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US 12,728,646 B2Granted
Apparatus, system and method of automatic registration and color adjustment based upon machine elements and ambient parameters
AssigneeStolle Machinery Company, LLC
InventorSayon Chandrakanthan
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Abstract
An automatic registration and color adjustment system includes a can decorator including at least a plurality of plate cylinders and a plurality of inking station; a plurality of sensors; and an automatic registration and color adjustment device communicatively coupled to the can decorator, the plurality of sensors and the plurality of temperature control elements, the automatic registration and color adjustment device structured to: receive outputs from at least the plurality of sensors; determine that an adjustment to the can decorator is to be made based on the outputs and previous adjustment information; and control the can decorator to make the determined adjustment.
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An automatic registration and color adjustment system, comprising:
- a can decorator including a plurality of plate cylinders and a plurality of inking stations, each plate cylinder being associated with an individual inking station;
- a plurality of sensors including an ambient temperature sensor structured to sense an ambient temperature associated with the can decorator and a component temperature sensor structured to sense a component temperature associated with one or more components of the can decorator;
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- an automatic registration and color adjustment device communicatively coupled to the can decorator and the plurality of sensors and including a memory structured to store previous adjustment information associated with the can decorator, the automatic registration and color adjustment device being structured to:
- receive outputs of the plurality of sensors;
- determine an adjustment to one or more components of the can decorator based on the outputs of the plurality of sensors and the previous adjustment information;
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- control the can decorator to make the determined adjustment,
- wherein the previous adjustment information comprises a specific temperature change, time and date associated with the specific temperature change, effects of the specific temperature change on one or more specific can decorator components and a specific type and/or degree of adjustment made to the one or more specific can decorator components in response to the specific temperature change, and correlation data between the specific temperature change, the time and date associated with the specific temperature change, the effects of the specific temperature change and the specific type and/or degree of adjustment made.
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A method of automatic registration and color adjustment, the method comprising:
- providing an automatic registration and color adjustment system that comprises:
- (i) a can decorator including a plurality of plate cylinders and a plurality of inking stations, each plate cylinder being associated with an individual inking station;
- (ii) a plurality of sensors including an ambient temperature sensor structured to sense an ambient temperature associated with the can decorator and a component temperature sensor structured to sense a component temperature associated with one or more components of the can decorator;
- and (iii) an automatic registration and color adjustment device communicatively coupled to the can decorator and the plurality of sensors and including a memory structured to store previous adjustment information associated with the can decorator;
- receiving, by the automatic registration and color adjustment device, outputs of the plurality of sensors;
- determining, by the automatic registration and color adjustment device, an adjustment to one or more components of the can decorator based on the outputs of the plurality of sensors and the previous adjustment information;
- and
- controlling the can decorator to make the determined adjustment,
- wherein the previous adjustment information comprises at least a specific temperature change, time and date associated with the specific temperature change, effects of the specific temperature change on one or more specific can decorator components, a type and/or a degree of adjustment made to the one or more specific can decorator components in response to the specific temperature change, and correlation data for the specific temperature change, the time and date associated with the specific temperature change, the effects of the specific temperature change, and the specific type and/or degree of adjustment made in response to the specific temperature change, the method further comprising:
- collecting and storing current adjustment information;
- updating the correlation data with the current adjustment information;
- and
- training based on the updated correlation data.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.