US 12,342,918 B2
Portable hair printer and printing method using same
Jong In Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Kyu Suk Lee, Suwon-si (KR); and Tae Sik Yun, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to PRINKER KOREA INC., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by PRINKER KOREA INC., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Oct. 25, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/494,723.
Application 18/494,723 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/978,357, granted, now 11,839,283, previously published as PCT/KR2019/002584, filed on Mar. 6, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2018-0027049 (KR), filed on Mar. 7, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0074558 A1, Mar. 7, 2024
Int. Cl. A45D 19/00 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC A45D 19/0075 (2021.01) [A45D 19/012 (2021.01); B41J 11/0095 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A portable hair printer comprising:
a communication module;
a printer module that performs a printing operation;
a memory that stores a program for printing an image on a surface of a bundle of hairs; and
a processor that executes the program,
wherein the program is executed by the processor, receives an image to be dyed on the bundle of hairs from the user terminal through the communication module, and transmits the received image to the printer module to perform an image printing operation for the bundle of hairs,
wherein the portable hair printer further comprises a housing having the communication module, the printer module, the memory, and the processor embedded therein,
wherein the housing includes an upper housing and a lower housing hinged to each other around a hinge,
wherein a printer head of the printer module is exposed at one end of the upper housing,
wherein the bundle of hairs is gripped between the upper housing and the lower housing as the upper housing and the lower housing approach each other.