Personalization of operator replaceable component life prediction based on replaceable component life history
First Claim
1. A system with operator enabled maintenance for a plurality of operator replaceable component (ORC) devices within a reproduction device, said system comprising:
- at least one computational element within said system;
a life span for each of said ORC devices, said life span being determined by an alterable set of parameters, including a replacement history generated using a formula generated from heuristics on said operator replaceable components having at least one threshold for each of the ORC devices;
a use mechanism coupled to each of said computational elements and said ORC devices, said use mechanism tracking use of at least one of said ORC devices using a predetermined parameter;
a comparison mechanism that compares use of said ORC devices to said life span; and
a user interface, associated with said at least one computational element, that provides information regarding remaining amount of said life span for each of said ORC devices.
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Abstract
Determining the operational life of Operator Replaceable Component (ORC) devices within a printer. A replacement history of the ORC device is used to predict the future life of a newly installed ORC device. The database management system of the invention provides tracking of the remaining lifetime of the ORC devices. As the system keeps track of the remaining life of the ORC devices, the system will prompt the operator when the ORC devices need to be replaced. Once replaced, the ORC device database is updated with the life span data of the ORC device that was replaced.
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1. A system with operator enabled maintenance for a plurality of operator replaceable component (ORC) devices within a reproduction device, said system comprising:
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at least one computational element within said system;
a life span for each of said ORC devices, said life span being determined by an alterable set of parameters, including a replacement history generated using a formula generated from heuristics on said operator replaceable components having at least one threshold for each of the ORC devices;
a use mechanism coupled to each of said computational elements and said ORC devices, said use mechanism tracking use of at least one of said ORC devices using a predetermined parameter;
a comparison mechanism that compares use of said ORC devices to said life span; and
a user interface, associated with said at least one computational element, that provides information regarding remaining amount of said life span for each of said ORC devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for enabling operator maintenance on a reproduction device having a plurality of operator replaceable component (ORC) devices, and at least one computational element that is operatively coupled to said plurality of ORC devices, comprising the steps of:
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determining a life span for each of said ORC devices in accordance with an alterable set of parameters, using a formula generated from heuristics on said operator replaceable components to determine said alterable set of parameters;
making a use record of said system;
comparing said use record to at least one of said life spans to determine if at least one of said life spans exceeds said use record by a predetermined amount;
responding to the comparing step when the at least one of said life spans does not exceed said use record by said predetermined amount to make a determination that at least one of said ORC devices needs replacement; and
replacing the at least one of said ORC devices and updating said life span for the at least one of said ORC devices. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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