Controlling system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2023398798-A1
Application number	US-202318330521-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 7, 2023
Priority date	Jun 8, 2022
Publication date	Dec 14, 2023
Grant date	—

Abstract

A controlling system includes: a motor; a movable body which is moved by the motor along a movement direction and executes an operation for processing a target; a single detecting unit which is mounted on the movable body and detects first and second detection objects during a movement of the movable body; a rotation amount information outputting section which outputs rotation amount information indicating a rotation amount of the motor; and a controller. The controller executes: a moving process for moving the movable body by the motor along the movement direction; a rotation amount information obtaining process for obtaining first rotation amount information and second rotation amount information; a correction value calculating process for calculating a correction value indicating an actual moving distance of the movable body per predetermined rotation amount of the motor; and a moving distance calculating process for calculating a moving distance of the movable body.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A controlling system, comprising:
a motor; a movable body configured to be moved by the motor along a predetermined movement direction and configured to execute a predetermined operation for processing a target during a movement along the movement direction; a single detecting unit mounted on the movable body and configured to detect a first detection object and a second detection object during the movement of the movable body, the first detection object and the second detection object are separated from each other along the movement direction and configured to be detected by the detecting unit moving along the movement direction; a rotation amount information outputting section configured to output rotation amount information indicating a rotation amount of the motor; and a controller configured to execute:
a moving process for moving the movable body by the motor along the movement direction;
a rotation amount information obtaining process for obtaining first rotation amount information and second rotation amount information, the first rotation amount information being the rotation amount information outputted from the rotation amount information outputting section under a condition that the detecting unit detects the first detection object during the movement of the movable body in the moving process, the second rotation amount information being the rotation amount information outputted from the rotation amount information outputting section under a condition that the detecting unit detects the second detection object during the movement of the movable body in the moving process;
a correction value calculating process for calculating a correction value indicating directly or indirectly an actual moving distance of the movable body per predetermined rotation amount of the motor, based on the first rotation amount information and the second rotation amount information obtained in the rotation amount information obtaining process and theoretical distance information indicating a design distance between the first detection object and the second detection object; and
a moving distance calculating process for calculating a moving distance of the movable body by using the rotation amount information outputted from the rotation amount information outputting section and the correction value calculated in the correction value calculating process.

2 . The controlling system according to claim 1 , wherein
the rotation amount information outputting section includes a rotary encoder configured to output a signal each time the motor rotates a predetermined angle, the rotation amount information outputting section is configured to count the signal and output a count value of the signal as the rotation amount information, and in the correction value calculating process, the controller is configured to calculate the correction value indicating directly or indirectly the actual moving distance of the movable body per one count of the signal.

3 . The controlling system according to claim 2 , wherein
in the correction value calculating process, the controller is configured to calculate the correction value by dividing the design distance by an actual count difference, and the actual count difference is a difference between the count indicated by the first rotation amount information and the count indicated by the second rotation amount information.

4 . The controlling system according to claim 3 , wherein in a case that the movable body is moved in the movement direction from a defined position, in the moving distance calculating process, the controller is configured to calculate the moving distance of the movable body from the defined position by multiplying a change amount of the count value from the defined position by the correction value calculated in the correction value calculating process.

5 . The controlling system according to claim 4 , wherein
in the moving distance calculating process, the controller is further configured to calculate a position of the movable body based on the defined position and the calculated moving distance of the movable body from the defined position, and the controller is configured to further execute a controlling process for controlling the predetermined operation of the movable body based on the position of the movable body calculated in the moving distance calculating process.

6 . The controlling system according to claim 1 , wherein the first detection object and the second detection object are provided on a single member.

7 . The controlling system according to claim 1 , wherein
the movable body includes a discharging head configured to discharge ink, and the predetermined operation includes discharging the ink onto a sheet as the target from the discharging head to form an image on the sheet.

8 . The controlling system according to claim 7 , further comprising a platen which is a single member extended along the movement direction to face the discharging head moving together with the movable body,
wherein the first detection object and the second detection object are provided on the platen.

9 . The controlling system according to claim 7 , wherein
the first detection object is an upstream end in the movement direction of the sheet, and the second detection object is a downstream end in the movement direction of the sheet.

10 . The controlling system according to claim 9 , wherein the controller is configured to further execute a sheet detecting process for detecting presence or absence of the sheet and/or detecting a width in the movement direction of the sheet, based on a detection result of the upstream end in the movement direction of the sheet and the downstream end in the movement direction of the sheet by the detecting unit.

11 . The controlling system according to claim 1 , wherein
the rotation amount information outputting section includes a rotary encoder configured to output a signal each time the motor rotates a predetermined angle, and the rotation amount information outputting section is configured to output the rotation amount information based on the signal outputted from the rotary encoder.

12 . The controlling system according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to further execute a controlling process for controlling the predetermined operation of the movable body based on the moving distance calculated in the moving distance calculating process.

Assignees

• Brother Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Arakawa Yuta
• Shirai Haruhisa
• Sato Shoji
• Tanaka Nobumasa
• Hoga Masahiro

Classifications

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