SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR APPLYING IMAGES TO PLANAR AND/OR NON-PLANAR SURFACES OF A|TARGET OBJECT

摘要

An image application system (100,1900) includes an articulator assembly (110)and an applicator device (202,1902). The articulator assembly (110) holds a target object (200) on which one or more images are to be applied from a web (102) containing the one or more images. The target object (200) includes an exterior surface having planar surface(s) and non-planar surface(s). The applicator device (202) is configured to contact the web (102) to engage the web with the exterior surface of the target object (200) at an application interface (900) between the web (102) and the exterior surface. The one or more images are applied to the exterior surface from the web (102) at the application interface (900). The articulator assembly (110) is configured to move the target object (200) in one or more linear directions and one or more rotary directions relative to the applicator device (202) to apply the images to at least one of the one or more planar surfaces or the one or more non-planar surfaces.