JPH0879792A - Method for producing souvenir video tape and system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To manufacture a souvenir video tape simply and easily at a sight- seeing report or the like by picking up an image of a motion of the user in a box, reproducing a desired background image and a BGM simultaneously and compositing them into a composite image. CONSTITUTION: The user uses a selector switch 10 to select background video information recorded in advance according to the display of an operation panel 6. Then a selector switch 11 is used to select audio information of a preferred BGM. Then an unrecorded video tape purchased at the box body is deposited from a cassette deposit port 13 and set. When the preparation above is finished, the user takes a seat on a chair provided in the box body and matches its sight to a light emitting diode 7a in the vicinity of a video camera 7 and depresses a main switch 12 to activate the system. When the system is activated, the user makes behavior in matching selected background video information and utters a voice matching the behavior and the background video image, then the camera 7 gives the operation including the voice of the user to a composite means comprising a chroma key.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for producing a memorial video and a system thereof which a traveler or the like can produce by himself or herself for a memorial occasion in a tourist resort or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Video cameras for recording video and audio are
Although cheap ones are sold, they are expensive as a hobby, and the penetration rate is still not high.In tourist areas and various event venues, cameras are used as memorial records. It is overwhelming. On the other hand, for example, in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 3-88, by inputting own data such as name, date of birth, blood type, and an image of a face, the result of fortune-telling and synthesis of the face of a drunken person with compatibility are synthesized. A fortune telling device capable of displaying an image and showing a compatible person or the like in an image has been proposed and put into practical use.

[0003]

The fortune-telling device disclosed in the above-mentioned Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 3-88 captures the face of a user using a video camera and divides the obtained face image into three parts. Registration data is added to each group and stored as data for each group, and this data is randomly read to create a composite video.This composite video can be displayed on a video monitor TV or simply printed out. It is a record with no dynamic movement.

In view of the present situation, the present invention provides a memorial video capable of easily and easily producing a memorial video at a tourist spot or an event venue even if an individual does not bring a video camera. The purpose is to provide the manufacturing system. Further, another purpose is to provide a memorial video which allows a tourist agency or an organizer of an event to effectively advertise and guide tourist spots and contents of the event.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the method of making a memorial video according to the present invention provides a user with a screen of a specific color as a background in a box body capable of accommodating a plurality of users. At the same time as the action is taken by the video camera, the background video information and / or the audio information selected by the user is reproduced, and the video information by the video camera and the selected background video information and / or the audio information are chroma-key processed. The obtained composite image information is recorded on a video tape in the box body.

Further, in the memorial video production system of the present invention, a video camera for photographing a user with a screen of a specific color as a background is provided in a box body capable of accommodating a plurality of users. A recording medium on which image or / and audio information is recorded, a means for reproducing this recording medium, and a synthesizing means for synthesizing image information from a video camera and a background image or / and audio information to be selectively reproduced. And a display means capable of monitoring the combined image information combined by this combining means, and a recording means for recording the combined image information on a video tape.

In the present invention, the production of the memorial video is carried out in a dedicated box body installed in a tourist spot, an event venue, a game corner of a hotel, a souvenir corner, the front of a station, or the like.

The box body is preferably of a size capable of accommodating at least a plurality of users at the same time, but it goes without saying that it may be for one person, and a screen of a specific color is provided inside. A video camera that captures the user's movements on the
A recording medium, such as a videotape, a compact disc, or a laser disc, which records mountains, rivers, seas, airports, space, etc., on which background image information is recorded, a reproducing device for reproducing the background image information, and the video camera. From the real-time video information sent from the playback device to the background video information reproduced by the reproducing device to generate composite image information, and recording for recording the composite image information obtained by the combining means on a video tape. And means are provided.
Note that a display device for a monitor capable of viewing the combined image in real time may be provided.

In addition, it is preferable to provide a video sales opening in the box body so that a video tape for recording can be taken out by inserting a coin so that the voice of the user can be recorded at the same time when the movement of the user is photographed. A microphone may be provided.

The production of a memorial video using the box body basically uses an unrecorded video tape, but the recording time is a fixed time, for example, 1
It is expected that the user's movement will slow down if it exceeds 80 seconds. Therefore, in the first half or the second half of the video tape, a video tape prerecorded with commercial information that introduces sightseeing spots and the contents of events, etc. May be sold.

[0011]

According to the method of producing a video tape of the present invention, the user selects and reproduces the desired background video information from the background video information set in advance in the box body installed at a specific place, and at the same time, It is possible to easily and easily produce a memorial video by capturing the movement of the image with a video camera and synthesizing the video information captured by the video camera with the reproduced background video information.

Further, the memorial video production system of the present invention can easily and easily produce a memorial video desired by the user by operating various means provided in the box body.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A memorial video production system of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings, and a memorial video production method will be described. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a box body having a memorial video production system according to the present invention. The box body 1 has an entrance 2 through which a user enters and exits, and the opening is opened and closed by a curtain 3. It is free. In addition, a video sales port 4 through which an unrecorded video tape can be taken out by inserting a coin or a bill is provided on the front face portion, and a display device 5 for monitoring the demonstration video tape is provided. Such a box body 1 has a size that allows two or three users to enter the room at the same time, and a chair on which a seat can be seated is movably provided inside.

An operation panel 6 is provided inside the box body 1 as shown in FIG. A video camera 7 for taking a picture of the user is provided at substantially the center of the operation panel 6.
However, a display device 8 for a monitor and a display unit 9 for displaying the time that can be recorded on a video tape are arranged on the upper part. In addition, below the video camera 7, background image information, which is built in the box body 1 and in which, for example, a landscape of a tourist spot, an amusement park, a lake, the sea, a mountain, a river, or an airport or space is recorded in advance is selected. A selection switch 10 for selecting the background information, a selection switch 11 for appropriately selecting audio information for selecting BGM suitable for the background video information, and a start main switch 12 for creating a composite image. However, a cassette slot 13 for setting an unrecorded video tape is also provided. In addition, in the box body 1, although not shown, a speaker for transmitting the selected voice information (BGM) and an all-blue screen suitable for removing the background of the user in chroma key processing are provided.

In order to manufacture a memorial video using the box body 1 having such a function, the user first inserts coins or bills into the coin insertion slot 4a attached to the video selling slot 4 and does not yet enter. Purchase a video tape for recording and enter the box body 1. This unrecorded video tape may not be the entire tape recorded, but recording in a limited space inside the box body 1 physically restricts the movement of the user. Since it is difficult to record for a long time in reality due to the above conditions, for example, the box body 1 is attached to the first half of the video tape to be sold.
It may be recorded together with audio information such as guide information of a famous place or historic site where the is installed, or commercial information for introducing a new product or the like.

Then, the user follows the display (not shown) posted on the operation panel 6 to previously record the scenery of the tourist spot, the amusement park, the lake, the sea, the mountains, the river, the airport, the universe, etc. Video information is selected by the selection switch 10. At this time, in order to confirm the content of the background video information, a playback device may be used in advance to display the information on the monitor display device.

When the selection of the background video information is completed, the user can select the B suitable for the background video information or his or her preference.
The voice information to be GM is selected using the selection switch 11, but this voice information can also be confirmed in advance through the speaker.

Next, an unrecorded video tape is loaded and set from the cassette loading slot 13 provided in the operation panel 6. At that time, when using a video tape on which commercial information has already been recorded, play the video tape in advance to display the commercial information on the display device and cue the unused part, or The one that sets the unused part to the cue is set.

When such preparation is completed, the user sits on the chair provided in the box body 1 and adjusts the main switch 12 for starting in line with the light emitting diode 7a arranged near the video camera. Press to activate the system. In addition, in this embodiment, the eyes are aligned in the seated state, but it goes without saying that the user may stand up.

When the main switch 12 is pressed to operate the system, the background image information previously selected by the selection switch 10 is displayed on the monitor display device 8.
At the same time, the audio information selected by the selection switch 11 is rubbed into the box main body 1 through the speaker, so that the user can make an action according to the selected background image information, and If a voice corresponding to the information is emitted, the video camera 7 sends all the actions including the voice of the user to the synthesizing means composed of chroma keys in real time.

On the other hand, the background image information and the voice information are simultaneously sent to the synthesizing means in real time, the back screen portion is removed by the chroma key, the user's action and the background image information are synthesized, and the synthesized image information is momentarily. Is sent to a video tape and recorded on an unused tape portion, the combined image information is also displayed on the monitor display device 8, and the video tape recordable time appears on the display unit 9. At the time of this recording, audio information is also recorded on the video tape at the same time.

Thus, when the composite image information is recorded on the video tape and the recording portion of the video tape disappears, the system automatically stops its operation. Therefore, the user inserts the video tape recording the composite image information from the cassette slot 13. Just take it out. The taken-out recorded video tape may be immediately inspected again by the user by using the reproducing device provided in the box body 1, or may be taken home and reproduced.

[0023]

According to the method of making a memorial video of the present invention, a memorial video that is a memorial can be easily and easily made without bringing a video camera in a tourist spot or the like. You can save the memories and times you want to keep as a visual thing.

Further, in the memorial video production system of the present invention, a video camera for photographing a user's action in the box body, a recording medium recording a background image or / and audio information, and reproducing the recording medium. Means for
Synthesizing means for synthesizing the image information from the video camera and the background image or / and audio information selectively reproduced, a display means capable of monitoring the synthetic image information synthesized by the synthesizing means, and the synthetic image Since it is equipped with a recording means for recording information on video tape, people who use such facilities by installing this box body in tourist areas, accommodation facilities, theme parks, amusement facilities, etc. You can easily and easily create a memorial video about a memory of a tourist spot or a visit memorial.

In particular, if a video tape for recording composite image information as a memorial is recorded with commercial information such as sights and historic sites of the place where the box body is installed, tourist information, and an outline of the facility, it is more preferable. It is effective in that it can increase the advertising effect.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a box body including a memorial video production system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing an example of an operation panel in the box body.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Box Main Body 2 Doorway 4 Video Selling Port 6 Operation Panel 7 Video Camera 8 Display Device 10, 11 Selection Switch 12 Main Switch 13 Cassette Slot

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Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. In a box body capable of accommodating a plurality of users, a video camera captures a user's action with a screen of a specific color as a background, and at the same time, background image information selected by the user and / or A memorial characterized by reproducing audio information and recording composite image information obtained by chroma keying the video information from the video camera and the selected background video information and / or audio information in the box body. How to make a video. 2. The production of a memorial video according to claim 1, wherein the video tape for recording the composite image information has commercial information recorded in advance in the first half or the second half of the video tape. Method. 3. The method for producing a memorial video according to claim 1, wherein the image information obtained by the video camera includes a user's motion and a user's voice. 4. A video camera for photographing a user's action with a screen of a specific color as a background, and a background image or / in a box body capable of accommodating a plurality of users.
And a recording medium recording the audio information, a means for reproducing the recording medium, a synthesizing means for synthesizing the image information from the video camera and the background image or / and the audio information selectively reproduced, A system for producing a memorial video, comprising: a display means capable of monitoring the combined image information combined by the combining means; and a recording means for recording the combined image information on a video tape.