Drawing device and insertion case

• US 10,278,472 B2
• Filed: 04/17/2017
• Issued: 05/07/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Inventors: Yamasaki, Shuichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Barnes, Ted W
• Application Number:
  US15/488,548
• Publication Number:
  US 20170367459A1
• Time in Patent Office: 750 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 2029/005 Printing or stamping devices for applying images or ornaments to nails
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 29/00 Manicuring or pedicuring implements
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 29/22 Finger-supports
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 34/04 Appliances specially adapted for applying liquid, e.g. using roller or ball
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 29/02 Framework
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 29/13 Cases or covers
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 29/377 Cooling or ventilating arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 3/407 for marking on special material
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/69 Control of means for changing angle of the field of view, e.g. optical zoom objectives or electronic zooming
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/80 Camera processing pipelines; Components thereof

Abstract

A drawing device includes an insertion case into which an object that is a finger or a toe having a nail to be drawn is inserted, and including a first surface provided with an opening area that exposes the nail in a state where the object is inserted and a second surface provided in a direction crossing the first surface, and an insertion area into which the insertion case is detachably inserted. An area of at least a part of the second surface, the area being corresponding to the nail in a state where the object is inserted, has transparency allowing an inside of the insertion case to be visible.

Claims

1. A drawing device comprising:

an insertion case into which an object that is a finger or a toe having a nail to be drawn on is inserted, the insertion case including a first surface provided with an opening area that exposes the nail in a state in which the object is inserted and a second surface having a plane direction intersecting with a plane direction of the first surface; and

an insertion area into which the insertion case is detachably inserted,

wherein a first area of at least a part of the second surface has transparency so as to allow an inside of the insertion case to be visible, the first area corresponding to the nail in a state in which the object is inserted, and

wherein a first scale mark indicating a distance from the first surface is provided in the first area of the second surface of the insertion case.

2. The drawing device according to claim 1, wherein:

the insertion case includes a cover plate provided on the first surface, the cover plate covering at least a part of the opening area,

the cover plate is slidable along the plane direction of the first surface,

a second area of at least a part of the cover plate has transparency so as to allow an inside of the insertion case to be visible, the second area corresponding to the nail in a state in which the object is inserted in the insertion case and the cover plate covers the at least part of the opening area, and

a second scale mark indicating a distance in a direction along a first direction is provided in the second area of the cover plate along the first direction, the first direction crossing an inserting direction of the object.

3. The drawing device according to claim 2, further comprising:

a stopper configured to come in contact with and allow the cover plate to slide to open the opening area when the insertion case, in a state in which the cover plate covers the at least part of the opening area, is inserted into the insertion area.

4. The drawing device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a drawing head configured to apply drawing to the nail exposed through the opening area of the insertion case in a state in which the insertion case, into which the object is inserted, is inserted in the insertion area.

5. The drawing device according to claim 1, wherein the insertion case includes a pressing mechanism configured to press the object toward the first surface in a state in which the object is inserted.

6. The drawing device according to claim 1, further comprising:

an image acquisition device configured to acquire an image obtained by capturing the inside of the insertion case through the second surface of the insertion case in a state in which the insertion case is inserted in the insertion area.

7. The drawing device according to claim 6, wherein the image acquisition device further acquires an image obtained by capturing the first surface including the opening area in a state in which the insertion case is inserted in the insertion area.

8. The drawing device according to claim 7, further comprising:

a mirror unit which has at least one mirror provided in a position where the mirror unit reflects an image of the second surface side of the insertion case into a direction where the image acquisition device is able to capture the image in a state in which the insertion case is inserted in the insertion area; and

a display device,

wherein the image acquisition device acquires a first image obtained by capturing the nail exposed through the opening area and a second image obtained by capturing an image of a second surface side of the object through the mirror unit in a state in which the insertion case, in which the object is inserted, is inserted in the insertion area, and

wherein the first image and the second image are displayed on the display device.

9. The drawing device according to claim 8, further comprising:

a processor,

wherein;

the mirror unit is provided in a position inclined with respect to the second surface,

the second image includes an image obtained by capturing the first scale mark, and

the processor includes a unit that corrects a value of a height of the nail read by a user from the image of the first scale mark in the second image displayed on the display device, and input by the user to the drawing device, based on an inclined angle of the mirror unit with respect to the second surface.

10. The drawing device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a guide mechanism configured to guide insertion of the insertion case when the insertion case is inserted into the insertion area,

wherein;

the guide mechanism comprises a recessed groove and an elongated protrusion portion slidably engageable with the recessed groove,

one of the insertion area and the insertion case is provided with the recessed groove, and

the other of the insertion area and the insertion case is provided with the elongated protrusion portion.

11. An insertion case into which an object that is a finger or a toe having a nail to be drawn on is inserted, the insertion case comprising

a first surface provided with an opening area that exposes the nail in a state in which the object is inserted and a second surface having a plane direction intersecting with a plane direction of the first surface,

wherein:

a first area of at least a part of the second surface has transparency so as to allow an inside of the insertion case to be visible, the first area corresponding to the nail in a state in which the object is inserted,

the insertion case is detachably inserted into a drawing device that applies drawing to the nail, and

a first scale mark indicating a distance from the first surface is provided in the first area of the second surface of the insertion case.

12. The insertion case according to claim 11, further comprising:

a cover plate provided on the first surface, the cover plate covering at least a part of the opening area,

wherein;

the cover plate is slidable along the plane direction of the first surface,

a second area of at least a part of the cover plate has transparency so as to allow an inside of the insertion case to be visible, the second area corresponding to the nail in a state in which the object is inserted in the insertion case and the cover plate covers the at least part of the opening area, and

a second scale mark indicating a distance in a direction along a first direction is provided in the second area of the cover plate along the first direction, the first direction crossing an inserting direction of the object.

13. The insertion case according to claim 11, further comprising:

a pressing mechanism configured to press the object toward the first surface in a state in which the object is inserted.

14. A drawing device comprising:

an insertion case into which an object that is a finger or a toe having a nail to be drawn on is inserted, the insertion case including a first surface provided with an opening area that exposes the nail in a state in which the object is inserted and a second surface having a plane direction intersecting with a plane direction of the first surface;

an insertion area into which the insertion case is detachably inserted; and

an image acquisition device,

wherein a first area of at least a part of the second surface has transparency so as to allow an inside of the insertion case to be visible, the first area corresponding to the nail in a state in which the object is inserted, and

wherein the image acquisition device is configured to acquire an image obtained by capturing the inside of the insertion case through the second surface of the insertion case in a state in which the insertion case is inserted in the insertion area.

15. The drawing device according to claim 14, further comprising:

a drawing head configured to apply drawing to the nail exposed through the opening area of the insertion case in a state in which the insertion case, into which the object is inserted, is inserted in the insertion area.

16. The drawing device according to claim 14, wherein the insertion case includes a pressing mechanism configured to press the object toward the first surface in a state in which the object is inserted.

17. The drawing device according to claim 14, wherein the image acquisition device further acquires an image obtained by capturing the first surface including the opening area in a state in which the insertion case is inserted in the insertion area.