Image forming systems and methods for determining whether an image job will be imaged
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    发明授权
    Image forming systems and methods for determining whether an image job will be imaged 有权
    用于确定图像作业是否将被成像的图像形成系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US06366744B1

    公开(公告)日:2002-04-02

    申请号:US09602640

    申请日:2000-06-22

    IPC分类号: G03G1500

    摘要: Image forming systems and methods of forming an image are described. According to one exemplary aspect of the invention, a system includes a consumable monitoring device which provides a current amount of a consumable, such as toner. The system of this aspect also includes a memory device configured to store historical information regarding the consumable. A processor provides a requirement amount of the consumable and statistically modifies at least one of the requirement amount and the current amount using the historical information. Exemplary statistical modification uses a ratio of an estimation of a number of pixels within previous image jobs and the actual number of pixels imaged within previous jobs. Thereafter, the processor analyzes the requirement amount with respect to the current amount to determine the probability that an image job will be successfully imaged. In one arrangement, a confidence value is utilized for statistical modification. In addition, the historical information may be weighted. Additional aspects of the invention are also disclosed.

    摘要翻译: 描述了形成图像的图像形成系统和方法。 根据本发明的一个示例性方面,系统包括消耗品监控装置,其提供消耗品的当前量,例如调色剂。 该方面的系统还包括被配置为存储关于消耗品的历史信息的存储器装置。 处理器提供耗材的需求量,并使用历史信息统计地修改需求量和当前量中的至少一个。 示例性统计修改使用先前图像作业中的像素数量的估计与先前作业中成像的实际像素数之比。 此后,处理器分析关于当前量的需求量,以确定图像作业将成功成像的概率。 在一种布置中,使用置信度值进行统计修改。 另外,历史信息可以被加权。 还公开了本发明的另外的方面。