JP2003208664A - Automatic picture seal sales method and device therefor seal paper unit and picture seal sheet - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To exorcise the inferiority complex toward the amateurishness of character handwriting input and largely improve the degree of satisfaction of a user to a finished picture seal sheet, by proposing an automatic picture seal sales method and a device therefor capable of easily and quickly performing a scribbling editing with beautiful marks even if a mark such as character or pattern cannot be beautifully written by a coordinate input means such as touch pen. <P>SOLUTION: This automatic picture seal sales device allows an imaging processing for lighting at least one subject in an imaging space by a lighting means and imaging it by an imaging means to form a taken image, allows an editing processing for editing the image to be edited displayed on a display means by a coordinate input means to form an edited image, and executes an output processing for outputting a prescribed image by an output means. This device is provided with a storage means for storing a registration mark showing a character and/or a pattern, a retrieval means for allowing the handwriting input by the coordinate input means and retrieving the registration mark corresponding to the written handwriting mark, and a substitution means for substituting the handwriting mark to the registration mark. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention, for example, illuminates an object with a lighting device and picks up an image with a digital camera, allows the touched panel to edit graffiti and the like, and edits the edited image. It is related to the automatic sale of photo stickers such as printing and selling.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a photo sticker vending machine for performing the above-described photo sticker vending, scribble input can be made on a touch panel with a touch pen, and characters can also be handwritten. There is something that you have done.

In the handwriting input, the user can select the thickness, color and pattern of a pen for drawing characters, and can freely input handwritten characters with the selected pen.

[0004]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, it is difficult to write characters by handwriting with a touch pen neatly, and even a person who can write beautiful characters with a writing instrument such as a pencil or a ballpoint pen can write neatly with an unfamiliar touch pen. It was often not.

Further, it is difficult to write small characters with a touch pen, and it is difficult to write in a desired size, for example, when writing a small date in a corner of an edited image.

The present invention provides a photo sticker automatic selling method and a device thereof which can easily and quickly perform graffiti editing with beautiful symbols even if characters such as characters and figures cannot be neatly written by a coordinate input means such as a touch pen. Proposal to eliminate inconvenience and irritation to poor input of characters
The purpose is to greatly improve the user's satisfaction with the finished photo sticker sheet.

[0007]

According to the present invention, an illuminating means is used to illuminate one or more subjects in an image pickup space, and the image pickup means picks up an image to create a picked-up image. A photograph sticker automatic vending method or an apparatus thereof, which permits an editing process of creating an edited image by editing the target image with coordinate input means, and performing an output process of outputting a predetermined image by an output means, A registration symbol representing a character and / or a graphic is stored in advance in the storage means, handwriting input by the coordinate input means is permitted, the registration symbol corresponding to the handwritten input handwriting is searched by the search means, and the handwriting is performed. It is a method or apparatus for automatically selling a photograph sticker in which a sign is replaced with the registered sign by a replacement means.

As a result, even if the user is not good at handwriting input, it becomes possible to edit graffiti with beautiful symbols. The coordinate input means is a pressure-sensitive or electrostatic touch panel that detects a position touched with a dedicated pen or a finger, a touch monitor (touch screen) having the touch panel attached to a display device such as a display, a digitizer, a tablet, a mouse. Type input device, trackball,
It includes a two-dimensional coordinate input device such as a track pad, or a three-dimensional coordinate input device of a system such as an optical system, a mechanical system, a magnetic system, and an acoustic system.

Further, the coordinate input means includes, for example, a coordinate input means for graffiti editing and a coordinate input means for handwriting input separately, and converts a symbol handwritten by the coordinate input means for handwriting input into a registered symbol. Then, such as pasting at any position of the edited image with the coordinate input means for editing the graffiti,
It also includes the configuration of a plurality of coordinate input means.

In addition to the picked-up image, the image is an image acquired by a data fetching means such as a communication means or a storage medium reading means, that is, a digital image obtained by picking up an image with a personal digital camera or graphic production on a personal computer. , Scanning images obtained by scanning real images such as photographs and paintings with a scanner.

The predetermined image includes the picked-up image, the digital image, the scanning image, and / or an edited image obtained by editing these images by an editing means. The output means includes a printing means for printing an image, a communication means for transmitting image data, or a storage medium reader / writer for writing image data in a storage medium.

The storage means is a hard disk or
It includes a storage device such as a read / write device (drive) that uses a storage medium such as an MO or a CD-ROM, and a method for automatically selling a photo sticker or a configuration provided in the device itself, or a communication means such as the Internet or LAN. It also includes a configuration provided in another device such as a personal computer that can be accessed via the.

The figures include simple shapes such as rectangles and stars, symbols such as map symbols, signs such as road signs, figures, pictures or photographs representing things such as plants and animals. . The registration symbol includes not only the figure but also word processing characters of various fonts such as Mincho typeface, Gothic typeface, line typeface, and open typeface, pictograms, word processing symbols of symbols generally referred to such as signs and marks, pictures Includes symbols, diagrams, pictures, and / or photographs.

The search means executes a search process (search process based on the recognition result by the character recognition technique) for searching the number of strokes of handwritten symbols, stroke order, shape, pattern, or registered symbols in which some of these match or approximate. Including a control device that operates. The replacing means includes a control device that executes a replacing process of deleting a handwritten symbol on a display and displaying a registered symbol.

As a preferred embodiment, a plurality of registered symbol candidates corresponding to the handwritten symbol can be displayed so that they can be selected by the candidate selecting means. The candidate selecting means includes integrally forming with the coordinate inputting means, or forming separately from the coordinate inputting means, and in the case of forming separately, the coordinate inputting means or selection input by pressing a button Includes a possible button-type input device.

The registered symbol candidates are symbol candidates having the same or similar stroke counts, symbol candidates having the same or similar stroke order, symbol candidates having the same or similar shapes, symbol candidates having similar patterns, or It includes being a symbol candidate obtained by compounding these conditions.

With the above configuration, even if a poorly written symbol is written unfamiliar with handwriting input, it is possible to select and determine an appropriate registered symbol from the displayed candidates.

Further, as a preferred embodiment, a plurality of types of registered symbols representing the same symbol are stored in the storage means,
The type of the registered symbol to be replaced with the handwritten symbol can be made selectable by the type selection means.

The type selecting means includes integrally forming with the coordinate inputting means, or forming separately from the coordinate inputting means, and in the case of forming separately, the coordinate inputting means or button pressing It includes a button type input device that can be selectively input by. Also, it is configured to be integrated with the candidate selection means or configured separately.

With the above configuration, the handwritten character input by handwriting can be replaced with a registered character arbitrarily selected from candidates such as Mincho typeface and design character, so that the amusement property for character input is improved and the variation is beautiful. Rich character input becomes possible.

Further, the present invention comprises a sticker sheet on which an image is printed and an identifying member for identifying the authenticity of the sticker sheet, and the identifying means provided in the photo sticker vending method or the photo sticker vending apparatus. Thus, it is possible to provide a sticker paper unit on which the identification body is identified and the predetermined image is printed.

The identifier includes a unit shape of an ID tag for reading and writing data without contact, a bar code, an IC card, and a sticker paper unit formed in a specific shape. The identification means is an ID tag reader for reading data stored in an ID tag, a bar code scanner for reading a bar code, an IC card reader for reading data stored in an IC card, and a unit shape of a sticker paper unit formed in a specific shape. Including a fitting part that

The sticker paper unit includes a structure in which the identifying body and the sticker paper are integrated, or a structure in which the identifying body and the sticker paper are separate bodies. With the above configuration, it is possible to reliably use the sticker paper unit that is compatible with the photo sticker automatic selling method or the photo sticker automatic selling device.

The present invention may also be a photo sticker sheet on which the predetermined image is printed or printed by the photo sticker vending method or the photo sticker vending apparatus.

As a result, the user can obtain a photo sticker sheet on which a predetermined image is printed.

[0026]

According to the present invention, even if a user is unfamiliar with handwriting input, beautiful registered symbols such as visually readable characters can be easily and quickly combined into a captured image, and the registered symbols are abundant. These variations improve amusement and improve satisfaction with the finished photo sticker sheet. In addition, facility managers aim to increase the utilization rate by improving user satisfaction,
Sales can be expected to increase.

[0027]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, the appearance and configuration of the photo sticker vending machine 1 will be described with reference to the system configuration diagram shown in FIG. 1 and the partially enlarged view (partially sectional view) shown in FIG.

FIG. 1 shows the external appearance of a photo sticker vending machine 1. The photo sticker vending machine 1 has a frame 2 formed in a box shape having a size that allows a small number of ordinary people to enter with room. And an imaging space surrounded by an appropriate curtain (not shown) suspended from the upper side of the frame 2, and the housing 3 is installed on the back side of the imaging space.

An inclined surface is formed in the center of the front surface of the housing 3,
A touch monitor 13 formed by stacking a touch panel on a display is provided at the center of the inclined surface, and touch pens 14, 14 for touching the touch monitor 13 to input coordinates are provided on the left and right sides thereof. A coin insertion slot 15a for inserting coins is provided on the lower right side of the touch monitor 13, and speakers 16, 16 are arranged on the left and right below the coin insertion slot 15a.

A digital camera 11 for picking up an image of an object in an image pickup space is provided in the center on the upper front side of the housing 3, and a vertically long strobe lighting device 12 is provided on both sides of the digital camera 11.
12 are provided. A seal discharge port 19a for discharging the photographic seal sheet 6c is formed below the right side surface of the housing 3.

Inside the casing 3 near the seal discharge port 19a, as shown in the partially enlarged view (partially sectional view) shown in FIG. A printer 19 is provided.

The printer 19 includes a sticker paper unit 6
The sticker paper unit 6 is composed of a sticker paper 6b wound in a roll shape and an ID tag 6a in which data such as identification data for distinguishing whether the sticker paper is genuine or not is stored.
An ID tag reader / writer 1 is provided on the back of the printer 19.
8 is provided and reads the data stored in the ID tag 6a.

With the above structure, the user can enter the money slot 1
A coin is put into 5a, the illumination of the strobe lighting device 12 is received, the digital camera 11 takes an image, and the touch monitor 13 is touched with the touch pen 14 on the taken image to perform graffiti editing such as handwriting input of characters. The photo sticker sheet 6c on which the edited image by the editing is printed can be obtained from the sticker discharge port 19a. Next, the structure of the photo sticker vending machine 1 will be described with reference to the circuit block diagram shown in FIG. Photo sticker vending machine 1 is CP
A control device 10 including U, ROM, and RAM for executing control operations of each device, a digital camera 11, a strobe lighting device 12, and a touch monitor 1 connected to the control device 10.
3, a money handling device 15, a speaker 16, an ID tag reader / writer 18, a printer 19, and a storage device 20 are provided.

The control device 10 executes the control process of each device as described above, and when the symbols such as characters and figures are handwritten in the editing process for performing graffiti editing, the OCR is performed.
(Optical Character Reader) technology is used to collate patterns to retrieve registered symbols of the same pattern or approximate patterns from registered symbols stored in the storage device 20 described later, and replace the handwritten input handwritten symbols with the retrieved registered symbols. Processing for synthesizing the edited image with the edited image is also executed.

The digital camera 11 executes image pickup by a shutter signal received from the control device 10 and transmits image data such as picked-up moving image data and picked-up still image data to the control device 10. The strobe lighting device 12 executes strobe light emission according to a lighting control signal from the control device 10.

The touch monitor 13 is the control device 1
An RGB signal is received from 0, and a moving image before being captured by the digital camera 11 or a still image at the time of capturing (captured image) and an image such as a graffiti edited image are displayed according to the signal, It also displays the registration symbol to be replaced when inputting by handwriting. In addition, depending on the user, touch pen 1
4 (FIG. 1), a handwritten symbol input by handwriting is replaced with a registered symbol, and an instruction such as graffiti editing such as drawing the registered symbol or image capture start is input, and the input signal is input to the control device 1
Send to 0.

The currency handling device 15 is provided inside the above-mentioned currency insertion port 15a, performs authenticity determination of inserted coins and denomination determination, and informs the control device 10 of the number of inserted coins as number information. Send. In addition, this coin input,
It also signals the start of sales processing.

The speaker 16 announces to the user the countdown at the time of image pickup and the remaining time according to the audio signal received from the control device 10. The ID tag reader / writer 18 is an ID provided on the sticker paper unit 6.
The data stored in the tag 6a is read by the read signal,
The update signal is used to update the data. As a result, it is determined whether the sticker sheet unit 6 is a proper one, and if necessary, update processing such as overwriting the count number, which is the number of prints, is executed.

The printer 19 receives print image data from the control device 10, prints the received print image on the sticker paper 6b of the sticker paper unit 6 (FIG. 2), and discharges the created photo sticker sheet 6c. .

The storage device 20 stores a registered symbol for replacing a symbol input by handwriting, and the control device 10
Data such as registration symbols and initial settings are transmitted to the control device 10 in accordance with the read signal received from the controller 10, and data such as registration symbols and initial settings are stored in accordance with the update signal.

With the above structure, the control device 10 receives the number information from the money handling device 15, and receives the strobe lighting device 1.
The subject is illuminated with 2 and the digital camera 11 captures an image, the captured image is displayed on the touch monitor 13, the touch monitor 13 is used to scribble edit with the touch pen 14, and the edited image and / or the captured image is printed by the printer 1.
The photo seal sheet 6c printed in 9 is attached to the seal discharge port 19
Discharge from a.

Next, with reference to the processing flow charts shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the operation of the photo sticker vending machine 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7.
This will be described with reference to the screen image explanatory diagram shown in FIG. When a user inserts a coin into the coin insertion slot 15a (FIG. 1), the control device 10 starts playing (step n).
1).

The control device 10 starts the image pickup process and displays the image taken by the digital camera 11 on the touch monitor 13.
A moving image is displayed on the screen, the user is asked to confirm the moving image display and the pose is determined, a countdown is announced by the speaker 16, and a still image is captured by the digital camera 11 (step n2).

When the image pickup process is completed, the control device 10
Displays the graffiti edit screen on the touch monitor 13 as shown in (A) of the screen image explanatory view of FIG. 6 and starts the edit process (step n3).

The user has seven pen buttons 13a or seven stamp buttons 13b displayed at the upper left of the screen.
Any one of the above is selected with the touch pen 14 to determine the type of pen for scribbling (step n4).

When the user touches the character input button 13c (step n5), the control device 10 executes a handwriting input character conversion process described later (step n).
6).

If the character input button 13c is not touched, the normal graffiti editing is performed, and the user is allowed to do graffiti editing such as drawing a picture with the pen selected in step n4 (step n7). ).

Time limit elapse or graffiti end button 1
When the graffiti edit is completed by touching 3 m, the control device 10 executes a print process of printing the edited image of the graffiti edit on the sticker paper 6b by the printer 19 (step n).
8) Put the created photo sticker sheet 6c into the sticker outlet 1
The sheet is discharged from 9a and the process is terminated (step n9).

The handwriting input type conversion process at step n6 is composed of a plurality of steps as shown in the process flow chart of FIG. First, when the user touches the character input button 13c shown in FIG. 6 in step n5, the control device 10 causes the character input frame to be drawn, and the position touched by the touch pen 14 by the user is set as the starting point.
A quadrangle character input frame 13f is drawn with the position separated from the touch monitor 13 after being dragged as the end point, and the straight line connecting the start point and the end point being a diagonal line (step s
1).

Character input frame copy button 1 by the user
When 3d is touched (step s2), one character input frame 13f having the same size can be drawn, and the character input frame 13f is drawn at the touched position (step s3). For example, if this character input box is copied three times, (B) in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 4, four characters including the first character input frame 13f are drawn.

If the position and the number of the character input frame 13f are OK, the control device 10 writes one character in one character selection frame 13f as shown in (C) of the screen image explanatory view of FIG. Then, the user is allowed to input the handwritten symbol 13x (character or graphic) by handwriting (step s
4).

When the user touches the type conversion button 13e (step s5), the controller 10 collates the handwritten symbol 13x (for example, a character) with a pattern by the OCR technique and registers the collated pattern. The symbols are searched, and as shown in FIG. 7D, a type list 13g, which is a list display of registered symbols 13y of various variations, is displayed on the touch monitor 13 (step s6).

When the user touches any one of the character type list 13g, the handwritten symbol 13x is erased in the edited image display frame 13l, and the selected character type (registered symbol 1
3y) is displayed at the position of the character input frame 13f corresponding to the deleted character (step s7).

Pen button 13a or stamp button 13
If another item such as b is not touched, step s1
To s7, the handwriting input type conversion process is continued, and if another item is selected, the handwriting input type conversion process is terminated and the normal graffiti editing is resumed (step s8).

By the above operation, the user inputs a handwritten character (or figure) at a free position in the edited image, and the handwritten character (handwritten symbol 13x) is printed in various types (registered symbol 13y). You can write it by converting it to and write beautiful characters by choosing from a wide variety of fun.

If, for example, four or more characters are input, only four characters are displayed in the type list 13g in the order of frame formation.
It may be set to replace all handwritten characters when selected, or may be set to display only the first one character and display many types of selectable characters at once.

In the above-described embodiment, the character input box 13
Although the user is made to draw f and input handwritten characters into it, as another embodiment, a plurality of types of character input frames 13f may be prepared in advance.

In this case, as shown in the process flow diagram of the handwriting input type conversion process of FIG. 8 and the screen image explanatory diagram of FIG. 9E, the user first selects the character size with the character size selection button 13h. To select (step t
1).

The control device 10 arranges the character input frames 13f corresponding to the selected character size in a grid pattern and displays them on the edited image (step t2), and the user inputs the character input frames 13f shown in FIG. As shown in (F), writing the handwritten symbol 13x (character or graphic) by handwriting input is allowed (step t3). The character input frame 1 arranged in a grid pattern
The size of 3f is determined by the control device 10 according to the character size selected by the character size selection button 13h. For example, if the character size is changed to a smaller size, the lattice spacing becomes narrower and the number of character input frames 13f becomes smaller. To increase.

When the user inputs a character by handwriting and touches the type conversion button 13e (step t4), the control device 10 replaces the registration symbol as shown in (G) of the screen image explanatory view of FIG. A type list 13g for displaying 13y is displayed (step t5).

Any type of character (registration symbol 13
When y) is touched, the control device 10 erases the handwritten character (handwritten symbol 13x) input by handwriting, and the character input frame 13 corresponding to the handwritten character (handwritten symbol 13x).
A print character is displayed at the position of f (step t6).

Pen button 13a or stamp button 13
If another item such as b is not touched, step t1
From t to t6, the handwriting input character conversion processing is continued, and if another item is selected, the handwriting input character conversion processing is terminated and the normal graffiti editing is resumed (step s7).

In this embodiment, another configuration,
Since the structure and the operation are the same as those of the previous embodiment, the same symbols are attached to the same elements and the detailed description thereof will be omitted.
With the above configuration, structure, and operation, the user manually writes characters one by one in the character input frame 13f arranged in a grid pattern, and the characters are arranged in a neat line, rather than being inconspicuous in writing position. You can easily write beautiful characters.

In each of the above embodiments, the type conversion is not limited to the editing process, but the photo sticker vending machine 1 is configured to send the edited image as an output to a specific mail address. You can use it to enter your email address, or you can configure a photo sticker vending machine 1 that allows you to enter waiting numbers and receive sequential calls by email to your mobile phone. You may use it for input.

Further, when the handwritten symbol 13x is not successfully converted into the intended registered symbol 13y, the arbitrary handwritten symbol 13x may be rewritten. In this case, a rewrite button 13i indicated by a virtual line is added to the screen of FIG. 7D, and when the rewrite button 13i is touched, the character display frame 13f becomes selectable, and the selected character display frame 13f is displayed. It may be set so that the handwritten symbol 13x can be cleared and rewritten.

Further, a character size selection button 13j indicated by a virtual line is added to the screen of FIG. 7D, and the character size after replacement is set to be changeable. The font size may be changed to a smaller size so that small letters can be written neatly.

Further, the registered symbols 13y after replacement are set to be movable in a unit of one symbol or all symbols, and after replacing the handwritten symbols 13x with the registered symbols 13y, the user considers the overall balance and the like. The touch pen 14 may be used to change the position so that the touch pen 14 can be placed at any position. As a result, even if the user does not like the positional relationship of the respective symbols (characters or pictures) after the replacement, it is possible to change the shape to reflect the layout feeling desired by the user.

Further, the handwriting input may be divided into a character input mode and a figure input mode so as to improve the recognition rate. For example, if the handwriting input is "bear", not only the character "bear" but also the character "bear" are input. A handwritten input character may be set to be replaceable with a graphic, for example, by displaying a graphic of a bear (or a picture of a bear) and making it selectable.

Further, if one character such as hiragana, katakana, or kanji is input by handwriting (for example, "ki" is input), a character starting with the one character as an initial character (for example, "Kirin", "train" and "Christ") and Alternatively, a list of candidates for patterns (for example, giraffe, train, and Christ patterns) may be displayed so that the user can select one, or each time one character is handwritten (for example, "ki" followed by "ri". It is also possible to set such that candidates are narrowed down and displayed in a list (for example, narrowed down to and displayed on the characters and / or patterns of Kirin and Christ).

As a result, even a young person who is not familiar with kanji can easily specify a desired character or pattern and perform a synthesis process. In addition, when inputting a long character or a design with a long name, the target character or design can be quickly specified by halfway input, and the user can execute the process of synthesizing the target symbol (character or design) in a short time. You can
It is possible to efficiently edit graffiti and create a satisfactory edited image.

Characters and figures to be registered as the registration symbol 13y include a mark such as a quadrangle or a star, a symbol such as a map symbol, a sign such as a road sign, a figure or a picture representing an animal or plant or an artificial object, or the like. It is possible to register various types of things such as photographs and configure them in a wide variety.

As shown in FIG. 10H, when the handwritten symbol 13x is converted into the registered symbol 13y, conversion candidates are displayed in the candidate list 13k so that the user can select them. Alternatively, as in each of the above-described embodiments, the candidate list is usually replaced with the one having the highest priority among the conversion candidates, and when the user wants to select another conversion candidate, the candidate list 1
It may be set to be selectable at 3k and changeable.

Instead of first preparing the character input frame 13f and inputting it by handwriting, the handwriting input is first performed and then the handwritten symbol 13x is inputted.
The handwritten symbol 13 is set so as to be surrounded by f
You may set so that x may be replaced by the registration symbol 13y sequentially. As a result, the user can perform handwriting input more freely than arranging the character input frame 13f first, and it becomes easy to improve the arrangement balance of the registered symbols 13y after replacement.

Further, as shown by virtual lines in FIG. 7D, the horizontal alignment button 13p and the vertical alignment button 13q are displayed, and when the horizontal alignment button 13p is touched, the editing image display frame 13l is displayed. All the registered symbols 13y are aligned and arranged in a horizontal row, and when the vertical alignment button 13q is touched, all registered symbols 13y in the edited image display frame 13l are aligned and arranged in a vertical row. It may be set to do.

Further, when the horizontal line or the vertical line is arranged, the registration symbols 13y may be set to be arranged at equal intervals, or may be set to be changed to a line while keeping the character interval. Good, equipping an equidistant arrangement button (not shown), and by touching the equidistant arrangement button, the registration symbol 13y corresponding to the handwritten character first input.
And the registration symbol 1 corresponding to the last input handwritten character
The remaining registration symbols 13y may be aligned in a line at equal intervals between 3y so that diagonal alignment is also possible.

By these, for example, in the case of character input,
It is possible to easily and beautifully arrange the alignment and spacing of characters that are difficult to perform by handwriting input after conversion from the handwritten symbols 13x to the registered symbols 13y.

Further, the registration symbol 13y may be set to be rotatable sideways or diagonally so that the user can freely rotate it. The rotation method at this time is to rotate the registration symbols 13y one by one at a free angle.
With the position of 3y as it is, all the registered symbols 13y are rotated uniformly in the same direction, all the registered symbols 13y are integrally rotated as one object, or all of these rotating operations can be performed by a rotation method. May be.

Further, when editing graffiti, it may be announced by the speaker 16 that the characters input by handwriting can be converted into printed characters, and the user may be notified that new characters can be used to draw beautiful characters and figures.

In the correspondence between the structure of the present invention and the above-described embodiment, the photo sticker vending machine of the present invention corresponds to the photo sticker vending machine 1 of the embodiment. Corresponding to the sticker paper unit 6, the identifier corresponds to the ID tag 6a, the sticker paper corresponds to the sticker paper 6b, the photographic sticker sheet corresponds to the photographic sticker sheet 6c, the search means and the replacement means, Corresponding to the control device 10, imaging means corresponds to the digital camera 11, lighting means corresponds to the stroboscopic lighting device 12, display means corresponds to the touch monitor 13, coordinate input means,
The candidate selecting unit and the type selecting unit are the touch monitor 13.
The plural types of registration symbols correspond to the type list 13g, the registration symbol candidates correspond to the candidate list 13k, the handwritten symbols correspond to the handwritten symbols 13x, and the registration symbols correspond to
Corresponding to the registration symbol 13y, the identification means corresponds to the ID tag reader / writer 18, the output means corresponds to the printer 19, and the storage means corresponds to the storage device 20. The present invention is not limited to the above configuration, and many embodiments can be obtained.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the external appearance of a photo sticker vending machine.

FIG. 2 is a partially enlarged view (partially sectional view) showing the inside of the casing of the photo sticker vending machine.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a control circuit of the photo sticker vending machine.

FIG. 4 is a processing flow chart showing the overall operation of the photo sticker vending machine.

FIG. 5 is a processing flow chart showing the operation of handwriting input type conversion processing.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a screen image of handwriting input type conversion processing.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a screen image of handwriting input type conversion processing.

FIG. 8 is a processing flow chart showing the operation of handwriting input character conversion processing of another embodiment.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of a screen image of handwriting input type conversion processing.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram of a screen image of handwriting input type conversion processing.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Photo sticker vending machine 6 ... Sticker paper unit 6a ... ID tag 6b ... Sticker paper 6c ... Photo sticker sheet 10 ... Control device 11 ... Digital camera 12 ... Strobe lighting device 13 ... Touch monitor 13g ... Type list 13k ... Candidate list 13x ... handwritten symbols 13y ... registration code 18 ... ID tag reader / writer 19 ... Printer 20 ... Storage device

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Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. An image pickup process for illuminating one or more subjects in an image pickup space by an illuminating means and picking up an image by the image pickup means to create a picked-up image, and inputting coordinates to an image to be edited displayed on a display means. A method for automatically selling a photo sticker, which permits an editing process of editing an image to create an edited image, and outputs an output of a predetermined image by an output device, and stores a registration symbol representing a character and / or a graphic. Stored in advance in the means, allowing handwriting input by the coordinate input means, searching the registered symbol corresponding to the handwritten symbol input by handwriting by the search device, and replacing the handwritten symbol with the registered symbol by the replacement device. Photo sticker automatic selling method. 2. A plurality of registered symbol candidates corresponding to the handwritten symbol are displayed so that they can be selected by the candidate selecting means.
The method for automatic sale of the described photo sticker. 3. A plurality of types of registered symbols representing the same symbol are stored in the storage means, and the type of the registered symbol to be replaced with the handwritten symbol can be selected by the type selection means.
Alternatively, the method for automatically selling a photo sticker described in 2. 4. An image pickup process for illuminating one or more subjects in an image pickup space by an illuminating means and taking an image by the image pickup means to create a picked-up image, and inputting coordinates to an image to be edited displayed on the display means. A photograph sticker vending apparatus that permits an editing process of editing an image to create an edited image and executes an output process of outputting a predetermined image by an output unit, and stores a registration symbol representing a character and / or a graphic. Storage means, search means for allowing the handwriting input by the coordinate input means to retrieve the registered symbol corresponding to the handwritten symbol input by handwriting, and replacing means for replacing the handwritten symbol with the registered symbol. Photo sticker vending machine. 5. The photograph sticker vending apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising candidate selection means for displaying a plurality of candidates for registration symbols corresponding to the handwritten symbols on the display means for selection. 6. The type selection means for storing a plurality of types of registered symbols representing the same symbol in the storage means and enabling selection of the type of the registered symbol to be replaced with the handwritten symbol. Photo sticker vending machine described. 7. The method for automatically selling a photograph sticker or the automatic photograph sticker according to claim 1, further comprising a sticker paper on which an image is printed and an identification body for identifying the authenticity of the sticker paper. A sticker paper unit in which the identification body is identified by an identification means provided in a selling device and the predetermined image is printed. 8. A photo sticker sheet on which the predetermined image is printed or printed by the photo sticker automatic selling method or the photo sticker automatic selling device according to any one of claims 1 to 6.