JPH0688468B2 - Photo booklet - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial field of application] The present invention relates to a photo booklet used for passports, bank passbooks, etc., and in particular, a composite image of character images such as names and person images is recorded. It relates to the improvement of a photo booklet with pages.

[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, gender, 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,
There is a problem that it is necessary to prepare a photo of multiple leaves.

In addition, with the advent of the era of mass transit of international passengers, the introduction of MRP (Machine Readable 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 enter and depart at various international airports. It will be possible to ease the congestion of procedures.

However, when adopting the above MRP, the above type printing process, photo pasting process,
In addition to the transparent sheet contact step, etc., a new step of printing characters that optically or electronically read the passport data is required, making it even more troublesome to create. There is also a new problem that impedes the rationalization of 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. It is an object of the present invention to provide a photo booklet that can be effectively used for creating a booklet, can be streamlined in its issuing work, and can be easily dealt with when adopting the above MRP.

[Means for solving problems]

The present invention, in order to achieve the above objects, a support sheet bound in a booklet, a transparent sheet bound in a booklet adjacent to the support sheet, and a layered layer on the transparent sheet side surface of the support sheet. The image-receiving layer for heat-development and transfer receives dyes released by heat-development from the photothermographic material, and a composite image of a character image such as name, OCR character image and person image is transferred to this image-receiving layer after being thermally transferred. An adhesive layer for joining the sheet and the transparent sheet is provided.

The joining of the image receiving layer and the transparent sheet is performed by a transparent adhesive layer previously applied to one surface of the transparent sheet. Also,
This transparent adhesive layer may be applied on one side of the transparent sheet or on the image receiving layer after transferring the composite image to the image receiving layer, and further, an adhesive sheet interposed between the transparent sheet and the image receiving layer, for example, both sides. Tape or the like may be used.

[Action]

When a passport is created using the photo booklet of the present invention, for example, a character image such as a name, an OCR character image, and a composite image of a person image are first transferred to the image receiving layer of the support sheet, and then the image of the support sheet is received. Join the transparent sheets to the layers. Therefore, it is possible to form a sheet having a multi-layer structure in which the composite image transfer layer is interposed between the support sheet and the transparent sheet in the booklet. As a result, when creating a booklet with photographs, the manual transfer of person photographs (face photographs) and the type-printing of character images such as names are eliminated as in the past, and the booklet with photographs is transferred using an image transfer device. Can be automatically created, and a booklet with photographs can be easily and efficiently created. In addition, it is possible to eliminate the need to attach a photo to the passport when applying for a passport.

Since the composite image such as the character image and the human image is transferred to the image receiving layer by the transfer method, the dry processing can be performed without using a photographic processing chemical. Therefore, the developing device can be simplified as compared with the case of developing using chemicals, and since it is a dry process and there is no deterioration of chemicals, it is possible to cope with small-volume processing during the off-season. become able to.

Moreover, even when the transparent sheet is joined to the image receiving layer side of the support sheet, the transparent sheet and the support sheet are bound in advance in the booklet at the position where they are superposed.
It becomes possible to easily join them without the need for positioning for superposition. This allows
It becomes possible to more easily and efficiently create a photo booklet such as a passport.

〔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 3, the photo booklet according to the present invention is applied to an MRP.
That is, in this embodiment, 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 1d are combined and transferred by heat. A support sheet 3 having a layer 1 on one surface, a transparent sheet 2 arranged on the side of the support sheet 3 facing the image receiving layer 1, and a layer on the surface of the transparent sheet 2 on the support sheet 3 side. The booklet 5 is provided and has a transparent adhesive layer 4 for adhering the transparent sheet 2 and the support sheet 3. The transparent sheet 2 and the support sheet 3 are bound in the booklet 5 at a position where the sheets 2 and 3 are superposed. In addition to the sheets 2 and 3, the booklet 5 is bound with a book entry sheet 7 on which an immigration mark, a pizza mark and the like are stamped.

The image receiving layer 1 to which the composite image is transferred and the support sheet 3 on which the image receiving layer 1 is layered are joined to the transparent sheet 2 via a transparent adhesive layer 4, as shown in FIG. Therefore, finally, a composite sheet body having a four-layer structure in which the transparent sheet 2, the adhesive layer 4, the image receiving layer 1, and the support sheet 3 are integrated in a layered manner is formed in the booklet 5 as a front cover. become.

The support sheet 3 is, as shown in FIG.
It is used as the front cover of booklet 5, for example, from a sheet of 100 to 800 μm paper, plastic, etc., or a composite support obtained by laminating these papers or plastics, or laminating one or both sides of the paper with plastic. It is configured. Plastics include polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polycarbonate, acetyl cellulose, cellulose ester, polyvinyl acetal, polystyrene, polypropylene, polyvinyl chloride,
Examples thereof include nylon and polyethylene, but are not limited to these. In addition, a white pigment such as TiO ₂ or ZnO dispersed in these plastics may be used, or a pigment containing other coloring pigment or dye may be used.

The support sheet 2 is, as shown in FIG.
So that it is at the next page position of the support sheet 3, which is the front cover.
It is bound in the booklet 5. This 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. The transparent sheet 2 is configured by appropriately selecting and using from the various materials mentioned as the plastic constituting the supporting sheet 3.

As shown in FIG. 2, the image receiving layer 1 is provided in layers on the surface of the support sheet 3 on the transparent sheet 2 side in a thickness of about 10 μm. On the image receiving layer 1, character images 1a such as names,
A person image 1b, a graphic image 1c provided if necessary, and an optically readable OCR character image 1d are transferred and recorded.

To print the images 1a to 1d on the image-receiving layer 1, as will be described later, first, after synthesizing (laying out) the images 1a to 1d in consideration of the arrangement of the images by the computer, the synthesized image is printed on the CRT for printing. The image is displayed and exposed, for example, by exposing the photosensitive paper by a three-color sequential exposure system, and then thermally exposing the exposed photosensitive paper and transferring it to the image receiving layer 1.

The image receiving layer 1 is composed of a material capable of receiving a dye released by a thermal phenomenon from the photothermographic material of the photosensitive paper, and contains, for example, a dye fixing agent such as a dye mordant. This dye fixing agent can be used by selecting a useful one depending on the physical properties of the dye to be released, components other than the dye contained in the photothermographic material, transfer conditions, and the like.
For example, a high molecular weight olimer 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, and JP-A-59-218443.
No. 61-238056, European Patent (EP) No. 220,746A
It is described in gazettes such as No. 2. In these photothermographic materials, a base precursor described in JP-A-61-269147 or a method of generating a base by utilizing a complex formation reaction described in European Patent No. 210,660A2, etc. It is advantageous to incorporate the above-mentioned base generating means into the image forming reaction system.

The adhesive layer 4 is made of a transparent adhesive and is provided on the front side of the transparent sheet 2, that is, the surface of the support sheet 3 side. The adhesive layer 4 adheres so that the surface of the image receiving layer 1 of the support sheet 3 and the surface of the transparent sheet 2 on the front side are in close contact with each other. For this adhesive layer 4, an adhesive agent is selected and used which does not damage the images 1a to 1d thermally transferred to the image receiving layer 1 and causes less air bubbles between the sheets 2 and 3 at the time of contact, and, for example, 1 to It is formed to a thickness of 200 μm. Although the adhesive layer 4 is provided as a layer on the surface of the transparent sheet 2 on the side of the support sheet 3, the adhesive layer 4 is not limited to this, and after the image is transferred to the image receiving layer 1, the adhesive layer 4 may be 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.

A release paper 60 is stuck on the adhesive layer 4. The release paper 6 is formed to be slightly larger than the transparent sheet 2 so that the release paper 6 can be easily picked up when the release paper 6 is peeled off. Since the release paper 6 is formed to be larger than the transparent sheet 2, if the peripheral edge of the release paper 6 protrudes from the booklet 5 and the handling thereof is inconvenient, the release paper 6 is formed by the adhesive layer. It is formed to be the same as or smaller than the transparent sheet 2 within a range not smaller than 4.

Next, with reference to FIG. 3 to FIG. 7, the MRP making process in this embodiment will be described.

As shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. 5, the process of creating this MRP is roughly divided into acceptance of the passport application 11 and the personal information of the application 11 to the character information floppy disk 13 by the word processor 12. Previous process to enter
An image synthesizing step 110 in which 100 and the image of the face photograph 11a of the application form 11 are input and a person image, character information, etc. of the input face photograph 11a and the like are synthesized by the image synthesizing device 14.
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. Fix it on the transparent sheet 2,
A transparent sheet 2, an adhesive layer 4, an image receiving layer 1, and a supporting sheet 3 are laminated and integrated in four layers, and the MR is constructed in this way.
It is composed of a post-process 130 for issuing P.

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 by the keyboard as coded character information, and the floppy disk 13 for character information is used.
Recorded in. In addition, instead of keyboard input, application form
It is also possible to input 11 pieces of personal information with a camera and store the character image information obtained thereby 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
An image synthesis / display step 112 is performed in which only the necessary information is extracted from the character information input in 3 and each OCR character image 1d converted into an OCR character is arranged and synthesized / displayed.

The image synthesizing step 110 is specifically performed by the image synthesizing device 14 shown in FIG. This image synthesizer 14
As shown in FIG. 5 and FIG. 6, is a person image input section 22 including a television camera 20 or a color image scanner 21 that performs the person image input step 111, a color monitor CRT 23, a keyboard 24, and Barcode reader 2
5, a console 26 equipped with 5, a reading unit 27 for reading coded character information from the character information floppy disk 13 and for reading 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. 6, 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 floppy disk 13 for character information, and in this manner based on the identification code by the bar code. Through the control circuit 36, the read data corresponding to and matched with each other is used as a frame memory 31 for a person image, a 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.

In the video printing step 120, as shown in FIG. 4, the composite image created in the image composition step 110 is printed on the photosensitive paper 40.
It is composed of a composite image exposure step 121 of exposing to light and a heat development transfer step 122 of thermally developing the transferred composite image on the photosensitive paper 40 and transferring it to the image receiving layer 1. In particular,
The video printing step 120 is performed by the heat developing type video printer 15 as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6.

As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, 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 pre-processing 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 carried out from the storage case 5 one by one. After the overlapping positions of the image receiving layer 1 of the pre-processed 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 that have been squeezed and deflated, and the photosensitive paper 40 are sandwiched from above and below and heat is applied to them to perform thermal development / transfer, and the thermally transferred booklet 5 is sequentially superposed. Booklet storage case after processing 48
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 cutter 44 cuts each piece into frames, and then the sheet is conveyed to a predetermined position by a conveying device (not shown), and the image of the unprocessed booklet 5 is similarly conveyed from the cassette 45 at this position. Layer 1 to match layer 1
The water applied in the previous step is uniformly spread on the emulsion surface by the 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 thermal development transfer, the scrap photosensitive paper 40a after the thermal transfer is collected in the photosensitive paper receiver 49, and the booklet 5 after the thermal transfer is collected in the booklet storage case 48.

In the post-processing step 130, as shown in FIG. 4, the transparent sheet 2 is superposed on the image receiving layer 1 on which the composite image of the supporting sheet 3 is thermally transferred, as shown in FIG. It is finally determined whether or not the laminating step 131 for integrating the sheet-like shape and the person image 1b and the character image 1a of the booklet 5 thus created match each other, and whether or not the character image 1a is erroneous. An inspection process 132 for inspecting and a delivery process 133 for delivering the passport after the inspection to the applicant.

In the laminating process 131, a normal adhesive that can be bonded at room temperature is used, but a heat-bonding type adhesive (hot melt) may be used instead. In this case, the release paper 6 attached to the surface of the adhesive layer 4 can be omitted as a matter of course.
An embossing step may be added after the laminating step 131 to emboss a certification mark or the like.

Further, in the inspection step 132, it is inspected whether or not the person image 1b and the character image 1a match, but as described above, in the image combining step 110, based on the identification code by the barcode. Since the character image 1a and the person image 1b are automatically made to correspond to each other and combined, it is possible to omit the inspection as to whether or not the images match.

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.

In the above embodiment, the composite image is the character image 1
Although it is composed of a, a person image 1b, a graphic image 1c, and an OCR character image 1d, the present invention is not limited to this, and an image such as a signature can be added to the composite image.

Further, in the above embodiment, the image receiving layer 1 was previously provided on the support sheet 3, and the composite image such as the character image 1a and the person image 1b was thermally transferred and recorded on the image receiving layer 1. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the image receiving layer 1 may be formed by directly transferring the composite image to the support sheet 3 without limitation.

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 FIGS. 8 to 10, each of the character image and the person image which are personal information is irradiated and the reflected light is used to expose the photosensitive paper.
It is also possible to expose 40 directly and thereby obtain 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 performed by the 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 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 on which the person image 1b is exposed.
62, a looper device 42 provided on the downstream side of the second exposure section 62, and a water coating device 43 and a cutter 4 similar to the video printer 15 provided on the downstream side of the looper device 42.
4, a storage case 45 for the unprocessed booklet 5, an squeezing roller 46, a heat development transfer section 47, a processed booklet storage case 48, and a scrap photosensitive paper receiver 49.

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. 10 (A) and 10 (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 one using the first and second exposure units 61 and 62 in the second embodiment, the third embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 11 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. 11, the exposure section 70 includes an original table 71 on which the application 11 or the printing mount 65 is placed, and an 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 comprises a mask 73 for a person image and a mask 74 for a character image etc. for exposing only the respective images 1a, 1b and the like to be imaged onto the emulsion surface. In this case, first, the person image mask 73 is automatically inserted on the emulsion surface of the photosensitive paper 40, and the application 11 is manually 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 second exposure for exposing the same is performed.

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 form an image on the photosensitive emulsion surface of the photosensitive paper 40, and each of the imaged person image 1b and character image 1a is formed. The person image 1b, the character image 1a, and the like may be sequentially exposed while masking with the masks 84 and 85. With this structure, the structure of the exposure unit 80 can be simplified.

Instead of the exposure section 80, an exposure section 90 as shown in FIG. 13 of the fifth embodiment of the present invention 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, on one surface of the support sheet, a character image such as a name and a person image are combined and transferred,
By joining the image-receiving layer to which the composite image has been transferred to the transparent sheet, it is possible to form a multi-layered sheet having a composite image between the transparent sheet and the support sheet in the booklet. As a result, it is possible to easily and efficiently create a booklet with a photo by using the device, eliminating the manual labor of pasting a portrait photo (face photo) and type-printing a character image such as a name. . 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. Further, even when the transparent sheet is joined to the image receiving layer side of the transferred support sheet, the transparent sheet and the support sheet are pre-stitched in the booklet at a position where they are superposed, so positioning for superposition It becomes possible to easily join them without the need for the above. This makes it possible to more easily and efficiently create a booklet with a photo such as a passport. Moreover, since it becomes possible to mass-produce the pretreatment booklet before the heat development transfer in which the supporting sheet having the image receiving layer and the transparent sheet are bound in advance,
By using the booklet before this treatment, the image-receiving layer is subjected to heat development transfer, and thereafter, the transparent sheet and the supporting sheet are joined so as to overlap each other, whereby the booklet with a photograph can be easily prepared. Therefore, it is possible to efficiently create a booklet with a photograph even when a large amount of material is processed in a short period of time. Further, since the image receiving layer is of the thermal development transfer type,
Since a dry treatment can be performed without using a chemical such as a treatment liquid without developing, the chemical is not deteriorated, and it is possible to easily cope with a small amount of treatment during the off-season. 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, in the present invention, the transparent sheet, the adhesive layer, the image receiving layer, and the supporting sheet constitute a multi-layered composite image-containing sheet, which makes it difficult to forge and falsify. Furthermore, by including the OCR character image in the composite image, it is possible to easily adopt the MRP.

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FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a photo booklet according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a sectional view of an essential part showing a procedure for forming an MRP (machine-readable passport) and a layer structure in the same embodiment. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a procedure for making an MRP. FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing the MRP creation process. FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing an outline of a system similarly used in the MRP making process. FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a part of a video printer and an image synthesizing device used in the same embodiment. FIG. 7 is a side view showing a schematic configuration of the video printer. FIG. 8 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. 9 is a side view showing a schematic configuration of the printer in the embodiment. FIG. 10 is a plan view showing the mask used in the same example and the exposure content thereby. FIG. 11 is a side view showing a schematic configuration of the exposure unit of the printer in the third embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 12 is a perspective view showing a schematic structure of an exposure unit of a printer according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 13 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.

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Kazuo Shioda 798, Miyadai, Kaisei-cho, Ashigarashie-gun, Kanagawa Fuji Film Co., Ltd. Photo Film Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Kiichiro Sakamoto 798, Miyadai, Kaisei-cho, Ashigarashie-gun, Kanagawa Photo Film Co., Ltd. (56) Reference JP 48-66799 (JP, A) JP 51-1100 (JP, A)

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A support sheet bound in a booklet, a transparent sheet bound in the booklet at a position adjacent to the support sheet and superposed on the support sheet, and layered on the transparent sheet side surface of the support sheet. The image-receiving layer for heat-development transfer that receives the dye released by heat-development from the heat-developable photosensitive material, and the composite image of the character image such as name, OCR character image, and person image is transferred to this image-receiving layer after heat transfer. A photo booklet, comprising an adhesive layer for joining a support sheet and a transparent sheet. 2. The booklet with photographs according to claim 1, wherein the composite image is created by computer-synthesizing a human image, an OCR character image, and a character image. 3. The photo booklet according to claim 1, wherein the composite image is created by optically combining a human image, an OCR character image, and a character image. 4. The photo booklet according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the adhesive layer is applied in advance to the surface of the transparent sheet on the support sheet side. 5. The adhesive layer, wherein the adhesive layer is applied on one surface of the transparent sheet or on the image receiving layer when the transparent sheet is bonded onto the image receiving layer.
A booklet with a photo according to any of paragraphs 3 to 3. 6. The adhesive layer comprises an adhesive sheet which is interposed between a transparent sheet and a support sheet when the transparent sheet is bonded onto the image receiving layer. A booklet with a photo according to any one of items 1 to 3.