TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present disclosure relates generally to device for printing a design pattern on a part of body. More specifically, it pertains to print a design pattern on surface of human body with accuracy.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] Background description includes information that may be useful in understanding the present invention. It is not an admission that any of the information provided herein is prior art or relevant to the presently claimed invention, or that any publication specifically or implicitly referenced is prior art.
[0003] Mehndi or Heena is a kind of material with which various type of designs are created on human's body, specifically on hands and legs, by using paste made from dry powdered leaves of Lawsoniainermis plant (heena plant). This mehndi art is popularly practiced in subcontinents of India, Africa, and Middle East for temporary form of skin decoration mainly in festive season. Moreover, for centuries mehndi has been applied as a sign of good health, good luck, and sensuality.
[0004] In the present time, mehndi has been adapted in western culture as an alternative for making permanent tattoos on a human body part. Many people who are hesitant to pierce their skin or don't want permanent tattoos, find mehndi as a very powerful tool to enjoy excitement or feeling of having tattoos. Furthermore, mehndi or heena is a natural plant available in nature, which protects from any type of toxic chemicals, artificial colours, or complex procedures involved in making a tattoo on the human body part. [0005] Traditionally, applying mehndi is a complex, cumbersome, complicated, costly, and time-consuming process involving high skill labour and tedious operations. A person skilled for applying various type of mehndi designs on the body part of human may take around 1 hour to 2 hours depending on the complexity of the design that needs to be applying mehndi. The cost of the skilled person may be high depending upon the design user want to make, said cost also depends upon the area or body part on which mehndi is applied. Moreover, while applying mehndi user has to sit in the same position for hours and have to wait till the mehndi is dried up.
[0006] There is, therefore, a need in the art to provide a simple and cost-effective device for printing design on a body part without involving any manual intervention.

[0007] As used in the description herein and throughout the claims that follow, the meaning of "a," "an," and "the" includes plural reference unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. Also, as used in the description herein, the meaning of "in" includes "in" and "on" unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.
[0008] The recitation of ranges of values herein is merely intended to serve as a shorthand method of referring individually to each separate value falling within the range. Unless otherwise indicated herein, each individual value is incorporated into the specification as if it were individually recited herein. All methods described herein can be performed in any suitable order unless otherwise indicated herein or otherwise clearly contradicted by context. The use of any and all examples, or exemplary language (e.g. "such as") provided with respect to certain embodiments herein is intended merely to better illuminate the invention and does not pose a limitation on the scope of the invention otherwise claimed. No language in the specification should be construed as indicating any non-claimed element essential to the practice of the invention.
[0009] Groupings of alternative elements or embodiments of the invention disclosed herein are not to be construed as limitations. Each group member can be referred to and claimed individually or in any combination with other members of the group or other elements found herein. One or more members of a group can be included in, or deleted from, a group for reasons of convenience and/or patentability. When any such inclusion or deletion occurs, the specification is herein deemed to contain the group as modified thus fulfilling the written description of all groups used in the appended claims.
OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION
[0010] A general object of the present disclosure is to provide an efficient and
economical solution for printing a design pattern on a part of the body.
[0011] An object of the present disclosure is to provide a device for printing a design
pattern on a part of body with enhanced accuracy and without any manual intervention.
[0012] Another object of the present disclosure is to provide device for printing a design
pattern on a part of body which can halt the printing if there is any moment of part of body
while imprinting on the part of the body.
[0013] Another object of the present disclosure is to provide device for printing a design
pattern on a part of body which is simple and time saver.

[0014] These and other objects of the present invention will become readily apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
SUMMARY
[0015] The present disclosure relates generally to device for printing a design pattern on
a part of body. More specifically, it pertains to print a design pattern on surface of human
body with accuracy.
[0016] In an aspect, the present disclosure provides device for printing a design on a part
of body, the device can include a scanner for scanning the part of the body on which the
design is to be printed. A processing unit operatively coupled with the scanner, the processing
unit comprising a processor coupled to a memory, the memory storing instructions executable
by the processor to extract set of features from the scanned part of the body, wherein the set
of features pertains to physical texture and dimensions of the scanned part of the body.
[0017] In an aspect, the device comprises a printing apparatus operatively coupled with
the processing unit, and wherein the printing apparatus imprints the optimized design patterns
on the part of body based on the generated output signal.
[0018] In an aspect, the device comprises a body sensor configured with the printing
apparatus, and wherein the body sensor is operatively coupled with the processing unit to
sense part of the body.
[0019] In an aspect, the body sensor generates and sends a stop signal to processing unit
when the part of the body is not present at the bottom of the printing apparatus.
[0020] In an aspect, the device comprises a display unit operatively coupled with the
control unit to display the optimized design patterns.
[0021] In an aspect, the set of features comprises length, breath, width, contours of the
scanned part of the body.
[0022] Another aspect of the present disclosure provides a method for printing a design
pattern on a part of body, said method includes: scanning, by a scanner, the part of the body
on which the design is to be printed; extracting, by a processor of a processing unit
operatively coupled with the scanner, a set of features from the scanned part of the body,
wherein the set of features pertains to physical texture and dimensions of the scanned part of
the body; in response, to receipt of a set of instructions pertaining to selection of at least one
of a set of design patterns, optimizing, by the processor, the selected at least one design

pattern based on the extracted set of features; and generating, by the processor, an output signal to enable printing of the optimized design pattern on the part of the body. [0023] Various objects, features, aspects and advantages of the inventive subject matter will become more apparent from the following detailed description of preferred embodiments, along with the accompanying drawing figures in which like numerals represent like components.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0024] The accompanying drawings are included to provide a further understanding of the present disclosure, and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification. The drawings illustrate exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the present disclosure.
[0025] FIG. 1 illustrates a block diagram for implementing a device for printing a design pattern on a part of body, in accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure. [0026] FIG. 2 illustrates a method for printing a design pattern on a part of body, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0027] The following is a detailed description of embodiments of the disclosure depicted in the accompanying drawings. The embodiments are in such details as to clearly communicate the disclosure. However, the amount of detail offered is not intended to limit the anticipated variations of embodiments; on the contrary, the intention is to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the present disclosure as defined by the appended claims.
[0028] If the specification states a component or feature "may", "can", "could", or "might" be included or have a characteristic, that particular component or feature is not required to be included or have the characteristic.
[0029] Exemplary embodiments will now be described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which exemplary embodiments are shown. This disclosure may however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. These embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete and will fully convey the scope of the disclosure to those of ordinary skill in the art. Moreover, all statements herein reciting embodiments of the disclosure, as well as specific examples thereof, are intended to encompass both structural

and functional equivalents thereof. Additionally, it is intended that such equivalents include
both currently known equivalents as well as equivalents developed in the future (i.e., any
elements developed that perform the same function, regardless of structure).
[0030] Various terms as used herein. To the extent a term used in a claim is not defined
below, it should be given the broadest definition persons in the pertinent art have given that
term as reflected in printed publications and issued patents at the time of filing.
[0031] The present disclosure relates generally to device for printing a design pattern on
a part of body. More specifically, it pertains to print a design pattern on surface of human
body with accuracy.
[0032] In an aspect, the present disclosure provides device for printing a design on a part
of body, the device can include a scanner for scanning the part of the body on which the
design is to be printed. A processing unit operatively coupled with the scanner, the processing
unit comprising a processor coupled to a memory, the memory storing instructions executable
by the processor to extract set of features from the scanned part of the body, wherein the set
of features pertains to physical texture and dimensions of the scanned part of the body.
[0033] In an aspect, the device comprises a printing apparatus operatively coupled with
the processing unit, and wherein the printing apparatus imprints the optimized design patterns
on the part of body based on the generated output signal.
[0034] In an aspect, the device comprises a body sensor configured with the printing
apparatus, and wherein the body sensor is operatively coupled with the processing unit to
sense part of the body.
[0035] In an aspect, the body sensor generates and sends a stop signal to processing unit
when the part of the body is not present at the bottom of the printing apparatus.
[0036] In an aspect, the device comprises a display unit operatively coupled with the
control unit to display the optimized design patterns.
[0037] In an aspect, the set of features comprises length, breath, width, contours of the
scanned part of the body.
[0038] Another aspect of the present disclosure provides a method for printing a design
pattern on a part of body, said method includes: scanning, by a scanner, the part of the body
on which the design is to be printed; extracting, by a processor of a processing unit
operatively coupled with the scanner, a set of features from the scanned part of the body,
wherein the set of features pertains to physical texture and dimensions of the scanned part of
the body; in response, to receipt of a set of instructions pertaining to selection of at least one
of a set of design patterns, optimizing, by the processor, the selected at least one design

pattern based on the extracted set of features; and generating, by the processor, an output signal to enable printing of the optimized design pattern on the part of the body. [0039] FIG. 1 illustrates an exemplary block diagram 100 for implementing a device for printing a design pattern on a part of body, in accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure.
[0040] In an embodiment, the device 100 for printing a design pattern on a part of body can automatically imprint selected design pattern on any surface of body including but not limited to arms, hands, fingers, legs, and toes. The device 100 can include scanner 102, processing unit 124, and printing apparatus 122, such that the scanner 102 scans the part of body on which design pattern is to be disposed, the processing unit 124 optimizes the design pattern selected from the set of design patterns from database, and the printing apparatus 122 can print the optimized design pattern on the part of body.
[0041] In an embodiment, the device 100 can include the scanner 102 for scanning the part of body on which design pattern has to be printed. The scanner 102 can be configured with scanning lens for obtaining virtual image of the part of body on which design pattern has to be imprinted. In an embodiment, the scanner 102 can include any or combination of a flatbed scanner, sheet-fed scanner, handheld scanner, and drum scanners. In another embodiment, the scanner 102 can include scanner sensor, displacement scanner and proximity scanner. In yet another embodiment, all scanners can be incorporated into a single scanner 102.
[0042] In an embodiment, the device 100 for printing a design pattern on a part of body can include a processing unit 124. The processing unit 124 can include a processor coupled to a memory 108, the memory 108 storing instructions executable by the processor. In an embodiment, the memory 108 may be or employ random access memory (RAM), read-only memory (ROM), optical storage, magnetic storage, removable storage, erasable programmable read only memory and variations thereof, content addressable memory and variations thereof, flash memory, disk drive storage, removable storage, any other memory type feasible in the context of the present invention, any combination thereof, or the like. [0043] In an embodiment, the processing unit 124 can be operatively coupled with scanner 102. The processing unit 124receives the image of the scanned part of body from the scanner 102, the received image of the scanned part of the body can be filtered by clarification processor 104. In another embodiment, the clarification processor 104 filters the scanned part of body based on its brightness, contrast, crop size, shadow, and saturation.

[0044] In an embodiment, the processing unit 124 extracts set of features 106, such as physical texture and dimensions, from the scanned part of the body image. In another embodiment, the extracted set of features of dimension includes but not limited to length, breadth, width, and contours of the scanned part of the body image. In another embodiment, the extracted set of features of physical texture can include symmetrical, unsymmetrical, rough, smooth, continued, and discontinued lines on surface.
[0045] In an embodiment, the processing unit 124 in response to receipt of a set of instructions from a user, can select any or combination of design patterns from a set of design patterns stored in database or memory 108. In another embodiment, the set of design patterns can be stored in internal or external memory 108. The set of design patterns can include but not limited to Moroccan mehndi design, bangle-style mehndi design, lace glove design, minimalist mehndi design, back mehndi design, and hanging star design. [0046] In an embodiment, the processing unit 124 can optimize 110 the selected design pattern according to the physical texture and dimension of the scanned part of the body image. Optimization 110 of the selected design pattern can be done according to the length, breadth, width, and circumference of the scanned part of the body image. In an embodiment, the processing unit 124 can be used for disposing of, printing or designing the optimized 110 design pattern on the scanned part of the body image. For example, in case of imprinting mehndi on hand, the length, breadth, and width of palm, fingers, and thumbs are calculated such that the design pattern can be optimized 110 based on the length, the breadth, and the width of the hand.
[0047] In an embodiment, the device 100 for printing a design pattern on the part of the body can include a display unit (not shown) to allow user to select the design pattern from various design pattern available. In an embodiment, the display unit lets user to see the scanned part of the body image on which mehndi imprint is desired. In another embodiment, the display unit provides an interface for enabling an interaction between the user and the device. In yet another embodiment, the display unit can enable the user to preview the selected design disposed or printed on the scanned part of the body image. In yet another embodiment, the display unit can be a touch-enabled display unit which enables the user to interact with the display unit merely by touching the display with his/her fingers etc. [0048] In an embodiment, the display unit can be any of or any combination of a liquid-crystal-display (LCD) based monitor, a cathode ray tube (CRT) monitor, a plasma display monitor, a surface-conduction electron-emitter display (SED) monitor, an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display monitor, or any other monitor that can display viewable

images using television and/or computer protocols, such as Super Video Graphics Array, Digital Visual Interface, Phase Alternating Line, SECAM, NTSC, etc.
[0049] In an embodiment, the device for printing a design pattern on a part of body can include printing apparatus 122. The printing apparatus 122 can include printing bed 116, material storage unit 114, and body sensor 120, such that the body sensor and material storage unit is installed above the printing bed.
[0050] In an embodiment, the printing apparatus 122 can include printing bed 116. The part of the body on which imprinting is required can be kept on the printing bed 116. The printing bed 116 can be levelled and flat for providing multiple layers of printing on the part of the body.
[0051] In an embodiment, the printing apparatus 122 can include material storage unit 114. The material storage unit 114 can store and dispense material on the part of the body. In an embodiment, the material storage unit 114 can have shape such as cylindrical, spherical, elliptical, rectangular storage unit. In another embodiment, the material storage unit 114 can move on its coordinate to dispense material required for imprinting design pattern on the part of the body. In an embodiment, the material can include but not limited to mehndi, sandalwood, turmeric, saffron paprika, alkanet root henna, parsley, carmine, and annatto seed.
[0052] In an embodiment, the printing apparatus 122 can include body sensor 120. The body sensor 120 can be operatively coupled with processing unit 124 to sense part of the body. The body sensor 120 to send stop signal to the processing unit 124, for stopping printing apparatus to imprint, when the part of the body is not present at the bottom of the printing apparatus 122. In another embodiment, the body sensorl20 sends stop signal to the processing unit 124, for stopping printing apparatus to imprint, on detecting disturbing movement of the part of the body during the imprinting.
[0053] FIG. 2 illustrates an exemplary flow chart 200 of a proposed device for printing a design pattern on a part of body, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. [0054] In an exemplary embodiment, the device for printing a design pattern on a part of body can include a scanner 204. The part of the body, such as hand 202, required for imprinting can be placed on the scanner 204 such that the scanner 204 scans the hand image. The scanned hand image can be sent to display unit 206, where the user can see the scanned hand image. The display unit 206 can include set of design patterns, the user can select required design pattern from the set of design patterns. The processing unit 208 optimizes the selected design pattern according to size of scanned hand image, said processing unit 208

sends signal to the printing apparatus 210 for printing the optimized design pattern on the hand 202. The hand 202 can be placed below the printing apparatus 210 to enable the printing apparatus 210 to imprint the optimized design pattern on the hand 202. Finally, a design printed hand 212 is the output of the current technique.
[0055] It should be apparent to those skilled in the art that many more modifications besides those already described are possible without departing from the inventive concepts herein. The inventive subject matter, therefore, is not to be restricted except in the spirit of the appended claims. Moreover, in interpreting both the specification and the claims, all terms should be interpreted in the broadest possible manner consistent with the context. In particular, the terms "comprises" and "comprising" should be interpreted as referring to elements, components, or steps in a non-exclusive manner, indicating that the referenced elements, components, or steps may be present, or utilized, or combined with other elements, components, or steps that are not expressly referenced. Where the specification claims refers to at least one of something selected from the group consisting of A, B, C ... .and N, the text should be interpreted as requiring only one element from the group, not A plus N, or B plus N, etc. The foregoing description of the specific embodiments will so fully reveal the general nature of the embodiments herein that others can, by applying current knowledge, readily modify and/or adapt for various applications such specific embodiments without departing from the generic concept, and, therefore, such adaptations and modifications should and are intended to be comprehended within the meaning and range of equivalents of the disclosed embodiments. It is to be understood that the phraseology or terminology employed herein is for the purpose of description and not of limitation. Therefore, while the embodiments herein have been described in terms of preferred embodiments, those skilled in the art will recognize that the embodiments herein can be practiced with modification within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.
[0056] While the foregoing describes various embodiments of the invention, other and further embodiments of the invention may be devised without departing from the basic scope thereof. The scope of the invention is determined by the claims that follow. The invention is not limited to the described embodiments, versions or examples, which are included to enable a person having ordinary skill in the art to make and use the invention when combined with information and knowledge available to the person having ordinary skill in the art.

ADVANTAGES OF THE INVENTION
[0057] The present disclosure provides an efficient and economical solution for device
for printing a design pattern on a part of body
[0058] The present disclosure provides an arrangement to device for printing a design
pattern on a part of body with enhanced accuracy and without any manual intervention.
[0059] The present disclosure provides a device for printing a design pattern on a part of
body which can halt the printing if there is any moment of part of body while imprinting on
the part of the body.
[0060] The present disclosure provides a device for printing a design pattern on a part of
body which is simple and time saver.

We Claim

1)A device for printing a design pattern on a part of body, said device comprises:
a scanner for scanning the part of the body on which the design pattern is to be printed;
a processing unit operatively coupled with the scanner, the processing unit comprising a processor coupled to a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to:
extract set of features from the scanned part of the body, wherein the set of features pertains to physical texture and dimensions of the scanned part of the body,
in response to receipt of a set of instructions pertaining to selection of at least one of a set of design patterns, optimize the selected at least one design pattern based on the extracted set of features; and
generate an output signal to enable printing of the optimized design pattern on the part of the body.
2) The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the device comprises a printing apparatus operatively coupled with the processing unit, and wherein the printing apparatus imprints the optimized design patterns on the part of body based on the generated output signal.
3) The device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the device comprises a body sensor configured with the printing apparatus, and wherein the body sensor is operatively coupled with the processing unit to sense part of the body.
4) The device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the body sensor to generate and send a stop signal to processing unit when the part of the body is not present at the bottom of the printing apparatus.
5) The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the device comprises a display unit operatively coupled with the control unit to display the optimized design patterns.
6) The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the set of features comprises length, breath, width, contours of the scanned part of the body.
7) A method for printing a design pattern on a part of body, said method comprises:
scanning, by a scanner, the part of the body on which the design is to be printed;
extracting, by a processor of a processing unit operatively coupled with the scanner, a set of features from the scanned part of the body, wherein the set of features pertains to physical texture and dimensions of the scanned part of the body;

in response, to receipt of a set of instructions pertaining to selection of at least one of a set of design patterns, optimizing, by the processor, the selected at least one design pattern based on the extracted set of features; and
generating, by the processor, an output signal to enable printing of the optimized design pattern on the part of the body.