EP0988990A2 - Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Nachweis von Tintenstrahldruckerdüsenfehlern - Google Patents

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EP0988990A2
EP0988990A2 EP99307507A EP99307507A EP0988990A2 EP 0988990 A2 EP0988990 A2 EP 0988990A2 EP 99307507 A EP99307507 A EP 99307507A EP 99307507 A EP99307507 A EP 99307507A EP 0988990 A2 EP0988990 A2 EP 0988990A2
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
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  • This invention mainly relates to a method and device for detecting defects in nozzles of an ink-jet printer for cloth such as blinding of the nozzle, satellite of ink on the cloth and ink drop mislocation.
  • Recent ink-jet printers for printing on cloth can express fine and subtle images. For this reason, the diameter of the nozzles which constitute the printing head gets smaller, and accordingly defects in the nozzles such as blinding and satellite of ink and ink drop mislocation happen often. Conventionally, when any of such nozzle defects occur, an operator judges it from the resultant nonconformity in the printed image by visual inspection or such defects are only found out at final inspection of the printed goods. However, experience and hard work are required to detect nonconformity in the image that is being printed. In addition, this may result in a large quantity of defective goods.
  • Japanese Publication No. 2708439 proposes a solution to this problem. This describes the following method: a test pattern is printed on a test recording paper located outside of an original recording paper but near the original recording paper and read by a test pattern optical reading device mounted on the printing head (nozzle head). This is then compared with a pre-recorded standard pattern, thereby allowing an output failure of ink to be detected.
  • Japanese Patent Publication No. 2712168 shows another technique for solving similar problems; all nozzles are caused to jet their inks at the same time. The jets are then to be photographed to calculate for each ink drop the position of its center gravity. This is then compared with a pre-determined standard centre of gravity and deviations between the two along the X and Y axes are calculated. From the deviations, the flying angle of the ink drop is derived and compared with the standard flying angle to evaluate the quality of the ink-jet.
  • Japanese Patent Publication No. 6-198866 discloses a technique that involves photographing an ink-jet test pattern to evaluate its density signal, which density signal is then used to determine ink-jet failure or uneven density.
  • An object of the invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems and provide a method and device capable of detecting defects in ink-jet nozzles such as blinding of the nozzle, satellite of ink, ink drop mislocation and unevenness of color with high accuracy.
  • the first method of this invention to solve the above-mentioned problems is an ink-jet nozzle defect detecting method that has an ink output irregularity judging procedure involving comparing the area of each of the ink drops with the criterion calculated by multiplying their average area by a certain ratio and has a feature that all nozzles on a printing head are checked in a group.
  • the average area of the ink drops is calculated as follows:
  • ink output irregularity detecting method about test pattern by processing the image of ink drop test pattern printed on a test recording medium by a printing head, photograph a column of several ink drops in the test pattern as one group, and recognize the shape of ink drop in the group and calculate the area of each of the ink drops and their average area.
  • we can detect whether there is any ink-jet failure among ink drops in the group by recognizing the shape of several ink drops in a group, calculating their average area from the area of each ink drop and comparing it with the criterion calculated by multiplying the average area by a certain ratio. If the number of ink drops larger in area than the criterion are the same as specified in the group, then the ink jet can be judged as normal.
  • ink-jet failure involving in drops occurs when there is a reduction in ink volume and happens only in a small number of nozzles relative to the total, for example, one or two. So, such a comparative method as mentioned above is enough for judging whether there is any nozzle defect in the printing head.
  • the second method of this invention is an ink-jet nozzle defect detecting method that has X direction (perpendicular to the ink drop column or scanning direction of the printing head) deviation of ink drop judging procedure involving comparison of the difference between the maximum and minimum values of X direction edge positions with the criterion and has a feature that all nozzles on a printing head are checked in a group.
  • the X direction edge position of the ink drops is gained as follows:
  • ink output irregularity detecting method about test pattern by processing the image of ink drop test pattern printed on a test recording medium by a printing head, photograph a column of several ink drops in the test pattern as one group, and recognize the shape of each of the ink drops in the group and measure its edge position along X direction.
  • positional deviation of the ink drops along X direction among a group is detected by comparison.
  • the edge position of each ink drop along X direction is measured and the difference between the maximum and minimum values is calculated and compared with the criterion. After the comparison, if the difference is larger than the criterion, then the positional deviation along the X direction is judged as large, allowing the column of the ink drops in the group to be judged to be out of order.
  • the third method of this invention is an ink-jet nozzle defect detecting method that has a Y direction (along the ink drop column or perpendicular to scanning direction of printing head or moving direction of test recording medium) deviation of ink drop judging procedure involving comparison of the difference between the maximum and minimum values of Y direction center distances with the criterion and has a feature that all nozzles on a printing head are checked in a group.
  • the Y direction center distance of neighboring ink drops is gained as follows:
  • ink output irregularity detecting method about test pattern by processing the image of ink drop test pattern printed on a test recording medium by a printing head, photograph a column of several ink drops in the test pattern as one group, and recognize the shape of each of the ink drops in the group and measure its edge positions along Y direction for calculation of its center position, based on which to determine the Y direction center-to-center distance between two neighboring ink drops.
  • Y direction deviation of ink drop means whether the ink drop center-to-center distance is wide or narrow.
  • Center position of ink drop is calculated by the sum of the Y coordinate values of ink drop's Y coordinate upper and lower edge positions divided by 2. From the center positions, the center-to-center distance of two neighboring ink drops is calculated. The difference between the maximum and minimum values of these distances is calculated and compared with the criterion.
  • the system when capturing an image of the ink drops in the group, the system selects a proper RGB filter of the light receiving unit according to the color of the ink drops in the group to achieve the optimal contrast in the image.
  • the system selects a proper RGB filter to receive light under the optimal contrast condition. This allows us to detect very pale shade ink drops easily.
  • An ink-jet nozzle defect detecting device for performing the methods mentioned above comprises a means for driving a test recording medium and a sensor means which detects a test pattern of ink drops printed on the test recording medium.
  • the sensor means has a light source, a light receiving means that converges reflecting light from a group of ink drop column in the test pattern and receives the light through a slit means and a filter means.
  • the ink-jet nozzle defect detecting device also has a scanning means that scans the sensor means perpendicularly to the ink drop column in the group and an image processing means that processes an output signal from the light receiving means and a judging means that judges irregularity in the ink jetting on a group-by-group basis by comparison between the criteria and at least one of the ink drop areas, X direction edge positions and Y direction center-to-center distances derived from the ink drop shapes in the group.
  • the filter means and light receiving means are composed of light receiving element arrays which have RGB filters arranged in three parallel rows.
  • this invention consists of photographing a column of several ink drops in the test pattern as one group to calculate their average area, based on which to compare the area of each ink drop, to determine the difference between the maximum and minimum values of the ink drop edge positions, based on which to compare the positional deviation of each ink drop along X direction and the difference between the maximum and minimum values of ink drop center-to-center distances, based on which to compare the positional deviation of each ink drop along Y direction, thereby judging irregularity in the ink jetting.
  • We can thus use the present invention to detect nozzle defects such as blinding, satellite of ink, mislocation and unevenness of color with high accuracy and ease.
  • the system can select a proper RGB filter of the light receiving unit according to ink color to get the optimal dark-bright contrast in the ink image, thus allowing us to effectively deal even with pale shade ink color.
  • Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram that shows an ink-jet nozzle defect detection device of this invention.
  • Fig. 2 is an enlarged model diagram that shows one example of a test pattern printed by ink-jet nozzles.
  • Fig. 3 is a perspective drawing that shows a sensor means of this invention's device.
  • Fig. 4 is a perspective drawing that shows a light receiving means of the said sensor means.
  • Fig. 5 is a side view of the sensor means that shows the detecting principle of this invention.
  • Fig. 6 is a front view of the sensor means shown in Fig. 5.
  • Fig. 7 is a drawing that shows the ink drop shape detecting method.
  • Fig. 8 is a drawing that shows the method of sampling ink drop in detecting its shape.
  • Fig. 9 is a drawing that shows the method of calculating the area of ink drop.
  • Fig. 10 is a drawing that shows the method of judging a positional deviation of ink drop along X direction.
  • Fig. 11 is a drawing that shows the method of judging a positional deviation of ink drop along Y direction.
  • Fig. 12 is a block diagram of this invention's control device.
  • Fig. 13 is a drawing that shows the effects of RGB filters.
  • Fig. 1 shows a sensor means 1, the details of which will be explained later and a means 2 for driving a test recording medium 3.
  • a test pattern is printed on the test recording medium 3 with a printing head 4.
  • the recording medium 3 is wound round rubber rolls 7,8 and several guide rolls 9 provided between a feeding roll 5 and a winding roll 6 to control the amount of recording paper to be fed and prevent it slipping. These rolls serve to maintain the tension of the recording paper.
  • Blocks 12 and 13 are placed at a test pattern printing position 10 and a printed test pattern detecting position 11, respectively, to keep the recording medium 3 perpendicular to the printing head 4 and the center shaft of sensor means 1.
  • Numeral 14 is a sensor for detecting the existence of recording medium 3. After the printing of a test pattern is completed, the pattern on the recording medium 3 is moved from the printing position 10 to the printed pattern detecting position 11 just under the sensor means 1 for its positioning.
  • the sensor 1 After its mechanical zero setting, the sensor 1 scans along the X direction to capture an image of ink drops in column form in the test pattern on a group-by-group basis.
  • the scanning method of sensor means 1 which is a driving device composed of a commonly available pulse motor and ball screws.
  • Y indicates the direction in which the recording medium 3 moves at the detecting position 11.
  • Fig. 2 shows an example of a test pattern, which is made up of many ink drops 16 printed on the test recording medium 3 in given rows with the printing head 4.
  • Each nozzle head prints in its own hue.
  • each nozzle head is subjected to photographing of one row made up of eight ink drops 16 (area enclosed by inner dotted line) as one group 18 to check the nozzle head for any nozzle defect such as blinding.
  • Range L1 for one group 18 is about 9 mm and range L2 for photographing is about 13 mm.
  • the sensor means 1 of the device scans along X direction as indicated in the Figure.
  • the test recording medium 3 moves along Y direction. Therefore, the first row is scanned along X direction on a group 18 basis and checked for any nozzle defect, and then the test recording medium 3 is moved along Y direction. Thereafter, the second row is scanned along X direction and checked in the same way as in the first row. A similar operation is repeated on the third and fourth rows. In this way, all the nozzles in the printing head 4 can be checked for any nozzle defect such as blinding with the sensor means 1 according to the method described below:
  • the sensor means 1 is configured as shown in Fig. 3, consisting of a light source 19 made up of a U-shaped fluorescent lamp, a light converging lens 21 and a slit 22 provided in a box 20, and a light receiving element group 24 with filters 23 attached to the top of the box 20 so that all these components can move along X direction together.
  • the light receiving element group 24 is composed of light receiving element arrays 24a, 24b and 24c arranged parallel in three rows as shown in Fig.4, each having a CCD made up of 2,592 photo-diodes per line with a RGB filter mounted on it (which consists of a red filter 23R, green-filter 23G or blue-filter 23B).
  • 25 is a plate for mounting the light receiving element group 24.
  • Fig. 5 is a side view of the sensor means and Fig. 6 is its front view, showing the detecting principle of this invention.
  • the light from the fluorescent lamp of light source 19 impinges and reflects from the recording medium 3 at the ink drops 16, where ink is applied, and white portions 3a where no ink is applied.
  • Each of reflected light 26a and 26b is converged by the converging lens 21, passing through the slit 22, and then the filter 23, which cuts the light 26a reflected at the ink drop 16 or passes it only in a tiny amount.
  • the light 26b reflected at the white portion 3a passes through the filter 23, reaching the CCD 27, the output voltage of which becomes high at the white portion 3a. For this reason, the output voltage of CCD 27 changes at the boundary point of the shape of ink drop 16 as shown in Fig. 7 or 13.
  • the first method of this invention is performed as follows.
  • each ink drop 16 in a group 18 is recognized by binarization of its photographed image.
  • the image processing method which is a publicly known device connected to the sensor means 1 by a cable for image processing according to the output signal from the light receiving means 24.
  • the output voltage of CCD 27 changes at the boundary point of the shape of ink drop 16.
  • the output voltage of CCD27 having such a characteristic curve as shown in Fig.7 is set with a threshold value c to determine points a and b as the boundary between bright and dark areas of the image by the scanning sensor means 1 along X direction at intervals of ⁇ ⁇ m. This allows us to recognize the shape of each ink drop 16.
  • Ink drop 16 ranges in size from 80 to 100 ⁇ m.
  • the sampling interval ⁇ is 5 ⁇ m, which is so small that the above formula can represent an integration.
  • the dot area drops in intensity and its width thus represents the CCD output below the threshold in pixels.
  • Criterion SA is compared with the area Si of ink drop 16 determined as directed above. If the result of the comparison shows that the number of ink drops larger in area than the criterion are the same as specified in the group, the ink jetting can be judged as OK. If the result of the comparison shows the presence of any ink drop smaller in area than the criterion in the group, the ink jetting is to be judged as NG. This, in turn, allows us to detect failure in jetting of ink drops 16 present within the group 18, which means ink-jet nozzle blinding, enabling the operator to specify the nozzle that has undergone such failure.
  • the shape of ink drop 16 determined as described above allows one edge position of the ink drop (or its starting position) such as 16a, 16b, and so on to be identified. More specifically, if the above-described recognition of the shape of ink drop 16 is performed with the position of the first dot ⁇ ⁇ m or above in width stored in the memory, the starting edge position of the ink drop 16 can be identified. Each of the other ink drops in the group is processed in the same way to determine its starting edge position. The edge positions of the ink drops in the group thus determined are then processed to determine the difference between their maximum and minimum values as ⁇ X.
  • the criterion for the judgment of the result is specified as ⁇ ⁇ m.
  • the said difference between the maximum and minimum values of the ink drop edge positions determined as ⁇ X is compared with the criterion ⁇ ⁇ m. If the comparison shows that ⁇ X is less than ⁇ , the ink jetting can be regarded as OK in terms of ink drop location. If the comparison shows that ⁇ X is equal or larger than ⁇ ,the ink jetting is to be regarded as NG in terms of ink drop location. This allows us to detect any positional deviation of ink drop 16 in group 18 along X direction.
  • the shape of ink drop 16 determined as described above allows the edge positions of the ink drop along Y direction such as 16f, 16g, and so on to be identified. More specifically, if the above-described recognition of the shape of ink drop 16 is performed with the position of the first dot ⁇ ⁇ m or above in width stored in the memory, the top and bottom positions of the ink drop 16 can be identified.
  • Each of the other ink drops in the group is processed in the same way to determine its top and bottom positions.
  • the edge positions of each ink drop in the group thus determined are then processed as Y coordinates to determine the half of their sum, thereby calculating its center of gravity (center) position. This allows us to determine the center-to-center distance between two neighboring ink drops (d).
  • the center-to-center distances between every two neighboring ink drops in the group thus determined are then processed to calculate the difference between their maximum value (dmax) and minimum value (dmin) as ⁇ Y.
  • the criterion for the judgment of the result is specified as ⁇ ⁇ m.
  • the said difference between the maximum and minimum values of the ink drop center-to-center distances determined as ⁇ Y is compared with the criterion ⁇ ⁇ m. If the comparison shows that ⁇ Y is less than ⁇ , the ink jetting can be regarded as OK in terms of ink drop location. If the comparison shows that ⁇ X is equal or larger than ⁇ , the ink jetting is to be regarded as NG in terms of ink drop location. This allows us to detect any positional deviation of ink drop 16 in group 18 along Y direction or the center-to-center distance is too wide or narrow.
  • Each nozzle head in the printing head 4 prints in its own color.
  • the present invention selects a proper RGB filter according to a digital signal SG4 from the CPU 28 to load the image data. More specifically, the system selects the red filter 23R for blue ink, the green filter 23G for yellow ink and the blue filter 23B for red ink to achieve a stable output voltage.
  • the system has ink colors stored in the memory.
  • the system deals with pale shade ink color, which develops with poor contrast, by multiple printing to enhance its absolute intensity, thereby increasing its sensitivity.
  • the system selects the proper RGB filter according to the color of the ink to load its image data under the optimal contrast condition, which is converted by sensor means 1 into an analogue signal SG5 before being transmitted through the cable to the CPU28 where the signal is processed as mentioned above to judge the nozzle head for nozzle blinding, satellite of ink or ink drop mislocation. If the result of the judgment shows any defect in the nozzle head such as nozzle blinding, a digital signal SG1 is transmitted to an ink-jet printer 29 to indicate the occurrence of the defect, specifying the nozzle involved, which the operator can thus take remedial action on.
  • Fig.13 (a) shows the effect of the filter on yellow ink
  • Fig.13 (b) shows the effect of the filter on blue ink.
  • Both Figures indicate that the variation in the output voltage with the filter is marked compared to that in the case without the filter, showing that the use of the filter is highly effective in enhancing the accuracy of the nozzle defect detection.

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