Hair planting apparatus

A hair planting apparatus comprising:

• a mounting portion for mounting a base material where planting is performed, and including a work opening for planting;
• a hair planting unit for binding hair for planting to the base material in the work opening of the mounting portion;
• a movable stage configured to position the hair planting unit relative to each mesh hole of the base material mounted on the mounting portion;
• an imaging sensor configured to capture images of a plurality of mesh holes of the base material mounted on the mounting portion;
• a rotatable pressing plate configured to change an orientation of the base material on the mounting portion with respect to the imaging sensor;
• and
• a controller, wherein the controller includes a processor that is configured to execute instructions to perform the method including:
• obtaining, from the image captured by the imaging sensor, an alignment direction of the plurality of mesh holes of the base material, and correcting, by the rotatable pressing plate, the orientation of the base material on the mounting portion according to a tilt angle of the alignment direction of the plurality of mesh holes of the base material with respect to a predetermined direction.