Abstract:
Thermal printheads need a power and/or a data cable to deliver energy to the thermal printhead to print. With a wireless thermal printhead, however, a printer can run without using a power or a data cable. By removing the cable, benefits include shrinking the printer size, increasing durability of the printer and making it easier to change a thermal printhead.

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION 
       [0001]    The present application claims the benefit of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/209,795 for Wireless Thermal Printhead System and Method filed Jul. 14, 2016, now U.S. Pat. No. 9,662,900. Each of the foregoing patent application and patent is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety. 
     
    
     FIELD OF THE INVENTION 
       [0002]    The present invention relates to thermal imaging systems. In particular, the disclosed embodiments relate to systems and methods for receiving power and/or data wirelessly at a thermal printhead. 
       BACKGROUND 
       [0003]    Generally speaking thermal printheads (TPHs) need a power cable to deliver power to operate. TPHs also typically combine the power cable with a data cable which functions as a data transfer between a computer processing unit (CPU) and TPH as shown in  FIG. 1 . Therefore, a need exists for a wireless TPH so that the printer can run without using a power cable or data cable. 
       SUMMARY 
       [0004]    Accordingly, in one aspect, the present invention embraces wirelessly transmitting power and/or data remotely to a thermal printhead. 
         [0005]    In an exemplary embodiment, there is an imaging system for printing on a recordable medium comprising: a thermal printhead mounted on a platform and capable of printing on the recordable medium; and a power receiver coil housing mounted on the platform and capable of receiving wireless power. 
         [0006]    In another exemplary embodiment, there is an imaging system for printing on a recordable medium comprising: a thermal printhead mounted on a platform and capable of printing on a movable recordable medium; and a data receiver housing having an antenna capable of receiving wireless signals to control the operation of the thermal printhead. 
         [0007]    In yet another exemplary embodiment, there is provided a method of receiving wireless power for operation of a thermal printhead comprising: receiving power wirelessly at a power receiving coil in a power receiver coil housing from an alternating magnetic field; and providing direct current power from the power receiver coil housing to a thermal printhead to enable printing on a recordable medium. 
         [0008]    The foregoing illustrative summary, as well as other exemplary objectives and/or advantages of the invention, and the manner in which the same are accomplished, are further explained within the following detailed description and its accompanying drawings. 
     
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         [0009]      FIG. 1  schematically depicts a prior art current thermal printhead with data and power cables. 
           [0010]      FIG. 2  shows a schematic view of an example of a thermal printhead used in the embodiments disclosed herein. 
           [0011]      FIGS. 3A and 3B  schematically depict a thermal printhead powered by an inductive coil. 
           [0012]      FIGS. 4A and 4B  schematically depict a thermal printhead capable of wirelessly receiving data. 
           [0013]      FIG. 5  schematically depicts an alternative embodiment of the thermal printhead in which the inductive coil is contained in the same housing as the wireless data receiver. 
       
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
       [0014]    All TPHs need a power and data cables to deliver energy and data to the TPH to print as shown in  FIG. 1 . The data cable in a thermal printer can be quite long and wide and for the case of an industrial thermal printer it can be close to 50 centimeters (cm). This causes at least two problems. First, a lot of space has to be designed to fit the cable in. Second, the signal to the TPH can be weak and interfered with by noises along the path. Similarly, a thermal printhead has a power cable, which drives the TPH to print at a specific speed and density. The power cable can also be up to 50 cm long for an industrial model thermal printer so certain space has to be kept to route the power cable as well. Due to these cables taking up space in the printer it can also be quite troublesome to change the TPH given the space constraints, especially for a printer with a small footprint. The TPH is also susceptible to external noise, which may interfere with the circuit along the cable path. With a wireless TPH, a printer can run without using a power or data cable. This has the benefit of shrinking the printer size, increasing durability as there is no more requirement to plug and unplug the power and/or data cable to the TPH, and improve TPH replacement and repair by saving TPH assembly space occupied in a thermal printer. 
         [0015]      FIG. 2  shows a schematic view of a thermal printhead for use in an imaging system (e.g., printer) that may be used in the embodiments of this disclosure. The illustrated thermal printhead  200  includes a heating resistor array  202 , a substrate  204 , a control section  206 , a connector  208 , a drive integrated circuit (IC) array  210 , and a thermistor  212 . The substrate  204  is made of an insulating material such as ceramic and is rectangular for example. The drive IC array  210  and thermistor  212  may be arranged on. a printed circuit board or flex circuit that are mounted on substrate  204 . The elongated heating resistor array  202  is also formed on substrate  204  and. is connected with the thermal printer&#39;s control section.  206  via a connector  208 . The heating resistor  202  is also connected with a plurality of electrodes (not shown). These electrodes may be equally spaced along the heating resistor  202 , allowing the divided portions (heating dots) of the heating resistor  202  to be energized selectively. The drive IC array  210  provides control over the printing operation through the selective power application to the heating resistor array  202  via the electrodes described above. The control section  206  sends signals necessary for performing the printing operation to drive IC array  210 . These signals include, for example, a printing data signal, a clock signal, a latch signal and a strobe signal. The drive IC array  210  has a strobe signal terminal  210   a , to which the strobe signal is sent via a strobe signal terminal  208   a  of the connector  208 . The strobe signal determines a duration of time for the heating resistor  202  to be energized. While the strobe signal assumes HIGH level, the drive IC array  210  makes power available selectively to the heating resistor  202 . The substrate  204  provided with a thermistor  212 . The thermistor  212  is connected with the thermal printer&#39;s control section  206  via a thermistor terminal  208   b  of the connector  208 . The connector  208  establishes an electrical connection between the thermal printhead and the thermal printer. The control section  206  obtains information on the temperature of the substrate  204  based on a resistance value of the thermistor  212 . If the thermistor  212  gives an extremely small resistance value (meaning that the substrate  204  is at an abnormally high temperature), the control section  206  may stop sending printing commands to the drive IC  210  in order to prevent the thermal printhead  200  from operating abnormally or being damaged. 
         [0016]      FIG. 3A  shows a wireless TPH powered by an inductive coil. In  FIG. 3A , TPH  200  is engaged with rotatably driven platen roller  302  which supports and guides a recording material (e.g., paper) (not shown) overlaid with a ribbon (also not shown). TPH  200  is mounted on platform  303 . The speed of the drum  302  is timed to be slow enough to allow heat to penetrate the recording material and fast enough so that the recording material doesn&#39;t overheat. The recording layer of the recording web material intimately contacts the ribbon, which is in turn in contact with TPH  200 . Through this process, electricity heats the small elements which melts the wax (or resin) which comes off the ribbon and sticks to the recording web material. Instead of being powered by a cable, TPH  200  receives power from a proximate power supply and control  304 . A direct current (DC) power source (e.g., Mains)  305  is converted into high frequency Alternating Current (AC) by transmitter electronics inside power supply and control housing  304  (also called a transmitting coil housing). The power supply and control housing provides a control function such as frequency at the power supply side. The high frequency AC flows into transmitting inductive coil (or inductive coils)  304   a  which generates an oscillating magnetic field which provides power across air gap  306 . Energy from the magnetic field induces AC in the receiver coil  308   a  located in receiver coil housing  308  also mounted on platform  303 . The power typically may operate in a range of approximately 400 to 500 Watts. The distance between the transmitter coil and receiver coil housing is up to approximately 200 millimeters. In general the distance should be minimized to maintain higher efficiency. Receiver coil housing  308  is shown in greater detail in block diagram form in  FIG. 3B . The wirelessly provided AC is converted back into DC by receiver electronics  308   b  in housing  308  and provided to the electronics of the TPH  200 . Receiver electronics  308   b  may include a rectifier, filter, voltage regulator, capacitors and the like. By using inductive coils  304   a ,  308   a  at both the thermal printhead  200  and power supply  304 , the energy can be transferred through electromagnetic field  306 . 
         [0017]    In an alternative embodiment illustrated by  FIG. 4A , a data receiver housing  400  may also be mounted on the platform  303  with TPH  200  and receiver coil housing  308 . The housing  400  may be integrated with housing  308  or be in a separate housing. (In an alternative embodiment, the receiver coil housing  308  may be removed and the TPH  200  can receive its power through a standard power cable while the data is received wirelessly). As shown in  FIG. 4B , data receiver housing  400  contains a wireless antenna  400   a  capable of receiving wireless data transfer signal  402  sent from a transmitter/receiver  404  located proximate to the TPH  200 . The data receiver housing  400  also contains electronic components  400   b  to process signal  402  and the electronic components may include an amplifier, detector, filter, oscillator and the like. Data receiver housing  400  is hardwired to thermal printhead  200  to provide data and control information. In an alternative embodiment, data receiver housing  400  also might contain a transmitter (i.e., a transceiver) to send wireless updates on the state of TPH  200  to transmitter/receiver  404 . Transmitter/receiver  404  includes an antenna  404   a  and electronic components  404   b  capable of transmitting (and receiving) wireless signals. These electronic components may include an amplifier, detector, filter, oscillator and the like. Wireless signal  402  may be WiFi™, Bluetooth™, or any short-range or long-range over-the-air signal communication. Data received by the data receiver housing  400  may be commands for the TPH  200  and/or information to be printed on the recording material. The data sent by the housing  400  to transmitter/receiver  404  may include wireless authentication information to prevent a counterfeit thermal printhead from being used in the printer. In case a counterfeit printhead is being used, the transmitter/receiver  404  will stop forwarding data to housing  400  and the TPH  200 . 
         [0018]      FIG. 5  illustrates an alternative embodiment having inductance coils  308   a  and associated electronics  308   b  combined with wireless data receiver antenna  400   a  and its associated electronics  400   b  in the same housing  500  and on the same platform  303 . In this embodiment there would be electromagnetic shielding  502  located between the power electronics and the data electronics to minimize interference. 
         [0019]    Advantages of the embodiments disclosed herein include the following. First, the disclosed embodiments save thermal printhead space in thermal printers and allow for the shrinking of the printer. Second, there will be no need to plug and unplug the TPH  200  so there is no connector wear and tear and thus increase durability. Third, it will also make a thermal printhead change a hassle free job and increase user convenience. 
         [0020]    To supplement the present disclosure, this application incorporates entirely by reference the following commonly assigned patents, patent application publications, and patent applications: 
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         [0023]    In the specification and/or figures, typical embodiments of the invention have been disclosed. The present invention is not limited to such exemplary embodiments. The use of the term “and/or” includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items. The figures are schematic representations and so are not necessarily drawn to scale. Unless otherwise noted, specific terms have been used in a generic and descriptive sense and not for purposes of limitation. 
         [0024]    Although process (or method) steps may be described or claimed in a particular sequential order, such processes may be configured to work in different orders. In other words, any sequence or order of steps that may be explicitly described or claimed does not necessarily indicate a requirement that the steps be performed in that order unless specifically indicated. Further, some steps may be performed simultaneously despite being described or implied as occurring non-simultaneously (e.g., because one step is described after the other step) unless specifically indicated. Where a process is described in an embodiment the process may operate without any user intervention.