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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2012
Byung Hun Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Hyun Seok Lee, Seoul, KR;
Byung Hun Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Hyun Seok Lee, Seoul, KR;
Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd., Gyunggi-Do, KR;
Abstract
A device and a method for managing a piezo inkjet head. The device includes: a piezo actuator connected to an inkjet head to generate pressure; a driver that controls driving of the piezo actuator; a sensing resistor connected between the driver and the piezo actuator, a signal amplifier connected across the sensing resistor to amplify the signal applied to the sensing resistor; a signal processor that removes noise of the signal output from the signal amplifier; a controller that determines a signal passing through the signal processor as a reference signal in a state in which bubbles are not introduced into the inkjet head; and a storage unit that stores the signal determined as the reference signal in the controller. The controller calculates a difference between the signal passing through the signal processor and the reference signal to generate a detection signal and determine a state of the inkjet head.