Copying Apparatus Calibrates Position Using Template Mark
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional copiers generate accumulated positional errors when copying multiple generations of documents, leading to potential cropping or misalignment of content during multi-generation copying operations.
Innovation Solution
A copying apparatus and method that calibrates the copy position using a template mark, allowing the processing module to generate print data based on the position parameter of the mark to prevent positional offsets, enabling accurate alignment and table-fitting printing across multiple generations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If conventional copier performs copy operation according to scanned boundary, then copy operation can be completed, but positional error accumulates across multiple generations of copying
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary detection of a reference mark on the original document before copying. The position parameter of the reference mark is detected and stored, and this information is used in advance to correct positional deviations in the copied output, preventing error accumulation from occurring in the first place
Solution Approach 2:
The system detects the position parameter of the reference mark on the original, compares it with the expected position, and uses this feedback information to adjust and correct the copy position. This closed-loop feedback mechanism ensures that positional accuracy is maintained across multiple generations of copying
2Ease of operation
If scanned boundary has error or fluctuation, then copy operation can proceed, but copied result has shifted position
Solution Approach 1:
A reference mark is introduced as an intermediary element between the scanned boundary and the copy position. The reference mark serves as a stable reference point that mediates the copying process, allowing the system to correct boundary errors and maintain accurate positioning without complicating the overall operation
3Productivity
If multiple generations of copying are performed, then more copies can be produced, but accumulated error causes content to be cropped off
Solution Approach 1:
The reference mark detection and position correction is performed preliminarily at the start of each copying generation. By establishing the correct position parameter before copying begins, the system prevents cumulative errors from causing content cropping, enabling reliable multi-generation copying
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AI summary
A copying apparatus capable of calibrating a copy position comprises a scanning module scanning an original to obtain an original image; and a processing module being electrically connected to the scanning module and recognizing whether the original image contains an original mark corresponding to a template mark. If the original image contains the original mark, then the processing module generates print data for being printed out according to the original image and a position parameter of the template mark. A copying method capable of calibrating the copy position is also provided. Thus, the copy position can be calibrated according to the mark of the original to prevent the copy result from having a positional offset. Consequently, no positional offset occurs even if the original is copied multiple times based on the previous generation of original.