JP5267550B2 - Nail printing apparatus and printing control method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a nail printing apparatus and a printing control method.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a nail print apparatus that prints a design image such as a character or a picture on a nail portion of a person's finger is known (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
The nail printing apparatus detects a nail region to be printed by photographing a nail portion to be printed with a photographing unit, and uses a design image selected by the user in the detected nail region using an inkjet print head or the like. To print.

If such an apparatus is used, a nail print can be easily enjoyed without using a nail salon or the like.
Also, instead of printing directly on your nail part, you can print a nail chip that matches the shape of your nail part on the nail chip sheet, cut it off, and paste it on your own nail part You can easily enjoy nail art.

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However, in the case of a conventional nail printing apparatus, a printable nail design can be selected within a range set in advance on the apparatus side, and may be referred to as the user himself (hereinafter referred to as “person” or “self”). However, it was difficult to choose a design freely.
Even if the user can freely set a nail design, the user needs to create a desired design by himself / herself, which is cumbersome for the user.

  As a user, there is a demand for celebrities and friends who have excellent nail designs on their nails, such as those who want to apply other people's nail designs on their nails, but I want to imitate other people's nail designs like this However, in order to set other people's nail designs and reproduce them on their nails, it is necessary to perform complicated switch operations etc., and it is difficult to enjoy casually without complicated work was there.

  The present invention has been made in view of the circumstances as described above, and the nail design applied to the nail part of another person (a celebrity, a friend, etc.) can be directly applied to the user's own nail part or nail chip by a simple method. It is an object of the present invention to provide a nail printing apparatus and a printing control method capable of printing on a sheet.

In order to solve the problem, the nail printing apparatus according to claim 1,
First finger nail images of the multiple fingers, the second finger nail images及beauty number multiple fingers, respectively and a first and second pawl images different types and the type of each finger each finger Detecting means for detecting;
Said first pawl image their respective been remembers in association with the type and the first and second claw image of the finger detected by the detection means to adjust the second claw image Adjusting nail image generating means for generating an adjusting nail image;
Print control means for controlling to print the adjustment nail image generated by the adjustment nail image generation means on the fingernail portion corresponding to the second nail image;
It is characterized by having.
Further, the invention according to claim 2 is the nail print apparatus according to claim 1,
First image obtaining means for obtaining the first fingernail image including nail images of a plurality of nail parts;
Second image acquisition means for obtaining the second fingernail image including nail images of a plurality of nail parts;
Storage control means for storing the type of finger detected by the detection means and the first and second nail images in association with each other;
It is characterized by having.

Moreover, the nail print apparatus according to claim 3
First image obtaining means for obtaining a first nail image of the nail part of the first person;
Second image acquisition means for obtaining a second nail image of the nail part of the second person;
The first nail image obtained by the first image obtaining unit and the second nail image obtained by the second image obtaining unit are respectively classified by the first person and the second person. Storage control means for storing;
An adjustment nail image generating unit that adjusts the first nail image stored by the control of the storage control unit according to the second nail image and generates an adjustment nail image;
Print control means for controlling to print the adjustment nail image generated by the adjustment nail image generation means on the nail portion of the second person corresponding to the second nail image;
It is characterized by having.

The invention described in claim 4 is the nail printing device according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
Nail contour extracting means for extracting the first contour and the second contour of the nail portion from the first nail image and the second nail image, respectively.
The adjustment nail image generation means compares the first outline extracted by the nail outline extraction means with the second outline, and the size of the first outline is larger than the size of the second outline. If larger, the adjusted nail image is generated by reducing the size of the entire first nail image so that the first contour fits within the second contour.
The print control means controls to print the adjustment nail image whose overall size has been reduced by the adjustment nail image generation means on a nail portion corresponding to the second nail image. It is said.

Moreover, the nail printing apparatus according to claim 5
First finger nail images of the multiple fingers, the second finger nail images及beauty number multiple fingers, respectively and a first and second pawl images different types and the type of each finger each finger Detecting means for detecting;
Said first pawl image their respective been remembers in association with the type and the first and second claw image of the finger detected by the detection means to adjust the second claw image Adjusting nail image generating means for generating an adjusting nail image;
Synthetic nail image generating means for generating a combined nail image by synthesizing the adjustment nail image generated by the adjustment nail image generating means and the contour of the second nail portion;
Print control means for controlling the synthetic nail image generated by the synthetic nail image generating means to be printed on the nail chip sheet;
It is characterized by having.
Further, the invention according to claim 6 is the nail print apparatus according to claim 5,
First image obtaining means for obtaining the first fingernail image fingernail image including the nail images of a plurality of nail parts;
A second image acquisition means for obtaining the second fingernail image fingernail image including a nail image of a plurality of nail parts;
Storage control means for storing the type of finger detected by the detection means and the first and second nail images in association with each other;
It is characterized by having.

In addition, the nail printing apparatus according to claim 7 ,
First image obtaining means for obtaining a first nail image of the nail part of the first person;
Second image acquisition means for obtaining a second nail image of the nail part of the second person;
The first nail image obtained by the first image obtaining unit and the second nail image obtained by the second image obtaining unit are respectively classified by the first person and the second person. Storage control means for storing;
An adjustment nail image generating unit that adjusts the first nail image stored by the control of the storage control unit according to the second nail image and generates an adjustment nail image;
Synthetic nail image generation means for generating a combined nail image by combining the adjustment nail image generated by the adjustment nail image generation means and the contour of the nail part of the second person;
Print control means for controlling the synthetic nail image generated by the synthetic nail image generating means to be printed on the nail chip sheet;
It is characterized by having.

The print control method according to claim 8 is:
First finger nail images of the multiple fingers, the second finger nail images及beauty number multiple fingers, respectively and a first and second pawl images different types and the type of each finger each finger A detection step to detect;
Said first pawl image their respective been remembers in association with the type of the detected finger with the first and second claw image in the detection means to adjust the second claw image An adjustment nail image generation step for generating an adjustment nail image;
A print control step for controlling to print the adjustment nail image generated in the adjustment nail image generation step on a fingernail portion corresponding to the second nail image;
It is characterized by containing.
The invention according to claim 9 is the printing control method according to claim 8,
A first image obtaining step for obtaining a first fingernail image including nail images of a plurality of nail parts;
A second image acquisition step of obtaining a second fingernail image including nail images of a plurality of nail parts;
A storage control step of storing the type of the finger detected by the detection unit and the first and second nail images in association with each other;
It is characterized by containing.

  According to the present invention, the nail design applied to the nail part of another person (a celebrity, a friend, etc.) can be directly applied to the user's own nail part or nail chip sheet without any trouble of the user. Can be printed. For this reason, there is an effect that the superior nail design of others can be imitated easily and fashion can be enjoyed.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view conceptually showing a first embodiment of a nail print apparatus according to the present invention, showing a state where a lid is opened. It is the perspective view which showed notionally the apparatus main body of the nail print apparatus of FIG. It is sectional drawing at the time of seeing the apparatus main body in FIG. 2 from the front side. It is sectional drawing at the time of seeing the apparatus main body in FIG. 2 from the right side from the right side. It is the block diagram which showed the nail print apparatus of FIG. It is a memory block diagram of RAM. (A) is a side sectional view of a finger holding member for four fingers, (B) is a front view of a finger holding member for four fingers, and (C) is a finger holding member for a thumb. (D) is a front view of the finger holding member for thumb. (A) is a sectional side view of the finger holding member for four fingers turned upside down, (B) is a sectional view of the nail chip sheet of this embodiment, (C) is a nail chip sheet It is sectional drawing which shows the state which peels a peeling layer after printing, and (D) is sectional drawing which shows the state which affixed the cut-out nail chip | tip on the fingernail. It is a flowchart of a nail printing process. It is a flowchart of another person's fingertip imaging | photography process. It is a flowchart of an own fingertip imaging process. It is a flowchart of an own fingertip imaging process. It is a flowchart of a nail | claw part printing process. It is a flowchart of a sheet printing process. It is a flowchart of a sheet printing process. It is a figure which shows an example of the mode selection screen of an operation part and a display part. It is a figure which shows an example of the finger insertion instruction | indication screen of a display part. It is a figure which shows an example of the holding member insertion instruction | indication screen of a display part. FIG. 2 is a side sectional view showing a printing finger fixing part and a finger holding member for four fingers inserted into the first finger insertion part of the nail printing apparatus of FIG. 1. FIG. 3 is a side sectional view showing a state in which a finger holding member for four fingers is inserted into a first finger insertion portion of a printing finger fixing portion of the nail printing apparatus of FIG. 1. FIG. 3 is a side cross-sectional view showing a state where a thumb finger holding member is inserted into a first finger insertion portion of a printing finger fixing portion of the nail printing apparatus of FIG. 1. It is a figure which shows an example of the holding member extraction instruction | indication screen of a display part. It is a figure which shows an example of the holding member insertion continuation instruction | indication screen of a display part. It is the figure which showed an example of the fingernail image containing the nail image of another person's nail | claw part. It is the figure which showed an example of the fingernail image containing the nail image of a user's own nail | claw part. (A) is explanatory drawing which shows a mode that the outline of another person's nail | claw part and the outline of one's nail | claw part are compared, (B) is a nail | claw image of another person's nail | claw part in the outline of one's nail | claw part. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example reduced together, (C) is a figure which shows an example of an adjustment nail image, (D) is a figure which shows an example of a synthetic | combination nail image. It is the figure which showed the state by which the synthetic | combination nail image for 5 pieces was printed on the user's own nail | claw part. It is a figure which shows an example of the sheet | seat placement instruction | indication screen of a display part. It is a figure which shows an example of the holding member reinsertion instruction | indication screen of a display part. It is the perspective view which showed the state which turned the finger holding member of the nail print apparatus of FIG. 1 upside down. 2 is a side sectional view showing a state in which a finger holding member for four fingers on which a nail chip sheet is placed is inserted into a first finger insertion portion of a printing finger fixing portion of the nail printing apparatus of FIG. It is the figure which showed the nail chip sheet | seat in which the synthetic | combination nail image for 5 pieces was printed. It is the figure which showed the nail chip | tip for five claws cut | disconnected from the nail chip | tip sheet | seat of FIG. It is the perspective view which showed conceptually 2nd Embodiment of the nail print apparatus which concerns on this invention, and has shown the state which opened the cover body. It is a flowchart of a 1st nail | claw image selection process. It is a flowchart of the nail | claw image acquisition process of a 2nd nail | claw part. It is a flowchart of a nail | claw part printing process. It is a figure which shows an example of the design selection screen of a display part. (A) is a figure which shows an example of a user's own fingernail image, (B) is a figure which shows the nail image and outline which were extracted from the fingernail image of (A), (C) It is explanatory drawing which shows a mode that the outline of a 1st nail image and the outline of a user's own nail | claw part are overlapped, (D) reduced the 1st nail | claw image according to the outline of a user's own nail | claw part. It is a figure which shows an example of an adjustment nail image, (E) is a figure which shows the example which printed the design shown to (D) on a user's own nail | claw part. It is the perspective view which showed notionally the modification of the nail print apparatus of FIG.

[First Embodiment]
First, a first embodiment of a nail print apparatus according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating an appearance of a nail print apparatus according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view illustrating an internal configuration of the nail print apparatus.
In this embodiment, the nail print apparatus 1 is an apparatus that can print a nail design on a user's nail part and can generate a nail chip 70 (see FIG. 33 and the like) to be attached to a fingernail part. 1, the nail print apparatus 1 includes a case main body 2 and a lid body 4 as well as a first finger that is a finger insertion portion into which a finger (target finger U) corresponding to a nail portion to be printed is inserted. A printing apparatus main body 10 including an insertion portion 20a and the like, and a finger holding member 6 configured to be detachable from the first finger insertion portion 20a are provided.

The case body 2 and the lid body 4 are connected to each other via a hinge 3 provided at the rear end portion of the upper surface of the case body 2.
The case body 2 is formed in an oval shape in plan view. An opening / closing plate 2c is provided on the front side of the case body 2 so as to be able to rise and fall. The opening / closing plate 2 c is connected to the case body 2 via a hinge (not shown) provided at the lower front end of the case body 2. The opening / closing plate 2 c is for opening and closing the front surface of the case body 2. The nail printing apparatus 1 is used with the front surface of the case body 2 opened. An operation unit 25 described later is installed on the top plate 2 f of the case body 2. Further, a display unit 26 is installed on the inner surface of the lid 4.

As shown in FIG. 2, the case main body 2 accommodates the printing apparatus main body 10 of the nail printing apparatus 1. The printing apparatus main body 10 includes a printing finger fixing unit 20 constituting a printing finger fixing unit, a photographing unit 30 constituting a photographing unit, a printing unit 40 constituting a printing unit, and a control unit. The control device 50 (see FIG. 5), the operation unit 25, and the display unit 26 are provided. Among these, the printing finger fixing unit 20, the imaging unit 30, the printing unit 40, and the control device 50 are provided in the machine casing 11.
The machine casing 11 includes a lower machine casing 11a and an upper machine casing 11b. The lower machine casing 11 a is formed in a box shape and is installed in the lower part of the case body 2. On the other hand, the upper machine casing 11 b is installed above the lower machine casing 11 a and above the inside of the case body 2.

  The printing finger fixing unit 20 is provided on the lower machine casing 11 a in the machine casing 11. The printing finger fixing unit 20 includes a first finger insertion unit 20a, a second finger insertion unit 20b, and a grip unit 20c provided in the lower machine casing 11a.

In the present embodiment, the first finger insertion portion 20a is a finger corresponding to the nail portion T to be printed by the user (that is, the second person) (hereinafter referred to as “target finger U”, see FIG. 19 and the like). And a finger insertion unit for inserting a nail design that the user wants to apply to his nails (i.e., the first person. In this embodiment, “others a” (see FIG. 6)). This is a finger insertion part for inserting a finger (hereinafter referred to as “target finger U”; see FIG. 19 and the like) corresponding to the nail part T of the example.
In the present embodiment, the target finger U is inserted into the first finger insertion portion 20a while being held by a finger holding member 6 described later. In the following, among the nail portions T, the nail portion of the thumb is T1, the nail portion of the index finger is T2, the nail portion of the middle finger is T3, the nail portion of the ring finger is T4, and the nail portion of the little finger is T5 (FIG. 25). Etc.) is simply referred to as “nail portion T”, these nail portions T are collectively referred to. Of the target fingers U, the thumb is U1, the index finger is U2, the middle finger is U3, the ring finger is U4, and the little finger is U5 (see FIG. 25, etc.). All the target fingers U from the thumb U1 to the little finger U5 are generically included.

The second finger insertion unit 20b is a finger insertion unit for inserting a non-target finger N other than the target finger U.
The grip 20c is a portion that can be sandwiched between the target finger U inserted into the first finger insertion unit 20a and the non-target finger N inserted into the second finger insertion unit 20b (from FIG. 19). (See FIG. 21). The grip portion 20c is constituted by a partition wall 21 that partitions the first finger insertion portion 20a and the second finger insertion portion 20b.
The second finger insertion portion 20b and the grip portion 20c need not be provided, but by providing these, the finger holding member 6 inserted into the first finger insertion portion 20a and the finger holding member 6 are held by this. The target finger U can be made more stable, which is extremely effective for fixing the target finger U.

The upper surface of the partition wall 21 constitutes a flat finger holding member mounting surface. The finger holding member placement surface is for placing the finger holding member 6 inserted into the first finger insertion portion 20a. Note that this finger holding member placement surface is constituted by the floor surface of the first finger insertion portion 20a when the second finger insertion portion 20b and the grip portion 20c are not provided.
A bulging portion 22 is formed at the finger holding member insertion side end of the partition wall 21 (see FIGS. 19 to 21). This bulging portion 22 is inserted when the finger holding member 6 is inserted deeply into the first finger insertion portion 20a and the non-target finger N is inserted deeply into the second finger insertion portion 20b. It is formed in the part where the root of N contacts. The bulging portion 22 is wrapped around the base between the target finger U and the non-target finger N when the partition wall 21 (gripping portion 20 c) is sandwiched between the target finger U and the non-target finger N. Here, “holding” means that the roots of the target finger U and the non-target finger N come into contact with each other and the bulging portion 22 can be grasped. By holding the bulging portion 22, the wrist can be prevented from shaking left and right or up and down, and the hand can be stabilized.
As shown in FIGS. 19 to 21, the bulging portion 22 bulges downward from the lower surface of the partition wall 21 when viewed in a section along the insertion direction of the finger holding member 6 (in side view). It is so circular. The shape of the bulging portion 22 is not limited to a circular cross section, and may be a non-circular shape such as an elliptical cross section or a polygonal cross section. In short, any shape may be used as long as it is held at the base of the target finger U and the non-target finger N.
In addition, the size of the bulging portion 22, that is, the thickness in the thickness direction of the partition wall 21 is about 1 to 2 cm so that the root of the target finger U and the non-target finger N sufficiently contacts the bulging portion 22. Preferably, the thickness of the partition wall 21 is preferably about 0.5 to 1 cm smaller than the thickness of the bulging portion 22 so that the finger pad can be firmly pressed against the partition wall 21.

Next, the photographing unit 30 will be described. The photographing unit 30 is provided on the upper machine casing 11b in the machine casing 11 as shown in FIGS.
That is, a camera 32 having about 2 million pixels or more with a built-in driver is installed on the lower surface of the central portion of the substrate 31 installed in the upper machine casing 11b. An illumination lamp 33 such as a white LED is installed on the substrate 31 so as to surround the camera 32.
The photographing unit 30 includes the camera 32 and the illumination lamp 33.
In the present embodiment, the photographing unit 30 illuminates the target finger U of another person a (that is, the first person) with the illuminating lamp 33, and photographs the target finger U with the camera 32, so that the other person a (first person) It functions as first image acquisition means for obtaining fingernail images including nail images Ga1 to Ga5 (see FIG. 6) of a plurality of nail portions T of a person.
In addition, the photographing unit 30 illuminates the target finger U of the user himself (that is, the second person) with the illumination lamp 33, photographs the target finger U with the camera 32, and the user himself (second person). It functions as a second image acquisition means for obtaining fingernail images including the nail images G1 to G5 (see FIG. 6) of the plurality of nail portions T.
The photographing unit 30 is connected to a control unit 51 of a control device 50 described later, and is controlled by the control unit 51. Further, the nail images Ga1 to Ga5 of the other person a (first person) and the nail images G1 to G5 of the user himself (second person) acquired by the photographing unit 30 are stored in a storage unit such as the RAM 53 for each finger type. Stored (see FIG. 6).

In addition, the printing unit 40 matches the nail images Ga1 to Ga5 of the other person (first person) photographed by the photographing unit 30 with the nail images G1 to G5 of the corresponding target finger U of the user (second person). On the nail chip sheet 7 (see FIG. 8B, etc.) for generating the nail portion T of the user's target finger U or the nail chip 70 based on the printing data generated by adjusting the deformation of the user. As shown in FIG. 2 to FIG. 4, printing means for printing is provided on the machine casing 11 (mainly the upper machine casing 11 b).
That is, two guide rods 41 are installed in parallel on both side plates of the upper machine casing 11b. A main carriage 42 is slidably installed on the guide rod 41. In addition, two guide rods 44 are installed in parallel on the front wall 42a and the rear wall 42b of the main carriage 42. A sub carriage 45 is slidably installed on the guide rod 44. A print head 46 is mounted at the center of the lower surface of the sub-carriage 45.
In the present embodiment, the print head 46 is an ink jet type print head that performs printing by atomizing ink and spraying it directly onto a print medium. The recording method of the print head 46 is not limited to the ink jet method, and various other printing methods such as a thermal printing method can be adopted.

The main carriage 42 is connected to a motor 43 through power transmission means (not shown), and is configured to move in the left-right direction along the guide rod 41 by forward and reverse rotation of the motor 43. The sub-carriage 45 is connected to a motor 47 via a power transmission means (not shown), and is configured to move in the front-rear direction along the guide rod 44 by forward and reverse rotation of the motor 47. By the movement of the main carriage 42 and the sub-carriage 45 and the ejection of ink from the print head 46, the nail portion of the target finger U held by the finger holding member 6 or the sheet placement portion 65 of the finger holding member 6 (FIG. 8 (A) and the like) can be printed on the nail chip sheet 7 placed thereon.
Further, the lower machine casing 11 a is provided with an ink cartridge 48 for supplying ink to the print head 46. The ink cartridge 48 is connected to the print head 46 via an ink supply pipe (not shown), and supplies ink to the print head 46 as appropriate. Note that an ink cartridge may be mounted on the print head 46 itself.

  The printing unit 40 includes the guide rod 41, the main carriage 42, the motor 43, the guide rod 44, the sub carriage 45, the print head 46, the motor 47, the ink cartridge 48, and the like. The motor 43, the print head 46, and the motor 47 of the printing unit 40 are connected to a control unit 51 of a control device 50 described later, and are controlled by the control unit 51.

The operation unit 25 is input means for the user to perform various input operations. The operation unit 25 is provided on the top plate 2f of the case body 2. The operation unit 25 in this embodiment includes a power key 25a, a camera key 25b, a print key 25c, a stop key 25d, a character input key 25e, a selection key, and a selection key. A key 25f, a cursor key 25g, an enter key 25h, and the like are provided.
Here, the character input key 25e, the selection key 25f, and the cursor key 25g are keys used for selecting various operation modes. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 16, three operation modes can be selected: a fingertip shooting mode of another person, a fingertip shooting mode of the user (that is, the user himself), and a printing mode. The determination key 25h is a key for determining the operation mode selected by the character input key 25e, the selection key 25f, and the cursor key 25g. The power key 25a is a key for turning on / off the power of the nail printing apparatus 1. The camera key 25b is a key serving as a trigger for starting shooting by the shooting unit 30. The print key 25c is a key that serves as a trigger for starting the printing process. The stop key 25d is a key used when stopping the printing process.

The display unit 26 is configured by, for example, a liquid crystal panel (liquid crystal display (LCD)) or the like, and is a display unit that performs various displays when performing a printing process. The display unit 26 is not limited to a liquid crystal panel.
A touch panel may be integrally formed on the surface of the display unit 26. In this case, various inputs can be performed by touching the surface of the display unit 26 with a stylus pen or a fingertip (not shown), and the display unit 26 has the same functions as the operation unit 25. .

In the present embodiment, the display unit 26 displays, for example, a mode selection screen (see FIG. 16) that prompts the user to select an operation mode, a design composite image in which a nail design is superimposed on the user's finger, and asks the user for confirmation. In addition to the design confirmation screen, various instruction screens (FIGS. 17, 18, 22, 23, 28, and 29) are displayed.
As shown in FIG. 16, on the mode selection screen in the present embodiment, the other person's fingertip shooting mode key P1 for selecting the other person's fingertip shooting mode, and the fingertip shooting mode of the user (that is, the user himself) are selected. The user's own fingertip shooting mode key P2 and the print mode key P3 for selecting the print mode are displayed. The user can select the fingertip shooting mode key P1 of his / her other person and his / her fingertip shooting mode key P2. A desired operation mode can be selected by selecting one of the print mode keys P3.
Although not shown, when the print mode is selected, it is possible to select a nail print mode for directly printing on the user's nail portion T and a sheet print mode for printing on the nail chip sheet 7. ing. In addition, when nail images of other persons (in FIG. 6, four persons from other person a to other person d are illustrated in FIG. 6) are stored in the storage means to be described later, Whether to print the nail design on the nail portion T or the nail chip sheet 7 can be selected on the display screen of the display unit 26 or on the operation unit 25.

  The control device 50 is provided in the upper machine casing 11b. The control device 50 is installed on a substrate 31, and as shown in FIG. 5, a control unit 51 constituted by a CPU (Central Processing Unit) or the like (not shown) and a ROM (Read Only Memory) 52 as a storage means. And a computer having a RAM 53 (Random Access Memory) and the like. The storage means is not limited to the ROM 52 and the RAM 53 in the control device 50, and other storage means may be provided.

  When viewed functionally, the control unit 51 includes a finger type detection unit 511, a nail contour extraction unit 512, an adjustment nail image generation unit 513, a combined nail image generation unit 514, a print control unit 515, a display control unit 516, and the like. I have. The functions as the finger type detection unit 511, the nail contour extraction unit 512, the adjustment nail image generation unit 513, the combined nail image generation unit 514, the print control unit 515, the display control unit 516, and the like are stored in the CPU and the ROM 52. It is realized by working together.

The finger type detection unit 511 includes the fingernail images of a plurality of target fingers U of another person a (first person) photographed by the photographing unit 30 and the user himself / herself (second person) photographed by the photographing unit 30 as well. ) Is a finger type detection means for detecting the type of each finger from the fingernail images of the plurality of target fingers U.
The finger type detection unit 511 detects the finger type of each fingernail image based on, for example, the arrangement of the fingernail image, the length dimension, the width dimension, and the like. Note that the finger type detection method is not limited to the one exemplified here.
The finger type detection unit 511 associates the finger type detected based on the fingernail image with the nail images Ga1 to Ga5 and G1 to G5 of the nail part T obtained by the imaging unit 30, and the other person a (first (1 person) and the user himself (second person) separately function as storage control means for storing them in the storage means such as the RAM 53.

  The nail contour extraction unit 512 includes nail images Ga1 to Ga5 of the nail portion T of the other person a (first person) and nail images G1 to G1 of the nail portion T of the user himself (second person) taken by the photographing unit 30. Claw contour extraction means for extracting the contours Ra1 to Ra5 and R1 to R5 of the claw portion T from G5. The contours Ra1 to Ra5 and R1 to R5 of the nail portion T extracted by the nail contour extraction unit 512 are stored in storage means such as the RAM 53 in association with the nail images Ga1 to Ga5 and G1 to G5, respectively (FIG. 6). reference). The nail contour extraction unit 512 is not an essential component of the present invention, and the nail contour extraction unit 512 may not be provided, and the processing may be performed without extracting the contour R of the nail portion T.

The adjustment nail image generation unit 513 uses the nail images Ga1 to Ga5 of the other person a (first person) stored in the storage unit such as the RAM 53 as the nail image G1 of the target finger U corresponding to the user himself (second person). Adjusting nail image generating means for generating adjusted nail images Ia1 to Ia5 (see FIG. 6) by adjusting according to .about.G5.
The adjustment nail images Ia1 to Ia5 generated by the adjustment nail image generation unit 513 are associated with each person (different person (first person) or user himself (second person)) and each finger type. It is stored in storage means such as the RAM 53 (see FIG. 6).

  For example, when the claw portions T1 to T5 of another person a have the size and shape as shown in FIG. 24 and the user's own claw portions T1 to T5 have the size and shape as shown in FIG. The nail images Ga1 to Ga5 of another person a are aligned with the nail images G1 to G5 of the user by the procedure as shown in A) to (C). Accordingly, when the nail images Ga1 to Ga5 of another person a are printed on the user's nail portions T1 to T5, as shown in FIG. 27, the size and shape of the user's nail portions T1 to T5 can be matched. .

Here, the generation processing of the adjustment nail images Ia1 to Ia5 by the adjustment nail image generation unit 513 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.
In this embodiment, first, as illustrated in FIG. 26A, the adjustment nail image generation unit 513 includes the contours Ra1 to Ra5 of the nail portion T of the other person a (first person) extracted by the nail contour extraction unit. (In FIG. 26 (A) and the like, the contour Ra2 about the index finger of the other person a is shown) and the contours R1 to R5 of the nail portion T of the user himself (second person) who is the person himself (second person) (in FIG. 26 (A) and the like) And the size of the contour Ra1 to Ra5 of the nail portion T of the other person a (first person) is the contour R1 of the nail portion T of the user himself (second person). When the size is larger than ~ R5, the contours Ra1 to Ra5 of the nail portion T of the other person a (first person) are within the contours R1 to R5 of the nail portion T of the user himself (second person). The size of the entire nail image Ga1 to Ga5 of another person a (first person) is reduced ( 26 (B) reference. Note that in FIG. 26 (B) such as shown for nail image Ga2 for the index finger of another person a.).
Here, when the size of the contour Ra1 to Ra5 of the nail portion T of the other person a (first person) is larger than the size of the contour R1 to R5 of the nail portion T of the user himself (second person), the other person a Although the example which reduces the size of the whole nail image of (the 1st person) was explained, size of outline Ra1-Ra5 of nail part T of other person a (the 1st person) is the user himself (the 2nd person). When the size is smaller than the sizes of the contours R1 to R5 of the nail portion T, the size of the entire nail images Ga1 to Ga5 of another person a (first person) may be enlarged and adjusted so that printing can be performed with good balance.
In addition, the adjustment by the adjustment nail image generation unit 513 is not only the reduction / enlargement of the entire size of the nail images Ga1 to Ga5, but also the shape of the nail images Ga1 to Ga5, for example, the vertically long nail images Ga1 to Ga5 are deformed horizontally. May be modified and adjusted. Further, when printing on the nail chip sheet 7, only the width direction of the nail images Ga1 to Ga5 is adjusted according to the contours R1 to R5 of the nail portion T of the user himself (second person), and the nail images Ga1 to Ga5 are adjusted. In the vertical direction, the contours Ra1 to Ra5 of the nail portion T of another person a (first person) may be adopted as the contour R to be printed on the nail chip sheet 7.

Further, when the nail image of the other person a is printed on the nail portion T of the user, the adjustment nail image generating unit 513 indicates that the position of the contour Ra1 to Ra5 of the nail portion T of the other person a is the contour R1 of the own nail portion T. If it is not within the range of -R5, the coordinates of the printing positions of the contours Ra1-Ra5 are moved so as to be within the range of the contours R1-R5. In the case of FIG. 26, the positions of the contours Ra <b> 1 to Ra <b> 5 of the nail portion T of the other person a are shifted upward from the contours R <b> 1 to R <b> 5 of the own nail portion T (see FIGS. 26A and 26B). ) By moving the coordinates of the printing positions of the contours Ra1 to Ra5 downward, the positions of the contours Ra1 to Ra5 can be kept within the range of the contours R1 to R5 (see FIG. 26C).
In this manner, by appropriately adjusting the size, shape, and position of the contours Ra1 to Ra5 of the nail portion T of another person a, the adjusted nail images Ia1 to Ia5 (FIG. 26C ) Shows the adjustment nail image Ia2 for the index finger of the other person a).

The combined nail image generation unit 514 also adjusts the nail image (that is, the adjustment nail images Ia1 to Ia5) of the other person a (first person) adjusted by the adjustment nail image generation unit 513 and the user himself / herself (second Are combined with the contours R1 to R5 of the nail portion T of the person n), and the combined nail images Ia1 + R1 to Ia5 + R5 (in FIG. 26D, the adjusted nail image Ia5 + R5 for the index finger of the other person a) Is a synthetic nail image generation means for generating In the printing mode, when the nail printing mode for printing on the nail portion T of the user is selected (that is, when the sheet printing mode for printing on the nail chip sheet 7 is not selected), the combined nail image is displayed. The generation unit 514 may not generate the combined nail image.
The combined nail images Ia1 + R1 to Ia5 + R1 generated by the combined nail image generation unit 514 are associated with each person (different person a (first person) or the user himself (second person)) and each finger type. Is stored in the storage means such as the RAM 53 (see FIG. 6).

The print control unit 515 is a print control unit that controls the printing operation of the printing unit 40 so as to print on the nail part T or the nail chip sheet 7 of the user himself / herself (second person).
Specifically, in the print mode, when the nail print mode for printing on the nail portion T of the user himself (second person) is selected, the print control unit 515 generates the adjustment nail image generation unit 513. Based on the adjusted nail images Ia1 to Ia5 for each finger, printing data including a design and a printing position to be printed on the nail portion T of each target finger U corresponding to the user himself (second person), respectively. Is output to the printing unit 40 and the printing operation of the printing unit 40 is controlled.
When the sheet printing mode for printing on the nail chip sheet 7 is selected in the printing mode, the print control unit 515 converts the combined nail images Ia1 + R1 to Ia5 + R1 generated by the combined nail image generating unit 514 to the nail. Printing data is generated so that the combined nail images of the fingers are arranged at a certain distance from each other when printed on the chip sheet 7, and this is output to the printing unit 40 to output the printing unit 40. Control printing operations.
In the present embodiment, when printing is performed on the nail chip sheet 7, the print control unit 515 performs printing on each nail chip sheet 7 so that five fingers from one thumb to the little finger can be printed on one nail chip sheet 7. The arrangement of the composite nail image is adjusted to generate printing data (see FIG. 25).
Note that how many finger nail images are arranged on one nail chip sheet 7 may be set in advance, or may be arbitrarily set by the user according to the use situation. . For example, printing data may be generated so that only the combined nail image of four fingers excluding the thumb is arranged on one nail chip sheet 7, or all ten fingers of both hands are combined. After the nail images are generated, printing data may be generated so that the ten synthesized nail images are arranged on one nail chip sheet 7.

  The display control unit 516 is a display control unit that displays various displays on the display unit 26 as a display unit. In the present embodiment, the display control unit 516 displays the mode selection screen, the design confirmation screen, various instruction screens, and the like on the display unit 26 as described above.

  The ROM 52 as a storage means is a finger type detection program for detecting the type of each finger from the fingernail image, a nail contour extraction program for extracting the contour of the nail part, and the nail of another person (first person). An adjustment nail image generation program for generating an adjustment nail image by deforming and adjusting an image according to the nail image of the corresponding nail part of the user himself (second person), the adjustment nail image and the user himself (second person) ) Of the nail portion of the image), a combined nail image generation program for generating a combined nail image, a print data generation program for generating print data, a print processing program for performing print processing, etc. These programs are stored, and when these programs are executed by the control device 50, each part of the nail print apparatus 1 is controlled in an integrated manner.

  In the present embodiment, the RAM 53, which is a storage unit, includes a storage area 531 for storing various data and a work area (not shown) for developing programs and the like when the control unit 51 performs various processes. In the storage area 531 of the RAM 53, for example, the nail images Ga1 to Ga5 of the other person a (first person) and the nail images G1 to G5 of the user himself (second person) acquired by the photographing unit 30 include a plurality of fingers. Is stored in association with the finger type data detected by the finger type detection unit 511. Further, in the RAM 53, the data of the contours Ra1 to Ra5 and R1 to R5 of the nail portion T extracted from the nail images Ga1 to Ga5 and G1 to G5 by the nail contour extraction unit 512 respectively correspond to the corresponding nail images Ga1 to Ga5. , G1 to G5 are stored in association with each other. In addition, when the adjustment nail images Ia1 to Ia5 are generated for each target finger U of the other person a (first person) by the adjustment nail image generation unit 513, the data of the adjustment nail images Ia1 to Ia5 is the data of the other person a. Stored in association with each finger type. Further, when the combined nail image generation unit 514 generates the combined nail images Ia1 + R1 to Ia5 + R1 for each finger, the data of the combined nail images Ia1 + R1 to Ia5 + R1 are stored in association with the types of fingers of the other person.

FIG. 6 is a diagram schematically showing an example of the storage area 531 of the RAM 53.
In FIG. 6, the first column 531a, the second column 531b, the third column 531c, and the fourth column are the data of the other person (first person) for which the data of four persons of others a to d have already been acquired. An example stored in 531d is shown. Note that the data of the other person (first person) stored in the RAM 53 is not limited to four persons. The number of data that can be stored in the RAM 53 is not particularly limited, but when the data of other persons (first persons) stored in the past as a history reaches a certain number of people, the old data is deleted. May be.

For example, data relating to the other person a in the first column 531a in FIG. 7 will be described below.
The nail image of the finger of the other person a is stored as the thumb Ga1, the index finger Ga2, the middle finger Ga3, the ring finger Ga4, and the little finger Ga5 in the “nail image” section of the “other person's fingertip” in the first column 531a. ing. In the present embodiment, finger numbers are assigned to each finger, where the thumb is 1, the index finger is 2, the middle finger is 3, the ring finger is 4, and the little finger is 5.
In the “contour” section of “other person's fingertips”, the contours extracted from the nail images Ga1 to Ga5 of these fingers are the thumb Ra1, the index finger Ra2, the middle finger Ra3, the ring finger Ra4, and the little finger Ra5. Is remembered as
In the “nail image” section of “your fingertip”, the nail image of the user's own finger corresponding to each finger type of the other person a includes the thumb G1, the index finger G2, the middle finger G3, and the ring finger G4 for each finger type. , Stored as little finger G5.
In the “contour” section of “your fingertip”, the contours extracted from the nail images G1 to G5 of these fingers include the thumb R1, the index finger R2, the middle finger R3, the ring finger R4, and the little finger R5 for each finger type. Is remembered as
Further, in the “adjustment nail image” section, adjustment nail images obtained by adjusting the nail images Ga1 to Ga5 of each person's finger in accordance with the user's own nail images G1 to G5 include the thumb Ia1 and the index finger for each finger type. These are stored as Ia2, middle finger Ia3, ring finger Ia4, and little finger Ia5. As described above, the adjusted nail images Ia1 to Ia5 are obtained by adjusting the size, shape, and print position of the nail images Ga1 to Ga5 of each person's finger in accordance with the user's own nail images G1 to G5.
Further, when a combined nail image is generated by the combined nail image generation unit 514, the combined image data is stored in the “combined nail image” section. Here, as shown in the “composite nail image” section of FIG. 6, the synthesized nail images are adjusted nail images Ia1 to Ia5 and adjusted nail images Ia1 to Ia5 for each finger of another person a (first person). Are combined with the contours R1 to R5 of the fingernail portion T of the user's finger.

  It should be noted that existing design data may be stored in the storage area 531 of the ROM 53. In this case, the user is not limited to the nail image of the other person (first person) acquired by the photographing unit 30, but the ROM 53 The design to be printed on the nail portion of the user may be selected from the existing designs stored in the screen. When the user selects a desired design from the existing design data stored in the storage area 531 of the ROM 53, the design data is stored in the storage area 531 of the RAM 53.

Next, the finger holding member 6 in the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 7.
As shown in FIG. 1, in this embodiment, a finger for four fingers that holds four fingers from the index finger to the little finger as target fingers U (U2 to U5) in the first finger insertion portion 20a. The holding member 6a and the finger holding member 6b for thumb that holds the thumb (U1) as the target finger U can be selectively inserted. In the following, when the finger holding member 6 is simply used, it includes both the finger holding member 6a for four fingers and the finger holding member 6b for thumb.
FIG. 7A is a side sectional view of the finger holding member 6a for four fingers, and FIG. 7B is a front view of the finger holding member 6a for four fingers viewed from the insertion direction of the finger. is there. 7C is a side sectional view of the thumb finger holding member 6b, and FIG. 7D is a front view of the thumb finger holding member 6b as seen from the insertion direction of the finger.

As shown in FIGS. 1, 7A and 7B, the finger holding member 6a for four fingers includes a holding member main body 60 capable of holding four fingers, and this holding member main body 60 Are provided with four finger insertion holes 61 as finger holding portions that open to the front side of the finger insertion side of the finger holding member 6a for four fingers. The inner upper surface of the finger insertion hole 61 is inclined upward from the substantially central portion in the finger insertion direction toward the opening side. Although the shape and structure of the finger insertion hole 61 are not limited to the illustrated example, the thickness of the finger increases from the fingertip to the root, so that the inner upper surface of the finger insertion hole 61 is inclined as in the illustrated example. In this case, the target finger U can be smoothly inserted into the finger insertion hole 61, which is preferable. Instead of inclining the inner upper surface of the finger insertion hole 61, a step is provided on the inner upper surface of the finger insertion hole 61 so that the thickness on the opening side is thicker on the opening side than on the inner side in the finger insertion direction. Also good.
Between each finger insertion hole 61 is a finger partition 62, and when four target fingers U (forefinger U2 to little finger U5) are inserted into each finger insertion hole 61, each finger is inserted between the target fingers U. There is a moderate gap. The thickness of the finger partition 62 is not particularly limited. However, if the target fingers U are too close to each other, it is difficult to recognize the contour of the nail portion of each target finger U. It is preferable that an appropriate interval is maintained between the target fingers U by the unit 62.

The front surface of the finger holding member 6a for four fingers (the upper surface when the target finger U is inserted (the upper surface in FIGS. 7A and 7B)) side and the back in the finger insertion direction On the side, a nail portion exposure hole 63 is formed at a position corresponding to each finger insertion hole 61 to expose the nail portion of each target finger U (index finger to little finger) inserted into each finger insertion hole 61. When the target finger U (forefinger to little finger) is inserted deep into the finger holding member 6a, the nail portion of each finger is exposed from the nail portion exposure hole 63 of each finger insertion hole 61, and the nail portion is photographed by the photographing unit 30. The printing unit 40 can print on the nail portion.
In addition, the finger holding member 6a for four fingers is on the back surface (the lower surface when the target finger U is inserted (the lower surface in FIGS. 7A and 7B)) and the finger On the back side in the insertion direction, a sheet placement portion 65 for placing a nail chip sheet 7 to be described later is formed. The sheet arrangement portion 65 is a cutout portion having a depth substantially the same as the thickness of the nail chip sheet 7 used in the nail printing apparatus 1 in the present embodiment. The vertical and horizontal dimensions of the sheet arrangement portion 65 are the same as or slightly larger than the vertical and horizontal dimensions of the nail chip sheet 7.

  As shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 7C and FIG. 7D, the finger holding member 6b for thumb includes a holding member body 60 capable of holding the thumb. One finger insertion hole 61 is provided as a finger holding portion that opens in front of the finger insertion side of the finger holding member 6b. A step is provided on the inner upper surface of the finger insertion hole 61 so that the thickness in the vertical direction is greater on the opening side than on the back side in the finger insertion direction. Although the shape and structure of the finger insertion hole 61 are not limited to the illustrated example, the thickness of the finger increases from the fingertip to the root, so a step is provided on the inner upper surface of the finger insertion hole 61 as illustrated. When the thickness on the opening side is increased in the vertical direction, the target finger U (thumb U1) can be smoothly inserted into the finger insertion hole 61, which is preferable. Similar to the finger insertion hole 61 of the finger holding member 6b for four fingers, the inner upper surface of the finger insertion hole 61 is inclined upward from the substantially central portion in the finger insertion direction toward the opening side. May be.

On the surface of the finger holding member 6b for the thumb (the upper surface when the target finger U is inserted (the upper surface in FIGS. 7C and 7D)) and on the inner side in the finger insertion direction Is formed with a claw portion exposing hole 63 that exposes the claw portion of the target finger U (thumb) inserted into the finger inserting hole 61 at a position corresponding to the finger inserting hole 61. When the target finger U (thumb) is inserted to the back of the finger holding member 6b, the nail part of the thumb is exposed from the nail part exposure hole 63 of the finger insertion hole 61, and the nail part is photographed by the photographing part 30 and by the printing part 40. Printing on the nail portion is possible.
In addition, the back side of the thumb finger holding member 6b (the lower side when the target finger U is inserted (the lower side in FIG. 7C and FIG. 7D)) side and the finger insertion direction A sheet disposing portion 65 on which a nail chip sheet 7 to be described later is placed is formed on the back side. Since the sheet arrangement part 65 is the same as the sheet arrangement part 65 provided in the finger holding member 6a for four fingers, the description thereof is omitted.

8A, the nail chip sheet 7 is placed on the sheet placement portion 65 provided on the back side of the finger holding member 6a for four fingers, with the front and back sides of the finger holding member 6a for four fingers turned upside down. It is the figure which showed a mode that it places. As shown in FIG. 8A, when the nail chip sheet 7 is placed on the sheet placement portion 65, the surface on the sheet placement portion 65 side of the finger holding member 6a for four fingers becomes substantially flush. ing.
FIG. 8B is a cross-sectional view showing the configuration of the nail chip sheet 7 used in the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 8B, the nail chip sheet 7 is a sheet on a film, and a print layer 71 on which ink is ejected and printing, an adhesive layer 72, and a release layer 73 are sequentially arranged. It is composed of overlapping.
As shown in FIG. 8C, when ink is ejected onto the nail chip sheet 7, the nail print layer 8 is formed on the printing layer 71. After printing, the nail chip sheet 7 is cut along a line indicating the outline of the nail part printed on the nail chip sheet 7, so that each of the nail chip sheets 7 has a seal-like shape along the corresponding finger nail part T. The nail chip 70 (in FIG. 26 and the like, the nail chip 70a for the thumb, the nail chip 70b for the index finger, the nail chip 70c for the middle finger, the nail chip 70d for the ring finger, and the nail chip 70e for the little finger). For example, the user cuts a portion indicated by a dotted line in FIG. 8C to form a nail chip 70 for each nail portion T, and then peels the release layer 73 of each nail chip 70 to expose the adhesive layer 72. Affix on the corresponding nail | Tail part T, respectively. FIG. 8D shows a state in which the nail chip 70 is pasted on the fingernail portion T of the finger.

  Next, the flow of nail print processing in the nail print apparatus 1 will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 9 to 15 and FIGS. In the following, a case where a nail design applied to the nail portion of another person a (first person) who is a friend or the like is printed on the nail portion of the user himself (second person) or the nail chip sheet 7 will be described. This will be described as an example.

FIG. 9 shows an outline of nail printing processing in the present embodiment.
As shown in FIG. 9, in the nail printing process according to the present embodiment, first, another person's fingertip shooting process (see FIG. 10) is performed (step S1), and then his / her fingertip shooting process (see FIGS. 11 and 12) is performed. Perform (step S2). When someone else's fingertip shooting process acquires a nail image of another person's nail that wants to imitate a nail design, such as a friend, and when the user's own fingertip shooting process acquires a nail image of the user's own nail, A printing process (see FIGS. 13 to 15) for printing a nail image of another person on the nail portion T or the nail chip sheet is performed (step S3).

The nail printing process is usually performed by another person's fingertip shooting process (see step S1, FIG. 10), his / her fingertip shooting process (see step S2, FIG. 11 and FIG. 12), and the printing process (step S3, FIG. 13 to FIG. 13). 15)), it is possible to perform the fingertip photographing process of another person after performing the fingertip photographing process first, and the order may be changed.
The fingertip photographing process (see step S2, FIG. 11 and FIG. 12) need not be performed every time printing is performed, and may be performed once, for example, when the nail printing apparatus 1 is used for the first time. . In this case, data relating to the user's own nail portion T obtained by performing his / her fingertip photographing process (see the section “My Fingertip” in FIG. 6) is stored in a storage means such as the RAM 53. In the second and subsequent printings, the stored data is used. In this way, when already obtained data is used, it is possible to save time and labor required for the fingertip photographing process in the second and subsequent printing.
Also, it is not necessary to perform another person's fingertip photographing process (step S1, see FIG. 10) every time printing is performed, and once the data is stored in the storage means such as the RAM 53, the desired other person (in FIG. 6). , Any one of the other persons a to d), and the nail design of the other person (first person) (for example, if the other person a is selected, the nail design of the nail image of the other person a) is selected by the user himself / herself. You may enable it to print on the nail | claw part T or the nail chip sheet 7. FIG. Furthermore, after once generating the data of adjustment nail images Ia1 to Ia5 and the data of synthesized nail images Ia1 + R1 to Ia5 + R5, which will be described later, they are stored for each other person (first person) to perform printing at a later date. Sometimes, by selecting another person, a desired nail design may be printed quickly and easily without generating the adjustment nail images Ia1 to Ia5 and the combined nail images Ia1 + R1 to Ia5 + R5.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing another person's fingertip photographing process (step S1 in FIG. 9).
As shown in FIG. 10, in the other person's fingertip shooting process, first, the control unit 51 displays a mode selection screen (see FIG. 16) on the display unit 26 (step S11), and the other person's fingertip shooting mode key P1 is displayed. It is determined whether or not an operation has been performed (step S12). When the other person's fingertip shooting mode key P1 is not operated (step S12; NO), the user's fingertip shooting process (see FIGS. 11 and 12) or the printing process (see FIGS. 13 to 15) according to the operated key. (Refer to step S13).
When the fingertip shooting mode key P1 of another person is operated (step S12; YES), a finger insertion instruction screen that prompts the user to insert the target finger U of the other person a into the finger insertion hole 61 of the finger holding member 6 (see FIG. 17). ) Is displayed on the display unit 26 (step S14). In FIG. 17, an instruction to insert four fingers of the right hand or to insert the thumb of the right hand is displayed, but the display content of the finger insertion instruction screen is not limited to this. For example, when a series of processing for the four fingers of the right hand is completed, an instruction to insert the thumb of the right hand is displayed, and when processing for all the fingers of the right hand is completed, an instruction to insert the finger of the left hand is similarly given. In addition, instructions may be displayed sequentially.
Then, the control unit 51 prompts the finger holding member 6 to be inserted into the first finger insertion unit 20a in a state where the target finger U of the other person a is inserted into the finger insertion hole 61, and the post-insertion camera 32 A holding member insertion instruction screen (see FIG. 18) for instructing to operate the switch (camera key 25b) is displayed on the display unit 26 (step S15).

As shown in FIGS. 19 to 21, when the finger holding member 6 is inserted into the first finger insertion portion 20 a, the nail portion T of the target finger U of the other person a held by the finger holding member 6 becomes the nail portion. It is exposed from the exposure hole 63 and is positioned below the photographing unit 30 so that photographing can be performed. In this state, a fingernail image is shot by the shooting unit 30 for the target finger U of the other person a held by the finger holding member 6 (step S16).
When the fingernail image is photographed by the photographing unit 30, the finger type detection unit 511 detects the type of each finger from the fingernail image (step S17). The finger type detected by the finger type detection unit 511 is stored in the RAM 53 (see FIG. 6) (step S18).
Further, the nail contour extraction unit 512 extracts the contours (nail regions) Ra1 to Ra5 of the nail part T from the nail images Ga1 to Ga5 of the nail part T included in the fingernail image (step S19). The contours Ra1 to Ra5 of the nail portion T extracted by the nail contour extraction unit 512 are associated with “finger types” and “nail images Ga1 to Ga5”, and are stored in the RAM 53 (see FIG. 6) as “contours Ra1 to Ra5”. "Is stored (step S20).

  The control unit 51 always determines whether or not the detection of the finger type and the extraction of the contours Ra1 to Ra5 of the nail portion T are completed for all the target fingers U (step S21), and if not completed (step S21; NO) repeats the processing from step S15 to step S20. On the other hand, when it is determined that the detection of the finger type and the extraction of the contours Ra1 to Ra5 of the nail portion T have been completed for all the target fingers U (step S21; YES), the finger holding member 6 is moved to the first finger. A holding member removal instruction screen (see FIG. 22) that prompts the user to pull out from the insertion portion 20a is displayed on the display portion 26 (step S22). Thereby, the fingertip photographing process (step S1 in FIG. 9) of the other person is completed.

11 and 12 are flowcharts showing the user's fingertip photographing process (step S2 in FIG. 9).
As shown in FIG. 11, in the own fingertip photographing process, first, the control unit 51 displays a mode selection screen (see FIG. 16) on the display unit 26 (step S31), and the own fingertip photographing mode key P2 is displayed. It is determined whether or not an operation has been performed (step S32). If the user's fingertip shooting mode key P2 is not operated (step S32; NO), another person's fingertip shooting process (see FIG. 10) or printing process (see FIGS. 13 to 15) is performed according to the operated key. This is performed (step S33).
When the user's own fingertip shooting mode key P2 is operated (step S32; YES), a finger insertion instruction screen that prompts the user to insert the target finger U into the finger insertion hole 61 of the finger holding member 6 (see FIG. 17). ) Is displayed on the display unit 26 (step S34). Note that the finger insertion instruction screen is the same as that shown in the other person's fingertip photographing process, and thus the description thereof is omitted.
Next, the control unit 51 prompts the finger holding member 6 to be inserted into the first finger insertion unit 20a in a state where the user's own target finger U is inserted into the finger insertion hole 61, and the camera 32 after insertion. A holding member insertion instruction screen (see FIG. 18) for instructing to operate the switch (camera key 25b) is displayed on the display unit 26 (step S35).

As shown in FIG. 19 to FIG. 21, when the finger holding member 6 is inserted into the first finger insertion portion 20a, the nail portion T of the user's own target finger U held by the finger holding member 6 becomes the nail portion. It is exposed from the exposure hole 63 and is positioned below the photographing unit 30 so that photographing can be performed. In this state, a fingernail image is taken by the photographing unit 30 for the target finger U of the other person a held by the finger holding member 6 (step S36).
When the fingernail image is photographed by the photographing unit 30, the finger type detection unit 511 detects the type of each finger from the fingernail image (step S37). The finger type detected by the finger type detection unit 511 is stored in the RAM 53 (see FIG. 6) (step S38).
Further, the nail contour extraction unit 512 extracts the contours (nail regions) R1 to R5 of the nail portion T from the nail images G1 to G5 of the nail portion T included in the fingernail image (step S29). The contours R1 to R5 of the nail portion T extracted by the nail contour extraction unit 512 are associated with “finger types” and “nail images G1 to G5” and stored in the RAM 53 (see FIG. 6). "Is stored (step S40).

The control unit 51 always determines whether or not the detection of the finger type and the extraction of the contours R1 to R5 of the nail portion T have been completed for all the target fingers U (step S41), and if not completed (step S41; NO) repeats the processing from step S35 to step S40.
On the other hand, when it is determined that the detection of the finger type and the extraction of the contours R1 to R5 of the nail portion T have been completed for all the target fingers U (step S41; YES), as shown in FIG. 51 further determines whether or not a mode for printing directly on the user's own nail portion (that is, nail portion printing mode) is selected as the printing process (step S42). If the nail print mode is selected (step S42; YES), a holding member insertion continuation instruction screen that prompts the finger holding member 6 to continue to be inserted into the first finger insertion portion 20a as it is. (See FIG. 23) is displayed on the display unit 26 (step S43). In this case, the state in which the user holds the target finger U on the finger holding member 6 and is inserted into the first finger insertion portion 20a is maintained, and the printing process on the nail portion T as it is (see step S56 and subsequent steps in FIG. 13). ).
When the nail print mode is not selected as the printing process (step S42; NO, that is, when the sheet print mode for printing on the nail chip sheet 7 is selected), the control unit 51 uses the finger holding member. A holding member removal instruction screen (see FIG. 22) that prompts the user to remove 6 from the first finger insertion portion 20a is displayed on the display unit 26 (step S44). Thereby, the fingertip photographing process (step S2 in FIG. 9) is completed.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing the printing process (step S3 in FIG. 9) when the mode for directly printing on the nail portion T of the user (nail portion printing mode) is selected.
As shown in FIG. 13, in the printing process, first, the control unit 51 displays a mode selection screen (see FIG. 16) on the display unit 26 (step S51), and determines whether or not the print mode key P3 has been operated. Judgment is made (step S52). If the print mode key P3 is not operated (step S52; NO), another person's fingertip shooting process (see FIG. 10) or his / her fingertip shooting process (see FIGS. 11 and 12) is performed according to the operated key. This is performed (step S53).
When the print mode key P3 is operated (step S52; YES), it is further determined whether or not the nail print mode is selected as the print mode (step S54), and the nail print mode is selected. If not (step S54; NO), sheet printing processing (see FIGS. 14 and 15) is performed (step S55). On the other hand, when the nail part printing mode is selected (step S54; YES), the nail images Ga1 to Ga5 of the nail part of each target finger U of the other person a stored in the RAM 53 are associated with each of the corresponding users. Nail part printing processing for printing on the nail parts T1 to T5 of the target finger U is performed. Below, the nail | claw part printing process is demonstrated concretely, referring FIGS. 24-27.

Here, the plurality of nail portions T1 to T5 constituting the nail portion T of another person a has a size and shape as shown in FIG. 24, and the plurality of nail portions T1 to T5 have different shapes. Nail designs D1 to D5 (that is, the “large heart” design D1 for the nail T1 of the thumb, the “face” design D2 for the nail T2 of the index finger, and the “sun” design for the nail T3 of the middle finger. D3, “ring” design D4 on the nail portion T4 of the ring finger, and “small heart” design D5) on the nail portion T5 of the little finger, and on the other hand, the user's own nail A plurality of claw portions T1 to T5 constituting the portion T are sized and shaped as shown in FIG. 25, and a case where no nail design is applied to the plurality of claw portions T1 to T5 is assumed. To do.
In the nail part printing process, for example, a process of aligning the nail images Ga1 to Ga5 of the other person a with the contours G1 to G5 of the user's own nail part is performed in the procedure as shown in FIGS. 26A to 26D illustrate the process for the index finger, the same applies to the other fingers.
In the nail portion printing process, first, the contour Ra1 to Ra5 of the nail portion T of the target finger U of the other person a (first person) and the contour R1 of the nail portion T of the target finger U of the user himself (second person). To R5 (see step S56, FIG. 26A). Then, the adjustment nail image generation unit 513 determines whether or not the sizes of the contours Ra1 to Ra5 of the nail portion T of the other person a are larger than the sizes of the contours R1 to R5 of the user's own nail portion T (step S57). If larger (step S57; YES), the entire nail images Ga1 to Ga5 of the other person a such that the contours Ra1 to Ra5 of the nail part T of the other person a are within the contours R1 to R5 of the user's own nail part T. The size is reduced (see step S58, FIG. 26B). The adjustment nail image generation unit 513 performs step S57 until the contours Ra1 to Ra5 and the nail designs D1 to D5 of each nail portion T of the other person a are within the range of the contours R1 to R5 of each nail portion T of the user. The determination and the reduction process in step S58 are repeated.

On the other hand, when it is determined that the sizes of the contours Ra1 to Ra5 of the nail portion T of the other person a are the same as or smaller than the sizes of the contours R1 to R5 of the user's own nail portion T (step S57; NO), an adjusted nail image is generated. The unit 513 further determines whether or not the positions of the contours Ra1 to Ra5 of the nail portion T of the other person a are within the range of the contours R1 to R5 of the user's own nail portion T (step S59). When it is determined that the positions of the contours Ra1 to Ra5 of the portion T are not within the range of the contours R1 to R5 of the user's own nail portion T (step S59; NO, see FIG. 26B), an adjusted nail image is generated. The part 513 moves the coordinates of the printing positions of the contours Ra1 to Ra5 of the nail part T of the other person a (see step S60, FIG. 26C), and the positions of the contours Ra1 to Ra5 of the nail part T of the other person a are the user. Range of contours R1 to R5 of own claw T To fit in, to repeat the determination and movement processing in step S60 in step S59.
When it is determined that the position of the contour Ra1 to Ra5 of the nail portion T of the other person a is within the range of the contour R1 to R5 of the user's own nail portion T (step S59; YES, see FIG. 26D)). The adjustment nail image generation unit 513 stores the adjustment nail images Ia1 to Ia5 including the adjusted nail designs D1 to D5 in the RAM 53 (step S61).
When the adjustment nail images Ia1 to Ia5 are generated, the printing control unit 515 controls the printing unit 40 to adjust the adjustment nail images Ia1 to Ia5 including the nail designs D1 to D5 of others as shown in FIG. Are respectively printed on the corresponding fingernail portion T of the user (step S62).

The control unit 51 always determines whether printing has been completed for the nail portions T of all the target fingers U (step S63), and if not completed (step S63; NO), the processing from step S56 to step S62 is performed. repeat. On the other hand, if it is determined that printing has been completed for all the target fingers U (step S63; YES), the printing process on the nail portion T is terminated.
According to this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 27, adjustment nail images Ia1 to Ia5 including other person's nail designs D1 to D5 are displayed on a plurality of nail parts T1 to T5 constituting the person's nail part T. Each can be printed. As a result, the nail design applied to the nail portion T of another person (such as a famous person or a friend) can be quickly and easily printed on the nail portion T of the user (user himself) by a simple method.

  14 and 15 are flowcharts showing the printing process (step S3 in FIG. 9) in which the mode (sheet printing mode) for printing on the nail chip sheet 7 is selected. In this printing process, the nail images Ga1 to Ga5 of the nail portion T of each target finger U of the other person a stored in the RAM 53 are matched with the contours R1 to R5 of the corresponding nail portion T of the target finger U of the user. This is a process of printing on the nail chip sheet. Note that the processing from step S71 to step S77 is the same as the processing from step S51 to step S57 in FIG.

As a result of the adjustment nail image generation unit 513 determining whether or not the size of the contours Ra1 to Ra5 of the T is larger than the size of the contours R1 to R5 of the user's own nail T (step S77), the contours Ra1 to Ra of T When it is determined that the size of Ra5 is the same as or smaller than the size of the contours R1 to R5 of the user's own nail portion T (step S77; NO), the adjustment nail image generation unit 513 adjusts the adjusted nail images Ia1 to Ia1. Ia5 is stored in the RAM 53 (step S79).
When the adjustment nail images Ia1 to Ia5 are generated, the combined nail image generation unit 514 combines the adjustment nail images Ia1 to Ia5 and the contours R1 to R5 of the corresponding nail T of the target finger U of the user himself / herself. Composite nail images Ia1 + R1 to Ia5 + R1 are generated (step S80). Then, the combined nail image generation unit 514 stores the generated combined nail images Ia1 + R1 to Ia5 + R1 in the RAM 53 (step S81).

When printing on the nail chip sheet 7, as shown in FIG. 15, the control unit 51 flips the finger holding member 6 and prompts the user to place the nail chip sheet 7 on the sheet placement unit 65. An instruction screen (see FIG. 28) is displayed on the display unit 26 (step S83). Further, a holding member reinsertion instruction screen (see FIG. 29) for prompting the user to insert the finger holding member 6 into the first finger insertion portion 20a in a state where the nail chip sheet 7 is placed is displayed on the display unit 26 (step S26). S84).
When the holding member reinsertion instruction screen (see FIG. 29) is displayed, the user turns over the finger holding member 6 and places the nail chip sheet 7 on the sheet placement unit 65 as shown in FIG. Then, the finger holding member 6 is reinserted into the first finger insertion portion 20a so that the sheet placement portion 65 on which the nail chip sheet 7 is placed faces up. FIG. 31 shows a state in which the finger holding member 6 is inserted into the first finger insertion portion 20a while the nail chip sheet 7 is placed on the sheet placement portion 65. As shown in FIG. 31, when the nail chip sheet 7 is placed on the sheet placement part 65 and the finger holding member 6 is inserted into the first finger insertion part 20a, the nail chip sheet 7 is positioned below the printing part 40. The printer is ready for printing.
Then, a combined nail image (Ia1 + R1 to Ia5 + R5) is printed on the nail chip sheet 7 for all fingers (see step S85, FIG. 32). Thereby, the printing process to the nail chip sheet 7 is completed.
A user cut | disconnects each nail chip | tip 70 with a scissors, a cutter knife, etc. along the outline R1-R5 of the nail | claw part T printed on the nail chip sheet 7 after completion | finish of a printing process. Thus, nail chips 70a to 70e for each finger as shown in FIG. 33 can be created, and the peeling layer 73 of each nail chip 70 is peeled off and pasted on the corresponding nail portion T of the target finger U. Can be attached.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the fingernail image including the nail images Ga1 to Ga5 of the plurality of nail portions T of another person (first person) such as a friend or family, and the plurality of users themselves (second person). The fingernail image including the nail images G1 to G5 of the nail part T is acquired by the photographing unit 30, the type of each finger is detected from the obtained fingernail image of each finger, and the detected finger type And the nail images Ga1 to Ga5 and G1 to G5 of the nail portion T are associated with each other and stored in the RAM 53 for each person. Then, the nail images Ga1 to Ga5 of the other person (first person) stored in the RAM 53 are adjusted in accordance with the nail images G1 to G5 of the corresponding target finger U of the user himself (second person), and the adjusted nail image Ia1 to Ia5 are generated, and the adjusted nail images Ia1 to Ia5 are printed on the nail portions T1 to T5 of the corresponding target fingers U1 to U5 of the user himself (second person).
As a result, the nail design of another person who wants to imitate can be easily printed on the user's own nail portion T in accordance with the shape of his / her own nail portion T, and excellent nail art can be set and operated in a complicated manner. It is possible to enjoy it easily.
The adjusted nail images Ia1 to Ia5 and the contours R1 to R5 of the nail portions T1 to T5 of the user himself (second person) are combined to generate a combined nail image Ia1 + R1 to Ia5 + R1, and this combined nail image Ia1 + R1 Ia5 + R1 can be printed on the nail chip sheet 7.
For this reason, it is possible to easily print the nail design of another person who wants to imitate the nail tip 70 that matches the shape of his / her nail portion T, and there is no fear that ink will adhere directly to the fingers, and easy and excellent nail art can be produced. It becomes possible to enjoy.
Further, the contours of the nail portions T are extracted from the nail images Ga1 to Ga5 of the nail portion T of the other person (first person) and the nail images G1 to G5 of the nail portion of the user (second person). If the size of the contour Ra1 to Ra5 of the nail portion T of the other person (first person) is larger than the size of the contour R1 to R5 of the nail portion T of the user himself (second person), the other person (first The size of the entire nail image of the other person (first person) is reduced so that the contours Ra1 to Ra5 of the nail part of the person) fit within the contours R1 to R5 of the nail part T of the user himself (second person). In order to generate the adjustment nail images Ia1 to Ia5, even when the nail portion T of another person (first person) is larger than the user himself (second person), the size is adjusted so that the nail design is the nail portion T Nail design of appropriate size without protruding from your own nails T It can be printed.

[Second Embodiment]
Next, a second embodiment of the nail print apparatus according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. Note that this embodiment is different from the first embodiment only in the configuration of the first image acquisition unit that obtains the fingernail image including the nail image of the nail part of the other person (first person). In the following description, differences from the first embodiment will be described.

FIG. 34 is a perspective view showing an appearance of the nail print apparatus according to the present embodiment.
In the present embodiment, a medium insertion slot 27 into which a storage medium 9 such as a memory card can be inserted from the outside is provided at the top of the case body 2 of the nail printing apparatus. Further, the printing apparatus main body 10 accommodated inside the case main body 2 is connected to the terminal portion 91 of the storage medium 9 inserted from the medium insertion port 27 at a position corresponding to the medium insertion port 27. A portion (not shown) is provided. This connection portion is connected to the control device 50, and when the storage medium 9 is inserted from the medium insertion port 27 and the terminal portion 91 is connected to the connection portion of the printing apparatus main body 10, the connection portion is stored in the storage medium 9. The transmitted data is sent to the control unit 51 of the control device 50 through this connection unit.
In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 34, a fingernail image including a nail image of the nail portion T of another person (first person) is photographed by the digital camera 100, and the photographed fingernail image is stored. The medium 9 is inserted into the medium insertion port 27 of the nail printing apparatus. The control unit 51 functions as a first image acquisition unit that obtains a fingernail image including a nail image of the nail part T of another person (first person) by acquiring data stored in the storage medium 9. To do.

The fingernail image including the nail image of the nail part T of the other person (first person) acquired by the control unit 51 is stored in a storage unit inside the nail print apparatus such as the RAM 53, and is the same as in the first embodiment. Based on the fingernail image, the finger type detection unit 511 detects the type of each finger. In addition, the nail contour extraction unit 512 extracts the contour of the nail portion T from the nail image of the nail portion T.
The nail image of the nail part T of the other person (first person) acquired by the control unit 51, the finger type detected by the finger type detection unit 511, and the contour of the nail part T extracted by the nail contour extraction unit 512 are as follows: , And stored in correspondence with each finger in the “other person's fingertip” section of the RAM (see FIG. 6).

  When the user wants to print the nail image of the other person's nail portion T acquired from the storage medium 9 on his / her nail portion T or the nail chip sheet, the adjustment nail image generation is performed as in the first embodiment. The nail image of the other person (first person) stored in the storage unit such as the RAM 53 is adjusted by the unit 513 according to the nail image of the target finger U corresponding to the user himself (second person), and the adjustment nail An image (see FIG. 6) is generated. When printing on a nail chip sheet, the synthesized nail image generation unit 514 further adjusts the nail image of the other person (first person) and the contour of the nail part T of the user (second person). Are combined to generate a combined nail image.

  Since other configurations are the same as those described in the first embodiment, the same members are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted.

  Next, the printing control method in this embodiment will be described.

When the nail designs D1 to D5 of the other person (first person) who wants to imitate are applied on the plurality of nail parts T1 to T5 constituting the nail part T, the user can use his / her fingers of the other person with the digital camera. The fingernail image including the nail image of the nail part T of the other person (first person) is acquired by photographing at 100. The photographed image of another fingernail is stored in the storage medium 9 of the digital camera 100.
The user takes out the storage medium 9 from the digital camera 100 and inserts the storage medium 9 into the medium insertion slot 27 of the nail print apparatus. Thereby, the terminal unit 91 of the storage medium 9 is connected to the connection unit, and the image data stored in the storage medium 9 is sent to the control unit 51 and acquired.

  About the finger nail image of the other person acquired by the control unit 51, the finger type detecting unit 511 detects the type of each finger, and the nail contour extracting unit 512 detects the nail image of the nail T from the nail image of the nail T. Are extracted and stored in the “other person's fingertip” section of the storage means such as a RAM in association with the nail image of the nail portion T.

The user acquires a fingernail image including a nail image of the user's own nail portion T by the photographing unit 30 through his / her fingertip photographing process (see FIGS. 11 and 12).
For the acquired fingernail image of the user himself, the finger type detection unit 511 detects the type of each finger, and the nail contour extraction unit 512 extracts the contour of the nail part T from the nail image of the nail part T. Thus, each of them is associated with the nail image of the nail portion T and stored in the “own fingertip” section of storage means such as a RAM.

When the user performs the print processing of the nail design of the other person on his / her nail part, the adjustment nail image generation unit 513 stores the other person (first person) stored in the “other person's fingertip” section of the storage unit. ) Is adjusted according to the nail image of the corresponding target finger U of the user himself / herself (second person) to generate an adjusted nail image (see FIG. 6). Then, this adjustment nail image is printed on the nail portion of the user.
Further, when the user performs the printing process of the nail design of the other person on the nail chip sheet, after the adjustment nail image generation unit 513 generates the adjustment nail image (see FIG. 6), the combined nail image generation unit further 514 combines the adjusted nail image with the contour of the user's nail part to generate a combined nail image. Then, this synthesized nail image is printed on the nail portion of the user.
Since other specific processing contents are the same as those in the first embodiment, the description thereof is omitted.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the nail design applied to the nail portion of the other person using the fingernail image including the nail image of the nail portion T of the other person (first person) photographed with the digital camera 100. A design similar to D1 to D5 can be printed on the nail part of the user himself (second person) as shown in FIG.
As a result, even if someone who wants to imitate the nail design is a celebrity or a person introduced in a magazine, the fingernail image cannot be captured by the nail print device. Just by taking a picture with a digital camera, the user's own nail design can be easily printed on the user's own nail portion T according to the shape of the nail portion T, and excellent nail art can be complicatedly set and operated. It is possible to enjoy easily without having to.
Further, the adjusted nail image can be combined with the contour of the nail portion T of the user himself (second person) to generate a combined nail image, and this combined nail image can be printed on the nail chip sheet 7.
For this reason, it is possible to easily print the nail design of another person who wants to imitate the nail tip 70 that matches the shape of his / her nail portion T, and there is no fear that ink will adhere directly to the fingers, and easy and excellent nail art can be produced. It becomes possible to enjoy.
In addition, the contour of the nail part is extracted from the nail image of the nail part of the other person (first person) and the nail image of the nail part of the user himself (second person), and the extracted other person (first person) ) Is larger than the contour size of the nail portion of the user himself (second person), the contour of the nail portion of the other person (first person) is the user himself (second person). ), The size of the entire nail image of the other person (first person) is reduced so as to be within the outline of the nail part of the other person, and the adjusted nail image is generated. Even if it is larger than the second person), the nail design does not protrude from the nail portion T by matching the size, and the nail design having an appropriate size can be printed on the nail portion T of itself.

  Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to such embodiments, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.

For example, in the above-described embodiment, a case where a plurality of fingers are set as the target finger U and a plurality of fingers are inserted into the nail print apparatus 1 at a time to perform shooting and printing is described as an example. They may be taken and printed one by one.
When the nail printing apparatus is to shoot and print one finger at a time for the target finger U, the apparatus can be reduced in size and weight.

  Moreover, although this embodiment demonstrated the case where the target finger U was inserted in the 1st finger insertion part 20a in the state inserted in the finger holding member 6, the finger holding member 6 is not an essential component of this invention. The target finger U may be directly inserted into the first finger insertion unit 20a to perform shooting and printing.

In the present embodiment, the nail printer apparatus 1 can select both nail printing processing for directly printing on the user's nail portion T and sheet printing processing for printing on the nail chip sheet 7 as the printing mode. As described above, the nail printer apparatus 1 is a dedicated machine that performs only the nail printing process for printing directly on the user's nail portion T, or the dedicated machine that performs only the sheet printing process for printing on the nail chip sheet 7. It may be.
When the nail printer apparatus 1 is a dedicated machine that performs only the nail printing process, it is not necessary to provide the sheet placement unit 65 on the back side of the finger holding member 6.

In this embodiment, the sheet placement unit 65 is provided on both the finger holding member 6a for four fingers and the finger holding member 6b for thumb. However, the sheet placement unit 65 holds the fingers for four fingers. It is good also as what is provided in any one of the member 6a and the finger | toe holding member 6b for thumbs.
For example, when the thin nail chip sheet 7 is used by changing the depth of the sheet placement portion 65 between the finger holding member 6a for four fingers and the finger holding member 6b for thumb, a rhinestone is formed on the sheet. Etc. may be used so that the nail chip sheet 7 having various thicknesses can be handled.

  In the second embodiment, the digital camera 100 is exemplified as means for acquiring the fingernail image of another person. However, the means for acquiring the fingernail image of another person can store the fingernail image of the other person in the storage medium 9. Anything can be used, and the present invention is not limited to the digital camera 100. For example, it may be a mobile phone.

  Moreover, according to this embodiment, using the fingernail image including the nail image of the nail part of the photographed other person (first person), a design similar to the nail design applied to the nail part of the other person is performed. The user himself / herself (second person) prints on the nail part of the user himself / herself, but using the fingernail image including the nail image of the photographer's past nail part, You may make it print the design similar to the nail design given to the nail | claw part on the nail | claw part of the present person (2nd person).

  Furthermore, in this embodiment, after acquiring a fingernail image or the like of another person or a past person using the digital camera 100 or the like, the nail design applied to the nail part of the other person or the past person is used as the current nail design. It prints on the person's nail part or nail chip sheet, but the fingernail of the other person or the past person prepared or stored in advance without acquiring the fingernails image of the other person or the past person You may make it print the nail design currently given to the nail | claw part (including a nail chip | tip) of another person or the past person using an image on the nail | claw part or nail chip sheet | seat of the present person.

In this case, for example, first, a nail design that a user prints on his / her nail portion from a fingernail image of another person (including a nail chip) or a past person prepared or stored in advance is stored. Select (a process of selecting a first nail image to be printed (refer to nail images Ga1 to Ga5 in FIG. 6 and the like)).
Specifically, as shown in FIG. 35, a plurality of nail parts (including nail chips) of the other person who have been subjected to the nail design stored in the RAM 53 (see FIG. 6) that is an image storage means, or a past person The fingernail images including the nail images Ga1 to Ga4 of the nail part are displayed as a list on the display unit 26 (see step S90, FIG. 38). In addition, when the number of images that cannot be displayed on the display unit 26 is stored, the screen is sequentially displayed on the display screen by scrolling the screen left and right by the operation of the left and right cursor keys K1 and K2 in the operation unit 25. It may be displayed.
The user selects one of the nail images Ga1 to Ga4 including the desired nail designs D1 to D4 to be printed on his nail portion from the fingernail images including the plurality of nail images Ga1 to Ga4 displayed on the display unit 26. Is selected by the operation unit 25 or the like. When one of the nail images Ga1 to Ga4 is selected, the selected nail images Ga1 to Ga4 are selected as the first nail image (for example, the nail image Ga1) to be printed (step S91). When the first nail image Ga1 is selected, the nail contour extraction unit 512 of the control unit 51 extracts the contour of the first nail image Ga1 (step S92), and the contour of the extracted first nail image Ga1. Is stored in the RAM 53 (step S93).
Next, a process of acquiring a nail image (see nail images G1 to G5 in FIG. 6 and the like) of the second nail part (that is, the user's own nail part) to be printed is performed.
Specifically, as shown in FIG. 36, the nail part T of the user's finger U is photographed by the photographing unit 30 (see step S93, FIG. 39A), and the nail image G1 and the nail image G1 are captured from the photographed nail part. The contour R1 is extracted (see step S94, FIG. 39B). The extracted nail image G1 and contour R1 are stored in the RAM 53 (see FIG. 6) as the nail image and contour of the second nail part (step S96).
And the nail | claw part printing process which prints the 1st nail | claw image which is a printing object on a 2nd nail | claw part (namely, user's own nail | claw part) is performed.
Specifically, as shown in FIG. 37, the first nail image (the object to be printed) and the second nail image (the image of the user's nail part) are read from the RAM 53 and superimposed (steps S97 and FIG. 39). (See (C)). If the selected fingernail image is an image of five fingers from the thumb to the little finger as in the example shown at the right end of FIG. 38, the first nail image (to be printed) is displayed for each finger. ) On the corresponding finger image of the user's nail (second nail image).
Next, the size of the first nail image is adjusted so that the contour of the nail part of the first nail image is within the range of the contour of the nail part of the second nail image (step S98, FIG. 39C). (See (D)). Then, when the print control unit 515 that is a print control unit controls the printing unit 40, only the first nail image Ga1 (including the nail design) after the size adjustment or the nail design D1 is displayed on the nail of the user's own finger U. Part (a nail part corresponding to the second nail image) T is printed (see step S99, FIG. 39E).
Instead of printing only the first nail images Ga1 to Ga4 (including the nail design) or the nail designs D1 to D4 on the user's own nail portion (nail portion corresponding to the second nail image) T, the nail When printing on a chip sheet (see FIG. 32), after adjusting the size of the first nail image, the first nail image is combined with the contour of the user's nail portion, and then the synthesized nail image is nailed. Print on the chip sheet. The printed synthetic nail image can be cut out from the nail chip sheet to produce a nail chip on which the nail design is printed.
With this configuration, if a plurality of fingernail images or nail images are prepared in advance, one of the nail images including a desired nail design can be freely selected from these images and the user's own Since it can print on a nail part or on a nail chip sheet (in the case of a nail chip sheet, a nail chip can be created), nail art can be enjoyed easily.

  In the second embodiment, a memory card is illustrated as the storage medium 9 (see FIG. 34). However, the storage medium 9 may be any type as long as it can transmit image data to the nail print apparatus. It is not limited to cards. For example, the storage medium 9 may be a USB memory. In addition, an external device such as a digital camera and a nail print device may be directly connected by a USB cable or the like to transmit image data to the nail print device side.

Further, in the present embodiment, the case where the user himself / herself separates the individual nail chips 70a to 70e after printing on the nail chip sheet 7 is shown as an example. For example, as shown in FIG. Is provided with a cutting means such as a cutter 5, and after the printing operation by the print head 46 is finished, each nail chip 70 is moved along the nail chip outlines R 1 to R 5 printed on the nail chip sheet 7 by the cutter 5. You may comprise so that it may isolate | separate automatically. In this case, the control unit 51 functions as a cutting control unit that controls the cutting unit such as the cutter 5. The position where the cutting means is provided is not limited to the illustrated example.
Alternatively, the cutter 5 may be used to cut all the layers of the nail chip sheet 7, leaving only the release layer 73. In this case, after cutting, the user peels off the layer (printed layer 71, adhesive layer 72) cut by the cutter 5 from the release layer 73, so that the nail chip 70 is exposed with the adhesive layer 72 exposed. Can be removed from the nail tip sheet 7.
As described above, when the nail chip 70 is configured to be automatically separated, the nail chip 70 can be created more easily and quickly without bothering the user.
In the present embodiment, it is determined whether or not the contour of the nail portion of the first nail image is within the range of the contour of the nail portion of the second nail image, and the size of the first nail image is adjusted. In this way (see steps S57 to S59 and S98 in the nail print processing in FIGS. 13 and 37), the first photographed or prepared without performing such determination and size adjustment processing. The nail image (including the nail design) or only the nail design may be printed on the nail portion (nail portion corresponding to the second nail image) T of the user's own finger U.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Nail printing apparatus 2 Case main body 4 Cover body 5 Cutter 6 Finger holding member 6a Finger holding member 6b for four fingers Finger holding member 7 for thumb Nail chip sheet 10 Printing apparatus main body 20a Printing finger insertion part 20b Non-printing finger insertion Part 20c grip part (partition wall)
20 Printing Finger Fixing Unit 30 Imaging Unit 32 Camera 33 Illumination Light (LED)
40 Printing Unit 50 Control Device 51 Control Unit 52 ROM
53 RAM
60 Holding member main body 61 Finger insertion hole 62 Finger partition part 63 Nail part exposure hole 65 Sheet arrangement part 70 Nail chip 511 Finger type detection part 512 Nail outline extraction part 513 Adjustment nail image generation part 514 Composite nail image generation part 515 Print control part 516 Display control units R1 to R5 Contour line T (T1 to T5) Nail U1 (U1 to U5) Target finger N Non-target finger

Claims (9)

Detection for detecting the type of each finger and the first and second nail images for each type of finger from the first fingernail image of the plurality of fingers and the second fingernail image of the plurality of fingers, respectively. Means,
The first nail image stored in association with the finger type detected by the detecting means and the first and second nail images is adjusted according to the second nail image, and adjusted nail Adjusting nail image generating means for generating an image;
Print control means for controlling to print the adjustment nail image generated by the adjustment nail image generation means on the fingernail portion corresponding to the second nail image;
A nail printing apparatus comprising: First image obtaining means for obtaining the first fingernail image including nail images of a plurality of nail parts;
Second image acquisition means for obtaining the second fingernail image including nail images of a plurality of nail parts;
Storage control means for storing the type of finger detected by the detection means and the first and second nail images in association with each other;
The nail printing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: First image obtaining means for obtaining a first nail image of the nail part of the first person;
Second image acquisition means for obtaining a second nail image of the nail part of the second person;
The first nail image obtained by the first image obtaining unit and the second nail image obtained by the second image obtaining unit are respectively classified by the first person and the second person. Storage control means for storing;
An adjustment nail image generating unit that adjusts the first nail image stored by the control of the storage control unit according to the second nail image and generates an adjustment nail image;
Print control means for controlling to print the adjustment nail image generated by the adjustment nail image generation means on the nail portion of the second person corresponding to the second nail image;
A nail printing apparatus comprising: Nail contour extracting means for extracting the first contour and the second contour of the nail portion from the first nail image and the second nail image, respectively.
The adjustment nail image generation means compares the first outline extracted by the nail outline extraction means with the second outline, and the size of the first outline is larger than the size of the second outline. If larger, the adjusted nail image is generated by reducing the size of the entire first nail image so that the first contour fits within the second contour.
The print control means controls to print the adjustment nail image whose overall size has been reduced by the adjustment nail image generation means on a nail portion corresponding to the second nail image. The nail printing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3. Detection for detecting the type of each finger and the first and second nail images for each type of finger from the first fingernail image of the plurality of fingers and the second fingernail image of the plurality of fingers, respectively. Means,
The first nail image stored in association with the finger type detected by the detecting means and the first and second nail images is adjusted according to the second nail image, and adjusted nail Adjusting nail image generating means for generating an image;
Synthetic nail image generating means for generating a combined nail image by synthesizing the adjustment nail image generated by the adjustment nail image generating means and the contour of the second nail portion;
Print control means for controlling the synthetic nail image generated by the synthetic nail image generating means to be printed on the nail chip sheet;
A nail printing apparatus comprising: First image obtaining means for obtaining the first fingernail image fingernail image including the nail images of a plurality of nail parts;
A second image acquisition means for obtaining the second fingernail image fingernail image including a nail image of a plurality of nail parts;
Storage control means for storing the type of finger detected by the detection means and the first and second nail images in association with each other;
The nail printing apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising: First image obtaining means for obtaining a first nail image of the nail part of the first person;
Second image acquisition means for obtaining a second nail image of the nail part of the second person;
The first nail image obtained by the first image obtaining unit and the second nail image obtained by the second image obtaining unit are respectively classified by the first person and the second person. Storage control means for storing;
An adjustment nail image generating unit that adjusts the first nail image stored by the control of the storage control unit according to the second nail image and generates an adjustment nail image;
Synthetic nail image generation means for generating a combined nail image by combining the adjustment nail image generated by the adjustment nail image generation means and the contour of the nail part of the second person;
Print control means for controlling the synthetic nail image generated by the synthetic nail image generating means to be printed on the nail chip sheet;
A nail printing apparatus comprising: Detection for detecting the type of each finger and the first and second nail images for each type of finger from the first fingernail image of the plurality of fingers and the second fingernail image of the plurality of fingers, respectively. Steps,
The first nail image stored in association with the finger type detected by the detecting means and the first and second nail images is adjusted according to the second nail image, and adjusted nail An adjustment nail image generation step for generating an image;
A print control step for controlling to print the adjustment nail image generated in the adjustment nail image generation step on a fingernail portion corresponding to the second nail image;
A printing control method comprising: A first image obtaining step for obtaining a first fingernail image including nail images of a plurality of nail parts;
A second image acquisition step of obtaining a second fingernail image including nail images of a plurality of nail parts;
A storage control step of storing the type of the finger detected by the detection unit and the first and second nail images in association with each other;
The printing control method according to claim 8, further comprising:

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