Apparatus for print assembly blade deflection detection
    51.
    发明授权
    Apparatus for print assembly blade deflection detection 有权
    打印装置叶片偏转检测装置

    公开(公告)号:US07941067B2

    公开(公告)日:2011-05-10

    申请号:US12259535

    申请日:2008-10-28

    CPC分类号: G03G21/0017

    摘要: An apparatus (100) that detects blade deflection from a print assembly contact surface is disclosed. The apparatus can include a print assembly (110) rotationally supported in the apparatus, where the print assembly can have a print assembly contact surface (112) and a print assembly conductor (114). The apparatus can include a blade (120) configured to be coupled to the print assembly contact surface and a blade conductive layer (130) coupled to the blade. The apparatus can include a sensor (140) configured to measure a capacitance between the blade conductive layer and the print assembly conductor.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种从打印组件接触表面检测叶片偏转的装置(100)。 该设备可以包括旋转地支撑在设备中的打印组件(110),其中打印组件可以具有打印组件接触表面(112)和打印组件导体(114)。 该装置可以包括构造成联接到打印组件接触表面的刀片(120)和联接到刀片的刀片导电层(130)。 该装置可以包括被配置为测量叶片导电层和印刷组件导体之间的电容的传感器(140)。

    Apparatus and method for evaluating printing apparatus cleaner performance
    54.
    发明授权
    Apparatus and method for evaluating printing apparatus cleaner performance 有权
    评估打印设备清洁性能的设备和方法

    公开(公告)号:US08275273B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-09-25

    申请号:US12822736

    申请日:2010-06-24

    IPC分类号: G03G15/00

    摘要: An apparatus (100) and method (200) that evaluates printing apparatus cleaner performance. The method can be performed in a printing apparatus that can include an intermediate transfer belt (150), an intermediate transfer belt sensor (155), a developer (115), a photoreceptor (110), and a photoreceptor cleaner (120). The method can include placing (220) marking material on the photoreceptor using the developer. The method can include cleaning (230) the marking material on the photoreceptor using the photoreceptor cleaner. The method can include transferring (240) the marking material to the intermediate transfer belt. The method can include sensing (250) marking material on the intermediate transfer belt using the intermediate transfer belt sensor.

    摘要翻译: 评价打印设备清洁性能的装置(100)和方法(200)。 该方法可以在包括中间转印带(150),中间转印带传感器(155),显影剂(115),感光体(110)和感光体清洁器(120)的打印设备中进行。 该方法可以包括使用显影剂将(220)标记材料放置在感光体上。 该方法可以包括使用感光体清洁器清洁(230)感光体上的标记材料。 该方法可以包括将标记材料转移(240)到中间转印带。 该方法可以包括使用中间转印带传感器在中间转印带上感测(250)标记材料。

    LONG LIFE CLEANING SYSTEM WITH REDUCED STRESS FOR START OF CLEANING BLADE OPERATION
    55.
    发明申请
    LONG LIFE CLEANING SYSTEM WITH REDUCED STRESS FOR START OF CLEANING BLADE OPERATION 有权
    具有降低应力的长寿命清洁系统开始清洁叶片操作

    公开(公告)号:US20120020692A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-01-26

    申请号:US12840729

    申请日:2010-07-21

    IPC分类号: G03G15/00 G03G21/00

    CPC分类号: G03G21/0029 G03G2221/0063

    摘要: According to aspects of the embodiments, there is provided an apparatus and method to manage the contact of a cleaning blade and a moving surface to increase the useful life of the blade. For example, a cleaning apparatus for a photoreceptor surface comprises a cleaning unit with a blade holder that rotates about a pivot point, a cleaning blade that is coupled to the blade holder and is positioned to chisel excess toner from the photoreceptor surface, and which cleans excess toner from the photoreceptor surface. The apparatus further comprises a sensor that senses the start and the end of an operational procedure, and an actuator that rotates the blade holder about the pivot point to selectively advance or retract the blade during the start-up procedure and the shut-down procedure. After the cleaning surface has begun to move or reached operating speed, blade contact is increased to bring the blade load up to operational level. By making this change to the conventional static cleaning blade, the peak stress at start-up and shut-down is much reduced and cleaning blade life and reliability are much improved.

    摘要翻译: 根据实施例的方面,提供了一种用于管理清洁刮板和移动表面的接触以增加刮刀的使用寿命的装置和方法。 例如,用于感光体表面的清洁装置包括具有围绕枢转点旋转的刀片保持器的清洁单元,与刀片保持器联接并定位成从感光体表面凿出多余调色剂的清洁刀片,并且其清洁 来自感光体表面的多余的调色剂。 该装置还包括感测操作过程的开始和结束的传感器以及在启动过程和关闭过程期间使刀片保持器围绕枢轴点旋转以选择性地前进或后退刀片的致动器。 清洁表面开始移动或达到操作速度后,刀片接触增加,使刀片负载达到操作水平。 通过对传统的静电清洁刮板进行这种改变,启动和关闭时的峰值应力大大降低,刀片寿命和可靠性大大提高。

    APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING TONER AGE IN A PRINTING APPARATUS
    56.
    发明申请
    APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING TONER AGE IN A PRINTING APPARATUS 有权
    用于在打印设备中确定墨粉老化的装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20110318023A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-12-29

    申请号:US12822681

    申请日:2010-06-24

    IPC分类号: G03G15/08

    摘要: An apparatus and method that determines toner age in a printing apparatus. The method can include placing an imaging surface cleaner in contact with an imaging surface. The method can include placing a toner patch on the imaging surface. The method can include rotating the imaging surface in a process direction. The method can include measuring a frictional interaction between the imaging surface cleaner and the imaging surface as the toner patch passes the imaging surface cleaner. The method can include determining whether toner should be purged based on the measured frictional interaction. The method can include purging the toner if the toner should be purged.

    摘要翻译: 一种确定打印装置中的调色剂寿命的装置和方法。 该方法可以包括将成像表面清洁器放置成与成像表面接触。 该方法可以包括将调色剂贴片放置在成像表面上。 该方法可以包括在成像方向上旋转成像表面。 该方法可以包括当调色剂贴片通过成像表面清洁器时测量成像表面清洁器和成像表面之间的摩擦相互作用。 该方法可以包括基于所测量的摩擦相互作用来确定是否应该清洗调色剂。 如果调色剂应被清除,该方法可以包括清洗调色剂。

    APPARATUS FOR PRINT ASSEMBLY BLADE DEFLECTION DETECTION
    57.
    发明申请
    APPARATUS FOR PRINT ASSEMBLY BLADE DEFLECTION DETECTION 有权
    打印组件叶片偏转检测装置

    公开(公告)号:US20100104310A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-04-29

    申请号:US12259535

    申请日:2008-10-28

    IPC分类号: G03G15/00 G03G21/00

    CPC分类号: G03G21/0017

    摘要: An apparatus (100) that detects blade deflection from a print assembly contact surface is disclosed. The apparatus can include a print assembly (110) rotationally supported in the apparatus, where the print assembly can have a print assembly contact surface (112) and a print assembly conductor (114). The apparatus can include a blade (120) configured to be coupled to the print assembly contact surface and a blade conductive layer (130) coupled to the blade. The apparatus can include a sensor (140) configured to measure a capacitance between the blade conductive layer and the print assembly conductor.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种从打印组件接触表面检测叶片偏转的装置(100)。 该设备可以包括旋转地支撑在设备中的打印组件(110),其中打印组件可以具有打印组件接触表面(112)和打印组件导体(114)。 该装置可以包括构造成联接到打印组件接触表面的刀片(120)和联接到刀片的刀片导电层(130)。 该装置可以包括被配置为测量叶片导电层和印刷组件导体之间的电容的传感器(140)。

    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SENSOR PHASING USING A SUBSTRATE EDGE SIGNAL
    58.
    发明申请
    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SENSOR PHASING USING A SUBSTRATE EDGE SIGNAL 有权
    使用基板边缘信号的传感器相位的系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20090326863A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-12-31

    申请号:US12145847

    申请日:2008-06-25

    IPC分类号: G06F15/00 G06F17/18

    CPC分类号: G03G15/755 G03G2215/0016

    摘要: A system and method for measuring a substrate edge signal for image sensor phasing. An intermediate transfer substrate edge signal can be effectively mapped by a substrate edge sensor and recorded for at least one complete revolution. A substrate edge signal from an inter-document zone sampled from any region of a substrate in runtime by a process sensor can also be recorded. A comparison or cross-correlation can be applied between the bare intermediate transfer substrate edge signal and the substrate edge signal sensed in the inter-document zone. A cross-correlation algorithm returns a maximum peak value when the two signals are registered in-phase with one another. This information can then be used to register the bare belt process sensor signal and the process sensor signal over the region of interest in-phase with one another. A flat-fielding algorithm can also be applied to the phase-aligned process sensor data to remove artifacts and compensate for substrate (e.g., belt) induced non-uniformities.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于测量图像传感器定相的衬底边缘信号的系统和方法。 中间转印基板边缘信号可以被基板边缘传感器有效地映射并记录至少一整圈。 还可以记录来自在运行时间中由工艺传感器从衬底的任何区域采样的原文件间区域的衬底边缘信号。 可以在裸露的中间转移衬底边缘信号和在文档间区域中感测到的衬底边缘信号之间应用比较或互相关。 当两个信号彼此同相注册时,互相关算法返回最大峰值。 然后可以将该信息用于将裸带过程传感器信号和过程传感器信号注册在相关区域的相位上。 平场算法也可以应用于相位对准的过程传感器数据以去除伪影并补偿衬底(例如,带)诱导的不均匀性。

    Methods and systems for optimized parameter selection in automated license plate recognition
    59.
    发明授权
    Methods and systems for optimized parameter selection in automated license plate recognition 有权
    自动车牌识别中优化参数选择的方法和系统

    公开(公告)号:US09292759B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-03-22

    申请号:US13466068

    申请日:2012-05-07

    IPC分类号: G06K9/32

    CPC分类号: G06K9/3258 G06K2209/15

    摘要: A system and method for automatically recognizing license plate information, the method comprising receiving an image of a license plate, and generating a plurality of image processing data sets, wherein each image processing data set of the plurality of image processing data sets is associated with a score of a plurality of scores by a scoring process comprising determining one or more image processing parameters, generating the image processing data set by processing the image using the one or more image processing parameters, generating the score based on the image processing data, and associating the image processing data set with the score.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于自动识别车牌信息的系统和方法,所述方法包括:接收车牌的图像,以及生成多个图像处理数据集,其中所述多个图像处理数据集中的每个图像处理数据集与 通过评分处理得出多个分数,包括确定一个或多个图像处理参数,通过使用一个或多个图像处理参数处理图像来生成图像处理数据集,基于图像处理数据生成分数,以及关联 图像处理数据与分数集合。

    Robust character segmentation for license plate images
    60.
    发明授权
    Robust character segmentation for license plate images 有权
    车牌图像的强大字符分割

    公开(公告)号:US08934676B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-01-13

    申请号:US13539739

    申请日:2012-07-02

    摘要: A method and system for achieving accurate segmentation of characters with respect to a license plate image within a tight bounding box image. A vehicle image can be captured by an image capturing unit and processed utilizing an ALPR unit. A vertical projection histogram can be calculated to produce an initial character boundary (cuts) and local statistical information can be employed to split a large cut and insert a missing character. The cut can be classified as a valid and/or a suspect character and the suspect character can be analyzed. The suspect character can be normalized and passed to an OCR module for decoding and generating a confidence quote with every conclusion. The non-character images can be rejected at the OCR level by enforcing a confidence threshold. An adjoining suspect narrow character can be combined and the OCR confidence of the combined character can be assessed.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于在紧密的边界框图像内实现相对于车牌图像的字符的精确分割的方法和系统。 车辆图像可以由图像捕获单元捕获并且利用ALPR单元进行处理。 可以计算垂直投影直方图以产生初始字符边界(切割),并且可以采用局部统计信息来分割大剪切并插入缺失的字符。 切割可以分为有效的和/或可疑的角色,并且可以分析可疑的角色。 可疑的角色可以被归一化并传递给OCR模块进行解码,并产生每个结论的置信度。 非字符图像可以通过强制置信阈值在OCR级别被拒绝。 可以组合相邻的可疑小角色,可以评估组合角色的OCR置信度。