Jet parameter generation system, method of generating jet parameter, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing program of generating jet parameter

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12097701-B2
Application number	US-202217983268-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 8, 2022
Priority date	Nov 10, 2021
Publication date	Sep 24, 2024
Grant date	Sep 24, 2024

Abstract

A jet parameter generation system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a data acquisition section, and a parameter generation section for generating a predetermined jet parameter, using a predetermined analytical method of taking a predetermined input parameter as an explanatory variable and taking a predetermined jet parameter as an objective variable. The parameter generation section determines which one of a first standard for setting a voltage value with which a drop volume of the liquid to be a reference is obtained and a second standard for setting a voltage value with which an ejection speed of the liquid to be a reference is obtained is to be selected, selects a first explanatory variable group when determining to select the first standard, while selecting a second explanatory variable group when determined to select the second standard, and uses the predetermined analytical method using just selected one of the first explanatory variable group and the second explanatory variable group to thereby generate the predetermined jet parameter.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A jet parameter generation system configured to generate a predetermined jet parameter to be used when generating a drive signal which is applied to a jet section configured to jet liquid, and which has a single pulse or a plurality of pulses, the system comprising:
a data acquisition section configured to obtain a selection instruction signal input from an outside and a predetermined input parameter as input data; and
a parameter generation section configured to generate the predetermined jet parameter based on the selection instruction signal and the predetermined input parameter, using a predetermined analytical method taking the predetermined input parameter as an explanatory variable and taking the predetermined jet parameter as an objective variable, wherein
the parameter generation section
determines which one of a first standard and a second standard is to be selected, based on the selection instruction signal representing which one of the first standard and the second standard is to be selected, a voltage value representing a crest value of the pulse in the drive signal being set to a voltage value with which a drop volume of the liquid to be a reference is obtained based on the first standard, and being set to a voltage value with which an ejection speed of the liquid to be a reference is obtained based on the second standard,
selects a first explanatory variable group included in the predetermined input parameter as the explanatory variable when determining that the first standard is to be selected, while selecting a second explanatory variable group included in the predetermine input parameter as the explanatory variable when determining that the second standard is to be selected, and
uses the predetermined analytical method using just selected one of the first explanatory variable group and the second explanatory variable group to thereby generate the predetermined jet parameter.

2. The jet parameter generation system according to claim 1 , wherein
at least a voltage sensitivity of the liquid corresponding to a variation per unit voltage in one of a drop volume of the liquid and an ejection speed of the liquid when the liquid is jetted at a reference temperature is included as the predetermined jet parameter.

3. The jet parameter generation system according to claim 2 , wherein
as the first explanatory variable group, there is included at least a target value of the drop volume of the liquid, and
as the second explanatory variable group, there is included at least one of parameters of
a parameter representing presence or absence of a common drive in the drive signal, and
a number of drops corresponding to a number of the pulses included in a unit period in the drive signal.

4. The jet parameter generation system according to claim 3 , wherein
as the first explanatory variable group, there is further included the number of drops, and
as the second explanatory variable group, there is further included at least one of parameters of
a head rank value which corresponds to the voltage value with which a predetermined ejection speed is achieved when a predetermined test liquid is jetted from the jet section, and which is a value inherent in a liquid jet head having the jet section,
a parameter representing a type of the liquid jet head,
a specific gravity of the liquid,
a surface tension value of the liquid,
a viscosity value of the liquid at a reference temperature, and
a target value of the ejection speed of the liquid.

5. The jet parameter generation system according to claim 3 , wherein
as conversion processing from a measured characteristic curve between viscosity and temperature of the liquid to a predictive characteristic curve between the voltage value and temperature to be used when generating the drive signal, there are included
preliminary processing of generating a preliminary characteristic curve representing a relationship between the voltage value and temperature from the measured characteristic curve, using a conversion coefficient when performing the conversion processing, and
an add operation of adding a voltage shift amount to the voltage value in the preliminary characteristic curve to thereby generate the predictive characteristic curve, and

as at least one of the first explanatory variable group and the second explanatory variable group, there is further included the voltage shift amount.

6. The jet parameter generation system according to claim 1 , wherein
as conversion processing from a measured characteristic curve between viscosity and temperature of the liquid to a predictive characteristic curve between the voltage value and temperature to be used when generating the drive signal, there are included
preliminary processing of generating a preliminary characteristic curve representing a relationship between the voltage value and temperature from the measured characteristic curve using a conversion coefficient when performing the conversion processing, and
an add operation of adding a voltage shift amount to the voltage value in the preliminary characteristic curve to thereby generate the predictive characteristic curve, and

as the predetermined jet parameter, there is included at least the conversion coefficient.

7. The jet parameter generation system according to claim 1 , wherein
as conversion processing from a measured characteristic curve between viscosity and temperature of the liquid to a predictive characteristic curve between the voltage value and temperature to be used when generating the drive signal, there are included
preliminary processing of generating a preliminary characteristic curve representing a relationship between the voltage value and temperature from the measured characteristic curve using a conversion coefficient when performing the conversion processing, and
an add operation of adding a voltage shift amount to the voltage value in the preliminary characteristic curve to thereby generate the predictive characteristic curve, and

as the predetermined jet parameter, there is included at least the voltage shift amount.

8. The jet parameter generation system according to claim 1 , wherein
the predetermined analytical method is a method using a machine learning model to which the predetermined input parameter is input, and from which the predetermined jet parameter is output.

9. The jet parameter generation system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a table generation section configured to perform conversion processing from a measured characteristic curve between viscosity and temperature of the liquid to a predictive characteristic curve between the voltage value and temperature using at least one of the predetermined jet parameter to thereby generate a predictive voltage characteristic table defining the predictive characteristic curve based on a measured viscosity characteristic table defining the measured characteristic curve; and
a signal generation section which is configured to obtain a crest value of the pulse using the predictive voltage characteristic table generated by the table generation section, and which is configured to generate the drive signal using the pulse having the crest value obtained.

10. The jet parameter generation system according to claim 1 , wherein
the data acquisition section and the parameter generation section are disposed in an external device located outside a liquid jet recording device incorporating a liquid jet head having the jet section.

11. The jet parameter generation system according to claim 1 , wherein
the data acquisition section and the parameter generation section are disposed in a liquid jet recording device incorp

Assignees

• Sii Printek Inc

Inventors

• Shimizu Takayuki
• Hirata Masakazu

Classifications

• B41J2002/14491

  Electrical connection · CPC title

• B41J2002/14362

  Assembling elements of heads · CPC title

• B41J2202/10

  Finger type piezoelectric elements · CPC title

• B41J2/04553

  detecting ambient temperature · CPC title

• B41J2/04571

  detecting viscosity · CPC title