Communication method between a consumable container and a device capable of mounting a consumable container

Abstract

The invention provides a communication method for a consumable container and a device allowing installation of the consumable container. The device includes a casing and a control unit. The casing is provided with a card slot in which an SIM card is installed. The control unit includes a reading-writing module of the SIM card. When the consumable container is installed on the device, measurement data and non-measurement data are sent to the SIM card through a mobile phone and then the reading-writing module reads the measurement data and the non-measurement data through the SIM card. When the device writes data into the consumable container, the reading-writing module sends the measurement data to the mobile phone through the SIM card; and in a working process of the device, the data are sent to the mobile phone in a real-time manner through the reading-writing module. Through the communication method for the consumable container and the device allowing the installation of the consumable container, recording of the measurement data can be realized without arrangement of a consumable chip on the consumable container so that environment is protected and resources are saved.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a communication method between a consumable material container and a device, in particular to a data communication method between a consumable material container for accommodating consumable material and a device installed with the consumable material container. Background technique [0002] The consumables mentioned in the present invention refer to ink or toner. The consumables container generally includes a shell, which forms a cavity for containing consumables. The consumables chip is generally installed on the shell. The consumables chip has a substrate, and an electronic module is installed on the substrate. The electronic module is used for storage and communication with the imaging device. The required data, the realization of the communication operation with the imaging device, including the communication part and the integrated circuit part that receives the signal and electric energy of the imaging device, the commun...

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Problems solved by technology

[0004] The data communication between the existing consumable container and imaging equipment or consumable filling equipment is realized through the consumable chip installed on the consumable container. For the consumable filling equipment, after the consumable container is installed in the consumable filling equipment, the consumable The filling equipment reads the remaining amount of consumables from the consumables chip on the consumables container to determine whether it is necessary to fill the consumables. During the working process of the equipment, it will read the consumables remaining in the consumables chip in real time to determine whether the consumables container is full. When the consumables in the consumables container are full, the consumables filling equipment stops working. At this time, the user needs to replace The new consumable container can make the consumable filling equipment continue to work. In order to realize the data communication with the consumable filling equipment, the consumable container must be installed with a consumable chip. Mass production of consumable chips will inevitably cause environmental pollution and increase production costs; For the imaging device, when the consumable container is installed on the imaging device, the imaging device can judge whether the consumable container is suitable for the imaging device by reading the information such as the consumable container model on the consumable chip; when the imaging device is working In the process, the metering data in the consumable chip will also be read or written in real time. When the imaging device is used for a period of time, the imaging device will also read the metering data (such as the remaining amount of consumables) in the storage unit to determine whether it can continue to work , when the remaining amount of consumables can no longer meet the requirements for continuing to work, the imaging device will write a message indicating that the consumables are exhausted, indicating that the consumables container can no longer be used. At this time, the user needs to replace a new consumables container to Continue to work, the waste consumables containers and the consumables chips installed on them can only be discarded. As time accumulates, more and more discarded consumables containers and consumables chips will be discarded. This will cause environmental pollution and affect the ecological environment; in addition, In order to deal with the above-mentioned discarded consumable chips, additional equipment and processes are required for processing, resulting in a waste of resources