Electronic apparatus, information processor, printing system, and printing method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2020307291-A1
Application number	US-201615779756-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 8, 2016
Priority date	Dec 18, 2015
Publication date	Oct 1, 2020
Grant date	—

Abstract

An electronic apparatus according to an embodiment of the technology includes an obtaining section, a determining section, and an instructing section. The obtaining section obtains a first design image or corresponding data corresponding to the first design image. The determining section determines one or a plurality of second design images different from the first design image on the basis of the first design image or the corresponding data obtained by the obtaining section. The instructing section instructs printing of one or both of the one second design image determined by the determining section and a plurality of the second design images determined by the determining section.

First claim

1 . An electronic apparatus comprising:
an obtaining section that obtains a first design image or corresponding data corresponding to the first design image; a determining section that determines one or a plurality of second design images different from the first design image on a basis of the first design image or the corresponding data obtained by the obtaining section; and an instructing section that instructs printing of one or a plurality of the second design images determined by the determining section.

2 . The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a memory that stores a plurality of third design images, wherein
the determining section determines one or a plurality of the second design images from a plurality of the third design images.

3 . The electronic apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein
the memory further stores a control table directed to controlling of a plurality of the third design images on a group basis, and the determining section determines one or a plurality of the second design images from a plurality of the third design images belonging to a same group as a group of the first design image.

4 . The electronic apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the determining section performs matching between the first design image and a plurality of the third design images, and determines, as a result of the matching, one or a plurality of the second design images from a plurality of the third design images belonging to a same group as a group of one or a plurality of the third design images that are matched.

5 . The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the obtaining section comprises an imaging device that obtains the first design image by means of imaging.

6 . The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the obtaining section comprises a reader that captures, as the first design image, a design image in which an insertion design image is synthesized with an original design image, and thereafter obtains the corresponding data on a basis of the insertion design image separated from the first design image.

7 . The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the obtaining section comprises a reader that obtains the corresponding data by reading an electronic tag.

8 . The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a printing section that performs printing in accordance with an instruction by the instructing section.

9 . An information processor comprising:
a receiving section that receives, from a printer, a first design image or corresponding data corresponding to the first design image; a determining section that determines one or a plurality of second design images different from the first design image on a basis of the first design image or the corresponding data received by the receiving section; and a transmitting section that transmits, to the printer, one or a plurality of the second design images determined by the determining section.

10 . The information processor according to claim 9 , further comprising a memory that stores a plurality of third design images, wherein
the determining section determines one or a plurality of the second design images from a plurality of the third design images.

11 . The information processor according to claim 10 , wherein
the memory further stores a control table directed to controlling of a plurality of the third design images on a group basis, and the determining section determines one or a plurality of the second design images from a plurality of the third design images belonging to a same group as a group of the first design image.

12 . The information processor according to claim 11 , wherein the determining section performs matching between the first design image and a plurality of the third design images, and determines, as a result of the matching, one or a plurality of the second design images from a plurality of the third design images belonging to a same group as a group of one or a plurality of the third design images that are matched.

13 . A printing system comprising a printer and an information processor that are communicatable to each other,
the printer including an obtaining section that obtains a first design image or corresponding data corresponding to the first design image, a first transmitting section that transmits, to the information processor, the first design image or the corresponding data obtained by the obtaining section, a first receiving section that receives, from the information processor, one or a plurality of second design images different from the first design image, an instructing section that instructs printing of one or a plurality of the second design images received by the first receiving section, and a printing section that performs printing in accordance with an instruction by the instructing section, the information processor including a second receiving section that receives, from the printer, the first design image or the corresponding data, a determining section that determines one or a plurality of the second design images on a basis of the first design image or the corresponding data received by the second receiving section, and a second transmitting section that transmits, to the printer, one or a plurality of the second design images determined by the determining section.

14 . A printing method comprising:
determining, after obtaining a first design image or corresponding data corresponding to the first design image, one or a plurality of second design images different from the first design image on a basis of the first design image or the corresponding data obtained; and printing determined one or a plurality of the second design images.

Assignees

• Sony Corp

Inventors

• Fukasawa Soichi
• Shiga Fumiko
• Ishiduka Naoko
• Ouyang Yue
• Takahashi Sachiko
• Tange Akira
• Kawata Shogo
• Uchiyama Nobuyuki
• Watanabe Tomomasa

Classifications

• A45D29/22

  Finger-supports · CPC title

• G06F30/00

  Computer-aided design [CAD] · CPC title

• A45D29/00 Primary

  Manicuring or pedicuring implements · CPC title

• B41J21/00

  Column, tabular or like printing arrangements; Means for centralising short lines (carriage-release mechanisms B41J19/66) · CPC title

• A45D2029/005

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