CN1163789C

CN1163789C - Picture supplier

Info

Publication number: CN1163789C
Application number: CNB991219139A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 高见富夫
Original assignee: Atlus Co Ltd
Current assignee: Atlus Co Ltd
Priority date: 1998-09-16
Filing date: 1999-09-16
Publication date: 2004-08-25
Anticipated expiration: 2019-09-16
Also published as: KR20000023204A; CN1251917A; JP3000527B1; JP2000092480A; TW511375B; SG90067A1; HK1026745A1; KR100359915B1

Abstract

There is provided an image print supplier, at low cost, which is arranged to be able to freely adjust a shooting point of a camera regardless of the height of a subject by giving turning and moving functions to the camera, to shoot the whole body of the subject and to supply natural image prints as if the subject is shot from the front. The image print supplier comprises at least a camera for shooting image information of a subject and a display for displaying the image information of the subject shot by the camera. The camera is provided with tilling means for turning the camera and sliding means for moving the position of the camera. The tilling means comprises a supporter for supporting the camera and a first actuator which is a driving source for turning the supporter and the sliding means comprises a base for turnably holding the supporter and a second actuator which is a driving source for sliding the base.

Description

Picture supplier

The present invention relates to a kind of being used for picture supplier on sign or the postcard is printed and be transported to the composite signal of the picture information of photographic subjects or this picture information and diversity of settings information, particularly relate to a kind of picture supplier, this picture supplier is configured to adjust shooting point so that can photograph whole object by allowing its camera rotate and to move, and this picture supplier can not only be used as the amusement equipment at amusement and game center place but also can assemble Anywhere as people, for example: the hotel, the amusement equipment in marriage hall and department store etc.

So far, although people have developed the various machines of printing and the composite signal of target image information or this picture information and background information being provided, but camera is placed in the position of photographic subjects face in a lot of such machines, therefore the coverage of this camera is limited in from face at the most to chest, and it not can photograph whole object.

In addition, when the suitable height of a target or when short, have a problem promptly: target must then must stand or pedal on stool in the latter event target by crooked knee on tiptoe in the previous case.Although a kind of machine that utilizes the camera of band wide-angle lens can photograph the integral body of target is also developed recently, but in fact it provide the peculiar blurred image of a kind of wide-angle lens and only produce factitious picture, wherein, even its picture information is revised by software, but the face of its target subject or the first half have also been compressed widely.

Furthermore, although in Japanese patent gazette number: the printer that discloses among the flat 7-298213 comes the machine of photographic subjects and its to move this camera in vertical direction and horizontal direction (garden Zhou Fangxiang) as a kind of by mobile cameras, but because it is that mobile cameras and it does not comprise any image correction device when target is sitting on the chair, so it is not can photographic subjects whole and correct picture is provided.

Therefore, the present invention in view of described above some carried out improving and its objective is for provide a kind of cheap, can be freely rotation by camera and locomotive function adjust the shooting point of camera and do not consider the picture feeder of object height.

As overcome the above problems device, according to a first aspect of the invention, a kind of camera that comprises a photographic subjects picture information at least and demonstration display by the picture information of the captured target of camera is arranged, wherein, camera is equipped with the carriage that is used for rotating the luffing device of camera and is used for the mobile cameras position.The luffing device comprises the supporter that supports camera and as first executive component of the drive source of rotating support device, and carriage comprises the pedestal that supports supporter rotationally and as second executive component of the drive source of glide base.

According to a second aspect of the invention, this picture supplier that will propose in a first aspect of the present invention is arranged to make target to take by camera and its picture information can be presented on the display by half-reflecting mirror.

According to a third aspect of the invention we, will of the present invention first or second aspect in this picture feeder that proposes be arranged to also comprise one and can make pedestal mounted thereto so that the countervane of mobile foundation easily.

According to a forth aspect of the invention, will be arranged to also further comprise one at this picture feeder that a first aspect of the present invention proposes in any of the third aspect and be used for controlling a long way off the telechiric device that camera rotates or moves.

According to a fifth aspect of the invention, to be arranged to the picture information by camera is provided the compression of the 3-5% of 3-D coordinate conversion and horizontal direction, the so particularly desirable picture that when photographic subjects is whole, can obtain seeming balanced proportion at this picture feeder that a first aspect of the present invention proposes in any of fourth aspect.

Because camera has the function that can rotate and move, picture supplier of the present invention allows to carry out the meticulous control of best shooting point and needn't consider that the height of target just can photograph whole object at an easy rate.

In addition, according to picture supplier of the present invention, target be by camera and image be presented on the display by half-reflecting mirror, the user can easily determine desirable expression and posture also can obtain very natural picture information like this.

Further,, pedestal is installed and has the countervane that is used for to the base motion guiding according to picture supplier of the present invention, the supporter of the fastening camera of this base support, pedestal just can stably slide like this.

Up to the present, work as the user, be that target must move when adjusting the shooting point of mounted camera, according to picture supplier of the present invention, have one to allow to control from afar the telechiric device that camera rotates and moves, the user can rotation and mobile cameras and best shooting point is adjusted at desirable position like this.

In addition, according to picture supplier of the present invention, the picture information of picture information or the particularly whole object of the target by camera obtains revising by the compression of the 3-5% of 3-D coordinate conversion and horizontal direction, and therefore good as if that take from the front and picture entire body nature and desirable balanced proportion can be provided.

Characteristic of the present invention and other purpose, purposes and advantage will clearly illustrate more by following description and accompanying drawing.

Fig. 1 is the perspective diagram of an embodiment of picture supplier of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is the schematic side view of the inner structure of picture supplier shown in Figure 1;

Fig. 3 is the block scheme of the structure of picture supplier of the present invention;

Fig. 4 is equipped with the pan device of picture supplier of the present invention of countervane and the front view of carriage;

Fig. 5 is that the supporter in the picture supplier of the present invention rotates and the side schematic view of base motion state;

Fig. 6 A is the process flow diagram of the whole procedure step in the picture supplier of the present invention;

The process flow diagram of the program step when Fig. 6 B is " operation of entire body pattern " selected in the flow process among Fig. 6 A;

The side schematic view of the position relation of camera and target when Fig. 7 is the state of camera of picture supplier of the present invention and " camera remote control " in the flow process in Fig. 6 B; With

Fig. 8 is the variation diagram that changes by the forward and backward image of 3-D coordinate conversion.

Below a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 have shown that picture supplier of the present invention comes photographic subjects and passes through the situation of half-reflecting mirror 8 by display device 12 displayed image information by camera 9.Picture supplier is equipped with the carriage that is used to rotate the luffing device of camera 9 and is used for the position of mobile cameras 9.

Shown in the figure is a kind of two picture suppliers that monitor type that cry, except the picture information on display 12 is shown by half-reflecting mirror 8, it in addition can be in the identical picture information that shows with display 12 from the appended LCD monitor 4 of coordinate entering device.It comprises coin insertion portion 5, illumination 7 and be used for the other analog of input pen 6 of write data on the outside of housing 2, and in housing 2 with half-reflecting mirror 8, camera 9, display 12 and above-mentioned analog 14, printers 13 of a PC (personal computer) and Coin selector (not shown) together.

It is to be noted that the picture supplier that shows among the figure is the embodiment that takes and pass through half-reflecting mirror 8 situation of displayed image on display 12 by camera 9, the camera 9 on the target opposite in housing 2 is equipped with the half-reflecting mirror 8 between target and camera 9 like this.But when not using half-reflecting mirror 8, camera 9 is attached to the part place, as in the outside of housing 2, and the rotation of camera 9 here and move not interrupted.

Fig. 3 be picture supplier of the present invention structure block scheme and shown mutual relationship between the hardware and software and the flow direction of various information and control signal.Although not shown, in the present invention who uses half-reflecting mirror, in the nature of things half-reflecting mirror 8 is inserted between camera 9 and the display 12.

Fig. 4 has shown that being used in the picture supplier of the present invention rotate the luffing device of camera 9 and be used for moving the structure of the carriage of its position, wherein, is equipped with and is used for level and smooth and stably to the countervane 25 of pedestal 17 guiding.

The luffing device that is used to rotate camera 9 comprises that mainly one supports first executive component 18 that the supporter 15 of camera 9 and conduct make the power source that supporter 15 rotates.A gear 22 that is connected to the gear 21 on first executive component 18 and is connected on the supporter 15 meshes.Although camera 9 is connected and is installed on the brace 16 that is connected to supporter 15 and together rotates with supporter 15 in body, its mounting means has more than this a kind of mode that is limited to.

The carriage that is used for the position of mobile cameras 9 comprises that mainly one supports the pedestal 17 of supporter 15 and second executive component 20 that conduct makes the power source of pedestal 17 slips rotationally.A gear 23 and a gear 24 of being connected on second executive component 20 are meshed, and this gear 24 synchronously rotates with the rotating band 19 that partly links to each other with pedestal 17.

It is to be noted that first executive component 18 of the present invention and the plan of second executive component 20 adopt stepper motors, the present invention is not limited to this a kind of situation especially.In addition, although support the supporter 15 of camera 9 is that the pedestal 17 with supporting supporter 15 that rotates moves by luffing device described above and carriage, but when using the power source of first executive component 18 and second executive component 20, also available balance device replaces them.

Fig. 5 is that supporter 15 rotates and the synoptic diagram of the state that pedestal 17 moves, and wherein pedestal 17 does not change posture ground and moves along the rotation of rotating band 19, and supporter 15 and camera 9 together rotate when camera 9 is being supported by pedestal 17.

Fig. 6 A be the process flow diagram of picture supplier whole procedure step of the present invention and Fig. 6 B be in the flow process in Fig. 6 A selection the process flow diagram of " operation of entire body pattern ".Although in many existing picture suppliers, adopted fixed camera, but the present invention allows to take entire body by utilizing telechiric device 26 to rotate with mobile cameras 9 as infrared remote controller, and it has the step of " camera remote control " like this.

Fig. 7 is the side view of the camera 9 in " camera remote control " step and the position relation of target among the state of camera 9 of picture supplier of the present invention and Fig. 6 B.Work as the user, that is: target, the position (a) that is arranged in figure is located, promptly in the front of instrument body 1, and neither needing to be rotated at camera 9 in facial and process that chest is taken does not need to be moved and with zone (A) in the drawings, camera 9 location yet, and the user falls back on backward near the position (b) among the figure and the zone (B) that camera 9 moves among the figure and also rotated so that its camera lens can capture whole object in the process of photographic subjects integral body.

Fig. 8 finishes the variation diagram of the front and back of conversion by the 3-D coordinate conversion to the picture information of using the captured whole object of picture supplier of the present invention in three steps.When being compressed widely in the face of target subject and the first half image in the drawings, it will be interpreted as that entire body is replicated as it and almost before the image after image conversion, promptly take the same in the image among the figure in the process of natural impression before conversion.

The process that the picture supplier of the application of the invention duplicates the picture of whole object will be described when compressing the picture information of captured target when half-reflecting mirror 8, countervane 25 and telechiric device 26 are installed and by the 3-D coordinate conversion.

At first, the user puts a predetermined coin into make picture supplier in the coin insertion portion 5 body 1 and is in spendable state.Next, the user is by selecting " operation of entire body pattern " item in the various patterns of appended input pen 6 on being presented at the appended LCD monitor of coordinate entering device 4.

Then, after having selected desirable Print direction (level or vertical), picture and background, the user, that is: target maintains a certain distance and falls back on backward with body 1 near the position (b) among the Fig. 7 that is suitable for taking entire body.Because machine is equipped with telechiric device 26 and allows and sends various instructions a long way off and control, the user can send various instructions by moving to desirable position to body 1 when holding telechiric device 26.Usually, be suitable for taking the position that whole position is positioned at the curtain that the end hung 11 of the most close arm 10 that stretches out from housing 2.

Next, the user by monitor screen 3 and utilize telechiric device 26 pedestal 17 move among Fig. 7 zone (B) on every side and the supporter 15 of rotational support camera 9 be shown up to working as whole health.The user also controls the size of image by zoom.It is to be noted owing to be equipped with and be used for installing and to the countervane 25 of pedestal 17 guiding, pedestal 17 just can smoothly and stably move on countervane 25.In addition, because target is taken and its picture information is shown by half-reflecting mirror 8, the user, that is: target can determine expression and the posture liked when monitoring screen 3 frequently.

When for the ideal diagram image information that photographs entire body the adjustment in the zone of camera 9 being finished, the user takes by using telechiric device 26.Next, because captured image is presented on the screen 3, the user can select " decision " and machine to enter next step operation when liking this image.When the user dislikes this image, the user can select " cancellation " and machine to return the previous step of " visual remote control " among Fig. 6 B.Then, take once more by the zone of adjusting camera 9 again.

When the user liked captured image and selects " decision ", the user turned back to body 1.Then, the user selects desirable message and color and writes perfect literal and picture by input pen 6 on the appended LCD monitor 4 of coordinate entering device.Afterwards, whole steps finish and a little while after just provide desirable picture.

Although what indicate is only to obtain the face of whole health and the picture that the first half is greatly reduced when captured picture information is retained, as when photographic subjects is whole because camera 9 moves up as shown in Figure 7, but by the 3-D coordinate conversion image that the shooting image correction of distortion becomes to see from the front is also compressed 3 to 5% in the horizontal direction at picture feeder of the present invention.Therefore, it provides one to like the image of taking and resemble with acquisition through the picture of beautiful finishing balanced proportion from the front.What indicate is as result of experiment, experimental data is to obtain when captured picture information is surpassed 3 to 5% correction, even correction be dwindle or when amplifying image be duplicated into non-natural shape, therefore need in this scope, revise visual.What indicate is that the 3-D coordinate conversion of picture information is to carry out by the software of PC (personal computer) 14.

Picture feeder of the present invention allows best shooting point is controlled and the rotation of the position of camera that passes through to be installed and move the entire body that can obtain wanting photographic subjects at an easy rate subtly.

In addition, according to a second aspect of the invention, come photographic subjects, and image shows by display by half-reflecting mirror by camera, user like this, i.e. target, picture information that can supervision always oneself on screen decides desirable expression and posture.

Further, according to a third aspect of the invention we, the countervane that is used for to the mobile guide of pedestal is installed, so that realize the moving of position of camera reposefully, this camera adheres to by on the supporter that pedestal supported.

According to a forth aspect of the invention, be equipped with and allow to send from afar the telechiric device of various command signals to the machine body, the user can carry it and instructs and control the rotation of camera and move, take and other by moving to the correct position place of taking entire body and remaining on this position in taking the process of entire body like this.

In addition, according to a fifth aspect of the invention, the particularly captured target or the picture information of whole object are compressed automatically by 3-D coordinate conversion and other and are revised 3 to 5%, therefore can seem that the picture of and entire body of beautiful that take from the front duplicates to one.

And after having described preferential embodiment, the modification in addition that those skilled in the art carries out will be in the scope of the principle of being described by following claim of the present invention.

Claims

1, picture supplier comprises at least:

The camera of a picture information that is used for photographic subjects; With

One is used for showing the display by the picture information of the captured target of described camera;

Described camera is provided with the carriage that is used for rotating the luffing device of described camera and moves described position of camera;

Described luffing device comprises the supporter and first executive component as the power source that rotates described supporter that are used for supporting described camera; With

Described carriage comprises the pedestal and second executive component as the power source of the described pedestal that slides that support described supporter rotationally.

2, according to the picture supplier of claim 1, wherein picture information is presented on the described display by half-reflecting mirror.

3,, comprise that also one makes pedestal mounted thereto so that be the countervane of pedestal mobile guide according to the picture supplier of claim 1.

4,, comprise that also one makes pedestal mounted thereto so that be the countervane of pedestal mobile guide according to the picture supplier of claim 2.

5,, also comprise the telechiric device that the described camera of control rotates and moves according to the picture supplier in any of claim 1 to 4.

6, according to the picture supplier in any of claim 1 to 4, wherein by the picture information of the target of described camera by the 3-D coordinate conversion with compress 3-5% in the horizontal direction and revise.

7, according to the picture supplier of claim 5, wherein by the picture information of the target of described camera by the 3-D coordinate conversion with compress 3-5% in the horizontal direction and revise.