NAIL ART DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD USING MAGNETISM

• US 20150136164A1
• Filed: 04/23/2013
• Published: 05/21/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Amorepacific Corporation
• Original Assignee: Amorepacific Corporation
• Inventors: Park, Chang Man, Kim, Jun Oh, Lee, Young Jin, Yi, Sung Won, Lee, Chan Ki, Kim, Jin Gug
• Application Number:
  US14/404,132
• Publication Number:
  US 20150136164A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 132/200
• 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

Abstract

The nail art device having a control unit, a holder, and a display panel that contains nanomagnetic particles and displays a magnetic pattern by arranging nanomagnetic particles controlled by the control unit is provided. When a finger, to the nail of which polish having a metallic component has been applied, is placed in the holder, the polish applied to the nail reacts with the magnetism of the magnetic pattern displayed on the display panel to form a nail pattern.

Claims

1. A nail art device comprising:

a control unit;

a holder; and

a display panel containing nano-magnetic particles therein, the display panel arranging the nano-magnetic particles to display a magnetic pattern under control of the control unit,

wherein a manicure containing metal elements on a nail, which is put on the holder, reacts to magnetism of the magnetic pattern displayed on the display panel to thus form a nail pattern.

2. The nail art device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a communication unit which communicates with an external user device,

wherein the control unit receives pattern information according to a user'"'"'s selection through the communication unit from the user device, and then outputs a control signal corresponding to the received pattern information, thereby allowing the magnetic pattern to be displayed on the display panel.

3. The nail art device according to claim 1,

wherein the holder is concavely formed at a position facing the display panel such that a finger, the nail of which is applied with the manicure containing metal elements, is put on the holder.

4. The nail art device according to claim 1,

wherein a shade difference is given on the manicure by attractive force and repulsive force acting between the nano-magnetic particles arranged along the magnetic pattern in the display panel and the manicure containing metal elements applied to the nail, thereby forming the nail pattern.

5. The nail art device according to claim 1,

wherein the display panel is realized as a liquid crystal display panel in which nano-magnetic particles are dispersed on a liquid crystal layer thereof.

6. A nail art system comprising:

a nail art device comprising a control unit, a holder, and a display panel which arranges nano-magnetic particles contained therein to display a magnetic pattern under control of the control unit; and

a user device which provides an inquiry function and a selection function such that a user is able to select any one of a plurality of patterns, and is connected to the nail art device to transmit pattern information according to a user'"'"'s selection,

wherein the nail art device receives pattern information from the user device to display a magnetic pattern corresponding to the received pattern information on the display panel, thereby allowing a manicure containing metal elements on a nail which is put on the holder to react to magnetism of the magnetic pattern displayed on the display panel, to thus form a nail pattern.

7. The nail art system according to claim 6,

wherein the user device is at least any one of a smart phone, a smart television, and a Personal Computer which are loaded with an application providing a user interface for inquiry, selection, and transmission functions of the plural patterns.

8. The nail art system according to claim 6,

wherein the user device allows a pattern inquired or selected by a user to be displayed together on the display panel by synchronizing at least a portion of a screen of the user device with a screen of the display panel provided in the nail art device.

9. A nail art method using a nail art device including a display panel, which contains nano-magnetic particles, and a holder, comprising:

the nail art device setting a communication link to be connected to an external user device;

the nail art device receiving pattern information according to a user'"'"'s selection from the user device; and

the nail art device displaying a magnetic pattern corresponding to the received pattern information on the display panel, thereby allowing, when a finger, a nail of which is applied with a manicure containing metal elements, is put on the holder, the manicure containing metal elements to react to magnetism of the magnetic pattern displayed on the display panel, to thus form a nail pattern.