JPH09149368A - Charging photograph generating device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To generate the photograph of a video signal which is photographed by another camera. SOLUTION: A video monitor 2, a video camera 4 and a video printer 6 are provided. A coin counter 15 and also a video input terminal 19 are provided. A remote commander device 17 is connected to the video printer 6 and the commander device 17 is provided with a camera operation button 17c for controlling the video camera 4, a photographing(memory) button 17M, a re- photographing button 17R, a print button 17P and setting buttons 17D1 , 17D2 and 17D3 , etc., which sets the size of a screen to be printed to, for example, bi-secting, quadri-seating and hexadecimal-secting. Then, the video signal which is photographed by the video camera 4 by the operation of the photographing button 17M or supplied to a video input terminal 19 is stored in the picture memory of the video printer 6 and the photograph of the screen of the video signal which is stored by the operation of the print button 17P is generated.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a billing-type photo creation apparatus to which a video signal technique is applied, for example, for commercial use.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional charge-type photo photographic device installed in a city is a device for immediately producing a photographic print of a taken photo by using a so-called instant type photographic material. .

However, with a device using such photographic material, it is impossible to correct the photographed image. For example, when determining the size of a subject, the distance to the camera may be changed. , The lens is changed, and the image is adjusted in advance before shooting. Therefore, if the created print does not fit the purpose, the photograph must be taken again, and extra money and time will be added.

Further, in the case of producing, for example, four photographs, an apparatus using a conventional photographic material photographs four times. Therefore, these photographs cannot be the same, and were unsuitable for ID photographs and the like that require the sameness of the photographs.

On the other hand, in the field of consumer equipment, for example, a video signal taken by a video camera is supplied to a video printer to create a photograph. In this case, one frame or one of the captured video signal
The field is stored in the memory and the photograph is created. Therefore, the video signal stored at that time can be supplied to, for example, a video monitor to check the screen.

Therefore, the inventor of the present application has previously proposed a device that can easily create a photograph by applying the technique of such a video signal. (Japanese Patent Application Hei 7-19071
(See No. 7)

[0007]

However, in such a device, a video camera for shooting a video signal is fixed to the main body of the device. Therefore, the video signal to be shot has little change in the screen, for example, the background is fixed,
This discourages users from repeatedly using it. Therefore, it has been attempted to give special effects to photographs by combining them with illustrations, but this has not always satisfied users.

[0008] On the other hand, there is also considered an apparatus for inserting a film or video tape that has been taken in advance to create a photograph of an arbitrary screen. However, in order to realize such a device, a film copying device for obtaining a video signal or a V
It is necessary to incorporate a TR and the like, and the overall configuration becomes extremely complicated.

This application has been made in view of such a point, and the problem to be solved is that in the conventional apparatus, the change in the screen of the video signal to be photographed is scarce, and the user repeats it. It is said that he was discouraged from using it.

[0010]

Therefore, in the present invention, a video input terminal is provided, and instead of the video signal from the video camera, the video signal from the video input terminal is supplied to the video monitor to create a photograph. According to this, it is possible to create a picture of a screen taken by a VTR integrated video camera or the like at a resort, for example, and it is possible to create a variety of pictures.

[0011]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION That is, the present invention comprises a video camera, a video monitor, a video printer, and a billing device, and by inserting money or a substitute thereof into the billing device, the video camera, the video monitor, and the video. In a charge-type photo creation device that drives a printer and takes and creates a photo, a video input terminal is provided, and a video signal from the video input terminal is supplied to the video monitor instead of the video signal from the video camera. It supplies a video signal from a video input terminal to a video printer to create a photograph.

The present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view showing the configuration of an example of a charge-type photo creation apparatus according to the present invention.

In FIG. 1, a window portion 1 is provided at the center of the device.
A video monitor 2 is provided behind the window 1.
A screen is provided, and a half mirror 3 is provided in front of this screen, for example, and the lens of the video camera 4 is arranged via the half mirror 3 so as to be at a position corresponding to the center of the screen. The video monitor 2 and the video camera 4 are arranged laterally relative to the subject so that a vertically long image used for so-called portrait photography is captured / displayed.

A take-out port 5 for the created photograph (print paper) is provided in the lower part of the apparatus, and a video printer 6 is arranged behind the take-out port 5. Further, a paper feed tray 7 for supplying print paper to the video printer 6 is provided inside a door 9 provided with a key 8. Illumination devices 10 and 11 for illuminating an object are provided on the left and right of the device.

Further, on the left side of the window 1 described above, there is provided a selection button 12 for selecting the color (back color) of the background of the subject, and below the selection button 12, there is a description 13 of an explanation of the operating procedure of the apparatus. It is provided. Further, a coin counter 14 is provided on the right side of the window section 1 described above, and an indicator section 1 for displaying the amount of money to be inserted such as coins is provided above the coin counter 14.
5, and for issuing a receipt, for example, a thermal printer 1
6 are provided.

Further, a remote commander device 17 is connected to the above-mentioned video printer 6, and the above-mentioned video camera 4 and video printer 6 are controlled through this remote commander device 17. The commander device 17 is provided with a camera operation button 17C for controlling the shooting direction (up / down) and zoom (enlargement / reduction of image) of the video camera 4 described above.

Also, this remote commander device 17
There are a shooting (memory) button 17M, a retake button 17R, a print button 17P, and setting buttons 17D ₁ , 17D ₂ , and 17D for setting the size of the screen to be printed to, for example, 2 divisions, 4 divisions, and 16 divisions. ₃ etc. are provided.

Further, in this device, for example, a video input terminal 19 is provided below the description 13 of the description of the operating procedure of the device on the lower left side of the window 1.

Further, FIG. 2 is a system diagram showing the connection relationship of the above-mentioned devices. In FIG. 2, the video signal captured by the video camera 4 and the video input terminal 19
The video signal supplied to is selected by the changeover switch 20 and supplied to the video printer 6. The change-over switch 20 determines that a video signal is supplied to the video input terminal 19, for example, and is changed over accordingly.

The video signal supplied to the video printer 6 is, for example, a built-in image memory (not shown).
The video signal stored in the image memory of the video printer 6 is supplied to the video monitor 2.
Further, a main board 30 is provided, and a predetermined control signal is exchanged between the control microcomputer 3A on the main board 30 and the main bodies of the video camera 4 and the video printer 6.

Further, the operation signal of each button of the remote commander device 17 is converted into a microcomputer 17 for signal conversion.
The signal is converted into a predetermined code signal by A and supplied to the control microcomputer 3A through the microcomputer 3B on the main board 30. Further, the control microcomputer 3A and the printing device 16 communicate with each other through the microcomputer 3C on the main board 30.

Further, information on the money inserted from the coin counter 14 is displayed as the control microcomputer 3
In addition to being supplied to A, a control signal such as a refund is supplied to the coin counter 14. Further, a signal from the control microcomputer 3A is supplied to the amount display section 15 through the microcomputer 3C, and the coin counter 14
The amount of money input from, the balance after the device is driven, and the like are displayed.

A power supply board 40 is further provided, and commercial power is supplied from the power plug 60 to the power supply board 40. For example, a power supply of 100 volts is supplied to the video monitor 2, the video printer 6, the lighting devices 10, 11, and the like, and a power supply of 5 volts or 12 volts is provided.
It is supplied to the main board 30, the printer 16, and the like. The power supply board 40 is controlled by the control microcomputer 3A.

In this apparatus, control by the control microcomputer 3A is performed, for example, as shown in the flow chart of FIG.

That is, in FIG. 3, when the power is turned on, it is determined in step [1] whether or not the coin counter 14 is charged. Here, step [1] is repeated while there is no deposit. Furthermore, if there is a deposit to the coin counter 14 in step [1], step [2]
Is used to determine the amount of money deposited. If the amount is insufficient, the process returns to step [1].

On the other hand, the amount of money is OK in step [2].
Then, the power-on process is performed in step [3]. Here, in the power-on process, the power supply board 40
At, the video monitor 2, the video camera 4, the video printer 6, the illumination lights 10 and 11 and the remote commander device 17 are powered on.

Further, in step [4], it is judged whether or not there is a remote control (remote control) signal from the remote commander device 17. If there is a signal, the content of the remote control signal is printed (button 17) in step [5].
P) or not. When printing, a command for printing the image stored in the image memory is output to the video printer 6 in step [6].

In step [7], billing processing is performed. In this billing process, the above-mentioned deposited money is taken in. The deposited money is pooled until the charging process is performed. Further, in step [8], it is judged whether or not the display signal indicating the end of printing is returned from the video printer 6. This step [8] is repeated until the print end display signal is returned.

Further, when the display signal indicating the end of printing is returned, step

In [9], it is judged whether or not the operation is completed normally, and when it is completed normally, the step [1
[0] determines whether a receipt is requested. When requested, a receipt issuance process is performed in step [11]. That is, the data of the amount of money taken in by the billing process in step [7] is supplied to the printing device 16 and the receipt is printed.

Further, at step [12], it is judged whether or not the printing end display signal is returned from the printing device 16. This step [12] is repeated until the display signal indicating the end of printing is returned. Further, when the display signal indicating the completion of printing is returned from the printing device 16, the power-off process is performed in step [13].

Here, in the power-off process, the power supply of the video monitor 2, the video camera 4, the video printer 6, the illumination lights 10 and 11 and the remote commander device 17 is cut off in the power supply board 40. Further, after the power-off process is performed in this step [13], the process returns to step [1].

When there is no remote control signal in the above step [4], it is determined in step [14] whether the return of money has been requested. When the return is requested, the command for returning the pooled money is output to the coin counter 14 in step [15]. If no return request is made in step [14], the process returns to step [4] and the operation is repeated.

Further, if the content of the remote control signal is not print in the above step [5], it is determined in step [16] whether the content of the remote control signal is divided into two (button 17D ₁ ). When the image is divided into two, a command is output to the video printer 6 in step [17] to reduce the image stored in the image memory to ½ and divide it into two screens.
Return to step [4].

Further, when the content of the remote control signal is not two screens in the above step [16], it is determined in step [18] whether the content of the remote control signal is divided into four (button 17D ₂ ). Then, in the case of 4-division, in step [19], a command for reducing the image stored in the image memory to 1/4 to output 4 screens is output to the video printer 6,
Return to step [4].

Further, when the content of the remote control signal is not 4 screens in the above step [18], it is determined in step [20] whether the content of the remote control signal is 16 divisions (button 17D ₃ ). In the case of 16 divisions, in step [21], a command to reduce the image stored in the image memory to 1/16 to form 16 screens is output to the video printer 6, and the process returns to step [4]. .

Therefore, these steps [16] to [2]
1], the image as shown in FIG. 4A is reduced to 1/2, 1/4, and 1/16, respectively, and as shown in FIGS. 4B to 4D, 2 screens, 4 screens, An image of 16 screens is formed. Then return to step [4],
These images are printed when the content of the remote control signal is print in step [5].

When the content of the remote control signal is not 16 divisions in the above step [20], it is determined in step [22] whether the content of the remote control signal is photographing (button 17M). At the time of shooting, a command for shooting with the video camera 4 or storing the video signal supplied to the video input terminal 19 in the image memory is output to the video printer 6 in step [23]. Is returned to.

Further, if the content of the remote control signal is not "photograph" in the above step [22], it is determined in step [24] whether or not the content of the remote control signal is retake (button 17R). When taking a picture again, the function display LED (not shown) is turned off in step [25] and step [4]
Is returned to. When the content of the remote control signal is not retaken in step [24], the process directly returns to step [4].

Further steps described above

When the operation is not normally completed in [9], the above-mentioned function display LED is turned on in step [26]. In step [27], the process of issuing a fault is performed. I.e. step

In [9], the fault data indicating that the operation is not normally completed is supplied to the printing device 16, and the fault is printed.

Further, in step [28], it is judged whether or not the print end display signal is returned from the printing device 16, and until the print end display signal is returned, this step [28]
Has been repeated. When the display signal indicating the end of printing is returned from the printing device 16, the power-off process is performed in step [29].

Further, until it is judged in step [30] that the power is turned on again, the fault is removed and the power is turned on again.
This step [30] is repeated. When the power is turned on again, the above-mentioned function display LED is turned off in step [31] and the process returns to step [1].

Further, when the receipt is not requested in step [10], it is judged in step [32] whether a predetermined time has passed (timeout), and when it has passed, the process proceeds to step [13]. In step [33], it is determined whether or not the coin counter 5 has been deposited until a predetermined time has elapsed in step [32].

While there is no deposit, the process returns to step [10]. Furthermore, if the coin counter 5 has been deposited in step [33], the amount deposited is judged in step [34], and if the amount is insufficient, the process returns to step [10]. On the other hand, the amount is OK in step [34].
Then, the process returns to step [4] and the signal from the remote commander device 17 is processed again.

The above N division (N = 2, 4, 16)
When the processing of (1) is being performed, the divided image is processed by N / M (M = 1, 2, 4,
8) It is also possible to compose different images.

Therefore, in this apparatus, the image captured by the video camera 4 is confirmed on the video monitor 2 by the application of the video signal technology, and then the video printer 6
, And a desired photograph can be created.

By printing the image stored in the memory, a plurality of the same photographs can be created. Further, it is possible to easily enlarge / reduce the image and divide the screen, and it is possible to easily create a photograph of an arbitrary size. The printer 16 can also issue a fee receipt.

In this apparatus, a video input terminal 19 is provided, and instead of the video signal from the video camera 4, the video signal from the video input terminal 19 is supplied to the video monitor 2 and the video printer 6 to create a photograph. By doing this, for example, it is possible to create a picture of a screen taken with a VTR integrated video camera or the like in a resort
You can create a variety of photos.

Thus, the user can easily make a picture of the screen of the video taken by himself, without preparing a video printer individually. Therefore, the application of the device can be greatly expanded, and the user is motivated to repeatedly use the device, so that the utilization rate of the device can be increased.

In the above-mentioned device, instead of the coin counter 14, a device for driving by inserting a substitute for money such as a prepaid card may be used.

As described above, according to the above-described charge-type photo creation device, it is composed of the video camera, the video monitor, the video printer, and the charge device, and the money or the substitute thereof is put into the charge device to input the video camera and the video. In a device that drives a monitor and a video printer to take and create pictures, a video input terminal is provided, and instead of the video signal from the video camera, the video signal from the video input terminal is supplied to the video monitor and By supplying a video signal from an input terminal to a video printer to create a photograph, a variety of photographs can be created.

[0051]

According to the present invention, a video input terminal is provided, and instead of the video signal from the video camera, the video signal from the video input terminal is supplied to the video monitor and the video printer to create a photograph. As a result, for example, it is possible to create a picture of a screen taken by a VTR-integrated video camera or the like in a resort, and it is possible to create a variety of pictures.

Thus, the user can easily create a picture of the screen of the video taken by himself, without preparing a video printer individually. Therefore, the application of the device can be greatly expanded, and the user is motivated to repeatedly use the device, so that the utilization rate of the device can be increased.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external view showing the configuration of an example of a charge-type photo creation device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a system diagram showing a connection relationship of each device constituting the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the operation.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining this.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Window 2 Video Monitor 3 Half Mirror 4 Video Camera 5 Ejection Port 6 Video Printer 7 Paper Tray 8 Key 9 Doors 10 and 11 Illumination Device 12 Back Color Selection Button 13 Operation Procedure Description 14 Coin Counter 15 Amount Display 16 Printing Device 17 Remote commander device 17C Camera operation button 17M Shooting (memory) button 17R Reshoot button 17P Print button 17D ₁ , 17D ₂ , 17D ₃ 2 division, 4 division, 16 division setting buttons

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A video camera, a video monitor, a video printer, and a billing device, wherein the video camera, the video monitor, and the video printer are driven by inserting money or a substitute thereof into the billing device. In a billing-type photo creation device for taking and creating photographs, a video input terminal is provided, and a video signal from the video input terminal is supplied to the video monitor instead of the video signal from the video camera. A billing-type photo creation device characterized in that a video signal from an input terminal is supplied to the video printer to create the photo. 2. The charge-type photo creation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the video signal from the video input terminal is arbitrarily enlarged or reduced, and the arbitrarily enlarged or reduced photograph is produced by the video printer. A charge-type photo creation device characterized in that 3. The billing-type photo creation device according to claim 1, wherein the video signal from the video input terminal is reduced and the screen of the photo created by the video printer is divided, and the divided screen is displayed. A charge-type photo creation apparatus, which creates a photo in which the same or any of the above-described reduced video signals is composited for each. 4. The billing-type photo creation device according to claim 1, wherein the video signal from the video input terminal is subjected to an arbitrary special effect, and the video printer is used to create a photograph to which the arbitrary special effect is applied. A billing-type photo creation device characterized by performing.