JPH08215438A - Manufacture of doll and manufacturing device thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To simply mold an optional face desired by a person at the face section of a doll with high quality by processing the image data of the face to be transferred at the face section of the doll, extracting the image of the face as an iron sheet printed matter, covering it on the face section of the doll, and heat-transferring it. CONSTITUTION: The face of a person to be transferred to the face section of a doll, e.g. the face of a family, a friend, or a sweetheart, is photographed as an object by a photographing device 1 to obtain the image data of the face to be transferred. The obtained image data are adjusted by an adjusting processor 2 about the unsharp mask, construction, complexion, face contour, features, and hair style to form a desired image. After the adjustment is completed, only the portion to be printed is extracted from the processed data, and the portion to be printed is printed on an iron sheet by an iron sheet printer 3. The iron sheet is overlapped on the plain face section of the doll, a thin fabric is covered on it, ironing is applied from above, and transferring is conducted by a transferring device 4.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a doll manufacturing method and a manufacturing apparatus thereof, and more particularly, to a doll manufacturing method and a manufacturing apparatus thereof for forming an arbitrary face on a doll's face.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A wide variety of dolls are currently manufactured. Normally, these dolls are manufactured in large quantities with the same shape of head, face, torso, limbs, costumes, etc. for each type, so if the doll's face is not the same. I have no choice.

Further, in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 5-345077, a color person photograph is applied to a color copying machine to make a copy of a face portion, and the copy is transferred onto a doll's face by heat transfer.
A method of manufacturing a doll having the same face as the face taken in the photograph has been proposed.

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional dolls, the doll's face has a modeled face to some extent, and since it can be seen here and there,
There is a drawback that after a certain period of time, the user becomes tired and loses interest.

The method proposed in the above publication is
It is expensive to copy a color photo with an expensive color copier, and because the color photo itself is the basis, it is impossible to change the human facial expression to your favorite expression, such as a color photograph with a famous person If you use, problems such as invasion of privacy will occur. Furthermore, when traveling,
Even if you want to get a doll with your favorite face in memory, at that time, you have to choose a color photo and bring it with you, which is annoying.

Therefore, the present invention provides a doll manufacturing method and a doll manufacturing apparatus capable of easily forming a desired face desired by each person on the face of a doll having a desired shape with high quality. is there.

[0007]

According to the present invention, in a method of manufacturing a doll, the image data of the face to be transferred to the face portion of the doll is processed, the face image is taken out as an iron sheet print, and the iron sheet print is obtained. The doll is manufactured by covering the face of the doll and transferring it with heat.

Further, a manufacturing apparatus for carrying out the manufacturing method is an image data generating apparatus for a face to be transferred, a printing apparatus for printing an iron printed matter by the data obtained by processing the image data, and the iron printed matter. It is a doll manufacturing device consisting of a device for transferring the image onto the face of the doll.

[0009]

According to the present invention, by transferring the image of the desired face to the face portion of the desired doll, each person can easily obtain the desired doll, and the doll manufactured by the present invention. Is a doll with the face that the person holding the doll desires, and the feeling of relief and spiritual satisfaction can be obtained by having the doll close to him.

[0010]

EXAMPLE A doll manufacturing method of the present invention processes image data of a face to be transferred to the face portion of the doll, takes out the face image as an iron sheet print, and covers the iron sheet print on the face of the doll. The image data of the face to be transferred is obtained by taking an image of the face of the person who wants to be transferred to the face of the doll, for example, the face of a family member, a friend, or a lover, as an object with an image capturing device. To be

The image data obtained by the image pickup device is adjusted by a data processing device with respect to unsharp mask, construction, complexion, face outline, conspicuousness, hairstyle, etc. to create a desired image. The captured image and the processed image are displayed on the monitor television, and the desired image can be selected.

After the adjustment is completed, a process of extracting only a portion to be printed (face, hair, etc.) from the processed data is performed, and then the portion to be printed is printed on the iron sheet.

The iron sheet on which the face to be transferred is printed is placed on the plain face portion of the doll, a thin cloth is put on the iron sheet, and the iron is applied from above to perform the transfer.

As the doll to be transferred, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the doll has a shape desired by the person having the doll. For example, a doll wearing a uniform of a longing athlete. (See Fig. 1 (a)), a doll in the same costume as your favorite talent, a doll in a space suit (see Fig. 1 (b)), a doll like a character such as Mickey Mouse, or There are figures that show the famous tourist spots and dolls with letters. Furthermore, as for dolls, it is possible to combine dolls with each other. For example, dolls for lovers (see FIG. 2).
(See (a)), dolls for families, dolls for sports teams or members of circles (Fig. 2).
There are various combinations such as the combination (see (b)).

As shown in FIG. 3, as a combination of a doll and other figurines, the doll and various exercise equipment (see FIG. 3B), famous buildings, vehicles such as rockets ( Various combinations such as a combination with a figurine such as FIG. 3A) are possible.

After transferring the face, if necessary, a sponge is put in the head to adjust the conspicuousness of the eyes, or the hairstyle is adjusted.

Next, the structure of the doll manufacturing apparatus of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

An image pickup device is used as the image data generation device 1, and a face of a person to be transferred is used as a subject to be photographed by an image pickup device (for example, Quick Take 100 manufactured by Apple Inc.) to generate image data.

The image data output from the image data generator 1 is the image data adjustment processor 2 (eg ph
Necessary adjustments are made to the unsharp mask, construction, etc. by using OTOSHOP Adobe, and the image quality is corrected, and the portion to be printed (face, hair, etc.) is extracted from the image data. At that time, the customer can order a desired correction and select a face image having a desired expression while watching the monitor TV 5.

The processing data output from the adjustment processing device 2 is input to the iron sheet printing device 3 and the image of the face to be transferred to the iron sheet is printed.

Next, the transfer device 4 (for example, JT 144) is used.
An iron sheet printed by MC Star Seiki) is placed on the transfer surface of the doll's face, and transferred by applying heat with an iron.

After the transfer is completed, a sponge, cotton or the like is put into the head as necessary to adjust the shape and form the face of the doll.

[0023]

The present invention has excellent effects as described below.

1) According to the present invention, since a face is photographed and the image data thereof is processed, a doll having a desired face on the face can be obtained.

2) Since the present invention utilizes image processing, a high quality doll can be easily obtained. 3) Since the device according to the present invention can be configured with simple equipment and is inexpensive, it can be easily installed in any place such as a tourist spot, a department store, a toy store.

4) According to the present invention, a desired doll can be manufactured by freely selecting the face to be displayed on the face portion, and the obtained doll or a combination of the doll and another one can be brought close to Has the effect of.

By having a doll with the face of the other party that the lovers are feeling, and by combining the doll with the other party's face and the doll with their own face, happy feelings, sad feelings, etc. You can devote yourself to various feelings.

When the father is a single-member family, the child has a doll with the face of the father, and the father has a doll with the face of the family. Become.

[0029] The doll's face, which has the same clothes as the long-awaited athlete's uniform and talent, the astronaut's space suit, and the same character as the character, gives his / her spiritual satisfaction.

When you travel to sightseeing spots, leisure lands, famous places, or foreign countries, you can see those places, the doll with your own face on the face, and the face of the person you went with Combining it with a doll will deepen the feeling of the trip, and when you go ahead of others, you will also get a sense of superiority.

A pseudo experience effect can be obtained by setting the face of a doll riding on an animal such as a dolphin or a doll riding on a vehicle as its own face.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of a first transfer target doll used in the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a second transfer target doll used in the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a third transfer target doll used in the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of a doll manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 image data generator, 2 adjustment processor, 3
Iron sheet printing device, 4 transfer device, 5 monitor TV

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A method of manufacturing a doll, wherein image data of a face to be transferred to a face portion of the doll is processed, an image of the face is taken out as an iron sheet printed matter, and the iron sheet printed matter is covered on the doll's face portion and thermally transferred. A method of manufacturing a doll, comprising: 2. The method of manufacturing a doll according to claim 1, wherein the head is shaped after the thermal transfer. 3. An image data generating device for a face to be transferred, an adjustment processing device for the image data, a printing device for printing an iron printed matter based on the adjusted data, and a device for transferring the iron printed matter to a face part of a doll. A doll manufacturing apparatus characterized by comprising. 4. A doll manufacturing apparatus, wherein a monitor television is connected to the adjustment processing apparatus.