593results about "Visual presentation using printers" patented technology

The invention relates to the technical field of intelligent printing and industrial automation control, and discloses an intelligent label printing optimization system, method and device based on image recognition. The method comprises the following steps: constructing an object surface feature matrix according to surface three-dimensional point cloud data and texture information of a to-be-labeled object; performing regional adaptability evaluation on the object surface feature matrix to obtain a thermodynamic map so as to determine a target labeling region; obtaining semantic information corresponding to preset label contents to generate typesetting constraint conditions corresponding to the label contents; generating an optimized typesetting scheme corresponding to the label content according to the typesetting constraint condition, and controlling preset printing equipment to print according to the optimized typesetting scheme to form a target label; and according to the first pose information corresponding to the object to be labeled, the preset second pose information of the printing equipment and the area range corresponding to the target area, a preset movement track corresponding to the mechanical arm is generated, and the mechanical arm is controlled to paste the target label to the target area according to the movement track.

The invention discloses a reagent informatization management platform, and relates to the technical field of laboratory intelligent management, the reagent informatization management platform comprises an Internet of Things Bluetooth lock, a Bluetooth electronic balance, a label printer and a background management server; the Internet of Things Bluetooth lock is arranged on the reagent cabinet; the Internet of Things Bluetooth lock, the Bluetooth electronic balance and the label printer are connected with a user mobile phone, and the user mobile phone is connected with the background management server; the user mobile phone is used for controlling the opening and closing of the Bluetooth lock of the Internet of Things, and is also used for obtaining the weight of the reagent weighed by the Bluetooth electronic balance; and a reagent management applet is arranged in the user mobile phone. According to the reagent cabinet, the whole-process recording of reagent use can be realized only by additionally arranging the Internet of Things Bluetooth lock on the cabinet door of the traditional reagent cabinet and arranging the label printer in the laboratory in combination with the background management server and the reagent management applet on the mobile phone of the user, so that efficient management is realized.

Cross-track stitch errors in an inkjet printer are reduced by printing test patterns for a plurality of in-track offsets. A first test pattern portion to be printed with a first jetting modules includes a uniform density region having a slot with a slot width. A second test pattern portion to be printed with a second jetting modules includes a bar having a bar width, wherein the uniform density region of the first test pattern portion and the bar of the second test pattern portion overlap in the cross-track direction and are printed with jets in an overlap region between the jetting modules. The printed test patterns are analyzed to determine a stitch score that represents a degree of alignment between the slot in the first test pattern portion and the bar in the second test pattern portion. An aim offset value is determined where the slot and the bar are aligned.

An image processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire an image captured by an imaging unit, and image capturing information at the time of image capturing of the image, and a calculation unit configured to calculate an object side pixel dimension of a target subject in the image based on the image capturing information and a pixel dimension of the imaging unit, wherein the acquisition unit acquires in-focus information indicating an in-focus state of a subject in an image, as the image capturing information, and wherein the calculation unit calculates the object side pixel dimension based on the in-focus information.

The invention discloses an anti-counterfeiting code printing method of variable temperature-sensitive ink, and belongs to the technical field of printing anti-counterfeiting. The invention provides a dynamic data and temperature response collaborative anti-counterfeiting scheme to solve the problems that an existing anti-counterfeiting code is easy to copy in a static state, and temperature-sensitive ink is single in function and fuzzy in superimposed information. The method comprises the following steps: generating unique dynamic data through an encryption algorithm and dividing the unique dynamic data into a plain code segment and a hidden code segment; configuring double-layer temperature-sensitive printing ink and a low-temperature layer, partially covering the plain code section, and enabling the high-temperature layer to be transparent at normal temperature and to be heated to develop hidden codes; a multi-channel high-precision printing device is adopted to superpose ink layers step by step, and a protective film is covered after ultraviolet curing to enhance durability. A user triggers hierarchical display and hiding through temperature, and dynamic data and physical characteristic dual verification is realized by combining a terminal verification system. The anti-counterfeiting information capacity is expanded, the problem of information blurring caused by ink diffusion is solved, high-security scenes such as packages, labels and certificates are compatible, and the anti-counterfeiting strength and the practical value are achieved.

An information processing device includes an instruction information acquisition unit configured to acquire instruction information input as voice by a user, a storage control unit configured to, when the acquired instruction information is registration instruction information, cause a storage to store a printed image as a favorite image, and a print control unit configured to, when the acquired instruction information is second print instruction information for instructing to print the favorite image, cause an image forming device to execute printing of the image stored as the favorite image.

The invention discloses an environment-adaptive label printing method, device and equipment and a medium, and relates to the field of label printing. According to the method, under standard printing parameters, reference color development energy and reference heat loss energy of a printing head are obtained; the current environment temperature and the current printing speed are obtained, and a temperature compensation coefficient and a speed compensation coefficient are calculated; calculating the initial heating energy of the printing head; obtaining printing data corresponding to the current printing task, determining a heat historical parameter of each heating point and heating time of an adjacent heating point of each heating point based on the printing data, and generating a proximity effect compensation factor; adjusting the initial heating energy based on the thermal historical parameter and the proximity effect compensation factor to obtain target heating energy; and according to the target heating energy, multi-stage dynamic compensation is carried out on the printing head, so that the actual output energy of the printing head is the target heating energy. By implementing the technical scheme provided by the invention, the printing effect is improved.

The invention discloses a label printing platform system based on image conversion, and belongs to the technical field of label printing platforms. The system comprises an image conversion processing module, an interaction control module, a printing platform management module, a printing event recording module, a consumable state monitoring module and an intelligent analysis module. Different image features are determined by providing a man-machine interaction platform, so that an operator can edit a label template by himself / herself, various label printing requirements are met, and the independence of products in the industrial production process is improved; by establishing the consumable analysis model, analyzing the influence of different printing templates on the quantity of printing consumables during label printing and calculating the total quantity of printing consumables required by a printer for completing a label printing task, whether the current printing consumables are sufficient or not is warned in advance, the printing consumables are effectively supervised, and the printing efficiency is improved. And the label printing quality and the industrial production efficiency are improved.

A method is indicated for processing a web (4) that is printed with a printed image (6), wherein the web (4) is fed to a cutting / grooving unit (14) by means of which the web (4) is processed at a number of processing positions (16) in the longitudinal direction (L), wherein upstream of the cutting / grooving unit (14) the web (4) has a width (B), wherein an actual measurement (1) for the width (B) is measured, wherein the cutting / grooving unit (14) is set depending on the actual measurement (1) and a target measurement (S) for the width (B) such that the processing positions (16) are adapted to the printed image (6). A corresponding installation (2) for such processing is also indicated.

An information processing device includes an instruction information acquisition unit configured to acquire first print instruction information including designation of a drawing target, an image request unit configured to, when an image corresponding to the acquired first print instruction information is not stored in a storage, request, using the first print instruction information, another server to transmit an image in which the drawing target is drawn, an image acquisition unit configured to acquire the image from the other server, and a print control unit configured to cause an image forming device to print the acquired image.

An image forming apparatus includes: a forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet by forming a plurality of toner images using a plurality of types of toner, and transfer the plurality of toner images onto the sheet, or transfer the plurality of toner images onto the sheet via an intermediate transfer member; and a controller configured to control the forming unit to form a formed image and an antimicrobial pattern on the sheet based on first image data representing the formed image, wherein at least one first toner out of the plurality of types of toner is antimicrobial toner that includes an antimicrobial agent, at least one second toner out of the plurality of types of toner is non-antimicrobial toner that does not contain the antimicrobial agent, and the antimicrobial pattern is formed using the first toner.

Single pass printing methods designed to reduce or prevent unwanted image distortion and / or image defects when printing on a ball. In some embodiments, the methods can comprise printing ink droplets based on a distorted pixel map comprising a plurality of pixel areas distorted in at least one of a width direction and a height direction, wherein select pixel areas are removed from the distorted pixel map. In some embodiments, a distorted pixel map can comprise a plurality of undistorted pixel areas and a plurality of pixel areas distorted in at least one of a width direction and a height direction.

The present disclosure provides a method of creating a label for labeling an intravenous infusion line. Further, the method may include receiving an information associated with one or more intravenous infusion lines from input devices, analyzing the information, determining label content of labels associated with the intravenous infusion lines, determining label content formats of the label content, generating a label information for the labels based on the label content and the label content formats, and printing the label information on label sheets based on the generating of the label information. Further, the printing of the label information creates the labels for the intravenous infusion lines.

The invention relates to a hazardous waste label generation method, which comprises the following steps of: acquiring a printing signal, acquiring a waste name from a hazardous waste generation link record table entry specified by the printing signal, comparing the waste name with a waste name in a hazardous waste comparison table, finding out the same value, determining the entry where the same value is located, and generating a hazardous waste label; attribute data of the waste in the hazardous waste comparison table are taken, and a hazardous waste label template is filled in according to the attribute data; obtaining a production date from a hazardous waste production link record table entry specified by the printing signal, and writing the production date into a hazardous waste label template; obtaining weight information from a hazardous waste generation link record table entry specified by the printing signal, and writing the weight information into a hazardous waste label template; generating a digital identification code and writing the digital identification code into a hazardous waste label template to form a hazardous waste label; and printing and outputting the hazardous waste label. Through the hazardous waste comparison table, most of the content needing to be filled in can be directly written into the hazardous waste label, and the printing speed of the hazardous waste label is greatly increased.

The present disclosure relates generally to signal encoding for elements within PDF files. One implementation smooths saw-toothed edges of rasterized elements meant for encoding. Other implementations are provided too.

An image processing apparatus includes: a generation unit configured to generate printing data to cause a printing apparatus to apply an ink based on data of an image, the printing apparatus printing the image on a printing medium by using a fluorescent ink including a fluorescent component, a color ink, and a clear ink; and an output unit configured to output the printing data, in which the generation unit generates the printing data to cause the printing apparatus to apply the clear ink so as to reduce a difference between a degree of change in brightness depending on an observation angle in a region to which the fluorescent ink is applied and a degree of change in brightness depending on the observation angle in a region to which the color ink is applied.

An image processing apparatus comprises an acquisition unit configured to acquire data of an image; and a generation unit configured to generate color separation data as data of a printing image including a first region and a second region based on the data of the image, wherein the generation unit generates the color separation data including first data for discharging, to the first region, first ink and a first reactive liquid that reacts with the first ink, and second data for discharging, to the second region, second ink and a second reactive liquid that has reactivity higher than reactivity of the first reactive liquid and reacts with the second ink.

The present disclosure relates to a system for droplet-based printing and makes use of a controller and a printhead system. The printhead system has a housing with an internal cavity and a nozzle at a lower end thereof. The internal cavity is configured to hold a quantity of liquid feedstock material. The housing also has a feedstock infeed port for enabling a feedstock material to be fed into the internal cavity. A valve system is used which is in communication with the controller and configured to selectively pressurize the internal cavity in response to control signals received from the controller. The control signals cause operations including a vacuum to be applied to the internal cavity, as well as the internal cavity to be vented to atmosphere as well as pressurized, to thus create a pressure waveform with characteristics tailored to characteristics of the feedstock material, which causes ejection of at least one of a droplet or a material jet that controllably breaks into droplets from the nozzle.

A method and system printing includes transporting an object toward a print system. A plurality of blocks of print commands is stored in an ordered sequence in a first queue and a first identifier encoded in indicia on an object is received. An oldest block of print commands from the stored plurality of blocks is selected, wherein the oldest block of commands is associated with a second identifier. If the first identifier is associated with a second identifier, the print system is operated to printing content specified by the selected block of print commands on the object. Otherwise, the oldest block is stored in a second queue.

An information product or item, such as a for sale sign, can be configured with contact information and / or elements that link the information product to a networked system and related services (with the product being called a for information product or FIP in the description). These services can make available applications such as phone and web application that can be helpful in providing an additional mechanism / electronic media as it relates to the FIP and / or any FIP related product / object / item. These services may aid someone to whom the FIP belongs in fielding, FIP related, viewer inquires while providing the FIP viewer with more options, upon making requests to said system services. The FIP may make available linked application system services to viewers of the FIP, which may belong to someone who does not know how to link such services in other ways.

In an inkjet printing apparatus having a meandering correction function, a layout processing unit, configured to generate printing image data by determining the print positions of the respective images on each of a plurality of pages to be printed, shifts, for a normal page, the print positions of all the images in a paper width direction on the basis of the meandering amount of the printing paper with reference to the print positions when printing paper does not meander, and shifts, for a nozzle check page, the print position of a cue mark in the paper width direction on the basis of the meandering amount of the printing paper with reference to the print position when the printing paper does not meander while maintaining the print position of an ejection failure detecting pattern image at the print position when the printing paper does not meander.

Systems, methods, and computer-readable media provide automated identification techniques that associate at least two unique identifiers of one segment of a segmental multimode wireless flexible product to seamlessly and accurately bridge different identification methodologies to enable advanced real-time tracking of shipment location and status, and other such useful and advanced product and service offerings.

The invention discloses a positioning correction method, device and equipment based on a label printer and a medium, and relates to the field of label printing. In the method, light intensity signals are collected to obtain an initial light intensity signal sequence; analyzing the initial light intensity signal sequence, and identifying whether an effective label feature segment meeting a preset structure condition exists or not; if it is determined that the effective label feature segment meeting the preset structure condition exists, extracting a surface paper signal segment from the effective label feature segment, and taking the surface paper signal segment as a calibration target signal; performing filtering processing on the calibration target signal to obtain a filtered signal, and performing calculation based on the filtered signal to obtain a surface paper reference value; according to the surface paper reference value and the preset offset, a final positioning threshold value is obtained through calculation, and the initial position of the label consumable is determined according to the final positioning threshold value. By implementing the technical scheme provided by the invention, the printing quality is improved.

An image forming apparatus includes a rotational photosensitive member, an exposure device including a plurality of light emitting elements and a driving unit, an output unit configured to superimpose a clock signal on image data, and output the image data as serial data, a generation unit configured to recover and generate the clock signal superimposed on the image data, a conversion unit configured to receive the serial data and convert the received serial data into parallel data, a lock signal output unit configured to lock the generation unit and output a lock signal in a case where the generation unit generates the clock signal at a predetermined frequency, and a control unit configured to count a number of times the conversion unit has not received the serial data normally during a predetermined period, and unlock the generation unit in a case where the number of times exceeds a predetermined value.

An example device may include a controller comprising a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor, wherein the processor is to execute the instructions to cause an image forming device to print an image onto a target sheet of media routed through a media path from an input media tray; receive an input corresponding to the image printed onto the target sheet of media; determine, based on the input, a degree of rotation of the image; and calibrate a rotation parameter of the image forming device in response to the degree of rotation determined from the input.

A method of preparing image job data for imaging a mask layer includes receiving at least one raster image file, preparing image job data for imaging the mask layer, the preparing comprising: including data relative to the at least one raster image file in the image job data so as to image at least one corresponding image area of the mask layer, determining a non-functional area of the mask layer outside of the at least one corresponding image area; and including filling imaging data in said image job data for imaging said non-functional area.

Systems and methods are described herein for novel uses and / or improvements for using artificial intelligence to determine whether an image is valid and / or formatted appropriately for printing onto a physical object. An image validation system may receive an image, for example, from a user. The image may be received in order to print the image onto a physical object. When the image is received, the validation system may use a first machine learning model to format the image appropriately and then use another machine learning model to determine whether the image has an appropriate context (e.g., no violence). Based on that determination, the validation system may either send the image for printing or try to remove the offending content from the image.

A method for printing a digital image in swaths with a swath time corresponding to the width w1 of the digital image on the image receiving medium 2 in the main scanning direction X. The print controller 10 issues a trigger that a spitting action for at least part of the printing elements 8 of the print head 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d, 4e needs to be performed. A swath time of subsequent swaths is gradually increased until the print head reaches a maintenance tray 11 at a side of the print surface 1. The print head stays at the maintenance tray 11 until air between the print head and the maintenance tray 11 has approximately reached a standstill. Then the at least part of the printing elements 8 of the print head are spitting marking material in the maintenance tray 11. After the spitting the swath time of subsequent swaths is gradually decreased until the swath time is corresponding again with the width w1 of the digital image on the image receiving medium 2 in the main scanning direction X. The invention further relates to a digital inkjet printer configured to perform the above mentioned method.

A printing device includes a printing engine, a storage unit, and a controller. The printing engine prints on a printing medium. The storage unit stores an overall patch image including patches for color calibration for printing an image based on image data. The patches include basic patches corresponding to predetermined colors. The overall patch image has a first patch area in which the basic patches are arranged and a second patch area different from the first patch area. The controller performs: generating a specified patch that is a patch for a color specified by a user in a preview image corresponding to the image; and printing the overall patch image using the printing engine. In a case where the specified patch is generated, in the printing the generated specified patch is printed in the first patch area and one of the basic patches is printed in the second patch area.