charging response process in an ink cartridge installation detecting process according to another embodiment of the present invention.
  • 12b is a schematic diagram of a luminescence detection process in an ink cartridge installation detection process according to another embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram of a illuminating detection process in another ink cartridge installation detecting module according to another embodiment of the present invention.
  • Embodiment 1 is a diagrammatic representation of Embodiment 1:
  • the present invention mainly relates to an inkjet cartridge set mounted on an inkjet printer comprising a plurality of inkjet cartridges detachably mounted on an inkjet printer; a plurality of inkjet cartridges means two or more Inkjet cartridges.
  • the inkjet printer includes the following components in addition to the above-described ink cartridge set: a carriage that can move back and forth inside the inkjet printer, the moving direction is perpendicular to the paper input direction, and an ink cartridge mounting portion is further formed thereon to load the above
  • the ink cartridge unit is fixed on the housing on one side of the inkjet printer. After the ink cartridge assembly is loaded into the printer, the carriage will drive each of the ink cartridges in the ink cartridge group to correspond to the optical receiver one by one to perform installation detection.
  • the optical receiver is connected to the control circuit of the inkjet printer to convert the received amount of light into an electrical signal and sent to the control portion for determination by the control circuit; and a plurality of device electrical contacts via an electrically conductive line 7 And electrically connected with the control circuit, that is, the above several device electrical contacts are collinear connections, that is, several device electrical contacts are connected by a communication bus.
  • each of the inkjet cartridges is provided with: a container electrical contact electrically connected to a corresponding device electrical contact; and an information storage device for storing at least information related to the inkjet cartridge, wherein the above correlation is
  • the information includes ink cartridge identification information, and the identification information of each ink cartridge is different; a light emitting portion that emits light toward the light receiver and a control portion that controls light emission of the light emitting portion, wherein, the control The unit includes an information read/write control unit and an illumination control unit, and the illumination control unit controls the inkjet cartridge when receiving an illumination command issued by the inkjet printer to control the illumination of the light emitting portion of any one of the inkjet cartridges
  • the light emitting portion emits light; and upon receiving the ink cartridge installation response command from the inkjet printer, the information read/write control unit returns a response signal when determining that the ink cartridge identification information matches the identification information of the response command in the response command. In the printer, the response is made, otherwise, no
  • the control unit of each ink cartridge controls the light emitting portion of the light emitting portion to emit light when receiving an instruction from the printer to control the light emitting portion on a certain ink cartridge, that is, each time the printer issues a control
  • the light emitting portion of an ink cartridge emits light
  • the light emitting portion on all the ink cartridges is illuminated, so that even if the light emitting portion of one of the ink cartridges emits a small amount of light, the light is reinforced by other ink cartridges. It also ensures that it can be correctly identified by the printer.
  • ink cartridge set refers to a combination of different types of ink cartridges mounted on the same ink jet printer, such as different capacities, different colors, and the like.
  • Figure 2a shows the appearance of the ink cartridge set.
  • the ink cartridge set includes an ink cartridge A, an ink cartridge B2, an ink cartridge C3, an ink cartridge D4, and an ink cartridge E5.
  • the ink cartridge A and the ink cartridges B, C, D, and E are different from each other in the type of ink stored, and other settings, such as internal structures, are the same.
  • the ink cartridges A to E are loaded according to the loading.
  • the ink is distinguished, that is, the structure description of the ink cartridge A can be used for the ink cartridges B, C, D, and E. For this reason, only the structure of the ink cartridge A will be described in detail below, regarding the ink cartridges 13, C, D, and E. Detailed instructions will be omitted.
  • the ink cartridge set is detachably mounted on the ink jet printer.
  • the inkjet printer also has the aforementioned carriage, light receiver 6, several device electrical contacts, electrical conduction lines 7, and the like, and as described above, several device electrical contacts are controlled via the electrically conductive line 7.
  • the electrical connection of the circuit that is, the electrical contacts of the above several devices are collinear connections, and the electrically conductive line 7 is equivalent to a bus.
  • the ink cartridge A is also provided with a storage cartridge.
  • Chip 8 that communicates information with the printer.
  • the chip substrate 81 includes: a container electrical contact 82 electrically connected to the corresponding device electrical contact, so that the ink cartridge is connected to the printer via the device electrical contact, because the plurality of device electrical contacts are common
  • the wire connection that is, the plurality of ink cartridges that are electrically contacted with the plurality of devices via the respective container electrical contacts 82 are also collinearly connected.
  • four ink cartridges are disposed on the ink cartridge chip.
  • the contacts, the corresponding signals of the four container electrical contacts are GNd, Vcc, CLK, Data; the information storage device, that is, the memory element 83, the storage cartridge a, a separate, related information, including the ink in the ink cartridge a
  • the light emitting portion can emit light toward the light receiver. Specifically, in the embodiment, it is an LED lamp.
  • the control unit 84 includes a read/write control module 841 and a light emission control module 842. The information storage device or the light emitting portion is controlled in accordance with an instruction sent by the printer.
  • the ink cartridge A is loaded with black ink
  • the ink cartridges B, C, D, and E are loaded with color inks such as indigo, magenta, and the like.
  • the size of the ink cartridge A is set larger than that of the ink cartridges ⁇ C, D, E, that is, the ink cartridge A and the ink cartridges 13, C, D, E can be different according to different specific needs. Set to different sizes, but generally have the same structure and appearance. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the sizes of the above ink cartridges A-E can also be set to the same size.
  • the control unit is connected to the control circuit via the electrically conductive line 7, and the control unit of each inkjet cartridge can receive all the command information sent by the printer control circuit, and the control unit of each inkjet cartridge can receive the printer.
  • the command information for controlling the light emitting portion of any one of the ink jet cartridges to be illuminated such as when the printer issues a lighting command for controlling the light emitting portion of the ink cartridge B to emit light
  • the control portion on the ink cartridges A, C, D, E can also receive Go to the above lighting command.
  • the installation detection process of the ink cartridge includes two parts: (1) Loading judgment stage: The printer determines whether all the ink cartridges have been loaded into the printer according to whether or not the corresponding response is received by sequentially sending the ink cartridge installation response command. If yes, proceed to the next stage, otherwise, prompt The ink cartridge is not fully loaded; (2) The correct judgment phase is loaded: After confirming that all the ink cartridges have been completely loaded, the plurality of light emitting portions are sequentially controlled by sequentially transmitting light-emitting commands for controlling the light-emitting portions of the respective ink cartridges to emit light.
  • LED light to determine whether the ink cartridge is loaded in the correct position according to the received light quantity, wherein the above-mentioned ink cartridge installation response command is generally composed of identification information of each ink cartridge, and the light-emitting command is generally determined by the ink cartridge identification information and light.
  • the state control information of the transmitting unit is composed. Obviously, the installed response command and the lighting command are different from each other.
  • each control unit in the embodiment includes: a read/write control module 841 for controlling the reading and writing of the chip, and an illumination control module 842 for controlling the illumination of the light emitting portion.
  • the identification information of the ink cartridge is stored on the information storage device of each ink cartridge.
  • the ink cartridge read/write control module 841 will only be used when the identification information of an ink cartridge matches the identification code sent by the printer.
  • the printer will consider that the ink cartridge has been loaded, otherwise no response signal will be returned to the printer, the printer will consider that the ink cartridge is not loaded; and when the printer issues an ink cartridge lighting command, the ink cartridge
  • the illumination control module controls the light emitting portion on it to emit light.
  • the inkjet printer is internally provided with an installation detection process for judging whether the ink cartridge is loaded and installed in the correct position, ⁇ , the printer will detect each ink cartridge one by one, and only obtain a corresponding response signal at each ink cartridge and the light receiver When a considerable amount of light is received, the printer will assume that the ink cartridge is loaded and loaded in the correct position to complete the initialization process, otherwise the printer will prompt an error. Also, as described above, in the prior art, there is a case where the light-emitting portion of the ink cartridge emits light of a different degree due to manufacturing errors so that the ink cartridge is clearly mounted at the correct position but is judged to be incorrectly installed.
  • the present embodiment is based on the case where a plurality of light emitting portions are connected in a collinear manner, and the read/write control module and the light emission control module are independent of each other, and each ink cartridge control portion is proposed.
  • the light emitting portion located on each of the ink cartridges may be illuminated after receiving any lighting command issued by the printer to control the light emitting portion to emit light, that is, which one of the ink cartridges is for the ink cartridge regardless of the lighting command issued by the printer
  • the hair of each ink cartridge in the group The light control module controls the light emitting portion on the light emitting portion, that is, the plurality of light emitting portions of the ink cartridge set are simultaneously turned on or off.
  • the specific operation is as follows: when receiving the lighting instruction of the printer, each control unit of the different ink cartridges ignores the ink cartridge identification information in the lighting command, and directly controls the lighting or extinguishing of the light emitting portion, that is, regardless of the detection.
  • the plurality of light emitting portions of the plurality of ink cartridges are simultaneously turned on or off; specifically, regardless of which ink cartridge is detected, each of the control units receives the light emitting command from the printer and lights up accordingly.
  • Light emitting department that is to say, in the embodiment, the light emission control module of each ink cartridge only needs to control the light emitting portion of the ink cartridge according to the light emitting portion state control information in the lighting instruction, and ignores the ink cartridge identification information in the lighting instruction, that is, In this embodiment, the illumination control module and the read/write control module are independent of each other.
  • the illumination control module can only accept the instruction of the printer and control the lighting/extinguishing of the light emitting part, without the need to the printer.
  • the read/write control module can also receive and respond to the read and write commands sent by the printer, allowing the printer to read and write the chip of the ink cartridge.
  • the above-described ink cartridge identification information is a color ID set in accordance with ink of a different color loaded by the ink cartridge.
  • the format of the command information for driving the light emitting portion of the printer control circuit to emit light is: color ID (or type identification code) code + state (eg, 0N, OFF, ca LL, etc.) code.
  • color ID or type identification code
  • B are coded black (K) and yellow ink cartridges (Y) respectively.
  • the codes are 110, 101, 0N, and the codes of OFF are 000, 100.
  • the instructions are "110000”, “110100”, "101000”.
  • “101100” means "ink cartridge A is on", “ink cartridge A is off", “ink cartridge B is on”, and "ink cartridge B is off”.
  • the illumination control module of the control unit ignores the color ID code, that is, the illumination control module of the control unit does not send a response signal to the control circuit, but directly drives the light emission.
  • the part (LED light) emits light, regardless of whether it receives the "ink cartridge A bright" command or the "ink cartridge B bright” command.
  • the light control module understands the printer control
  • the information sent by the circuit is shown in Figure 3b.
  • the color ID of the first three digits is completely ignored. It is only necessary to detect the LED light according to the last three LED status codes. Similarly, the manner in which the light emitting portion is controlled to extinguish is similar.
  • the illumination control module only needs to turn on/off the light emission portion according to the light emission portion state information of the illumination command.
  • the control circuit of the printer considers that the ink cartridge is not loaded and cannot complete the initialization process. Therefore, in the technical solution, the read/write control module not only reads and writes the chip during the read and write phase of the chip. In order to control, it is also necessary to return an answer signal to the printer according to the printer's cartridge installation response command during the installation detection phase.
  • FIG. 4a-4d are schematic views showing the installation inspection of the ink cartridge set in the embodiment
  • Fig. 6 is a flow chart showing the installation inspection of the ink cartridge set in the embodiment.
  • the inkjet printer sequentially issues an ink cartridge installation response command for a plurality of ink cartridges. Accordingly, the read and write control modules of the plurality of ink cartridges sequentially return a response signal to the printer to indicate that it has been loaded, if a response command is not obtained.
  • the response signal indicates that an ink cartridge is not installed, the printer stops detecting, and prompts the user to load the ink cartridge;
  • the carriage After judging that all the ink cartridges have been loaded, the carriage drives the ink cartridge located thereon to move back and forth under the driving of the printer motor, and when the ink cartridge a moves to correspond to the light receiver, the carriage stops moving;
  • the printer control circuit issues an illumination command for controlling the ink cartridge A, and the illumination control module of the control unit of the ink cartridges A to E acquires the illumination command via the electrically conductive line, and directly controls the location according to the illumination command.
  • the light emitting portion of each of the above ink cartridges emits light.
  • the light emitting portion is an LED light, as shown in FIG. 4b;
  • the optical receiver determines whether a sufficient amount of light is received. When the amount of light received by the optical receiver is greater than the threshold, the control circuit determines that the ink cartridge A is loaded and loaded in the correct position. Otherwise, if the optical receiver is not When the received light or the amount of received light is below the threshold, the control circuit will consider that the ink cartridge a is not loaded or loaded but not in the correct position, prompting an error, and the detection process is suspended; 6. Next, as shown in FIG. 4c, the printer drive carriage moves forward until the ink cartridge B corresponds to the light receiver. When the carriage moves to the position where the ink cartridge B corresponds to the light receiver, the control circuit issues control of the ink cartridge B.
  • the illumination command similarly, the illumination control module of the control unit of the ink cartridges A, C, D, E acquires the illumination command and directly controls the LED lamps located in the respective ink cartridges to emit light (as shown in FIG. 4d), when the optical receiver receives When the amount of light is greater than the threshold, the control circuit determines that the ink cartridge is loaded and loaded in the correct position, and otherwise, determines that the ink cartridge is loaded incorrectly;
  • the control unit (light-emitting control module) of each ink cartridge of the ink cartridge set controls the respective light-emitting portions to emit light when receiving any of the lighting commands issued by the printer.
  • the printer determines that the ink cartridge is not loaded in the correct position.
  • the above technical solution can fully ensure the stability of the installation detection of the above-mentioned ink cartridge, and prevent the occurrence of an error in the installation detection caused by the manufacturing error of the LED lamp.
  • Embodiment 2
  • the invention provides a cartridge loading detection module, wherein the cartridge mounting detection module is detachably connected to the cartridge body or the cartridge body.
  • the cartridge installation detection module and the inkjet recording device are based on bus communication.
  • the ink cartridge recording detecting module replaces the dedicated ink cartridge, and responds to all or part of the commands issued by the inkjet recording device relating to the cartridge loading detection, which makes the present invention satisfy the ink cartridge inherent to the inkjet recording device.
  • the installation detection requirement also enables the ink cartridge that does not have the capability of the installation detection related command to be adapted to the inkjet recording device, thereby improving
  • the versatility of the ink cartridge expands the user's selection range of the ink cartridge adapted to the ink jet recording device, and reduces the user's use cost. Further, since the cartridge mounting detection module can be reused, resource utilization is improved and cost is reduced.
  • a symbol mark or a noun description different from the first embodiment may be adopted.
  • a plurality of ink cartridges are respectively represented by ae, but the meanings thereof are the same. It is only for the purpose of distinguishing the structures of the different embodiments.
  • the ink jet recording apparatus in this embodiment may specifically be an ink jet printer, an ink jet facsimile machine, an ink jet copying machine or the like.
  • the ink jet recording apparatus may include: an ink jet recording apparatus main body and an ink cartridge set; the ink cartridge set is detachably mounted on the main body of the ink jet recording apparatus.
  • the ink jet recording apparatus main body may include: a control circuit, a light receiver, and a carriage.
  • the control circuit is used for overall control of the working process of the inkjet recording device; the light receiver is connected with the control circuit for receiving light during the installation process of the ink cartridge; the carriage is used for carrying the movement of the ink cartridge set to ensure the ink cartridge set
  • Each of the included ink cartridges can be moved one by one to a position opposite to the light receiver.
  • the ink cartridge set is detachably mounted on the carriage and electrically connected to the control circuit.
  • the ink cartridge set may include: an ink cartridge set main body and an ink cartridge installation detecting module 22, and the ink cartridge mounting detecting module 22 is detachably mounted on the ink cartridge unit main body.
  • the ink cartridge unit body includes: at least two ink cartridges detachably mounted in the housing.
  • the ink cartridge mounting detecting module 22 and each of the ink cartridges and the control circuit of the main body of the ink jet recording apparatus are based on bus communication.
  • FIG. 7 An optional structure of the ink cartridge unit body is as shown in FIG. 7 , and includes: a housing 21 1 and five ink cartridges detachably mounted in the housing 21 1 , which may be represented as: an ink cartridge a, an ink cartridge b, an ink cartridge c, Cartridge d and cartridge e.
  • the structure of the casing 211 is as shown in Fig. 8, and includes a receiving area of five ink cartridges, and the ink cartridge 3, the ink cartridge b, the ink cartridge c, the ink cartridge d and the ink cartridge e are detachably mounted in the respective ink cartridge accommodating regions.
  • the specifications of different ink cartridges may be the same or different.
  • the structure of the ink cartridge installation detecting module 22 is as shown in FIG. 10, and includes: a light emitting portion 221 and a control portion 222 which are connected to each other.
  • the light emitting portion 221 is for providing a light source.
  • the light source may include: a visible light source or an invisible light source, which is the same as in the first embodiment.
  • control unit 222 is configured to receive, by the bus, a plurality of ink cartridge installation detection commands sent by the inkjet recording device, analyze the ink cartridge installation detection command, and turn the light on or off according to the analysis result of the processing unit. Launching department. It should be understood by those skilled in the art that the ink cartridge installation detection command in this embodiment has the same meaning as the illumination command of the first embodiment, and both indicate that the inkjet printer issues an instruction to control the light emitting portion of the ink cartridge to emit or extinguish.
  • the control section 222 may include: a receiving unit 2221, a processing unit 2222, and a control unit 2223.
  • the receiving unit 2221 can be configured to receive, by the bus, a plurality of ink cartridge installation detection commands sent by the inkjet recording device; any one of the ink cartridge installation detection commands includes: a light emission control instruction and an ink cartridge identification information, and the ink cartridge identification information and the light response
  • the ink cartridge of the control command corresponds to;
  • the lighting control command includes: an opening command or a closing command.
  • the illumination control command and the ink cartridge identification information in the embodiment and the state control information and the ink cartridge identification information of the light emitting portion in the first embodiment are both codes and distinctions indicating the state of controlling the light emitting portion.
  • the processing unit 2222 can be configured to parse the cartridge installation detection command.
  • the control unit 2223 can be configured to turn the light emitting portion on or off according to the analysis result of the processing unit.
  • control unit 222 further includes: a storage unit 2224, and the storage unit 2224 can be configured to store a plurality of ink cartridge identification information.
  • the receiving unit 2221 is further configured to receive an ink cartridge installation response request sent by the inkjet recording device before receiving the ink cartridge installation detection instruction, where the ink cartridge installation response request includes an ink cartridge that needs to respond to the ink cartridge installation response request Cartridge identification information.
  • the processing unit 2222 is further configured to compare the ink cartridge identification information in the ink cartridge installation response request with the preset identification information.
  • the control unit 2223 is further configured to: if the comparison result indicates that the preset identification information includes the ink cartridge identification information in the cartridge installation response request, send the ink cartridge to the inkjet recording device The machine responds with a response.
  • the storage unit may be a storage medium, such as ROM, FLASH, etc.; or, the storage unit may be integrated with other units of the control unit, such as a processing unit, into a logic operation circuit.
  • the ink cartridge installation detecting module 22 performs the ink cartridge mounting detection method, for example, receiving a plurality of ink cartridge installation detection commands transmitted from the inkjet recording device via the bus; analyzing each of the ink cartridge installation detection commands; and turning on or off the light emitting portion according to the analysis result.
  • each of the ink cartridges may include an ink cartridge main body and an ink cartridge chip, and the ink cartridge chip of each ink cartridge and the ink cartridge mounting detection module may communicate with the control circuit based on a bus.
  • the ink cartridge installation detection module since the ink cartridge installation detection module stores the preset ink cartridge information, the ink cartridge installation detection module can replace the ink cartridge to perform the response of the installation response process, in addition to the response processing of the luminescence detection process. deal with.
  • the flow of the ink cartridge installation detection involves a two-way interaction between the ink cartridge installation detection module and the control circuit of the inkjet recording device, and an example of the interaction method is shown in FIG.
  • the principle of the installation response processing of the ink cartridge installation detection module is as shown in FIG. 12a, and includes:
  • Step 91a The control unit of the ink cartridge installation detecting module receives a plurality of ink cartridge installation response requests sent by the control circuit of the inkjet recording device via a bus, and any of the ink cartridge installation response requests includes: ink cartridge identification information, the ink cartridge identification information Corresponding to the ink cartridge that needs to respond to the cartridge installation response request.
  • the ink cartridge identification information is any identification information of the ink cartridge that needs to respond to the ink cartridge installation response request, such as an ink cartridge ID, an ink cartridge ink color identifier, an ink cartridge type identifier, and the like.
  • Step 92a The control unit compares the ink cartridge identification information in the ink cartridge installation response request with a plurality of ink cartridge identification information stored in advance.
  • the ink cartridge identification information of each ink cartridge included in the ink cartridge set may be used as the preset identification information.
  • Step 93a If the plurality of ink cartridge identification information stored in advance includes the ink cartridge identification information in the ink cartridge installation response request, the control portion controls the control circuit of the inkjet recording device Send the cartridge to install the response.
  • the preset identification information may be: ink cartridge identification information of each of the five ink cartridges of the ink cartridge a, the ink cartridge b, the ink cartridge c, the ink cartridge d, and the ink cartridge e.
  • the ink cartridge identification information in the cartridge installation response request sent by the control circuit may be the ink cartridge identification information of each of the five ink cartridges of the ink cartridge, the ink cartridge b, the ink cartridge c, the ink cartridge d and the ink cartridge e.
  • the five ink cartridges respectively respond to the ink cartridge installation response request; and any one of the ink cartridges, when the ink cartridge identification information in the cartridge installation response request includes its own ink cartridge identification information,
  • the control circuit sends a cartridge mount response.
  • the ink cartridge detecting module uniformly responds to the ink cartridge installation response request; and the response triggering condition is: as long as the preset identification information includes the ink cartridge identification information in the ink cartridge installation response request, the control is performed to the control The circuit sends a cartridge mount response response.
  • the inkjet recording device When the inkjet recording device receives the ink cartridge identification information in the cartridge installation response request and responds to the corresponding cartridge installation response, the illuminating detection process is continued; otherwise, the error information is output, and the illuminating detection process is not continued.
  • the illuminating detection process is specifically: the processing unit 2222 is specifically configured to acquire the ink cartridge identification information and the lighting control command included in the ink cartridge installation detection instruction, and install the ink cartridge installation detection instruction and the The plurality of ink cartridge identification information stored in the storage unit are compared one by one, and a comparison result is obtained.
  • the control unit 2223 is specifically configured to: when the comparison result indicates a plurality of ink cartridge identification information stored by the storage unit, including the ink cartridge identification information included in the ink cartridge installation detection instruction, turning on or off according to the lighting control instruction The light emitting portion.
  • the storage unit 2224 is further configured to store a mapping relationship between the plurality of light emitting portions and the plurality of ink cartridge identification information; the control unit 2223 Specifically, when the plurality of ink cartridge identification information stored by the storage unit is included in the comparison result, including the ink cartridge identification information included in the ink cartridge installation detection instruction, being turned on or off according to the lighting control instruction and the mapping relationship a light emitting portion corresponding to the ink cartridge identification information included in the ink cartridge mounting detection command.
  • the principle that the boxed machine detection module performs the luminescence detection process is as follows: As shown in Figure 12b, it includes:
  • Step 91b The control unit receives a plurality of ink cartridge installation detection commands sent by the control circuit of the inkjet recording device via the bus, and any of the ink cartridge installation detection commands includes: a light emission control command and an ink cartridge identification information, and the ink cartridge identification information and Corresponding to the ink cartridge corresponding to the lighting control command; the lighting control command comprises: an opening command or a closing command.
  • Step 92b Obtain the ink cartridge identification information and the light emission control instruction included in the ink cartridge installation detection instruction, and compare the ink cartridge installation detection instruction with the plurality of ink cartridge identification information stored in the storage unit one by one to obtain a comparison result.
  • Step 93b When the comparison result indicates a plurality of ink cartridge identification information stored by the storage unit, including the ink cartridge identification information included in the ink cartridge installation detection command, the light emitting portion is turned on or off according to the lighting control command.
  • the control unit turns on the light emitting unit if the light emission control command is an open command; and the control unit turns off the light emitting unit if the light emission control command is a close command.
  • the control unit repeatedly performs the above steps 92b-93b o every time a control unit receives the ink cartridge installation detection command.
  • the number of the light emitting portions may be one or more. If the number of the light emitting portions is plural, the control portion may store in advance a mapping relationship between the plurality of light emitting portions and the plurality of ink cartridge identification information; and the comparison result indicates that the storage unit stores And the plurality of ink cartridge identification information, including the ink cartridge identification information included in the ink cartridge installation detection instruction, according to the lighting control command and the mapping relationship, opening or closing the ink cartridge identification information included in the ink cartridge installation detection instruction Light emitting unit.
  • the embodiment does not need to change the installation detection flow of the inkjet recording device, but replaces the ink cartridge by the cartridge installation detection module, and responds to the overall flow of the cartridge installation detection.
  • This makes the embodiment satisfy the requirements of the ink cartridge mounting detection inherent to the ink jet recording apparatus, and also enables the ink cartridge that does not have the cartridge mounting detection command responsiveness to be matched with the inkjet recording apparatus, thereby improving the ink cartridge.
  • the versatility expands the user's choice of ink cartridges that are compatible with the inkjet recording device and reduces the cost of user use. Further, since the cartridge installation detection module can be reused, Therefore, resource utilization is increased and costs are reduced.
  • the ink cartridge may include an ink cartridge main body and an ink cartridge chip, and the ink cartridge installation detecting module is detachably mounted on the ink cartridge main body; or the ink cartridge installation detection The module is integrated with the ink cartridge chip and detachably mounted on the ink cartridge body. Since the ink cartridge is provided with the cartridge loading detection module, the versatility of the ink cartridge is improved; in addition, since the cartridge installation detecting module can be reused, the production efficiency of the ink cartridge is improved, and the growth cost of the ink cartridge and the user's The cost.
  • the above-mentioned ink cartridge installation detecting module may not include a storage unit, and only includes a receiving unit, a processing unit, and a control unit.
  • the processing unit may ignore the ink cartridge identification information included in the cartridge installation detection command during the process of parsing the cartridge installation detection command; the control unit performs the light emission portion only according to the illumination control command.
  • Switch control its specific installation detection process flow chart shown in Figure 13.
  • the control unit 2223 may be specifically configured to simultaneously turn on or off the plurality of light emitting portions according to the comparison result of the processing unit or the acquired lighting control command.
  • each ink cartridge chip receives the ink cartridge identification information, and determines whether the ink cartridge identification information is the ink cartridge identification information of the ink cartridge, and if so, the spray
  • the ink recording device sends a cartridge installation response, otherwise the cartridge installation response is not sent.
  • this embodiment also provides an inkjet cartridge set.
  • the cartridge mounting detection module can be integrated with the cartridge chip of any of the ink cartridges, and the remaining ink cartridges are only provided with the cartridge chip.
  • each functional unit in each embodiment of the present invention may be integrated into one unit, or each functional unit may exist physically separately, or two or more functional units may be integrated into one unit.
  • the above integrated unit can be implemented in the form of hardware or in the form of hardware plus software functional units. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that all or part of the steps of implementing the above method embodiments may be performed by hardware related to the program instructions.
  • the aforementioned program can be stored in a computer readable storage medium. When the program is executed, the steps including the foregoing method embodiments are performed; and the foregoing storage medium includes: a medium such as a mouse RAM, a magnetic disk or an optical disk that can store program codes.

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一种喷墨墨盒,多个喷墨墨盒(1、2、3、4、5)可拆卸地安装在喷墨打印机上;喷墨打印机包括光接收器(6)和共线连接的多个设备电触点;喷墨墨盒包括:容器电触点(82);信息存储装置(83);光发射部和控制部(84);控制部(84)接收到喷墨打印机发出控制任一光发射部发光的信息时都控制所述的光发射部发光。还提供一种包括多个喷墨墨盒的墨盒组以及一种装机检测方法。由此防止墨盒由光发射部的制造误差而引起的装机检测错误的现象产生。

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一种喷墨墨盒、 墨盒组、 墨盒组装机检测方法 技术领域
本发明涉及喷墨记录装置的喷墨技术领域, 尤其涉及一种可拆卸地安装 在彩色喷墨记录装置上的喷墨墨盒、喷墨墨盒组以及喷墨墨盒装机检测方法。 背景技术
彩色喷墨打印机根据需要设置了一组墨盒, 各种不同颜色的墨水装入到 不同的墨盒内, 所有的墨盒安装在打印机上。 为了保证喷墨打印机的正常打 印, 防止出现因墨盒安装在错误的位置而出现打印偏差, 通常需要在墨盒装 机时检测墨盒是否正确地安装在喷墨打印机中的适当位置。 图 1为现有技术 墨盒装机检测原理示意图, 如图 1所示, 假设喷墨打印机设置有四个墨盒, 每个墨盒分别安装在对应的墨盒安装位置上; 墨盒 a对应的正确位置为位置 A、 墨盒 b对应的正确位置为位置^ 墨盒 c对应的正确位置为位置 C、 墨盒 d对应的正确位置为位置 D。
墨盒的芯片上设置有一光发射部, 如 LED灯, 喷墨打印机的壳体上固定 设置有一可接收光发射部发出光线的光接收部。 被检测的墨盒的光发射部将 被点亮, 并且光接收部与墨盒应在的正确位置对准, 如果光接收部在该位置 能够接收到达到设定阈值的光量, 则表明被检测墨盒已经正确安装; 如果光 量未达到设定阈值, 则表明墨盒尚未安装到正确位置, 提示安装错误。 例如, 如图 1所示, 当检测墨盒 b时, 墨盒 b上的光发射部被点亮发光, 且光接收 部与墨盒 b应在的正确位置 B对准, 若光接收部在该位置能够接收到达到阈 值的光量, 则表明墨盒 b安装位置正确。 接着, 墨盒 a-d整体在喷墨打印机 中的滑架的带动下, 沿图 1中所示的箭头方向移动, 使得位置 C对准光接收 部, 并点亮墨盒 c, 按照上述方法检测墨盒 c是否正确安装。 如此类推, 直 至所有墨盒都被检测完毕即可。
然而, 在实际的检测过程中, 经常会出现墨盒虽然装载在正确的位置上 却由于光接收器未接收到足够的光量而被判断为未安装在正确或适当的位置 上的情况, 归根宄底, 出现上述问题的根本原因是因为在实际生产过程中, 由于不可避免的制造误差, 使得每个 LED灯发出的光量都会有所差异, 故当 被检测墨盒的 LED灯发出的光量较小时, 由于发出的光线为散射光, 容易出 现到达光接收部的光量未达到阈值, 从而出现即使墨盒已正确安装到位但光 接收部却判断墨盒未安装的现象。
另外, 从喷墨打印机角度来看, 该喷墨打印机只能适配专用墨盒, 对于 没有安装 LED灯且不能响应点亮等指令的非专用墨盒均不适配, 由此限制了 用户的墨盒选择范围, 增加了用户的使用成本; 而从专用墨盒的角度来看, 专用墨盒的生产成本较高, 并且因 LED灯设置、 芯片自身功能等因素限制使 得专用墨盒很可能成为一次性产品, 即用完之后专用墨盒将会被丢弃, 这不 仅增加了用户的使用成本, 并且专用墨盒的丢弃还会造成如 LED灯等可回收 利用资源的浪费, 还很容易造成环境污染。 发明内容
本发明的目的在于提供一种无需改变墨盒结构、 并可解决上述光接收器 接收光量未达到阈值的喷墨墨盒、 墨盒组以及利用上述喷墨墨盒进行装机检 测的装机检测方法, 并且还提高喷墨墨盒的通用性。
为了解决以上技术问题, 本发明采取的技术方案是:
一种喷墨墨盒, 且多个该喷墨墨盒可拆卸地安装在所述喷墨打印机上, 其中, 所述喷墨打印机包括用于接收光的光接收器、 共线连接的数个设备电 触点, 其中, 所述喷墨墨盒包括: 与所述相对应的设备电触点电连接的容器 电触点; 至少存储所述墨盒的相关信息的信息存储装置; 朝向所述光接收器 发光的光发射部和根据所述喷墨打印机发出控制光发射部发光的发光指令而 控制所述光发射部发光的控制部, 特征在于, 所述喷墨墨盒的控制部接收 到所述喷墨打印机发出的控制所述多个喷墨墨盒的任一光发射部发光的发光 指令时, 均控制所述光发射部发光。
所述发光指令由墨盒识别信息与光发射部状态控制信息组成。
所述信息存储装置存储墨盒识别信息。
所述喷墨墨盒还包括一墨盒芯片, 且所述容器电触点及所述信息存储装 置均设置在所述墨盒芯片上。
所述喷墨墨盒的控制部接收到所述喷墨打印机发出的控制所述多个喷墨 墨盒的任一光发射部发光的发光指令时, 均控制所述光发射部发光, 具体为: 所述控制部接收到所述喷墨打印机的发光指令时, 只根据发光指令中的光发 射部状态控制信息对光发射部进行控制,而忽略发光指令中的墨盒识别信息。
所述墨盒设有一墨盒装机检测模块, 其中, 所述墨盒装机检测模块包括 所述光发射部及控制部, 其中, 所述墨盒装机检测模块经总线接收所述喷墨 打印机的多个发光指令, 并解析各个发光指令, 根据解析结果开启或关闭所 述光发射部。
所述墨盒装机检测模块还设有存储多个墨盒识别信息的存储单元。
所述喷墨墨盒的控制部接收到所述喷墨打印机发出的控制所述多个喷墨 墨盒的任一光发射部发光的发光指令时, 均控制所述光发射部发光, 具体为: 所述控制部接收到所述喷墨打印机的发光指令时, 获取所述发光指令的所述 墨盒识别信息以及光发射部状态控制信息, 并将所述发光指令与所述存储单 元存储的多个墨盒识别信息对比, 若所述多个墨盒识别信息中包括所述发光 指令包括的墨盒识别信息, 则根据所述发光指令开启或关闭所述光发射部。
所述墨盒装机检测模块与所述墨盒芯片集成为一体。
一种喷墨墨盒组, 包括多个如权利要求 1所述的墨盒, 其特征在于: 所 述喷墨墨盒组的各个喷墨墨盒的控制部接收到所述喷墨打印机发出的控制所 述喷墨墨盒组的任何一个光发射部发光的发光指令时, 分别控制各自的光发 射部发光。
所述各个喷墨墨盒的控制部包括信息读写控制单元和发光控制单元; 所 述信息读写控制单元在接收到所述喷墨打印机发出的并与所述墨盒识别信息 相匹配的装机应答指令时, 作出响应; 所述发光控制单元在接收到所述喷墨 打印机发出的任一发光指令时, 控制所述光发射部发光。
所述喷墨墨盒的控制部接收到所述喷墨打印机发出的控制所述多个喷墨 墨盒的任一光发射部发光的发光指令时, 均控制所述光发射部发光, 具体为: 所述控制部接收到所述喷墨打印机的发光指令时, 只根据发光指令中的光发 射部状态控制信息对光发射部进行控制,而忽略发光指令中的墨盒识别信息。
一种根据上述的喷墨墨盒的装机检测方法, 多个所述喷墨墨盒可拆卸地 安装在喷墨打印机上; 所述喷墨打印机通过设置在其上的数个设备电触点分 别与所述多个喷墨墨盒通信, 所述数个设备电触点共线连接, 且所述喷墨打 印机上还设置有用于接收光的光接收器; 所述喷墨墨盒包括: 与所述相对应 的设备电触点电连接的容器电触点; 至少存储该喷墨墨盒的相关信息的信息 存储装置; 朝向所述光接收器发光的光发射部和根据喷墨打印机发出控制光 发射部发光的发光指令而控制所述光发射部发光的控制部,其特征在于:所述 装机检测方法包括以下步骤:步骤 1 : 所述喷墨打印机发出控制多个所述喷墨 墨盒的光发射部发光的发光指令; 步骤 2 : 所述喷墨墨盒的控制部接受到任 一所述发光指令后, 均控制各自的光发射部发光。
所述步骤 2具体为: 所述控制部接收到所述喷墨打印机的发光指令时, 只根据发光指令中的光发射部状态控制信息对光发射部进行控制, 而忽略发 光指令中的墨盒识别信息。
所述步骤 2具体为: 所述墨盒预先存储多个墨盒识别信息, 所述控制部接 收到所述喷墨打印机的发光指令时, 获取所述发光指令包括的墨盒识别信息 和光发射部状态控制信息, 并将所述发光指令的墨盒识别信息与所述多个墨 盒识别信息对比, 若所述多个墨盒识别信息中包括所述发光指令包括的墨盒 识别信息, 则根据所述发光指令开启或关闭所述光发射部。
采用本发明的喷墨墨盒、 墨盒组以及墨盒组装机检测方法可充分保证打 印机的墨盒的装机检测稳定性, 防止喷墨墨盒由光发射部的制造误差而引起 的装机检测错误的现象产生, 并提高墨盒的通用性, 扩大用户对与喷墨记录 装置适配的墨盒的选择范围。
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图 1为现有技术墨盒装机检测原理示意图。
图 2a为本发明实施例墨盒组的外观示意图。
图 2b为本发明实施例芯片的结构示意图。
图 3a为本发明实施例喷墨打印机控制电路发送的发光指令的示意图,图
3b为喷墨墨盒的发光控制模块所理解的发光指令示意图。
图 4a— 4d为本发明实施例墨盒组装机检测示意图。
图 5为本发明实施例墨盒与打印机控制电路之间的通信示意图。
图 6为本发明实施例墨盒组的装机检测流程示意图。
图 7为本发明另一实施例提供的墨盒组主体的结构示意图;
图 8为本发明另一实施例提供的墨盒组主体的壳体的结构示意图; 图 9为本发明另一实施例提供的墨盒装机检测指令的结构示例; 图 10为本发明另一实施例提供的一种墨盒装机检测模块的结构示意图; 图 1 1 为本发明另一实施例提供的墨盒装机检测模块与喷墨记录装置的 控制电路交互方式示意图;
图 12a为本发明另一实施例提供的墨盒装机检测流程中装机应答流程的 示意图;
图 12b为本发明另一实施例提供的墨盒装机检测流程中发光检测流程的 示意图;
图 13 为本发明另一实施例提供的另一种墨盒装机检测模块在墨盒装机 检测流程中发光检测流程的示意图。 图中, 1-5墨盒, 6 光接收器, 7电传导线, 8芯片, 81基板, 82容器 电触点, 83记忆元件, 841读写控制模块, 842发光控制模块, 22墨盒装机 检测模块, A-E墨盒容纳区域, 21 1壳体, 221光发射部, 84、 222控制部, 2221接收单元, 2222处理单元, 2223控制单元, 2224存储单元。 具体实施方式
以下将结合附图和实施例, 对本发明进行较为详细的说明。
为使本发明的目的、 技术方案和优点更加清楚, 本发明分别从两个不同 的角度对本发明进行完整的描述:
实施例一:
本发明主要提及一种安装到喷墨打印机上的喷墨墨盒组, 其包括多个可 拆卸地安装在喷墨打印机上的喷墨墨盒; 多个喷墨墨盒是指两个或者两个以 上的喷墨墨盒。
上述喷墨打印机除了包括上述墨盒组外, 还包括以下部件: 滑架, 其可 在喷墨打印机内部来回移动, 移动方向与纸张输入方向相垂直, 且其上还形 成有墨盒安装部分以装载上述墨盒组; 光接收器, 固设在喷墨打印机一侧的 壳体上, 墨盒组装入打印机后, 上述滑架会带动上述墨盒组中的各个墨盒逐 个与光接收器相对应以进行装机检测, 且该光接收器与喷墨打印机的控制电 路相连接, 以将接收到的光量转换为电信号发送至控制部分而由控制电路进 行判断; 数个设备电触点, 其经由一电传导线 7而与控制电路电连接, 即上 述数个设备电触点是共线连接, 即数个设备电触点是利用一条通信总线连接 起来的。
相对应于喷墨打印机的结构, 每个喷墨墨盒上设置有: 与相对应的设备 电触点电连接的容器电触点;至少存储该喷墨墨盒相关信息的信息存储装置, 其中上述相关信息中包括墨盒识别信息, 每个墨盒的识别信息都不相同; 朝 向光接收器发光的光发射部和控制上述光发射部发光的控制部, 其中, 控制 部包括信息读写控制单元和发光控 ^单元, 在接收到喷墨打印机发出的控制 上述喷墨墨盒组任何一个喷墨墨盒的光发射部发光的发光指令时, 发光控制 单元控制该喷墨墨盒的光发射部发光; 而在接收到喷墨打印机发出的墨盒装 机应答指令时, 信息读写控制单元则在判断上述应答指令中墨盒识别信息与 自身的识别信息相匹配时才会返回一应答信号至打印机中, 即作出响应, 否 则, 无需响应。 另外, 上述光发射部既可发出可见光, 也可发出不可见光。
显然, 根据上述墨盒结构可知, 每个墨盒的控制部当收到打印机发出的 控制某个墨盒上的光发射部发光的指令时都会控制其上的光发射部发光, 即 每次打印机发出一控制某个墨盒的光发射部发光的指令时, 所有墨盒上的光 发射部都会被点亮, 这样, 即使某个墨盒的光发射部发出的光量较小, 在其 它墨盒的光线补强作用下, 也能保证其能够被打印机正确识别。
为对本发明的技术方案描述得更加清楚, 现对本发明实施例中的墨盒及 墨盒组的结构进行说明。
在本实施例中, "墨盒组"指安装在同一台喷墨打印机上不同类型的墨盒 的组合, 如不同容量、 不同颜色等。 图 2a 则为墨盒组的外观示意图。 如图 2a 所示, 墨盒组包括一个墨盒 Al、 墨盒 B2、 墨盒 C3、 墨盒 D4、 墨盒 E5。 上述墨 盒 A 与墨盒 B、 C、 D、 E仅仅是在储存的墨水类型上相互不同, 其它设置, 如 内部结构等, 都是一样的, 本实施例中, 墨盒 A 〜E是根据所装载的墨水而进 行区分的, 也就是说, 关于墨盒 A 的结构说明可以用于墨盒 B、 C、 D、 E, 为 此, 以下只详细说明墨盒 A 的结构, 关于墨盒13、 C、 D、 E的详细说明将被省 去。
本实施例中, 墨盒组可拆卸地安装在喷墨打印机上。 该喷墨打印机同样 具有前述的滑架、 光接收器 6、 数个设备电触点、 电传导线 7等部件, 且同前 所述, 数个设备电触点经由电传导线 7而与控制电路电连接, 即上述数个设备 电触点是共线连接, 电传导线 7相当于一总线。
如图 2b所示, 为了保证更好地打印质量, 墨盒 A上还设有存储墨盒相关 信息并与打印机之间相互通信的芯片 8。 具体地, 芯片基板 81上包括: 容器电 触点 82, 与上述相应的设备电触点电连接, 从而使墨盒经由设备电触点而与 打印机相连接, 由于上述数个设备电触点是共线连接, 也就是说, 分别经由 各自的容器电触点 82而与上述数个设备电触点的数个墨盒也是共线连接, 另 外, 本实施例中, 墨盒芯片上设有 4个容器电触点, 4个容器电触点分别对应 的信号是 GNd、 Vcc、 CLK、 Data ; 信息存储装置, 即记忆元件 83, 存储墨盒 a 单独的、 相关的所有信息, 其中包括有墨盒 a 中的墨水的颜色; 光发射部, 可朝向上述光接收器而发光, 具体地,在本实施例中, 其为 LED灯; 控制部 84, 控制部 84包括读写控制模块 841和发光控制模块 842, 可根据打印机所发送的 指令而对上述信息存储装置或光发射部进行控制。
如图 2a所示, 在本实施例中, 墨盒 A装载的是黑色墨水, 墨盒 B、 C、 D、 E装载的是彩色墨水, 如靛青色、 洋红色等墨水。 考虑到黑色墨水的消耗量较 大, 墨盒 A 的尺寸相比墨盒^ C、 D、 E设置得较大, 也就是说, 墨盒 A 与墨 盒13、 C、 D、 E可根据不同的具体需求而设置成不同的尺寸, 但是大体上还是 具有相同的结构及外观。 本领域普通技术人员应理解, 上述墨盒 A— E的尺寸 也可以设置成相同大小。
由于数个墨盒均经由容器电触点、 设备电触点、 电传导线 7而与打印机的 控制电路相连接, 即上述数个墨盒的芯片均共线连接, 也就是说, 上述墨盒 组的数个控制部经由上述电传导线 7而与上述控制电路连接,每个喷墨墨盒的 控制部都可以接收打印机控制电路发出的所有指令信息, 每个喷墨墨盒的控 制部都可以接收到打印机发出的给任何一个喷墨墨盒的控制光发射部发光的 指令信息, 如当打印机发出以控制墨盒 B的光发射部发光的发光指令时, 墨盒 A 、 C、 D、 E上的控制部也可以接收到上述发光指令。
对于打印机而言, 墨盒的装机检测过程包括两部分: (1 ) 装入判断阶段: 打印机通过依次发送墨盒装机应答指令而根据是否接受到相应的应答而判断 是否所有墨盒均已装入打印机中, 如果是, 则进行下一阶段, 否则, 提示用 户墨盒未完全装入; (2 ) 装入正确判断阶段: 在确认所有墨盒均已完全装入 后, 通过依次发送控制各个墨盒的光发射部发光的发光指令而依次控制上述 多个光发射部 (LED灯), 以根据所接收的光量来判断墨盒是否装载在正确的 位置, 其中, 上述墨盒装机应答指令一般是由各个墨盒的识别信息组成, 而 发光指令则一般由墨盒的识别信息与光发射部的状态控制信息组成, 显然, 装机应答指令与发光指令互不相同。
相对应地, 本实施例中每个控制部内部都包括: 控制芯片读写的读写控制 模块 841和控制光发射部发光的发光控制模块 842。 一般来说, 每个墨盒的 信息存储装置上都会存储墨盒的识别信息。 相对应地, 当墨盒组安装在打印 机后, 打印机发出墨盒装机应答指令时, 只有当某个墨盒的识别信息与打印 机所发送的识别代码相匹配的时候, 该墨盒的读写控制模块 841才会返回一 应答信号至打印机, 即作出响应, 则此时打印机会认为该墨盒已装入, 否则 无应答信号返回打印机, 打印机会认为该墨盒未装入; 而当打印机发出墨盒 发光指令时, 上述墨盒的发光控制模块则会控制其上的光发射部发光。
如前所述, 喷墨打印机内部设有判断墨盒是否装入并安装在正确位置的 装机检测过程, δΡ, 打印机会逐个检测各个墨盒, 并且只有在各个墨盒处得 到相应的应答信号且光接收器接收到相当的光量时, 打印机才会认为墨盒已 装入并装载在正确的位置, 才能完成初始化处理, 否则打印机会提示报错。 同样, 如前所述, 现有技术中存在墨盒的光发射部由于制造误差而发出不同 程度的光线而使得墨盒明明安装在正确的位置上却被判断为安装错误的情 况。
为了解决现有技术所存在的问题, 并满足墨盒的装机检测过程, 本实施 例基于数个光发射部共线连接且读写控制模块及发光控制模块相互独立的情 况, 提出: 各个墨盒控制部均可在接收到打印机发出的任意一个控制光发射 部发光的发光指令后点亮位于上述各个墨盒上的光发射部, 即不管打印机发 出的发光指令使针对墨盒组中的哪一个墨盒, 上述墨盒组中的各个墨盒的发 光控制模块都会控制其上的光发射部发光, 也就是使得墨盒组的数个光发射 部同时被点亮或熄灭。 其具体的操作为: 位于不同墨盒的各个控制部在接收 到打印机的发光指令时, 忽略其发光指令中的墨盒识别信息, 直接控制光发 射部的点亮或熄灭, 也就是说, 不管在检测哪个墨盒时, 上述数个墨盒的数 个光发射部都会被同时点亮或熄灭; 确切地说, 不管在检测哪个墨盒时, 上 述各个控制部只要接收到打印机发出的发光指令就会点亮相应的光发射部。 也就是说, 在本实施例中, 每个墨盒的发光控制模块只需要根据发光指令中 的光发射部状态控制信息对墨盒对光发射部进行控制, 而忽略发光指令中的 墨盒识别信息, 即在本实施例中, 发光控制模块与读写控制模块相互独立。
显然, 在采用上述光发射部发光控制方式时, 发光控制模块与打印机之 间仅存在单向通信, 即发光控制模块只能接受打印机的指令而控制光发射部 的点亮 /熄灭, 无需向打印机返回相关信息, 而向打印机返回应答信号的动作 由上述读写控制模块所执行, 如图 5所示, 即为本实施例的控制器与打印机之 间的通信示意图。 另外, 读写控制模块也可接收并响应打印机所发送的读写 指令, 而允许打印机对墨盒的芯片进行读写操作。
在本实施例中, 上述墨盒识别信息为根据墨盒所装载的不同颜色的墨水 而设置的颜色 ID。
如图 3a 所示,打印机控制电路所发送的驱动光发射部发光的指令信息格 式为: 颜色 ID (或称类型识别码) 代码 +状态 (如 0N、 OFF, ca LL等) 代码。 例如, 假设墨盒 、 B分别代码黑色 (K)及黄色墨盒 (Y) , 其代码分别是 110、 101, 0N、 OFF的代码是 000、 100, 则指令 " 110000 "、 " 110100 "、 " 101000"、 " 101100"分别表示 "墨盒 A亮"、 "墨盒 A灭"、 "墨盒 B亮"、 "墨盒 B灭"。 如前 所述, 在本实施例中, 上述控制部的发光控制模块忽略上述颜色 ID代码, 也 就是说, 上述控制部的发光控制模块不会给控制电路发出响应信号, 而是直 接驱动光发射部 (LED灯) 发光, 不管其所接收的是 "墨盒 A亮" 的指令, 还 是 "墨盒 B亮"的指令, 换句话说, 在本发明中, 发光控制模块理解打印机控 制电路所发送的信息如图 3b所示, 完全忽略其前三位的颜色 ID, 只需要根据 后三位的 LED灯状态代码对 LED灯进行检测即可。 同理, 控制光发射部熄灭的 方式也类似。 为此, 当墨盒采用上述发光控制方法后, 上述发光控制模块仅 仅只需要根据发光指令的光发射部状态信息而点亮 /熄灭光发射部即可。 但 是, 如果不向打印机返回应答信号, 则打印机的控制电路会认为墨盒未装入 而无法完成初始化处理, 为此, 在本技术方案中, 读写控制模块不仅在芯片 读写阶段对读写操作进行控制, 还需要在装机检测阶段负责根据打印机的墨 盒装机应答指令而向打印机返回应答信号。
图 4a -4d为本实施例中墨盒组进行装机检测的示意图, 图 6为本实施例中 墨盒组进行装机检测的流程图。
1、 将包括数个墨盒的墨盒组装载在喷墨打印机上;
2、 喷墨打印机依次发出针对数个墨盒的墨盒装机应答指令, 则相应地, 上述数个墨盒的读写控制模块依次向打印机返回应答信号以表示其已装入, 若某个应答指令未获得应答信号, 则表示某个墨盒未安装, 打印机停止检测, 提示用户装入墨盒;
3、 在判断所有墨盒均已装入后, 滑架在打印机马达的驱动下, 带动位于 其上的墨盒来回移动, 当移动至上述墨盒 a 与光接收器相对应处时, 滑架停 止移动;
4、如图 4a所示,打印机控制电路发出控制墨盒 A的发光指令,则墨盒 A 〜 E的控制部的发光控制模块经由电传导线而获取上述发光指令,并且根据上述 发光指令而直接控制位于上述各个墨盒的光发射部发光, 本实施例中光发射 部为 LED灯, 如图 4b所示;
5、 此时, 光接收器判断是否接收到足够多的光量, 当光接收器接收的光 量大于阈值时, 控制电路即判断墨盒 A装入并装载正确的位置上, 否则, 若光 接收器未接收到光或接收到的光量低于阈值时, 控制电路会认为墨盒 a 未装 入或已装入但未位于正确的位置, 提示错误, 检测过程中止; 6、 接着, 如图 4c所示, 打印机驱动滑架向前移动至墨盒 B与光接收器相 对应, 当滑架移动至墨盒 B与光接收器相对应处时, 控制电路发出控制墨盒 B 的发光指令, 同样地, 墨盒 A、 C、 D、 E的控制部的发光控制模块获取上述发 光指令而直接控制位于上述各个墨盒的 LED灯发光 (如图 4d所示)、 当光接收 器接收的光量大于阈值时,控制电路即判断墨盒装入并装载在正确的位置上, 反之, 则判断墨盒装载错误;
7、 重复上述步骤, 直至检测到墨盒(、 D、 E均被判断装入到正确的位置 上后, 检测过程结束。
显然, 从上述实施过程可知, 不管打印机发出的发光指令是控制墨盒组 的哪一个墨盒的 LED灯点亮 /熄灭, 上述墨盒组的数个 LED灯都会被点亮或熄 灭, 也就是说, 上述墨盒组的各个墨盒的控制部 (发光控制模块) 在接收到 打印机发出的任一发光指令时都会分别控制各自的光发射部发光。 这样, 在 进行装机检测过程中, 即使某个 LED灯的发光亮度较小时, 可以由相邻墨盒的 LED灯发出的散射光线进行一定程度的补足,从而使其满足检测所需要的光量 阈值,而不会出现明明安装在正确的位置上却因为 LED灯的光发射量小而导致 打印机判断墨盒未装入在正确的位置上。
综上所述, 采用上述技术方案可充分保证上述墨盒的装机检测稳定性, 防止墨盒由于 LED灯的制造误差而引起的装机检测错误的现象产生。 实施例二
本发明设置一墨盒装机检测模块, 该墨盒装机检测模块与墨盒组主体或 墨盒主体的连接方式是可拆卸方式。 墨盒装机检测模块和喷墨记录装置之间 基于总线通信。 当喷墨记录装置初始化时, 由该墨盒装机检测模块替代专用 墨盒, 响应喷墨记录装置发出的与墨盒装机检测相关的全部或部分指令, 这 使得本发明既满足了喷墨记录装置固有的墨盒装机检测需求, 也使得不具备 装机检测相关指令响应能力的墨盒, 能与所述喷墨记录装置适配, 因此提高 了墨盒的通用性, 扩大了用户对与喷墨记录装置适配的墨盒的选择范围, 降 低了用户使用成本。 进一步的, 由于墨盒装机检测模块可被重复利用, 因此 提高了资源利用率, 并降低了成本。
具体地, 为了更清楚的描述技术方案, 本实施例中可能采取与实施例一 不同的符号标记或名词描述, 如多个墨盒分别采用 a-e来表示, 但是, 其所 代表的含义是相同的, 仅仅为了对不同实施例的结构进行区分。
本实施例中喷墨记录装置可具体为: 喷墨打印机、 喷墨传真机、 喷墨复 印机等。 喷墨记录装置可包括: 喷墨记录装置主体和墨盒组; 墨盒组可拆卸 式安装在喷墨记录装置主体上。
喷墨记录装置主体可包括: 控制电路、 光接收器和滑架。 控制电路用于 对喷墨记录装置的工作过程进行整体控制; 光接收器与控制电路连接, 用于 在墨盒装机检测过程中进行光接收; 滑架用于承载墨盒组移动, 以保证墨盒 组上包括的各墨盒能逐一被移动到与光接收器相对的位置。
墨盒组可拆卸式安装在所述滑架上, 并与所述控制电路电连接。 墨盒组 可包括: 墨盒组主体和墨盒装机检测模块 22, 墨盒装机检测模块 22可拆卸 式安装在墨盒组主体上。
墨盒组主体包括: 可拆卸式安装在所述壳体内的至少二个墨盒。 墨盒装 机检测模块 22以及各墨盒与喷墨记录装置主体的控制电路之间,基于总线通 信。
墨盒组主体的一种可选结构如图 7所示, 包括: 壳体 21 1以及可拆卸式 安装在壳体 21 1内的 5个墨盒, 不妨表示为: 墨盒 a、 墨盒 b、 墨盒 c、 墨盒 d和墨盒 e。 壳体 211的结构如图 8所示, 包括有 5个墨盒的容纳区域, 墨 盒3、 墨盒 b、 墨盒 c、 墨盒 d和墨盒 e, 分别可拆卸式相应安装在各个墨盒 容纳区域内。 各墨盒中, 不同墨盒的规格可以相同或不同。
墨盒装机检测模块 22的结构如图 10所示, 包括: 相互连接的光发射部 221和控制部 222。 光发射部 221用于提供光源。 该光源可包括: 可见光源或不可见光源, 与实施例一相同。
在本实施例中, 控制部 222用于经总线接收喷墨记录装置发送的多个墨 盒装机检测指令, 解析所述墨盒装机检测指令, 根据所述处理单元的解析结 果, 开启或关闭所述光发射部。 本领域普通技术人员应理解, 本实施例中的 墨盒装机检测指令与实施例一的发光指令是相同的意思, 均表示喷墨打印机 发出以控制墨盒的光发射部发光或熄灭的指令。
控制部 222可包括: 接收单元 2221、 处理单元 2222和控制单元 2223。 接收单元 2221 可用于经总线接收喷墨记录装置发送的多个墨盒装机检 测指令; 任一所述墨盒装机检测指令包括: 发光控制指令和墨盒标识信息, 所述墨盒标识信息与需响应所述发光控制指令的墨盒对应; 所述发光控制指 令包括: 开启指令或关闭指令。 本领域普通技术人员应理解, 本实施例中的 发光控制指令与墨盒标识信息与实施例一中的光发射部的状态控制信息和墨 盒识别信息, 均为表示控制光发射部状态的代码和区分各个墨盒的代码。
处理单元 2222可用于解析所述墨盒装机检测指令。
控制单元 2223可用于根据所述处理单元的解析结果,开启或关闭所述光 发射部。
此外, 所述控制部 222还包括: 存储单元 2224, 存储单元 2224可用于 存储多个墨盒标识信息。
所述接收单元 2221还用于在接收所述墨盒装机检测指令之前,接收所述 喷墨记录装置发送的墨盒装机应答请求, 所述墨盒装机应答请求包括需响应 所述墨盒装机应答请求的墨盒的墨盒标识信息。
所述处理单元 2222 还用于将所述墨盒装机应答请求中的墨盒标识信息 与所述预设标识信息进行比较。
所述控制单元 2223 还用于如果比较结果表示所述预设标识信息包括所 述墨盒装机应答请求中的墨盒标识信息, 则向所述喷墨记录装置发送墨盒装 机应答响应。
所述存储单元可为一存储介质, 如 R0M、 FLASH等; 或者, 所述存储单元 可与控制部的其他单元, 如处理单元等集成为一逻辑运算电路。
墨盒装机检测模块 22进行墨盒装机检测方法例如:经总线接收喷墨记录 装置发送的多个墨盒装机检测指令; 解析各所述墨盒装机检测指令; 根据解 析结果开启或关闭所述光发射部。
本实施例中, 每个墨盒可包括墨盒主体和墨盒芯片, 各墨盒的墨盒芯片 以及墨盒装机检测模块, 与所述控制电路之间可基于总线通信。
本实施例中, 由于墨盒装机检测模块存储有所述预设墨盒信息, 因此, 墨盒装机检测模块除了进行发光检测流程的响应处理之外, 墨盒装机检测模 块还可替代墨盒进行装机应答流程的响应处理。 该情形下, 墨盒装机检测的 流程涉及的是墨盒装机检测模块, 与喷墨记录装置的控制电路之间的双向交 互, 交互方法示例如图 11所示。
具体的,墨盒装机检测模块进行装机应答响应处理的原理如图 12a所示, 包括:
步骤 91a: 墨盒装机检测模块的控制部, 经总线接收所述喷墨记录装置 的控制电路发送的多个墨盒装机应答请求,任一所述墨盒装机应答请求包括: 墨盒标识信息,该墨盒标识信息与需响应所述墨盒装机应答请求的墨盒对应。
所述墨盒标识信息为需响应所述墨盒装机应答请求的墨盒的任一标识信 息, 如墨盒 ID、 墨盒墨水颜色标识、 墨盒类型标识等。
步骤 92a: 所述控制部将所述墨盒装机应答请求中的墨盒标识信息, 与 预先存储的多个墨盒标识信息进行比较。
在实际应用中, 可将墨盒组包括的各墨盒的墨盒标识信息, 作为所述预 设标识信息。
步骤 93a: 如果预先存储的所述多个墨盒标识信息, 包括所述墨盒装机 应答请求中的墨盒标识信息, 则所述控制部向所述喷墨记录装置的控制电路 发送墨盒装机应答响应。
以图 7为例, 所述预设标识信息可为: 墨盒 a、 墨盒 b、 墨盒 c、 墨盒 d 和墨盒 e这 5个墨盒各自的墨盒标识信息。 所述控制电路发送的墨盒装机应 答请求中的墨盒标识信息, 可为墨盒 、 墨盒 b、 墨盒 c、 墨盒 d和墨盒 e这 5个墨盒各自的墨盒标识信息。 现有技术中, 是由这 5个墨盒分别响应所述 墨盒装机应答请求; 且任一墨盒, 在墨盒装机应答请求中的墨盒标识信息, 包括有自身的墨盒标识信息时,才会向所述控制电路发送墨盒装机应答响应。 本实施例是由墨盒检测模块统一响应所述墨盒装机应答请求; 且响应触发条 件是: 只要所述预设标识信息包括有所述墨盒装机应答请求中的墨盒标识信 息, 就会向所述控制电路发送墨盒装机应答响应。
当喷墨记录装置接收到与所述墨盒装机应答请求中各墨盒标识信息, 对 应的墨盒装机应答响应之后, 则继续执行发光检测流程; 否则输出报错信息, 不继续执行发光检测流程。
本实施例中, 所述发光检测流程具体为: 所述处理单元 2222, 具体可用 于获取所述墨盒装机检测指令包括的墨盒标识信息和发光控制指令, 并将所 述墨盒装机检测指令与所述存储单元存储的多个墨盒标识信息逐个对比, 得 到对比结果。 所述控制单元 2223, 具体可用于在所述对比结果表示所述存储 单元存储的多个墨盒标识信息, 包括所述墨盒装机检测指令包括的墨盒标识 信息时, 根据所述发光控制指令开启或关闭所述光发射部。
如果所述光发射部的数量为多个, 可选的, 所述存储单元 2224还用于存 储有多个光发射部和所述多个墨盒标识信息之间的映射关系; 所述控制单元 2223具体用于在所述对比结果表示所述存储单元存储的多个墨盒标识信息, 包括所述墨盒装机检测指令包括的墨盒标识信息时, 根据所述发光控制指令 和所述映射关系, 开启或关闭与所述墨盒装机检测指令包括的墨盒标识信息 对应的光发射部。
该替换的可选方案中, 盒装机检测模块进行发光检测流程处理的原理如 图 12b所示, 包括:
步骤 91b : 所述控制部经总线接收喷墨记录装置的控制电路发送的多个 墨盒装机检测指令, 任一所述墨盒装机检测指令包括: 发光控制指令和墨盒 标识信息, 所述墨盒标识信息与需响应所述发光控制指令的墨盒对应; 所述 发光控制指令包括: 开启指令或关闭指令。
步骤 92b : 获取所述墨盒装机检测指令包括的墨盒标识信息和发光控制 指令, 并将所述墨盒装机检测指令与所述存储单元存储的多个墨盒标识信息 逐个对比, 得到对比结果。
步骤 93b : 在所述对比结果表示所述存储单元存储的多个墨盒标识信息, 包括所述墨盒装机检测指令包括的墨盒标识信息时, 根据所述发光控制指令 开启或关闭所述光发射部。
如果所述发光控制指令为开启指令, 所述控制部开启所述光发射部; 如 果所述发光控制指令为关闭指令, 所述控制部关闭所述光发射部。
所述控制部每接收到一墨盒装机检测指令,重复执行上述步骤 92b -93b o 可选的, 所述光发射部的数量可为一个或多个。 如果所述光发射部的数 量为多个, 所述控制部可预先存储有多个光发射部和所述多个墨盒标识信息 之间的映射关系; 在所述对比结果表示所述存储单元存储的多个墨盒标识信 息, 包括所述墨盒装机检测指令包括的墨盒标识信息时, 根据所述发光控制 指令和所述映射关系, 开启或关闭与所述墨盒装机检测指令包括的墨盒标识 信息对应的光发射部。
通过上述分析可知, 本实施例无需改变喷墨记录装置的装机检测流程, 而是由墨盒装机检测模块替代墨盒, 响应墨盒装机检测的整体流程。 这使得 本实施例既满足了喷墨记录装置固有的墨盒装机检测需求, 也使得不具备所 述墨盒装机检测指令响应能力的墨盒, 能与所述喷墨记录装置适配, 因此提 高了墨盒的通用性, 扩大了用户对与喷墨记录装置适配的墨盒的选择范围, 并降低了用户使用成本。 进一步的, 由于墨盒装机检测模块可被重复利用, 因此提高了资源利用率, 降低了成本。
此外, 本领域普通技术人员可以理解, 对于单个墨盒而言, 该墨盒可包 括墨盒主体和墨盒芯片, 所述墨盒装机检测模块可拆卸式安装在所述墨盒主 体上; 或者, 所述墨盒装机检测模块与所述墨盒芯片集成为一体, 并可拆卸 式安装在所述墨盒主体上。 由于墨盒设置有所述墨盒装机检测模块, 因此提 高了墨盒的通用性; 此外, 由于所述墨盒装机检测模块可重复利用, 因此提 高了墨盒的生产效率, 并降低了墨盒的生长成本及用户的使用成本。
此外, 本领域普通技术人员可以理解, 上述墨盒装机检测模块也可不设 置存储单元, 仅包括接收单元、 处理单元及控制单元。 采用这样的结构时, 处理单元在在解析所述墨盒装机检测指令过程中, 可忽略该墨盒装机检测指 令中包括的墨盒标识信息; 控制单元仅根据所述发光控制指令进行所述光发 射部的开关控制, 其具体的装机检测过程流程图如图 13所示。而当光发射部 的数量为多个时,控制单元 2223可具体用于, 根据所述处理单元的对比结果 或所获取的发光控制指令, 同时开启或关闭多个所述光发射部。 而此时装机 应答响应处理过程则由墨盒芯片进行处理, 具体为: 各墨盒芯片接收所述墨 盒标识信息, 判断接收到所述墨盒标识信息是否为自身的墨盒标识信息, 如 果是, 则向喷墨记录装置发送墨盒装机应答响应, 否则不发送墨盒装机应答 响应。
另外, 本实施例还提供一种喷墨墨盒组。 在该喷墨墨盒组中, 墨盒装机 检测模块可与任一墨盒的墨盒芯片集成为一体, 其余墨盒仅设有墨盒芯片。
在上述实施例中, 对各个实施例的描述都各有侧重, 某个实施例中没有 详述的部分, 可以参见其他实施例的相关描述。
另外, 在本发明各个实施例中的各功能单元可以集成在一个单元中, 也 可以是各个功能单元单独物理存在, 或者是两个或两个以上功能单元集成在 一个单元中。 上述集成的单元既可以采用硬件的形式实现, 也可以采用硬件 加软件功能单元的形式实现。 本领域普通技术人员可以理解: 实现上述各方法实施例的全部或部分步 骤可以通过程序指令相关的硬件来完成。 前述的程序可以存储于一计算机可 读取存储介质中。 该程序在执行时, 执行包括上述各方法实施例的步骤; 而 前述的存储介质包括: 鼠 RAM, 磁碟或者光盘等各种可以存储程序代码的 介质。
最后应说明的是: 以上各实施例仅用以说明本发明的技术方案, 而非对其 限制; 尽管参照前述各实施例对本发明进行了详细的说明, 本领域的普通技 术人员应当理解: 其依然可以对前述各实施例所记载的技术方案进行修改, 或者对其中部分或者全部技术特征进行等同替换; 而这些修改或者替换, 并 不使相应技术方案的本质脱离本发明各实施例技术方案的范围。

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权利要求书 、 一种喷墨墨盒, 且多个该喷墨墨盒可拆卸地安装在所述喷墨打印机上, 其中, 所述喷墨打印机包括用于接收光的光接收器、共线连接的数个设 备电触点, 其中, 所述喷墨墨盒包括: 与所述相对应的设备电触点电连 接的容器电触点; 至少存储所述墨盒的相关信息的信息存储装置; 朝向 所述光接收器发光的光发射部和根据所述喷墨打印机发出控制光发射 部发光的发光指令而控制所述光发射部发光的控制部, 其特征在于, 所 述喷墨墨盒的控制部接收到所述喷墨打印机发出的控制所述多个喷墨 墨盒的任一光发射部发光的发光指令时, 均控制所述光发射部发光。 、 根据权利要求 1所述的喷墨墨盒, 其特征在于, 所述发光指令由墨盒识 别信息与光发射部状态控制信息组成。 、 根据权利要求 1所述的喷墨墨盒, 其特征在于, 所述墨盒的相关信息包 括墨盒识别信息。 、 根据权利要求 1至 3中任一所述的喷墨墨盒, 其特征在于, 所述喷墨墨 盒还包括一墨盒芯片,且所述容器电触点及所述信息存储装置设置在所 述墨盒芯片上。 、 根据权利要求 1至 4中任一所述的喷墨墨盒, 其特征在于, 所述喷墨墨 盒的控制部接收到所述喷墨打印机发出的控制所述多个喷墨墨盒的任 一光发射部发光的发光指令时, 均控制所述光发射部发光, 具体为: 所 述控制部接收到所述喷墨打印机的发光指令时,只根据发光指令中的光 发射部状态控制信息对光发射部进行控制,而忽略发光指令中的墨盒识 自 力 U I曰 、。 、 根据权利要求 1至 4任一所述的喷墨墨盒, 其特征在于, 所述墨盒设有 一墨盒装机检测模块, 其中, 所述墨盒装机检测模块包括所述光发射部 及所述控制部, 其中, 所述墨盒装机检测模块经总线接收所述喷墨打印 机的多个发光指令, 并根据所述多个发光指令开启或关闭所述光发射 部。 、 根据权利要求 6所述的喷墨墨盒, 其特征在于, 所述墨盒装机检测模块 还设有存储多个墨盒识别信息的存储单元。 、 根据权利要求 7所述的喷墨墨盒, 其特征在于, 所述喷墨墨盒的控制部 接收到所述喷墨打印机发出的控制所述多个喷墨墨盒的任一光发射部 发光的发光指令时, 均控制所述光发射部发光, 具体为: 所述控制部接 收到所述喷墨打印机的发光指令时,获取所述发光指令的所述墨盒识别 信息以及光发射部状态控制信息,并将所述发光指令与所述存储单元存 储的多个墨盒识别信息对比,若所述多个墨盒识别信息中包括所述发光 指令包括的墨盒识别信息,则根据所述发光指令开启或关闭所述光发射 部。 、 根据权利要求 8所述的喷墨墨盒, 其特征在于, 所述墨盒装机检测模块 与所述墨盒芯片集成为一体。0、 一种喷墨墨盒组, 包括多个如权利要求 1-5任一所述的墨盒, 其特征在 于:所述喷墨墨盒组的各个喷墨墨盒的控制部接收到所述喷墨打印机发 出的控制所述喷墨墨盒组的任何一个光发射部发光的发光指令时,分别 控制各自的光发射部发光。
1、 根据权利要求 10所述的喷墨墨盒组, 其特征在于: 所述喷墨墨盒的控 制 部接收到所述喷墨打印机发出的控制所述多个喷墨墨盒的任一光 发射部发光的发光指令时, 均控制所述光发射部发光, 具体为: 所述控 制部接收到所述喷墨打印机的发光指令时,只根据发光指令中的光发射 部状态控制信息对光发射部进行控制,而忽略发光指令中的墨盒识别信 息。
2、 一种根据权利要求 1所述的喷墨墨盒的装机检测方法,多个所述喷墨墨 盒可拆卸地安装在喷墨打印机上;所述喷墨打印机通过设置在其上的数 个设备电触点分别与所述多个喷墨墨盒通信,所述数个设备电触点共线 连接, 且所述喷墨打印机上还设置有用于接收光的光接收器; 所述喷墨 墨盒包括: 与所述相对应的设备电触点电连接的容器电触点; 至少存储 该喷墨墨盒的相关信息的信息存储装置;朝向所述光接收器发光的光发 射部和根据喷墨打印机发出控制光发射部发光的发光指令而控制所述 光发射部发光的控制部,其特征在于:所述装机检测方法包括以下步骤: 步骤 1 : 所述喷墨打印机发出控制多个所述喷墨墨盒的光发射部发光的 发光指令; 步骤 2 : 所述喷墨墨盒的控制部接受到任一所述发光指令 后, 均控制各自的光发射部发光。
、 如权利要求 12所述的装机检测方法, 其特征在于, 所述步骤 2具体为: 所述控制部接收到所述喷墨打印机的发光指令时,只根据发光指令中的 光发射部状态控制信息对光发射部进行控制,而忽略发光指令中的墨盒 识别信息。
、 如权利要求 12所述的装机检测方法, 其特征在于, 所述步骤 2具体为: 所述墨盒预先存储多个墨盒识别信息,所述控制部接收到所述喷墨打印 机的发光指令时,获取所述发光指令包括的墨盒识别信息和光发射部状 态控制信息,并将所述发光指令的墨盒识别信息与所述多个墨盒识别信 息对比,若所述多个墨盒识别信息中包括所述发光指令包括的墨盒识别 信息, 则根据所述发光指令开启或关闭所述光发射部。
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