Chapter 6: One-line writing and drawing robot architecture

Of course, although Xianke Electronics cannot compare with current brands such as Midea, Chigo, and AUX, its power remains.

It is still considered an excellent large-scale electronics company, and is looked up to by countless small and medium-sized electronics companies in the country.

Xianke Electronics is simply a behemoth compared to Xingtu Technology. The two are completely on a different level.

Their desire to enter the handwriting robot industry at this time was a disaster for Xingtu Technology.

It has to be said that Lin Feng successfully changed history because he found the right customer group for handwriting robots in advance.

It also launched the perfect second-generation PenMaster handwriting robot, which ultimately achieved even better sales than its predecessor.

This even more impressive sales performance attracted the attention of more companies and brought him many enemies that he had never encountered in his previous life.

It really is true that if you want to get something, you have to bear it; if you wear the crown, you must bear its weight.

Fortunately, since Xianke Electronics is a hodgepodge company that wants to do everything, their main focus has recently been on range hoods in the kitchen and bathroom field.

The handwriting robot is just a side move for them, not their main product. So facing the powerful but careless Xinke Electronics, Xingtu Technology, which is fighting a desperate battle, may not be without the ability to fight.

Of course, it will take time for both sides to go to war, because research and development takes time.

Even for a company like Xianke Electronics that excels in developing products for different industries, it will take some time for them to bypass Xingtu Technology's patents and develop their own handwriting robots.

Therefore, at least in the next one or two months, the two sides will not officially go to war, and the pressure faced by Xingtu Technology is not too great.

However, although we did not encounter the handwriting robot of Xianke Electronics, the same type of shameless imitation products came out first, and they were very fierce!

On November 2013, 11, a Shenzhen-based company called Zhisuo Technology directly launched products on Taobao that imitated the first-generation Pen Master handwriting robots and the second-generation Pen Master handwriting robots.

Their code names are Bond first generation handwriting robot and Bond second generation handwriting robot.

Their structure is exactly the same as the core structure of the PenMaster handwriting robot, except that some adjustments have been made outside the core components, such as the bottom plate and corners.

It can be said that the similarity reaches 90%. On the surface, they look like different products, but if you compare them carefully, you will find that they are essentially the same thing.

The price is also 20 yuan cheaper than the PenMaster handwriting robot, and it has snatched a large order from Xingtu Technology.

In addition, in their advertising videos and product introduction pages, they also claim that they are the inventor of the handwriting robot.

To prove this, they produced documents showing that the company had launched a project to develop a handwriting robot as early as early March, and also produced some design draft drawings.

This proves that they had started the project of developing a handwriting robot half a year ago, and that a certain master's handwriting robot was just a despicable thief.

In addition, they also found more than a dozen well-known up hosts on Bilibili, AcFun, Youku, etc. to produce videos, clearly pointing out that Xingtu Technology plagiarized and usurped the technical patents of Zhishou Technology.

After learning about the sudden drop in sales and searching for related information online, Lin Feng's mother He Xueqing was furious and was so angry that she couldn't eat that night.

"How can there be such a shameless person? Does the boss of Zhisuo Technology have any shame? It's fine if he illegally infringes on the rights to produce and sell our PenMaster handwriting robot.

How dare they claim that we plagiarized them? How could this person be so shameless? "

My mother, He Xueqing, was completely furious. She could not forgive Shenzhen Zhisou Technology Company at all and was disgusted by it.

At this time, Lin Feng's father, Lin Guohua, said helplessly:
"Isn't this how so-called successful businessmen grow up? They will do anything to make money.

Based on my experience as a construction worker for more than 20 years and following more than a dozen construction teams, there are very few contractors who can be called conscientious.

They either use inferior steel or inferior building materials, or they try to mislead the homeowners in order to make more money from them.”

Upon hearing this, the scene suddenly fell into silence.

When Lin Feng heard the name of Zhisuo Technology, he also felt a little dazed. Two years later, in early 2015, Zhisuo Technology also entered the handwriting robot market, making the waters of the handwriting robot market even more muddy.

However, perhaps because they entered the market two years late in their previous life, they did not have the courage to claim that they invented the handwriting robot.

And it was beyond Lin Feng's expectation that they would be so arrogant in this life. It can only be said that human hearts cannot be easily figured out.

At this time, Lin Feng's father, Lin Guohua, thought for a moment, then frowned and said:

"We have to do something and not let them guide public opinion. Otherwise, if people tell too many lies, the lies will become the truth.

Just like the incident where Xiaolin was living off his parents, we tried hard to explain that Xiaolin was not living off his parents, but was developing products at home.

But how could we two possibly outwit so many others? In the end, even our neighbor Aunt Eight believed what others said, let alone others. "

Hearing this, mother He Xueqing frowned and then said with a headache:
"But the mouth is on someone else's body. How can we make them shut up and make them believe that we are the ones who invented the handwriting robot?"

Suddenly, mother He Xueqing seemed to think of something, then turned to look at Lin Feng and asked:

“I heard that you submitted a patent application to the state through the online patent application form, didn’t you?

Now a month has passed, have we received our patent certificate?"

“The types of patents I applied for are utility model patents and invention patents, but the two patent certificates were issued at different times.

For utility model patents, which are the fastest to be issued, it usually takes about 6 to 10 months to get the patent certificate.”

Among them, there are actually more than 30 software patents that have been registered. However, the issuance of software patent certificates is relatively slow, usually taking one and a half to two years.

As for the mechanical design patents of the PenMaster handwriting robot, there are more than seventy of them. The most important core patents are three structural patents, which are also the three common structural patents of the handwriting robots in the previous life.

The first is the most classic and widely used straight-line structure, the second is the partial frame structure, and the third is the cross structure.

Handwriting robots with a partial frame structure are the most accurate and stable when writing and drawing, and can make more delicate movements.

In addition, because of its stable structure and stronger supporting force, automatic pen and paper changing functions and other functions can be designed in the future.

But the disadvantage is that the structure is complex and the production cost is higher. However, just in case, Lin Feng also applied for a technical patent to block the way for others in advance.

After this is the cross-shaped structure, which is characterized by a long suspended arm extending out, and the machine moves left and right on the arm.

The characteristic of this structure is that its manufacturing cost is very low, because it only needs two stepper motors plus a small stepper motor for controlling the pen, so the cost is very low.

But the disadvantage is that because the outstretched arm is suspended in the air, the actual center of gravity is not stable. If it is accidentally bumped or slightly deformed, the entire handwriting robot will be ruined.

Of course, although this cross-shaped structure has many shortcomings, Lin Feng has also applied for a patent, blocking the way for others in advance, leaving them with no way to go, which is extremely despicable.

The architecture after this is the one-line architecture, which is the most common architecture. In the past, almost 80% of handwriting robots used this architecture, which shows how classic it is.

The reason why this L-shaped structure is called L-shaped structure is naturally because on the surface, it only has one vertical cantilever moving, and there is no horizontal arm suspended in the air.

This structure is more stable than the cross type, and an automatic paper changing function can be added in the future, which is widely loved by manufacturers.

The structure adopted by Pen Master at this time is undoubtedly the most classic one-line structure. Its advantages are simple structure and relatively low production cost.

However, the disadvantage is that there is an extra motor, the cost is slightly higher than the cross-type structure, and there is a certain probability of accidental touches and scribbles, but this can be solved through programming and sophisticated mechanical design.

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