Scrolling system for a roll of printed media and a method therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016248945-A1
Application number	US-201615145014-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	May 3, 2016
Priority date	Nov 4, 2013
Publication date	Aug 25, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A scrolling system for scrolling a printed roll of media includes a mechanical scrolling apparatus and a user interface device. The mechanical scrolling apparatus includes a first winder for placing the printed roll and from which first winder the printed roll is unwindable, and a second winder for winding up the printed roll unwound from the first winder. At least one winder of the first and second winder is drivable by a motor. An unwound area is a piece of the printed roll that is unwound from the first winder and not yet wound up on the second winder. The user interface device is configured to receive a selection of a part of a digital representation of images printed on the roll. Upon receiving a selection of the part of the digital representation of the images printed on the roll by means of the user interface device, the motor is activated in order to scroll the printed roll by means of the two winders until a piece of the printed roll arrives in the unwound area, which piece of the printed roll corresponds to the selected part of the digital representation. A method to be applied by the scrolling system is also disclosed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A scrolling system for scrolling a printed roll of media, comprising:
a mechanical scrolling apparatus, and a user interface device, the mechanical scrolling apparatus comprising:
a first winder for placing the printed roll, the printed roll being unwindable from the first winder; and
a second winder for winding up the printed roll unwound from the first winder,
wherein at least one winder of the first and second winders is drivable by a motor, and wherein an unwound area is a piece of the printed roll that is unwound from the first winder and not yet wound up on the second winder, and
wherein the user interface device is configured to receive a selection of a part of a digital representation of images printed on the roll, wherein, upon receiving a selection of the part of the digital representation of the images printed on the roll by means of the user interface device, the motor is activated in order to scroll the printed roll by means of the first and second winders until a piece of the printed roll arrives in the unwound area, which piece of the printed roll corresponds to the selected part of the digital representation, and wherein the scrolling system comprises a finishing system positioned near or in the unwound area for finishing a piece of the printed roll, the piece of the printed roll corresponding to a part of the digital representation, the part of the digital representation being selected on the user interface device and comprising at least one finishing mark alongside of or within the part of the digital representation, the at least one finishing mark determining an activation of the finishing system when a location on the piece of the printed roll arrives at the finishing system in the unwound area of the scrolling system.

2 . The scrolling system according to claim 1 , wherein the user interface device is configured to display at least a part of the digital representation of images printed on the roll in order to facilitate the selection of the part of the digital representation.

3 . The scrolling system according to claim 2 , wherein the user interface device is configured to receive a scrolling action for scrolling to a part of the digital representation, and scrolling to the part of the digital representation on the user interface device invokes an activation of the motor in order to scroll the printed roll by means of the first and second winders until a piece of the printed roll arrives in the unwound area, the piece of the printed roll corresponding to the part of the digital representation scrolled to.

4 . The scrolling system according to claim 1 , further comprising a camera system for determination of a moment of arrival of the piece of the printed roll in the unwound area.

5 . The scrolling system according to claim 1 , wherein the unwound area comprises a view area for viewing the piece of the printed roll, the piece of the printed roll corresponding to the selected part of the digital representation.

6 . The scrolling system according to claim 1 , wherein the finishing system is a cutting system for cutting the printed roll into portions, and wherein, upon cutting the printed roll into a first portion and a second portion, the digital representation of the images on the printed roll will be split into a first digital representation corresponding to printed images on the first portion and a second digital representation corresponding to printed images on the second portion.

7 . The scrolling system according to claim 1 , wherein the scrolling system comprises a roll-to-roll printing system.

8 . A method for unwinding a printed roll, the method comprising the steps of:
displaying, by means of a user interface device, at least a part of a digital representation of images printed on a roll; receiving a selection of a part of the digital representation by means of the user interface device; and automatically winding the printed roll to a piece of the printed roll, the piece of the printed roll corresponding to the selected part of the digital representation.

9 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein the part of the digital representation is selected by scrolling to a position of the digital representation on the user interface device.

10 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein the printed roll is wound until the piece of the printed roll is visible for operator inspection.

11 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein the selection comprises a finishing mark and wherein the method further comprises the steps of:
upon arrival of the piece corresponding to the selection comprising the finishing mark at a finisher, generating a command for finishing the piece of the roll by means of the finisher; receiving the command by means of the finisher; and finishing the piece of the printed roll with the finisher.

12 . The method according to claim 11 , wherein the command is generated after a consent for finishing is given by means of the user interface device.

13 . A non-transitory recording medium comprising computer executable program code configured to instruct a computer to perform the method according to claim 8 .

Assignees

• Océ-Technologies B V

Inventors

• Del-Aguila Arlette
• Dupre Michael

Classifications

• G09F11/29 Primary

  of a band other than endless · CPC title

• G09F2011/0018

  having one motor for each roller · CPC title

• G09F11/325

  the display elements being stored in the form of rolls fixed in between transporting belts or chains · CPC title

• G09F11/295

  Electric control therefor · CPC title

• H04N1/0032

  with a medium handling apparatus, e.g. a sheet sorter (handling thin or filamentary material, e.g. sheets B65H) · CPC title