US 12,227,015 B2
Nail printing apparatus, nail printing method, and printing apparatus
Kohei Ogi, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Feb. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/677,024.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-053232 (JP), filed on Mar. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0305808 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. B41J 3/407 (2006.01); A45D 29/22 (2006.01); A45D 29/00 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 3/4073 (2013.01) [A45D 29/22 (2013.01); A45D 2029/005 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
13. A printing apparatus comprising:
a printing unit configured to be capable of performing printing on a printing target while relatively changing its position from the printing target in a first direction;
a detecting unit configured to be capable of detecting the printing target by use of a light whose distance from the printing unit in a second direction, which intersects the first direction, is maintained to a predetermined distance;
a print-controlling unit configured to cause the detecting unit to detect the printing target by changing a relative position of the printing target from the light and cause the printing unit to perform printing on the printing target by changing relative positions of the printing unit and the printing target so that the printing target is located away from the printing unit in the second direction by the predetermined distance, based on a result of the detection; and
an obtaining unit configured to obtain a correction value for correcting deviation of the printing target from a position corresponding to the predetermined distance to the printing unit in the second direction, the deviation being caused by inclination of an optical axis of the light,
wherein, based on the correction value, the print-controlling unit adjusts a condition for printing on the printing target with the printing unit to perform printing.