JP7059778B2 - ID photo system - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an ID photo photography device and an ID photo photography system.

A box-type photography device for taking an ID photo to be attached to a driver's license, passport application, resume, etc. is known. The photography device takes a picture of a person and prints and outputs photographs of various sizes according to the purpose.

Not only the size but also various rules are set for the ID photo according to the purpose. For example, the passport application photo has a rule such as "Do not cover your hair with a hair band." If this rule was not followed, the ID photo created would be unusable and had to be retaken.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2015-145991 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2015-8364 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2012-163857

An object of the present invention is to provide an ID photo shooting device and an ID photo shooting system for taking a photo in accordance with the regulations.

The proof photography device according to the present invention has a storage unit for storing photographic rules for each use of the proof photograph, a use selection unit for accepting selection of the use of the proof photograph from the user, and a photographic rule corresponding to the selected use. A display unit to be displayed, a photographing unit that photographs the user and generates a captured image, an image processing unit that resizes the captured image based on a selected application to generate a print image, and a print unit. It is equipped with a printer that prints an image on paper and outputs it.

In one aspect of the present invention, an input unit that receives input of identification information from a user, a notification unit that notifies the server device of the identification information, and a reception unit that receives photographic rules corresponding to the identification information from the server device. The display unit further includes a unit and a transmission unit that transmits the captured image to the server device, and the display unit displays the photographic regulations received from the server device.

In one aspect of the present invention, the photographing unit performs a photographing process after the display unit displays a photographic rule, and generates the photographed image.

In one aspect of the present invention, the display unit displays a live view image of the user together with a photographic rule.

The proof photography apparatus according to the present invention includes a storage unit that stores photographic rules for each use of the proof photograph, a use selection unit that accepts a user's selection of the use of the proof photograph, and a photography unit that photographs the user. A determination unit that analyzes the captured image and determines whether or not it complies with the photographic regulations corresponding to the selected application, a notification unit that notifies the user of a message if the photographic regulations are not compliant, and the above. It includes an image processing unit that resizes the captured image generated by the photographing unit to generate a print image based on the selected application, and a printer that prints the print image on paper and outputs it. be.

In one aspect of the present invention, an input unit that receives input of identification information from a user, a notification unit that notifies the server device of the identification information, and a reception unit that receives a designated image corresponding to the identification information from the server device. A unit and a transmission unit that transmits the captured image to the server device are further provided, and the determination unit analyzes the captured image, determines whether or not the captured image includes the designated image, and includes the captured image. If not, the notification unit notifies the user of the message.

When the ID photo shooting system according to the present invention receives the registration of the photo regulation from the ID photo shooting device of the present invention and the registration terminal, it issues the identification information corresponding to the photo regulation and notifies the registration terminal of the identification information. When the ID photo photographer is notified of the identification information, the ID photo photographer is provided with a server device for transmitting the photo rules corresponding to the notified identification information to the ID photo photographer.

When the ID photo taking system according to the present invention receives the registration of the designated image from the ID photo taking device of the present invention and the registration terminal, it issues the identification information corresponding to the designated image and notifies the registration terminal of the identification information. When the ID photo photographer is notified of the identification information, the ID photo photographer is provided with a server device for transmitting the designated image corresponding to the notified identification information to the ID photo photographer.

According to the present invention, it is possible to present a photographic rule to a user and take a picture in accordance with the rule.

It is a schematic block diagram of the ID photo taking system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. (A) is a diagram showing an example of a confirmation screen, and (b) is a diagram showing an example of a captured image. It is a figure which shows the example of the employee IDlet produced by a card printer. It is a functional block diagram of a server device. It is a schematic block diagram of the ID photo taking apparatus. It is a hardware configuration diagram of the arithmetic control unit. It is a functional block diagram realized by executing the photography program which concerns on the same embodiment. It is a flowchart explaining the ID photo taking method which concerns on the same embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of the confirmation screen which concerns on another embodiment.

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

As shown in FIG. 1, the ID photo taking system according to the embodiment of the present invention includes an ID photo taking device 1, a server device 2, and a card printer 3, photographs a user, and has a passport and a driver's license. , Creates ID photos to be used for resumes, etc., and creates company employee ID cards, membership cards, school student ID cards, etc.

For example, a company that produces an employee ID card uses the registration terminal 4 to register information regarding the rules of photographs to be printed on the employee ID card in the server device 2. The photographic rules are unique to the company and include, for example, prohibition of wearing glasses, mandatory wearing of ties, mandatory wearing of company clothes, mandatory wearing of emblems, and the like.

Further, the company registers the employee information such as the employee number, name, and affiliation of each employee in the server device 2 by using the registration terminal 4.

When the server device 2 accepts the registration of the photo rule, it issues the identification information (authentication code) for identifying this company, and stores the photo rule and the identification information in association with each other. If employee information is registered, the employee information is also linked and saved. The identification information is, for example, a multi-digit alphanumerical code.

The server device 2 notifies the registration terminal 4 of the identification information. The person in charge of the company notifies each employee of the identification information.

User P (employee) uses the ID photo taking device 1 to take a face photo for the employee ID card. The user P inputs the identification information notified in advance to the ID photo taking device 1 at the start of use of the ID photo taking device 1. The user P also inputs his / her own employee number.

The ID photo taking device 1 notifies the server device 2 of the input identification information. The server device 2 transmits the photo rule corresponding to the notified identification information to the ID photo taking device 1.

The ID photo taking device 1 displays the photographic rules received from the server device 2 on the display. For example, as shown in FIG. 2A, the user is displayed in the live view and the photo rule R is displayed. The user confirms the displayed photo rule R. In this example, the user who has confirmed the photo rule R removes the glasses and wears a tie. As a result, it is possible to take a face image in accordance with the photographic rules as shown in FIG. 2 (b).

The ID photo taking device 1 transmits the photographed image data and the employee number input from the user P to the server device 2.

The ID photo shooting device 1 may print a shot image on paper and provide it to the user P as a shooting confirmation certificate for taking a face photo.

When the server device 2 receives the photographed image data and the employee number from the ID photo photographing device 1, the server device 2 creates a face image of the employee ID card using the photographed image and the employee information corresponding to the employee number. The server device 2 transfers the face image data to the card printer 3. The card printer 3 prints a face image on the card base material and produces an employee ID card 5 as shown in FIG.

When the user P creates an ID photo for a general certificate such as a driver's license or a passport with the ID photo taking device 1, the user P selects and inputs the purpose of the ID photo to the ID photo taking device 1. The uses of ID photos include driver's licenses, passports, resumes, etc.

Each driver's license and passport ID photo has its own set of photo regulations. For example, the photo regulations of a driver's license indicate that "the face is tilted", "the eyes are hidden", "they are wearing sunglasses", "a part of the face is hidden by clothing", etc. There is. The ID photo taking device 1 holds the photo rule information for each use, and displays the photo rule corresponding to the use selected by the user P. For example, the photo rules are displayed together with the live view display of the user.

User P confirms the displayed photo rules, dresses himself up, and takes a picture. After shooting, the ID photo shooting device 1 resizes the shot image to a size suitable for the intended use and prints it on paper. As a result, the user P can obtain an ID photo in accordance with the photographic rules according to the intended use.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to take a facial photograph in accordance with a predetermined rule, and it is possible to prevent the trouble of re-shooting.

Next, the configuration of the server device 2 will be described. The server device 2 is a computer having a communication function, and as shown in FIG. 4, a storage unit 20, a registration reception unit 21, an identification information issuing unit 22, an identification information notification unit 23, an identification information receiving unit 24, and a rule transmitting unit 24. It has 25, an image receiving unit 26, and a ticket face image creating unit 27.

The registration reception unit 21 accepts the registration of the photo rule from, for example, the registration terminal 4 of the company that creates the employee ID card. The registration reception unit 21 may further accept the registration of employee information of each employee.

The identification information issuing unit 22 issues identification information corresponding to the registered photo rules. The issued identification information and the photo rule (and employee information) are associated with each other and stored in the storage unit 20.

The identification information notification unit 23 notifies the registration terminal 4 of the issued identification information.

The identification information receiving unit 24 receives the identification information from the ID photo taking device 1. This identification information is input by the user P in the ID photo taking apparatus 1.

The regulation transmission unit 25 takes out the photographic regulation corresponding to the identification information received from the ID photo shooting device 1 from the storage unit 20 and transmits it to the ID photo shooting device 1.

The image receiving unit 26 receives a photographed image from the ID photo photographing apparatus 1. This photographed image complies with the photographic rules transmitted to the ID photo photographing apparatus 1. The personal identification information (employee number, etc.) of the user P may be received together with the captured image.

The ticket face image creating unit 27 creates a ticket face image of the employee ID card by using the photographed image and the employee information of the user P shown in the photographed image. The face image is transferred to the card printer 3. The card printer 3 prints a face image on a card base material to create an employee ID card.

Next, the ID photo photographing apparatus 1 will be described. As shown in FIG. 5, the ID photo photographing device 1 includes an arithmetic control unit 11, a photographing unit 12 that photographs the face of the user P and generates face image data, a touch panel 13, a communication unit 14, and a printer. 15 and a strobe 16 that irradiates the user P with light when the photographing unit 12 photographs the face of the user P. Further, the ID photo photographing apparatus 1 is provided with a billing unit (not shown).

The photographing unit 12 is, for example, a digital camera and includes a lens, a shutter, a CMOS sensor, an A / D converter, and the like. The captured image data generated by photographing the face of the user P by the photographing unit 12 is transferred to the arithmetic control unit 11.

The touch panel 13 displays an operation button, and when the operation button is pressed, the touch panel 13 receives an operation instruction corresponding to the operation button. The ID photo shooting device 1 has a mode for taking a face photo for an employee ID card and the like, and a mode for creating an ID photo for a general certificate such as a passport and a driver's license, and the touch panel 13 has a mode selection screen. Is displayed.

The touch panel 13 displays an identification information input screen. The identification information input screen is an input area for identification information that identifies the organization (company, school, etc.) to which the user P belongs, and input of personal identification information (employee number, student ID number, etc.) that identifies the user P himself. Includes area.

The touch panel 13 displays a selection screen for the purpose of the ID photo. The use of the ID photo is, for example, a passport, a driver's license, a resume, and the like.

The touch panel 13 displays the live view of the user P and the photo rules.

Instead of the touch panel 13, a display, buttons, or the like without a touch function may be provided.

The arithmetic control unit 11 is connected to a photographing unit 12, a touch panel 13, a communication unit 14, a printer 15, a strobe 16, a billing unit, and the like, and controls each unit and transfers data.

FIG. 6 shows the hardware configuration of the arithmetic control unit 11. The arithmetic control unit 11 includes a CPU (central processing unit) 101, a main memory 102, a disk device 103, and an input / output unit 104.

The disk device 103 (storage unit) stores a photography program executed by the CPU 101. Further, the disk device 103 stores photo rules for each use for ID photos for general certificates such as passports and driver's licenses.

The CPU 101 loads the photography program into the main memory 102 and executes it. By executing the photography program, as shown in FIG. 7, the mode selection unit 111, the identification information input unit 112, the identification information notification unit 113, the regulation reception unit 114, the application selection unit 115, the regulation selection unit 116, and the regulation display unit 117 The functions of the photographing processing unit 118, the image processing unit 119, the image transmitting unit 120, and the print processing unit 121 are realized.

The processing of each part will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

When the user P enters the housing of the ID photo shooting device 1, the mode selection unit 111 displays the mode selection screen on the touch panel 13 and accepts the mode selection (step S1). There are two modes, a photographing mode for employee ID cards and an ID photo production mode for general certificates.

When the employee ID photograph shooting mode is selected, the identification information input unit 112 accepts the input of the identification information from the user P via the touch panel 13 (step S2). For example, it accepts input of identification information that identifies the organization (company, school, etc.) to which the user P belongs and personal identification information (employee number, student ID number, etc.) that identifies the user P himself.

The identification information notification unit 113 notifies the server device 2 of the input identification information (company identification information) using the communication unit 14. The rule receiving unit 114 receives the photo rule corresponding to the notified identification information from the server device 2 (step S3).

The rule display unit 117 displays the photo rule received from the server device 2 on the touch panel 13 (step S4). At this time, the live view of the user P is also displayed on the touch panel 13. User P checks the photo rules, wears a tie, and wears an emblem.

The shooting processing unit 118 controls the shooting unit 12 to shoot the user P (step S5).

The image transmission unit 120 transmits the captured image data to the server device 2 (step S6). At this time, the personal identification information (employee number, etc.) input in step S2 is also transmitted to the server device 2.

When the ID photo production mode for general certificates is selected in step S1, the application selection unit 115 displays the application selection screen on the touch panel 13 and accepts the selection of the application of the ID photo (step S11).

The rule selection unit 116 selects and takes out a photographic rule corresponding to the selected application from the disk device 103 (step S12). Further, the billing unit may perform billing processing.

The rule display unit 117 displays the photographic rule taken out from the disk device 103 in step S12 on the touch panel 13 (step S13). At this time, the live view of the user P is also displayed on the touch panel 13. User P confirms the photo rules and prepares his appearance.

The photographing processing unit 118 controls the photographing unit 12 to take a picture of the user P (step S14).

The image processing unit 119 resizes the captured image to a size suitable for the intended use and creates an image for printing. The print processing unit 121 transfers the print image to the printer 15. The printer 15 prints an image for printing on paper to produce an ID photo (step S15). The printing method of the printer 15 is not particularly limited, and an inkjet method, a sublimation type thermal transfer method, a melt type thermal transfer method, or the like can be used.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to take a face photograph in accordance with the photographic rules.

In the above embodiment, an example of displaying the photographic regulations has been described, but when the live view of the user is displayed on the ID photo shooting device 1, the photographed image is analyzed and whether or not the photographic regulations are complied with. It is also possible to provide a function of a determination unit for determining the above, and a notification unit for notifying (displaying) a message to the user or notifying the user by voice when it is inappropriate. For example, if there is a photographic regulation that wearing spectacles is inappropriate and the user is wearing spectacles as a result of analyzing the photographed image by the ID photo shooting device 1, the touch panel 13 is used as shown in FIG. Display message A asking you to take off your glasses. When the determination unit detects that the user has removed the glasses, the photographing process is performed.

Further, the registration terminal 4 may register the designated image of the company clothes and the emblem in the server device 2 as a photo rule. When the designated image is registered, the server device 2 issues identification information and notifies the registration terminal 4. The server device 2 stores the designated image and the identification information in association with each other. When the identification information is notified from the ID photo taking device 1, the server device 2 transmits the corresponding designated image to the ID photo taking device 1. The determination unit of the ID photo photographing device 1 analyzes the inside of the photographed image, determines whether the user is wearing the company clothes or the emblem (whether the photographed image contains the designated image of the company clothes or the emblem), and wears it. If not, the notification unit outputs a message urging the wearer.

In the above embodiment, the configuration in which the shooting unit 12 automatically shoots the user P has been described, but the cameraman may shoot the user P. In this case as well, the user P (or the cameraman) inputs the identification information and the purpose of use, and displays the corresponding photographic rules on the display so that the user can confirm the information.

The user P inputs the identification information into a mobile terminal such as a smartphone owned by the user, acquires the photo regulation from the server device 2, displays the photo regulation on the display of the mobile terminal, and then uses the built-in camera of the mobile terminal. You may shoot yourself. The mobile terminal transmits the captured image to the server device 2.

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment as it is, and at the implementation stage, the components can be modified and embodied within a range that does not deviate from the gist thereof. In addition, various inventions can be formed by an appropriate combination of the plurality of components disclosed in the above-described embodiment. For example, some components may be removed from all the components shown in the embodiments. In addition, components across different embodiments may be combined as appropriate.

1 ID photo shooting device 2 Server device 3 Card printer 4 Registration terminal

Claims (4)

An ID photo system equipped with an ID photo shooting device and a server device.
The ID photo taking device is
A storage unit that stores the photo rules for each ID photo use,
The usage selection unit that accepts the selection of the usage of the ID photo from the user,
A display unit that displays the photo rules corresponding to the selected application,
A shooting unit that shoots the user and generates a shot image,
An image processing unit that resizes the captured image based on the selected application and generates an image for printing.
A printer that prints the print image on paper and outputs it,
An input unit that accepts input of identification information from users,
A notification unit that notifies the server device of the identification information, and
A receiving unit that receives the photo rule corresponding to the identification information from the server device, and
A transmission unit that transmits the captured image to the server device, and
Have,
The display unit displays the photographic rules received from the server device, and displays the photographic rules.
When the server device receives the registration of the photo regulation from the registration terminal, the server device issues the identification information corresponding to the photo regulation, notifies the registration terminal of the identification information, and notifies the identification information from the ID photo photographing device. Then, the ID photo taking system that sends the photo rules corresponding to the notified identification information to the ID photo taking device . The ID photo photographing system according to claim 1 , wherein the photographing unit performs a photographing process after the display unit displays a photographic rule, and generates the photographed image. The ID photo taking system according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein the display unit displays a live view image of the user together with a photographic rule. An ID photo system equipped with an ID photo shooting device and a server device.
The ID photo taking device is
A storage unit that stores the photo rules for each ID photo use,
The usage selection unit that accepts the selection of the usage of the ID photo from the user,
The shooting unit that shoots the user and
A judgment unit that analyzes the captured image and determines whether or not it complies with the photographic rules corresponding to the selected application.
A notification unit that notifies the user of a message when the photograph rules are not complied with.
An image processing unit that resizes the captured image generated by the photographing unit based on the selected application to generate a print image, and an image processing unit.
A printer that prints the print image on paper and outputs it,
An input unit that accepts input of identification information from users,
A notification unit that notifies the server device of the identification information, and
A receiving unit that receives a designated image corresponding to the identification information from the server device, and
A transmission unit that transmits the captured image to the server device, and
Have,
The determination unit analyzes the captured image, determines whether or not the captured image contains the designated image, and if not, the notification unit notifies the user of a message.
When the server device receives the registration of the designated image from the registered terminal, the server device issues the identification information corresponding to the designated image, notifies the registered terminal of the identification information, and notifies the identification information from the ID photo photographing device. Then, the ID photo taking system that sends the designated image corresponding to the notified identification information to the ID photo taking device .

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