Method and system for optimizing performance of an apparatus

• US 7,506,328 B2
• Filed: 02/11/2002
• Issued: 03/17/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 02/11/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Xerox Corporation (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Xerox Corporation (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Manzolati, Richard J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Zhen; Wei
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nguyen; Phillip H
• Application Number:
  US10/072,776
• Publication Number:
  US 20030153996A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,591 Days
• Field of Search: 717/751, 717/151
• US Class Current: 717/151
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/042 using digital processors G05B19/05 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/25387 Control sequences so as to optimize energy use by controlled machine
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/2646 Printing

Abstract

A method for optimizing performance of an apparatus includes interrogating at least one part of the apparatus to obtain information about the at least one part. Once the at least one part is interrogated, instructions for optimizing at least one operation of the apparatus is determined based on the obtained information about the at least one part. Next, the instructions are applied to the at least one operation of the apparatus to optimize the performance.

Claims

1. A method for optimizing performance of at least one operation performed by an apparatus, comprising:

interrogating one part of a plurality of parts being coupled to adjustable power supplies within the apparatus, each of said parts including a respective information component comprising memory and a processor;

receiving, from the information component of the interrogated, information about the one part transmitted from the information component of the one part;

determining if any other of the plurality of parts need to be interrogated;

interrogating each of the determined other parts to receive information about each of the other parts from the respective information components of the other parts;

determining instructions for optimizing the at least one operation of the apparatus based on the received information;

transmitting the instructions to the information component of at least one interrogated part for execution by the processor to optimize the at least one operation;

identifying the at least one operation being optimized;

comparing for at least one of the interrogated parts, the received information about the part against stored information to obtain a difference; and

using the difference to determine the instructions for optimizing the at least one operation.

2. The method as set forth in claim 1 wherein the information received from at least one of the interrogated parts comprises at least one functional parameter of the at least one part.

3. The method as set forth in claim 1 wherein the information received from at least one of the interrogated parts comprises at least one algorithm of the part.

4. The method as set forth in claim 1, wherein receiving the information about the interrogated parts involves receiving wireless communication.

5. The method as set forth in claim 1, wherein the apparatus is one of a copier and a printer.

6. The method as set forth in claim 5, wherein the received information includes characteristics of at least one of a photoreceptor, a laser diode, a bias charge roll, and a full erase light.

7. A computer readable medium having stored thereon instructions for optimizing performance of an operation performed by an apparatus which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform the steps of:

interrogating one part of a plurality of parts being coupled to adjustable power supplies within the apparatus, each of said parts including a respective information component comprising memory and a processor;

receiving, from the information component of the interrogated part, information about the one part transmitted from the information component of the one part;

determining if any other of the plurality of parts need to be interrogated;

interrogating each of the determined other parts to receive information about each of the other parts from the respective information components of the other parts;

determining instructions for optimizing the at least one operation of the apparatus based on the received information;

transmitting the instructions to the information component of at least one interrogated part for execution by the processor to optimize the at least one operation;

identifying the at least one operation being optimized;

comparing, for at least one of the interrogated parts, the received information about the part against stored information to obtain a differences; and

using the differences to determine the instructions for optimizing the at least one operation.

8. The medium as set forth in claim 7 wherein the information received from at least one of the interrogated parts comprises at least one functional parameter of the part.

9. The medium as set forth in claim 7 wherein the information received from at least one of the interrogated parts comprises at least one algorithm of the part.

10. The medium as set forth in claim 7, wherein receiving the information about the interrogated parts involves receiving wireless communication.

11. The medium as set forth in claim 7, wherein the apparatus is one of a copier and a printer.

12. The medium as set forth in claim 11, wherein the received information includes characteristics of at least one of a photoreceptor, a laser diode, a bias charge roll, and a full erase light.

13. An apparatus comprising;

a plurality of parts being coupled to adjustable power supplies within the apparatus, each said part including a respective information component comprising memory, a processor and a transceiver, said memory having stored therein data about the at least one part;

an interrogation system that interrogates one of the parts of the apparatus for the data stored in the memory of the part;

a determination system that determines if any other of the plurality of parts are involved in the operation and need to be interrogated by the interrogation system for the data stored in their respective memories;

an optimization processing system that receives the data, which was stored in the memory and transmitted from the transceiver of the information component of each interrogated part, determines instructions for optimizing at least one operation of apparatus based on the received data, and transmits the instructions to the transceiver of the information component of at least one interrogated part for execution by the processor of the information; and

an identification system that identifies that at least one operation being optimized;

wherein the optimization processing system compares the received information about the at least one of the interrogated parts against stored information to obtain a difference and uses the difference to determine the instructions for optimizing the at least one operation.

14. The apparatus as set forth in claim 13 wherein the data in the information component of at least one of the interrogated parts comprises at least one functional parameter of the part.

15. The apparatus as set forth in claim 13 wherein the data in the information component of at least one of the interrogated parts comprises at least one algorithm of the part.

16. The apparatus as set forth in claim 13, wherein the optimization processing system comprises a transceiver for receiving the data wirelessly transmitted from the interrogated parts.

17. The apparatus as set forth in claim 13, wherein the apparatus is one of a copier and a printer.

18. The apparatus as set forth in claim 17, wherein the received data includes characteristics of at least one of a photoreceptor, a laser diode, a bias charge roll, and a full erase light.