Medium feeding control method and medium feeding apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10077161-B2
Application number	US-201514711311-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 13, 2015
Priority date	May 16, 2014
Publication date	Sep 18, 2018
Grant date	Sep 18, 2018

Abstract

A medium feeding apparatus includes a detection tension acquiring unit that acquires a detection tension which is a tension applied during an (n−1)-th feeding operation in a plurality of feeding operations in which the medium is fed, a corrected tension calculating unit that calculates a corrected tension obtained by correcting a target tension which is a target value of a tension to be applied during a n-th feeding operation based on the detection tension, and a driving controlling unit that controls a roll motor during the n-th feeding operation based on the corrected tension.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A medium feeding control method of a medium feeding apparatus which includes a holding unit that holds a roll body around which a medium is wound, a feeding unit that pulls and feeds the medium from the roll body, and a rotation driving unit that rotates the roll body through the holding unit in a direction in which the medium is fed from the roll body, and a feeding driving unit that drives the feeding unit, and performs a feeding operation multiple times in which the medium is fed, the method comprising:
acquiring a detection tension corresponding to a tension applied to the medium between the roll body and the feeding unit during an n−1 or earlier feeding operation, where n is an integer equal to or greater than 2, in an n number of the feeding operations;
calculating a corrected tension by correcting a target tension which is a target value of a tension to be applied during an n feeding operation occurring after the n−1 feeding operation on the basis of the detection tension; and
controlling the feeding driving unit during the n feeding operation based on the corrected tension,
wherein when acquiring the detection tension,
a feeding current flowing in the feeding driving unit during the n−1 or earlier feeding operation and a reference current flowing in the feeding driving unit in a state in which the medium between the roll body and the feeding driving unit is loosened at the time of performing a reference current measuring operation for measuring the reference current that drives the feeding driving unit are acquired,
a tension current which is a difference between the feeding current and the reference current is calculated, and
the detection tension is calculated based on the tension current.

2. The medium feeding control method according to claim 1 ,
wherein the feeding current is acquired multiple times at a predetermined interval in one feeding operation when acquiring the feeding current,
wherein the reference current is acquired multiple times at the predetermined interval in one reference current measuring operation when acquiring the reference current,
wherein a plurality of the tension currents is acquired from the feeding currents acquired at the predetermined interval and the reference currents acquired at the predetermined interval when calculating the tension current, respectively, and
wherein the detection current is acquired on the basis of an average tension current which is an average value of the plurality of tension currents when acquiring the detection tension.

3. The medium feeding control method according to claim 1 ,
wherein the feeding current is acquired multiple times at a predetermined interval in one feeding operation when acquiring the feeding current,
wherein the reference current is acquired multiple times at the predetermined interval in one reference current measuring operation when acquiring the reference current,
wherein a plurality of the tension currents is acquired from the feeding currents acquired at the predetermined interval and the reference currents acquired at the predetermined interval when calculating the tension current, respectively, and
wherein the detection current is acquired on the basis of a peak tension current which is a maximum value in the plurality of tension currents when acquiring the detection tension.

4. The medium feeding control method according to claim 1 ,
wherein the detection tension corresponding to the tension applied to the medium during the (n−1) n−1 feeding operation is acquired, when acquiring the detection tension.

5. The medium feeding control method according to claim 1 ,
wherein when calculating the corrected tension,
a tension error integral value obtained by integrating the tension errors which are errors in the detection tensions with respect to the target tension is calculated,
a tension correction amount is calculated on the basis of the tension error integral value, and
the corrected tension is calculated by adding the tension correction amount to the target tension.

6. A medium feeding apparatus comprising:
a holding unit that holds a roll body around which a medium is wound;
a feeding unit that pulls and feeds the medium from the roll body;
a rotation driving unit that rotates the roll body through the holding unit so that the medium is fed from the roll body;
a feeding driving unit that drives the feeding unit;
a detection tension acquiring unit that acquires a detection tension which is a tension applied to the medium between the roll body and the feeding unit during an n−1 or earlier feeding operation, where n is an integer equal to or greater than 2, in an n number of feeding operations in which the medium is fed;
a corrected tension calculating unit that calculates a corrected tension obtained by correcting a target tension which is a target value of a tension to be applied during an n feeding operation occurring after the n−1 feeding operation based on the detection tension; and
a driving controlling unit that controls the feeding driving unit during the n feeding operation based on the corrected tension,
wherein when acquiring the detection tension,
a feeding current flowing in the feeding driving unit during the n−1 or earlier feeding operation and a reference current flowing in the feeding driving unit in a state in which the medium between the roll body and the feeding driving unit is loosened at the time of performing a reference current measuring operation for measuring the reference current that drives the feeding driving unit are acquired,
a tension current which is a difference between the feeding current and the reference current is calculated, and
the detection tension is calculated based on the tension current.

Assignees

• Seiko Epson Corp

Inventors

• Hayashi Toru

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