Consumable Chip Address Mapping for Storage Capacity
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Solution Overview
Problem
The increasing need for sufficient storage capacity in consumable chips to accommodate more data, such as user preferences and configuration information, leads to higher manufacturing costs, which are unfavorable for consumable cartridges.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a method where the consumable chip uses second-type addresses in its memory to respond to access requests for multiple addresses, reducing the required storage space by mapping multiple addresses to a single second-type address, thereby optimizing memory usage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If a relatively large memory is configured on the consumable chip to store more data, then the storage capacity is improved, but the manufacturing cost is greatly increased
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements address mapping where a single memory address (first address) can correspond to multiple logical addresses (second addresses). This allows the memory to serve multiple functions by mapping different logical addresses to the same physical memory location, effectively increasing the usable storage capacity without physically expanding the memory size, thus avoiding the cost increase associated with larger memory configurations
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a dimension of address mapping between first addresses and second addresses. Instead of directly using physical memory addresses, the system creates a layered address structure where multiple second addresses map to fewer first addresses. This dimensional transformation allows the system to present a larger logical address space while using a smaller physical memory, resolving the contradiction between storage capacity and manufacturing cost
2Adaptability or versatility
If more configuration data is stored in the consumable chip for personalization and customization, then the adaptability is improved, but the storage capacity requirement increases
Solution Approach 1:
The address mapping mechanism allows the same memory resources to serve multiple purposes. By mapping multiple second addresses to first addresses, the system can store and retrieve different types of configuration data (user preferences, cartridge information, printing settings) using the same physical memory, thereby improving adaptability without requiring proportional increases in storage capacity
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure provides an access request response method, a consumable chip and a storage medium. The method includes receiving an access request sent by a printing device, the access request including address information; determining at least one second-type address in memory correspondingly according to the address information, a second-type address corresponding to at least two addresses in the address information; and responding to the access request through the at least one second-type address.