A printer includes a print head and a processor. The processor controls operation of the head. In an area where the head is movable, (i) a drawing region where a finger or a toe is placed, and the head performs drawing on a nail of the finger or the toe, (ii) a standby region where the head is positioned during a no-drawing period, and (iii) a suspension region where the head can stop temporarily are provided such that a moving distance of the head from the suspension region to the drawing region is shorter than a moving distance of the head from the standby region to the drawing region. If nails are successively subjected to the drawing, the processor causes the head to stop temporarily in the suspension region between drawing operations on the nails without causing the head to move to the standby region.

A fake nail including an electronic paper as a display member and having a simple structure, which can easily update a display, is provided. A fake nail 1 including the electronic paper as the display member is mounted on a nail of a user using a fixing member 2 such as an electrically-conductive binding material and the like. In a state wherein the fake nail 1 is mounted, a display update device 3 generates an ion wind, and the generated ion wind is blown onto the fake nail 1. By electrical charging caused by the ion wind, an electric potential is applied to the electronic paper contained in the fake nail 1, and the display of the electronic paper is updated to a color according to the electric potential.

A skin care mask pack for nail art includes a mask pack fabric layer having a peripheral mask region patterned to cover the skin around a nail and a skin care-adhesive mixed layer obtained by mixing a liquid adhesive and one or more skin care materials and applying the resulting mixture to one side of the mask pack fabric layer. The skin care mask pack can cover the skin around a nail after the cuticle is removed, to protect the skin from external damage. Also, in a curing process which is one step of a gel nail procedure, the skin care mask pack can block ultraviolet radiation from reaching the skin around a nail, to prevent the skin from being damaged. The mask pack can also prevent the skin around the nail from being smeared with liquid gel in the process of applying the liquid gel to the nail.

A nail polish application system may include a nail polish applicator to apply a curable nail polish to a nail of a user. An energy source may emit energy to selectively cure the curable nail polish. A sensor may be provided to detect a boundary of the nail of the user. The energy source may be configured to direct the energy to (i) the detected boundary of the nail during a first curing stage or (ii) to an area within the detected boundary of the nail during the first curing stage, and to (iii) avoid directing the energy to an area outside the detected boundary of the nail during the first curing stage.

Electronic device for the automated painting and drying of fingernails, that allows the user to choose the color they want to paint the nails as well as to carry the device due to its light weight. In one embodiment, the device has a sensor that identifies the hand that has been introduced in it, a touch LED screen, which allows the user to choose the nail and color with which to paint it, without the need for specialized personnel to operate it, as well as to inform the user through visible and audible means the process taking place. In one embodiment, the unit contains capacitive and/or infrared sensors to locate and detect the difference of the surface of the finger and nail, a computer or processor which guides and controls the gimbaled paint head with the ink that carries the staining of the surface of the nail.

A printer includes a print head and a processor. The processor controls operation of the head. In an area where the head is movable, (i) a drawing region where a finger or a toe is placed, and the head performs drawing on a nail of the finger or the toe, (ii) a standby region where the head is positioned during a no-drawing period, and (iii) a suspension region where the head can stop temporarily are provided such that a moving distance of the head from the suspension region to the drawing region is shorter than a moving distance of the head from the standby region to the drawing region. If nails are successively subjected to the drawing, the processor causes the head to stop temporarily in the suspension region between drawing operations on the nails without causing the head to move to the standby region.

A cutting device including: a cutting blade; a tape setting stage on which a tape member is to be mounted; and at least one processor. In producing a masking tape by cutting out a pattern selected by a user from the tape member mounted on the tape setting stage with the cutting blade, the at least one processor detects a region of a nail based on an image of a fingertip acquired with a camera, and adjusts a position at which the pattern is to be cut out such that the pattern is located within a region to be applied to the region of the nail having been detected.

The invention relates to a masking cover (100) for a human finger (2) or toe for protection of the human skin (4) upon application of nail polish, wherein said masking cover, in the orientation intended for use, comprises: a tubular element (6) comprising an upper surface (8) and a lower surface (10); wherein said tubular element comprising a proximal, open axial end (12) and a distal, open axial end (14); wherein the proximal, open axial end (12) is defining a proximal rim (16); wherein the distal, open axial end (14) is defining a distal rim (18); wherein said masking cover at a portion of the distal rim comprises a flap (20) extending therefrom in an axial direction and having a width (W); wherein said flap comprises a flap opening (22). The invention also relates to a cover (200) for a human hand (28) or a human foot for protection of the human skin (4) upon application of nail polish.

An apparatus for applying a decal to a nail of a human includes a housing having a cartridge recess, a cartridge that includes a supply spool around which a tape is at least partially wound, the tape having at least one decal that is transferrable to a nail of a human digit, and a take-up spool that includes a tape grip that holds an end of the tape, wherein the cartridge is removably mountable in the cartridge recess, an actuator coupled to the housing and moveable between an unactuated position and an actuated position, a tape advancement arrangement and a decal actuation surface are provided. The tape advancement arrangement coupled to the actuator and arranged to rotate the take-up spool to extend the tape from the supply spool during movement of the actuator between the unactuated position and the actuated position.

A drawing apparatus includes a processor generating data for drawing according to a type of a target on which drawing is performed. The target is placed in a drawable area. The drawing apparatus further includes a drawing head drawing on the target placed in the drawable area on a basis of the data for drawing generated by the processor.