US4545031A
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Photo-electric apparatus for monitoring printed papers
Assignee: KITA ELECTRONICS CO Ltd
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Filing: 1982-09-13
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Granted: 1985-10-01
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Expires: 2002-09-13
Abstract
Abstract An apparatus for monitoring automatically plural sheets of printed papers, includes a plurality of photosensors placed across the printed papers' moving direction for scanning and detecting a printed surface of each printed paper to produce analog signals designating dark levels of the printed surface thereof when each of the printed papers is being transferred, an AD converter for converting the analog signals into digital signals at a plurality of sampling points, a standard memory for storing such digital signals, a plurality of monitoring memories for storing such digital signals, circuitry for comparing the digital signals of the standard memory with the digital signals of the monitoring memories at the corresponding sampling points to decide whether or not the digital signals of the monitoring memories are within a tolerance range of the digital signals of the standard memory so that either "NO" signals or "YES" signals are produced, circuitry for counting only such "NO" signals to produce an "irregular" or "non-identity" signal when the number of such "NO" signals sums to a predetermined value, and circuitry for electrically compensating shifting of the papers when the digital signals of the standard memory are compared with the digital signals of the monitoring memories.
Inventors
- 👤 Nobuki Kobayashi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 21:56
CPC Classifications
G; G07; G07D; G07D7/00; G07D7/06; G07D7/12; B; B41; B41F; B41F33/00; B41F33/0036
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
201 words
An apparatus for automatically monitoring plural sheets of printed papers, comprising: a plurality of photosensors for detecting a printed surface of each printed paper to produce analog signals designating dark levels of the printed surface thereof; an analog-digital (A-D) converter for converting the analog signals into digital signals at a plurality of sampling points; first memory means for storing digital signals received from said A-D converter during first time frames; second memory means for storing digital signals received from said A-D converter during subsequent second time frames; means for comparing the digital signals of the first and second memory means, for corresponding sampling points, to determine whether the digital signals of the second memory means are within a tolerance range of the digital signals established in the first memory means so that either "NO" signals or "YES" signals are produced; means counting only the "NO" signals of different positions of the printed surface for producing only "irregular" or "non-identity" signals after a predetermined number of "NO" signals has been received; and means for compensating errors which occur while producing said digital NO signals due to displacement of the paper from a standard position while said paper is monitored by said photosensors.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
201 words
An apparatus for automatically monitoring plural sheets of printed papers, comprising: a plurality of photosensors for detecting a printed surface of each printed paper to produce analog signals designating dark levels of the printed surface thereof; an analog-digital (A-D) converter for converting the analog signals into digital signals at a plurality of sampling points; first memory means for storing digital signals received from said A-D converter during first time frames; second memory means for storing digital signals received from said A-D converter during subsequent second time frames; means for comparing the digital signals of the first and second memory means, for corresponding sampling points, to determine whether the digital signals of the second memory means are within a tolerance range of the digital signals established in the first memory means so that either "NO" signals or "YES" signals are produced; means counting only the "NO" signals of different positions of the printed surface for producing only "irregular" or "non-identity" signals after a predetermined number of "NO" signals has been received; and means for compensating errors which occur while producing said digital NO signals due to displacement of the paper from a standard position while said paper is monitored by said photosensors.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
25 words
An apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein the photosensors are positioned at equal intervals across the full width of the papers to be detected.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
32 words
An apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein the photosensors are placed across the printed papers' moving direction so as to scan the printed surface of each printed paper while being transferred.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
20 words
An apparatus as defined in claim 3, wherein the printed papers are detected by the photosensors before they are folded.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
22 words
An apparatus as defined in claim 3, wherein the printed papers are detected after they are folded and before they are bookbound.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
122 words
An apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein the photosensors are positioned at equal intervals across the width of the papers to be detected, and wherein one of the plural monitoring photosensors scans and detects a first paper so that such detected signals are converted into digital signals by the converting means and thereafter stored in the first memory means, and wherein all plural photosensors detect, at the same time, a following paper so that such detected signals are converted into digital signals and thereafter stored in the second memory means, the apparatus further comprising a dark-level comparator for comparing the digital signals of the first memory means with each digital signals of the second memory means at the corresponding sampling points.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
64 words
An apparatus as defined in claim 6, wherein the dark-level comparator compares the digital signals of the first memory means with the address of each digital signal of the second memory means plus a constant, and wherein the dark-level comparator compares the digital signals of the first memory means with the address of each digital signal of the second memory means minus the constant.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
33 words
An apparatus as defined in claim 6 further comprising means for restoring the digital signals of the first memory means when they are compared with the digital signals of the second memory means.
Claim 10
Independent Claim
42 words
An apparatus as defined in claims 1 or 8 wherein the compensating means includes optical means for compensating decreased brightness due to increasing of distance between the photosensors and the detected papers so that shifting of the detected papers can be compensated.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
42 words
An apparatus as defined in claim 1, further comprising a multiplexer for dividing the signals detected by the photosensors in synchronized relationship to pulse signals from a 1/n-pulse generator and sending such divided signals to an analog-digital controller controlling the analog-digital converter.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
21 words
An apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein said compensating means includes an optical compensating means and an electrical compensating means.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
20 words
An apparatus as claimed in claim 11, in which said optical compensating means is provided in cooperation with the photosensors.
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