公开(公告)号：US07697860B2

公开(公告)日：2010-04-13

申请号：US12186996

申请日：2008-08-06

申请人： Jeffrey N. Swing ,  Eric S. Hamby

发明人： Jeffrey N. Swing ,  Eric S. Hamby

IPC分类号： G03G15/20

CPC分类号： G03G15/80 ,  G03G15/2039

摘要： Fusers for fusing toner on media, printing apparatuses, and methods of fusing toner on media in printing apparatuses are disclosed. An exemplary embodiment of the fusers comprises a fuser roll comprising a fusing imaging surface; at least one heating element for heating the fuser roll; a pressure roll including an outer surface, the outer surface and the fusing imaging surface defining a nip; a temperature sensor for sensing a temperature on the fusing imaging surface; a time delay calculator connected to the temperature sensor; a feedback controller connected to the temperature sensor and the heating element, the feedback controller receives a signal from the temperature sensor indicating the temperature on the fusing imaging surface and controls the heating element based on the temperature; and an open-loop controller connected to the heating element and the time delay calculator. The open-loop controller receives a time delay signal from the time delay calculator and bypasses the feedback controller to control the heating element to increase the temperature of the fusing imaging surface starting at about a time, t−Δt (where Δt is a time delay), which is before a medium arrives at the nip, and continuing until about a time, t, at which the medium arrives at the nip and is contacted by the fusing imaging surface. The feedback controller resumes control of the heating element at about the time t.

摘要翻译： 公开了用于将介质上的调色剂定影的打印机，打印设备以及将调色剂定影在打印设备中的介质上的方法。 定影辊的示例性实施例包括定影辊，该定影辊包括定影成像表面; 至少一个用于加热定影辊的加热元件; 包括外表面的压辊，所述外表面和所述定影成像表面限定压区; 用于感测定影成像表面上的温度的温度传感器; 连接到温度传感器的时间延迟计算器; 连接到温度传感器和加热元件的反馈控制器，反馈控制器接收来自温度传感器的信号，指示定影成像表面上的温度，并基于温度控制加热元件; 以及连接到加热元件和时间延迟计算器的开环控制器。 开环控制器从时间延迟计算器接收时间延迟信号，并且绕过反馈控制器来控制加热元件以在大约一个时间t-Dgr（t）处开始加热熔化成像表面的温度（其中＆Dgr; t 是时间延迟），其在介质到达辊隙之前，并且持续到介质到达辊隙处并且被熔化成像表面接触的时间t。 反馈控制器在大约t时刻恢复加热元件的控制。

公开(公告)号：US08924183B2

公开(公告)日：2014-12-30

申请号：US12783203

申请日：2010-05-19

申请人： Michael F. Zona ,  Aaron Michael Burry ,  Peter Paul ,  Eric S. Hamby

发明人： Michael F. Zona ,  Aaron Michael Burry ,  Peter Paul ,  Eric S. Hamby

IPC分类号： G21C17/00 ,  G06F19/00 ,  G01R19/165 ,  G03G15/00

CPC分类号： G03G15/553 ,  G03G15/5037

摘要： Systems and methods of determining a predicted usable life of components, such as a photoreceptor, associated with an imaging device. The systems and methods include a power source configured to increase an electric field across the photoreceptor. A sensor or array is configured to detect charge deficient spots (CDS) in a charge transport layer (CTL) of the photoreceptor as a result of increasing the electric field. The systems and methods are configured to determine the predicted useable life of the photoreceptor based on the detected CDS. The systems and methods are further configured to output a report of the estimation. The estimation is conducted at fixed or variable intervals throughout the life of the photoreceptor and/or imaging device.

摘要翻译： 确定与成像装置相关联的部件（例如感光体）的预计使用寿命的系统和方法。 该系统和方法包括被配置为增加横跨感光体的电场的电源。 传感器或阵列被配置为通过增加电场来检测感光体的电荷传输层（CTL）中的电荷缺陷点（CDS）。 系统和方法被配置为基于检测到的CDS来确定感光体的预期可用寿命。 系统和方法还被配置为输出估计的报告。 估计在感光体和/或成像装置的整个寿命期间以固定的或可变的间隔进行。

公开(公告)号：US08749843B2

公开(公告)日：2014-06-10

申请号：US13443441

申请日：2012-04-10

申请人： Juan Liu ,  Robert Price ,  Eric S. Hamby

发明人： Juan Liu ,  Robert Price ,  Eric S. Hamby

IPC分类号： G06K1/00 ,  G03G15/00 ,  G06K9/00

CPC分类号： G06T7/0004 ,  G06K9/40 ,  G06K9/527 ,  G06T2207/10008 ,  G06T2207/10024 ,  G06T2207/20064 ,  G06T2207/30144 ,  H04N1/00015 ,  H04N1/00031 ,  H04N1/00045

摘要： The present disclosure is generally related to the field of printing, and other processes based on the continuous deposition of material, including industrial molding or extrusion processes, and more particularly to techniques for grouping object quality anomalies in a specified region of an object based on context-specific characterization and shared descriptive profile features.

摘要翻译： 本公开通常涉及印刷领域以及基于材料的连续沉积（包括工业成型或挤出工艺）的其它工艺，更具体地涉及基于上下文对对象的指定区域中的对象质量异常进行分组的技术 具体表征和共享描述性特征。

公开(公告)号：US08559832B2

公开(公告)日：2013-10-15

申请号：US12750074

申请日：2010-03-30

申请人： Aaron Michael Burry ,  Michael F. Zona ,  Eric S. Hamby

发明人： Aaron Michael Burry ,  Michael F. Zona ,  Eric S. Hamby

IPC分类号： G03G15/00

CPC分类号： G03G15/5037 ,  G03G15/553 ,  G03G15/75

摘要： A system and method by which, in photoreceptor devices that use non-contact charging, an impending failure of a photoreceptor can be accurately estimated based on a determined thickness of a charge transport layer in the photoreceptor. The systems and methods may include measuring current delivered to the photoreceptor charge transport layer, measuring voltage of the photoreceptor transport layer, determining a slope of the charge device, determining the thickness of the charge transport layer based on at least one of the measured current value, voltage value, or charge device slope, and determining a photoreceptor replacement interval based on the determined thickness.

摘要翻译： 可以基于感光体中的电荷输送层的确定的厚度，精确地估计在使用非接触充电的感光体装置中感光体即将发生故障的系统和方法。 系统和方法可以包括测量传递到感光体电荷传输层的电流，测量感光体传输层的电压，确定充电装置的斜率，基于测量的电流值中的至少一个确定电荷传输层的厚度 ，电压值或充电装置斜率，以及基于所确定的厚度确定感光体置换间隔。

公开(公告)号：US07447452B2

公开(公告)日：2008-11-04

申请号：US11555398

申请日：2006-11-01

申请人： Aaron M. Burry ,  Christopher A. Dirubio ,  Eric S. Hamby

发明人： Aaron M. Burry ,  Christopher A. Dirubio ,  Eric S. Hamby

IPC分类号： G03G15/02

CPC分类号： G03G15/0216

摘要： The life of the photoconductor in an image forming apparatus is typically limited by the eventual occurrence of some form of print quality defect related to the photoconductor. One of the typical failure mechanisms is the slow wearing away of the surface layer of the photoconductor. Photoconductor run life is improved by operating a charging station in a low wear mode during certain circumstances, including: during printing of a low stress page as detected based on the image data; during at least one of cycle up and cycle down operations to control charging of the at least one photoconductor over at least one print zone for at least one cycle of rotation of the at least one photoconductor; during printing of at least one test patch in a process control cycle; and upon determination from the image data that at least one photoconductor will not contribute to the printing during a next print cycle.

摘要翻译： 图像形成装置中的光电导体的寿命通常受到与感光体相关的某种形式的印刷质量缺陷的最终发生的限制。 典型的故障机理之一是光电导体表层缓慢磨损。 在某些情况下，通过在低磨损模式下操作充电站来改善感光体寿命，包括：在基于图像数据检测到的低压页面的打印期间; 在至少一个循环向上和循环下降操作期间，以控制至少一个光电导体在至少一个印刷区上的充电，用于至少一个光电导体的至少一个旋转周期; 在过程控制周期中打印至少一个测试贴片; 并且根据图像数据确定至少一个感光体在下一个打印周期期间不会对打印有贡献。

公开(公告)号：US20130265594A1

公开(公告)日：2013-10-10

申请号：US13443366

申请日：2012-04-10

申请人： Juan Liu ,  Robert Price ,  Eric S. Hamby ,  Rajinderjeet S. Minhas

发明人： Juan Liu ,  Robert Price ,  Eric S. Hamby ,  Rajinderjeet S. Minhas

IPC分类号： G06F15/00

CPC分类号： H04N1/00029 ,  H04N1/00005 ,  H04N1/00015 ,  H04N1/00031 ,  H04N1/00045 ,  H04N1/00058 ,  H04N1/6038

摘要： The presently disclosed embodiment provides an interactive tool for printed image artifact characterization that successfully combines the advantages from both a human visual system and automated image quality characterization. In the interactive tool provided, the user may specify coarse level information, such as the region of interest in a print image, to be examined by the automated image-quality characterization algorithm, which can then employ sophisticated algorithms, e.g. signal processing, feature extraction, estimation and classification, to find precise fine-level descriptors.

摘要翻译： 本公开的实施例提供了一种用于打印图像伪影表征的交互式工具，其成功地结合了来自人类视觉系统和自动图像质量表征的优点。 在提供的交互式工具中，用户可以指定要由自动图像质量表征算法检查的粗略级别信息，例如打印图像中的感兴趣区域，然后可以使用复杂的算法，例如， 信号处理，特征提取，估计和分类，找到精确的精细级描述符。

公开(公告)号：US20100238505A1

公开(公告)日：2010-09-23

申请号：US12795328

申请日：2010-06-07

申请人： Robert M. Lofthus ,  Kristine A. German ,  Yongsoon Eun ,  Eric S. Hamby

发明人： Robert M. Lofthus ,  Kristine A. German ,  Yongsoon Eun ,  Eric S. Hamby

IPC分类号： G06F3/12

CPC分类号： H04N1/32502 ,  H04N1/00954 ,  H04N1/32523 ,  H04N1/32545 ,  H04N2201/0081 ,  H04N2201/0082

摘要： A system suited to scheduling print jobs for a printing system includes a first processing component which identifies preliminary attributes of print jobs to be printed on sheets. A job scheduler receives the preliminary attributes and assigns each of the print jobs to one of a plurality of job queues in time order for printing. Print jobs spanning the same time are scheduled for printing contemporaneously. In one mode of operation, the assignment of the print jobs to the job queues is based on their preliminary attributes and on the application of at least one constraint which affects contemporaneous printing of at least two of the plurality of print jobs. A second processing component identifies detailed attributes of the print jobs. A sheet scheduler receives information on the assignments of the print jobs and their detailed attributes and forms an itinerary for each sheet to be printed.

摘要翻译： 适合于为打印系统调度打印作业的系统包括识别要打印在纸上的打印作业的初始属性的第一处理部件。 作业调度器接收初步属性，并且以打印的时间顺序将每个打印作业分配给多个作业队列中的一个。 同时打印的作业计划同时打印。 在一种操作模式中，将打印作业分配给作业队列是基于它们的初始属性以及至少一个约束的应用，其影响多个打印作业中的至少两个的同时打印。 第二处理组件识别打印作业的详细属性。 纸张调度器接收关于打印作业的分配及其详细属性的信息，并为每个要打印的纸张形成行程。

公开(公告)号：US07764892B2

公开(公告)日：2010-07-27

申请号：US11940041

申请日：2007-11-14

申请人： Yongsoon Eun ,  Eric S. Hamby

发明人： Yongsoon Eun ,  Eric S. Hamby

IPC分类号： G03G15/20 ,  G03G21/20

CPC分类号： G03G15/2064 ,  G03G15/2039 ,  G03G2215/00805

摘要： In a fusing apparatus including a fuser member and pressure member fusing nip, a controller and sensors, there is provided a method of controlling fused image gloss. The method includes (a) sensing a copy sheet moving into the fusing nip; (b) sensing a temperature of a pre-fusing nip portion of a surface of the fuser member; (c) sensing a temperature of a post-fusing nip portion of the surface of the fuser member; (d) sensing an exit of each copy sheet from the fusing nip; (e) determining a start and an end of each inter-sheet gap portion on the surface of the fuser member; (f) making control calculations using sensed data; and (g) based on the control calculations, applying temperature conditioning only onto an inter-sheet gap portion on the surface of the fuser member for maintaining a near-constant uniform temperature on the surface of the fuser member.

摘要翻译： 在包括定影器构件和压力构件定影辊隙的定影装置中，控制器和传感器提供了一种控制融合图像光泽度的方法。 该方法包括（a）感测移入定影辊隙的复印纸; （b）感测定影器构件的表面的预定制夹持部分的温度; （c）感测定影器构件表面的后熔合夹持部分的温度; （d）感测每个复印纸从定影辊隙的出口; （e）确定定影器构件的表面上的每个薄片间隙部分的开始和结束; （f）使用感测数据进行控制计算; 和（g）基于控制计算，仅在定影器构件的表面上的片间间隙部​​分上施加温度调节，以保持定影构件表面上的接近恒定的均匀温度。

公开(公告)号：US07672634B2

公开(公告)日：2010-03-02

申请号：US10999450

申请日：2004-11-30

申请人： Robert M. Lofthus ,  Eric S. Hamby ,  Kristine A. German

发明人： Robert M. Lofthus ,  Eric S. Hamby ,  Kristine A. German

IPC分类号： G03G15/20

CPC分类号： G03G15/50 ,  G03G15/2003 ,  G03G2215/00021

摘要： A printing system (10) includes at least one marking device (22A, 22B, 22C, 22D). Each of the marking devices is configured for applying images to print media. A primary fusing device (24A, 24B, 24C, 24D) is associated with each of the marking devices for applying a primary fusing treatment to the applied images to form printed media. A portion of the printed media may be only partially fused in the primary fusing treatment. A secondary fusing device (26) receives the printed media from the at least one marking device. The secondary fusing device and/or primary fusing device is addressable. A control system (90) may be operably coupled with the secondary fusing device. The control system evaluates whether the printed media is only partially fused and instructs the secondary fusing device to apply a further fusing treatment to the printed media evaluated as being only partially fused.

摘要翻译： 打印系统（10）包括至少一个标记装置（22A，22B，22C，22D）。 每个标记装置被配置为将图像应用于打印介质。 主要定影装置（24A，24B，24C，24D）与每个标记装置相关联，用于对所施加的图像施加主要定影处理以形成打印介质。 印刷介质的一部分可能仅在初次熔融处理中部分熔合。 次要定影装置（26）从至少一个标记装置接收打印介质。 二次定影装置和/或主要定影装置是可寻址的。 控制系统（90）可以与次要定影装置可操作地联接。 控制系统评估打印介质是否仅部分融合，并指示二次定影装置对被评估为仅部分融合的印刷媒体进行进一步的定影处理。

公开(公告)号：US08340536B2

公开(公告)日：2012-12-25

申请号：US12783251

申请日：2010-05-19

申请人： Peter Paul ,  Aaron Michael Burry ,  Michael F. Zona ,  Eric S. Hamby

发明人： Peter Paul ,  Aaron Michael Burry ,  Michael F. Zona ,  Eric S. Hamby

IPC分类号： G03G15/00

CPC分类号： G03G15/75 ,  G03G15/5037

摘要： Systems and methods of diagnosing a photoreceptor associated with an imaging device. The photoreceptor is configured to enter into a diagnostic cycle to complete a set number of cycles. A sensor or array is configured to a scan a component associated with the imaging device during each of the set of cycles to establish defect data. The defect data is analyzed to filter one or more charge deficient spots (CDS) from background noise in the defect data. The systems and methods determine whether the photoreceptor needs replacement based on the determined one or more CDS. The systems and methods are further configured to output a report of the determination. The determination is conducted at fixed or variable intervals throughout the life of the photoreceptor and/or imaging device.

摘要翻译： 诊断与成像装置相关的感光体的系统和方法。 感光体被配置成进入诊断循环以完成设定数量的循环。 传感器或阵列被配置成在该组周期中的每一个期间扫描与成像装置相关联的部件以建立缺陷数据。 分析缺陷数据以从缺陷数据中的背景噪声中过滤一个或多个电荷缺陷点（CDS）。 系统和方法基于所确定的一个或多个CDS来确定感光体是否需要更换。 系统和方法还被配置为输出确定的报告。 在感光体和/或成像装置的整个寿命期间以固定或可变的间隔进行测定。