JPH0688467B2 - How to make a photo booklet - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial field of use] The present invention relates to a method for creating a photo booklet used for a passport (passport), a bank passbook, and the like, and in particular, a composite image of character images such as names and person images. The present invention relates to an improvement in a method for producing a booklet with a photograph having a page in which is recorded.

[Conventional technology]

In a booklet including a photo, for example, a passport, a photo for identifying the owner is attached to a page in the booklet. A transparent sheet is adhered on the photograph so as to cover the photograph, and an emboss seal is applied on the photograph and the transparent sheet to prevent falsification. In addition, information such as name, nationality, date of birth, section, issue date, issue number, etc. is entered in this passport.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

When making the passport, at least the steps of type-printing bibliographic items such as name, nationality, and gender, attaching a photograph, and covering the attached photograph with a transparent sheet are necessary. Therefore, it takes time and effort to create the passport, and it is difficult to easily and efficiently create the passport. Therefore, there is a problem that the passport issuing business cannot be rationalized.

In addition, conventionally, when applying for a passport, it is necessary to attach a photo on the application form in addition to the photo for attaching the passport, and there is the problem that a photo with multiple leaves must be prepared.

In addition, with the advent of the era of mass transit of international passengers, the introduction of MRP (Machine Reedable Passport) was proposed in order to speed up immigration procedures in each country and ease congestion at immigration procedures at various international airports, Although it is experimental in some countries, it has been partially adopted.

This MRP is a passport that is created according to a unified standard and that allows machine information to be read by a person. Therefore, this MRP is adopted, and passport data such as personal information written on the MRP can be optically or electronically read by a certain reading device to streamline the immigration procedure work, and to get in and out at various international airports, etc. It will be possible to reduce the congestion during the procedure.

However, when adopting the above MRP, when creating a passport, the type printing step, photo sticking step,
In addition to the transparent sheet contact process, etc., a process for printing characters that have been newly processed so that the passport data can be read optically or electronically is required. There is also a new problem that impedes the rationalization of passport issuing operations.

[Object of the Invention]

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is possible to easily and efficiently create while preventing forgery and falsification, and as a result, a photograph of a passport etc. in which the production amount increases or decreases depending on the time. An object of the present invention is to provide a method for creating a booklet containing a photo, which can be effectively used for creating a booklet, can streamline its issuing work, and can be easily dealt with when adopting the above MRP.

[Means for solving problems]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention comprises a character information input step of inputting personal information of an application form as character information, a person image inputting step of inputting an image of a face photograph of the application form as an entry image, The character information input in the character information input step and the OCR character information converted from a part of this character information,
And using the person image input in the person image input step,
An image synthesizing step of synthesizing each image of a character image, an OCR character image, and a human image, a synthetic image exposing step of exposing the photosensitive sheet with the synthetic image obtained in the image synthesizing step, and a transparent sheet and a supporting sheet. By using a booklet that is bound so as to be superposed and has an image receiving layer of a heat development transfer system formed on one of the superposed surfaces of these sheets, the combined image obtained in the image combining step is applied to a photosensitive sheet. A composite image exposure process of exposing, a heat development transfer process of thermally developing the composite image on the photosensitive sheet obtained in the composite image exposure process and transferring it to the image receiving layer, and an image receiving the composite image transferred in the heat development transfer process And a laminating step of forming a composite sheet having a multilayer structure into a booklet by bonding the layers with an adhesive so as to be sandwiched between the transparent sheet and the support sheet.

[Action]

In the present invention, the character information input in the character information input step based on the application form, the OCR character information converted from a part of this character information, and the person image input in the person image input step are used to generate characters. Each image of the image, the OCR character image, and the person image is image-synthesized, the combined image is exposed on the photosensitive sheet, and the combined image on the exposed photosensitive sheet is thermally developed and transferred to the image receiving layer. The transferred image-receiving layer is joined by an adhesive so as to be sandwiched between the transparent sheet and the supporting sheet, and a composite sheet having a multilayer structure is formed into a booklet. Therefore, the image-receiving layer to which the composite image is transferred is interposed between the support sheet and the transparent sheet by the adhesive layer, so that a portrait photograph (face photograph) is taken as in the conventional case when preparing a photo booklet such as a passport. By eliminating the manual labor of pasting and type-printing character images such as names, the apparatus can automatically create a photo booklet. This makes it possible to easily and efficiently create a booklet with photographs.

In addition, since the composite image such as the character information and the person image is transferred to the image receiving layer by the transfer method, the dry processing can be performed without using chemicals. Therefore, the developing device can be simplified as compared with the case of developing using a chemical,
Also, since it is a dry process and there is no deterioration of chemicals,
It will be possible to deal with small amount processing during the off-season.

〔Example〕

An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 8, the method for producing a photo booklet according to the present invention is applied to the method for producing MRP. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, this MRP is a character image 1a such as a name, a person image 1b, a graphic image 1c provided as necessary, and an optically readable OCR character image. A transparent sheet 2 having on one surface thereof an image-receiving layer 1 in which 1d is synthesized and thermally transferred.
A support sheet 3 disposed on the side of the transparent sheet 2 facing the image receiving layer 1, and a support sheet 3 provided in layers on the surface of the support sheet 3 on the transparent sheet 2 side.
And a booklet 5 having an adhesive layer 4 for adhering the transparent sheet 2 and a booklet sheet 7 on which immigration marks, visa marks and the like are stamped. An image receiving layer 1 to which the composite image is transferred and a transparent sheet 2 provided on the image receiving layer 1
As shown in FIG. 2, since it is bonded to the support sheet 3 via the adhesive layer 4, finally, the transparent sheet 2, the image receiving layer 1, the adhesive layer 4, and the support sheet 3 are layered. The composite sheet body having a four-layer structure is integrated in the booklet 5 as a front cover.

As shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 4, the method of creating this MRP is roughly divided into accepting a passport application 11 and providing personal information of the application 11 to a word processor 12
In addition to the pre-process 100 of inputting to the floppy disk 13 for character information and the image of the face photograph 11a of the application form 11, the image synthesizing device 14 also inputs the person image and the character information of the input face photograph 11a. Image synthesis step 110
And a video printing step 120 for thermally transferring and printing the composite image obtained in the image combining step 110 on the image receiving layer 1 by the video printer 15, and the image receiving layer 1 on which a person image or the like is thermally transferred via the adhesive layer 4. Fixed to the support sheet 3,
Transparent sheet 2, image receiving layer 1, adhesive layer 4, and support sheet 3
Is integrated into four layers and integrated, and a post-process 130 for issuing the MRP configured in this way is configured.

In the previous step 100, an application form receiving step 101 for receiving a passport application form 11 on which a facial photograph 11a is attached and necessary personal information is entered, and a barcode label 16 for identification on the received application form 11 It comprises a bar code label attaching step 102 for attaching and a character information inputting step 103 for inputting personal information of the application form 11 to the floppy disk 13 for character information. The application acceptance step 101 and the barcode label attaching step 102 are performed manually.

Specifically, the character information input step 103 is performed by an operator using a word processor 12 having a display CRT 12a, a bar code reader 12b, and a keyboard 12c shown in FIG. The bar code of the application 11 is read using the bar code reader 12b before inputting the character information. Corresponding to the identification code by the read bar code, the personal information described in the application form 11 is input as coded character information by keyboard input, and the floppy disk for character information is used.
Recorded in 13. Instead of keyboard input, the personal information of the application form 11 may be input by a camera and the character image information obtained thereby may be stored in, for example, a storage medium.

The image synthesizing step 110 is the facial photograph 1 attached to the application form 11.
The person image input step 111 for reading the person image 1b of 1a, the person image 1b input in this person image input step 111, and the character information extracted from the character information floppy disk 13 is transferred to the character image 1a via the character generator. Converted character image 1a, floppy disk 17 for graphic image in advance
The graphic image 1c input to and the character information input step 10
The image composing / displaying step 112 consists of extracting only the necessary information from the character image information input in 3 and arranging and composing / displaying each of the OCR character images 1d converted into OCR characters.

The image synthesizing step 110 is specifically performed by the image synthesizing device 14 shown in FIG. This image synthesizer 14
As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, a person image input section 22 including a television camera 20 or a color image scanner 21 for performing the person image input step 111, a color monitor CRT 23, a keyboard 24, and Barcode reader 2
5, a console 26 provided with 5, a reading unit 27 for reading the coded character information from the character information floppy disk 13 and reading the graphic image information from the graphic image floppy disk 17, and based on the above information And a CRT controller 30 for controlling the color monitor CRT 23 and the printer black and white CRT 29 of the video printer 15 based on the image synthesis data of the image synthesis unit 28. Has been done.

A black and white camera is used as the television camera 20 in order to improve the resolution, and a rotary drive type RGB filter 20a is arranged in front of the black and white camera 20, and three-color plane sequential imaging is performed.

As shown in FIG. 5, the image composition unit 28 reads out the data of the person image 1b captured by the person image input unit 22 in association with the identification code from the barcode reader 25,
Further, the character information data input from the word processor 12 and stored in association with the identification code from the bar code reader 12b is read out from the character information floppy disk 13 and, in this way, the identification information by the bar code is dealt with. -The read-out data that is matched and read through the control circuit 36, the frame memory 31 for a person image, the frame memory 32 for a character image, and a look-up table matrix circuit for performing gradation correction on a person image 3
3, a look-up table 34 for performing gradation correction on a character image, processing by the composition / thinning circuit 35,
It is configured to synthesize a-1d. Reference numeral 37 in the figure denotes an A / D converter for converting each video signal B, G, R of the television camera 20 into a digital signal. Also, reference numeral 38
Indicates a D / A converter for converting a digital signal of the data of the combined screen obtained by the combining / thinning circuit 35 into an analog signal.

As shown in FIG. 1, in the video printing step 120, a composite image exposure step 121 of exposing the composite image created in the image composition step 110 to the photosensitive paper 40, and the exposed photosensitive paper 40 are exposed. And a thermal development transfer step 122 of thermally developing the composite image and transferring it to the image receiving layer 1. Specifically, this video printing process 120 is performed by referring to FIGS.
As shown in the figure, the thermal development type video printer 15 is used.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the video printer 15 includes a photosensitive paper roll cassette 41 in which a photosensitive paper 40 for heat development is housed in a coil shape, and a photosensitive paper 40 pulled out from the cassette 41. CR for printing that exposes a composite image on the emulsion side
T29, a looper device 42 for storing the exposed photosensitive paper 40 in a loop to smoothly perform the process of the next step, and is installed on the downstream side of the looper device 42 to easily perform the thermal transfer of the next step. For this purpose, a water coating device 43 for uniformly coating water on the emulsion surface of the photosensitive paper 40 as a diffusion aid, and the exposed photosensitive paper 40 installed downstream of the water coating device 43 are cut into individual frames. The cutter 44, the storage case 45 of the unprocessed booklet 5 in which the booklet 5 before the thermal transfer processing is opened and overlapped so that the image receiving layer 1 faces upward, and the booklet 5 is unloaded from the storage case 5 one by one. After the overlapping positions of the image receiving layer 1 of the unprocessed booklet 5 and the exposed and cut photosensitive paper 40 for each frame are matched, the air between the overlapped photosensitive paper 40 and the image receiving layer 1 of the booklet 5 is adjusted. A pair of squeezing rollers 46 for extracting the etc.,
As a result, the image receiving layer 1 and the photosensitive paper 40, which have been squeezed to remove air and the like, are sandwiched from above and below, and heat is applied to them to perform thermal development.
Booklet storage case 48 after the process of storing the heat-development transfer section 47 for transferring and the booklet 5 transferred by heat in order to be stacked.
And a scrap photosensitive paper receiver 49 for accumulating and storing scrap photosensitive paper 40a after thermal transfer.

The CRT 29 for printing is configured to form a composite image, which is inverted into a negative image, on the photosensitive paper 40 at the time of printing based on the output signal from the image compositing device 14 to expose the photosensitive paper 40. . That is, specifically, the CRT 29 for printing sequentially displays a monochrome image in which a blue composite image is displayed with lightness, a monochrome image corresponding to a green composite image, and a monochrome image corresponding to a red composite image in sequence. , While the shutter drive device 50 opens the shutter 51, the photosensitive paper
40 is exposed through the lens 52. This three-color sequential exposure is performed with a blue filter 53, a green filter 54, and a red filter 55.
Is selectively inserted by the filter switching device 56, and the monochrome image displayed on the print CRT 29 is converted into a monochrome image of blue, green and red.

Instead of exposing the photosensitive paper 40 by the printing CRT 29, for example, an LED, a liquid crystal, a laser, a FOT or the like may be used for the exposure.

When the photosensitive paper 40 is exposed, the photosensitive paper 40 is intermittently transferred by one frame by a frame feeder (not shown). The photosensitive paper 40 thus transferred one by one and sequentially exposed is passed through the loop device 42, and then water is uniformly and thinly applied to the photosensitive emulsion coating side by the water coating device 43. This water acts as a diffusion aid in the next heat development transfer step.
In the case of the meltable diffusion aid method, urea, water of crystallization, microcapsules, etc., which become water-like by heating, are previously added as a diffusion aid at the time of manufacturing the image receiving layer 1, so that the superimposing step Need not be added.

After the water application, the photosensitive paper 40 is cut into pieces by the cutter 44, and then conveyed to a predetermined position by a conveying device (not shown), and the unprocessed booklet is also conveyed from the cassette 45 at this position. 5 of the image receiving layers 1 are superposed so as to match each other. After this, the water applied in the previous step is uniformly spread on the emulsion surface by a pair of ironing rollers 46.

Next, the unprocessed booklet 5 in which one sheet of photosensitive paper 40 is superposed on the image receiving layer 1 is heated by a heat development transfer section 47 composed of an upper heat plate and a lower heat plate, so that the photosensitive emulsion in the photosensitive paper 40 is exposed. Dye is thermally transferred to the image receiving layer 1 of the booklet 5. Since the processing time of this heat development transfer step is longer than that of the other steps, it is desirable that the heat development transfer section 47 be composed of a plurality of stages to perform parallel processing. By thus providing a plurality of stages, it is possible to improve the processing capability of the video printer. After the heat development transfer, the scrap photosensitive paper 40a after the heat transfer is accumulated in the photosensitive paper receiver 49, and the booklet 5 after the heat transfer is accumulated in the processed booklet storage case 48.

In the post-processing step 130, as shown in FIGS. 2, 3, and 7, the transparent sheet 2 having the image receiving layer 1 on which the composite image is thermally transferred is superposed on the support sheet 3, and these are adhered. Laminating process for integrating sheets 4 through layer 4 13
1 and an inspection step 132 for finally inspecting whether or not the person image 1b and the character image 1a of the booklet 5 created in this way match, and whether the character image 1a is erroneous. It consists of a delivery process 133 for delivering the passport after the completion to the application form.

As shown in FIG. 7, the transparent sheet 2 and the support sheet 3 used in the laminating step 131 are bound in the booklet 5 at a position where these 2 and 3 are superposed. The support sheet 3 is the front cover of the booklet 5,
For example, 100-800 μm paper, plastic sheets,
It is composed of a composite support or the like in which these papers and plastics are stuck together, or one or both sides of the papers are laminated with plastics. Examples of plastics include, but are not limited to, polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polycarbonate, acetyl cellulose, cellulose ester, polyvinyl acetal, polystyrene, polypropylene, polyvinyl chloride, nylon, polyethylene and the like. In addition, some of these plastics contain white pigments such as TiO ₂ and Zn.
One in which O is dispersed may be used, and another coloring pigment or dye, or one containing it may be used.

As the transparent sheet 2, a transparent plastic sheet having a thickness of 50 to 350 μm is used and is formed to have a size substantially the same as or slightly smaller than the size of the support sheet 3. This transparent sheet 2
Are appropriately selected from the various materials mentioned as the plastics constituting the support sheet 3 and are constituted.

The image receiving layer 1 is layered on the surface of the transparent sheet 2 on the support sheet 3 side in a thickness of about 10 μm. The image receiving layer 1 is composed of a material capable of receiving the dye released from the photothermographic material of the photosensitive sheet by the heating phenomenon, and contains, for example, a dye fixing agent such as a dye mordant. As this dye fixing agent, a useful one can be selected and used depending on the physical properties of the released dye, the components other than the dye contained in the photothermographic material, the transfer conditions, etc. For example, a high molecular weight polymer mordant is used. . The photothermographic material used in this example releases a movable dye imagewise by heat development, and transfers the movable dye to a dye fixing element having a mordant with a solvent such as water. A method of transferring to a dye fixing element by a boiling point organic solvent, a method of transferring to a dye fixing element by a hydrophilic thermal solvent incorporated in the dye fixing element, a dye of a support or the like in which a movable dye is heat diffusible or sublimable It is considered to be a transfer type heat-developable color light-sensitive material such as a method of transferring to a receiving element. Such heat-developable color light-sensitive materials are described in detail in U.S. Pat.No. 4,500,626, JP-A-60-133449, JP-A-59-218443, JP-A-61-238056,
It is described in publications such as European Patent (EP) 220,746A2. In these heat-developable photosensitive materials, JP-A
A base precursor described in 61-269147, etc.,
It is advantageous to incorporate a base generating means, such as the method for generating a base utilizing the complex formation reaction described in European Patent No. 210,660A2, into the image forming reaction system.

The adhesive layer 4 is provided on the back side of the support sheet 3, that is, the surface on the transparent sheet 2 side, and adheres so that the surface of the image receiving layer 1 of the transparent sheet 2 and the back surface of the support sheet 3 are in close contact with each other. is there. The adhesive layer 4 does not damage the images 1a to 1d thermally transferred to the image-receiving layer 1 and is a sheet for contact when in close contact.
An adhesive agent with less generation of bubbles between 2 and 3 is selected and used, and is formed to have a thickness of, for example, 1 to 200 μm. A release paper 6 is stuck on the surface of the adhesive layer 4. In addition,
A heat-adhesive type adhesive (hot melt) may be used instead of the adhesive layer 4 made of a normal adhesive that can be adhered at room temperature. In this case, the release paper 6 attached to the surface of the adhesive layer 4 can be omitted as a matter of course. Although the adhesive layer 4 was provided as a layer on the surface of the support sheet 3 on the transparent sheet 3 side, the adhesive layer 4 is not limited to this, and after the image is transferred to the image receiving layer 1, it is formed thereon. An adhesive layer may be applied. Further, another adhesive sheet can be used, and further, an adhesive sheet coated on the release paper can be used.

After the laminating step 131, an embossing step may be added to emboss a certification mark or the like. In the inspection step 132, it is inspected whether or not the person image 1b and the character image 1a match.
As described above, in the image synthesizing step 110, the character image 1a and the person image 1b are automatically made to correspond to each other and synthesized based on the identification code by the barcode, and thus it is checked whether or not the images match. Can be omitted.

In this embodiment, when the photo booklet 5 is created,
Since the image synthesizing step 110 and the video printer step 120 are automated by the use of the image synthesizing device 14 and the video printer 15, respectively, most of the creating work such as passports can be machine-processed, and the creating work is rationalized. be able to.

Particularly, in this embodiment, since the OCR character image 1d is combined in the combined image, it is possible to easily cope with the adoption of the MRP.

Further, in the above embodiment, the image receiving layer 1 is layered on the transparent sheet 2 bound to the booklet 5, and the adhesive layer 4 is layered on the support sheet 3 bound to the booklet 5 so as to face the transparent sheet 2. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, as shown in FIG. 8, the image receiving layer 1 is layered on the support sheet 3 bound to the booklet 5, and the adhesive layer 4 is a transparent adhesive. The booklet 5 is composed of
It may be layered on the transparent sheets 2 bound together.

Further, in the above embodiment, the character image 1a, the person image 1b
A composite image such as the above is electronically computer-composited by the image compositing device 14, and the composite image is exposed on the photosensitive paper 40 by the printing CRT 29 or the like, but the present invention is not limited thereto. As in the second embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 9 to FIG. 11, a character image or a person image, which is personal information, is irradiated and the reflected light is used to expose the photosensitive paper.
Forty direct exposures may be provided, thereby obtaining a composite image.

That is, the MRP may be created by the following procedure. This creation procedure is as shown in FIG.
An application acceptance step 150 for accepting the application 11 with the facial photograph 11a attached, and a character information input step 151 for inputting personal information based on the content of the application 11 using a word processor or the like.
And a character printing process for printing the input character information.
And a character inspection step 153 for inspecting whether the printed characters and the contents of the application form 11 match, and the face photograph 11a of the application form 11 is directly reflected on the photosensitive paper 40 using reflected light. A person image exposure step 154 of exposing, a character image exposure step 155 of directly exposing the character image 11b printed in the character printing step 152 to the photosensitive paper 40 using reflected light, and thus exposed. Heat development that heat develops the photosensitive paper 40 and transfers it to the image receiving layer 1.
The transfer process 156 includes a laminating process 157, an inspection process 158, and a delivering process 159 similar to the post-process 130 in the first embodiment.

The person image exposure step 154 and the character image exposure step 155 include
This is done by a printer 60 as shown in FIG. In the constituent members of the printer 60, the same members as those of the video printer 15 shown in FIG. 7 are designated by the same reference numerals and the description thereof will be omitted. The printer 60 includes a photosensitive paper cassette 41 that stores the photosensitive paper 40 in a coil shape, and a first exposure unit 61 that exposes the image of the face photograph 11a on the photosensitive paper 40 that is pulled out from the cassette 41 by one frame. The second exposure unit 62 that exposes the character image 1a on the print mount 65 at a position different from the exposed portion of the person image 1b on the photosensitive paper 40 for which the person image 1b is exposed.
A looper device 42 provided on the downstream side of the second exposure section 62, and a water coating device 43, a cutter 44 similar to the video printer 15 provided on the downstream side of the looper device 42,
Storage case 45 of unprocessed booklet 5, squeezing roller 46, heat development transfer unit 47, processed booklet storage case 48, scrap photosensitive paper receiver 49
Each is equipped with.

The first exposure unit 61 connects a lamp (not shown) that irradiates the face photograph 11a of the application 11 with light and the image of the face photograph 11a irradiated by this lamp on the emulsion surface of the photosensitive paper 40. The image forming lens 63 includes an image forming lens 63 and a first mask 64 which is disposed close to the photosensitive paper 40 and exposes only the image of the face photograph 11a on the photosensitive paper 40.

The second exposure unit 62 prints the above-mentioned character on one frame of the photosensitive paper 40 on which the person image 1b is exposed by the first exposure unit 61.
A lamp (not shown) that irradiates the printing mount paper 65 obtained in 152, and the character image 1a, the graphic image 1c, and the OCR character image 1d of the printing mount paper 65 illuminated by this lamp are applied to the emulsion surface of the photosensitive paper 40. An image forming lens 66 for forming an image on the photosensitive paper 40 and a second mask 67 which is arranged close to the photosensitive paper 40 and exposes only the character image 1a and the like on the photosensitive paper 40. In addition, print mount
A fixed character and a tint block which are common items are printed in advance on the 65, and character information is printed on the mount 65 by a word processor or the like. Also, each mask 6
As shown in FIGS. 11 (A) and 11 (B), openings 67 for exposing the person image 1b at a predetermined position on the photosensitive paper 40 are provided at 4,67.
An opening 67a for exposing a, the character image 1a, etc. to a predetermined position on the photosensitive paper 40 is formed. Therefore, each of these masks 64,
As shown in FIGS. 10 (C) and (D), 67 exposes the person image 1b, the character image 1a, the graphic image 1c, and the OCR character image 1d at predetermined positions within the frame 40b of the photosensitive paper 40. It

In the case of optically obtaining a composite image, instead of the first and second exposure units 61 and 62 in the second embodiment, the third embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 12 is used. Alternatively, one exposure unit 70 may be used to obtain a composite image. That is, one exposure unit 70 may first expose the person image 1b and then the character image 1a and the like.
As shown in FIG. 12, the exposure unit 70 includes an original table 71 on which the application 11 or the print mount 65 is placed, and the original table 71.
An image forming lens 72 for forming an image of the person image 1b of the face photograph 11a of the application 11 and the character image 1a of the printing mount 65 placed on the photosensitive emulsion surface of the photosensitive paper 40 and the image forming lens 72. It is composed of a mask 73 for a person image for exposing only the images 1a, 1b, etc. to be imaged onto the emulsion surface, and a mask 74 for a character image and the like. In this case, first, the person image mask 73 is automatically inserted on the emulsion surface of the photosensitive paper 40, and the application form 11 is obtained and set on the document table 71 to expose the person image 1b. Exposure. Next, the character image mask 74 is automatically inserted on the emulsion surface of the photosensitive paper 40, and the printing mount 65 is manually set on the original plate 71 to set the character image 1a.
A first exposure is performed to expose the like.

Further, when optically obtaining a composite image, the exposure unit 80 may obtain a composite image as in the fourth embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. That is, the application form is placed on the manuscript table 81.
11 and the print mount 65 are placed, the imaging lenses 82 and 83 are tilted to be combined on the emulsion surface of the photosensitive paper 40, and the imaged person image 1b and character image 1a are masked. The person image 1b, the character image 1a, and the like may be sequentially exposed while masking with 84 and 85. It is preferable to have such a structure, and the structure of the exposure unit 80 can be simplified.

Instead of the exposure section 80, an exposure section 90 like the fifth embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 14 can be used.
The same members as those in the fourth embodiment are designated by the same reference numerals and the description thereof will be omitted. According to this exposure unit 90, the application form 11
By placing a mask 87 made of black paper or the like having an opening 86 so that only the facial photograph 11a is exposed, the masks 84 and 85 can be omitted, and the device configuration can be simplified. You can

〔The invention's effect〕

As described above, according to the present invention, a person image or character information input based on an application form is image-synthesized, the synthesized image is transferred to an image receiving layer, and the transferred image receiving layer is coated with an adhesive. It is interposed between the transparent sheet and the support sheet so as to be integrally formed with the multi-layered sheet bound in a booklet. Therefore, the image-receiving layer to which the composite image is transferred is interposed between the support sheet and the transparent sheet by the adhesive layer, so that a portrait photograph (face photograph) is taken as in the conventional case when preparing a photo booklet such as a passport. It eliminates the trouble of having to paste and type-print character images such as names and the like, and the booklet with photographs can be automatically created by the device. This makes it possible to easily and efficiently create a booklet with photographs.

In addition, a transparent sheet and a supporting sheet are bound so as to be superposed, and a preprocessed booklet in which an image receiving layer of a heat development transfer system is formed on one of the overlapping surfaces of these sheets is mass-produced in advance. Since it is possible to keep it, it is possible to easily make a booklet with a photo by using this unprocessed booklet, performing heat development transfer to the image receiving layer, and then joining the transparent sheet to the support sheet. . Therefore,
Even in the case of mass processing in a short period of time, a booklet with photographs can be efficiently created. Further, since the image-receiving layer is of the thermal development transfer type, it can be dry-processed without developing using a chemical such as a processing solution, so there is no deterioration of the chemical and the like, and even during a small amount of processing during the off-season. It can be dealt with easily. As a result, the present invention can be effectively used for producing a booklet including a photo such as a passport whose production amount changes depending on the time.

Further, since the person image is combined with the character image and recorded, it is possible to eliminate the need for a photograph to be attached to a passport or the like, which is conventionally required. Furthermore, in the present invention, since the transparent sheet, the image receiving layer, the adhesive layer, the support sheet and the like are integrally formed into a sheet having a composite image with a multi-layer structure, forgery and tampering can be made difficult. Furthermore, by including the OCR character image in the composite image, it is possible to easily adopt the MRP.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flow chart showing a method of creating an MRP (machine-readable passport) which is an embodiment of the method of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an MRP produced in the same example. FIG. 3 is a sectional view of an essential part showing the layered structure of the MRP. FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing an outline of a system used in the same embodiment. FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a part of a video printer and an image synthesizing device used in the embodiment. FIG. 6 is a side view showing a schematic configuration of the video printer. FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a procedure of a laminating process in the example. FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of an essential part showing the layer structure of another MRP. FIG. 9 is a flow chart showing the procedure for optically obtaining a composite image and creating an MRP in the second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 10 is a side view showing a schematic configuration of the printer in the same embodiment. FIG. 11 is a plan view showing the mask used in the same example and the exposure content thereby. FIG. 12 is a side view showing a schematic configuration of the exposure unit of the printer in the third embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 13 is a perspective view showing a schematic configuration of an exposure unit of a printer according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 14 is a perspective view showing a schematic configuration of the exposure unit of the printer in the fifth embodiment of the present invention. 1 …… Image receiving layer 1a …… Character image 1b …… Portrait image 1c …… Graphic image 1d …… OCR character image 2 …… Transparent sheet 3 …… Supporting sheet 4 …… Adhesive layer 11 …… Passport application form 12… … Word processor 14 …… Image synthesizer 15,60 …… Printer.

Front page continued (72) Inventor Kazuo Shioda 798 Miyadai, Kaisei-cho, Ashigagami-gun, Kanagawa Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. In-house (72) Inventor Kiichiro Sakamoto 798 Miyadai, Kaisei-cho, Ashigarashie-gun, Kanagawa Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. (56) References JP 51-1100 (JP, A) JP 48-66799 (JP, A)

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A character information inputting step of inputting personal information of an application form as character information, a person image inputting step of inputting an image of a face photograph of an application form as a person image, and a character information inputting step inputted in the character information inputting step. Using the character information and the OCR character information converted from a part of this character information, and the person image input in the person image input step,
An image synthesizing step of synthesizing each image of an OCR character image and a person image, a synthetic image exposing step of exposing the synthetic image obtained in the image synthesizing step to a photosensitive sheet, and a transparent sheet and a supporting sheet are superposed. As described above, using a booklet in which a heat-development transfer type image-receiving layer is pre-formed on one of the overlapping surfaces of these sheets, the composite image on the photosensitive sheet obtained in the composite image exposure step is displayed. A composite sheet having a multi-layer structure in which a heat development transfer step of performing heat development and transfer to the image receiving layer and an image receiving layer on which a composite image is transferred in the heat development transfer step are joined by an adhesive so as to be sandwiched between a transparent sheet and a supporting sheet. A method for producing a booklet with photographs, which comprises a laminating step for forming a booklet. 2. The photo booklet according to claim 1, wherein in the image synthesizing step, a human image, a character image, and an OCR character image are computer-synthesized to create a composite image. Method. 3. The photo booklet according to claim 1, wherein the image synthesizing step optically synthesizes a human image, a character image, and an OCR character image to create a composite image. How to create. 4. The character information input step is performed by a word processor.
A method of making a booklet with a photograph according to any one of the items 1 to 3. 5. The method for producing a booklet with photographs according to claim 1, wherein the person image input step is performed by a television camera. 6. The method for producing a photo booklet according to claim 1, wherein the person image input step is performed by a color image scanner.