Ink Jet Printing Inspection Stability for Drawing Setup

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing ink jet printing systems require complex and time-consuming settings adjustments for both drawing content and inspection, leading to instability and user inconvenience.

Innovation Solution

An ink jet printing apparatus and drawing data generation device that includes an ink ejection section, drawing setting section, image inspection section, storage section, determination section, and notification section to facilitate stable inspection settings by determining the quality of the drawing state and notifying users of inspection stability.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If manual adjustment of drawing content and inspection settings is performed, then inspection stability can be improved, but operation time and complexity increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinspection stabilityVSAvoidsetting adjustment time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The determination section automatically evaluates inspection stability by analyzing the relationship between drawing content and inspection settings, eliminating the need for manual adjustment. The system self-diagnoses whether inspection is stable based on stored performance information and current drawing content, then notifies users automatically,实现ing self-service operation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The notification section provides feedback to users about inspection stability status. The determination section continuously monitors and evaluates inspection stability, and the notification section communicates this information back to users, enabling them to understand inspection status without manual verification or adjustment.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Reliability

If multiple settings (drawing content and inspection settings) are configured manually, then inspection accuracy can be improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinspection stabilityVSAvoidsettings complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The determination section merges the evaluation of drawing content and inspection settings into a single integrated assessment of inspection stability. Instead of treating drawing content and inspection settings as separate complex configurations, the system combines them and evaluates their relationship holistically to determine overall inspection stability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The determination section acts as an intermediary between drawing content configuration and inspection setting configuration. It analyzes the relationship between these two settings and provides guidance on whether inspection will be stable, simplifying the complexity by introducing a mediating evaluation layer.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Manufacturing precision

If inspection settings are adjusted frequently, then drawing quality can be improved, but operation complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedrawing qualityVSAvoidsetting adjustment ease
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary evaluation of inspection stability before actual printing operations. The determination section assesses whether inspection will be stable based on the planned drawing content and inspection settings, allowing users to adjust settings beforehand to ensure drawing quality without frequent adjustments during operation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS20250371697A1Ink jet printing apparatus and drawing data generation device
Publication Date: 2025.12.04 KEYENCE CORP
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AI summary

Drawing setting and inspection setting can be facilitated and the inspection can be easily stabilized, and thereby user convenience is enhanced. An ink jet printing apparatus includes: a drawing setting section that sets a drawing content to be drawn on an object to be drawn; a drawing data generation section that generates drawing data corresponding to the drawing content; an image inspection section that determines quality of a drawing state related to information drawn on the object; a storage section that stores information regarding inspection performance of the image inspection section; a determination section that determines whether an inspection by the image inspection section is stable based on the information regarding the inspection performance of the image inspection section stored in the storage section and the drawing content set by the drawing setting section; and a notification section that notifies a user of a determination result of the determination section.