CN100421958C

CN100421958C - Device for printing picture and letter on plant and simulation plant surface

Info

Publication number: CN100421958C
Application number: CNB2005100439202A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王红
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2005-07-01
Filing date: 2005-07-01
Publication date: 2008-10-01
Anticipated expiration: 2025-07-01
Also published as: CN1718439A

Abstract

The present invention belongs to a printer, and particularly relates to a device which can print pictures and characters on the surfaces of a plant and a simulation plant. The present invention comprises a casing. A clamping device use for clamping a plant and a simulation plant, and a printing unit which can print pictures and characters on the surfaces of the plant and the simulation plant are arranged in the casing. The printing unit is connected with a computer device which is externally connected with or is integrated in the casing. The printing unit of the present invention adopts an ink jet printing way. The present invention can be used for printing pictures and characters on the surfaces of the plant and the simulation plant, particularly the surfaces of flowers, artificial flowers, leaves and fruits. Thus, the article can be utilized for transmitting message, which meets people's demands.

Description

Device for printing pictures and texts on surfaces of plants and simulated plants

Technical Field

The invention belongs to a printer, and particularly relates to a device for printing pictures and texts on the surfaces of plants and simulated plants.

Background

In social life, people often express emotions such as fresh flowers, silk flowers, red leaves, fruits and the like by giving plants or simulating plants, and with the pursuit of fashion and the highlighting of individuality, people need to print customized images and texts on the articles and express the thought and emotion of the people through the images and texts.

US patent application publication No. US20040031410 discloses a method for printing images on flowers, and mentions that images can be printed on flowers by an ink jet printer.

Chinese patent publication No. CN2532978 discloses a device for printing patterns on nails, which is composed of a transverse scanning printing mechanism and a longitudinal carrier feeding mechanism, wherein the transverse scanning printing mechanism comprises a printing head, a printing head guide rail and a printing head scanning driving part; the longitudinal carrier feeding mechanism comprises a bracket for fixing a printed finger, a sliding rail for the bracket to longitudinally slide, and a feeding component for enabling the bracket to move along the sliding rail, wherein the printing head guide rail is perpendicular to the sliding rail for the bracket to longitudinally slide, the mounting position of the bracket corresponds to the printing position of the printing head, and the function of printing a complete pattern on the surface of a nail is realized.

Therefore, the structure of the nail art pattern printing device can be used for reference when the pictures and texts are printed on the surfaces of the plants and the simulated plants, but the pictures and texts can not be printed on the plants and the simulated plants only by overcoming the technical difficulty because the plants such as flowers and the like have different sizes and cannot directly adopt a bracket for nail art.

Disclosure of Invention

The technical problem to be solved by the invention is as follows: the device for printing the pictures and texts on the surfaces of the plants and the simulated plants is provided, the height of the bracket can be adjusted to adapt to the plants and the simulated plants with different sizes, so that the flowers can transmit the truest emotion and have romantic smell.

The plant simulation device comprises a shell, wherein a clamping device for clamping plants and simulation plants and a printing unit capable of printing pictures and texts on the surface of the clamping device are arranged in the shell, the printing unit is connected with a computer device externally connected or integrated in the shell, the printing unit comprises a printing support, a printing head is arranged on the printing support, and the printing head can transversely move relative to the support; the clamping device is fixed on the shell, the shell is also provided with a support driving device, the support driving device is connected with a computer device, the support driving device comprises a motor arranged on the shell, and the motor drives the printing support to longitudinally slide relative to the clamping device and the shell through a transmission device; the shell is also internally provided with a camera device which is used for providing accurate position and printing preview of a printed object for a computer device, the clamping device comprises a support, the support is hinged with an upper cover, the upper cover is provided with a printing opening, the middle part of the base is provided with a bracket, the height of the bracket can be adjusted, the support is U-shaped, one side of the support is hinged with the upper cover through a torsion spring, and the upper cover is provided with an opening in the middle of the upper surface; the other side of the support is hinged with the latch hook through a torsion spring; the free end side of the upper cover is provided with an inclination and forms a latch mechanism with the latch hook; the upper cover has a tendency of opening due to the arrangement of the torsion spring, and the locking hook has a tendency of clinging to the right side of the support seat due to the arrangement of the torsion spring; the support bottom sets up the bracket, and the lower part of bracket forms the slender pole, and the corresponding through-hole in support bottom is passed to the lower extreme of slender pole, and the diameter of through-hole slightly is greater than the slender pole, and the tip that the slender pole passed the through-hole sets up spacing retaining ring, and the slender pole part between bracket and the support bottom cup joints the spring.

The computer device is integrated in the shell and comprises a display module, a storage module, an input module and a printing module,

a control unit connected with the modules through a bus is arranged; wherein,

the control unit at least comprises a programmable logic control integrated circuit and a peripheral matching circuit thereof;

the storage module at least comprises an external storage connecting socket and an external storage matched with the external storage connecting socket;

the input module is a touch screen or a group of panel micro switches;

the programmable logic control integrated circuit is an MCU singlechip or a CPLD/FPGA complex programmable logic device; the I/O port of the programmable logic control integrated circuit is connected with the corresponding ports of the display module, the storage module, the input module, the communication module, the charging module and the printing module through a bus; the programmable logic control integrated circuit is also connected with the communication module, the charging module and/or the expansion interface through a bus; the display module is a liquid crystal display screen; the communication module can be a wired network card, a wireless network card or a modem, and the charging module comprises a slot machine and a control circuit thereof;

the shell is provided with a mobile memory socket which is connected with the computer device and is used for connecting and reading mobile memory equipment provided by a user;

the mobile memory socket can be a USB interface, an IEEE1394 interface, an IrDA infrared interface or an RS-232/485 serial bus interface;

the mobile memory can be a CF card, an SM card, a memory stick, a mobile hard disk, a U disk, an optical drive, a ZIP drive or other movable data reading, writing and storing devices;

the printing unit is used for ink-jet printing, can be used for printing pictures and texts on the surfaces of plants and simulated plants, particularly fresh flowers, artificial flowers, leaves and fruits, can transmit information by utilizing the objects, and meets the requirements of people.

The invention has the following advantages and beneficial effects:

1, color pictures and texts can be directly printed on plants and simulated plants;

2. the image can be updated and customized on line at any time according to fashion;

3. the small camera program is adopted to control various operations, the image size and the rotation angle can be previewed and zoomed, and the whole printing process is displayed on time and can be controlled;

4. rendering is fast and can be done in a few seconds.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the overall structure of embodiment 1 of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the internal structure of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a structure of a holding apparatus according to embodiment 1;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of another alternative carrier structure;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a computer device according to embodiment 2;

FIG. 6 is a schematic flow chart of the operation of example 2;

FIG. 7 is a circuit diagram of embodiment 2;

FIG. 8 is a top perspective view of embodiment 3;

FIG. 9 is a schematic view of a structure of a cradle according to embodiment 3.

Detailed Description

Example 1:

the present embodiment is for printing fresh flowers and artificial flowers, and comprises a housing 10, the housing 10 comprising a base 11 and an upper cover 12 hinged thereto, as shown in fig. 1; two parallel horizontal guide posts 13 are longitudinally fixed on the base 11, and two corresponding guide sleeves 22 are arranged at the bottom of the printing support 21; a support motor 32 is further fixed on the base 11, the support motor 32 is connected with a driving belt pulley 34 with saw teeth through a gear speed reducing mechanism 33, the driving belt pulley 34 is connected with a driven belt pulley 36 through a saw-tooth belt 35, and the saw-tooth belt 35 is fixed with the bottom of the printing support 21 at a certain position; the driving pulley 34, the belt 35 and the driven pulley 36 form a transmission device 30; the rotation of the motor shaft of the carriage motor 32 can drive the printing carriage 21 to slide along the guide post 13 through the gear reduction mechanism 33 and the transmission device, as shown in fig. 2.

A transverse guide post 23 and a printing head motor 24 are horizontally arranged on the printing support 21, a gear 25 is arranged at the end part of a main shaft of the printing head motor 24, the gear 25 is connected with a driven wheel 27 through a belt 26, the belt 26 is fixed with a printing head 28 at a certain position, and the printing head 28 is sleeved on the guide post 23 to form sliding fit, as shown in fig. 2; the print head motor 24 and the belt 26 drive the print head 28 to slide along the guide post 23; the components on which the print carriage 21 is disposed constitute the printing unit 20.

The base 11 is further provided with a clamping device 40 for clamping the flowers, as shown in fig. 3, the clamping device comprises a support 41 fixed on the base 11, the support 41 is U-shaped, one side of the support is hinged with an upper cover 43 through a torsion spring 42, and an opening 46 in the middle of the upper surface of the upper cover 43 forms a "skylight"; the other side of the support 41 is hinged with a locking hook 45 through a torsion spring 44; the free end side of the upper cover 46 is formed with a slope so as to form a latch mechanism with the latch hook 45; the torsion spring 42 is arranged to enable the upper cover 43 to have a tendency to open, and the torsion spring 44 is arranged to enable the locking hook 45 to have a tendency to cling to the right side of the support 41; a bracket 51 is arranged at the bottom of the support 41, a thin rod 52 is formed at the lower part of the bracket 51, the lower end of the thin rod 52 penetrates through a corresponding through hole 53 at the bottom of the support 41, the diameter of the through hole 53 is slightly larger than that of the thin rod 52, a limit stop ring 54 is arranged at the end part of the thin rod 52 penetrating through the through hole 53 to prevent the thin rod 52 from completely falling out of the through hole 53, and a spring 55 is sleeved on the part of the thin rod between the bracket 51 and the bottom of the support.

The specific shape of the bracket 51 can be flexibly designed according to the shape of the flower, such as the bracket in fig. 3 is suitable for printing roses, tulips, peonies and the like, and the bracket in fig. 3 is suitable for lilies, anthuriums and the like.

In practice, the lower part of the bracket 51 can also be connected with the base by means of an adjusting bolt; this is also within the scope of the invention.

The casing 10 is further provided with a camera 80 at a position right above the clamping device, and the camera 80 is connected with a computer device through a data line.

In practical use, assuming that the upper cover is closed in the initial state, the latch hook 45 is tightly hooked on the upper cover 43 under the action of the torsion spring 44; when the upper cover 43 is to be opened, the free end side of the upper cover 43 is separated from the locking hook 45 only by slightly pulling the locking hook 45 by hand, and the locking hook 45 is reset by automatically rotating and turning open under the action of the torsion spring 42 and releasing the hand; then, the flower is placed on the bracket 51, the upper cover 46 is closed by hand, and the free end of the upper cover is automatically locked by touching the locking hook 45; in the process, the flower is held between the cover 43 and the carriage 51 is depressed a distance, the flower being held relatively tightly for printing without excessive force damaging the petals due to the action of the spring 55. Then, the printing support 21 is driven by the support motor 32 to move right above the flower through the computer device; the display connected with the computer can display the patterns stored in the display, and a user can select one or more patterns through the input device of the computer device to enter the positioning and adjustment of the selected patterns; and the computer device system calls the camera to capture the video of the current position of the flower and displays the video and the selected pattern with the effect after the implementation work is finished. Under the state, the system receives an adjustment instruction of a user, correspondingly changes the position, the size, the posture and the color of the pattern, and determines whether to overlay the pattern with a template stored by the system according to the selection of the user so as to enable the pattern to have specific laces and special effects. In the process, the system applies an algorithm preset by a program to ensure that the effect of the superposed pattern and video is completely consistent with the effect of the flower after the implementation work is finished. The user finishes the adjustment after satisfying, the system sends the result to the printing system after processing the video data, the pattern data selected by the user, the user adjustment data and the printing data, the printing system prints the pattern customized by the user on the flower, and records the picture information and the time information into the system storage equipment; during printing, the support motor 21 drives the printing support 21 to move horizontally and longitudinally, and the print head motor 24 drives the printer 28 to move horizontally and transversely along the guide post 23, so that a pattern is printed.

The computer device 70 in this embodiment is any available computer, and only needs to install a corresponding control program therein, which is within the scope of the present invention.

Example 2:

in comparison with embodiment 1, the computer device 70 is integrated in the casing 10, the display device and the input device are installed on the surface of the casing 10, the circuit is shown in figure 5, the display module, the storage module, the input module, the communication module, the charging module and the printing module are connected with the control unit through a bus, the control unit at least comprises a programmable logic control integrated circuit and peripheral supporting circuits thereof, the I/O port of the programmable logic control integrated circuit is connected with the corresponding ports of the display module, the storage module, the input module, the communication module, the charging module and the printing module through a bus, the storage module at least comprises an external storage connecting socket and an external storage matched with the external storage connecting socket, the input module is a touch screen or a group of panel micro switches, and the programmable logic control integrated circuit is also connected with the expansion interface through a bus.

The Programmable Logic control integrated circuit is an MCU (micro computer Unit) singlechip, a CPLD (Complex Programmable Logic device) or an FPGA (field Programmable Gate array) complex Programmable Logic device.

The display module is a liquid crystal display screen.

The external memory connecting socket can be a USB interface, an IEEE1394 interface, an IrDA infrared interface or an RS-232/485 serial bus interface, and the external memory can be a CF card, an SM card, a memory stick, a mobile hard disk, a U disk, an optical drive, a ZIP drive or other movable data reading, writing and storing devices.

The communication module can be a wired network card, a wireless network card or a modem.

The charging module comprises a slot machine and a control circuit thereof.

In fig. 6, the control unit is used to maintain the correct operation of the whole system, receive input information from other modules of the system or from the outside, and respond accordingly according to different information.

Because the external memory connecting socket is arranged, when a user does not recognize the pattern built in the system or wants to self-make a special pattern, the user can insert the external storage device brought by the user, the system can automatically monitor the device, and the effective picture file in the storage device is displayed on a display screen after being scaled according to a certain proportion for the user to select.

The system can also be connected with a set of currency identification and return system, so that the whole system realizes self-service function. The charging module realizes the charging function according to the instruction given by the program of the single chip microcomputer by receiving the signal transmitted by the coin inserting device. The system can identify the authenticity and face value of the money provided by the user and transmit the data to the control unit, and the control unit records the money value and the time information; when the user asks for the surplus for consumption, the system counts the money provided by the user and the consumption difference according to the system operation mode, returns the surplus money to the user through the money returning system, and records the returning amount and the time information.

In fig. 7, the I/O ports INT1 and INT0 of the programmable logic control integrated circuit X15 are correspondingly connected to I/O ports of other modules via the plugs conn and CONOUT, the P1.3 terminal thereof is correspondingly connected to corresponding ports of other modules via the isolation circuit U2 and the plug CONR, and the P1.7 terminal thereof is connected to corresponding ports of other modules via the driving circuit Q1, the RELAY, the plugs JIN and JOUT, so as to control the operating state of the print module.

Since the functions of the ports of the single chip can be defined by programs, the specific connection relationship of the circuit diagram of this embodiment is only for illustration, and those skilled in the art can completely design a specific circuit having the same function but different from the specific connection relationship of this embodiment by using the prior art, and detailed description thereof is omitted.

Since the technology that the singlechip is connected with the liquid crystal display screen, the touch screen, the panel micro-switch, the external memory connecting socket, the wired network card, the wireless network card, the modem, the printer control circuit and the slot machine control circuit through the bus (including the data bus, the control bus and/or the address bus) is the prior art, the description is not provided.

When the integrated circuit X15 is a single chip microcomputer chip, the single chip microcomputer integrated circuit chips of PIC series PIC16C61 of Microchip company, AT89C2051 of Atmel company or 89 series of Philips company and the like can be adopted; when the CPLD or FPGA circuit chip is selected, a CPLD series 9536 chip of Xilinx company can be adopted, and a Flex series of Altera company and an Atmel company can be adopted as the same functional chip.

Because the embodiment adopts the programmable logic control integrated circuit (singlechip) to complete various control functions required by printing, the whole machine volume is reduced, the equipment failure probability is reduced, on the basis of completing various functions of the existing equipment, the manufacturing cost and the selling price of the whole set of equipment are greatly reduced, the operating cost of a merchant and the consumption cost of customers are reduced, the desktop or miniaturization of the equipment can be realized, a new market range is developed, and meanwhile, convenience is brought to the updating and upgrading of the equipment.

In this embodiment, the driving device for driving the printing support to move is different from that in embodiment 1, and includes a gear driven by a motor, a corresponding rack is disposed on the printing support to form a rack-and-pinion mechanism, and the motor drives the printing support to longitudinally slide relative to the housing through the rack-and-pinion mechanism. Other portions of example 2 are the same as those of example.

Example 3:

as shown in fig. 8, compared with embodiment 1, the transmission device includes a support motor 32 fixed on the base 11, the support motor 32 is connected with a driving pulley 34, the driving pulley 34 is connected with a driven pulley 36 through a belt 35, and the belt 35 is fixed with the bottom of the left end of the printing support 21 at a certain position; meanwhile, an auxiliary pulley 37 and a second driven pulley 38 are provided at the other end position of the print carriage 21, the driving pulley 34 is connected to the second driven pulley 38 by a second belt 39, and the second belt 39 is wound around the auxiliary pulley 37, the portion of the second belt 39 between the auxiliary pulley 37 and the second driven pulley 38 is parallel to the guide post 13 and fixed to the one end of the print carriage 21 at one position thereof; in practical use, the support motor 32 rotates, and the driving pulley 34 drives the two ends of the printing support 21 to slide along the guide posts 13 through two belts, so that the two ends of the printing support 21 are stressed at the same time and have good balance performance compared with the embodiment 1.

The structure of the holding device of this embodiment is shown in fig. 9, and it comprises a "V" shaped support 41, on one side of which is hinged an upper cover 43, the middle of the upper cover 43 is provided with an opening 46 to form a "skylight", the upper cover 43 can be locked by a pin or the like when closed; the upper surface of the support 41 is provided with a cavity for accommodating flowers, and the cavity and the front surface of the support are provided with long and narrow gaps for accommodating flowers and branches; the lower part of the support 41 is provided with a mounting hole for mounting the support on the shell; in practical use, the flowers are placed in the cavity, the flower branches are clamped in the slits, the flowers are kept stable, the upper cover 43 is covered and locked, and printing is performed through the opening 46.

The clamping device can slide horizontally and longitudinally along the shell, so that the clamping device can be pulled out, the flower is pushed in for printing after being loaded, and the flower is pulled out and taken out after printing; such mechanical structures are prior art and detailed descriptions of specific structures are omitted, but are used herein and remain within the scope of the present invention.

The transmission in the above embodiments discloses two preferred configurations, and indeed, any other existing configuration may be used, and all available transmissions including one of the following three are within the scope of the present invention: 1. the transmission device comprises a lead screw longitudinally arranged on the shell, the lead screw can rotate under the drive of a motor, a corresponding nut is fixed on the printing support to form a nut lead screw mechanism, and the motor drives the printing support to longitudinally slide relative to the shell through the nut lead screw mechanism; 2. the shell is provided with a sliding chute, and the bottom of the printing support is provided with or forms a corresponding sliding block; the shell is also provided with a crank driven by a motor, the crank is connected with the printing support through a connecting rod to form a crank-slider mechanism, and the motor drives the printing support to longitudinally slide relative to the shell through the crank-slider mechanism.

In the above embodiments, the clamping device is fixed on the housing, and the printing support slides relative to the housing, which can be completely reversed in practice, that is, the printing support is fixed on the housing, and the clamping device slides relative to the housing; therefore, it is within the scope of the present invention that one of the printing support and the clamping device is fixed to the housing, and the other of the printing support and the clamping device is connected to the driving device, and the driving device is connected to the computer device.

The above embodiments have been described with respect to the printing of flowers, but the shape of the holder can be flexibly designed to match the object to be printed, and in practice the holder and/or the holder therein can be detachable and can be applied to different articles by replacing the holder.

The invention can print patterns and characters on the surfaces of plants and simulated plants, particularly on the surfaces of fresh flowers, artificial flowers, leaves and fruits, and can transmit information by utilizing the objects, thereby meeting the requirements of people.

The embodiments of the present invention are disclosed as the preferred embodiments, but not limited thereto, and those skilled in the art can easily understand the spirit of the present invention and make various extensions and changes without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

Claims

1. A device for printing pictures and texts on the surfaces of plants and simulated plants comprises a shell, wherein a clamping device for clamping the plants and the simulated plants and a printing unit capable of printing the pictures and texts on the surfaces of the plants and the simulated plants are arranged in the shell; the clamping device is fixed on the shell, the shell is also provided with a support driving device, the support driving device is connected with a computer device, the support driving device comprises a motor arranged on the shell, and the motor drives the printing support to longitudinally slide relative to the clamping device and the shell through a transmission device; the shell is also internally provided with a camera device which is used for providing accurate position and printing preview of a printed object for a computer device, the clamping device comprises a support, the support is hinged with an upper cover, the upper cover is provided with a printing opening, the middle part of the base is provided with a bracket, the height of the bracket can be adjusted, the clamping device is characterized in that the support is U-shaped, one side of the support is hinged with the upper cover through a torsion spring, and the upper cover is provided with an opening in the middle of the upper surface; the other side of the support is hinged with the latch hook through a torsion spring; the free end side of the upper cover is provided with an inclination and forms a latch mechanism with the latch hook; the upper cover has a tendency of opening due to the arrangement of the torsion spring, and the locking hook has a tendency of clinging to the right side of the support seat due to the arrangement of the torsion spring; the support bottom sets up the bracket, and the lower part of bracket forms the slender pole, and the corresponding through-hole in support bottom is passed to the lower extreme of slender pole, and the diameter of through-hole slightly is greater than the slender pole, and the tip that the slender pole passed the through-hole sets up spacing retaining ring, and the slender pole part between bracket and the support bottom cup joints the spring.

2. The device for printing pictures and texts on the surfaces of plants and simulated plants according to claim 1, wherein said computer device is integrated in a housing and comprises a display module, a storage module, an input module and a printing module,

a control unit connected with the modules through a bus is arranged; wherein,

the input module is a touch screen or a group of panel micro switches;

the programmable logic control integrated circuit is an MCU singlechip or a CPLD/FPGA complex programmable logic device; the I/O port of the programmable logic control integrated circuit is connected with the corresponding ports of the display module, the storage module, the input module, the communication module, the charging module and the printing module through a bus; the programmable logic control integrated circuit is also connected with the communication module, the charging module and/or the expansion interface through a bus; the display module is a liquid crystal display screen; the communication module can be a wired network card, a wireless network card or a modem, and the charging module comprises a slot machine and a control circuit thereof.

3. The apparatus for printing pictures and texts on the surfaces of plants and simulated plants according to claim 2, wherein a mobile memory socket is provided on the housing, which is connected with the computer device for connecting and reading a mobile memory device provided by the user.

4. The device for printing pictures and texts on surfaces of plants and simulated plants according to claim 3, wherein said mobile storage socket can be a USB interface, an IEEE1394 interface, an IrDA infrared interface or an RS-232/485 serial bus interface.

5. The device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the removable memory is a CF card, an SM card, a memory stick, a removable hard drive, a USB flash drive, an optical drive, a ZIP drive or other removable data read/write and storage device.

6. The apparatus for printing patterns on the surfaces of plants and simulated plants according to claim 1, 2 or 5, wherein the printing unit is an ink jet printing unit.