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CN103879149A
CN103879149A CN201210564679.8A CN201210564679A CN103879149A CN 103879149 A CN103879149 A CN 103879149A CN 201210564679 A CN201210564679 A CN 201210564679A CN 103879149 A CN103879149 A CN 103879149A
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The invention discloses a system for counting ink consumption. The system comprises M liquid level sensors arranged in M inkjet boxes in a printing system and a counting device, wherein M is an integer no less than 1; and the counting device is connected with the M liquid level sensors. During the printing process of the printing system, N liquid level signals for representing the ink volume of each inkjet box of the M inkjet boxes can be acquired through detection of the M liquid level sensors, and N is an integer no less than 2; and the counting device processes the N liquid level signals and the ink consumption data value for representing the ink consumption of the printing system are acquired.

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A kind of system of adding up ink consumption
Technical field
The present invention relates to printing field, relate in particular to a kind of system of adding up ink consumption.
Background technology
Along with the development of hardware technology and software engineering, durability, the persistence of hardware device in printing, printing equipment, what software systems were used can continuity also improve thereupon, thereby also constantly get a promotion the service life of whole print system, and then the cost of hardware device and software systems shared ratio in the whole print system cycle in service life also declines thereupon, and user is also more and more concerned about how effectively to control, every main production cost in managing printing system.
In printing field, ink consumption is to print one of prime cost in production process, and therefore, in this production process, user need to effectively manage, control exhausted amount of ink, in the urgent need to exhausted amount of ink is accurately added up.But in prior art, seldom relate to recording occurring continuously print cartridge China and Mexico amounts variation, automatically count the method for total ink consumption.
In the prior art, also proposed to determine, control the method and apparatus that print cartridge China and Mexico measure, what this technical scheme realized is the detection of residue China ink amount in ink-jet printer cartridge, and the consumption of measuring for print procedure China and Mexico is without any relevant information.
The blank existing for prior art, realizing in the process of technical scheme in the embodiment of the present application, inventor finds at least to exist in prior art following indeterminable problem:
1, owing to lacking the device that continues to detect print cartridge liquid level, thus exist in print procedure cannot continuous detecting print cartridge in the technical problem of ink consumption;
2,, owing to lacking accurate statistic device, cannot carry out the accurately technical problem of statistics to total ink consumption in print procedure so exist;
3, owing to lacking statistic device efficiently, so there is the technical problem that cannot fast automatically add up ink consumption in print procedure.
Summary of the invention
The embodiment of the present application is by a kind of system of adding up ink consumption is provided, in order to solve in prior art indeterminable cannot continuous detecting print cartridge in print procedure in the technical problem of ink consumption.
For solving the problems of the technologies described above, the embodiment of the present application provides a kind of system of adding up ink consumption, comprising:
M liquid level sensor, is seated in M print cartridge in a print system, and wherein, described M is more than or equal to 1 integer;
Statistic device, is connected with a described M liquid level sensor;
Wherein, in the process printing, first, detect to obtain be used for characterizing N the liquid level signal that in a described M print cartridge, each print cartridge China and Mexico measure by described M liquid level sensor in described print system, wherein N is more than or equal to 2 integer; Then, described statistic device is processed a described N liquid level signal, obtains the consumption inking data value for characterizing described print system ink consumption.
Further, in described M liquid level sensor, each liquid level sensor is specially secondary single-floating ball formula liquid level sensor.
Further, described secondary single-floating ball formula liquid level sensor comprises:
Bar, offers a cavity;
Ball float, offers a through hole, and by described through hole, described ball float is set in the outer surface of described bar, can fluctuate along with liquid level, for detection of described liquid level signal;
Spacing back-up ring, comprise upper limit back-up ring and lower limit back-up ring, described upper limit back-up ring is positioned at the top of described rod outer surface, and described lower limit back-up ring is positioned at the bottom of described rod outer surface, fluctuates within the scope of described upper limit back-up ring and described lower limit back-up ring for limiting described ball float;
Tongue tube, be arranged in described cavity, described dry spring base comprises bottom tongue tube, top tongue tube and tongue tube common port, described bottom tongue tube is arranged on the bottom of described cavity, described top tongue tube is arranged on the top of described cavity, described tongue tube common port is arranged on the top of described cavity, for controlling the output of described liquid level signal, and conducting state and the off-state of tongue tube described in wherein said ball float control;
Liquid level signal output line, is connected with described tongue tube, and for exporting described liquid level signal, wherein the described liquid level signal of output is 2 parallel-by-bit signals;
Further, described statistic device comprises:
M road I/O expanded circuit, is connected with a described M liquid level sensor, for gathering described N liquid level signal of described M the each secondary single-floating ball of secondary single-floating ball formula liquid level sensor formula liquid level sensor output;
Control system, is connected with described M road I/O expanded circuit, for receiving described N liquid level signal of described M the each secondary single-floating ball of secondary single-floating ball formula liquid level sensor formula liquid level sensor output;
Software systems, being connected with described control system, is low number of times S for inquire about to described control system described N the liquid level signal that in described M the secondary single-floating ball formula liquid level sensor that last time, start process counted on, each secondary single-floating ball formula liquid level sensor is exported in the time starting shooting for the i time by hypermutation i-1, and based on i S i, obtain total degree S; Then based on described S and
Standard ink consumption when liquid level signal is low by hypermutation, obtains the consumption inking data value for characterizing described print system ink consumption, and wherein, i is more than or equal to 1 integer.
Further, described statistic device also comprises:
I2C bus, is connected between described M road I/O expanded circuit and described control system.
Further, described statistic device also comprises:
Serial communication circuit, is connected between described control system and described software systems.
Further, described control system comprises:
Memory cell, for preserving described S i.
The application, by the one or more technical schemes that provide above, at least has following beneficial effect or advantage:
1, owing to adopting liquid level sensor to be seated in print system print cartridge, so, efficiently solve that prior art is indeterminable cannot continuous detecting print cartridge in print procedure in the technical problem of ink consumption, realized the technique effect to ink consumption in continuous detecting print cartridge in print procedure;
2, owing to adopting, control system receives, the liquid level signal for the treatment of fluid level sensor output, so, efficiently solve the indeterminable technical problem that cannot carry out to total ink consumption in print procedure accurate statistics of prior art, realized total ink consumption in print procedure is carried out to the accurately technique effect of statistics;
3, because the liquid level signal that adopts software systems automatically to add up in each start process of preserving in control system is low number of times by hypermutation and then automatically obtains the total ink consumption in print procedure, so, efficiently solve the indeterminable technical problem that cannot fast automatically add up total ink consumption in print procedure of prior art, realized total ink consumption technique effect of statistics automatically in print procedure.
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Fig. 1 is the structure chart of realizing statistics ink consumption system in the embodiment of the present application;
Fig. 2 adds up statistic device structure chart in ink consumption system in the embodiment of the present application;
Fig. 3 a adds up liquid level sensor structure chart in ink consumption system in the embodiment of the present application;
Fig. 3 b adds up liquid level sensor tongue tube and liquid level signal output line connection layout in ink consumption system in the embodiment of the present application;
Fig. 3 c is the 2 parallel-by-bit signal graphs of adding up liquid level sensor output in ink consumption system in the embodiment of the present application;
Fig. 4 adds up liquid level sensor output signal pull-up circuit figure in ink consumption system in the embodiment of the present application;
Fig. 5 adds up I/O expanded circuit figure in ink consumption system in the embodiment of the present application;
Fig. 6 adds up control system reset circuit figure in ink consumption system in the embodiment of the present application;
Fig. 7 adds up control system control print cartridge liquid level schematic diagram in ink consumption system in the embodiment of the present application.
The specific embodiment
The embodiment of the present application is by a kind of system of adding up ink consumption is provided, in order to solve in prior art indeterminable cannot continuous detecting print cartridge in print procedure in the technical problem of ink consumption.
Technical scheme in the embodiment of the present application is for solving the problems of the technologies described above, and general thought is as follows:
By M liquid level sensor, be seated in M print cartridge in a print system, wherein, described M is more than or equal to 1 integer;
Pass through statistic device, be connected with a described M liquid level sensor, in the process printing in described print system, first, detect to obtain by described M liquid level sensor and be used for characterizing N the liquid level signal that in a described M print cartridge, each print cartridge China and Mexico measure, wherein N is more than or equal to 2 integer; Then, described statistic device is processed a described N liquid level signal, obtains the consumption inking data value for characterizing described print system ink consumption.
In order better to understand technique scheme, below in conjunction with Figure of description and concrete embodiment, technique scheme is described in detail.
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In an embodiment, provide a kind of system of adding up ink consumption, please refer to Fig. 1, the system in the embodiment of the present application comprises:
M liquid level sensor 101, be seated in M print cartridge in a print system, wherein, described M is more than or equal to 1 integer, specifically, described print system is specifically as follows: ink-jet printer, offset press etc., but print system whatsoever, all need in the course of the work the ink in continuous consumption print cartridge, in a described M liquid level sensor 101, each liquid level sensor is specially secondary single-floating ball formula liquid level sensor 702.
Statistic device 102, be connected with a described M liquid level sensor 101, in the process printing in described print system, first, detect to obtain by a described M liquid level sensor 101 and be used for characterizing N the liquid level signal that in a described M print cartridge, each print cartridge China and Mexico measure, wherein N is more than or equal to 2 integer; Then, described statistic device 102 is processed a described N liquid level signal, obtains the consumption inking data value for characterizing described print system ink consumption.Specifically, described statistic device 102 comprises: M road I/O expanded circuit 1021, and I2C bus 1022, control system 1023, serial communication circuit 1024, software systems 1025, please refer to Fig. 2.
Below, in connection with Fig. 3 a, Fig. 3 b, Fig. 3 c, Fig. 4, Fig. 5, Fig. 6 and Fig. 7 are described for concrete structure and the operation principle of adding up every part in the system of ink consumption in the embodiment of the present application:
Please refer to Fig. 3 a, Fig. 3 b, Fig. 3 c, in the embodiment of the present application, described secondary single-floating ball formula liquid level sensor 702 specifically comprises:
Bar 1016, offers a cavity;
Ball float 1015, offers a through hole, and by described through hole, described ball float 1015 is set in the outer surface of described bar 1016, can fluctuate along with liquid level, for detection of described liquid level signal;
Spacing back-up ring, comprise upper limit back-up ring 1011 and lower limit back-up ring 1012, described upper limit back-up ring 1011 is positioned at the top of described rod outer surface, described lower limit back-up ring 1012 is positioned at the bottom of described rod outer surface, fluctuates in described upper limit back-up ring 1011 and described lower limit back-up ring 1012 scopes for limiting described ball float 1015;
Tongue tube, be arranged in described cavity, described dry spring base comprises bottom tongue tube 1014, top tongue tube 1013 and tongue tube common port 1017, described bottom tongue tube 1013 is arranged on the bottom of described cavity, described top tongue tube 1014 is arranged on the top of described cavity, described tongue tube common port 1017 is arranged on the top of described cavity, described tongue tube is for controlling the output of described liquid level signal, wherein said ball float 1015 is for controlling conducting state and the off-state of described tongue tube, and the concrete process of controlling will be introduced below.
Liquid level signal output line, be connected with described tongue tube, comprise: low liquid level signal output line 1019-2, be connected with described bottom tongue tube 1014, high liquid level signal output line 1019-1, be connected with described top tongue tube 1013, common signal line 1018, be connected with described tongue tube common port 1017, wherein said low liquid level signal line 1019-2, described high liquid level signal output line 1019-1, described common signal line 1018 combines, be used for exporting described liquid level signal, the described liquid level signal of output is 2 parallel-by-bit signals.
Please refer to Fig. 3 b, Fig. 3 c, when described ball float 1015 is during in low liquid level, described ball float 1015 is controlled described bottom tongue tube 1014 in conducting state, now described top tongue tube 1013 is in off-state, described low liquid level signal output line 1019-2 and the low liquid level signal 0X of described high liquid level signal line 1019-1 array output; When described ball float 1015 is during in high liquid level, described ball float 1015 is controlled described top tongue tube 1013 in conducting state, now bottom tongue tube 1014 is in off-state, described low liquid level signal output line 1019-2 and the high liquid level signal X0 of described high liquid level signal output line 1019-1 array output, when described ball float 1015 is during in normal liquid level, described bottom tongue tube 1014 with described top tongue tube 1013 all in off-state, described low level output line 1019-2 and the normal liquid level signal XX of described high liquid level signal output line 1019-1 array output.
M road I/O expanded circuit 1021, be connected with a described M liquid level sensor 101, described N the liquid level signal of exporting for gathering M the each secondary single-floating ball of described secondary single-floating ball formula liquid level sensor formula liquid level sensor 702, specifically, described I/O expanded circuit comprises:
I/O extended chip, for providing the expansion of 8 general parallel I/O ports (GPIO) of described I2C bus 1022;
I/O extended chip auxiliary circuit, is connected with described I/O extended chip, is used to described I/O extended chip power supply, and the circuit condition of the normal work of described I/O extended chip of giving security.
Liquid level sensor output signal pull-up circuit, be connected between described secondary single-floating ball formula liquid level sensor 702 and described I/O expanded circuit 1021, in the present embodiment, for drawing on the described 2 parallel-by-bit signals of the described low liquid level signal output line 1019-2 of described secondary single-floating ball formula liquid level sensor 702 and described high liquid level signal output line 1019-1 output, guarantee the normal output of its high level, refer to Fig. 4;
In the described common signal line 1018 of described secondary single-floating ball formula liquid level sensor 702 and Fig. 41 of J6 unit, 3 pins connect, the described low liquid level signal output line 1019-2 of described secondary single-floating ball formula liquid level sensor 702 is connected with 4 pins of described J6 unit, the described high liquid level signal output line 1019-1 of described secondary single-floating ball formula liquid level sensor 702 is connected with 2 pins of described J6 unit, in the time that described secondary single-floating ball formula liquid level sensor 702 is exported described liquid level signal and is high liquid level signal, 2 pins of described J6 unit and the conducting of GND pin, described J6 unit 2 pin output low levels, 4 pins of described J6 unit are unsettled, after being pulled to supply voltage 5V via 1Kom pull-up resistor R2, be output as high level, in the time that described secondary single-floating ball formula liquid level sensor 702 is exported described liquid level signal and is normal liquid level signal, 2 pins, 4 pins of described J6 unit are all unsettled, are output as high level respectively after drawing on 1Kom pull-up resistor R1, R2, in the time that described secondary single-floating ball formula liquid level sensor 702 is exported described liquid level signal and is low liquid level signal, 2 pins of described J6 unit are unsettled, after drawing on 1Kom pull-up resistor R1, be output as high level, and 4 pins of described J6 unit and the conducting of GND pin are output as low level.
In the present embodiment, the described I/O expanded circuit providing please refer to as Fig. 5, I/O extended chip model is specially PCA9554, it is the cmos device of a 16 pin, the expansion of 8 the general parallel I/O ports (GPIO) in I2C application is provided, described PCA95543 hardware pin (A0, A1, A2) realize different fixing I2C addresses, allow at most 8 devices to share an I2C bus, thereby can monitor the ink consumption of multiple print cartridges simultaneously, specifically, in the present embodiment, a described PCA9554 converts the described 2 parallel-by-bit signals of the parallel input in 4 tunnels to serial signal output.
I2C bus 1022, be connected between described M road I/O expanded circuit 1021 and described control system 1023, specifically, described M road I/O expanded circuit 1021 detects described M the liquid level sensor 101 collecting to obtain and is used for characterizing N the liquid level signal that in a described M print cartridge, each print cartridge China and Mexico measure, convert to after described serial signal through described M road I/O expanded circuit 1021, send to described control system 1023 by described I2C bus 1022.
Control system 1023, is connected with described M road I/O expanded circuit 1021, and for receiving described N liquid level signal of described M the each secondary single-floating ball formula liquid level sensor output of secondary single-floating ball formula liquid level sensor 101, described control system comprises:
Memory cell, for preserving described S i, specifically, described memory cell is EEPROM, at the i time start process, preserving described liquid level signal is low number of times S by hypermutation i;
Control module, be connected with described memory cell, for inquire about described N liquid level signal of the each secondary single-floating ball formula liquid level sensor output of described M secondary single-floating ball formula liquid level sensor 101 to described M road I/O expanded circuit 1021, catching described liquid level signal is the low moment by hypermutation, and is low number of times S by recorded described liquid level signal by hypermutation iautomatically after adding 1, result is refreshed to preservation in described EEPROM;
Control system reset circuit, is connected with described control module, and required reset signal when providing described control system to reset, specifically please refer to Fig. 6.
In the present embodiment, when each print cartridge liquid level becomes when low, need to after opening pump, described control system 1023 described liquid level just can become height, otherwise it is low that described liquid level is maintained, thereby avoid described control system 1023 to fail to detect in time that described liquid level becomes low situation and occurs, guarantee that each described liquid level changes and can be caught and control by described control system 1023, specifically please refer to Fig. 7, print cartridge 701, be seated in the described secondary single-floating ball formula liquid level sensor 702 in described print cartridge 701, in the time that described secondary single-floating ball formula liquid level sensor 702 detects that described liquid level in described print cartridge 701 is low, described control system 1023 is opened pump 703, start from main China ink bucket 704 new ink pump to described print cartridge 701, until described secondary single-floating ball formula liquid level sensor 702 detects that described liquid level is again for high, by described control system 1023, described pump 703 cuts out again, because each described liquid level becomes when low, need open the rear described liquid level of described pump 703 by described control system 1023 just can become again as height, otherwise it is low that described liquid level will be maintained, and then avoid described control system 1023 to fail to detect in time that the situation of low liquid level occurs, guarantee that each described liquid level variation all can be caught and control by control system.
Serial communication circuit 1024, be connected between described control system 1023 and described software systems 1025, be the signal of telecommunication that described control system 1023 can be identified for the instruction transformation that described software systems 1025 are inquired about to described control system 1023, and the described liquid level signal for characterizing the preservation of EEPROM described in described the i time start process that described control system 1023 is returned is low number of times S by hypermutation ithe signal of telecommunication be converted to the signal of telecommunication that described software systems 1025 can be identified.
Software systems 1025, be connected with described control system 1023, described N the liquid level signal of exporting for each secondary single-floating ball formula liquid level sensor 702 inquire about described M the secondary single-floating ball formula liquid level sensor that last time, start process counted on to described control system 1023 in the time starting shooting for the i time in is low number of times S by hypermutation i-1, and based on i S i, obtain total degree S; Then the standard ink consumption while being low based on described S and liquid level signal by hypermutation, obtains the consumption inking data value for characterizing described print system ink consumption, and wherein, i is more than or equal to 1 integer.
For example: when i is 5, when standard ink consumption is 1.5 liters, in the time of the 5th start process, first described software systems 1025 inquire about to described control system 1023 described N the liquid level signal that in described M the secondary single-floating ball formula liquid level sensor counting in the 4th start process, each secondary single-floating ball formula liquid level sensor 702 is exported is low number of times S by hypermutation 4, as S 4be 3, in the time that described the 5th start finishes, described software systems 1025 inquire in the 5th start process, and described N the liquid level signal that in described M the secondary single-floating ball formula liquid level sensor counting on, each secondary single-floating ball formula liquid level sensor 702 is exported is low number of times S by hypermutation 5, as S 5be 2, described N the liquid level signal that in described M the secondary single-floating ball formula liquid level sensor based on 3 times counting on, each secondary single-floating ball formula liquid level sensor 702 is exported is low number of times by hypermutation, as S 1be 2, S 2be 3, S 3be 5, and then to obtain described total degree S be 15, the consumption inking data value finally obtaining for characterizing described print system ink consumption is 22.5 liters.
Utilize this system to add up in the detailed process of exhausted amount of ink to be described in order to allow those skilled in the art can understand better the system in the embodiment of the present application, to put up with below:
For example: the total ink consumption of 3 print cartridges of described system statistics in the time that the 5th is printed, wherein standard ink consumption is 1.5 liters:
First described system is in the time that the 5th is started shooting, and it is low number of times S by hypermutation that described software systems 1025 inquire about to described control system 1023 described N the liquid level signal that in described 3 the secondary single-floating ball formula liquid level sensors that count in the 4th start process, each secondary single-floating ball formula liquid level sensor 702 is exported 4, as S 4be 3;
Then be seated in secondary single-floating ball formula liquid level sensor 702 described in each in 3 described print cartridges and detect the described liquid level signal in print cartridge described in each, describe as an example of print cartridge described in one of them 701 example at this, when the described liquid level in described print cartridge 701 is while being high, the described ball float 1015 of described secondary single-floating ball formula liquid level sensor 702 detects described high liquid level signal, described ball float 1015 is controlled tongue tube 1013 conductings of described top, bottom tongue tube 1014 closures, the described low liquid level signal output line 1019-2 being now connected with described bottom tongue tube 1014 and the high liquid level signal XO of described high liquid level signal output line 1019-1 array output being connected with described top tongue tube 1013, described high liquid level signal XO exports after drawing on described liquid level sensor output signal pull-up circuit, be converted to the high liquid level signal output of serial through the described high liquid level signal XO above drawing through described I/O expanded circuit 1021, the high liquid level signal of described serial exports described control system 1023 to through described I2C bus 1022, similarly, when the described liquid level in described print cartridge 701 becomes when low, the mode of described low liquid level signal based on same exports described control system 1023 to, now, it is the low moment by hypermutation that described control system 1023 catches described liquid level signal, and be low number of times S by recorded described liquid level signal by hypermutation 5automatically after adding 1, result is refreshed to preservation in described EEPROM.Now, liquid level in described print cartridge 701 is low, described control system 1023 is opened pump 703, start from main China ink bucket 704 new ink pump to described print cartridge 701, until described secondary single-floating ball formula liquid level sensor 702 detects that described liquid level is again for high, by described control system 1023, described pump 703 cuts out again, because each described liquid level becomes when low, need open the rear described liquid level of described pump 703 by described control system 1023 just can become again as height, otherwise it is low that described liquid level will be maintained, and then avoid described control system 1023 to fail to detect in time that the situation of low liquid level occurs, guarantee that each described liquid level variation all can be caught and control by control system,
Similarly, it is low number of times by hypermutation that described control system 1023 obtains liquid level signal described in other 2 described print cartridges in described system, and then to obtain described system be low number of times S in system print cartridge liquid level described in described the 5th start process by hypermutation 5, as described in S 5be 8;
Then described N the liquid level signal that in described 3 the secondary single-floating ball formula liquid level sensors based on 3 times counting on, each secondary single-floating ball formula liquid level sensor 702 is exported is low number of times by hypermutation, as S 1be 2, S 2be 3, S 3be 5, the described S counting in described the 5th start process 5and described S in the described the 4th start process inquiring 4, and then to obtain described total degree S be 21;
The consumption inking data value finally obtaining for characterizing described print system ink consumption is 31.5 liters.
In the present embodiment, standard ink consumption when described liquid level signal is low by hypermutation, for specific print cartridge and described secondary single-floating ball formula liquid level sensor 702, described liquid level signal is that low ink variable quantity is basicly stable by hypermutation, and print cartridge cross-sectional area is multiplied by the difference in height of described secondary single-floating ball formula liquid level sensor 101 height test points.The i time when start, described software systems 1025 inquire about to described control system 1023 the number of times S that liquid level signal changes described in last time i-1, and after successful inquiring, notify described control system 1023 by described S i-1zero clearing.
Technical scheme in above-mentioned the embodiment of the present application, at least has following technique effect or advantage:
1, owing to adopting liquid level sensor to be seated in print system print cartridge, so, efficiently solve that prior art is indeterminable cannot continuous detecting print cartridge in print procedure in the technical problem of ink consumption, realized the technique effect to ink consumption in continuous detecting print cartridge in print procedure;
2, owing to adopting, control system receives, the liquid level signal for the treatment of fluid level sensor output, so, efficiently solve the indeterminable technical problem that cannot carry out to total ink consumption in print procedure accurate statistics of prior art, realized total ink consumption in print procedure is carried out to the accurately technique effect of statistics;
3, because the liquid level signal that adopts software systems automatically to add up in each start process of preserving in control system is low number of times by hypermutation and then automatically obtains the total ink consumption in print procedure, so, efficiently solve the indeterminable technical problem that cannot fast automatically add up total ink consumption in print procedure of prior art, realized total ink consumption technique effect of statistics automatically in print procedure.
Although described the preferred embodiments of the present invention, once those skilled in the art obtain the basic creative concept of cicada, can make other change and modification to these embodiment.So claims are intended to be interpreted as comprising preferred embodiment and fall into all changes and the modification of the scope of the invention.
Obviously, those skilled in the art can carry out various changes and modification and not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention the present invention.Like this, if within of the present invention these are revised and modification belongs to the scope of the claims in the present invention and equivalent technologies thereof, the present invention is also intended to comprise these changes and modification interior.

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1.一种统计耗墨量的系统，其特征在于，包括：1. A system for counting ink consumption, is characterized in that, comprises: M个液位传感器，置放在一打印系统中的M个墨盒中，其中，所述M为大于等于1的整数；M liquid level sensors placed in M ink cartridges in a printing system, wherein M is an integer greater than or equal to 1; 统计装置，与所述M个液位传感器连接；A statistical device connected to the M liquid level sensors; 其中，在所述打印系统进行打印的过程中，首先，通过所述M个液位传感器检测获得用来表征所述M个墨盒中每个墨盒中墨量的N个液位信号，其中N为大于等于2的整数；然后，所述统计装置对所述N个液位信号进行处理，获得用于表征所述打印系统耗墨量的耗墨数据值。Wherein, during the printing process of the printing system, first, N liquid level signals used to represent the amount of ink in each of the M ink cartridges are obtained through the detection of the M liquid level sensors, where N is An integer greater than or equal to 2; then, the statistical device processes the N liquid level signals to obtain an ink consumption data value used to characterize the ink consumption of the printing system. 2.如权利要求1所述的系统，其特征在于，所述M个液位传感器中每个液位传感器具体为二级单浮球式液位传感器。2. The system according to claim 1, wherein each liquid level sensor among the M liquid level sensors is specifically a secondary single float type liquid level sensor. 3.如权利要求2所述的系统，其特征在于，所述二级单浮球式液位传感器包括：3. The system of claim 2, wherein the secondary single-float liquid level sensor comprises: 杆，开设有一空腔；The rod is provided with a cavity; 浮球，开设有一通孔，通过所述通孔，所述浮球套设在所述杆的外表面，可随着液位上下浮动，用于检测所述液位信号；The floating ball is provided with a through hole through which the floating ball is sleeved on the outer surface of the rod and can float up and down with the liquid level to detect the liquid level signal; 限位挡圈，包括上限位挡圈和下限位挡圈，所述上限位挡圈位于所述杆外表面的顶部，所述下限位挡圈位于所述杆外表面的底部，用于限制所述浮球在所述上限位挡圈与所述下限位挡圈范围内上下浮动；The limit retaining ring includes an upper limit retaining ring and a lower limit retaining ring, the upper limit retaining ring is located at the top of the outer surface of the rod, and the lower limit retaining ring is located at the bottom of the outer surface of the rod, for limiting the The floating ball floats up and down within the range of the upper limit retaining ring and the lower limit retaining ring; 干簧管，设置在所述空腔内，所述干簧杆包括底部干簧管、顶部干簧管和干簧管公共端，所述底部干簧管设置在所述杆空腔的底部，所述顶部干簧管设置在所述杆空腔的顶部，所述干簧管公共端设置在所述杆空腔的顶部，用于控制所述液位信号的输出，其中所述浮球控制所述干簧管的导通状态与断开状态；A reed switch is arranged in the cavity, the reed rod includes a bottom reed switch, a top reed switch and a common end of the reed switch, the bottom reed switch is arranged at the bottom of the rod cavity, The top reed switch is arranged on the top of the rod cavity, and the common end of the reed switch is arranged on the top of the rod cavity for controlling the output of the liquid level signal, wherein the float control The conduction state and the disconnection state of the reed switch; 液位信号输出线，与所述干簧管连接，用于输出所述液位信号，其中输出的所述液位信号为2位并行信号。The liquid level signal output line is connected with the reed switch and is used for outputting the liquid level signal, wherein the outputted liquid level signal is a 2-bit parallel signal. 4.如权利要求3所述的系统，其特征在于，所述液位信号输出线包括：4. The system according to claim 3, wherein the liquid level signal output line comprises: 低液位信号输出线，与所述底部干簧管连接；The low liquid level signal output line is connected with the bottom dry reed switch; 高液位信号输出线，与所述顶部干簧管连接；The high liquid level signal output line is connected with the top dry reed switch; 液位信号输出公共线，与所述干簧管公共端连接；The liquid level signal output common line is connected to the common end of the reed switch; 其中所述低液位信号输出线、所述高液位信号输出线、所述液位信号输出公共线组合输出所述2位并行信号。Wherein the combination of the low liquid level signal output line, the high liquid level signal output line and the liquid level signal output common line outputs the 2-bit parallel signal. 5.如权利要求1-4中任一权项所述的系统，其特征在于，所述统计装置包括：5. The system according to any one of claims 1-4, wherein the statistical device comprises: M路I/O扩展电路，与所述M个液位传感器连接，用于采集所述M个二级单浮球式液位传感器中每个二级单浮球式液位传感器输出的所述N个液位信号；M-way I/O expansion circuit, connected to the M liquid level sensors, for collecting the output of each secondary single-float liquid level sensor in the M secondary single-float liquid level sensors N liquid level signals; 控制系统，与所述M路I/O扩展电路连接，用于接收所述M个二级单浮球式液位传感器中每个二级单浮球式液位传感器输出的所述N个液位信号；The control system is connected to the M-way I/O expansion circuit, and is used to receive the N liquids output by each of the M secondary single-float liquid level sensors. bit signal; 软件系统，与所述控制系统连接，用于在第i次开机时向所述控制系统查询上次开机过程中统计到的所述M个二级单浮球式液位传感器中每个二级单浮球式液位传感器输出的所述N个液位信号由高变为低的次数Si-1，并基于i个Si,获得总次数S；然后基于所述S及A software system, connected to the control system, is used to query the control system for each of the M secondary single-float liquid level sensors counted during the last startup process when the i-time startup is started. The number of times S i-1 of the N liquid level signals output by the single float liquid level sensor from high to low, and based on i S i , obtain the total number S; then based on the S and 液位信号由高变为低时的标准墨水消耗量，获得用于表征所述打印系统耗墨量的耗墨数据值，其中，i为大于等于1的整数。The standard ink consumption when the liquid level signal changes from high to low is used to obtain the ink consumption data value representing the ink consumption of the printing system, wherein, i is an integer greater than or equal to 1. 6.如权利要求5所述的系统，其特征在于，所述统计装置还包括：6. system as claimed in claim 5, is characterized in that, described statistics device also comprises: I2C总线，连接在所述M路I/O扩展电路与所述控制系统间。The I2C bus is connected between the M-way I/O expansion circuit and the control system. 7.如权利要求6所述的系统，其特征在于，所述统计装置还包括：7. system as claimed in claim 6, is characterized in that, described statistics device also comprises: 串口通信电路，连接在所述控制系统与所述软件系统间。The serial port communication circuit is connected between the control system and the software system. 8.如权利要求7所述的系统，其特征在于，所述控制系统包括：8. The system of claim 7, wherein the control system comprises: 存储单元，用于保存所述Si。A storage unit, configured to store the S i .
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