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US 2017/0291439 A1Published application
Printing device and printing method
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMinoru KOYATA
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Abstract
A printing device includes a printer, a flying object having the printer attached thereto, an image capturing device, and a control unit configured to control the flying object to move the printer to printing positions according to a shape of an object recognized from an image captured by the image capturing device and the printer to print on a printing surface of the object as the printer is moved to the printing positions.
Claims20
A printing device, comprising;
- a printer;
- a flying object having the printer attached thereto;
- an image capturing device;
- and
- a control unit configured to control the flying object to move the printer to printing positions according to a shape of an object recognized from an image captured by the image capturing device and the printer to print on a printing surface of the object as the printer is moved to the printing positions.
2 more elements
A flying object, comprising:
- a main body;
- a plurality of propulsion devices attached to the main body;
- a printer attached to the main body;
- an image capturing device attached to the main body;
- and
- a control unit attached to the main body and configured to cause the flying object to move the printer to printing positions according to a shape of an object recognized from an image captured by the image capturing device and the printer to print on a printing surface of the object as the printer is moved to the printing positions.
3 more elements
A printing method, comprising:
- generating a captured image of an object;
- flying a printer according to a shape of the object recognized from the captured image;
- and
- printing an image on a surface of the object as the printer is flown according to the recognized shape of the object.
1 more element
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.