JP5601050B2 - Nail printing apparatus and nail printing method - Google Patents

Description

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

  The nail printing apparatus is a printer apparatus that places a printing finger, which is a nail finger to be printed, on a mounting table provided in the apparatus body, and prints on the nail of the printing finger. As this nail printing apparatus, the user selects one desired design from a plurality of designs displayed on the display unit, and prints the selected one design on each nail of the plurality of fingers. What is comprised is known (for example, patent document 1).

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  According to the nail print apparatus described in Patent Document 1, since one design is printed on each nail region of a plurality of fingers, it is possible to give a sense of unity in decoration. However, it does not meet the user's desire to print a wide variety of designs on each nail.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a nail printing apparatus and a nail printing method capable of printing various designs on each nail.

The nail printing apparatus according to claim 1,
In a nail printing apparatus comprising a printing means for performing nail printing,
Design setting means for assigning and setting different designs to be nail-printed for each type of fingers,
A finger insertion part into which a finger is inserted;
Detecting means for detecting whether the finger inserted into the finger insertion part is a thumb, an index finger, a middle finger, a ring finger, or a little finger, as a kind of finger;
By the design setting means, and printing control means for printing a design that is allocated set to the type of the detected finger in the detection means, the claw of the inserted finger into the finger insertion section,
It is characterized by having.

The nail printing apparatus according to claim 2 is the nail printing apparatus according to claim 1,
A display means,
The design setting means, said display control means for displaying on the display means, said display displays selected user is have groups Dzu the means by control of said display control means nail printable designs by type of said plurality of fingers by type of said plurality of fingers, and characterized in that it comprises setting means for assignment setting design to be nail printing, the.

The nail printing apparatus according to claim 3 is the nail printing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2,
A plurality of fingers are inserted into the finger insertion part,
The detecting means detects each kind of the plurality of fingers inserted into the finger insertion portion,
It said print control means, the pawl of each of the plurality of fingers inserted into the finger insertion section, by the design setting means, are allocated set to the type of each of the plurality of the finger detected by the detection means Independent print control means for independently printing a given design is provided.

The nail print device according to claim 4 is the nail print device according to claim 1,
Display means;
Storage means for storing a plurality of predetermined finger types and different designs that can be nail-printed in association with each other ;
The design setting means includes
Display control means for causing the display means to display a design associated with a plurality of finger types stored in the storage means;
In the design corresponding to the kind of the plurality of fingers displayed on the display unit under control of said display control means, and storage control means for storing the design assigned to each type of the plurality of fingers in said storage means ,
It is characterized by providing.

The nail print method according to claim 5 ,
In a nail printing method executed by a nail printing apparatus including a printing unit for performing nail printing,
A design setting process for assigning and setting different designs to be nail-printed for each type of fingers;
A detection step of detecting whether the finger inserted into the finger insertion unit is a thumb, an index finger, a middle finger, a ring finger, or a little finger, as a finger type;
In the design setting step, a printing step of printing designs that are assigned set the type of the detected finger in the detection step, the fingernail inserted into the finger insertion section,
It is characterized by having.

The nail print method according to claim 6 is the nail print method according to claim 5 ,
The design setting step includes a display step of displaying a nail printable designs by type of said plurality of fingers, said by type of said plurality of fingers being displayed by the display step, assignment set design to be nail printing characterized in that it comprises an allocation step.

The nail print method according to claim 7 is the nail print method according to claim 5 or 6 ,
In the detection step, when a plurality of fingers are inserted into the finger insertion portion, each type of the plurality of fingers inserted into the finger insertion portion is detected ,
In the printing step, each nail of the plurality of fingers inserted into the finger insertion portion is assigned and set to each type of the plurality of fingers detected by the detection step in the design setting step . An independent printing process for independently printing the design is provided.

The nail print method according to claim 8 is the nail print method according to claim 5 ,
The design setting process includes
Access to storage means storing a plurality of predetermined finger types and nail printable designs in association with each other, and design corresponding to the plurality of finger types stored in the storage means A display process for displaying
Among the designs associated with the plurality of finger types displayed by the display step, a storage step of storing a design assigned for each of the plurality of finger types ;
It is characterized by providing.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to assign and set a design to be nail-printed for a plurality of finger types, and to print the assigned and set designs independently for a plurality of finger types. Therefore, it is possible to meet the user's desire to print a wide variety of designs on each nail separately and independently.

1 is a perspective view conceptually showing an embodiment of a nail print apparatus according to the present invention, and shows a state in which a lid is opened. It is the perspective view which showed notionally the apparatus main body of the nail print apparatus of FIG. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing a printing finger fixing unit that is a main part of the nail printing apparatus of FIG. 1, and shows a fixing mode when four fingers excluding the thumb are inserted as printing fingers into the printing finger insertion unit. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a printing finger fixing unit, which is a main part of the nail printing apparatus in FIG. 1, illustrating a fixing mode when a thumb is inserted into the printing finger insertion unit as a printing finger. It is sectional drawing which showed the printing finger fixing | fixed part which is the principal part of the nail print apparatus of FIG. 1, and has shown the other fixation aspect at the time of inserting a thumb as a printing finger in a printing finger insertion part. 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 ROM. It is a memory block diagram of RAM. It is a figure which shows the operation panel and the initial screen of a display part. It is a flowchart of a nail printing process. It is a figure which shows an operation panel and the design selection screen of a display part. It is a figure which shows an example of the result of a nail print process. It is a figure which shows the other example of the result of a nail print process. It is a figure which shows the process of nail print processing.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of a nail printing apparatus according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the nail printing apparatus 1 includes a case body 2 and a lid body 4. 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. Further, an operation panel 52 described later is installed on the top plate 2 f of the case body 2. Further, a display unit 60 is installed on the inner surface of the lid 4.

As shown in FIG. 2, the case main body 2 accommodates the apparatus main body 10 of the nail printing apparatus 1. The apparatus main body 10 constitutes 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. A control unit 50 (see FIG. 8) and a display unit 60 are provided. Among these, the printing finger fixing unit 20, the photographing unit 30, the printing unit 40, and the control unit 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 printing finger insertion unit 20a, a non-printing finger insertion unit 20b, and a gripping unit 20c provided in the lower machine casing 11a.
Here, as shown in FIG. 3, the printing finger insertion unit 20a is a finger insertion unit for inserting the printing finger U1 corresponding to the nail T to be printed. 3 shows a state where four printing fingers U1 except the thumb are inserted into the printing finger insertion portion 20a, the printing finger insertion portion 20a can insert all fingers of one hand as the printing fingers U1. May have a wide opening area. Furthermore, this printing finger insertion part 20a may have an opening area where all the fingers of both hands can be inserted as the printing fingers U1. In short, the print insertion part 20a has an opening area in which a plurality of fingers can be inserted as print fingers.
The non-printing finger insertion unit 20b is a finger insertion unit for inserting a non-printing finger U2 other than the printing finger.
The gripping portion 20c is a portion that can be sandwiched between the printing finger U1 inserted into the printing finger insertion portion 20a and the non-printing finger U2 inserted into the non-printing finger insertion portion 20b. The gripping portion 20c is constituted by a partition wall 21 that partitions the printing finger insertion portion 20a and the non-printing finger insertion portion 20b.
Note that the non-printing finger insertion part 20b and the gripping part 20c need not be provided, but providing them is very effective for fixing the printing finger U1.

The upper surface of the partition wall 21 constitutes a flat printing finger placement surface. This printing finger placement surface is for placing a printing finger. When the non-printing finger insertion portion 20b and the gripping portion 20c are not provided, the printing finger placement surface is constituted by the floor surface of the printing finger insertion portion 20a.
A bulging portion 22 is formed at the finger insertion side end of the partition wall 21. The bulging portion 22 contacts the bases of the printing finger U1 and the non-printing finger U2 when the printing finger U1 and the non-printing finger U2 are inserted into the printing finger insertion portion 20a and the non-printing finger insertion portion 20b. It is formed in the part. When the partition wall 21 (gripping portion 20c) is sandwiched between the printing finger U1 and the non-printing finger U2, the bulging portion 22 is held at the root of the printing finger U1 and the non-printing finger U2. Here, “holding” means that the bases of the printing finger U1 and the non-printing finger U2 come into contact with each other and the bulging portion 22 can be gripped. 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. 3 to 5, the bulging portion 22 is circular so as to bulge downward from the lower surface of the partition wall 21 when viewed in a cross section along the finger insertion direction (in side view). It has become. 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 printing finger U1 and the non-printing finger U2. 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 base of the printing finger U1 and the non-printing finger U2 is sufficiently in contact with 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.

FIG. 3 shows an example of a fixing mode when a plurality of fingers are used as printing fingers.
For example, when four fingers other than the thumb are set as the print fingers U1, the four print fingers U1 other than the thumb are inserted into the print finger insertion portion 20a in a state of being arranged in a plane, and the thumb is the non-print finger U2. Is inserted into the non-printing finger insertion portion 20b. The printing finger U1 is firmly fixed to the gripping portion 20c by sandwiching the gripping portion 20c between the printing finger U1 and the non-printing finger U2. In this case, if the bulging portion 22 is held at the base of the index finger and the thumb or the palm, the tip of the hand is stabilized, so that the printing finger U1 can be fixed more reliably.

FIG. 4 shows an example of a fixing mode when one finger is used as a print finger.
For example, when the thumb is the printing finger U1a, the thumb that is the printing finger U1a is inserted into the printing finger insertion unit 20a, and the four non-printing fingers U2a other than the thumb are arranged in a plane in a non-printing finger insertion unit. 20b is inserted. The printing finger U1a is fixed by sandwiching the grip portion 20c between the printing finger U1a and the non-printing finger U2a. Also in this case, if the bulging portion 22 is held at the base of the index finger and the thumb, the hand is stabilized, so that the printing finger U1a is more reliably fixed.
Further, FIG. 5 shows another example of the fixing mode when the thumb is the printing finger U1a.
Here, the thumb, which is the printing finger U1a, is inserted into the printing finger insertion portion 20a, and the four non-printing fingers U2a other than the thumb are inserted into the non-printing finger insertion portion 20b in a state where they are overlapped in the vertical direction. And the printing finger U1a is fixed by pinching the grip part 20c with the index finger which is the printing finger U1a and the non-printing finger U2a. Also in this case, if the bulging portion 22 is held at the base portion between the index finger and the thumb, the hand is stabilized, so that the printing finger U1a is more reliably fixed.
In FIGS. 4 and 5, as an example in which one finger is used as a printing finger, a case where only one thumb, which is the printing finger U1a, is inserted into the printing finger insertion unit 20a is shown, but the index finger, middle finger, or ring finger is shown. One of these may be inserted into the printing finger insertion portion 20a. 4 and 5, the printing finger is U1a and the non-printing finger is U2a. However, when the printing finger and the non-printing finger are collectively referred to, the symbols U1 and U2 are used.

Next, the photographing unit 30 will be described. The photographing unit 30 is provided in 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. The photographing unit 30 illuminates the printing finger U1 with the illumination lamp 33, photographs the printing finger U1 with the camera 32, and takes in the finger image data. The photographing unit 30 is connected to a control device 51 of the control unit 50 described later, and is controlled by the control device 51.
The photographing unit 30 constitutes a detecting unit that can detect a plurality of fingers.

The printing unit 40 is provided in the machine casing 11 as shown in FIGS. 2, 6, and 7.
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.
The main carriage 42 is connected to the motor 43 via a power transmission unit (not shown), and moves 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 the motor 47 via a power transmission unit (not shown), and moves in the front-rear direction along the guide rod 44 by the forward / reverse rotation of the motor 47. Printing on the nail T of the printing finger U1 inserted into the printing finger insertion portion 20a is enabled by the movement of the main carriage 42 and the sub-carriage 45 and the ejection of ink from the printing counter discharge 46.
An ink cartridge 48 for supplying ink to the print head 46 is provided in the lower machine casing 11a.
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 control unit 50 is provided in the upper machine casing 11b. As shown in FIG. 8, the control unit 50 includes a control device 51 installed on the substrate 31.
The control device 51 is a computer including a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a ROM 51C-1 (Read Only Memory), a RAM 51C-2 (Random Access Memory) and the like (not shown).

When viewed functionally, the control device 51 has a design (hereinafter simply referred to as “design”) composed of one of characters or designs (including nail images) to be nail-printed for each finger, or a combination thereof. A design setting unit 51a that performs assignment setting and a print control unit 51b that independently prints the design assigned and set by the design setting unit 51a by finger. The functions as the design setting unit 51a and the print control unit 51b are realized by the cooperation of the CPU and the program stored in the ROM 51C-1. Here, the design setting unit 51a constitutes a design setting means together with a control panel 52 and the like which will be described later. The print control unit 51b constitutes a print control unit.
Further, the control device 51 stores the type of finger and the printable design when viewed functionally, and also stores the design assigned and set by the design setting unit 50a in association with the finger. The memory | storage part 51c is provided. The function as the storage unit 51c is realized by the ROM 51C-1 and the RAM 51C-2.
The design setting unit 51 a includes a display control unit 51 a-1 as a display control unit that displays a design that can be associated with each finger on a display unit 60 as a display unit described later. Assign and set the design selected by the user based on. The function as the display control unit 51a-1 is realized by the cooperation of the CPU and the program stored in the ROM 51C-1.

Next, the ROM 51C-1 and the RAM 51C-2 included in the control device 51 will be described.
A program such as a print processing program is stored in the ROM 51C-1, and when this program is executed by the control device 51, each part of the nail printer device 1 is controlled in an integrated manner.
The ROM 51C-1 stores data corresponding to a printable design.
For example, as shown in FIG. 9, the storage area 511 of the ROM 51C-1 includes a finger type area 511A, a finger number area 511B, a character area 511C that can be printed on each finger, and a pattern area 511D. Each area stores data such as finger type, finger number, character, and picture. Among these, the data of the finger type and the finger number correspond one-to-one. Here, for the right hand, the thumb is set to finger number 1, the index finger is set to finger number 2, the middle finger is set to finger number 3, the ring finger is set to finger number 4, and the little finger is set to finger number 5. Although not shown here, for the left hand, the thumb is set to finger number 6, the index finger is set to finger number 7, the middle finger is set to finger number 8, the ring finger is set to finger number 9, and the little finger is set to finger number 10.
An upper list 511a in the figure shows data of an arbitrary design by finger. As data of this arbitrary design for each finger, here, data of various characters and designs are prepared for each finger. Specifically, hiragana, katakana, kanji, and symbol data are prepared as various character data, and D1 to Dn nail image data corresponding to various patterns are prepared as various pattern data. Has been. In addition, a lower list 511b in the figure shows data of the finger-fixed design. As the finger-fixed design, data such as D1 to D4 patterns are prepared here. Specifically, D1 (heart) data on the thumb of finger number 1, D2 (face) data on the index finger of finger number 2, D3 (sun) data on the middle finger of finger number 3, and ring finger of finger number 4 Data for D4 (month) and data for D1 (heart) are prepared in advance in correspondence with the little finger of finger number 5.

The storage area 512 of the RAM 51C-2 includes printable design data stored in advance in the storage area 511 of the ROM 51C-1 based on information input from the operation panel 52, as shown in FIG. Design data to be printed is selected and stored.
In the storage area 512 of the RAM 51C-2, as shown in FIG. 10, nail area images and coordinates such as a finger type, a finger number, a character, and a pattern are stored in association with each other. The first column 512a, the second column 512b, the third column 512c, and the fourth column 512d of the storage area 512 of the RAM 51C-2 include design information selected in the past.
If only the first column 512a and the second column 512b in FIG. 10 are described, the first column 512a in FIG. 10 includes “do” data for the thumb of the finger number 1 and “re” for the index finger of the finger number 2. In this example, “Mi” data is stored in the middle finger of finger number 3, “Fa” data is stored in ring finger of finger number 4, and “So” data is stored in pinky finger of finger number 5.
Further, in the second column 512b of FIG. 10, D1 (heart) data for the thumb of finger number 1, D2 (face) data for the index finger of finger number 2, and D3 (sun) data for the middle finger of finger number 3 are shown. An example in which data of D4 (month) is stored on the ring finger of finger number 4 and an image of D1 (heart) is stored on the little finger of finger number 5 is shown.
The storage area 512 of the RAM 51C-2 stores not only design data selected from the design data stored in the storage area 511 of the ROM 51C-1, but also new design data added later by the user. You may keep it.

Next, the operation panel 52 and the display unit 60 will be described with reference to FIG.
The operation panel 52 is provided on the top plate 2 f of the case body 2. The operation panel 52 is provided with a character input key 52a, a selection key 52b, a print key 52c, a stop key 52d, a two-hand key 52e, a cursor key 52f, and an enter key 52g.
Here, the character input key 52a, the selection key 52b, or the cursor key 52f is a key used for selecting a design to be printed. The determination key 52g is a key for determining the design selected by the character input key 52a, the selection key 52b, or the cursor key 52f. The print key 52c is a key that serves as a trigger for starting the printing process. The stop key 52d is a key used when stopping the printing process. The two-hand key 52e is a key used when a print finger to be printed extends over both hands. When the print key 52c is operated after the two-hand key 52e is operated, the timer is activated and the printing process is started after a predetermined time has elapsed.
The display unit 60 performs various displays when performing the printing process. Although this display part 60 is not specifically limited, it is comprised with the liquid crystal panel. An initial screen for print processing is displayed on the display unit 60 in FIG. This initial screen appears when the print key 52c or the two-hand key 52d is operated after turning on a power switch (not shown). In addition, this display part 60 may be comprised by the liquid crystal touch panel.

Next, the flow of the printing process in the nail printing apparatus 1 will be described based on the flowchart of FIG. 12 and the process diagram of FIG.
When the print key 52c is operated while the power switch is ON, the control device 51 causes the display unit 60 to display a design mode selection screen. On this design mode selection screen, as shown in FIG. 11, push buttons P1 and P2 for selecting a finger-specific arbitrary design mode and a finger-specific fixed design are displayed. In this state, the user operates the cursor key 52f, moves the pointer to one of these push buttons P1 and P2, and operates the enter key 52g to select the design mode.
The control device 51 determines whether or not the finger-specific arbitrary design mode is set (step S1).
In this case, if the control device 51 determines that it is the finger-specific design mode (YES in step S1), it reads the list data from the storage area 511 of the ROM 51C-1 and, as shown in FIG. A list screen of finger numbers and designs (characters, designs, etc.) is displayed, a screen for prompting selection of a design to be printed is displayed on the display unit 60, and a bill image is displayed on the display unit 60 (step S2). . The process up to step S2 is the display process K1 in FIG.
Next, the user operates the cursor key 52f and the enter key 52g to select the finger type, finger number, and design. When it is determined that the cursor key 52f and the enter key 52g have been operated (YES in step S3), the control device 51 stores the selected finger type, finger number, and design in the RAM 51C-2 (step S4). . That is, a design is assigned for each type of finger. Steps S3 and S4 are the assignment step K2 in FIG. In addition, the control apparatus 51 returns to the process of step S2, when it is NO at step S3.
The process from step S1 to step S5 is the design setting process K of FIG.
Next, the control device 51 causes the display unit 60 to display a screen prompting the insertion of all fingers of the right hand into the printing finger insertion unit 20a (step S5). The user inserts all the fingers of the right hand into the printing finger insertion portion 20a according to the insertion prompt.
Then, the control device 51 causes the photographing unit 30 to photograph all the fingers of the right hand (detection step K3 in FIG. 16), detects the type of each finger of the right hand based on the image data obtained through the photographing unit 30, Information of each finger (nail area image and coordinates, etc.) is stored in the storage area 512 of the RAM 51C-2, the nail area of the nail part of each finger is detected, and information on the nail area is stored in the storage area 512 of the RAM 51C-2. Store (store step K4 in FIG. 16: step S6).
Next, when the control device 51 stores the finger type and the nail area information for all fingers of the right hand in the storage area 512 of the RAM 51C-2 (YES in step S7), as shown in FIG. The separately assigned design is printed on each fingernail area (printing step K5 in FIG. 16: step S8), and the nail printing process is terminated.
Here, the design shown in FIG. 14 is a scale corresponding to a keyboard instrument such as a piano. The nail area T1 of the thumb F1 with the finger number 1 has the character data M1 of “do” and the nail area T2 of the index finger F2 with the finger number 2. Character data M2 of “Le”, character data M3 of “Mi” in the nail region T3 of the middle finger F3 of the finger number 3, character data M4 of “F” in the nail region T4 of the ring finger F4 of the finger number 4, and finger number 5 Shows an example in which the character data M5 of “So” is printed as a musical scale in the nail region T5 of the little finger F5 .
In this way, by playing “do” to “so” of the scale in the fingernail areas T1 to T5 of each finger, it is possible to easily play a keyboard instrument such as a piano.
In addition, the control apparatus 51 returns to the process of step S6, when it is NO at step S7.

On the other hand, when it is not the finger fixed design mode in step S1 (NO in step S1), the control device 51 enters the finger fixed design mode (design setting process in FIG. 16), and all fingers of the right hand are placed in the finger insertion portion. A display screen for prompting insertion is displayed on the display unit 60 (step S11). The user inserts all the fingers of the right hand into the printing finger insertion portion 20a according to the insertion prompt.
Then, the control device 51 causes the photographing unit 30 to photograph all fingers of the right hand (detection step K3 in FIG. 16), and selects the type of each finger of the one hand based on the outer shape of the finger image obtained through the photographing unit 30. Detecting and storing the information of each finger in the storage area 512 of the RAM 51C-2, detecting the nail area of the nail portion of each finger, and storing the nail area information (nail area image and coordinates, etc.) in the RAM 51C-2 It memorize | stores in the area | region 512 (memory | storage process K4 of FIG. 16: step S12).
Next, when the control device 1 stores the finger type and the nail area information for all fingers of one hand in the storage area 512 of the RAM 51C-2 (in the case of YES in step S13), as shown in FIG. The design assigned to each finger is printed on the nail area of each finger (printing step K5 in FIG. 16: step S14), and the nail printing process is terminated.
The design shown in FIG. 15 includes a “heart” pattern image D1 on the nail area T1 of the thumb F1 with the finger number 1, a “face” pattern image D2 on the nail area T2 of the index finger F2 with the finger number 2, and the middle finger of the finger number 3 The pattern image D3 of “sun” in the nail region T3 of F3, the image image D4 of “moon” in the nail region T4 of the ring finger F4 with the finger number 4, and the image image of “heart” in the nail region T5 of the little finger F5 An example in which D1 is printed is shown.
As described above, by printing the various pattern images D1 to D4 and D1 on the nail areas T1 to T5 of the individual fingers, it is possible to enjoy a characteristic fingertip.
In addition, the control apparatus 51 returns to the process of step S2, when it is NO at step S3.

  The above is the nail printing process for the right hand, but the nail printing process is performed in the same manner for the left hand. When both hands are inserted into the printing finger insertion unit 20a, if the print key 52g is pressed after the two-hand key 52c is pressed, the processing from step S1 is started after 10 seconds.

According to the nail printing apparatus 1 described above, the following effects can be obtained.
It is possible to assign and set a design to be nail-printed for a plurality of finger types, and to print the assigned and set designs independently for a plurality of finger types. Therefore, it is possible to meet the user's desire to print a wide variety of designs on each nail separately and independently.
It also detects actual finger types, assigns a design to be nail-printed for each detected finger type, and assigns the assigned design to each detected actual finger independently. Can be printed. Therefore, it is possible to meet the user's desire to print a wide variety of designs on each nail separately and independently.

As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described, it cannot be overemphasized that this invention is not limited to this embodiment, A various deformation | transformation is possible in the range which does not deviate from the summary.
For example, in the above-described embodiment, the detection process is performed after the design setting process. However, the design may be set for each finger that is actually detected, with the detection process first.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Nail printing apparatus 2 Case main body 4 Lid 20a Printing finger insertion part 20b Non-printing finger insertion part 20c Grasp part (partition wall)
20 Printing Finger Fixing Unit 30 Imaging Unit 32 Camera 33 Illumination Light (LED)
40 Print Unit 50 Control Unit 51 Control Device 51a Design Setting Unit 51a-1 Display Control Unit 51b Print Control Unit 51c Storage Unit

Claims (8)

In a nail printing apparatus comprising a printing means for performing nail printing,
Design setting means for assigning and setting different designs to be nail-printed for each type of fingers,
A finger insertion part into which a finger is inserted;
Detecting means for detecting whether the finger inserted into the finger insertion part is a thumb, an index finger, a middle finger, a ring finger, or a little finger, as a kind of finger;
By the design setting means, and printing control means for printing a design that is allocated set to the type of the detected finger in the detection means, the claw of the inserted finger into the finger insertion section,
A nail printing apparatus comprising: A display means,
The design setting means, said display control means for displaying on the display means, said display displays selected user is have groups Dzu the means by control of said display control means nail printable designs by type of said plurality of fingers by type of said plurality of fingers, and nail printing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that it comprises setting means for assignment setting design to be nail printing, the. A plurality of fingers are inserted into the finger insertion part,
The detecting means detects each kind of the plurality of fingers inserted into the finger insertion portion,
It said print control means, the pawl of each of the plurality of fingers inserted into the finger insertion section, by the design setting means, are allocated set to the type of each of the plurality of the finger detected by the detection means nail printing device according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that it comprises a separate print control means for printing a design that are independently. Display means;
Storage means for storing a plurality of predetermined finger types and different designs that can be nail-printed in association with each other ;
The design setting means includes
Display control means for causing the display means to display a design associated with a plurality of finger types stored in the storage means;
Storage control means for storing, in the storage means, designs assigned to a plurality of finger types among designs associated with a plurality of finger types displayed on the display means by the control of the display control means; ,
The nail printing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: In a nail printing method executed by a nail printing apparatus including a printing unit for performing nail printing,
A design setting process for assigning and setting different designs to be nail-printed for each type of fingers;
A detection step of detecting whether the finger inserted into the finger insertion unit is a thumb, an index finger, a middle finger, a ring finger, or a little finger, as a finger type;
In the design setting step, a printing step of printing designs that are assigned set the type of the detected finger in the detection step, the fingernail inserted into the finger insertion section,
The nail print method characterized by comprising. The design setting step includes a display step of displaying a nail printable designs by type of said plurality of fingers, said by type of said plurality of fingers being displayed by the display step, assignment set design to be nail printing nail printing method as claimed in claim 5, characterized in that it comprises an allocation step. In the detection step, when a plurality of fingers are inserted into the finger insertion portion, each type of the plurality of fingers inserted into the finger insertion portion is detected ,
In the printing step, each nail of the plurality of fingers inserted into the finger insertion portion is assigned and set to each type of the plurality of fingers detected by the detection step in the design setting step . nail printing method as claimed in claim 5 or 6, characterized in that it comprises an independent printing step of independently printed design. The design setting process includes
Access to storage means storing a plurality of predetermined finger types and nail printable designs in association with each other, and design corresponding to the plurality of finger types stored in the storage means A display process for displaying
Among the designs associated with the plurality of finger types displayed by the display step, a storage step of storing a design assigned for each of the plurality of finger types ;
The nail print method according to claim 5 , further comprising:

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