公开(公告)号：US06719400B2

公开(公告)日：2004-04-13

申请号：US09845285

申请日：2001-05-01

申请人： Toshiharu Inui ,  Shinji Takagi ,  Kentaro Yano ,  Tetsuhito Ikeda ,  Masao Kato ,  Katsuhiko Takahashi ,  Kenichi Saito ,  Tomonori Sato

发明人： Toshiharu Inui ,  Shinji Takagi ,  Kentaro Yano ,  Tetsuhito Ikeda ,  Masao Kato ,  Katsuhiko Takahashi ,  Kenichi Saito ,  Tomonori Sato

IPC分类号： B41J2165

CPC分类号： B41J2/16579 ,  B41J2/14153

摘要： In the present invention, the minimum necessary consumption of ink can recover the channel miss state of the plurality of nozzles. The present invention provides a recovery processing method of an ink jet printing apparatus for forming images using a print head having a plurality of nozzles for ejecting ink droplets. The method comprises a first step for detecting channel miss state of said plurality of nozzles, and a second step for executing at least one of different recovery processes depending on the channel miss states of said plurality of nozzles detected in the first step.

摘要翻译： 在本发明中，油墨的最低必需消耗量可以恢复多个喷嘴的通道缺失状态。 本发明提供了一种用于使用具有用于喷射墨滴的多个喷嘴的打印头来形成图像的喷墨打印设备的恢复处理方法。 该方法包括用于检测所述多个喷嘴的通道缺失状态的第一步骤，以及用于根据在第一步骤中检测到的所述多个喷嘴的通道缺失状态来执行不同恢复过程中的至少一个的第二步骤。

公开(公告)号：US06631970B2

公开(公告)日：2003-10-14

申请号：US09854680

申请日：2001-05-15

申请人： Tomonori Sato ,  Shinji Takagi ,  Kentaro Yano ,  Tetsuhito Ikeda

发明人： Tomonori Sato ,  Shinji Takagi ,  Kentaro Yano ,  Tetsuhito Ikeda

IPC分类号： B41J29393

CPC分类号： B41J2/0451 ,  B41J2/04573 ,  B41J2/0458 ,  B41J2/04588 ,  B41J2/14129 ,  B41J2/14153

摘要： An ink jet recording apparatus is provided which can detect ink in a print head highly precisely with a simple construction. The apparatus includes: a detection electrode to detect, through the ink on the ink jet print head board, a voltage change between print elements and drive elements which is produced as the print elements are driven; a periodical driver to drive the print elements at a predetermined drive frequency; a voltage detector to periodically detect an output voltage of the detection electrode at a timing corresponding to the drive frequency; and a state check device to check an ink ejection state of the ink jet print head according to a result of the detection by the voltage detector.

摘要翻译： 提供一种能够以简单的结构高精度地检测打印头中的墨水的喷墨记录装置。 该装置包括：检测电极，用于通过喷墨打印头板上的墨水检测在打印元件被驱动时产生的打印元件与驱动元件之间的电压变化; 定期驱动器，以预定的驱动频率驱动所述打印元件; 电压检测器，其在对应于驱动频率的定时周期性地检测检测电极的输出电压; 以及根据电压检测器的检测结果来检查喷墨打印头的喷墨状态的状态检查装置。

公开(公告)号：US06652053B2

公开(公告)日：2003-11-25

申请号：US09784409

申请日：2001-02-14

申请人： Yoshiyuki Imanaka ,  Shinji Takagi ,  Ichiro Saito ,  Toshiharu Inui ,  Kentaro Yano ,  Tetsuhito Ikeda ,  Masao Kato ,  Katsuhiko Takahashi ,  Muga Mochizuki ,  Kenichi Saito ,  Tomonori Sato ,  Toru Kubokawa

发明人： Yoshiyuki Imanaka ,  Shinji Takagi ,  Ichiro Saito ,  Toshiharu Inui ,  Kentaro Yano ,  Tetsuhito Ikeda ,  Masao Kato ,  Katsuhiko Takahashi ,  Muga Mochizuki ,  Kenichi Saito ,  Tomonori Sato ,  Toru Kubokawa

IPC分类号： B41J2195

CPC分类号： B41J2/14129 ,  B41J2/0451 ,  B41J2/04541 ,  B41J2/04543 ,  B41J2/04553 ,  B41J2/04563 ,  B41J2/0458 ,  B41J2/14072 ,  B41J2/14153 ,  B41J2002/14379 ,  B41J2202/03

摘要： The present invention allows the detection of ink in a printing head that can be widely applied to various printing systems by significantly simplifying its configuration. There are a heater for supplying an energy to eject ink, a driver for driving the heater, and a detection electrode capable of detecting a voltage variation that arises between the heater and the driver and that depends on the driving of the heater. Furthermore, an insulating film that covers the surface of the detection electrode protects the detection electrode from chemical or physical change. Furthermore, a reference element group or a reference unit that produces a signal as a reference of the detection signal avoids the influence of noise. Furthermore, an energy-generating element and another signal source improve the accuracy of ink detection. A drive pulse which is insufficient to eject ink may be supplied to the heater to improve the accuracy of ink detection.

摘要翻译： 本发明允许通过显着简化其配置来检测可广泛应用于各种打印系统的打印头中的油墨。 存在用于提供能量以喷射墨水的加热器，用于驱动加热器的驱动器，以及能够检测加热器和驱动器之间产生的电压变化并且取决于加热器的驱动的检测电极。 此外，覆盖检测电极的表面的绝缘膜保护检测电极免受化学或物理变化。 此外，产生作为检测信号的参考的信号的参考元件组或参考单元避免了噪声的影响。 此外，能量产生元件和另一信号源提高了墨水检测的精度。 可以向加热器供应不足以喷射墨水的驱动脉冲以提高墨水检测的准确度。

公开(公告)号：US06988783B2

公开(公告)日：2006-01-24

申请号：US10614012

申请日：2003-07-08

申请人： Tetsuhito Ikeda ,  Shinji Takagi ,  Toshiharu Inui ,  Kentaro Yano ,  Masao Kato

发明人： Tetsuhito Ikeda ,  Shinji Takagi ,  Toshiharu Inui ,  Kentaro Yano ,  Masao Kato

IPC分类号： B41J2/01

CPC分类号： B41J2/125 ,  B41J2/17566 ,  H01L2924/0002 ,  H01L2924/00

摘要： An inkjet printing apparatus is adapted to use a non-contact method for detecting the presence and the amount of liquid, in the form of ink droplets discharged from a printhead or ink tank, using electromagnetic waves in the form of infrared rays. The apparatus and method employ an infrared sensor to detect infrared radiation emitted by the ink in proportion to the amount of ink present. The apparatus and method further employ one of various shielding members to prevent the intrusion of infrared radiation noise into the infrared sensor field of detection, and, in some aspects, a fan to control air flow within the field of detection. The result is less noise in the detection signals of the infrared sensor, and therefore a more sensitive and more reliable liquid detection method and liquid detection apparatus.

摘要翻译： 喷墨打印设备适用于使用以红外线形式的电磁波来检测从打印头或墨水盒排出的墨滴形式的液体的存在和数量的非接触式方法。 该装置和方法采用红外传感器来检测与存在的墨量成比例的由墨发射的红外辐射。 该装置和方法还采用各种屏蔽构件之一来防止红外辐射噪声入射到红外传感器的检测领域中，并且在一些方面，一个风扇来控制检测范围内的空气流。 结果是红外线传感器的检测信号的噪声较小，因此液体检测方法和液体检测装置更灵敏，更可靠。

公开(公告)号：US5001334A

公开(公告)日：1991-03-19

申请号：US238138

申请日：1988-08-30

申请人： Tetsuhito Ikeda

发明人： Tetsuhito Ikeda

IPC分类号： G11B7/09 ,  G11B7/13 ,  G11B7/135

CPC分类号： G11B7/131 ,  G11B7/1353 ,  G11B7/0916

摘要： A photodetector for a hologram-type optical head comprises, as a basic constitution, 6-piece-divided photodiodes. In order to prevent the photodetector from receiving the influence of wavelength variation of a laser diode, that is, spot deviations, one photodiode is divided into two small elements and the spot deviation is detected by utilizing the difference between outputs of the two small elements.

公开(公告)号：US06540318B1

公开(公告)日：2003-04-01

申请号：US09544166

申请日：2000-04-06

申请人： Tetsuhito Ikeda

发明人： Tetsuhito Ikeda

IPC分类号： B41J201

CPC分类号： B41J2/16579 ,  B41J2/125 ,  B41J2/17566 ,  B41J2002/17579

摘要： Detection of whether or not liquid or a liquid droplet (ink) has passed is realized without contacting the passing liquid or liquid droplet, by providing a radiated-wave detector, arranged near the liquid or liquid droplet, for detecting an infrared ray radiated from the passing liquid or liquid droplet, and a detector for detecting variation of an output value of the radiated-wave detector. Furthermore, the variation of an output value detected by the detector is integrated to obtain the variation amount of the output values, thereby obtaining the amount of liquid or liquid droplet (ink) passed. With the use of the foregoing configuration, further provided is an ink-jet printing apparatus which can accurately determine whether or not ink has been discharged by a printhead and which can measure the amount of ink discharged without contacting the ink, and an ink detection method for the ink-jet printing apparatus.

摘要翻译： 通过提供布置在液体或液滴附近的辐射波检测器，可以实现液体或液滴（墨水）是否已经通过的检测而不与通过的液体或液滴接触，用于检测从液体或液滴辐射的红外线 通过液体或液滴，以及检测器，用于检测辐射波检测器的输出值的变化。 此外，由检测器检测的输出值的变化被积分以获得输出值的变化量，从而获得通过的液体或液滴（墨水）的量。 通过使用上述结构，还提供了一种喷墨打印设备，其可以精确地确定墨是否已被打印头排出，并且可以测量在不接触墨的情况下排出的墨量，以及墨检测方法 用于喷墨打印设备。

公开(公告)号：US07474430B2

公开(公告)日：2009-01-06

申请号：US10885661

申请日：2004-07-08

申请人： Nobuo Onuma ,  Tetsuya Kawanabe ,  Tetsuhito Ikeda ,  Hirokazu Ishii

发明人： Nobuo Onuma ,  Tetsuya Kawanabe ,  Tetsuhito Ikeda ,  Hirokazu Ishii

IPC分类号： G06F3/12 ,  G06F15/00

CPC分类号： H04N1/33369 ,  H04N1/00278 ,  H04N2201/0015 ,  H04N2201/0084 ,  H04N2201/33314 ,  H04N2201/33321

摘要： A printer and a digital camera are connected so as to be capable of communicating with each other. The printer transmits information indicative of its capabilities to the digital camera and the digital camera incorporates the transmitted printer capability information in a print settings menu. The capability information has information relating to the printer capabilities and information indicative of a default setting. The capabilities of the printer are incorporated in the print settings menu together with the default setting. A desired printing condition can be set selectively at the digital camera using the print settings menu in which the capability information has been incorporated.

摘要翻译： 连接打印机和数码相机以能够彼此通信。 打印机将指示其能力的信息发送到数字照相机，并且数字照相机将所发送的打印机能力信息合并到打印设置菜单中。 能力信息具有与打印机能力有关的信息和指示默认设置的信息。 打印机的功能与默认设置一起包含在打印设置菜单中。 可以使用其中包含能力信息的打印设置菜单在数字照相机上选择性地设置期望的打印条件。

公开(公告)号：US06607260B1

公开(公告)日：2003-08-19

申请号：US09466644

申请日：1999-12-20

申请人： Tetsuhito Ikeda

发明人： Tetsuhito Ikeda

IPC分类号： B41J201

CPC分类号： H04N1/506 ,  H04N1/047 ,  H04N1/12 ,  H04N2201/0468 ,  H04N2201/0471 ,  H04N2201/04717 ,  H04N2201/04732 ,  H04N2201/04781 ,  H04N2201/04787

摘要： In a printer for forming an image by means of main scanning as a reciprocating operation of a recording head and sub-scanning as an operation for feeding a recording medium, an image recording position is automatically and accurately corrected in a main scanning direction and a sub-scanning direction. To achieve this, a reference image extending in the sub-scanning direction is first formed at a first predetermined position on the recording medium during a forward operation of the recording head, while particular images are formed at second predetermined positions on the recording medium during the reciprocating main-scanning operations of the recording head, the first predetermined position being different from that of the second predetermined positions. Next, the reference image and each of the images formed during each of the reciprocating operations are read to measure the interval in the main scanning direction between the reference image and each of the images formed on the recording medium during the reciprocating operations in order to calculate the amount of offset of each image recording position during the reciprocating main-scanning operations, thereby correcting data on the recording images or timings for recording on the recording medium.

摘要翻译： 在用于通过主扫描形成图像的打印机中，作为记录头的往复操作和副扫描作为用于馈送记录介质的操作的图像记录位置，在主扫描方向和子图像上自动且精确地校正图像记录位置 扫描方向。 为了实现这一点，在记录头的正向操作期间，首先在记录介质的第一预定位置处形成在副扫描方向上延伸的参考图像，同时在记录介质的第二预定位置形成特定图像 记录头的往复主扫描操作，第一预定位置与第二预定位置不同。 接下来，读取参考图像和在每个往复操作期间形成的每个图像，以测量在往复操作期间参考图像和在记录介质上形成的每个图像之间的主扫描方向上的间隔，以便计算 在往复式主扫描操作期间每个图像记录位置的偏移量，从而校正记录图像上的数据或记录在记录介质上的记录定时。

公开(公告)号：US07511850B2

公开(公告)日：2009-03-31

申请号：US10780630

申请日：2004-02-19

申请人： Tetsuhito Ikeda

发明人： Tetsuhito Ikeda

IPC分类号： G06K15/00 ,  G06F13/28

CPC分类号： G06F1/183

摘要： A storage media control circuit for controlling inputs to and outputs from a plurality of types of storage media of different shapes and specifications is equipped with detection terminals provided for respective ones of the storage media of the plurality of types in order to detect the state of connection of each storage medium, and input/output terminals for inputting data to and outputting data from a storage medium whose connection has been detected by the detection terminals. The number of input/output terminals is made equal to the number of input/output signals of whichever storage medium has the largest number of input/output signals among the storage media of the plurality of types.

摘要翻译： 用于控制对不同形状和规格的多种类型的存储介质的输入和输出的存储介质控制电路配备有为多种类型的存储介质中的相应存储介质提供的检测端子，以便检测连接状态 以及用于向连接已经被检测端检测到的存储介质输入数据并从其输出数据的输入/输出端子。 输入/输出端子的数量等于多种类型的存储介质中的哪个存储介质具有最大数量的输入/输出信号的输入/输出信号的数量。

公开(公告)号：US06441917B1

公开(公告)日：2002-08-27

申请号：US08766110

申请日：1996-12-16

申请人： Tetsuhito Ikeda

发明人： Tetsuhito Ikeda

IPC分类号： G06K1500

CPC分类号： G06F5/10 ,  G06F5/065 ,  G06F12/023 ,  G06K15/00 ,  G06K15/1805 ,  G06K15/1817 ,  G06K2215/0005 ,  G06K2215/0011

摘要： In a printing apparatus which performs printing operation in an emulation mode designated by a host computer, data necessary for the designated emulation mode is down-loaded. First, a fixed data buffer size is reserved in accordance with the emulation mode which requires the maximum amount of data to be down-loaded. Then, a ring buffer for receiving data is assigned next to the fixed data buffer. After the data size to be down loaded is determined, portions of area reserved for the fixed data buffer which becomes unnecessary is reassigned as print data buffer. Since the print data buffer is a ring buffer, if no received data is stored at an address which is at the border between the fixed data buffer and the print data buffer, it is possible to move the border. Therefore, the printing apparatus waits until a state of the print data buffer changes to a state in which no received data is stored at the address at the border, then expands the print data ring buffer.

摘要翻译： 在以主计算机指定的仿真模式进行打印操作的打印装置中，指定的仿真模式所需的数据被下载。 首先，根据需要下载最大数据量的仿真模式来保留固定数据缓冲区大小。 然后，在固定数据缓冲器的旁边分配用于接收数据的环形缓冲器。 在确定要下载的数据大小之后，为不需要的固定数据缓冲器保留的区域的部分被重新分配为打印数据缓冲器。 由于打印数据缓冲器是环形缓冲器，因此如果在固定数据缓冲器和打印数据缓冲器之间的边界处的地址中没有接收到的数据被存储，则可以移动边框。 因此，打印装置等待直到打印数据缓冲器的状态变为在边界的地址处没有接收到的数据被存储的状态，然后扩展打印数据环形缓冲器。