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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2015
Casio Computer Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Tomoyuki Nagao, Fussa, JP;
CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A nail design device which allows a user to more easily select one of a plurality of nail designs that fits the shape of a nail, a nail printing apparatus which includes the nail design device and performs drawing on a nail, a nail design method, and a computer-readable recording medium storing a nail design program are provided. The nail printing apparatusincludes an analyzing unitwhich derives a feature quantity of a nail based on a shape of the nail from an image including the nail, a judging unitwhich judges whether at least one of a plurality of nail designs is suitable for the nail on the basis of a comparison between the feature quantity and design data, the design data being corresponding to the plurality of nail designs, and a display control unitwhich causes at least one of the plurality of nail designs that has been judged to be suitable for the nail by the judging unit, to be displayed highlighted on a display unitas a fitting nail design.