Drawing device, drawing control method thereof, and computer-readable recording medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2017193651-A1
Application number	US-201615391815-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 27, 2016
Priority date	Jan 6, 2016
Publication date	Jul 6, 2017
Grant date	—

Abstract

A drawing device includes a mounting portion on which an object having a nail is mounted, an image acquiring unit that acquires image data of an image of the nail captured from one direction by using an imaging unit which is located at an imaging position being separated from an apical position in a width direction of the nail along the one direction by an imaging length, and a processor which acquires a first position corresponding to a first end position of the nail in the image, the first end position being one end position in a width direction of the nail, acquires a nail height which is a height of the apical position from the first end position on the basis of the image data, and estimates a length from the first end position to the other end position in the width direction of the nail as a first nail width on the basis of the first position, the nail height and the imaging length.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A drawing device comprising:
a mounting portion on which an object is mounted, the object being a finger or a toe having a nail; an image acquiring unit that acquires image data of an image, wherein the image is captured from one direction by using an imaging unit which is located at an imaging position, the imaging position being separated from an apical position of the nail of the object mounted on the mounting portion along the one direction and a length between the imaging position and the apical position being an imaging length; and a processor, wherein the processor: acquires a first position corresponding to a first end position of the nail in the image, the first end position being one end position in a width direction of the nail on the basis of the image data; acquires a first nail height which is a height of the apical position in the one direction from one end position in the width direction of the nail on the basis of the image data; and estimates a length from the first end position to the other end position in the width direction of the nail as a first nail width on the basis of the first position, the first nail height and the imaging length.

2 . The drawing device according to claim 1 , wherein:
the processor: acquires a first cross position where a virtual straight line drawn from the imaging unit to the first end position in the width direction of the nail crosses a recognition reference plane which is tangent to the apical position of the nail and whose plane direction is perpendicular to the one direction as the position of the first end position of the nail in the image as the first position, and estimates the first nail width on the basis of the imaging length, the first cross position, and the first nail height.

3 . The drawing device according to claim 2 , further comprising a plurality of pieces of reference curve information having different curvatures; wherein
the processor acquires a curve shape in the one direction of the nail along the width direction from the first end position on the basis of the image data, selects a specific piece of reference curve information corresponding to the acquired curve shape of the nail from the plurality of pieces of reference curve information, acquires a second cross position where a virtual straight line drawn from the image acquiring unit to a second end position other than the first end position which is one end position in the width direction of the nail crosses the recognition reference plane on the basis of the image data, estimates a maximum value of a length in the one direction from the second end position at positions in the width direction from the second end position of the nail as a second nail height on the basis of the specific piece of reference curve information and the second cross position, and estimates a length between the second end position of the nail and the other end position in the width direction as a second nail width on the basis of the imaging length, the second cross position, and the second nail height.

4 . The drawing device according to claim 3 , further comprising a drawing unit that performs drawing on the nail; wherein
the processor acquires an entire shape of the nail on the basis of the specific piece of reference curve information, the estimated first nail width, and the estimated second nail width, and controls the drawing unit so as to perform drawing on the nail on the basis of the acquired entire shape of the nail.

5 . The drawing device according to claim 3 , wherein;
the processor corrects the specific piece of reference curve information such that the maximum value of the height in the specific piece of reference curve information matches the first nail height, and estimates the second nail height on the basis of the corrected specific piece of reference curve information.

6 . The drawing device according to claim 1 , wherein the image includes a measuring image which is formed in a linear shape in the width direction on the nail, wherein
the processor acquires the first nail height which is the height of the nail on the basis of the shape of the measuring image.

7 . The drawing device according to claim 1 , wherein:
the processor sets the position of the first end position to a position at which the length in the width direction is a maximum in the length direction of the nail in the image.

8 . A drawing control method of a drawing device, in which the drawing device includes a mounting portion on which an object is mounted, the object being a finger or a toe having a nail and an image acquiring unit that acquires image data of an image, wherein the image is captured from one direction by using an imaging unit which is located at an imaging position, the imaging position being separated from an apical position of the nail of the object mounted on the mounting portion along the one direction and a length between the imaging position and the apical position being an imaging length;
the drawing control method comprising the steps of: acquiring a first position corresponding to a first end position of the nail in the image, the first end position being one end position in a width direction of the nail on the basis of the image data: acquiring a first nail height which is a height of the apical position in the one direction from one end position in the width direction of the nail on the basis of the image data; and estimating a length from the first end position to the other end position in the width direction of the nail as a first nail width on the basis of the first position, the first nail height and the imaging length.

9 . The drawing control method of the drawing device according to claim 8 , wherein the step of estimating the first nail width includes the steps of:
acquiring a first cross position where a virtual straight line drawn from the imaging unit to the first end position of the nail crosses a recognition reference plane which is tangent to the apical position of the nail and whose plane direction is perpendicular to the one direction as the position of the first end position of the nail in the image as the first position, and estimating the first nail width on the basis of the imaging length, the first cross position, and the first nail height.

10 . The drawing control method of the drawing device according to claim 9 , wherein the drawing device further includes a plurality of pieces of reference curve information having different curvatures, and
the drawing control method further comprises the steps of: acquiring a curve shape in the one direction of the nail along the width direction from the first end position on the basis of the image data, selecting a specific piece of reference curve information corresponding to the acquired curve shape of the nail from the plurality of pieces of reference curve information, acquiring a second cross position where a virtual straight line drawn from the image acquiring unit to a second end position other than the first end position which is one end position in the width direction of the nail crosses the recognition reference plane on the basis of the image data, estimating a maximum value of a length in the one direction from the second end position at positions in the width direction from the second end position of the nail as a second nail height on the basis of the specific piece of reference curve information and the second cross position, and estimating a length between the second end position of the nail and the other end position in the width direction as a second nail width on the basis of the imaging length, the second cross position, and the second nail he

Assignees

• Casio Computer Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yamasaki Shuichi

Classifications

• A45D34/04

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• A45D2029/005

  Printing or stamping devices for applying images or ornaments to nails · CPC title

• G06T11/20

  Drawing from basic elements · CPC title

• G06T2207/30108

  Industrial image inspection · CPC title

• A45D29/00 Primary

  Manicuring or pedicuring implements · CPC title