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US 11,579,816 · App. 17/645,069 · Granted Feb 14, 2023

Printing condition setting method, printing condition setting system

Inventors: Takahiro Kamada (Nagano, JP); Satoru Ono (Nagano, JP); Yuko Yamamoto (Nagano, JP); Ryoki Watanabe (Nagano, JP); Mitsuhiro Yamashita (Nagano, JP); Kenji Matsuzaka (Nagano, JP)
Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
G06F3/1205G06F3/1256G06F3/1257
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Patent No.
US 11,579,816
App. No.
17/645,069
Granted
Feb 14, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A printing condition setting method is a printing condition setting method of setting printing conditions in a printing apparatus, including a learning step of performing machine learning by using ink physical characteristics and ink type information, a similarity score calculation step of calculating a similarity score indicating a similarity of a use ink used for printing in the printing apparatus with respect to a learned ink learned in the learning step, and a printing condition setting step of setting the printing conditions according to the use ink based on the similarity score.

Claims (20)

1. A printing condition setting method of setting printing conditions in a printing apparatus, the method comprising:

a learning step of performing machine learning by using ink physical characteristics and ink type information;

a similarity score calculation step of calculating a similarity score indicating a similarity of a use ink used for printing in the printing apparatus with respect to a learned ink learned in the learning step; and

a printing condition setting step of setting the printing conditions according to the use ink based on the similarity score.

2. The printing condition setting method according to claim 1 , wherein

the printing conditions are control parameters of the printing apparatus.

3. The printing condition setting method according to claim 1 , wherein

the printing conditions are maintenance modes of the printing apparatus.

4. The printing condition setting method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a learning state determination step of determining a learning state of the use ink based on the similarity score.

5. The printing condition setting method according to claim 4 , wherein

when it is determined in the learning state determination step that the learning state of the use ink is an unlearned ink, the learned ink corresponding to the similarity score of the use ink is selected, and the printing conditions of the selected learned ink are set in the printing condition setting step.

6. The printing condition setting method according to claim 4 , further comprising:

when it is determined in the learning state determination step that the learning state of the use ink is an unlearned ink, a printing condition creation step of newly creating the printing conditions.

7. The printing condition setting method according to claim 1 , wherein

the similarity score is displayed in the similarity score calculation step.

8. A printing condition setting system that sets printing conditions in a printing apparatus, the system comprising:

a learning section that performs machine learning by using ink physical characteristics and ink type information;

a similarity score calculator that calculates a similarity score indicating a similarity of a use ink used for printing in the printing apparatus with respect to a learned ink learned in the learning section; and

a printing condition setting section that sets the printing conditions according to the use ink based on the similarity score.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 20, 2021
From: KAMADA, TAKAHIRO; ONO, SATORU; YAMAMOTO, YUKO; WATANABE, RYOKI; YAMASHITA, MITSUHIRO; MATSUZAKA, KENJI
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (2)
JP JP2020-212192 · Dec 22, 2020 · national
JP JP2021-046968 · Mar 22, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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