CN202517844U - Storage chip, consumable container and imaging equipment - Google Patents
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The utility model provides a storage chip, which comprises a control unit and a storage unit connected with the control unit, wherein the storage unit comprises a metering area, a non-metering area and a spare area; the control unit comprises a read/write control unit, a reset detection unit and an authorization judgment unit. The utility model also provides a consumable container with the storage chip and imaging equipment. The storage chip is suitable for the consumable container with various capacities, and the conditions that the consumable allowance is repeatedly low or used up can be avoided.
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Technical field
The utility model relates to a kind of storage chip, specifically, relates to a kind of storage chip that is used for consumable container, and the utility model also relates to consumable container, the imaging device with above-mentioned storage chip.
Background technology
The said imaging device of the utility model is meant electrical signal conversion such as literal, patterns on media such as paper, forming the equipment of visual image, for example printer, duplicator, facsimile machine and the all-in-one multifunctional machine of ink-jet approaches or laser class.Two kinds of printers commonly used are ink-jet printer and laser printer, and ink-jet printer uses the print cartridge that accommodates ink to printer the ink of printing usefulness to be provided as consumable container, needs literal or the pattern printed with formation on paper; Laser printer then uses the powdered carbon box that accommodates powdered carbon as consumable container the powdered carbon of printing usefulness to be provided to printer; With literal or the pattern that formation on medium need be printed, the image-forming principle of duplicator, facsimile machine and all-in-one multifunctional machine, use consumable container etc. are basic identical with printer.The said consumptive material of the utility model is meant ink or powdered carbon.
Like Fig. 1, shown in Figure 2; Storage chip 13 generally all is installed on the housing of consumable container; Storage chip 13 has a substrate 16; Electronic module 17 is installed on substrate 16, and the communication operation between electronic module 17 is used to store and the imaging device communication is required data, realization and the imaging device is comprising the communication part and the integrated circuit part that receive imaging device signal and electric energy; Communication part generally is electric contact or induction coil; Include a memory cell and a control module in the integrated circuit part, this memory cell comprises metering zone and non-metering district, wherein stores the continuous data and the parameter class non-metering data relevant with consumable container that change in the imaging process; Comprise: deposit data such as consumable container producer code, consumable container date of manufacture, consumable container model, assembly picture amount are in non-metering district; Deposit data such as the initial operation time of consumable items allowance, consumable container, last action time are at metering zone in the number of pages, consumable container of having formed images, and control module is connected with memory cell, is used for the data access of control store unit.
When consumable container was installed on the imaging device, the memory cell of imaging device from storage chip 13 read data, judged whether this consumable container is applicable to this imaging device; After consumable container uses a period of time, imaging device also can read consumable items allowance or the consumable items allowance percentage in this memory cell or the number of pages that formed images judging whether and can work on, when consumable items allowance or consumable items allowance percentage or the number of pages that formed images can not satisfy requiring of working on; Imaging device writes the information of expression " consumptive material exhausts " in storage chip 13; Point out this consumable container can not continue to use, at this moment, a kind of way is the high consumable container of capacity of the existing consumable container of production Capacity Ratio; Original storage chip 13 is installed on consumable container; Because the assembly picture amount of storage still be the assembly picture amount of former consumable container in the storage chip 13, like this, in the time of a large amount of consumptive material can occurring still having in the consumable container; The situation of storage chip 13 promptings " consumptive material is used up " causes waste.Existing a consumable container; Its capacity setting must be higher by 70% than former capacity, and consumable container still adopts original storage chip 13, and imaging device still comes work according to the assembly picture amount data of storage in the storage chip 13; So; Can cause consumable items allowance still more for a long time, imaging device is pointed out the information of " consumable quantity is low " (reporting low) or " consumptive material exhausts " (newspaper to the greatest extent), thereby influences the operate as normal of consumable container; If the user changes consumable container at this moment, then can cause the waste of residue consumptive material in the consumable container.For avoiding above-mentioned situation to occur; The assembly of existing storage chip 13 is set to a plurality of as amount according to its multiple; So that storage chip 13 is applicable to the consumable container of different capabilities, this type of storage chip 13 is commonly referred to as the dilatation chip, yet; The dilatation chip can only be applicable to that capacity is the consumable container of integral multiple, can not be applicable to the consumable container that capacity is non-integral multiple; And, owing to deposit the continuous data of different capabilities in the memory cell of dilatation chip, when consumable items allowance reaches " report low " value or " report and use up " value of each capacity; The prompting of " consumable quantity is low " (reporting low) or " consumptive material exhausts " (newspaper to the greatest extent) all can appear in the dilatation chip; So, cause the dilatation chip low situation to occur repeatedly reporting to the greatest extent or reporting, bring puzzlement and inconvenience to the user; Some user even think by mistake this consumable container not re-use and it is abandoned causes waste.
Summary of the invention
The main purpose of the utility model provides and a kind ofly is applicable to the consumable container of all kinds of capacity and can avoids occurring repeatedly reporting low or repeatedly reporting most storage chip, to remedy the deficiency of above-mentioned prior art.
For realizing above-mentioned purpose, the storage chip that the utility model provides comprises control module and the memory cell that is connected with control module, and memory cell comprises metering zone, non-metering district and backup area, and control module comprises read-write control unit and reset detection unit.
Visible by last scheme, because the reset detection unit is set in control module, when storage chip is worked; The reset detection unit reads the consumable items allowance percentage in the metering zone, and whether the value of judging consumable items allowance percentage is less than preset value, when less than preset value; Sending reset signal gives read-write control unit to carry out reset operation; Otherwise do not send reset signal, wherein, the span of preset value is: the low consumptive material surplus percentage of newspaper adds the low consumptive material surplus percentage of 10% ~ newspaper and adds 30%.So, the repeatedly consumable items allowance that can avoid storage chip in the repeated use process, to occur " is reported low " or " newspaper to the greatest extent " situation, and storage chip goes for the consumable container of all kinds of capacity, environmental protection and easy to use.
Its further technical scheme is that control module also comprises the mandate judging unit.
The mandate judging unit is set in control module; Can judge whether the data of reset operation are licensed by imaging device through the feedback information that imaging device sends to storage chip, if then storage chip can use the data in the back metering zone that resets to carry out data communication; Otherwise; The consumable items allowance percentage that storage chip then will carry out before the reset operation is again judged, so, can guarantee the correctness of reset operation; Guarantee that storage chip can be applicable to all types of consumable containers, avoid stopping owing to the work that the reset operation failure causes.
Another purpose of the utility model provides a kind of consumable container, comprises housing, and housing surrounds the cavity that holds consumptive material, and aforesaid storage chip is installed on the outer wall of housing.
Consumable container that this programme provides is owing to be equipped with as above storage chip, therefore, can storage chip occur a certain service life newspaper low before; Carry out reset operation; Open another service life, so, can avoid storage chip prompting low or that exhaust in use to occur repeatedly reporting; Storage chip can be suitable for the consumable container of all kinds of capacity, and is easy to use.
The another purpose of the utility model provides a kind of imaging device, comprises image-generating unit and consumable container, and aforesaid storage chip is installed on the consumable container.
Consumable container on the imaging device is provided with aforesaid storage chip, and the preset value that resets of this storage chip is higher than original newspaper low value, and so, the repeatedly newspaper that is occurred in the time of can avoiding reusing storage chip is low or exhaust situation, and is easy to use.
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Fig. 1 is the structural representation of existing storage chip.
Fig. 2 is the structural representation of existing storage chip integrated circuit.
Fig. 3 is the structural representation of the utility model storage chip embodiment.
Fig. 4 is the structural representation of the integrated circuit part of the utility model storage chip embodiment.
Fig. 5 is the utility model storage chip embodiment dilation process sketch map.
Fig. 6 is the sketch map of the utility model powdered carbon box embodiment.
Fig. 7 is the sketch map of the utility model printer embodiment.
Below in conjunction with accompanying drawing and embodiment the utility model is further described.
The specific embodiment
Storage chip embodiment
The storage chip 23 that the utility model provides is used for the powdered carbon box, and referring to Fig. 3, Fig. 4, this storage chip 23 comprises substrate 26 and is installed on the electronic module 27 on the substrate 26; Electronic module 27 comprises electric contact group and integrated circuit part; The electric contact group is used to receive laser printer signal and electric energy as communication part; Integrated circuit partly comprises: control module and the memory cell that is connected with control module; Memory cell comprises metering zone, non-metering district and backup area; Non-metering district is used to store information such as powdered carbon box model, producer's code, date of manufacture, total printing amount; Metering zone is used to store powdered carbon surplus percentage, powdered carbon total amount, consumes the user mode etc. that number of print pages, last is printed operating time, print procedure, the data of storing in the backup area be in the metering zone data at powdered carbon surplus percentage between 60% ~ 100% data backup, its effect is total printing amount of more effectively and accurately adjusting storage chip 23.Control module is the control core of powdered carbon box and laser printer communication; The read-write operation that is used for the control store unit; Control module comprises read-write control unit, reset detection unit and authorizes judging unit that read-write control unit is realized the read-write operation control to memory cell; The reset detection unit reads the powdered carbon surplus percentage in the metering zone, and whether the value of judging powdered carbon surplus percentage less than preset value, and sends reset signal in view of the above and give read-write control unit to carry out reset operation; Whether the data of authorizing judging unit to be used for reset operation are licensed by laser printer and the result are sent to read-write control unit.Data in the metering zone can be carried out read access and write access by read-write control unit, and the data in non-metering district and the backup area can be controlled the unit read access, thereby realize the record of identification of powdered carbon box and use state.
The operation principle of present embodiment is following:
After storage chip 23 powered on and uses, the reset detection unit read the powdered carbon surplus percentage in the metering zone, when detecting powdered carbon surplus percentage less than C+20%, then sent reset signal and gave read-write control unit, did not give read-write control unit otherwise do not send reset signal.Powdered carbon surplus percentage when C hangs down for powdered carbon box newspaper; If the powdered carbon surplus percentage C when powdered carbon box newspaper is low is 20%; Then the reset detection unit detected powdered carbon surplus percentage less than 40% o'clock; Storage chip 23 will be carried out reset operation, and reset operation is to read data in the backup area through the read-write control module, this data write realized in the metering zone then.Wherein, C is that existing powdered carbon box is reported powdered carbon surplus percentage when hanging down, and X representes to report the low preceding powdered carbon amount percentage that improves, and therefore, C+X is that preset value, Y represent that the powdered carbon amount percentage, the Z that back up represent number of resets.The value of parameters C+X, Y and Z can be confirmed according to the powdered carbon box capacity relationship after existing powdered carbon box and the dilatation.
Referring to Fig. 5, if with storage chip 23 dilatations to 3500 of 2000 pages of capacity page, and hypothesis powdered carbon box is that 20% Times is low at powdered carbon surplus percentage C; The powdered carbon amount percentage Y=100% of backup, number of resets Z=1, therefore; If reset operation is just carried out in critical point when hanging down by newspaper; Number of pages after the dilatation: (100%-20%+100%) * 2000=3600 page or leaf, if carry out reset operation, the number of pages after the dilatation during less than 40% (being that preset value is 40%) by powdered carbon surplus percentage: (100%-40%+100%) * 2000=3200 page or leaf; That is: reset operation is to copy the powdered carbon amount percentage 100% that backs up to the metrical information district, and powdered carbon is metered into 1%.Storage chip 23 carries out before the reset operation, and metering 100%-40%=60% measures powdered carbon surplus percentage 60% altogether before resetting, add the powdered carbon surplus percentage 100% after resetting, and then the dilatation multiple is 160%=1.6 times.If reset operation is just carried out in critical point when newspaper is low, then the dilatation multiple is 1.8 times.If set the powdered carbon amount percentage Y=80% of backup, number of resets Z=2, setting resets below 40%; At this moment, the number of pages after the dilatation: ((100%-40%)+(80%-40%)+80%) * 2000=3600 page or leaf, if preset value C+X is set to 50%; Number of pages after the dilatation: ((100%-50%)+(80%-50%)+80%) * 2000=3200 page or leaf; Be that preset value equals then to open reset function at 50% o'clock, the reset operation of this moment is that the powdered carbon surplus percentage 80% with backup copies metering zone to, and this moment, powdered carbon surplus percentage was metered into 50%; When powdered carbon surplus percentage once more less than 50% the time; Storage chip 23 is opened reset function for the second time, and the powdered carbon surplus percentage of the 1st the preceding metering that resets is 100%-50%=50%, and the powdered carbon surplus percentage of the 2nd the preceding metering that resets is 80%-50%=30%; The powdered carbon surplus percentage of metering is 80% when resetting, and the dilatation multiple is 50%+30%+80%=160%=1.6 times.If 2 reset operations all be to storage chip 23 newspapers when low critical point just carry out, the dilatation multiple is: 80%+60%+80%=2.2 is doubly.If with 1500 pages of capacity dilatations to 3500 page; It is following also can above-mentioned parameter to be set: preset value (C+X)=55%; The powdered carbon surplus percentage Y=100% of backup, number of resets Z=3, then; The dilatation multiple is: ((100-55 %)+(100%-55%)+(100%-55%)+100%=2.35 times, 1500 pages of * 2.35 approximate 3500 pages.Therefore, through storage chip 23 is carried out reset operation, can be any multiple capacity with powdered carbon box capacity extensions, be not limited to the powdered carbon box capacity of integral multiple; Through preset value and number of resets rationally are set, this storage chip 23 in use only can occur once reporting to the greatest extent and once report low situation, and is easy to use.
Generally speaking, the user can close the power supply of laser printer every day, and therefore, storage chip 23 can reset before newspaper is low, and general reset function is opened the back same day or second day promptly reset operation can occur.Behind the reset operation; Authorize data that judging unit judges reset operation through the Printer Information that interface unit sent that is integrated in the control module whether by the laser printer mandate, that is: the laser printer data that whether can confirm to reset and measure with new data.If laser printer is licensed this data, 23 of storage chips add up one with number of resets, otherwise the number of resets that do not add up needs to wait for that above-mentioned specific condition occurs doing reset operation once more.Judge whether laser printer is licensed these data and can be verified through one of following method, begin like: the number of print pages data after reset? Whether the metering of powdered carbon amount begins etc. from the data after reset.
In the present embodiment, the data of storing in the backup area of memory cell are powdered carbon surplus percentage between 60% ~ 100% data backup, also can be the data backups of powdered carbon surplus percentage (C+1%) ~ 100%.
A kind of conversion as the utility model storage chip embodiment; Can reset detection unit and mandate judging unit be arranged on outside the control module; The reset detection unit is connected with control module respectively with the mandate judging unit, and above-mentioned conversion can realize the purpose of the utility model equally.
As the another kind of conversion of the utility model storage chip embodiment, in the control module mandate judging unit can be set, include only read-write control unit and reset detection unit, above-mentioned conversion can realize the purpose of the utility model equally.
As another conversion of the utility model storage chip embodiment, control module can adopt other controllers (like microcontroller MCU), adopts its software design to realize its function; Also can adopt PLD (like CPLD, FPGA etc.) to realize that through hardware programming above-mentioned conversion all can realize the purpose of the utility model.
As another conversion of the utility model storage chip embodiment, storage chip 23 can be contactless chip, and at this moment, induction coil is as the signal and the electric energy of communication part reception laser printer, and its operation principle and above-mentioned principle are similar.
Another conversion as the utility model storage chip embodiment; Can comprise in the control module that promising data communication provides the interface unit of agreement or interface; Perhaps with interface unit be arranged on outside the control module, within the electronic module 27; Interface unit is connected with control module, and above-mentioned conversion can realize the purpose of the utility model equally.
Another conversion as the utility model storage chip embodiment; Can also be used for the print cartridge storage chip, at this moment, what memory cell was deposited is the data relevant with print cartridge; Its structure is similar with present embodiment with operation principle, and this conversion can realize the purpose of the utility model equally.
Powdered carbon box embodiment
Referring to Fig. 6, the powdered carbon box comprises housing, and this housing surrounds the cavity that holds powdered carbon, and the as above described storage chip 23 of embodiment is installed on the outer wall of housing.
As a kind of conversion of the utility model powdered carbon box embodiment, can be the print cartridge that above-mentioned storage chip 23 is installed, this print cartridge structure and above-mentioned powdered carbon box structural similarity are equipped with the as above described storage chip 23 of embodiment on its housing outer wall.
Printer embodiment
Laser printer comprises image-generating unit and powdered carbon box, and aforesaid storage chip 23 is installed on this powdered carbon box, and its structure diagram is referring to Fig. 7, and storage chip 23 is not shown among the figure.
As a kind of conversion of the utility model printer embodiment, can be ink-jet printer, its structure is similar to the aforementioned embodiment: comprise image-generating unit and print cartridge, aforesaid storage chip 23 is installed on the print cartridge.
As the another kind of conversion of the utility model printer embodiment, can also be other imaging devices such as duplicator or facsimile machine or all-in-one multifunctional machine etc., above-mentioned conversion can realize the purpose of the utility model equally.
The utility model is not limited to above-mentioned each embodiment and conversion, and other also should be included in the protection domain of the utility model claim based on the utility model technical scheme and without prejudice to the method and the combination and variation thereof of the utility model purpose.
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1. storage chip comprises
Control module; And
Memory cell is connected with said control module;
Said control module comprises read-write control unit;
Said memory cell comprises metering zone and non-metering district;
It is characterized in that:
Said control module also comprises the reset detection unit;
Said memory cell also comprises backup area.
2. storage chip as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that:
Said control module also comprises the mandate judging unit.
3. according to claim 1 or claim 2 storage chip is characterized in that:
Data in the said backup area are the data of consumable items allowance percentage between 60% ~ 100%.
4. consumable container comprises housing, and said housing surrounds the cavity that holds consumptive material,
It is characterized in that:
Storage chip as claimed in claim 1 is installed on the outer wall of said housing.
5. imaging device comprises image-generating unit and consumable container,
It is characterized in that:
Storage chip as claimed in claim 1 is installed on the said consumable container.
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