JP5630401B2 - Photo sealing machine, photo sealing machine processing method and program - Google Patents

Description

  The present technology relates to a photo sticker, a processing method of the photo sticker, and a program. More specifically, the present invention relates to a photo sticker, a processing method of a photo sticker, and a program in which a user is specified and processing after error recovery is determined when an error occurs.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been known a photo sticker that takes a picture of a user, causes the user to edit the shot image, and prints and provides the edited image on sticker paper. Such a photo sticker is installed in an entertainment facility.

  The flow of one game provided by the photo-seal machine usually shoots a user in the shooting space as a subject, moves the user to the editing space, edits the image according to operations performed in the editing space, The edited image, which is an edited image, is printed on sticker paper and discharged.

  Among such photo stickers, for example, there is an apparatus that is provided with one shooting space, two editing spaces, and one or more printing spaces, and can handle a plurality of customers at once. In such a photo sticker machine that can handle multiple customers, the processing time in each space is limited to a predetermined time, thereby improving the user's rotation rate (number of times of use per unit time).

  When a photo sticker is being used by a user, an error may occur due to, for example, the influence of a power failure, or an error may occur due to some cause in a printer that prints a photo sticker. When an error occurs in the photo seal machine, it is restarted and error recovery is performed.

  When restarting to recover from an error that occurred while using a photo sticker, if the print image to be printed has already been generated, the user can select whether to restart the printing process. It has been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 1). Further, it is conceivable to select whether to restart the editing process during editing or whether to restart the shooting process during shooting. If cancellation of processing is selected, it is conceivable to return coins that have been thrown in as a price for using a photo sticker.

  Also, instead of letting the user select, the shooting process is stopped if shooting is in progress, the editing process is stopped if editing is in progress, and the coins that have been used as a consideration for using the photo sticker are returned when the shooting is stopped. It is also conceivable to make this happen.

JP 2005-121729 A

  When an error occurs in the photo sticker, the processing is continued or stopped as described above after restarting. In many cases, an error occurs in the photo sticker and the operation for restarting is performed by a store clerk in the store where the photo sticker is installed. The store clerk confirms that an error has occurred based on a report from the user, and performs a restart operation. The store clerk restarted without specifying because there was no mechanism to determine whether the user who reported was the user who was using the photo sticker at the time of the error.

  If the reporting user is a user who was using a photo sticker at the time of the error, he / she receives services after the error, such as continued shooting in the shooting space and continued editing in the editing space. There is no problem in receiving or returning the compensation when it is canceled.

  However, for example, a person who did not use a photo sticker at the time of an error reported a photo sticker error and received or canceled services such as continuation of shooting in the shooting space or continuation of editing in the editing space. Sometimes it is a problem to receive a return of the consideration, but this may happen because the store clerk has no mechanism to identify the user.

  The present technology has been made in view of such a situation, and it is possible to identify a user when an error that has occurred when a photo sticker is being used is recovered. It enables the user to execute the process after error recovery.

Photo sticker machine to an embodiment of the present technology, performed a shooting unit to perform the photographing operation of the user as a subject, an editing operation for inputting edit information for an image of the user obtained by the imaging operations An editing section to be printed, and a printing section for printing the obtained image of the edited user on a predetermined sticker paper, discharging the printed sticker paper, and providing the user as a photo sticker, When an error occurs, an image to be processed at each work location of the photographing unit, the editing unit, and the printing unit is stored, and as one screen for specifying the user and the work location, A screen in which the stored image and the process after error recovery are associated with each work place is displayed .

As the processing after the error recovery, an option for selecting whether to resume or cancel the work suspended due to the occurrence of an error can be displayed on the screen .

  The stored images can be displayed one image at a time, or a plurality of images can be displayed simultaneously.

  A reading unit that reads an ID from a non-contact type IC, and the reading unit determines whether or not the read IDs match before and after an error occurs. Identification can be performed.

  Depending on the number of times the ID is read from the non-contact type IC, it is possible to select whether to resume or cancel the work suspended due to the occurrence of an error.

  When an error occurs, a history that associates at least the date and time of the image to be processed in each of the photographing unit, the editing unit, and the printing unit is stored, and the stored history is used as the usage Information for identifying a person can be used.

Method of processing photographic sealing machine to an embodiment of the present technology, inputs a photographing unit to perform the photographing operation of the user and the object, the editing information to obtained the user of the image by the imaging task editing An editing unit for performing work, and a printing unit for printing the obtained image of the edited user on a predetermined sticker sheet, discharging the printed sticker sheet, and providing the user as a photo sticker. a method of processing photographic sealing machine comprising, if an error occurs, the imaging unit, the editing unit, and stores the image to be processed at each work area of the printing unit, the user and As one screen for specifying the work place, a step of displaying a screen in which the stored image and the process after error recovery are associated with each work place is displayed .

A program according to an aspect of the present technology includes an imaging unit that performs a shooting operation with a user as a subject, and an editing operation that performs editing operation to input editing information on the user's image obtained by the shooting operation. parts and the resulting printed images edited the user to a predetermined sealing sheet, and discharges the printed the seal paper, photo sticker machine provided with a printing unit to be provided to the user as a photo sticker When an error occurs in the computer that controls the image, the image that is the processing target at each work location of the photographing unit, the editing unit, and the printing unit is stored, and the user and the work location are specified As one screen for this, a process including a step of displaying a screen in which the stored image and the process after error recovery are associated with each work place is executed.

In the photo sticker machine , the processing method of the photo sticker machine , and the program according to one aspect of the present technology, the editing is performed by causing the user to perform a shooting operation and inputting edit information on the obtained user image. The edited user image obtained is printed on a predetermined sticker sheet and provided to the user as a photo sticker. In addition, when an error occurs, an image to be processed at each work location of the photographing unit, the editing unit, and the printing unit is stored and stored as one screen for specifying the user and the work location. A screen in which the image and the process after error recovery are associated with each work place is displayed .

  According to one aspect of the present technology, a user can be identified when an error that has occurred when a photo sticker is being used is recovered, and an error can be recovered from a legitimate user. Can be executed.

It is a perspective view which shows the structural example of the external appearance of a photograph sealing machine. It is the perspective view which looked at the external appearance of the photograph sealing machine from another angle. It is a figure explaining a user's movement. It is a figure which shows the structural example of an imaging | photography part. It is a figure which shows the structural example of a background part. It is a figure which shows the structural example of an edit part. It is a figure which shows the structural example of a customer service part after the fact. It is a block diagram which shows the example of an internal structure of a photograph sealing machine. It is a block diagram for demonstrating the function of a photograph sticker. It is a flowchart explaining the process which provides a photograph sticker creation game. It is a flowchart for demonstrating an edit process. It is a figure for demonstrating each space. It is a figure for demonstrating multiple customer service. It is an example of the screen displayed when an error occurs. It is an example of the screen displayed when an error occurs. It is an example of the screen displayed when an error occurs. It is a figure for demonstrating a seal layout. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the process at the time of error generation. It is a flow chart for explaining other processing at the time of error occurrence. It is an example of the screen displayed when an error occurs. It is a figure which shows the structure of an example of a system. It is a block diagram which shows the example of an internal structure of a photograph sealing machine. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the process at the time of error generation. It is an example of the screen displayed when an error occurs.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present technology will be described with reference to the drawings.

[External structure of photo sticker]
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a configuration example of the appearance of a photographic sealing machine 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The photo sticker 1 is a game machine that allows a user to perform operations such as shooting and editing as a game and receives a price from the user instead of providing a shot image or an edited image. The photo sticker 1 is installed in a store such as a game center. There may be one user or a plurality of users.

  In the following description, a “user” is a person who receives a service by the photo sticker machine 1 and receives a service such as photographing, editing, and printing by the photo sticker machine 1 after charging the price. The “store clerk” or “store person” is a person at the store where the photo sticker 1 is installed, and has the authority to perform operations that the user cannot perform on the photo sticker 1. A person who mainly performs maintenance management. The operations that cannot be performed by the user include operations of service switches and maintenance switches, which will be described later. Further, for example, a passerby who has passed near the photo sticker 1 other than the user or the store clerk is described as a passerby or a person as appropriate.

  The user who plays the game provided by the photo sticker 1 pays the price, takes a picture of himself as a subject, and performs handwriting on the image to be edited selected from the shot images obtained by shooting. Editing is performed using an editing function for combining line drawings and stamp images, thereby making the photographed image rich and colorful. The user receives the sticker sheet on which the edited image is printed and ends the series of games.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the photo sticker 1 is mainly composed of a photographing unit 11, an editing unit 12, and a subsequent customer service unit 13. The photographing unit 11 and the editing unit 12 are installed in contact with each other, and the editing unit 12 and the subsequent customer service unit 13 are installed in contact with each other.

  The photographing unit 11 includes a photographing unit 21 and a background unit 22. The photographing unit 21 and the background unit 22 are installed with a predetermined distance apart, and photographing processing is performed in a photographing space that is a space formed between the photographing unit 21 and the background unit 22.

  The photographing unit 21 is a device that allows a user to perform photographing processing. The photographing unit 21 enters the photographing space and is located in front of the user who is performing the photographing process. The front panel 41 of the photographing unit 21 that constitutes a surface in which the photographing space is desired in front is provided with a touch panel monitor used by the user during photographing processing. When the left side is the left side and the right side is the right side as viewed from the user in the imaging space, the left side of the imaging unit 21 is configured by the side panel 42A, and the right side is configured by the side panel 42B.

  The background unit 22 is attached to the left end of the rear panel 51 and the rear panel 51, which are plate-like members positioned on the rear side of the user who is performing the photographing process facing the front, and is a plate having a narrower width than the side panel 42A. A side panel 52A that is a plate-like member and a side panel 52B (FIG. 2) that is a plate-like member that is attached to the right end of the rear panel 51 and has a narrower width than the side panel 42B.

  The side panel 42A constituting the left side surface of the photographing unit 21 and the side panel 52A of the background unit 22 are provided on substantially the same plane, and their upper portions are connected by a connecting part 23A that is a plate-like member. Further, the side panel 42B constituting the right side surface of the photographing unit 21 and the side panel 52B of the background portion 22 are provided on substantially the same plane, and their upper portions are connected by a connecting portion 23B which is a plate-like member.

  An opening formed by being surrounded by the side panel 42 </ b> A of the photographing unit 21, the connecting part 23 </ b> A, and the side panel 52 </ b> A of the background part 22 becomes an entrance G <b> 1 of the photographing space. An opening formed by being surrounded by the side panel 42B of the imaging unit 21, the connecting unit 23B, and the side panel 52B of the background unit 22 is also an entrance G2 of the imaging space.

  The background curtain unit 25 is provided above the background portion 22 so as to be supported by the back panel 51, the side panel 52A, and the side panel 52B. The background curtain unit 25 stores a plurality of roll-up type background curtains having different colors or patterns and used for the background. The background curtain unit 25 operates in conjunction with photographing by a camera or the like provided in the photographing unit 21. At the time of photographing, for example, the curtain of the color selected by the user is lowered and the other curtains are wound up.

  In addition, as a background curtain accommodated in the background curtain unit 25, you may prepare the raising / lowering curtain which uses several curtains as one curtain for curtains. In addition, a black curtain is pasted on the rear panel 51 which is the back of the shooting space, and a plurality of background images for synthesis are prepared. In an editing process described later, a background image desired by the user is displayed on the curtain portion. It may be possible to synthesize.

  An opening surrounded by the front panel 41 of the photographing unit 21, the connecting part 23A, the connecting part 23B, and the background curtain unit 25 is formed above the photographing space, and the ceiling strobe unit 24 covers the part of the opening. Provided. One end of the ceiling strobe unit 24 is fixed to the connecting portion 23A, and the other end is fixed to the connecting portion 23B. The ceiling strobe unit 24 has a built-in strobe that emits light toward the photographing space in accordance with photographing. A fluorescent lamp is provided inside the strobe constituting the ceiling strobe unit 24, and also functions as illumination of the photographing space.

  The editing unit 12 is a device that allows a user to perform editing processing, which is processing for editing an image obtained by shooting processing. The editing unit 12 is provided so as to be connected to the photographing unit 11 so that one side surface thereof is in contact with the back surface of the front panel 41 of the photographing unit 21. The editing unit 12 is provided with a configuration such as a tablet built-in monitor used by the user during editing processing.

  If the configuration of the editing unit 12 shown in FIG. 1 is a front-side configuration, the editing unit 12 is used for editing processing on the front side and the back side so that two sets of users can perform editing processing simultaneously. Each configuration is provided.

  The front side of the editing unit 12 is a surface perpendicular to the floor surface, and is composed of a surface 71 that is substantially parallel to the side panel 42A, and a slope 72 formed above the surface 71. The configuration used is provided on the slope 72. On the left side of the slope 72, a support portion 73A that has a columnar shape and supports one end of the lighting device 74 is provided. A support portion 75 that supports the curtain rail 26 is provided on the upper surface of the support portion 73A. A support portion 73 </ b> B (FIG. 2) that supports the other end of the lighting device 74 is also provided on the right side of the slope 72.

  A curtain rail 26 is attached above the editing unit 12. The curtain rail 26 is configured by combining three rails 26A to 26C so that the shape when viewed from above is a U-shape. One end of the rails 26A and 26B provided in parallel is fixed to the connecting portion 23A and the connecting portion 23B, respectively, and both ends of the remaining one rail 26C are joined to the other end.

  A curtain is attached to the curtain rail 26 so that the inside of the space in front of the editing unit 12 and the space in front of the back cannot be seen from the outside. The space in front of the editing unit 12 and the space in front of the back of the editing unit 12 surrounded by the curtain attached to the curtain rail 26 are editing spaces in which the user performs editing processing.

  FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the photographic sealing machine 1 as seen from another angle. The subsequent customer service unit 13 is a device that allows the user to perform the subsequent customer service process. Subsequent customer service processing includes processing for transmitting a photographed image or edited image to a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone, processing for allowing a user to play a mini game, processing for answering a questionnaire, and the like.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the post-service customer unit 13 has a plate-like housing having a predetermined thickness, and is connected to the editing unit 12 so that the back surface thereof is in contact with the left side surface of the editing unit 12. Provided. On the front side of the post-service unit 13, there are provided a tablet built-in monitor used by the user at the time of post-service processing, a discharge port through which sticker paper on which a photographed image or an edited image is printed is discharged. The space in front of the front-end customer service unit 13 becomes a rear-end customer service space where a user waiting for printing on the sticker paper to perform post-service processing.

  Here, the flow of the photo sticker creation game and the accompanying movement of the user will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a plan view of the photographic sealing machine 1 as viewed from above.

  The user of the photo seal machine 1 takes a picture formed between the photographing part 21 and the background part 22 from the doorway G1 as indicated by the white arrow # 1 or from the doorway G2 as indicated by the white arrow # 2. The camera enters the space A1 and performs a shooting process using a camera or a touch panel monitor provided in the shooting unit 21.

  The user who has finished the shooting process exits the shooting space A1 and moves to the editing space A2-1 using the doorway G1 as indicated by the white arrow # 3, or moves to the editing space A2-1 as indicated by the white arrow # 4. To leave the shooting space A1 and move to the editing space A2-2.

  The editing space A2-1 is an editing space on the front side of the editing unit 12, and the editing space A2-2 is an editing space on the back side of the editing unit 12. Which of the editing space A2-1 and the editing space A2-2 is moved is guided by the screen display of the touch panel monitor of the photographing unit 21 or the like. For example, the empty space of the two editing spaces is guided as the destination. The user who has moved to the editing space A2-1 or the editing space A2-2 starts editing processing. The user of the editing space A2-1 and the user of the editing space A2-2 can perform editing processing at the same time.

  After the editing process is finished, printing of an image selected from the photographed image and the edited image is started. During printing of the image, the user who has finished the editing process moves from the editing space A2-1 to the subsequent customer service space A3 as indicated by the white arrow # 5 if the editing process has been performed in the editing space A2-1. Then, the customer service is processed after the fact. In addition, when the editing process is completed in the editing space A2-2, the user who has finished the editing process moves from the editing space A2-2 to the post-service area A3 as indicated by the white arrow # 6. Post service processing is performed in the customer service space A3.

  When the printing of the image is finished, the user receives the sticker paper from the outlet provided in the post-service section 13 and finishes a series of photo sticker creation games.

[Configuration of each device]
Next, the configuration of each device will be described.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the front of the photographing unit 21. The photographing unit 21 is configured by attaching a front panel 41, a side panel 42A, and a side panel 42B to a base unit 43 having a box shape.

  The front panel 41 is positioned in front of the user who performs the shooting process in the shooting space A1, and the side panel 42A and the side panel 42B are positioned on the left side and the right side of the user who performs the shooting process in the shooting space A1, respectively. The connecting portion 23A is fixed above the side panel 42A, and the connecting portion 23B is fixed above the side panel 42B.

  An imaging / display unit 81 is provided in the approximate center of the front panel 41. The photographing / display unit 81 includes a camera 91, a front strobe 92, and a touch panel monitor 93. The camera 91 is configured by an image sensor such as a CCD (Charge Coupled Device), and photographs a user in the photographing space A1. The moving image captured by the camera 91 is displayed on the touch panel monitor 93 in real time. An image captured by the camera 91 at a predetermined timing such as when a user gives an instruction to shoot is saved as a photographic image (still image).

  The front strobe 92 provided with a light emitting surface so as to surround the camera 91 emits light in accordance with the photographing by the camera 91 like other strobes, and irradiates the vicinity of the user's face as a subject from the front. A touch panel monitor 93 provided on the lower side of the camera 91 includes a monitor such as an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) and a touch panel laminated thereon. The touch panel monitor 93 has a function as a live view monitor that displays a moving image captured by the camera 91 and a function that displays various GUI (Graphical User Interface) images and accepts a user's selection operation through the touch panel. ing. On the touch panel monitor 93, a moving image after an image such as a background is appropriately displayed is displayed.

  On the front panel 41, an upper strobe 82 is installed on the upper side with respect to the position of the photographing / display unit 81. A left strobe 83 is installed on the left side and a right strobe 84 is installed on the right side. A lower strobe 85 is provided at a position below the photographing / display unit 81 such that a part of the upper surface of the base portion 43 protrudes.

  The upper strobe 82 irradiates the user from the upper front. The left strobe 83 irradiates the user from the left front, and the right strobe 84 irradiates the user from the right front. The lower strobe 85 irradiates the user from the lower front.

  The base unit 43 is also provided with a foot strobe 86 that irradiates the user's foot. Fluorescent lamps are provided inside the upper strobe 82, left strobe 83, right strobe 84, lower strobe 85, and foot strobe 86, and together with the fluorescent lights inside the strobe constituting the ceiling strobe unit 24, photographing is performed. Used as illumination in the space A1. As will be described later, the brightness in the shooting space A1 is adjusted by the user by adjusting the light emission amount of each fluorescent lamp or by adjusting the number of fluorescent lamps to emit light. It adjusts suitably according to the contents of.

  On the right side of the foot strobe 86, a coin insertion / return port 87 through which a user inserts money is provided. Spaces 43A and 43B formed on the left and right sides of the upper surface of the base portion 43 with the lower strobe 85 interposed therebetween are used as a luggage storage place for a user who performs photographing processing to place baggage and the like. For example, near the ceiling of the front panel 41, a speaker for outputting sound such as guidance sound for shooting processing, BGM (Back Ground Music), and sound effects is also provided.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the background portion 22 on the photographing space A1 side. As described above, the background curtain unit 25 is provided above the back panel 51. Near the center of the background curtain unit 25, a back center strobe 101 that irradiates a user who is performing a photographing process in the photographing space A1 from the rear center is attached.

  A rear left strobe 102 that irradiates a user who is performing a photographing process in the photographing space A1 from the left rear is provided above the rear panel 51 and on the doorway G1 side. Further, a rear right strobe 103 that irradiates a user who is performing a photographing process in the photographing space A1 from the right rear is provided above the rear panel 51 and on the entrance / exit G2 side.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the editing unit 12 on the front side (editing space A2-1 side). A tablet built-in monitor 131 is provided at substantially the center of the slope 72. A touch pen 132A is provided on the left side of the tablet built-in monitor 131, and a touch pen 132B is provided on the right side.

  The tablet built-in monitor 131 is configured by superimposing a tablet capable of operation input using the touch pen 132A or 132B on a monitor such as an LCD. On the tablet built-in monitor 131, for example, an editing screen that is a screen used for editing a captured image selected as an image to be edited is displayed. When two people perform editing work simultaneously, the touch pen 132A is used by one user, and the touch pen 132B is used by the other user.

  On the left side of the editing unit 12, a post-service unit 13 is provided. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the front side of the post-service unit 13. A monitor 161 with a built-in tablet is provided at the upper center of the post-service section 13. A touch pen 162A is provided on the left side of the tablet built-in monitor 161, and a touch pen 162B is provided on the right side. Similarly to the tablet built-in monitor 131, the tablet built-in monitor 161 is configured by superimposing a tablet capable of performing an operation input using the touch pen 162A or 162B on a monitor such as an LCD. On the tablet built-in monitor 161, a screen used for post-service processing such as a mini game is displayed.

  A non-contact type IC reader / writer 163 is provided under the tablet built-in monitor 161, and a sticker paper discharge port 164 is provided under the non-contact type IC reader / writer 163. A speaker 165 is provided below the sticker paper discharge port 164.

  The non-contact type IC reader / writer 163 communicates with an adjacent non-contact type IC, reads data from the non-contact type IC, and writes data to the non-contact type IC. In the sticker paper discharge port 164, sticker paper on which an image created by the user of the editing space A2-1 is edited, or the user of the editing space A2-2 performs the editing process. The sticker paper on which the created image is printed is discharged. A printer is provided inside the editing unit 12, and printing of images is performed by the printer. The speaker 165 outputs sound such as guidance voice, BGM, and sound effects for the post-service processing.

[Internal configuration of photo sticker]
Next, the internal configuration of the photo sticker 1 will be described. FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing an example of the internal configuration of the photo sticker 1. The same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the same structure as the structure mentioned above. The overlapping description will be omitted as appropriate.

  The control unit 201 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and the like, executes a program stored in a ROM (Read Only Memory) 206 and a storage unit 202, and controls the overall operation of the photo sticker 1. A storage unit 202, a communication unit 203, a drive 204, a ROM 206, and a RAM (Random Access Memory) 207 are connected to the control unit 201. The control unit 201 is also connected with the components of the photographing unit 21, the editing unit 12, the post-service unit 13, and the printing unit 211.

  The storage unit 202 includes a non-volatile storage medium such as a hard disk or a flash memory, and stores various setting information supplied from the control unit 201. Information stored in the storage unit 202 is appropriately read out by the control unit 201.

  A communication unit 203 is an interface of a network such as the Internet, and communicates with an external device according to control by the control unit 201. A removable medium 205 made of an optical disk, a semiconductor memory, or the like is appropriately attached to the drive 204. Computer programs and data read from the removable medium 205 by the drive 204 are supplied to the control unit 201 and stored in the storage unit 202 or installed.

  The ROM 206 stores programs and data executed by the control unit 201. The RAM 207 temporarily stores data and programs processed by the control unit 201. The imaging unit 21 includes a coin processing unit 221, a background control unit 222, an illumination control unit 223, a camera 91, a touch panel monitor 93, and a speaker 224 that are configured to perform imaging processing in the imaging space A1.

  The coin processing unit 221 detects the insertion of coins into the coin insertion / return port 87. When the coin processing unit 221 detects that a predetermined amount of coins such as 300 yen has been inserted, the coin processing unit 221 outputs an activation signal indicating that to the control unit 201.

  The background control unit 222 raises and lowers the background curtain stored in the background curtain unit 25 according to the background control signal supplied from the control unit 201. The background curtain may be manually selected by the user.

  The illumination control unit 223 controls the light emission of each strobe in the imaging space A1 according to the illumination control signal supplied from the control unit 201. As described above, in the photographing space A1, in addition to the strobe of the ceiling strobe unit 24, an upper strobe 82, a left strobe 83, a right strobe 84, a lower strobe 85, a foot strobe 86, and a background portion provided in the photographing unit 21 are provided. 22 is provided with a rear center strobe 101, a rear left strobe 102, and a rear right strobe 103. A fluorescent lamp is also provided inside each strobe.

  In addition, the illumination control unit 223 adjusts the light emission amount of the fluorescent lamp provided inside each strobe, or adjusts the number of fluorescent lamps to emit light, thereby performing a shooting process performed by the user. The brightness in the shooting space A1 is adjusted according to the above. The camera 91 shoots according to the control by the control unit 201 and outputs an image obtained by the shooting to the control unit 201.

  The editing unit 12A includes a tablet built-in monitor 131, touch pens 132A and 132B, and a speaker 231 provided on the front side of the editing unit 12 as a configuration for performing editing processing in the editing space A2-1. The editing unit 12B has the same configuration as the editing unit 12A, and performs editing processing in the editing space A2-2.

  The tablet built-in monitor 131 displays an editing screen according to control by the control unit 201, and detects a user operation on the editing screen. A signal representing the content of the user's operation is supplied to the control unit 201, and the captured image to be edited is edited.

  The subsequent customer service unit 13 includes a tablet built-in monitor 161, touch pens 162A and 162B, a non-contact type IC reader / writer 163, and a speaker 165 that are configured to perform subsequent customer service in the subsequent customer service space A3.

  The printing unit 211 includes a printer 241 and a sticker sheet unit 242 that are configured to perform printing processing. The printer 241 prints the photographed image or the edited image obtained by the editing process on the sticker paper stored in the sticker paper unit 242 attached to the printer 241 and discharges it to the sticker paper discharge port 164. The subsequent customer service unit 13 and the printing unit 211 shown surrounded by the one-dot chain line are configured to perform processing for the user in the subsequent customer service space A3.

  Next, the control unit 201 will be described. FIG. 9 shows an example of the functional block configuration realized by the control unit 201 executing a program stored in the ROM 206 or the like. The control unit 201 includes functions of an imaging processing unit 301, an editing processing unit 302, a print processing unit 303, and a subsequent customer service processing unit 304.

  The imaging processing unit 301 controls each part of the imaging unit 21 to process a photo sticker creation game such as a process related to a charge (coin) inserted when starting a photo sticker creation game or a user. Processes related to the work process. The editing processing unit 302 controls each unit of the editing unit 12 to perform processing related to the editing work process of the photo sticker creation game such as graffiti editing on the photographed image.

  The print processing unit 303 controls each unit of the printing unit 211 to perform processing related to the printing process of the photo sticker creation game such as printing of sticker paper. The subsequent customer service processing unit 304 controls each unit of the subsequent customer service unit 13 to perform processing related to the subsequent customer service process of the photo sticker creation game for serving the user who has finished the editing work. When an error occurs in each unit, the error processing unit 305 detects the error, executes a corresponding process, and executes a process related to specifying the user after the restart.

[Operation of photo sticker]
Here, with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 10, the process of the photo sticker machine 1 that provides the photo sticker creation game will be described.

  A user who performs a photo sticker creation game first inserts coins into the coin insertion / return slot 87 of the photographing unit 21 and pays for the game. The coin processing unit 221 accepts such coin insertion and supplies an activation signal to the control unit 201. In step S11, the imaging processing unit 301 of the control unit 201 determines whether or not a price has been inserted based on the activation signal. If it is determined that a valid price has been inserted, the process proceeds to step S12.

  In step S12, the photographing processing unit 301 controls each unit of the photographing unit 21, and executes photographing processing that is processing related to the photographing work of the photo sticker creation game performed in the photographing space A1. In the shooting process, the shooting processing unit 301 causes the user to select a composite image that is an image to be combined and displayed as a background or foreground on the photographed subject image, and the photographed subject image and the composition selected by the user. A captured image obtained by combining the image for use is supplied to the editing processing unit 302. For example, six photographed images are obtained by the photographing process.

  When the shooting operation is completed, in step S13, the shooting processing unit 301 gives the user in the shooting space A1 who has finished the shooting operation to the editing space A2 (first editing space A2-1 or second editing space) by an image or sound. Movement guidance for urging movement to the editing space A2-2) is performed. When such movement guidance is performed, the user moves to the editing space based on the movement guidance, and therefore the processing in step S14 is executed in the editing space.

  In step S14, the edit processing unit 302 performs an edit process and a pre-print setting process. The editing process and pre-print setting process executed in step S14 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  In step S31, when the editing process is started, the editing processing unit 302 acquires the captured image obtained by the imaging unit 21 from the storage unit 202 together with the imaging information. The edit processing unit 302 displays the photographed images acquired from the storage unit 202 on the tablet built-in monitor 131, thereby selecting a plurality of (for example, six) photographed images as images to be edited.

  In step S32, the user is caused to select the number of divisions of the seal layout. Finally, a division pattern for determining how many images are to be printed in what arrangement is presented to the user on the photo sticker paper provided to the user, and from within the presented division pattern, One division pattern is selected. Here, the description is continued assuming that the division pattern is selected before the editing work is started, but the division pattern may be selected after the editing work is completed.

  In step S33, an editing screen, which is a GUI screen that allows the user to input graffiti editing on the captured image, is displayed on the monitor 131 with the tablet. Then, the tablet built-in monitor 131 and the touch pen 132 of the editing unit 12 are controlled, and acceptance of graffiti editing input on the editing screen by the user is started.

  In step S34, based on an input signal supplied from the tablet built-in monitor 131 (that is, position information received by the touch pen 132 and the tablet built-in monitor 131), an instruction from the user is input (operation on the GUI is performed). Whether or not). When the touch pen 132 is operated by the user or the like and it is determined that the position information is input on the editing screen displayed on the tablet built-in monitor 131, the editing processing unit 302 displays the instruction content input based on the input coordinates. The process corresponding to the instruction is performed.

  When the processing corresponding to such an input is completed, the editing processing unit 302 advances the processing to step S35. In step S35, it is determined whether a predetermined time (time limit) has elapsed or the end button has been operated, and it has been determined that the time limit has not been reached and the end button has not been operated. If so, the process returns to step S34, and the subsequent processes are repeated. That is, until it is determined that a predetermined time has elapsed or the end button has been operated, the processes of steps S34 and S35 are repeated, and the process for the doodle editing input is performed. If it is determined in step S35 that a predetermined time has elapsed or the end button has been operated, the process proceeds to step S36.

  In step S36, the display of the editing screen is terminated, and the acceptance of editing input is terminated. In step S37, the edited image on which the graffiti editing has been performed (doodle editing result) is stored as a print target image in order to create an image for printing. Note that “save” simply indicates that an edited image, which is an editing result, is provided to the printing process, and whether or not the data is actually saved in the RAM 207 or the storage unit 202 is arbitrary. is there. However, as will be described later, when an error occurs, it is saved (stored) in the RAM 207 or the storage unit 202.

  When the editing work is completed, in step S15, the editing processing unit 302 performs movement guidance for prompting the user in the editing space A2 who has finished the editing work to move to the post-service space A3 by an image or a sound. When such movement guidance is performed, the user moves to the post-service space A3 based on the movement guidance.

  Subsequent customer service space A3 is provided in a print space for printing a photo sticker. In step S <b> 16, the print processing unit 303 controls the printer 241 to perform a printing process for printing the edited image obtained by the editing work on the sticker sheet by the number corresponding to the standard price.

  In step S <b> 17, the post-service processing unit 304 performs post-service processing that provides a service for transferring the edited image to a mini game or a portable terminal that posts the edited image for a user who is waiting for completion of printing. . When the subsequent customer service process is completed, the print processing unit 303 controls the printer 241 in step S18. When the print process is completed, the printed sticker paper is discharged from the sticker paper discharge port 164, and the photo sticker creation game process is performed. Exit.

  The photo sticker creation game is performed according to the above flow.

[Processing when an error occurs]
Next, processing when an error occurs will be described. When an error occurs, a process for dealing with the error is executed as an interruption process in the above-described photo sticker creation game. When an error occurs, there is a possibility that a maximum of 6 sets of users are served. This will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 12A is a simplified plan view of the photographic sealing machine 1 shown in FIG. 3 as viewed from above. As shown in FIG. 12A, the photo sticker 1 has a photographing space, an editing space left, an editing space right, and a printing space (a post-service space). As described above, the photo sticker 1 has four spaces, and can serve customers in each space.

  With reference to FIG. 13, the passage of time and the multiple customer service will be described. First, at the time t1, the first set of photographing is performed in the photographing space. At time t2, the first set is moved to the editing space after shooting. The destination is either the editing space left or the editing space right (FIG. 12A). Since the shooting space is vacant, the second set enters the shooting space and starts shooting. At this time t2, one set of users receives a customer in the shooting space and one set of users receives a customer in the editing space, and a total of two sets of users receive the customer. State.

  At time t3, the first set continues to be edited. The second set moves to the editing space after shooting, but the destination is the editing space on the side different from the editing space in which the first set is editing. Since the second set moves to the editing space, the shooting space is free, so the third set enters the shooting space and starts shooting. At this time t3, one set of users is in the shooting space and two sets of users are in the editing space, and a total of three sets of users are in reception. State. This state is a state as shown in FIG. 12B.

  At time t4, the first group finishes editing and moves to the print space (rear customer service space). This frees up the editing space used by the first set. The second set continues to be edited. The third set is moved to the editing space after shooting, but the destination is the editing space in which the first set was editing. Since the third set moves to the editing space, the shooting space is vacant, so the fourth set enters the shooting space and starts shooting. At this time t4, one set of users receives a customer in the shooting space, two sets of users receive a customer in the editing space, and one set of users receives a customer in the print space. In total, four groups of users are in service. This state is as shown in FIG. 12C.

  At time t5, the first set is waiting for the photo sticker to be printed, and the state of receiving customer service is continued. The second group finishes editing and moves to the print space (rear customer service space). This frees up the editing space used by the second set. The third set continues to be edited. The fourth set is moved to the editing space after photographing, but the destination is the editing space in which the second set was editing. Since the fourth set moves to the editing space, the shooting space is vacant, so the fifth set enters the shooting space and starts shooting. At this time t5, one set of users receives a customer in the shooting space, two sets of users receive a customer in the editing space, and two sets of users receive a customer in the print space. A total of five sets of users are receiving customer service. This state is a state as shown in FIG. 12D.

  At time t6, the first group and the second group are waiting for the photo sticker to be printed, and the state of receiving the customer service is continued. The third group ends editing and moves to the print space (rear customer service space). This frees up the editing space used by the third set. The fourth set continues to be edited. The fifth set is moved to the editing space after shooting, but the destination is the editing space in which the third set was editing. Since the fifth set moves to the editing space, the shooting space is vacant, so the sixth set enters the shooting space and starts shooting. At time t6, one set of users receives a customer in the shooting space, two sets of users receive a customer in the editing space, and three sets of users receive a customer in the print space. In total, six sets of users are in service. This state is as shown in FIG. 12E.

  At time t7, the first set receives a printed photo sticker and leaves the printing space. The second group and the third group are waiting for the photo sticker to be printed, and the state of receiving the customer service is continued. In the fourth group, editing is completed and the group moves to the print space (post-service space). This frees up the editing space used by the fourth set. The fifth group continues editing. The sixth group is moved to the editing space after shooting, and the destination is the editing space in which the fourth group was editing. Since the sixth set moves to the editing space, the shooting space is vacant, so the seventh set enters the shooting space and starts shooting. If there is no seventh set, the shooting space is free. At this time t7, 0 or 1 set of users in the shooting space receive service, 2 sets of users receive service in the editing space, and 3 sets of users receive service in the print space In total, 5 or 6 sets of users are in service.

  Similarly, the user is moved every time the processing in each space is completed. In this way, in the photo sticker 1, there is a possibility that a maximum of six users are receiving customers at the same time.

  In some cases, there is a user who has been waiting without being able to start shooting because there is a user who has already been in the shooting space at the time before shooting. There is a photo sticker that is configured to provide a little game and provide services such as explanation of the photo sticker in order to make the user stand by without getting bored in such a standby state. .

  This kind of customer service before photographing, that is, prior customer service is referred to as prior customer service, and in the case of a photo sticker that performs such prior customer service, a set of users are using the customer service in advance. There is a possibility. Therefore, in the above example, there is a possibility that a maximum of 6 sets of users may be receiving customers at the same time. However, in consideration of prior service, a maximum of 7 sets of users are receiving services simultaneously. there is a possibility.

  As described above, in the photo sticker 1, there is a possibility that a plurality of users are receiving customers at the same time. In addition, even when a set of users are in contact with customers or a plurality of users are in contact with customers, an error may occur due to a power failure, printer malfunction, or the like. Here, a screen displayed when an error occurs will be described. For comparison with a screen described later, first, FIG. 14 shows a screen displayed on a conventional photo sticker.

  The screen illustrated in FIG. 14 is a screen displayed on the touch panel monitor 93 of the photographing unit 21 when an error occurs, for example. Further, the screen shown in FIG. 14 is an example of a screen when an error occurs when the shooting space and the editing space right are used and printing is performed in the print space.

  At the top of the error screen shown in FIG. 14, a display unit 501 for displaying a message such as “Please call a store person” is provided. When the user sees the message displayed on the display unit 501, the user can recognize that an error has occurred and can recognize that an instruction to call a store person is given. .

  Below the display unit 501, a display unit for displaying a countermeasure corresponding to the error state in each space is provided. The display unit 502 displays an instruction for processing in the imaging space after error recovery. In the example illustrated in FIG. 14, “with refund” is displayed. Since an error occurred when shooting was performed in the shooting space, a refund was generated, and a message that causes the store clerk to recognize this is displayed.

  Similarly, the display unit 503 displays an instruction for processing on the right side of the editing space after error recovery, and in the example illustrated in FIG. 14, “with refund” is displayed. Since an error occurred when shooting was performed on the right side of the editing space, a refund was generated, and a message that causes the store clerk to recognize this is displayed.

  The display unit 504 displays an instruction for processing on the left side of the editing space after error recovery. The left side of the editing space is not used when an error occurs. A message such as “unused” is displayed as the message.

  The display unit 505 displays an instruction for processing in the print space after error recovery. In the example illustrated in FIG. 14, a button such as “Resume” and a button such as “Cancel” are displayed. A button “Resume” is operated when resuming printing, and a button such as “Cancel” is operated when canceling printing and receiving a refund.

  Such a screen is displayed on, for example, the touch panel monitor 93 of the photographing unit 21, and the store clerk takes measures after error recovery while referring to the displayed screen. For example, a process is performed in which an amount paid when using the photo sticker 1 is refunded to a user who has reported that shooting has been interrupted due to an error during shooting. At this time, the store clerk who performs the processing with reference to the screen as shown in FIG. 14 can recognize that there is a refund because the photographing is interrupted, but the user who has made the declaration receives a refund. It is not possible to determine whether or not the person is a person.

  For example, if a person who does not use the photo sticker 1 calls a store clerk by looking at the screen as shown in FIG. 14, the capacity may refund the person. Conceivable. In order to prevent such a situation, it is possible for the capacity to specify whether or not the reporting user is a valid user.

  On the screen shown in FIG. 14, for example, when shooting in the shooting space or editing in the editing space is interrupted due to an error, there is no option to restart shooting or editing after error recovery. However, since it is considered that there is a demand for using (printing) an already captured image or an edited image, the operation can be resumed after error recovery.

[About the first embodiment]
FIG. 15 shows a screen that takes this into consideration. FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen in an embodiment to which the present technology is applied. The case where the screen shown in FIG. 15 or FIG. 16 described below is presented to a user or a store clerk is a first embodiment.

  In the upper part of the screen shown in FIG. 15, a display unit 601 for displaying a message “Please call a store person” is provided. To recover from an error, the photo sticker 1 needs to be restarted, and a switch for restarting is provided at a predetermined location such as the photographing unit 21, for example. Further, the switch is managed so that a user or the like cannot be operated by a locked door. Thus, since the store person cannot operate the switch without operating the switch with the key, a message for allowing the user to call the store person is displayed on the display unit 601. The photo sticker 1 can be restarted only by an authorized person, so that the authorized person, that is, the person in the store in this case, is called and restarted.

  Below the display unit 601, there is provided a display unit on which a display for determining a process after restart in each space is displayed. Note that the screen shown in FIG. 15 is an example of the case described with reference to FIGS. 12 and 13, and when 6 sets of users are using the photo sticker 1 that can serve up to 6 sets at the same time. This is the screen when an error occurs.

  First, an image display unit 611, a return button 612, a forward button 613, a resume button 614, and a stop button 615 are displayed as displays related to the shooting space. The image display unit 611 displays an image of the user who used the shooting space when an error occurred. In the shooting space, a plurality of, for example, six images of users are shot. For example, if an error occurs at the time when the third image is captured, one of the three images already captured is displayed on the image display unit 611. In the figure, the notation “image 2” indicates the second image. The other parts have the same meaning. A dash such as “image 2 ′” means an image different from “image 2”.

  A back button 612 and a forward button 613 are buttons for switching the image displayed on the image display unit 611 to another image. When the “return” button 612 is operated while “image 2” is displayed on the image display unit 611, the image display unit 611 is displayed on “image 1” taken at a time point before “image 2”. The display of is switched. When the forward button 613 is operated while “image 2” is displayed on the image display unit 611, the image display unit 611 is displayed on “image 3” taken at a time point later than “image 2”. The display of is switched.

  Here, the description is continued on the assumption that the return button 612 and the forward button 613 are displayed, but one button is displayed, and by operating the button, the images displayed on the image display unit 611 are sequentially switched. It is also possible to configure as described above. Further, when there is no photographed image, the image display unit 611, the return button 612, and the forward button 613 can be configured not to be displayed. Such a configuration can be similarly applied to other display portions, and the same description will be appropriately omitted in the following description.

  The resume button 614 is operated when resuming the shooting, and the stop button 615 is operated when the photographing work is stopped without resuming and a fee is returned. As described above, by providing the image display unit 611, the store clerk can check the image displayed on the image display unit 611, and the user can be specified. Further, by providing the resume button 614 and the cancel button 615, the user can select whether to resume the game or cancel and receive a refund.

  The resumption of the game when the resume button 614 is operated indicates the following. That is, if an error occurs during shooting, for example, when six shots are scheduled to be taken but the second shot is finished and the third shot is being taken, This means that the shooting is restarted from (first image) or in the middle, in this case, restarting from the third shooting.

  Below the display related to the shooting space, an image display unit 621, a return button 622, a forward button 623, a resume button 624, and a stop button 625 are displayed as displays related to the right of the editing space. Similarly, an image display unit 631, a return button 632, a forward button 633, a resume button 634, and a stop button 635 are displayed below the display related to the editing space right.

  In the editing space, editing is performed with a captured image as an editing target. Therefore, since there is an image after editing or an image before editing, the image display unit 621 and the image display unit 631 display one of those images. The edited image can be displayed on the image display unit 621 and the image display unit 631, or the image before editing can be displayed.

  Since the edited image is also edited on the face portion of the user and the like, there is a possibility that the user cannot be specified, so the image before editing may be preferentially displayed. In addition, the edited image can make it easy for the user to recognize the progress of editing, and can be an effective material for determining whether to continue editing. Therefore, the edited image may be preferentially displayed. An image before editing is displayed as an image when the store clerk confirms, and an image after editing is displayed as an image for the user to confirm the progress of editing, and the process proceeds to return buttons 622 and 632. By operating the buttons 623 and 633, the images may be sequentially switched.

  The resumption of the game when the resume button 624 or the resume button 634 is operated indicates the following. That is, when an error occurs during editing, it means that the editing is resumed from the continuation of the editing or the editing is resumed from the beginning. There is also a photographic sticker 1 that has a plurality of steps in editing work. For example, when there is a sequence of selecting an image to be edited, selecting the number of divisions of the seal layout, and starting editing, for example, an error occurs while selecting the number of divisions of the seal layout. In such a case, the process may be restarted from the selection of the image to be edited, which is the first sequence, or may be restarted from the selection of the number of divisions of the seal layout.

  Below the display related to the editing space, an image display unit 641, a back button 642, a forward button 643, a resume button 644, and a stop button 645 are displayed as displays related to reprinting. There is a possibility that a maximum of 3 sets may be in a print waiting state. When 3 sets of users are in a print waiting state, the 2nd and 3rd sets are displayed under the display related to the first reprint. A display about reprinting the eyes is displayed.

  That is, in the screen example shown in FIG. 15, an image display unit 651, a return button 652, a forward button 653, a resume button 654, and a stop button 655 are displayed as displays related to reprinting for the second set of users. . In addition, an image display unit 661, a return button 662, a forward button 663, a resume button 664, and a cancel button 665 are displayed as display related to reprinting for the third set of users.

  The resumption of the game when the resume button 644, the resume button 654, or the resume button 664 is operated indicates the following. That is, when an error occurs during printing, it means that printing is resumed again.

  It is also possible that errors will occur during customer service. There is a service in which an e-mail address is input and an image is transmitted to the e-mail address as a subsequent customer service. If an error occurs during the input of this e-mail address, the customer service is resumed from the input of the e-mail address. In addition, the mail address may be configured so that a plurality of persons, for example, two persons can input the mail address. In such a case, an error occurs while the second person's mail address is being input. When it occurs, the process is resumed from the input of the second mail address. Alternatively, even when an error occurs during the input of the second mail address, the process may be resumed from the input of the first mail address.

  Note that an image in the print space can identify a user by looking at the printed image, and thus can have a screen configuration in which the image display units 641, 651, and 661 are not provided. In this case, a back button and a forward button for switching images are not displayed.

  In this way, by displaying the image (photograph) of the user who used the space in each space, it is possible to compare the image with the user who has declared it, and identify the user. It becomes possible to do. In addition, since the process can be selected to be resumed or stopped, the user can make a desired selection according to the situation at that time.

  In each space, since an image (photograph) of the user who used the space is displayed, information in the space that was not used when an error occurred can be configured not to be displayed. For example, if the shooting space is not used when an error occurs, the image display unit 611, the return button 612, the forward button 613, the resume button 614, and the stop button 615 may be displayed on a screen that is not displayed. By using such a screen, it becomes easier for the store clerk to recognize a space that has to be dealt with (a customer who has used the space).

  The screen when an error occurs as shown in FIG. 15 is displayed on the touch panel monitor 93 of the photographing unit 21 and the description will be continued. Since there are many models in which the imaging unit 21 is provided with a service switch that is operated upon restarting, a screen for instructing the imaging unit 21 to restart as shown in FIG. 15 in consideration of convenience of operating the service switch. Is displayed.

  However, it is not limited to displaying the screen at the time of the error on the photographing unit 21, but may be displayed in another space, or may be displayed in another space.

  In addition, when customer service is performed in advance, the customer service space is usually provided on the outer surface of the photographic sticker 1 and is more easily visible than the shooting space. By displaying the error screen as described above on a monitor that is installed in such a position that is noticeable, the store clerk notices that an error has occurred at an early stage and can respond quickly. It is thought that you can take. Therefore, an error screen as shown in FIG. 15 may be displayed on the monitor in the prior customer service space.

  Furthermore, when an error screen is displayed in each space, only information in that space may be displayed. For example, the screen displayed in the shooting space may display only information in the shooting space. In this case, a service switch may be provided in each space, but a switch that replaces the service switch may be provided in each space. Furthermore, the restart process may be executed with information that only the store clerk knows, such as a password.

  When an error screen as shown in FIG. 15 is displayed on the monitor provided on the outer surface of the photo sticker 1 such as a monitor (not shown) provided in the customer service space in advance, the user People other than can view the error screen. For example, a person who happens to be in front of the photo sticker 1 looks at the error screen and sees the image display units 611, 621, 631, 641, 651, 661 (hereinafter, the image display unit There is a possibility of seeing an image of the user displayed on the screen 611. This is not preferable from the viewpoint of privacy.

  In order to prevent this, when an error screen as shown in FIG. 15 is displayed on the monitor provided on the outer surface of the photo sticker 1, the image displayed on the image display unit 611 is grayscale. The display is such that the image cannot be recognized at first glance. When the store clerk selects an image displayed in gray scale, a password input screen for requesting the password is displayed on the error screen, and the password is input to the password input screen. When the password matches the password managed in advance, the normal display is changed from the gray scale display.

  Alternatively, an error screen that does not display an image on the image display unit 611 is displayed on the monitor. When the store clerk selects a space to check, a password input screen for requesting the password is displayed on the error screen, and the password is input to the password input screen. If it matches the managed password, an image is displayed on the image display unit 611. For example, when the store clerk selects the editing space, an image is displayed on the image display unit 621 corresponding to the editing space.

  In this way, it is possible to prevent a person who is not related to the user who used the photo sticker 1, such as a passerby, from browsing the user's image, and a clerk. Can display an image for specifying the user.

  In addition, this is not applied only to the monitor provided on the outer surface of the photo sticker 1, but a monitor provided inside the photo sticker 1, for example, a photographing space is provided. The present invention can also be applied to an error screen displayed on the touch panel monitor 93.

  Further, although not shown in FIG. 15, in the photo sticker machine 1 provided with the pre-service space, information on the pre-service space may be displayed on the error screen as well as other spaces. However, customer service in the prior customer service space is performed before shooting is performed in the shooting space. Therefore, there is also a photo sticker 1 that cannot acquire an image of a user who has received a customer service in advance. In the case of such a photo sticker 1, the error screen shown in FIG. 15 is displayed on the monitor in the pre-service area, and information on the pre-service space is displayed on the error screen, as in other spaces. In this case, since the image of the user who has received the customer service in advance cannot be displayed, the image display unit regarding the customer service space may not be provided. In this case, the information about the pre-service space can be a screen on which at least a resume button and a stop button are displayed.

  In this way, by displaying the resume button and the cancel button as information about the pre-service area, the user who received the pre-service area can select whether to resume or cancel the pre-service area that has been interrupted due to an error. It becomes like this. Further, for example, consider a situation in which an error occurs when the advance customer service space is not used, and the error screen shown in FIG. 15 is displayed on the touch panel monitor 93 in the imaging space. In such a case, before the user who used the shooting space in the shooting space finishes the selection of resumption or cancellation, the new user uses the pre-service and the use ends. It is thought that there is.

  However, under such a situation, since the shooting space is not yet available, a user who has received a prior service cannot move to the shooting space. In spite of having received customer service in advance, you will have to wait in the customer service space. In order to prevent such a situation, it is preferable to display at least information that allows the user to select whether to resume or cancel the pre-service, on the pre-service area monitor.

  In the screen example illustrated in FIG. 15, an image display unit 611 is provided, and one of a plurality of captured and edited images is displayed on each image display unit 611. In this way, when the image displayed on the image display unit 611 is selected by being touched or the like, the image displayed on the image display unit 611 may be enlarged and displayed. . The enlarged display makes it easier for the store clerk to identify the user. In this way, instead of displaying one image on the image display unit 611, a plurality of images may be displayed.

  FIG. 16 shows a screen example when a plurality of images are displayed. The screen shown in FIG. 16 shows the screen when an error occurs when six users use the photo sticker 1, as in the screen shown in FIG. At the top of the screen shown in FIG. 16, there is provided a display unit 701 for displaying a message “Please call a store person”.

  Below the display unit 701 is provided a display unit that displays to determine processing after restart in each space. First, an image display unit 711, a resume button 712, and a stop button 713 are displayed as displays relating to the shooting space. The image display unit 711 displays an image of a user who has used the shooting space when an error has occurred and has already been shot.

  In the shooting space, a plurality of, for example, six images of users are shot. In such a case, the image display unit 711 displays a maximum of 6 images. In the image display unit 711 illustrated in FIG. 16, four images 11 to 14 are displayed. These four images are images that have been shot by the time before the occurrence of the error. In this case, since six images are captured, an error occurs when the remaining two images remain. Therefore, in such a case, after the photo sticker 1 is restarted, an option of resuming a series of operations such as taking and editing the remaining two images, or canceling the continuation of the game There is.

  A resume button 712 is operated when resuming shooting, and a stop button 713 is operated when the shooting operation is stopped without resuming and a fee is returned. In the screen shown in FIG. 16, since a plurality of images are displayed on the image display unit 711, there is no need to switch the display to the previous image or the subsequent image. Therefore, buttons such as the return button 612 and the forward button 613 on the screen shown in FIG. 15 are not displayed.

  Thus, by providing the image display unit 711, the user can be identified by confirming the image displayed on the image display unit 711. Further, since a plurality of images are displayed, it is not necessary to switch the images, and the time required for specifying the user can be shortened.

  For example, it is assumed that a user who has only four images displayed on the image display unit 711 has reported the resumption or cancellation of the game. In such a case, in the configuration in which images are displayed one by one on the screen as shown in FIG. 15, it is necessary to check the images one by one in order to identify the user. If the screen is as shown in FIG. 16, it is possible to view and confirm a plurality of displayed images at a time. Therefore, the time required for confirmation can be shortened.

  When a plurality of images are displayed on the image display unit 711, the display area of one image is small, and there is a possibility that the image is difficult to see. When the clerk selects one image from a plurality of images, the image may be enlarged and displayed. If the image is enlarged and displayed in this way, even if it is an image that is difficult to see, the image is enlarged so that the image can be easily viewed, and the user can be easily identified and can be reliably identified.

  Also in the screen shown in FIG. 16, since the resume button 712 and the cancel button 713 are provided, the user can select whether to resume the game or cancel and receive a refund.

  Under the display related to the shooting space, an image display unit 721, a resume button 722, and a stop button 723 are displayed as displays related to the right of the editing space. Similarly, an image display unit 731, a resume button 732, and a cancel button 733 are displayed below the display related to the editing space right as the display related to the editing space left.

  In the shooting space, editing is performed on an already shot image. Therefore, since there are already images taken in the shooting space, for example, six images selected as the images to be edited among the images shot in the shooting space are displayed. The displayed images may be six images before editing (unedited) or six images after editing. Further, an edited image may be displayed as an edited image, and an unedited image may be displayed as it is as an unedited image.

  Under the display related to the editing space, an image display unit 741, a resume button 742, and a cancel button 743 are displayed as displays related to reprinting. There is a possibility that a maximum of 3 sets may be in a print waiting state. When 3 sets of users are in a print waiting state, the 2nd and 3rd sets are displayed under the display related to the first reprint. A display about reprinting the eyes is displayed.

  That is, in the screen example shown in FIG. 16, an image display unit 751, a resume button 752, and a cancel button 753 are displayed as display related to reprinting for the second set of users. In addition, an image display unit 761, a resume button 762, and a cancel button 763 are displayed as display related to reprinting for the third set of users.

  Note that the image in the print space can identify the user by looking at the printed image, and thus can have a screen configuration in which the image display units 741, 751, and 761 are not provided. In addition, the images displayed on the image display units 741, 751, and 761 may be images before editing or images after editing, similar to the image display units 721 and 731.

  Further, the arrangement of images displayed on the image display units 721, 731, 741, 751, and 761 may be displayed in an image arrangement corresponding to the seal layout. The seal layout is selected by the user in step S32 of the flowchart shown in FIG. FIG. 17 shows an example of the seal layout. The seal layout shown in FIG. 17 is a layout in which six different images are arranged in a large size and a small size.

  When a seal layout has already been selected by the user when an error occurs, an image is arranged and displayed according to the seal layout, for example, the seal layout as shown in FIG. Is also possible.

  In this way, by displaying the image (photograph) of the user who used the space in each space, it is possible to compare the image with the user who has declared it, and identify the user. It becomes possible to do. In addition, since the process can be selected to be resumed or stopped, the user can make a desired selection according to the situation at that time.

  In the screen shown in FIG. 16 as well, the image (photograph) of the user who used the space is displayed in each space, so that information in the space that was not used when the error occurred is not displayed. It is also possible to configure. For example, in a situation where the shooting space is not used when an error occurs, the image display unit 711, the resume button 712, and the stop button 713 may be displayed on a screen that is not displayed. By using such a screen, it becomes easier for the store clerk to recognize a space that has to be dealt with (a customer who has used the space).

  In order to prevent the images displayed on the image display units 711, 721, 731, 741, 751, and 761 from being viewed without permission by the user, for example, an open / close switch is provided on a locked door, It is also possible to adopt a configuration in which an image is displayed at the timing when it is detected that the store clerk has opened and when such opening of the door is detected. The door may be a door provided at the service switch.

  Processing when the screen of FIG. 15 or FIG. 16 is displayed will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The process of the flowchart of FIG. 18 is performed in the error processing unit 305 (FIG. 9). In step S101, an error is detected. The error processing unit 305 constantly monitors whether or not an error has occurred, and starts processing from step S102 onward when an error is detected.

  In step S102, the usage status of the imaging space, the editing space, and the printing space when an error occurs is confirmed. It is determined whether or not each space is in use, and if it is in use, an image that is a processing target in that space is stored. When it is determined that the photographing space is used, if there is a photographed image at that time, the photographed image is stored.

  When it is determined that the editing space right is being used, a photographed image of the user who uses the editing space right is stored at that time. At this time, if there is an image that has already been edited, the image that has been edited is also stored. Similarly, when it is determined that the editing space left is used, at that time, a photographed image of a user who uses the editing space left and an image that has been edited are stored.

  When it is determined that the print space is used, an image to be printed (image after editing) is stored at that time. Since a maximum of three sets of images may be waiting for printing, a maximum of three sets of images may be stored.

  In this way, the usage status of each space is grasped, and the image being processed at that time is stored. In step S103, an error screen is generated and displayed using the image thus stored. The screen at this time is the screen shown in FIG. When the screen is displayed, the user calls the store clerk, the store clerk identifies the user using the image on the screen, and when it is determined that the user is a valid user, Or the cancel button is operated.

  In step S104, it is determined whether or not the restart or stop button has been operated. The standby state (the state where the screen shown in FIG. 15 or 16 is displayed) is maintained until it is determined that the restart or stop button has been operated. If it is determined that the restart or stop button has been operated, the process proceeds to step 105. The restart or stop is a process selected as a process after the photo sticker 1 is restarted. Therefore, it is restarted in step S105. As described above, the system is restarted by operating a service switch that can be operated by an authorized person such as a store clerk.

  When restarting is performed, in step S106, the selected process, that is, in this case, the process of restarting or stopping is executed. In this way, the process of resuming or canceling is executed, but since the store clerk has confirmed whether or not it is a legitimate user at the previous stage, the game is restarted illegally or stopped It is possible to eliminate users who receive refunds associated with.

[Other processes in the first embodiment]
In the first embodiment described above, it has been described that when an error occurs, the error screen shown in FIG. 15 or 16 is displayed, and the resumption or cancellation of the work is selected and the restart is performed. When an error occurs, for example, a screen as shown in FIG. 15 is displayed on the touch panel monitor 93 in the shooting space, so that the user can recognize that the error has occurred.

  Further, by displaying an image on the image display unit 611 or the like, the user can recognize that the work that has been performed is not wasted. As a result, the user can obtain a sense of security even in a situation where an error has occurred. Furthermore, the user can recognize that the game can be resumed or canceled by displaying the resume button 614 or the cancel button 615. Thus, after the error is recovered, it can be confirmed that the game can be resumed or stopped, and the user can feel secure even in the situation where the error has occurred.

  Further, when an error occurs, the error screen shown in FIG. 15 or 16 is displayed before the restart, so that the store clerk can restart and recover from the error only by operating the service switch. The subsequent processing can be confirmed at the same time, and the processing burden on the store clerk can be reduced.

  However, the error screen shown in FIGS. 15 and 16 is not limited to the embodiment displayed before the restart, and may be displayed at another timing. For example, as described below, the error screen shown in FIG. 15 or 16 can be displayed after the restart.

  With reference to the process of the flowchart of FIG. 19, another process when an error occurs will be described. The processing of the flowchart of FIG. 19 is performed in the error processing unit 305 (FIG. 9). In step S151, an error is detected. The error processing unit 305 always monitors whether or not an error has occurred, and starts processing from step S152 onward when an error is detected.

  In step S152, the usage status of the imaging space, editing space, and printing space at the time of error occurrence is confirmed. It is determined whether or not each space is in use, and if it is in use, an image that is a processing target in that space is stored. The processing of step S151 and step S152 is performed in the same manner as the processing of step S101 and step S102 of FIG.

  When the use status of each space is grasped and the image being processed at that time is stored, an error report screen is displayed in step S153. The error occurrence report screen is, for example, a screen as shown in FIG. 20, a screen for notifying the user and the store clerk of the occurrence of the error, and a screen for allowing the store clerk to recognize the error content and the countermeasure.

  Referring to the error occurrence report screen shown in FIG. 20, a message “Please call the store” is displayed on the display unit 901 provided at the top of the screen. When the user confirms this message, the user calls the store clerk. A display unit 902 is provided below the display unit 901. The display unit 902 displays error contents and the like. As described above, when an error occurs, first, an error occurrence report screen is displayed for allowing the user to recognize that the error has occurred and for instructing the store clerk to call.

  When such a screen is displayed on the touch panel monitor 93 in the shooting space, for example, when the user calls the store clerk, the store clerk performs a restart process. The restart here means that the photo sticker 1 is turned off and then turned on again. The power switch for turning off the power is provided in any one of a photographing space, an editing space, and a printing space (rear customer service space). Moreover, it is preferable to be provided at a position where an unauthorized person such as a user cannot operate.

  In step S154, when the power switch is operated by the store clerk, the photo sticker 1 is restarted. When restarted, an error screen is generated and displayed in step S155. The screen at this time is the screen shown in FIG. When the screen is displayed, the store clerk identifies the user using the image on the screen displayed, and if it is determined that the user is a valid user, the resume or stop button is operated. The

  In step S156, it is determined whether or not the restart or stop button has been operated. The standby state (the state where the screen shown in FIG. 15 or 16 is displayed) is maintained until it is determined that the restart or stop button has been operated. The store clerk identifies the user who was using each space while looking at the displayed image, asked the user to restart or stop the game from the identified user, and clicked the button corresponding to the request, Select for each space.

  If it is determined that such a restart or stop button has been operated, the process proceeds to step S157. The restart or stop is a process selected as a process after the photo sticker 1 is restarted. Therefore, in order to determine and execute the process selected in each space, the process is first determined in step S157. The processing is confirmed when the store clerk operates the service switch. As described above, the service switch is a switch that can be operated by an authorized person such as a store clerk, and by operating such a switch, the process selected in each space is confirmed.

  Then, when the process is confirmed, the confirmed process is executed. That is, in step S158, a confirmed process, that is, a restart or cancel process is executed in this case. In this way, the process of resuming or canceling is executed, but since the store clerk has confirmed whether or not it is a legitimate user at the previous stage, the game is restarted illegally or stopped It is possible to eliminate users who receive refunds associated with.

  In this way, when an error occurs, the error occurrence report screen is displayed, and after restarting, the screen shown in FIG. 15 or 16 is displayed. It is possible to prevent the user from selecting resumption or cancellation without permission before starting the operation. Even if the user selects resumption or cancellation without permission, neither the process shown in FIG. 18 nor the process shown in FIG. 19 is determined unless the service switch is operated. Therefore, although it is possible to prevent the restart or stop process from being executed, the process of the flowchart shown in FIG. 19 can more reliably prevent such a process.

  By the way, referring to FIG. 15 again, a message such as “Please call a store person” is displayed on the display unit 601. When the process at the time of occurrence of an error based on the flowchart shown in FIG. 19 is executed, the store clerk is called at the time before the screen shown in FIG. 15 or 16 is displayed in step S155. Therefore, since the screen shown in FIG. 15 or 16 is displayed in the state where the store clerk is present, this message itself does not have much meaning, and it can be considered that the screen is not displayed.

  However, since the following situation is also conceivable, it is preferable to display such a message. For example, consider a case where an error occurs when there is no user using the shooting space, and the screen shown in FIG. 15 or 16 is displayed on the touch panel monitor 93 in the shooting space after restarting. In such a case, since there is no user in the shooting space, it is assumed that a new user enters the shooting space.

  When a new user enters the shooting space, the error screen shown in FIG. 15 or FIG. 16 is displayed on the touch panel monitor 93 without the message “Please call the store”. In this case, the new user cannot understand the situation and may be confused. However, as shown in FIGS. 15 and 16, if a message such as “Please call the store person” is displayed, an error has occurred and the store person is It is possible to recognize that it should be called and to avoid being confused. Therefore, even when the error screen shown in FIG. 15 or FIG. 16 is displayed after restarting, it is preferable that the message “Please call the store” is displayed. .

[Second Embodiment]
Next, processing when an error occurs when the photo sticker 1 has a communication function and can communicate with other devices will be described. FIG. 21 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a system including the photo sticker 1 having a communication function. The system shown in FIG. 21 includes a photo sticker 1, a server 1001, and a portable terminal 1002. The photo sticker 1 and the server 1001 are connected so that they can exchange data with each other via a network or the like. The mobile terminal 1002 is a terminal possessed by the user, for example, a mobile phone. The portable terminal 1002 is a terminal including a non-contact type IC.

  Refer to FIG. 8 again. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of the internal configuration of the photographic sticker 1. A non-contact type IC reader / writer 163 is provided in the post-service section 13 of the photographic seal machine 1. A reader / writer having a function equivalent to the non-contact type IC reader / writer 163 is also provided in the photographing unit 21. When illustrated, it is as shown in FIG. That is, the photographing unit 21 is provided with a non-contact type IC reader / writer 1021. Information obtained by communication between the non-contact type IC reader / writer 1021 provided in the photographing unit 21 and the portable terminal 1002 is used for processing when an error occurs.

  Although not shown in the drawings, in the case of the photo sticker 1 capable of pre-service, a pre-service portion may be provided, and a non-contact type IC reader / writer may be provided in the pre-service portion. As will be described below, since information obtained from the mobile terminal 1002 is used when determining whether or not the user is a valid user at the time of the error occurrence, before shooting is started (a coin is inserted). Such information is preferably obtained before or immediately after. Therefore, when a pre-service space is provided, a non-contact type IC reader / writer is provided in the pre-service space, and when there is no such space, a non-contact type IC reader / writer 1021 is provided in the photographing space. It is done.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 22, the editing unit 12 may be provided with a non-contact type IC reader / writer 1022. As described above, a non-contact type IC reader / writer may be provided in each space.

  Processing when an error occurs will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. In step S151, an ID (referred to as a portable terminal ID) is acquired from the portable terminal 1002. The user can connect his / her portable terminal 1002 to the non-contact IC provided in the photographing unit 21 at a predetermined timing, such as before starting photographing, before inserting a coin, or after inserting a coin. Hold it over the reader / writer 1021. By holding the portable terminal 1002 over the non-contact IC reader / writer 1021, the portable terminal ID is read from the non-contact IC included in the portable terminal 1002. The portable terminal ID read in this way is acquired in step S151.

  In step S152, the acquired portable terminal ID and flag are transmitted to the server 1001. The flag is a flag indicating that a game in the photo sticker 1 is started. This flag may be simply a flag indicating the start of the game (a value of 0 or 1), or may be a predetermined numerical value such as the cumulative number of times the game has been started.

  The server 1001 stores the received mobile terminal ID and flag. Thereafter, after a predetermined time has elapsed, the server 1001 deletes the stored mobile terminal ID and flag. The predetermined time is a time sufficient for completing a series of processing such as photographing, editing, and printing in the photo sticker 1. That is, when the process in the photo sticker 1 is completed without an error, the mobile terminal ID and the flag stored in the server 1001 are deleted.

  The error processing unit 305 (FIG. 9) of the photo sealer 1 monitors whether an error has occurred. Then, in step S153, when an error is detected, the processing after step S154 is executed. First, in step S154, restart is performed. The restart is executed by operating a service switch by a store clerk. Therefore, when an error occurs, a message such as “Please call the person at the store” is presented to the user. In the first embodiment, it has been described that the screens shown in FIGS. 15 and 16 are displayed when an error occurs, but in the second embodiment, a message may be displayed.

  In step S155, the mobile terminal ID is acquired from the mobile terminal 1002 again. After the restart, for example, a message “Please hold the mobile terminal” is displayed on the touch panel monitor 93. In response to the message, the user connects his / her mobile terminal 1002 to the non-contact IC reader / writer 1021. The portable terminal ID is acquired when it is held over.

  This message may be displayed on the touch panel monitor 93 of the photographing unit 21, and the portable terminal 1002 may be held over the non-contact type IC reader / writer 1021. Alternatively, the message is displayed not only on the touch panel monitor 93 of the photographing unit 21, but also on the tablet built-in monitor 131 of the editing unit 12 and the tablet built-in monitor 161 of the pre-service unit 13, and the game was enjoyed in each space. The user may hold his / her portable terminal 1002 over a non-contact type IC reader / writer installed in each space.

  When the mobile terminal ID is acquired, the acquired mobile terminal ID and flag are transmitted to the server 1001 in step S156. The flag transmitted to the server 1001 in step S156 can be a flag indicating the start of the game, similar to the flag indicating the start of the game transmitted in step S152.

  When the server 1001 receives the mobile terminal ID and the flag, the server 1001 determines whether or not the mobile terminal ID and the flag that are the same as the mobile terminal ID and the flag are stored. If the same portable terminal ID and flag are stored, the portable terminal ID and flag have already been received and stored in step S152. Therefore, in such a case, it can be determined that the user is a valid user.

  On the other hand, as a result of the server 1001 receiving the mobile terminal ID and the flag and determining whether the same mobile terminal ID and flag as the mobile terminal ID and flag are stored, the same mobile terminal ID and flag are If it is determined that it has not been stored, it means that the portable terminal ID and flag have not been received and stored in step S152. Therefore, in such a case, it can be determined that the user is not a valid user.

  Such an authentication result in the server 1001 is received in step S157. If the authentication result indicates that the user is a valid user, the process proceeds to step S158. On the other hand, if the received authentication result indicates that the user is not a valid user, the process does not proceed to step S158, and the state is maintained as it is. Processing such as displaying a message such as “Please” is executed.

  In step S158, a screen as shown in FIG. 24 is displayed on the touch panel monitor 93 of the photographing unit 21. On the screen shown in FIG. 24A, a resume button 1101 and a cancel button 1102 are displayed. In this case, since the user has already been confirmed as a valid user, the resume button 1101 and the cancel button 1102 are buttons that can be operated by the user. The user can select to resume or cancel the interrupted game by operating the displayed restart button 1101 or stop button 1102.

  Alternatively, a screen as shown in FIG. 24B may be displayed on the touch panel monitor 93 of the photographing unit 21. The screen shown in FIG. 24B displays a display unit 1201 that displays a message “resume when held once” and “cancel when held twice” and a determination button 1202. In this screen, in order to inform the user that if the portable terminal 1002 is held over the contactless IC reader / writer 1021 only once, the suspended work can be resumed, and if it is held twice, the cancellation can be selected. Message is displayed.

  In response to such a message, when the user holds the portable terminal 1002 over the non-contact type IC reader / writer 1021 and operates the determination button 1202, the interrupted work is resumed. Also, in response to such a message, when the user holds the portable terminal 1002 twice over the non-contact type IC reader / writer 1021 and operates the decision button 1202, the interrupted work is canceled as it is, Users receive refunds as needed.

  In this way, by using the mobile terminal ID acquired from the mobile terminal 1002, it is possible to authenticate whether or not the user is a legitimate user. The user can select the configuration.

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 21, it communicated with the server 1001 and managed the mobile terminal ID and flag on the server 1001 side to authenticate the user, but the acquired mobile terminal ID and flag are For example, the information may be temporarily stored in the storage unit 202 (FIG. 22), and authentication processing may be performed on the photo sticker 1 side using the stored portable terminal ID and flag. In such a case, authentication can be performed without performing communication with the server 1001.

  Further, in the second embodiment described above, an example in which the mobile terminal 1002 is used to perform the authentication process using the mobile terminal ID has been described. However, instead of the mobile terminal 1002, a user such as a point card may be used. Information such as an identifiable card may be used, and authentication may be performed in the same manner as described above. When a card for identifying an individual such as a point card is used for authentication, a reader / writer for reading information from such a card is used instead of a non-contact type IC reader / writer. 1 is provided in the photographing unit 21, for example.

[About the third embodiment]
The above-described embodiment is effective when a user is identified by taking measures such as restarting relatively soon after an error occurs. However, for example, there may be a state where it cannot be restarted for a long time due to a power failure or the like (a state where it cannot recover from an error). In such a case, the user may leave the place without waiting on the photo sticker 1 until the user restarts. As described above, an embodiment will be described in order to be able to deal with a case where the user has gone away but requested a refund later.

  That is, the user can be specified even when the time has elapsed. Here, the flowchart shown in FIG. 18 will be referred to again. The flowchart shown in FIG. 18 is a process executed when an error occurs. In the process in step S102, the usage status and image of each space at the time of error occurrence are stored. At this time, the date and time and the cause of the error are also stored. That is, the date and time when the error occurred and the image handled in each space at that time are associated and recorded as a history.

  In this way, the history at the time of error occurrence is left, the history is read out as necessary, and the screen as shown in FIG. 15 or 16 is displayed. In the case of such a configuration, the error processing unit 305 is configured to store a history at step S102 in the flowchart shown in FIG. 18 and read the history as a process between steps S102 and S103. Is inserted.

  The photo sticker 1 can be configured so that the history is read, for example, when the maintenance switch is operated. The maintenance switch is a button operated when maintaining the photo sticker 1. As with the service switch, this maintenance switch is a button that can be operated only by an authorized person.

  When the clerk receives a report from the user that the photo sticker 1 has been used when an error occurs, the store clerk operates the maintenance switch at a timing when other customers are not using the photo sticker 1. By operating the maintenance switch, the history is read, and a screen as shown in FIG. 15 or 16 is displayed on the touch panel monitor 93 based on the history. Since operations and processes after such a screen is displayed can be performed in the same manner as in the first embodiment, a description thereof is omitted here because it is redundant.

  In this way, by storing the history, and by reading the history and displaying the screen shown in FIGS. 15 and 16, not only immediately after the occurrence of the error but also after the time has elapsed. It is possible to display a screen for specifying a user. Therefore, even when the time has elapsed since the error occurred, appropriate processing can be performed in response to a report from a legitimate user.

  In the first, second, and third embodiments described above, information regarding the user who has resumed the game or received a refund is deleted and is not displayed on the screen. This is to prevent a user who has once resumed or received a refund from resuming or receiving a refund again.

  Further, in the first, second, and third embodiments, it has been described that a refund is given when the cancellation of the game is selected. However, a free play ticket or the like may be given to the user. . The free play ticket may be printed by the printing unit 211 and provided to the user.

  Thus, the photo sticker 1 has a feature of handling an image in which a user is photographed in order to perform photographing, editing, and printing. It is possible to specify a legitimate user using such a feature of the photo seal machine 1 by applying this embodiment. Therefore, when an error occurs, a user can be specified and appropriate processing can be performed.

  By the way, the above-described series of processes can be executed by hardware or can be executed by software. When the above-described series of processing is executed by software, a program constituting the software is installed from a network or a recording medium.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 8, the recording medium is distributed to distribute the program to the administrator of the photo sticker 1 separately from the apparatus main body, and is a magnetic disk (flexible disk) on which the program is recorded. ), Optical disks (including CD-ROM and DVD), magneto-optical disks (including MD), or removable media 205 made of semiconductor memory, etc. The program is composed of a ROM 206 in which a program is recorded and a hard disk included in the storage unit 202, which is distributed to the administrator.

  In the present specification, the step of describing the program recorded on the recording medium is not limited to the processing performed in chronological order according to the described order, but is not necessarily performed in chronological order. It also includes processes that are executed individually.

  In the above, the printing medium is not limited to sticker paper or photographic paper. For example, printing on a predetermined size of paper or film, poster paper, a card such as a telephone card, or a cloth such as a T-shirt. You may make it do.

  Further, in this specification, the system represents the entire apparatus constituted by a plurality of apparatuses. In the above, the configuration described as one device may be divided and configured as a plurality of devices. Conversely, the configurations described above as a plurality of devices may be combined into a single device. Of course, configurations other than those described above may be added to the configuration of each device. Furthermore, if the configuration and operation of the entire system are substantially the same, a part of the configuration of a certain device may be included in the configuration of another device.

  1 Photo sticker, 11 Shooting unit, 12 Editorial department, 13 Subsequent customer service section, 21 Shooting section, 22 Background section, 305 Error processing section

Claims (8)

A shooting unit for performing a shooting operation with a user as a subject;
An editing unit for performing editing work for inputting editing information on the image of the user obtained by the shooting work;
Printing the obtained image of the edited user on a predetermined sticker paper, discharging the printed sticker paper, and providing the user as a photo sticker,
When an error occurs, an image that is a processing target is stored in each work place of the photographing unit, the editing unit, and the printing unit,
A photo-seal machine that displays a screen associating the stored image and error recovery processing for each work place as one screen for specifying the user and the work place . Examples processing after error recovery, photo sticker machine according to claim 1 in which choices for selecting whether to resume work interrupted or stopped is displayed on the screen by an error has occurred. The stored images are displayed one image, or a plurality photo sticker machine according to claim 1 or claim 2 are simultaneously displayed. Comprising a reading means for reading an ID from a non-contact type IC;
By the reading means, before and after an error occurs, by whether the ID read each match is determined, photo sticker machine according to claim 1 in which certain of the user is performed . Wherein the number of times the ID is read from the non-contact type IC, photo sticker machine according to claim 4 or resume work interrupted by an error has occurred, or stops is selected. When an error occurs, a history that associates at least the date and time of the image to be processed in each of the photographing unit, the editing unit, and the printing unit is stored, and the stored history is used as the usage photo sticker machine according to claim 1 which is information for identifying the person. A shooting unit for performing a shooting operation with a user as a subject;
An editing unit for performing editing work for inputting editing information on the image of the user obtained by the shooting work;
A processing method of a photographic seal machine comprising: a printing unit that prints the obtained image of the edited user on a predetermined sticker sheet, discharges the printed sticker sheet, and provides it to the user as a photographic sticker Because
When an error occurs, an image that is a processing target is stored in each work place of the photographing unit, the editing unit, and the printing unit,
As a screen for specifying the user and the work area, the processing method of the photo sticker machine comprising displaying a screen associated with processing after the stored image and error recovery for each of the work area. A shooting unit for performing a shooting operation with a user as a subject;
An editing unit for performing editing work for inputting editing information on the image of the user obtained by the shooting work;
The resulting printed image of the edited the user to a predetermined sealing sheet, and discharges the printed said seal sheet, and controls the photo sticker machine provided with a printing unit to be provided to the user as a photo sticker On the computer,
When an error occurs, an image that is a processing target is stored in each work place of the photographing unit, the editing unit, and the printing unit,
Computer reading for executing a process including a step of displaying a screen in which the stored image and the process after error recovery are associated with each work place as one screen for specifying the user and the work place Possible program.

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