公开(公告)号：US06996442B2

公开(公告)日：2006-02-07

申请号：US10342266

申请日：2003-01-15

申请人： Debbie S. Wickham ,  Mark A. Scheuer ,  Charles P. Coleman ,  Ashok V. Godambe

发明人： Debbie S. Wickham ,  Mark A. Scheuer ,  Charles P. Coleman ,  Ashok V. Godambe

IPC分类号： G05B9/02

CPC分类号： G05B9/02

摘要： An impending fault of a component operated within a closed-loop control system can be detected. The close-loop control system is disabled. An actuator of the closed-loop control system is operated at one or more test values. A sensor reading of the actuator is taken while that actuator is operated at the one or more test values. A warning is generated if an impending fault condition is detected. An impending fault condition may be detected if the component operates at a value exceeding a maximum defined operating value, if the component operates at a value below a minimum defined operating value, or if an operating range that is narrower than a defined full operating range for the component is detected.

摘要翻译： 可以检测到在闭环控制系统内操作的部件的即将发生的故障。 闭环控制系统被禁用。 闭环控制系统的执行器以一个或多个测试值运行。 当致动器在一个或多个测试值下操作时，执行器的传感器读数被采集。 如果检测到即将发生的故障条件，则会产生警告。 如果组件以超过最大定义的工作值的值操作，则如果组件以低于最小定义的操作值的值操作，或者如果操作范围比规定的完整操作范围窄的操作范围，则可能检测即将发生的故障状况 检测到该组件。

公开(公告)号：US06233411B1

公开(公告)日：2001-05-15

申请号：US09588817

申请日：2000-06-07

申请人： Mark A. Scheuer ,  Debbie S. Wickham

发明人： Mark A. Scheuer ,  Debbie S. Wickham

IPC分类号： G03G1506

CPC分类号： G03G15/0849 ,  G03G15/0853

摘要： A distributive pitch skipping method and apparatus for stabilizing productivity in an electrostatographic printing machine. The method and apparatus provide for establishing a first toner concentration (TC) limit at and below which toner image reproduction of the machine stops and the machine dead cycles; establishing a second TC limit, higher than the first TC limit, above which the toner image reproduction rate of the machine is 100% at ST ppm (Standard prints per minute); adding fresh toner into a developer housing of the machine in an attempt to maintain the TC of the developer housing above the second TC limit while running copies having various toner area coverage levels; and establishing at least a third TC limit, between the first TC limit and the second TC limit, above which the toner image reproduction rate is less than 100% at (ST-X1) ppm, and below which the toner image reproduction rate is less than 100% at (ST-X2) ppm, where X1 and X2 are integers, and X2 is greater than X1.

摘要翻译： 一种用于稳定静电印刷机中的生产率的分布式俯仰方法和装置。 该方法和装置提供用于建立机器停止的调色剂图像再现和机器死循环的第一调色剂浓度（TC）限制和低于该第一调色剂浓度（TC）限制; 建立高于第一TC限制的第二TC限制，其中机器的调色剂图像再现速率在ST ppm（标准印刷每分钟）下为100％; 将新鲜调色剂添加到机器的显影剂外壳中，以试图将显影剂外壳的TC保持在高于第二TC限制的同时运行具有各种调色剂区域覆盖水平的复印件; 并且在第一TC限制和第二TC限制之间建立至少第三TC限制，其中调色剂图像再现速率在（ST-X1）ppm处小于100％，并且低于该值时调色剂图像再现速率较低 （ST-X2）ppm为100％以上，X1和X2为整数，X2为X1以上。

公开(公告)号：US07324767B2

公开(公告)日：2008-01-29

申请号：US10742937

申请日：2003-12-23

申请人： Michael J. Martin ,  Debbie S. Wickham ,  Shawn P. Updegraff

发明人： Michael J. Martin ,  Debbie S. Wickham ,  Shawn P. Updegraff

IPC分类号： G03G15/00

CPC分类号： G03G15/0152 ,  G03G15/0163 ,  G03G2215/00063 ,  G03G2215/0164

摘要： A diagnostic routine for determining the cause of color non-uniformity in a full color image forming device, by selecting a substation of one print station and using it in combination with a substation from another print station, while functionally omitting the intervening substations. The charge setting on the charge substation is adjusted to compensate for the increased distance between the charge substation, and the developing substation in this method.

摘要翻译： 一种用于确定全色图像形成装置中的颜色不均匀性的原因的诊断程序，通过选择一个打印站的变电站并将其与来自另一打印站的变电站组合使用，同时在功能上省略中间变电站。 调整充电变电站的充电设置，以补偿充电变电站与开发变电站之间距离增加的方法。

公开(公告)号：US5164776A

公开(公告)日：1992-11-17

申请号：US762207

申请日：1991-09-19

申请人： Carl F. Oresick ,  Richard A. Lux ,  Debbie S. Wickham ,  Daniel J. Dobranski

发明人： Carl F. Oresick ,  Richard A. Lux ,  Debbie S. Wickham ,  Daniel J. Dobranski

IPC分类号： G03G15/00 ,  G03G15/02

CPC分类号： G03G15/0266

摘要： An apparatus and method for maintaining a constant voltage potential on a photoconductive member within an electrophotographic printing system comprises and utilizes, respectively, a charging device, a voltage monitor and a controller. The charging device produces a voltage potential on a photoconductive member within the electrophotographic printing system. The voltage monitor measures the voltage on the photoconductive member and generates a voltage measured signal. The controller, responsive to the voltage measure signal, stores a target voltage value and computes the difference of the measured voltage signal and the target voltage value to obtain a voltage error for a prior print job. The controller computes a predicted control signal for the corresponding cycle of the next successive print job as a function of the voltage error and regulates the charging device for the corresponding cycle of the next successive print job as a function of the predicted control signal.

摘要翻译： 用于在电子照相打印系统内的感光体上保持恒定电位的装置和方法包括并分别利用充电装置，电压监视器和控制器。 充电装置在电子照相打印系统内的感光体上产生电压。 电压监视器测量光导体上的电压并产生电压测量信号。 控制器响应于电压测量信号，存储目标电压值，并计算测量的电压信号和目标电压值的差值，以获得先前打印作业的电压误差。 控制器根据电压误差计算下一个连续打印作业的相应周期的预测控制信号，并根据预测的控制信号调节下一个连续打印作业的相应周期的充电装置。

公开(公告)号：US5225873A

公开(公告)日：1993-07-06

申请号：US937099

申请日：1992-08-31

申请人： Richard A. Lux ,  Debbie S. Wickham

发明人： Richard A. Lux ,  Debbie S. Wickham

IPC分类号： G03G15/00

CPC分类号： G03G15/5079 ,  G03G15/553

摘要： An improved method and apparatus for predicting the end of life of a photoreceptor, first records sampled data, then processes the data in order to interpolate the photoreceptor's end of life. Increased prediction accuracy is realized since both global photoreceptor information concerning a population of photoreceptors as well as information directed to a specific photoreceptor operating under particular environmental conditions are taken into account. This information is used not only to predict photoreceptor end of life but to make adjustments in the printing machine to correct xerographic degradations. In one embodiment, the information is used to direct an embedded end of life predictions system for notifying service at a remote site of photoreceptor problems in the printing machine in such a manner that it is transparent to a user of the printing machine. An alternative embodiment of the invention provides real time feedback to a service requests for the condition of a photoreceptor within a printing machine.

摘要翻译： 用于预测感光体寿命终止的改进方法和装置首先记录采样数据，然后处理数据以便内插感光体的使用寿命。 考虑到关于感光体群体的全局感光器信息以及针对在特定环境条件下操作的特定光感器的信息，因此实现了增加的预测精度。 该信息不仅用于预测光感受器的寿命终止，而且可以在印刷机中进行调整以纠正静电复印机的劣化。 在一个实施例中，该信息用于引导嵌入式寿命终止预测系统，以便在打印机中的感光器问题的远程位置通知服务，使得其对于打印机的用户是透明的。 本发明的替代实施例提供了对印刷机内的感光体的状态的服务请求的实时反馈。