JP2014064892A5

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Publication number: JP2014064892A5
Application number: JP2013150332A
Authority: JP
Filing date: 2013-07-19
Publication date: 2016-06-02
Anticipated expiration: 2033-07-19

Description

前記課題を解決するために、本発明のネイルプリント装置は、
爪に印刷を施すネイルプリント装置であって、
印刷する爪を含む一つの特定の指を、予め設定された互いに異なる複数の方向から撮影して、前記爪の形状に関する爪情報を検出するための、前記爪に対応する複数の爪画像を取得する撮像装置と、
前記撮像装置に対して一定の位置に設けられ、前記撮像装置が前記爪を撮影する際に、前記爪を照明する照明装置と、
前記爪に印刷を施す印刷部と、
前記印刷部を移動させる移動機構と、
を備え、
前記撮像装置は、前記印刷部に固定されていて、前記移動機構による前記印刷部の移動に伴って前記印刷部と一体に移動することを特徴としている。 In order to solve the above problems, the nail printing apparatus of the present invention is
A nail printing device for printing on nails,
A plurality of nail images corresponding to the nail are obtained for photographing one specific finger including the nail to be printed from a plurality of preset different directions and detecting nail information related to the shape of the nail. An imaging device,
An illumination device that is provided at a fixed position with respect to the imaging device and that illuminates the nail when the imaging device images the nail;
A printing section for printing on the nail;
A moving mechanism for moving the printing unit;
Equipped with a,
The imaging device be fixed to the printing unit is characterized that you move integrally with the printing part with the movement of the printing unit by the moving mechanism.

また、本発明のネイルプリント装置の印刷制御方法は、
爪に印刷を施すネイルプリント装置の印刷制御方法であって、
前記ネイルプリント装置は、指を撮影する撮像装置と、前記撮像装置に対して一定の位置に設けられて前記指の爪を照明する照明装置と、前記爪に画像の印刷を施す印刷部と、前記印刷部を移動させる移動機構と、を備え、前記撮像装置は、前記印刷部に固定されていて、前記移動機構による前記印刷部の移動に伴って前記印刷部と一体に移動し、
前記移動機構により、前記撮像装置及び前記照明装置を、前記印刷部とともに、印刷する爪を含む一つの特定の指に対して予め設定された互いに異なる複数の方向となる複数の位置に移動させ、
前記複数の位置の各々で、前記照明装置は前記爪を照明し、前記撮像装置は、前記複数の方向から前記特定の指を撮影して、前記爪に対応する複数の爪画像を取得し、
前記複数の爪画像に基づいて、前記爪の形状に関する爪情報を検出し、
前記爪情報に基づいて印刷用データを生成し、前記移動機構により、前記印刷用データに応じて前記印刷部を移動させて、前記爪に画像を印刷することを特徴としている。 In addition, the printing control method of the nail printing apparatus of the present invention includes:
A printing control method for a nail printing apparatus for printing on a nail,
The nail print device includes an imaging device that captures a finger, an illumination device that is provided at a fixed position with respect to the imaging device and illuminates the fingernail, and a printing unit that prints an image on the nail, A moving mechanism that moves the printing unit , and the imaging device is fixed to the printing unit and moves integrally with the printing unit as the printing unit is moved by the moving mechanism.
With the moving mechanism, the imaging device and the illumination device are moved together with the printing unit to a plurality of positions in a plurality of different directions set in advance for one specific finger including a nail to be printed,
At each of the plurality of positions, the illumination device illuminates the nail, the imaging device images the specific finger from the plurality of directions, and acquires a plurality of nail images corresponding to the nail,
Detecting nail information related to the shape of the nail based on the plurality of nail images;
Printing data is generated based on the nail information, and the moving unit moves the printing unit according to the printing data to print an image on the nail.

Claims

A nail printing device for printing on nails,
A plurality of nail images corresponding to the nail are obtained for photographing one specific finger including the nail to be printed from a plurality of preset different directions and detecting nail information related to the shape of the nail. An imaging device,
An illumination device that is provided at a fixed position with respect to the imaging device and that illuminates the nail when the imaging device images the nail;
A printing section for printing on the nail;
A moving mechanism for moving the printing unit;
Equipped with a,
The imaging device, the be fixed to the printing unit, nail printing apparatus characterized that you move integrally with the printing part with the movement of the printing unit by the moving mechanism.

The plurality of directions in which the imaging device acquires the plurality of nail images are a first direction that is directly above the nail and a second direction that is inclined from the first direction to one side in the width direction of the nail. The nail printing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

The moving mechanism is configured such that when the printing unit does not perform the printing and the imaging device acquires the plurality of nail images , the moving unit moves the printing unit so that the imaging device has a direction with respect to the nail. nail printing device according to claim 2, characterized in that moving the first imaging position to be the first direction, to a second imaging position where the direction is the second direction relative to the pawl .

The printing unit has a print head for applying ink to the nail,
A print maintenance unit that performs maintenance of the print head;
The moving mechanism moves the printing unit when the printing unit is not performing the printing, thereby moving the imaging device to a plurality of shooting positions in which the direction with respect to the nail is the plurality of directions,
The imaging device performs the shooting at each of the plurality of shooting positions,
The imaging device, with respect to the printing unit, the position where the imaging device is the print head when it is in one particular imaging position of the plurality of photographing positions are placed on the printing maintenance unit Provided ,
The print maintenance unit is configured to perform the printing together with the photographing operation in the photographing device when the imaging device is in the specific photographing position and the print head is disposed on the print maintenance unit. The nail printing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the maintenance of the head is performed .

The printing unit includes a carriage that supports the print head,
The nail print apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the image pickup apparatus is fixedly disposed on a side of the carriage.

The illumination device has only a pair of light sources provided across the imaging device along the length direction of the nail,
The nail print apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the pair of light sources is turned on when the imaging apparatus photographs the nail.

Based on the plurality of nail images acquired by the imaging device, a nail information detecting unit that detects the contour shape of the nail and at least one of the height of the nail and the curvature of the nail as the nail information. When,
A printing data generation unit that corrects image data based on the nail information and generates the printing data;
Further comprising
The nail printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the printing unit is moved according to the printing data by the moving mechanism when an image is printed on the nail.

The printing unit has a print head for applying ink to the nail,
The print head has at least one printing tool for applying ink to the nail when a tip portion contacts the nail;
When the print head performs printing on the nail, the tip of the printing tool is brought into contact with the nail, the photographing unit is moved by the moving mechanism, and the imaging device acquires the plurality of nail images. 2. The nail printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the printing tool is held at a position where the tip portion does not come into contact with the nail.

A printing control method for a nail printing apparatus for printing on a nail,
The nail print device includes an imaging device that captures a finger, an illumination device that is provided at a fixed position with respect to the imaging device and illuminates the fingernail, and a printing unit that prints an image on the nail, A moving mechanism that moves the printing unit , and the imaging device is fixed to the printing unit and moves integrally with the printing unit as the printing unit is moved by the moving mechanism.
With the moving mechanism, the imaging device and the illumination device are moved together with the printing unit to a plurality of positions in a plurality of different directions set in advance for one specific finger including a nail to be printed,
At each of the plurality of positions, the illumination device illuminates the nail, the imaging device images the specific finger from the plurality of directions, and acquires a plurality of nail images corresponding to the nail,
Detecting nail information related to the shape of the nail based on the plurality of nail images;
Printing of a nail printing apparatus, wherein printing data is generated based on the nail information, and the moving mechanism moves the printing unit according to the printing data to print an image on the nail. Control method.

The plurality of directions includes a first direction directly above the nail, and a second direction inclined from the first direction to one side in the width direction of the nail,
The moving mechanism is configured such that when the printing unit does not perform the printing unit and the imaging device acquires the plurality of nail images , the moving unit moves the printing unit so that the imaging device has a direction with respect to the nail. The printing of the nail printing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the nail printing apparatus is moved to a first position which is the first direction and a second position where the direction with respect to the nail is the second direction. Control method.

The printing unit has a print head for applying ink to the nail,
The nail printing apparatus further includes a print maintenance unit that performs maintenance of the print head, and the moving mechanism moves the printing unit so that the direction of the imaging device relative to the nail is the plurality of directions. moving a plurality of photographing positions made, the image pickup apparatus, with respect to the printing unit, the print head is the printing maintenance when the imaging device is in the one specific shooting position of the plurality of photographing positions It is provided at a position to be placed on the part,
When the printing unit does not apply the printing unit, the printing unit is moved by the moving mechanism , the imaging device is moved to each of the plurality of photographing positions,
Performing the photographing by the imaging device at each of the plurality of photographing positions;
When the image pickup apparatus is moved to the specific shooting position and the print head is arranged on the print maintenance section, the maintenance of the print head by the print maintenance section is performed by the shooting apparatus in the shooting apparatus. The printing control method for a nail printing apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the printing control method is performed in parallel with the operation .

Based on the plurality of nail images acquired by the imaging device, the contour shape of the nail and at least one of the height of the nail and the curvature of the nail are acquired as the nail information,
10. The print control method for a nail print apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the print data is generated by correcting image data based on the nail information.