CN102205725A - Method and system for managing consumable information - Google Patents

Method and system for managing consumable information Download PDF

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CN102205725A
CN102205725A CN2011100530714A CN201110053071A CN102205725A CN 102205725 A CN102205725 A CN 102205725A CN 2011100530714 A CN2011100530714 A CN 2011100530714A CN 201110053071 A CN201110053071 A CN 201110053071A CN 102205725 A CN102205725 A CN 102205725A
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The invention provides a method and system for managing consumable information. The system comprises an information management unit and a wireless communication unit, wherein the information management unit runs on a computer and comprises an information management module, an information output module for receiving information output by the information management module, an information input module for inputting information to the information management module and a communication module communicated with the information management module; and the wireless communication unit comprises a communication control module for exchanging information with the communication module and a wireless signal transceiver module connected with the communication control module. The method comprises the steps of sending read command information to the wireless communication unit by the information management module according to the information input by the information input module, sending the read command information to a consumable chip and returning the received information to the information management module by the wireless communication unit and outputting the received information through the information output module by the information management module. By means of the system and the method which are provided by the invention, a user can conveniently query and verify the information of a consumable container and buy and use the consumable container.

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Consumable information management system and method thereof
Technical field
The present invention relates to the printing consumables field, specifically, relate to the consumable information management system and use the method for this system the consumable information management.
Background technology
Printer is as common office equipment, for modern office provides great convenience.Existing printer is divided into ink-jet printer and laser printer, and ink-jet printer uses the print cartridge that accommodates ink to provide the ink of printing usefulness as consumable container to printer, to form literal or the pattern that needs printing on paper; Laser printer then uses the cartridge that accommodates carbon dust to provide the carbon dust of printing usefulness as consumable container to printer, to form literal or the pattern that needs printing on medium.
Referring to Fig. 1, existing print cartridge has a housing 11, and housing 11 surrounds cavity 15, accommodates ink in the cavity 15.The below of housing 11 is provided with ink outlet port 14, and the ink in the cavity 15 can flow to printer through ink outlet port 14.On housing 11 outer walls, chip piece 13 is installed, the structure of chip generally has substrate 16 as shown in Figure 2, and a plurality of electric contacts 17 are installed on substrate 16, electric contact 17 is used for transmission information as communication module and the electric contact that the ink-jet printer electric contact is connected.Electronic module 18 also is installed on the substrate 16, electronic module 18 has microcontroller and the memory that is electrically connected with electric contact 17, store the information relevant in the memory, comprise the accumulative total time-write interval of ink surpluses, print cartridge in print cartridge model, suitable ink-jet printer model, ink color, the cavity 15 etc. with print cartridge.
After print cartridge is installed to ink-jet printer, the electric contact 17 of chip contacts with the electric contact on the ink-jet printer, and carry out exchanges data with ink-jet printer, just ink-jet printer reads electronic module 18 canned datas, and judges according to the information that reads whether the print cartridge of being installed is applicable to whether this ink-jet printer and print cartridge ink inside surplus be sufficient.
Referring to Fig. 3, existing cartridge has housing 21, and housing 21 surrounds the cavity that holds carbon dust, and the outer wall of housing is provided with a chip installation position 22, and chip 23 is installed on the chip installation position 22.Similar with ink box chip, the chip 23 of cartridge also has substrate, and substrate is provided with the electric contact 24 as communication module, is used for communicating by letter with laser printer.
Also be provided with microcontroller and memory (invisible among the figure) on the chip 23, the information relevant such as carbon dust surplus data of store memory storage cartridge with cartridge.After cartridge was installed to laser printer, laser printer read memory institute canned data, judged whether the cartridge installed is applicable to this laser printer, and whether the carbon dust surplus in the cartridge abundance etc.
Yet, printer is by realizing being electrically connected the problem that has contact stabilization by electric contact between the consumable chip, in case the electric contact of printer and the electric contact loose contact on the consumable chip, then cause consumable chip can't with printer communication, cause the printer cisco unity malfunction.
Therefore, more existing printers adopt the mode of wireless telecommunications, and the printer master control borad is connected block diagram as shown in Figure 4 with consumable chip.
Printer master control borad 30 is provided with microcontroller 32 and radio frequency unit 33, and wherein radio frequency unit 33 is for sending and receive the antenna of CF radio frequency signal, and microcontroller 32 can carry out communication by radio frequency unit 33 and carbon powder box chip 40.
Consumable chip 40 is provided with radio frequency unit 41 and memory 42, and memory 42 stores consumptive material and the relevant information of consumable container.After consumable container was installed to printer, the microcontroller of printer master control borad 30 sent the signal that comprises reading order by radio frequency unit 33 to consumable chip 40, read memory 42 canned datas.After controller 32 receives the information of returning, judge whether the model of consumable container suitable, consumable items allowance abundance etc. whether, just carry out checking work to consumable container.After having only the consumable container checking to pass through, printer is operate as normal.
But, above-mentioned printer is to be finished by printer self to the work of consumable container checking, the user can't understand the information of consumable containers such as print cartridge or cartridge intuitively, in case the printer cisco unity malfunction, the user also can't understand the problem place of consumable container self intuitively.
Summary of the invention
Main purpose of the present invention provides a kind of consumable information management system that can allow the user understand consumable information intuitively.
Another object of the present invention provides the consumable information management method that a kind of user of convenience discerns consumable container.
In order to realize above-mentioned main purpose, consumable information management system provided by the invention comprises the information management unit that runs on the computer, information management unit has information management module, receive the message output module of information management module output information, MIM message input module to information management module input information, the communication module that carries out information exchange with information management module, the consumable information management system also comprises the radio communication unit that is installed on the computer, radio communication unit have carry out the communication control module of information exchange with communication module and be connected with communication control module and with the wireless signal transceiver module of consumable chip communication.
By above scheme as seen, information management unit runs on the computer, and information management unit has message output module, the consumable information that receives can be exported and is shown by computer, and the user can understand the information of consumptive material intuitively by computer display.
A preferred scheme is, information management unit also comprises the authentication module with the information management module exchange message, and authentication module stores the consumptive material authorization information.
This shows, information management system can be verified consumable container, judge whether consumable container is legal consumable container, as long as the user is installed to consumable container the information that can understand consumable container on the printer, in case consumable container goes wrong, the user also can understand the problem of consumable container self intuitively by computer.
Further scheme is, radio communication unit has the USB interface that removably is plugged on the computer, and communication control module is the USB control module, and USB interface is electrically connected with the USB control module.
As seen, radio communication unit can be releasably attached on the computer by USB interface, carries, uses all very convenient.
For realizing another above-mentioned purpose, consumable information management method provided by the invention is used above-mentioned consumable information management system, this method comprises the information of information management module according to the MIM message input module input, send reading order information by communication module to radio communication unit, radio communication unit is sent to consumable chip with reading order information, radio communication unit is back to information management module with the information that receives, and information management module is exported the information that is received by message output module.
By such scheme as seen, after the consumable information administrative unit is obtained the consumable information that consumable chip stores by radio communication unit, can show on computers, the user can understand the information of consumptive material and consumable container intuitively by computer, also can discern consumable container easily, judge whether consumable container is legal consumable container.
A preferred scheme is, information management unit also comprises the authentication module with the information management module exchange message, and authentication module stores the consumptive material authorization information; Information management module receives that radio communication unit returns read information after, the information that will read is sent to authentication module, authentication module is verified reading information, and output checking result.
This shows, authentication module is verified the display output of back by computer to the information of consumptive material, whether the user can understand consumable container intuitively is legal consumable container, and, as long as consumable container is installed on the printer and moves on computers the consumable information management system, can verify consumable container, make things convenient for the user that consumable container is verified.
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Fig. 1 is the structural representation of existing a kind of print cartridge.
Fig. 2 is the structural representation enlarged drawing of existing ink box chip.
Fig. 3 is the STRUCTURE DECOMPOSITION figure of existing a kind of cartridge.
Fig. 4 is the printer master control borad of existing a kind of wireless telecommunications and the schematic block diagram of consumable chip.
Fig. 5 is the block diagram of consumable information management system embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 6 is the flow chart of consumable information management method embodiment of the present invention.
The invention will be further described below in conjunction with drawings and Examples.
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Consumable information management system of the present invention can be used for the print cartridge that is installed to ink-jet printer is carried out information management and checking, also can carry out information management and checking to the cartridge that is installed to laser printer.
Referring to Fig. 5, the consumable information management system of present embodiment is formed by moving information management unit 50 on computers and the radio communication unit 60 that is releasably attached on the computer, wherein information management unit 50 is provided with information management module 51, MIM message input module 52, message output module 53, communication module 54 and authentication module 55, and radio communication unit 60 is provided with USB control module 61 and wireless radio frequency modules 62.
Information management module 51 is used for consumable information is managed, and comprises the relevant information that receives in the consumable chip about consumptive material, and sends the information etc. of read write command to consumable chip.MIM message input module 52 receives information from the outside, as receiving the information that input equipments such as keyboard, mouse are imported, and the information that receives is sent to information management module 51.The information of message output module 53 accessible information administration modules 51 output, and export the information that is received the output driver module of computer to, by output equipments such as the display output of computer.54 of communication modules are used for carrying out communication with radio communication unit 60, as to radio communication unit 60 transmission information or from radio communication unit 60 reception information etc.And communication module 54 can carry out exchanges data with information management module 51.
Store verification msg in the authentication module 55, as the model of consumable container, consumptive material color, consumptive material surplus threshold value etc., these data are used for consumable container is verified.Because the information management unit 50 of present embodiment runs in the computer, can import or set corresponding verification msg in advance by computer.And the verification msg that authentication module 55 is stored also can be changed according to actual conditions.When computer with after the printer of a certain model is connected, the information of this printer can be stored in the authentication module 55, authentication module 55 can be verified the information of consumptive material according to the information of printer.
Radio communication unit 60 is releasably attached on the computer, and preferably, the radio communication unit 60 of present embodiment also is provided with a USB interface, can be inserted on the USB interface of computer, by the communication of usb bus realization with computer.Present embodiment also is provided with the USB control module 61 as communication control module, is used for carrying out communication with communication module 54, and certainly, communication data should satisfy the USB communications protocol.
Radio communication unit 60 also is provided with the wireless radio frequency modules 62 that is electrically connected with USB control module 61, wireless radio frequency modules 62 is as the wireless signal transceiver module of present embodiment, be used to send and receive the radio frequency signal of CF, thus the communication between realization and the consumable chip.
Use present embodiment consumable container is carried out information management and checking, consumable container should have wireless communication function, and wireless radio frequency modules for example is set on consumable chip, can receive and send the radio frequency signal of CF.Certainly, a plurality of electric contacts that carry out communication with printer can also be set on the consumable chip.
Referring to Fig. 6, use that present embodiment manages consumable information and when consumable container verified, at first need radio communication unit is installed on the computer, and move the consumable information administrative unit on computers.After the consumable information administrative unit started, the user can need the information of inquiry or checking by the input equipment input of computer, and the information of user's input is sent in the information management module by MIM message input module.Then, information management module sends the information of corresponding reading order by communication module to radio communication unit, after radio communication unit receives this information, by wireless radio frequency modules reading order information is sent on the consumable chip, i.e. execution in step S1.
After consumable chip receives reading order information, send the information of returning that reads according to reading order to radio communication unit, radio communication unit will read information and be sent to information management module, i.e. execution in step S2.
Then, information management module execution in step S3, the information that receives is sent to message output module, message output module is sent to the information that is received in the output driver module of computer, on the display of computer, show the information that is received, as date of manufacture of the manufacturer of the model of consumable container, suitable printer model, consumable container, consumptive material color, consumable container etc.Like this, the user can understand the information of consumptive material and consumable container intuitively.
Then, information management module execution in step S4, the information that receives is sent to authentication module, authentication module is verified the information that is received, comprise the checking consumable container original-pack manufacturer produces, whether consumable container is legal etc., if computer is connected with printer, authentication module should verify also whether consumable container is applicable to this printer etc.After the authentication module checking, will verify that the result is sent to information management module.
If computer is connected with printer, and consumable container is installed on this printer, information management module sends the control information of consumable chip work according to the checking result, if consumable container is by checking, information management module execution in step S5, send startup command by communication module, radio communication unit, consumable chip can start, the operate as normal of printer.If consumable container can not be by checking, the expression consumable container is not suitable for the printer that is connected with computer, perhaps to be not that consumable items allowance is very few in certified products, the consumable container be not enough to startup work etc. to consumable container, information management module execution in step S6, send by communication module, radio communication unit etc. and to cease and desist order, consumable chip stops to carry out communication with printer, and printer can operate as normal because of the existence that can't detect consumable chip.
When consumable chip can normal carry out communication with printer, information management module can judge whether that needs write data to consumable chip according to actual conditions, the consumable items allowance data of storing as the renewal consumable chip etc., i.e. execution in step S7.If judge and to write data, just information management module receives the information that need write data to consumable chip from MIM message input module, information management module execution in step S8 then, write command information by radio communication unit to the consumable chip transmission, and sending the required data that write, consumable chip is written to appointed positions with the required data that write.
By such scheme as seen, the user is buying or is using in the process of consumable container, can pass through the information of computer inquery consumable container easily, and can verify consumable container.
Certainly, the foregoing description only is a preferred implementation of the present invention, during practical application more change can also be arranged, for example use the infrared module of transmitting-receiving infrared signal to substitute wireless radio frequency modules as the wireless signal transceiver module, infrared module also correspondingly is set on the consumable chip, and such change also can realize purpose of the present invention.
It is emphasized that at last; the invention is not restricted to above-mentioned embodiment; variations such as change such as agreement between change, radio communication unit communication and the information management unit of authentication module verification msg also should be included in the protection domain of claim of the present invention.

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1. the consumable information management system is characterized in that: comprise
Run on the information management unit on the computer, described information management unit has
Information management module;
Receive the message output module of described information management module output information;
MIM message input module to described information management module input information;
The communication module that carries out information exchange with described information management module;
Described consumable information management system also comprises the radio communication unit that is installed on the described computer, and described radio communication unit has
The communication control module that carries out information exchange with described communication module;
Be connected with described communication control module and with the wireless signal transceiver module of consumable chip communication.
2. consumable information management system according to claim 1 is characterized in that:
Described information management unit also comprises the authentication module with described information management module exchange message, and described authentication module stores the consumptive material authorization information.
3. consumable information management system according to claim 1 and 2 is characterized in that:
Described radio communication unit has the USB interface that removably is plugged on the described computer, and described communication control module is the USB control module, and described USB interface is electrically connected with described USB control module.
4. consumable information management system according to claim 1 and 2 is characterized in that:
Described wireless signal transceiver module is wireless radio frequency modules or infrared module.
5. use the consumable information management method of consumable information management system according to claim 1, comprise
Described information management module sends reading order information by described communication module to described radio communication unit according to the information of described MIM message input module input, and described radio communication unit is sent to described consumable chip with described reading order information;
Described radio communication unit is back to described information management module with the information that receives, and described information management module is exported the information that is received by described message output module.
6. consumable information management method according to claim 5 is characterized in that:
After described information management module receives the information that described radio communication unit returns, information according to described MIM message input module input, send to described radio communication unit by described communication module and to write command information and to the data that described consumable chip write, described radio communication unit is sent to described consumable chip with said write command information and the required data that write.
7. according to claim 5 or 6 described consumable information management methods, it is characterized in that:
Described information management unit also comprises the authentication module with described information management module exchange message, and described authentication module stores the consumptive material authorization information;
Described information management module receives that described radio communication unit returns read information after, the described information that reads is sent to described authentication module, described authentication module is verified the described information that reads, and output checking result.
8. consumable information management method according to claim 7 is characterized in that:
After described information management module receives described checking object information,, and described control information is sent to described consumable chip by described radio communication unit according to the control information of described checking object information output to described consumable chip work.
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