Drawing apparatus, operation control method of drawing apparatus, and operation control program of drawing apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9781989-B2
Application number	US-201615091528-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 5, 2016
Priority date	Jun 26, 2015
Publication date	Oct 10, 2017
Grant date	Oct 10, 2017

Abstract

A drawing apparatus includes a drawing unit for drawing on a nail of an object which is a finger or a toe by applying ink, an object suppression unit for applying a suppression force to suppress a motion of the object to the object, and a nail region detection unit for detecting a region of the nail.
The drawing apparatus sets the suppression force to a first suppression force in at least one of a first period of the drawing unit drawing on the nail and a second period of the nail region detection unit detecting the region of the nail, and sets the suppression force to a second suppression force which is weaker than the first suppression force or sets the motion of the object to be not suppressed in a third period of the ink applied to the nail being dried.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A drawing apparatus comprising:
a drawing device configured to draw on at least one of nails of an object which is at least one of fingers or at least one of toes by applying ink;
an object suppression device configured to apply a suppression force to the object for suppressing a motion of the object;
a controller configured to control detection of a region of the nail and to control the object suppression device; and
a dryer configured to dry the ink applied to the nail,
wherein the controller:
(i) sets the suppression force to a first suppression force in at least one of a first period and a second period, the first period being a period in which the drawing device draws on the nail, and the second period being a period in which the controller controls detection of the region of the nail, and
(ii) sets the suppression force to a second suppression force which is weaker than the first suppression force or sets the motion of the object to be not suppressed in at least a part of a third period in which the ink applied to the nail is dried by the dryer.

2. The drawing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller sets the suppression force to the first suppression force in the second period.

3. The drawing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the controller controls detection of the region of the nail after the suppression force is set to the first suppression force.

4. The drawing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller sets the suppression force to the first suppression force throughout the first period and the second period.

5. The drawing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller sets the suppression force to a third suppression force in at least a part of a fourth period in which the drawing device applies a transparent top coat to the nail, the third suppression force being weaker than the first suppression force and being stronger than the second suppression force.

6. A drawing apparatus comprising:
a drawing device configured to draw on a nail by applying ink;
a dryer configured to dry the ink applied to the nail by the drawing device;
an object suppression device configured to apply a suppression force to an object which is at least one of fingers or at least one of toes having at least one of nails, the suppression force being configured to suppress a motion of the object; and
a controller configured to control the object suppression device and to control detection of a region of the nail,
wherein the controller:
(i) sets the suppression force to a first suppression force in a first period which comprises at least one of a period in which the drawing device applies the ink to the nail and a period in which the controller controls to detect a position of the region of the nail, and in which an allowable range of a movement of the object is a first value, and
(ii) sets the suppression force to a second suppression force which is weaker than the first suppression force or sets the motion of the object to be not suppressed in a second period which comprises a period in which the dryer dries the ink and in which the allowable range of the movement of the object is a second value greater than the first value.

7. An operation control method for a drawing apparatus, the drawing apparatus comprising a drawing device configured to draw on at least one of nails of an object which is at least one of fingers or at least one of toes by applying ink, an object suppression device configured to apply a suppression force to the object for suppressing a motion of the object, a controller configured to control detection of a region of the nail, and a dryer configured to dry the ink applied to the nail, and the method comprising:
a first step of setting the suppression force to a first suppression force in at least one of a first period and a second period, the first period being a period in which the drawing device draws on the nail, and the second period being a period in which the controller controls detection of the region of the nail; and
a second step of setting the suppression force to a second suppression force which is weaker than the first suppression force or setting the motion of the object to be not suppressed in a third period in which the ink applied to the nail is dried by the dryer.

8. The method according to claim 7 , further comprising:
setting the suppression force to the second suppression force in at least a part of the third period, in the second step.

9. The method according to claim 7 , further comprising:
setting the suppression force to the first suppression force in the second period, in the first step.

10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the controller controls detection of the region of the nail after the suppression force is set to the first suppression force in the first step.

11. The method according to claim 7 , further comprising:
setting the suppression force to the first suppression force throughout the first period and the second period, in the first step.

12. The method according to claim 7 , further comprising:
a third step of setting the suppression force to a third suppression force in at least a part of a fourth period in which the drawing device applies a transparent top coat to the nail, the third suppression force being weaker than the first suppression force and being stronger than the second suppression force.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing an operation control program for a drawing apparatus, the drawing apparatus comprising a drawing device configured to draw on at least one of nails of an object which is at least one of fingers or at least one of toes by applying ink, an object suppression device configured to apply a suppression force to the object for suppressing a motion of the object, a controller configured to control detection of a region of the nail, and a dryer configured to dry the ink applied to the nail, and the operation control program being executable to control the drawing apparatus to perform operations comprising:
a first operation to set the suppression force to a first suppression force in at least one of a first period and a second period, the first period being a period in which the drawing device draws on the nail, and the second period being a period in which the controller controls detection of the region of the nail; and
a second operation to set the suppression force to a second suppression force which is weaker than the first suppression force or set the motion of the object to be not suppressed in a third period in which the ink applied to the nail is dried by the dryer.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 13 , wherein:
the suppression force is set to the second suppression force which is weaker than the first suppression force in at least a part of the third period, in the second operation, and
the program is executable to further control the drawing apparatus to perform a third operation to set the suppression force to a third suppression force in at least a part of a fourth period in which the drawing device applies a transparent top coat to the nail, the third suppression force being weaker than the first suppression force and being stronger than the second suppression force.

15. A drawing apparatus comprising:
a drawing device configured to draw on at least one of nails of an object which is at least one of fingers or at least one of toes by applying ink;
an object suppression device configured to apply, to the object, a suppression force to suppress a motion of the objec

Assignees

• Casio Computer Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yamasaki Shuichi

Classifications

• A45D29/00 Primary

  Manicuring or pedicuring implements · CPC title

• B41J3/407

  for marking on special material · CPC title

• A45D2029/005

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

• A45D34/04 Primary

  Appliances specially adapted for applying liquid, e.g. using roller or ball · CPC title