公开(公告)号：US5990920A

公开(公告)日：1999-11-23

申请号：US694055

申请日：1996-08-08

申请人： Akira Nagumo ,  Minoru Teshima ,  Jiro Tanuma

发明人： Akira Nagumo ,  Minoru Teshima ,  Jiro Tanuma

IPC分类号： B41J2/44 ,  B41J2/45 ,  B41J2/455 ,  G06K15/02 ,  G06K15/12 ,  G09G3/20 ,  G09G3/32 ,  H01L33/00 ,  H04N1/036 ,  B41J2/435

CPC分类号： G06K15/1247 ,  G06K15/02 ,  G09G3/32 ,  G09G2320/02 ,  G09G3/20

摘要： A driving apparatus has driving circuits that supply driving energy to driven elements which form dots. The driving circuits are controlled by driving data indicating which driven elements are to be driven, and compensation data adjusting the amount of driving energy. The compensation data are stored in compensation memory circuits coupled to the driving circuits. A single data transfer means transfers the driving data to the driving circuits and the compensation data to the compensation memory circuits. If the driven elements are located on two or more different semiconductor chips, some of the compensation data preferably compensate for chip-to-chip differences, while other compensation data compensate for dot-to-dot differences within the same chip.

摘要翻译： 驱动装置具有将驱动能量供给到形成点的驱动元件的驱动电路。 通过驱动数据来控制驱动电路，驱动数据指示要驱动的驱动元件，以及调整驱动能量的补偿数据。 补偿数据存储在耦合到驱动电路的补偿存储器电路中。 单个数据传送装置将驱动数据传送到驱动电路，并将补偿数据传送到补偿存储器电路。 如果驱动元件位于两个或更多个不同的半导体芯片上，则补偿数据中的一些优选地补偿芯片到芯片的差异，而其他补偿数据补偿同一芯片内的点对点差异。

公开(公告)号：US5818488A

公开(公告)日：1998-10-06

申请号：US456119

申请日：1995-05-31

申请人： Jiro Tanuma ,  Katsuyuki Ito ,  Shinichi Katakura ,  Nobuo Wakasugi ,  Kazuhiko Nagaoka ,  Toshikazu Ito

发明人： Jiro Tanuma ,  Katsuyuki Ito ,  Shinichi Katakura ,  Nobuo Wakasugi ,  Kazuhiko Nagaoka ,  Toshikazu Ito

IPC分类号： H04R1/00 ,  B41J2/44 ,  B41J2/45 ,  B41J2/455 ,  G06K15/12 ,  G10H1/32 ,  H04N1/23 ,  H04R1/02 ,  B41J2/385 ,  B41J2/435 ,  B41J2/47

CPC分类号： G06K15/1247 ,  G06K15/1266 ,  G06K2215/111

摘要： Bit data of a received video signal is partially converted into a first signal representing a data sequence corresponding to the resolution of an LED head. The remaining bit data of the received video signal, which are not converted into the first signal are converted into a second signal representing another data sequence corresponding to the resolution of an LED head. The LED head includes a resolution conversion circuit which converts the video data into the first signal and the second signal. The signals are stored in a shift register having a plurality of line buffers. The first signal is printed on a basic raster line and the second signal is printed on an additional raster line. An LED head drive energy with which basic raster lines are printed and another LED head drive energy with which additional raster lines are printed are set independently of each other.

摘要翻译： 接收到的视频信号的位数据被部分地转换成表示与LED头的分辨率对应的数据序列的第一信号。 未转换成第一信号的接收到的视频信号的剩余位数据被转换成表示对应于LED头的分辨率的另一个数据序列的第二信号。 LED头包括将视频数据转换为第一信号和第二信号的分辨率转换电路。 信号被存储在具有多个行缓冲器的移位寄存器中。 第一个信号被打印在基本的光栅线上，第二个信号被打印在一个附加的光栅线上。 基本的光栅线被打印出来的LED头驱动能量和另外的用于印刷附加光栅线的LED头驱动能量彼此独立地设置。

公开(公告)号：US5648810A

公开(公告)日：1997-07-15

申请号：US907643

申请日：1992-07-02

申请人： Jiro Tanuma ,  Katsuyuki Ito ,  Shinichi Katakura ,  Nobuo Wakasugi ,  Kazuhiko Nagaoka ,  Toshikaru Ito

发明人： Jiro Tanuma ,  Katsuyuki Ito ,  Shinichi Katakura ,  Nobuo Wakasugi ,  Kazuhiko Nagaoka ,  Toshikaru Ito

IPC分类号： H04R1/00 ,  B41J2/44 ,  B41J2/45 ,  B41J2/455 ,  G06K15/12 ,  G10H1/32 ,  H04N1/23 ,  H04R1/02 ,  B41J2/385 ,  B41J2/435 ,  B41J2/47

CPC分类号： G06K15/1247 ,  G06K15/1266 ,  G06K2215/111

摘要： Bit data of a received video signal is partially converted into a first signal representing a data sequence corresponding to the resolution of an LED head. The first signal is transmitted to the LED head in the form of a real printing data signal that is to be printed on a basic raster line in synchronism with a line timing signal. The remaining bit data of the received video signal, which are not converted into the first signal, are converted into a second signal representing another data sequence, and then stored in a line buffer. The second signal stored in the line buffer is transmitted to the LED head in the form of a real printing data signal that is to be printed on an additional raster line in synchronism with an additional line timing signal. The LED head drive energy with which the basic raster lines are printed and another LED head drive energy with which the additional raster lines are printed are set independently of each other.

摘要翻译： 接收到的视频信号的位数据被部分地转换成表示与LED头的分辨率对应的数据序列的第一信号。 第一信号以与线路定时信号同步的要打印在基本光栅线上的实际打印数据信号的形式发送到LED头。 未转换为第一信号的接收到的视频信号的剩余位数据被转换为表示另一数据序列的第二信号，然后存储在行缓冲器中。 存储在行缓冲器中的第二信号以与附加线路定时信号同步的要打印在附加光栅线上的实际打印数据信号的形式发送到LED头。 基本光栅线被印刷的LED头驱动能量和附加光栅线被印刷的另一个LED头驱动能量彼此独立地设置。

公开(公告)号：US5424934A

公开(公告)日：1995-06-13

申请号：US148431

申请日：1993-11-08

申请人： Jiro Tanuma ,  Katsuyuki Ito ,  Shinichi Katakura ,  Takehiko Okubo

发明人： Jiro Tanuma ,  Katsuyuki Ito ,  Shinichi Katakura ,  Takehiko Okubo

IPC分类号： H02M3/28 ,  H02M3/335 ,  H02M7/00

CPC分类号： H02M3/33515 ,  H02M3/28 ,  H02M3/33561

摘要： A multivoltage power supply which can output a plurality of high voltages in parallel. The voltage values of the respective outputs are feedback to an A/D converter. Each feedback signal is converted to a digital signal and the difference between the digital signal and a corresponding predetermined output voltage is then calculated in the form of a digital value. This digital value is inputted to a corresponding auto-reload timer, whereby a pulse signal having a pulse width corresponding to the digital value is output at a predetermined frequency.

摘要翻译： 可以并行输出多个高电压的多电压电源。 各个输出的电压值反馈给A / D转换器。 每个反馈信号被转换为数字信号，然后以数字值的形式计算数字信号与对应的预定输出电压之间的差值。 该数字值输入到相应的自动重载定时器，由此以预定的频率输出具有对应于数字值的脉冲宽度的脉冲信号。

公开(公告)号：US5152518A

公开(公告)日：1992-10-06

申请号：US476441

申请日：1991-02-14

申请人： Hiroshi Kikuchi ,  Jiro Tanuma ,  Takao Uchida ,  Akira Nagumo

发明人： Hiroshi Kikuchi ,  Jiro Tanuma ,  Takao Uchida ,  Akira Nagumo

IPC分类号： B41J13/00 ,  B65H3/44

CPC分类号： B41J13/0018 ,  B65H3/44 ,  B65H2301/42328

摘要： The operation of an automatic sheet feeder provided with a plurality of sheet hoppers which are used selectively to feed sheets to a printer is controlled. A control unit of the printer supplies a multiplex control signal including a hopper select signal and a sheet delivery signal to the automatic sheet feeder through a single signal line. The width of pulses of the hopper select signal is smaller than a predetermined time, while the width of the sheet delivery signal is greater than the predetermiend time. The pulses of the multiplex control signal are compared with the predetermined time to discriminate the hopper select signal and the sheet delivery signal from each other. That sheet hopper corresponding to the number of pulses of the hopper select signal is selected, and then the automatic feeding of sheets from the selected sheet hopper commences upon the reception of the sheet delivery signal.

公开(公告)号：US5114252A

公开(公告)日：1992-05-19

申请号：US592292

申请日：1990-10-03

申请人： Jiro Tanuma ,  Shinichi Katakura

发明人： Jiro Tanuma ,  Shinichi Katakura

IPC分类号： B41J29/46 ,  B41J2/30 ,  B41J29/38

CPC分类号： B41J2/30 ,  B41J29/38 ,  B41J29/46

摘要： In a printer that includes a carriage section having a print head with a plurality of drive coils provided therein, and a control unit having a power supply circuit supplies drive power to the print head, and a cable having conductors for connecting the control unit and the carriage section, a drive power supply node and discharge node in the carriage section are connected to an output terminal of the power supply circuit in the control unit via the cable. Drive power for the plurality of drive coils is supplied from the terminal of the power supply circuit through the cable and the drive power node, and magnetic energy accumulated in the drive coils is discharged through the discharge node and through the cable to the output terminal of the power supply circuit. Printer protection is achieved by detecting, in the carriage section, whether the discharge node is satisfactorily connected with the terminal of the power supply circuit. This is determined in accordance with the magnitude of the voltage applied to the discharge line. The printing operation is prevented if an unsatisfactory connection is detected.

摘要翻译： 在包括具有设置在其中的具有多个驱动线圈的打印头的托架部分的打印机中，以及具有电源电路的控制单元向打印头提供驱动力，以及具有用于连接控制单元和 滑架部分中的驱动电源节点和放电节点经由电缆连接到控制单元中的电源电路的输出端子。 通过电缆和驱动电力节点从电源电路的端子供给多个驱动线圈的驱动电力，通过放电节点将累积在驱动线圈中的磁能量通过电缆排出到输出端子 电源电路。 通过在托架部分检测放电节点是否令人满意地连接到电源电路的端子来实现打印机保护。 这根据施加到放电线的电压的大小来确定。 如果检测到不令人满意的连接，则防止打印操作。

公开(公告)号：US5059046A

公开(公告)日：1991-10-22

申请号：US478563

申请日：1990-02-12

申请人： Jiro Tanuma ,  Shinichi Katakura

发明人： Jiro Tanuma ,  Shinichi Katakura

IPC分类号： B41J29/377 ,  B41J19/20 ,  B41J29/02 ,  H05K1/02

CPC分类号： B41J19/20 ,  B41J29/02 ,  H05K1/0203 ,  H05K2201/10166 ,  H05K2201/10409 ,  H05K2201/10553

摘要： A printing head drive circuit of a printer is mounted on the side of a carriage having a printing head attached thereto for a allowing said carriage to act as a heat sink. Hereby, no particular cooling means (heat sink, cooling fan and the like) is required for printing head drive elements. In addition, a controller and heat generating parts can be completely separated. Thus, it can be anticipated to reduce the number of parts and the cost required for assembling the whole structure as well as to improve reliability of the printing head drive circuit.

摘要翻译： 打印机的打印头驱动电路安装在具有附接到其上的打印头的滑架的侧面上，以允许所述滑架用作散热器。 因此，打印头驱动元件不需要特定的冷却装置（散热器，冷却风扇等）。 此外，控制器和发热部件可以完全分离。 因此，可以预期减少组装的数量和组装整个结构所需的成本以及提高打印头驱动电路的可靠性。

公开(公告)号：US5002414A

公开(公告)日：1991-03-26

申请号：US863254

申请日：1986-05-14

申请人： Hiroshi Kikuchi ,  Jiro Tanuma ,  Tadao Shimizu ,  Akira Nagumo ,  Shinichi Katakura

发明人： Hiroshi Kikuchi ,  Jiro Tanuma ,  Tadao Shimizu ,  Akira Nagumo ,  Shinichi Katakura

IPC分类号： B65H7/04 ,  B41J13/00 ,  B41J13/10 ,  B65H3/06 ,  B65H5/06 ,  B65H11/00

CPC分类号： B41J13/103

摘要： A method of automatically inserting a printing paper in a hopper of an automatic paper feeder or a manual insertion printing paper inserted from a manual paper input slot. Upon receiving an instruction to insert a printing paper by a printer, a platen is first rotated. Thereupon, provided the presence of the printing paper is detected by a sensor even with the platen being rotated by a prescribed amount, a paper feed motor of the automatic paper feeder is rotated for obtaining a printing paper from the hopper. While, provided the presence of a printing paper is detected before the platen is rotated by the prescribed amount, the paper feed motor is not rotated, it being assumed that the manual insertion of a printing paper has been already performed. After detected the presence of the printing paper, the platen is rotated by a prescribed amount to cause the printing paper to be moved to a position where a first line of the printing paper faces the face of the printing head.

摘要翻译： 自动将打印纸插入自动进纸器的料斗或从手动纸输入槽插入的手动插入打印纸的方法。 在接收到由打印机插入打印纸的指令时，首先旋转压盘。 因此，只要打印纸被转动了规定量，传感器即可检测到打印纸的存在，自动给纸机的供纸马达旋转，从料斗获取打印纸。 同时，只要在压板旋转规定量之前检测到打印纸的存在，则进纸电动机不会旋转，假设已经执行了手动插入打印纸。 在检测到打印纸的存在之后，压纸盘旋转规定量以使打印纸移动到打印纸的第一行面朝向打印头的表面的位置。

公开(公告)号：US4825133A

公开(公告)日：1989-04-25

申请号：US79453

申请日：1987-07-30

申请人： Jiro Tanuma ,  Naoji Akutsu ,  Tadashi Kasai

发明人： Jiro Tanuma ,  Naoji Akutsu ,  Tadashi Kasai

IPC分类号： H02K11/04 ,  H02K37/00 ,  H02P8/14 ,  H02P8/40 ,  H02P23/00 ,  H02P7/68

CPC分类号： H02P8/40 ,  H02K11/33 ,  H02K37/00 ,  H02P23/22 ,  H02P8/14

摘要： An electromechanical actuator includes an electric motor and a control and drive circuit mounted integrally with the electric motor. The control and drive circuit includes a serial-to-parallel converter for converting a control signal in the form of serial data into parallel data, and a device responsive to the control signal in the form of parallel data for producing a drive current or voltage for the electric motor. A system for accessing or controlling a plurality of such actuators by commands from a main controller can include a control and drive circuit which is integral with the motor itself.

公开(公告)号：US4769585A

公开(公告)日：1988-09-06

申请号：US67247

申请日：1987-06-26

申请人： Jiro Tanuma ,  Takao Uchida ,  Chihiro Komori ,  Kuniharu Hayashi

发明人： Jiro Tanuma ,  Takao Uchida ,  Chihiro Komori ,  Kuniharu Hayashi

IPC分类号： B41J11/38 ,  B41J11/42 ,  B41J19/76 ,  H02P8/12 ,  H02P8/14 ,  H02P8/38 ,  H02P8/00

CPC分类号： B41J11/42 ,  H02P8/12 ,  Y10S400/902

摘要： In a printer in which a printing medium is moved by a line-feed stepping motor during line-feed operation, and the line-feed stepping motor is stopped during printing operation and in a ready state, the line-feed stepping motor is caused to generate a first holding torque for preventing unwanted movement of the printing medium while permitting the operator to feed the printing medium manually, in the ready state of the printer, and the line-feed stepping motor is caused to generate a second holding torque which is greater than the first holding torque, during the printing operation.

摘要翻译： 在一个打印机中，其中一个打印介质在换行操作期间被一个送给步进电机移动，并且送料步进电机在打印操作期间停止并且处于就绪状态，使该送料步进电机 产生第一保持扭矩以防止打印介质的不期望的移动，同时允许操作者在打印机的就绪状态下手动地进给打印介质，并且使给送进步进电机产生更大的第二保持扭矩 比第一个保持转矩，在打印操作期间。