JP4621069B2 - Photo sticker dispensing apparatus and control method thereof - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a photo sticker payout device that starts a time-limited shooting play by inserting coins and pays out a photo sticker of an image of a subject shot by the play, and a control method thereof. It is about shooting.

  Conventionally, this type of photo sticker dispensing device called a print club is started by coin insertion and starts a time-limited shooting play. In this shooting play, according to a shooting guidance message, the shooting course, brightness, etc. By selecting the shooting conditions, a user (one person or a plurality of people such as friends) posing in front of a shooting camera such as a digital camera is shot with the background and lighting of the selected shooting conditions. .

  After that, the process shifts to graffiti play, and when the subject (user) image shot in shooting play is subjected to image editing such as drawing with a touch pen, sticking a sticker, etc., the image after image editing is sealed. It is designed to be printed on a mount and paid out (for example, see Patent Document 1).

  Note that this type of photo sticker payout device includes one that performs shooting play and graffiti play in one booth, and one that performs shooting play and graffiti play in separate booths.

JP 2003-125348 A (paragraphs “0048” to “0053”, FIGS. 1 to 3)

  In the conventional photo sticker dispensing apparatus of this type described in Patent Document 1 and the like, as will be described below, there may be a case where sufficiently satisfactory shooting cannot be performed within a limited time in shooting play.

  In other words, this type of photo sticker dispensing device not only has a series of game times from the start of the shooting play to the end of the graffiti play, but also usually allows the user to set the shooting time or number of shots in the booth. It is shown in advance, and the shooting play time within the series of game times is also determined in advance by the shooting time or the number of shots.

  In addition, shooting conditions for shooting play are usually selected by the user hierarchically. One example is the selection of shooting courses such as “clean course”, “theme course”, and “music course” first. After that, for example, when “Beautiful Course” is selected, the lower layer conditions are selected in the order of “Brightness” and “Curtain”, and when “Theme Course” is selected, “Theme Genre”, The lower layer condition is selected in the order of “shooting theme”. When “music course” is selected, the lower layer condition is selected in the order of “background music (BGM)” and “shooting theme”. ing.

  And since the shooting course can only be selected at the beginning of the shooting play and cannot be changed in the middle, the outline of the shooting conditions of the shooting play is almost fixed by the shooting course selected first, and during that play You can not experience the shooting of other shooting courses.

  For this reason, depending on the selection of the shooting course, it is not always possible to obtain a photograph with satisfactory and satisfactory shooting contents.

  In addition, users who are unfamiliar not only take a long time to select the above-mentioned hierarchical structure of shooting conditions, but the number of images that can be shot within the shooting play time is reduced, and desired shooting conditions are selected and set hierarchically. It is not easy to do so, and as a result, only a small number of pictures can be taken, and there is a problem that satisfaction cannot be obtained in terms of the number of pictures taken.

  The present invention provides a user with sufficient satisfaction in terms of both the number of shots and the shooting contents without extending the shooting play time by taking a picture of a shooting play with a time limit. The purpose is to give.

To achieve the above object, photo sticker dispensing device of the present invention, the start time limit has been shot played based on coin is set by separating total imaging time before Symbol shooting play within normal shooting time A normal shooting function for shooting a subject under shooting conditions selected by the user and user-selected shooting conditions such as brightness, and the remaining time from the end of shooting of the normal shooting function to the end of shooting play of the total shooting time And a special photographing function for photographing a subject under a predetermined photographing condition set in advance outside the user's selection range different from the user-selected photographing condition .

Further, photo sticker dispensing device of the present invention, the subject photographed normal shooting function, the normal on the basis of the elapse of the imaging time is characterized by ends (claim 2).

Next, the control method of the photo sticker dispensing device of the present invention, the start time limit has been shot played based on coin, before Symbol shooting normally the shooting time set by separating total imaging time of the play, the user Control to subject shooting under the user-selected shooting conditions such as the shooting course and brightness selected by the above, and the remaining special shooting time from the end of shooting of the normal shooting function to the end of shooting shooting of the total shooting time Further, it is characterized in that control is performed for subject photographing under a preset predetermined photographing condition outside the user selection range different from the user-selected photographing condition (claim 3 ).

According to the present invention described in claim 1, 3, in the imaging play a time limit to be initiated on the basis of the coin, in the shooting normal shooting time set by separating total imaging time of play, subject photographed by the photographing condition similar to conventional user himself has selected (the user selects the photographing condition) is performed, further, this imaging even finished, a special imaging time to the end of shooting play, the user selects photographing Subject shooting is performed under predetermined shooting conditions that are outside the user's selection range different from the conditions.

In this case, even if the user is unfamiliar, etc. and the number of shots (number of shots) within the normal shooting time is small, shooting is always performed under the predetermined shooting conditions during the remaining special shooting time, and the user himself actively sets the conditions. Thus, since the number of photographed photographs (captured images) exceeding the number of photographed images can be obtained, the user can be satisfied with respect to the number of photographed images without extending the shooting play time. In addition, by taking a photo at a special shooting time, it is possible to obtain an unexpected photo that is outside the range that can be selected by the user and under a predetermined shooting condition that is different from the user-selected shooting condition. A feeling can be given.

Next, according to the present invention described in claim 2, shooting an object in the normal shooting time, and ends based on the elapse of the normal imaging time to transition to a special photography of the, in the shooting play It is possible to provide a specific configuration for shifting from shooting within the normal shooting time to shooting at the special shooting time.

  Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 1 is a circuit block diagram of the photographic sticker dispensing apparatus 1, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of photographing play of the apparatus 1.

(Constitution)
First, the configuration of the photo sticker dispensing apparatus 1 will be described with reference to FIG.

  The photograph sticker dispensing apparatus 1 is divided into, for example, a photography booth 1a that performs photography play and a graffiti booth 1b that performs graffiti (editing) play by a partition member such as a curtain.

  In the photographing booth 1a, a main panel 2 is provided so as to face the front position of the user who entered the booth 1a, and a photographing camera 31 such as a CCD digital camera is disposed at an appropriate height of the main panel 2. The photographing unit 3 including the photographing monitor 32 is provided so that the height and direction thereof can be adjusted.

  Further, below the photographing unit 3 of the main panel 2, a screen display unit 4 composed of a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel or the like and a selection button unit 5 provided with various selection buttons are provided.

  In addition, at various appropriate locations in the photographing booth 1a including the peripheral portion of the main panel 2 and the like, seed lighting devices such as fluorescent lamps and strobes for the photographing lighting device 6 and speakers 7 for performing play guidance and BGM output are arranged. A background curtain 8 is provided on the user's back or the like so as to be freely selectable.

  Next, in the graffiti booth 1b, for example, a graffiti panel 9 for displaying a photograph or the like to be graffiti is provided on a desk with an appropriate height, and this graffiti panel 9 is used for detecting a screen display panel such as an LCD panel and its contact position. Of digitizers.

  Various operation buttons for selecting a graffiti touch pen, a stamp, a seal, and the like are provided near the graffiti panel 9.

  Further, the graffiti booth 1b is also provided with a full-color printer 10, and the printer 10 prints the photograph on which the graffiti is completed on a sticker mount and discharges it to the sticker outlet.

  And each apparatus of both booths 1a and 1b operate | moves by what is called microcomputer control of the controller part 100. FIG.

  The controller unit 100 saves and stores a CPU 101 that executes a preset program, a ROM 102 that holds a program executed by the CPU 101, a RAM that temporarily stores various data, and various image data. A mass storage device 103 such as a hard disk (HD) device or a laser disk device, a timer unit 104 for measuring play time, a coin insertion detection unit 105 for detecting coin insertion, a photographing control processing unit 106, a graffiti control processing unit 107, A print output unit 108 and the like are provided.

  The shooting control processing unit 106 controls the shooting condition control unit 106 a that controls shooting conditions such as the brightness of the lighting device 6, the BGM output of the speaker 7, and the opening and closing of the curtain 8, and the display on the screen display unit 4 of the main panel 2. A screen display control unit 106b that controls the operation, an operation input unit 106c that accepts an operation of the selection button unit 5, a photographic image input unit 106d that controls photographing of the camera 31 and captures the photographed image (subject image), and the like. Various control processes of play are performed.

  Also, the graffiti control processing unit 107 accepts display of the graffiti panel 9, graffiti with a touch pen, selection of graffiti stamps or stickers by various operation buttons, and performs various control processes of graffiti play.

  Next, the entire shooting play time (total shooting time) starting with the coin insertion is set and fixed as in the conventional apparatus.

  Further, in the present invention, when the total shooting time is Ta, the total shooting time Ta is determined by at least one of the passage of time and the number of times of shooting, and the remaining special shooting time. It is divided into Tc (= Ta−Tb).

  Note that the total shooting time Ta is set to a time sufficient for shooting a predetermined number of images, for example.

  Further, when the normal shooting time Tb is determined by the passage of time, for example, it is fixed to a predetermined number of shooting required times that does not impair the user's satisfaction, and when it is determined by the number of shootings, for example, This is the number of times that a predetermined number of photographed photographs can be obtained, and changes depending on the actual time.

  Further, the normal shooting time Tb can be determined by using both the passage of time and the number of times of shooting. In this case, for example, the number of times of shooting is prioritized. It is determined by switching to the passage of time depending on the occupation status of 1b. In this way, it is possible to prevent so-called waiting for the booth to be free.

  Then, during the normal shooting time Tb, the normal shooting function formed by the CPU 101 and the shooting control processing unit 106 operates, and the start of the time-limited shooting play based on the coin insertion, Subject shooting is performed under a user-selected shooting condition such as a shooting course or brightness selected by operating the selection button unit 5 or the like.

  Further, during the remaining special shooting time Tc, a special shooting function formed by the CPU 101 and the shooting control processing unit 106 operates, and shooting of the subject is performed under the set predetermined shooting conditions. This predetermined shooting condition can be set in any way, but it can be changed depending on, for example, the day of the week or the week, in order to give the user a sense of satisfaction that the user has taken an unexpected photograph or a so-called “deal”. It is preferable to set so that the shooting conditions of the different shooting courses can be changed according to the shooting course selected by the user. In this case, shooting conditions outside the selection range of the user-selected shooting conditions, that is, the user prepared in advance By using special shooting conditions that cannot be selected, it is possible to surely avoid shooting results similar to the shooting results under the selected conditions, and the above satisfaction and “deal” are further enhanced.

(Operation)
Next, a series of game operations based on coin insertion will be described with reference to FIG.

  When the user inserts a predetermined amount of coins, the timer unit 104 of the controller unit 100 is activated to measure the lapse of a series of play times (for example, 5 minutes), and the CPU 101 executes the shooting play program of FIG. Then, it becomes an operation state of shooting play with a limited time.

  When this shooting play is activated, the normal shooting function is first activated, the game progress / operation screen is displayed on the screen display unit 4 of the main panel 2, and the user who enters the shooting booth 1a is informed of the shooting conditions. Encourage selection.

  The procedure for selecting the photographing condition is the same as that of the conventional apparatus, and is performed hierarchically by the button operation of the selection button section 5 of the main panel 2 or the like.

  Specifically, first, at step S1 in FIG. 2, a shooting course that determines the outline of the shooting conditions is selected. In this embodiment, a “beautiful course”, a “theme course”, and a “music course” are prepared as the shooting course. Further, as is apparent from FIG. 2, the photographing course selected in step S1 cannot be changed later.

  Next, when “beautiful course” is selected, “brightness” and “curtain” are sequentially selected as lower-layer shooting conditions in steps S2a and S3a in FIG. 2, and user-selected shooting conditions are set. When “theme course” is selected, in steps S2b and S3b, “theme genre” and “shooting theme” are sequentially selected as the lower-layer shooting conditions, and the user-selected shooting conditions are set. 2 is selected, “brightness” and “BGM” are sequentially selected as lower-layer shooting conditions in steps S2c and S3c in FIG. 2, and user-selected shooting conditions are set.

  Then, when these user-selected shooting condition settings are taken into the CPU 101 via the operation input unit 106c of the controller unit 100, the shooting condition control unit 106a controls the brightness of the illumination device 6 according to the set shooting conditions. Then, BGM output from the speaker 7, replacement of the curtain 7, and the like are performed, and the shooting environment for the selected shooting conditions is prepared.

  Next, when the user adjusts the shooting direction and the like of the camera 31 while viewing the monitor image of the shooting monitor 32 in these shooting environments, and takes a pause to command shooting start, steps S4a, S4b, and S4c in FIG. Each subject is photographed, and a photograph of the photographed image is written and held in the large-capacity storage device 103 via the photographed image input unit 106d of the controller unit 100.

  For the “beautiful course” and the “theme course”, a general two-shot shooting is performed, and two shot images are taken in one shooting. In steps S5a and S5b, the CPU 101 determines whether or not the normal shooting time Tb has ended based on the time measured by the timer unit 104 and the number of shooting times. If the shooting is possible within the normal shooting time Tb, steps S5a and S5b From step S2a, S2b to step S2a, S2b, S3a, S3b, the lower shooting conditions are reset, and then shooting is performed under the shooting conditions in steps S4a, S4b. From the number of times of shooting until the end of the normal shooting time Tb, shooting under the user shooting conditions is repeated in units of two-shot shooting.

  By doing in this way, the user who has selected “Beautiful Course” and “Theme Course” can take a picture with different shooting conditions within the selected range of each course within the normal shooting time Tb. Satisfaction with points is obtained.

  If the normal shooting time Tb is set, the number of shots during that time changes depending on the shooting condition selection time, and if the normal shooting time Tb is set by the number of shooting times, the shooting condition selection time etc. The remaining time Tc changes long and short.

  On the other hand, regarding the “music course”, since it is desired to continuously photograph a user who changes dynamically in accordance with BGM, 6-10 continuous shooting is performed under the set shooting conditions in step S4c of FIG. Without changing the shooting conditions such as “Beautiful Course” and “Theme Course”, a predetermined number (6 to 10) of photos are taken at a time, and the normal shooting time Tb ends.

  In this case, a specified number of images are always taken during the normal shooting time Tb, and the remaining time Tc is substantially constant.

  In any shooting course, when the normal shooting time Tb ends, shooting of the user-selected shooting conditions is ended in step S6s of FIG. 2, and the process proceeds to step S7.

  At this time, the special photographing function operates in place of the normal photographing function, and the special display function is continuously photographed (special photographing) on the screen display unit 4 of the main panel 2 under the control of the CPU 101. In addition to being displayed, the brightness of the illumination device 6, the output of the speaker 7, and the curtain 8 are automatically controlled and set so that the shooting environment of the set predetermined shooting conditions is obtained, and the special shooting is performed in step S8. Be started.

  Then, the shooting is continuously repeated in the set state until the special shooting time Tc ends, and a shot image obtained during that time is also held in the mass storage device 103.

  Further, when the special shooting time Tc ends and the end of the total shooting time Ta is reached, the special shooting is ended in step S9 of FIG. 2, and the screen display unit 4 of the main panel 2 is shot in the next step S10. Since it is finished, it is displayed to move to the graffiti play, and the shooting play is finished.

  In this case, since shooting is always performed during the special shooting time Tc, even if the “beautiful course” or “theme course” is selected and no more shots can be taken during the normal shooting time Tb, the special shooting time Tc. The number of shots can be increased by shooting, and satisfaction can be given to the user in terms of the number of shots. Also, when the “music course” is selected, the number of shots increases, so that the same satisfaction can be given to the user.

  In addition, the photograph taken in the special shooting is a photograph with shooting conditions different from the shooting conditions such as the shooting course selected by the user, and when the shooting course is selected, the user selects a course other than the selected shooting course. Shooting can also be experienced and enjoyed. As a result, it is possible to obtain a photograph that is not interesting, and to give satisfaction to the user in terms of the shooting content.

  Note that if the shooting conditions for special shooting are set to shooting conditions outside the selection range of the user-selected shooting conditions, the shots for special shooting will surely become photos that cannot be shot within the normal shooting time Tb. It is possible to reliably obtain a photograph with no photographic content, and the satisfaction of the user is further improved.

  Then, when the user moves to the graffiti booth 1b and starts the graffiti play, the CPU 101 of the controller unit 100 executes the “write play” program, and based on the control of the graffiti control processing unit 107, the large-capacity as in the conventional apparatus The photograph of each photographed image held in the storage device 103 is displayed on the graffiti panel 9, and the graffiti image editing is performed on the photograph selected from the photograph with a touch pen or a selection button.

  Further, when the graffiti play is completed, the printer 10 connected to the print output unit 108 prints the image of the photograph on which the graffiti has been given on the sticker mount in an appropriate number of divisions to form a photo sticker. It is paid out and the play ends.

  Therefore, in the case of the photo sticker dispensing apparatus 1 of this embodiment, the entire shooting time Ta of the shooting play is divided into the normal shooting time Tb and the special shooting time Tc, and shooting is performed at the special shooting time Tc under the set shooting conditions. Without extending the total shooting time Ta, it is possible to give the user a sufficient satisfaction from both the number of shots and the shot contents.

  Then, by setting the shooting condition of the special shooting time Tc to a shooting condition outside the selection range of the user-selected shooting condition of the normal shooting time Tb, the specially shot photo is surely shot within the normal shooting time Tb. The result is a photograph that cannot be taken, and a photograph with unexpected shooting contents is surely obtained, and the satisfaction of the user is further improved.

  By the way, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications other than those described above can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. The present invention can be similarly applied to photographic sticker dispensing apparatuses having various booth configurations such as a photographic sticker dispensing apparatus performed in a booth.

  Further, the shooting times Ta to Tc may be appropriately set in consideration of user satisfaction and the like, and of course the type and number of shooting courses and the like of the user-selected shooting conditions may be whatever. It is.

It is a circuit block diagram of one embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart for operation | movement description of the imaging | photography play of one Embodiment of this invention.

1 Photo Sticker Dispensing Device 100 Controller 101 CPU
106 Shooting control processing unit

Claims (3)

By the start of the time-limited shooting play based on the coin insertion, within the normal shooting time set by dividing the total shooting time of the shooting play, the user-selected shooting conditions such as the shooting course and brightness selected by the user Normal shooting function for shooting subjects,
The remaining special shooting time from the end of shooting of the normal shooting function to the end of shooting play of the total shooting time is subject to a predetermined shooting condition that is outside the user selection range and different from the user-selected shooting condition. A photo sticker dispensing device comprising a special photographing function for photographing. The subject photographed normal shooting function, the normal shooting time elapsed photo sticker dispensing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the ends on the basis of. Due to the start of time-limited shooting play based on coin insertion, the user-selected shooting conditions such as the shooting course and brightness selected by the user within the normal shooting time set by dividing the total shooting time of the shooting play. To control subject shooting,
Of the total shooting time, the remaining special shooting time from the end of shooting of the normal shooting function to the end of the shooting play is based on a preset predetermined shooting condition outside the user-selected shooting range that is different from the user-selected shooting condition. A method for controlling a photo sticker dispensing device for controlling subject photographing.

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