JP2003131309A - Method and device for photography - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and device for photography which can easily photograph the face part of a person from the front by a stable structure having no movable part. SOLUTION: The photographing method which is an unmanned photography box type is characterized in that a camera which photographs the person by arranging a plurality of imaging parts having their optical axes of photography in parallel to the floor surface in a photography box is arranged at a vertical interval to the floor surface and the position of the person in a vertical direction is measured and the imaging part which can photograph the person so that the face part of the person in a photographic plane is at a position closet to a specified position is selected out of the plurality of imaging parts according to the measurement result of the person position to photograph the person by the selected imaging part.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a photographing method and a photographing device, and more particularly to an unmanned photographing box type photographing method and a photographing device for photographing a photograph such as an identification card or a driver's license.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional photographing method and photographing apparatus will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the overall configuration of a conventional image capturing apparatus. The imaging unit 300 is attached to the floor surface 13 in the photographing box 20.
On the other hand, a camera that is movable in the up-down direction is arranged to take a picture of the person P, the position of the person P in the height direction is measured by a monitor image from the image forming section 300, and the image forming section 300 is determined based on the measurement result. The main illumination unit 40 is moved by the moving mechanism 70.
a, a flash lighting device 40 including an auxiliary lighting unit 40b
There is known a photographing method and a photographing device for illuminating the face of the person P from the front by using the printing device 60 and printing it by the printing device 60 so that the face of the person on the photographing screen can be photographed at a predetermined position. There is. Reference numeral 46 is a monitor illumination means.

Further, a camera is arranged in the photographing box,
There is also known a photographing device for photographing a person by adjusting the height of a chair on which the person sits so that the face of the person comes to a predetermined position on the photographing screen. You can shoot at any position.

[0004]

However, in the former case, there is a problem that a moving mechanism is required to move the image forming portion of the camera in the vertical direction, and the structure becomes complicated. In the latter case, if the height of the chair is adjusted and an image of a person is taken, it is necessary to know how to adjust the height of the chair, and it also takes time to adjust the height.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, and with a simple structure having no movable portion, it is possible to automatically and simply photograph a face portion of a person on a photographing screen at a position closest to a predetermined position. An object is to provide a photographing method and a photographing device.

[0006]

The above object can be achieved by any of the following means.

(1) In an unmanned photographing box type photographing method, a plurality of image forming portions are arranged in the photographing box at intervals in the vertical direction with respect to the floor surface and the photographing optical axis is parallel to the floor surface. A camera for photographing a person is arranged, the position in the height direction of the person is measured, and based on the measurement result of the person position, an image forming unit capable of photographing the face of the person on the photographing screen closest to a predetermined position is formed. An imaging method, comprising selecting from a plurality of image forming units, and shooting the person by the selected image forming units.

(2) In an unmanned photographing box type photographing apparatus, a plurality of image forming portions are arranged in the photographing box at intervals in the vertical direction with respect to the floor surface and the photographing optical axis is parallel to the floor surface. A camera for photographing a person, a position measuring means for measuring the position of the person in the height direction, and a face of the person on the photographing screen can be photographed at a position closest to a predetermined position based on the measurement result by the position measuring means. An image pickup apparatus comprising: a selection unit that selects an image formation unit from the plurality of image formation units; and a control unit that controls the image formation unit to image the person.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A photographing method and a photographing apparatus according to embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of an image capturing apparatus according to an embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 1, the photographing box 20 is a frame of an unmanned photographing apparatus installed outdoors or the like, and inside the photographing box 20, a person can be photographed.

The camera 30 includes three fixed image forming units 30.
a, an image forming unit 30b, an image forming unit 30c, and a camera body 30d. Each of the three image forming units includes a taking lens and a CCD. The optical axis 31 of the taking lens is parallel to the floor surface. Imaging unit 30a, imaging unit 30
b, the image forming unit 30c is a device for photoelectrically converting at least the face portion of the illuminated person P by a CCD, and the photographing box 2
They are fixedly installed at intervals in the vertical direction with respect to the floor surface 13 inside 0.

The flash lighting means 40 is a main lighting means 40.
a and the auxiliary lighting means 40b, the person P
Illuminate. In addition, the display device 50 includes a semi-transparent mirror 51.
The image of the person P is displayed on the monitor via. The monitor illumination means 46 illuminates a person for monitor display. The printing device 60 creates a print image based on the image data.

The chair 11 is a chair on which a person sits, and
The back panel 12 is a panel placed on the back of a person. Further, the electrical block 80 is an electrical block of the image capturing apparatus and will be described in detail later.

Next, the electrical block will be described. FIG. 2 is an electrical block diagram of the photographing apparatus according to the embodiment. As shown in FIG. 2, the electric section 83 of the imaging section
Reference numerals a, 83b, and 83c photoelectrically convert the image formed by the taking lens by the CCD. The image processing unit 84 performs A / D conversion on image data and various image processes. The position measuring means 85 measures the position of the person P in the height direction, which will be described in detail later. The position of the person P may be detected by a dedicated position sensor.

Based on the detection of the upper position of the head of the person P, the selecting means 86 selects from the three image forming sections an image forming section capable of photographing an image of the face of the person on the photographing screen closest to a predetermined position.

Reference numeral 81a is an electric portion of the main lighting portion, 81b is an electric portion of the auxiliary lighting portion, and 82 is an electric portion of the monitor lighting portion. The electrical section 87 of the display device is an electrical section that displays a monitor according to the data of the image processing section 84. Reference numeral 88 is an electric part of the printing apparatus. Further, the control means 89 controls each block so that the face portion of the person can be photographed from the most front.

Here, a method of selecting the image forming portion of the camera will be described. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a method of detecting the position of a person and selecting a camera. As shown in FIG.
1a, 51b and 51c are image forming sections 30a, 30b and 30c.
Is a monitor image of each person. The estimated position of the eyes of the face is detected based on the distance L between the upper portion 52 of the monitor image and the upper portion P1. Monitor image 5
In 1a, the person P is too lower than the screen. Also, in the monitor image 51c, the person P is too high above the screen. The monitor image 51b is centered on the position of the eyes of the person P. In the selection, the image forming unit 30b is selected.

Here, the photographing method of the present invention by the photographing apparatus of the embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3. Figure 3
FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a method of selecting an image forming unit.

First, the person P enters the photographing box 20. Then, a sensor (not shown) detects that the person P has entered the room, and the monitor illumination means 46 illuminates the person P. The person P sits on the chair 11, and the person P is displayed on the display device 50 in advance by the three image forming units 30a, 30b, 30c of the camera. Monitor images 51a and 5 shown in FIG.
The distance L of 1b and 51c is collated with a reference value to detect the optimum photographing position. In the embodiment, the image forming unit 30b capable of photographing at the position where the face portion of the person on the photographing screen is closest to the predetermined position is selected and photographed from the three monitor images. When the photographing is finished, the portrait image is printed by the printing device 60.

From the above, a simple structure with no moving parts,
It is possible to automatically and simply photograph a person's face on the photographing screen at a position closest to a predetermined position.

In the embodiment, the camera having three image forming units has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, four image forming units may be provided.

[0022]

As constructed above, the following effects can be obtained.

According to the photographing method and apparatus of the first and second aspects, with a simple structure having no movable part, it is possible to automatically photograph the face portion of the person on the photographing screen closest to the predetermined position, which is excellent. It is possible to shoot various people.

According to the photographing apparatus of the third aspect, since the photographing lens and the image pickup element are provided in the image forming section, the structure of the camera becomes simple.

According to the image-taking apparatus of the fourth aspect, the image-pickup lens capable of taking an image at the position where the face of the person on the image-pickup screen is closest to the predetermined position is selected from the monitor images by the plurality of image-pickup lenses. Easy and reliable.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of an image capturing apparatus according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is an electrical block diagram of the imaging device according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a method of selecting an image forming unit.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of a conventional imaging device.

[Explanation of symbols]

13 floor 30 cameras 30a, 30b, 30c Imaging unit 85 Position measuring means 86 selection means 89 Control means

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Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. In an unmanned photographing box type photographing method, a plurality of image forming units are arranged at intervals in the up-down direction with respect to the floor surface in the photographing box, and the photographing optical axis is arranged parallel to the floor surface. A camera for taking a picture is arranged, the position in the height direction of the person is measured, and based on the measurement result of the person position, the plurality of image forming sections capable of taking a picture at the position where the face of the person on the photographing screen is closest to the predetermined position are provided. The imaging method, wherein the person is photographed by the selected imaging unit. 2. An unmanned photographing box type photographing apparatus, wherein a plurality of image forming sections are arranged with a photographing optical axis parallel to the floor surface with a space vertically provided in the photographing box. Based on the measurement result obtained by the position measuring means for measuring the position of the person in the height direction and the position measuring means, the face of the person on the photographing screen can be photographed at the position closest to the predetermined position. An image pickup apparatus comprising: a selection unit that selects an image unit from the plurality of image formation units; and a control unit that controls the image formation unit to image the person. 3. The photographing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the image forming unit includes at least a photographing lens and an image sensor. 4. The image capturing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein an image forming unit capable of capturing an image of a person's face from the front is selected based on a monitor image by the plurality of image forming units.