JP2003263489A - Device and method for outputting image - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image output device for outputting an acquired image data and outputting an appendix image different from the image. <P>SOLUTION: The image output device 10 is provided with an image data obtaining part 105 for obtaining the image data, an appendix image selecting part 140 for selecting an image being different from the image as an appendix image, an output part 115 for outputting the image data obtained by the image data obtaining part 105 and the appendix outputting part 150 for outputting the appendix image selected by the appendix image selecting part 140 wherever the output part 115 outputs the image data. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image output device and an image output method. In particular, the present invention relates to an image output device and an image output method for outputting acquired image data and outputting an image different from the image data as an appendix image.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a system for outputting image data in response to an image output request, for example, there is a DPE service. When the user brings the film to a store that provides the DPE service and requests image output, the store outputs the image data stored in the film as a photograph.
Further, the store may output all the image data stored on the film as one thumbnail image.

[0003]

In stores that provide such DPE services, there has been a demand for users to repeatedly request image output. Further, there has been a demand for promoting sales of products related to image output such as films and album mounts in such stores.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an image output device and an image output method which can solve the above problems. This object is achieved by a combination of features described in independent claims of the invention. The dependent claims define further advantageous specific examples of the present invention.

[0005]

That is, according to the aspect of the present invention, an image output apparatus for outputting an image selects an image data acquisition unit for acquiring image data and an image different from the image as an appendix image. Appendix image selection section, output section that outputs the image data acquired by the image data acquisition section, and appendix output section that outputs the appendix image selected by the appendix image selection section each time the output section outputs image data With.

The image data acquisition unit may acquire the image data from the recording medium, and the appendix output unit may output the appendix image every time the output unit outputs the image data in recording medium units. The image processing apparatus may further include a store information acquisition unit that acquires information about a store requested by the user to output an image, and the appendix image selection unit may select the appendix image according to the information about the store. The image processing apparatus may further include a user information acquisition unit that acquires information about a user who requests the output of the image, and the appendix image selection unit may select the appendix image according to the information about the user.

The user information acquisition unit acquires, as the information about the user, information indicating the amount of the product purchased by the user at a store designated in advance within a preset period, and the appendix image selection unit stores the product information. You may select an appendix image according to quantity. The image data acquisition unit further includes an image information acquisition unit that acquires information related to the image data acquired, and the appendix image selection unit selects the appendix image according to the information related to the image data acquired by the image information acquisition unit. May be.

The image information acquisition unit may acquire date information indicating the date when the image was taken as information regarding the image data, and the appendix image selection unit may select the appendix image according to the date information. . The output unit outputs the image data corrected by the correction unit, and the appendix image selection unit selects the appendix image according to the correction performed by the correction unit. Good.

The appendix image selecting section may select an appendix image indicating points to be noted when photographing the image, according to the correction performed by the correcting section on the image data. The appendix image selection unit may select the appendix image indicating the classification of the user who has requested the output of the image, in accordance with the correction performed on the image data by the correction unit.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an image output method in which an image output device outputs an image, in which the image output device obtains image data and the image output device outputs an image different from the image. A step of selecting as an appendix image, a step of outputting the acquired image data by the image output device, and a step of outputting the selected appendix image each time the image output device outputs a predetermined number of image data. Equipped with. Note that the above summary of the invention does not enumerate all the necessary features of the present invention, and sub-combinations of these feature groups can also be the invention.

[0011]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, the present invention will be described through embodiments of the invention, but the following embodiments do not limit the claimed invention, and the features described in the embodiments Not all combinations are essential to the solution of the invention.

FIG. 1 shows an outline of the entire image output system. The image output system includes an image output device 10 and a store P.
The OS 30 is provided. The image output device 10 is a store POS
When the image output request is received from 30, the image data is
Output to a recording medium such as a D-ROM or a paper medium. In this embodiment, the image output device 10 outputs the image data on a photo paper. The image output device 10 may output the image data to the terminal of the user who has requested the image output, using a communication line such as the Internet.

The store POS 30 is a POS terminal installed in a store that receives an image output request from a user.
The store may also sell merchandise such as bento, photographic film, and camera batteries. In this case, the store POS30
Generates sales data of each product and sends it to the image output device 10. When the store receives the image output request, the store POS 30 receives the image data from the user and sends the received image data to the image output device 10 together with the information about the user and the information about the store. In the present embodiment, the user delivers the image data in the state of the film on which the image was taken. In this case, the store clerk sends the film to the image output device 10 together with the order sheet in which information identifying the user and information identifying the store are described. Further, the store POS 30 may transmit the information specifying the film, the information specifying the user, and the information specifying the store in association with each other to the image output device 10.

The image output system may further include an online ordering terminal 50. Online ordering terminal 50
Receives the image data from the user, and together with the image data, information for identifying the user and the online ordering terminal 5
Information specifying 0 is transmitted to the image output device 10. In this case, the online ordering terminal 50 receives the image data from the recording medium brought by the user, the digital camera or the like. The store POS 30 and the online ordering terminal 50 are
The image output device 10 is connected via a communication line, a server, or the like. For example, the store POS 30 uses a communication line or the like to connect to a server that manages the POS system. Furthermore, the server is connected to the image output device 10 using a communication line or the like. Then, the server is the store POS3.
The data from 0 is relayed to the image output device 10. The image output device 10 is an example of the image output device 10 according to the present invention.

The store POS 30 may be connected to the online ordering terminal 50. For example, store POS30
Is an online ordering terminal 50 via the Internet, etc.
Connect to. For example, the online ordering terminal 50 transmits the image data to the image output device 10 and also transmits information regarding the output of the image data to the store POS 30. In this case, the store POS 30 may generate charge information for the output using the received information about the output of the image data. The online ordering terminal 50 may be configured to transmit the image data to the image output device 10 via the store POS 30.

FIG. 2 shows functional blocks of the image output device 10. The image output device 10 includes an image data acquisition unit 105.
A correction unit 110, an output unit 115, an image information acquisition unit 120, an information reception unit 125, and a store information acquisition unit 130.
A user information acquisition unit 135 and an appendix image selection unit 140
And an appendix image storage unit 145, an appendix output unit 150, and a packing unit 160. The image data acquisition unit 105 acquires image data from the film and outputs it to the correction unit 110. At that time, the image data acquisition unit 105 extracts information about the image data from the film, and the image information acquisition unit 12
Output to 0. The information regarding the image data in this case is, for example, date information indicating the date when the image was captured, information regarding the subject in the image, information regarding the performance of the film, and the like. For example, the image data acquisition unit 10
Reference numeral 5 extracts information about an image from an additional information storage area (for example, an IX information storage area of an APS film) provided on the film. The image data acquisition unit 120
The image data may be acquired via a communication line or a recording medium.

The correction unit 110 includes an image data acquisition unit 105.
When you receive the image data from, correct the image data,
Output to the output unit 115. For example, the correction unit 110 performs gamma correction, color correction, or the like on the received image data. The correction unit 110 may perform blurring or edge enhancement on the received image data by performing a filtering process. Further, the correction unit 110 outputs information regarding the correction performed on the received image to the appendix image selection unit 140.

Upon receiving the corrected image data from the correction unit 110, the output unit 115 outputs the received image data. That is, the output unit 115 outputs the image data acquired by the image data acquisition unit 105. In the present embodiment, the output unit 115 outputs the received image data to a paper medium, and the paper medium on which the image data is output is transferred to the packing unit 1.
Output to 60. The output unit 115 may output the received image data to a recording medium such as a CD-ROM. In this case, the output unit 115 outputs the recording medium recording the image data to the packing unit 160.

When the image information acquisition unit 120 receives the information on the image data from the image data acquisition unit 105, it outputs it to the appendix image selection unit 140. That is, the image information acquisition unit 120 acquires information about the image data acquired by the image data acquisition unit 105. For example, the image information acquisition unit 120 uses date information indicating the date when the image was captured,
Information regarding the subject in the image, information regarding the performance of the film, and the like are acquired as information regarding the image data. The date information in this case is information indicating a shooting date for each frame included in one film. For example, this date information is information recorded by the automatic date imprinting function provided in the camera. When the image information acquisition unit 120 receives the image data from the image data acquisition unit 105,
The received image data may be analyzed, and the number and position of person images included in the subject, the distance to the subject, and the like may be acquired as information regarding the image data.

The information receiving unit 125 receives information about the store and information about the user from the store POS 30 or the online ordering terminal 50, outputs information about the store to the store information acquisition unit 130, and outputs information about the user to the user information acquisition unit. Output to 135. For example, the information receiving unit 12
When the shop identification information written on the order sheet for film development is input, the information processing apparatus 5 receives information about the shop that has accepted the request for film development from the shop POS 30. Similarly, the information receiving unit 125, when the user identification information written on the order sheet for film development is input, receives the information about the user who requested the film development from the store POS 30.

The store information acquisition section 130 is comprised of the information receiving section 12
When the information about the store is received from 5, it is output to the appendix image selection unit 140. That is, the store information acquisition unit 130
Acquires information about a store requested by the user to output an image. For example, the store information acquisition unit 130 acquires, as the information about the store, information specifying the store, information about the campaign of the store, information about the position of the store, and the like.

FIG. 3 shows an example of a table stored in the store information acquisition section 130. In this example, the store information acquisition unit 13
0 stores the campaign information of the store in association with the store ID that identifies the store. In this case, when the store information acquisition unit 130 receives the store ID, the store information acquisition unit 130 outputs the campaign information corresponding to the store ID to the appendix image selection unit 140 as information about the store. In the case of this example, the image output device 10 outputs an image showing the campaign information corresponding to the store ID as an appendix image. In this way, the image output apparatus 10 can provide the user with the supplement image according to the operation plan for each store by the store information acquisition unit 130 acquiring the information about the store.

Returning to FIG. The user information acquisition unit 135
When the user information is received from the information receiving unit 125, it is output to the appendix image selecting unit 140. That is, the user information acquisition unit 135 acquires information about the user who requests the output of the image. For example, the user information acquisition unit 13
5 acquires information regarding the age and sex of the user, information regarding the purchase amount of the user, information identifying the number of times the user has requested image output, and the like as information regarding the user.
In particular, the user information acquisition unit 135 acquires, as the information related to the user, information indicating the amount of the product purchased by the user at a predesignated store within a preset period. For example, the user information acquisition unit 135 displays the amount of money purchased at the store within a period from when the user requests the image output at the store to when the image output device 10 outputs the image in response to the request. Get specific information.

Upon receiving the information on the correction from the correction unit 110, the supplement image selecting unit 140 selects the supplement image corresponding to the correction and outputs the information specifying the selected supplement image to the supplement output unit 150. That is, the appendix image selection unit 14
0 selects an appendix image according to the correction performed by the correction unit 110. For example, the appendix image selection unit 140 is the correction unit 1
Depending on the correction that 10 has made to the image data, it selects an appendix image that shows the points to be noted when capturing the image. When the correction unit 110 performs the correction for emphasizing the sharpness, the appendix image selection unit 140 selects the appendix image that indicates “camera shake” or “blur” to the user. In addition, when the correction unit 110 performs the correction to increase or decrease the exposure amount, the supplement image selection unit 140 displays the supplement image indicating the exposure correction amount at the time of shooting or the supplement image indicating the film sensitivity corresponding to the exposure correction amount. select. The appendix image selection unit 140 may select the appendix image indicating the classification of the user according to the correction amount regarding a plurality of correction items including exposure correction, color correction, and the like. That is, the supplement image selecting unit 140 selects the supplement image indicating the classification of the user who has requested the output of the image, according to the correction performed by the correction unit 110 on the image data. For example, the appendix image selection unit 140 selects the appendix image indicating the classification of indoor preference when the correction unit 110 color-corrects the image captured by the light of the fluorescent lamp. In this case, the supplement image may be an image showing the contents of fortune telling according to the classification.

Upon receiving the information regarding the image data from the image information acquisition unit 120, the appendix image selection unit 140 selects the appendage image corresponding to the image data and outputs the information specifying the selected appendix image to the appendix output unit 150. Output to.
That is, the appendix image selection unit 140 is the image information acquisition unit 1
The appendix image is selected according to the information about the image data acquired by 20. For example, the appendix image selection unit 140
When the image information acquisition unit 120 acquires the date information, the appendix image is selected according to the date information. That is, when the date information of each frame included in a predetermined film is equal to or longer than a predetermined period, the appendix image selection unit 140 has information indicating that the performance of the film has deteriorated, information that indicates that photography should be completed sooner, Select the appendix image that contains. In addition, the appendix image selection unit 140 selects an image showing the season corresponding to the date information as an appendix image. Furthermore, the appendix image selection unit 140
When the date indicated by the date information is included in the campaign target period, an image showing that the user is qualified to be the target of the campaign is selected as an appendix image. Further, when the image information acquisition unit 120 acquires information regarding the content of the image (for example, the number, size, position, etc. of the person image), the supplement image selection unit 140 selects the supplement image according to the content of the image. . For example, when the image information acquisition unit 120 acquires that a person image having a size equal to or larger than a predetermined size is included in the image (that is, when the image is a portrait), the appendix image selection unit 140 displays An image recommending a film suitable for rate shooting is selected as an appendix image.

Upon receiving the information about the store from the store information acquisition unit 130, the appendix image selection unit 140 selects the appendix image according to the information about the store, and outputs the information specifying the selected appendix image to the appendix output unit. Output to 150.
That is, the appendix image selection unit 140 selects the appendix image according to the information about the store. For example, when the store information acquisition unit 130 acquires information indicating recommended products for each store as information about the store, the supplement image selection unit 140 selects an image indicating the recommended products as the supplement image.

When the appendix image selection unit 140 further receives information about the user from the user information acquisition unit 135,
An appendix image is selected according to the information about the user, and information specifying the selected appendix image is output to the appendix output unit 150. That is, the appendix image selection unit 140 selects the appendix image according to the information about the user. For example, when the user information acquisition unit 135 acquires the information specifying the request date and time when the user requests the image output as the information related to the user, the appendix image selection unit 140 determines the request date and time and the current date and time according to the request date and time. Select the appendix image. That is, when the period from the requested date and time to the current date and time exceeds the preset time, the appendix image selection unit 140 selects, as the appendix image, an image indicating that it took time to output the image. .

FIG. 4 shows an example of a table used when the appendix image selecting section 140 selects an appendix image according to date information. In this example, the appendix image selection unit 140 associates the film loading period with the discount coupon. That is, the appendix image selection unit 140 associates the difference between the date of the first frame and the date of the last frame included in a predetermined film with the appendix image. In this manner, the appendix image selection unit 140 selects the discount coupon image according to the film loading period, so that the image output device 10 can provide the discount coupon to the user who has a short film loading period. Thus, the image output system can facilitate the use of the film by the user.

FIG. 5 shows an example of a table used when the appendix image selecting section 140 selects an appendix image according to the correction. In this example, the appendix image selection unit 140 associates the contents of exposure correction and color correction with the user classification.
Furthermore, the appendix image selection unit 140 associates information regarding the content of the image with the classification of the user. For example, if the correction unit 110 corrects an image taken underexposed under the light of a fluorescent lamp and the image information acquisition unit 120 acquires that the image includes many human images, the supplement image The selection unit 140 selects “classification 1” as the user classification.

FIG. 6 shows an example of a table used when the appendix image selection section 140 selects an appendix image according to the user's classification. In this example, the appendix image selection unit 140 associates the user classification with the “advice comment” and the “reference image” output as the appendix image. That is, the appendix image selection unit 140 associates the user classification with the appendix image. For example, the appendix image selection unit 140
Is a comment indicating a point to be noted when photographing as "more closely approaching and bold" when the user's classification is "classification 1", and an example of drawing when photographing according to the comment (for example, trimming an image of the user. And a reference image indicating an image created by the above) are selected as the appendix images.

FIG. 7 shows an example of a table used when the appendix image selection section 140 selects an appendix image according to date information. In this example, the supplement image selection unit 140 associates the shooting date (that is, date information) with the background image of the supplement image. The appendix image selection unit 140 may associate the date and time when the user requests the image output with the background image of the appendix image. In this way, by the appendix image selection unit 140 selecting the appendix image corresponding to the shooting date and time and the image output request date and time, the image output apparatus 10 displays the appending image according to the shooting season, the image output date and time, and the like. It can be provided to the user. In this case, the user can remember the season in which the image was captured, etc., using the supplement image.

Returning to FIG. The appendix image storage unit 145 stores the appendix image in association with the information identifying the appendix image. In the present embodiment, the supplement image storage unit 145 stores the image data of the supplement image in association with the information identifying the supplement image. The appendix image storage unit 145 may store the paper medium on which the appendix image is output in advance in association with the information for identifying the appendix image.

The appendix output section 150 is an appendix image selection section 14
When the information identifying the supplement image is received from 0, the corresponding supplement image is acquired from the supplement image storage unit 145, and the packing unit 1 is acquired.
Output to 60. That is, the appendix output section 150 outputs the appendix image selected by the appendix image selection section 140 each time the output section 115 outputs the image data. For example, the appendix output unit 150 takes out a predetermined appendix image from the appendix image storage unit 145 and outputs it to the packing unit 160 every time the output unit 115 outputs the image data in film units. In the present embodiment, the appendix output unit 150 is the appendix image storage unit 1.
The image data of the supplement image stored in 45 is extracted, and the extracted image data is printed on a paper medium to output the supplement image. However, when the supplement image storage unit 145 stores the supplement image printed in advance on a paper medium, the supplement output unit 150 outputs the supplement image selection unit 1 from the supplement image storage unit 145.
The supplement image may be output by acquiring the supplement image selected by 40 and transferring the supplement image acquired to the packing unit 160.

The packing unit 160 receives the paper medium on which the image data is output from the output unit 115, and further, the appendix output unit 1
When the supplement image is received from 50, the paper medium that outputs the image data is packed together with the supplement image.

FIG. 8 shows the flow of processing performed by the image output system. The user requests the image output to a predetermined store,
When the film is deposited in the store, the store clerk puts the received film in the order envelope in which the information identifying the store and the information identifying the user are described, and the image output device 1
Send to 0. Furthermore, the store clerk stores the purchase information of the user, campaign information of the store, and the like in the image output device 10.
To the store POS 30. When the administrator of the image output apparatus 10 causes the image output apparatus 10 to output the received film, the image data acquisition unit 105 of the image output apparatus 10
Acquires the image data captured on the film and information about the image, and outputs the image data to the correction unit 110 and the image information acquisition unit 120 (S100). When the administrator of the image output device 10 further inputs information identifying the store described in the order envelope into the information receiving unit 125, the store information acquisition unit 130 acquires information regarding the store from the store POS 30. Output to the appendix image selection unit 140 (S10
5). Similarly, the user information acquisition unit 135 determines that the store POS
The purchase information of the user is acquired from 30, and the appendix image selection unit 1
It outputs to 40 (S110). When the correction unit 110 receives the image data, it corrects the received image data,
In addition to outputting to the output unit 115, information regarding the correction is output to the appendix image selecting unit 140 (S115). The appendix image selection unit 140 determines whether or not the store that received the order is conducting a campaign, based on the information regarding the store received from the store information acquisition unit 130 (S12).
0).

If the store that received the order is conducting a campaign (S120: Yes), the appendix image selecting section 140
Determines whether the total amount of money purchased at the store within a preset period is equal to or greater than a set value, based on the purchase information of the user received from the user information acquisition unit 135 (S125). If the total amount is greater than or equal to the set value (S12
5: Yes), the appendix image selecting unit 140 selects the image of the free coupon as the appendix image, and outputs information specifying the selected appendix image to the appendix output unit 150 (S13).
0). On the other hand, when the total amount of money is smaller than the set value (S1
25: No), based on the date information acquired by the image information acquisition unit 120, the appendix image selection unit 140 selects the image of the discount coupon corresponding to the period from the loading of the film to the order as the appendix image. Information for identifying the selected supplement image is output to the supplement output unit 150 (S135).

On the other hand, when the store that received the order does not carry out the campaign (S120: No), the appendix image selection unit 140 determines the classification of the user based on the information regarding the correction performed by the correction unit 110 ( S140). Subsequently, the appendix image selection unit 140 selects a fortune telling image corresponding to the classification of the user as the appendix image, and outputs information specifying the selected appendix image to the appendix output unit 150 (S14).
5). Furthermore, the appendix image selection unit 140 is configured to detect the information about the content of the image acquired by the image information acquisition unit 120 and the correction unit 1.
According to the information on the correction performed by the camera 10, the shooting advice image indicating the points to be noted at the time of shooting is selected as an appendix image, and information specifying the selected appendix image is output to the appendix output unit 15.
It is output to 0 (S150).

Finally, the appendix image selecting section 140 selects a background image according to the date information as an appendix image, and outputs information for specifying the selected appendix image to the appendix output section 150 (S155). Every time the output unit 115 prints the received image data in film units and outputs the image data to the packing unit 160, the appendix output unit 150 stores one appendix image corresponding to the information specifying a plurality of appendix images. Part 145
And outputs it to the packing unit 160 (S160). The packing unit 160 puts a print for one film and one supplementary image in the same bag (S165). In the figure, the image output device 10 outputs a coupon relating to the campaign as an appendix image when the store is in the campaign period, and an appendix image showing advice during fortune telling or shooting when the store is not in the campaign period. The example of outputting is described. However, the image output device 10 may output an appendix image that shows advice during fortune-telling or shooting, together with the campaign coupon, even during the campaign period. In this case, the image output device 10 may combine the image data of the coupon with the image data indicating the advice on fortune telling or shooting, and print the combined image as one supplementary image.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing the hardware configuration of the image output apparatus 10. The image output device 10 is C
PU 700, ROM 702, RAM 704, communication interface 706, image reading device 720,
And a sorting device 730. CPU 700 is
It operates based on the programs stored in the ROM 702 and the RAM 704. The communication interface 706 is
Communicate with the outside via the Internet. A hard disk drive 710, which is an example of a storage device, stores setting information and a program for operating the CPU 700.

The flexible disk drive 712 reads data or a program from the flexible disk 714 and provides it to the CPU 700. The CD-ROM drive 716 reads data or programs from the CD-ROM 718 and provides them to the CPU 700. The communication interface 706 connects to the Internet to send and receive data.

The software executed by the CPU 700 is
Flexible disk 714 or CD-ROM 718
Etc. and is provided to the user. The software stored in the recording medium may be compressed or uncompressed. The software is installed in the hard disk drive 710 from the recording medium, and the RAM 70
4 and is executed by the CPU 700.

The software stored in the recording medium and provided, that is, the software installed in the hard disk drive 710 has, as a functional configuration, an image data acquisition module, a correction module, an output module, an image information acquisition module, and information. It has a reception module, a store information acquisition module, a user information acquisition module, an appendix image selection module, an appendix image output module, and a packing module. The processing that each of these modules causes the computer to cause the CPU 700 to perform is the same as the function and operation of the corresponding member in the image output apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment, and thus the description thereof is omitted.

As described above, the flexible disk 718 or the CD-ROM 7 as an example of the recording medium shown in FIG.
18 can store some or all functions of the operation of the delivery instruction server 10 in all the embodiments described in the present application.

These programs are read directly from the recording medium.
It may be read out to the AM and executed, or once installed in the hard disk drive and then read out to the RAM and executed. Further, the program may be stored in a single recording medium or a plurality of recording media. Further, the modules stored in the recording medium may provide each function in cooperation with the operating system. For example, the operating system may be requested to perform some or all of the functions, and the functions may be provided based on the response from the operating system.

As the recording medium, in addition to a flexible disk and a CD-ROM, an optical recording medium such as a DVD,
A magnetic recording medium such as MD, a magneto-optical recording medium such as PD, a tape medium, a magnetic recording medium, a semiconductor memory such as an IC card or a miniature card, and the like can be used. or,
A storage device such as a hard disk or a RAM provided in a server system connected to a dedicated communication network or the Internet may be used as a recording medium, and the program may be provided to the image output device 10 via the communication network.

The image reading device 720 acquires image data. That is, the image reading device 720 is an example of the image data acquisition unit according to the present invention. The image reading device 720 acquires image data optically from a film, for example. The image reading device 720 may obtain image data from a recording medium. The sorting device 730 is
The paper medium on which the image is output and the appendix image are arranged and output in a preset order. That is, the sorting device 730 is an example of the packing unit 160.

As described above, by using the image output system of this embodiment, in addition to the image requested to be output, an image different from the image can be output as an appendix image. In this case, the appendix image can be an image according to the store that received the image output request or the user who requested the image output. For example, the image output system can print the campaign information according to the store campaign and the purchase amount of the user as an appendix image.
In addition, when the image is corrected, the image output system can print information according to the correction as an appendix image and provide it to the user. In this way, the image output system can accelerate the user's image output request at the store by providing useful information peculiar to the user as an appendix image together with the output image.

Although the present invention has been described using the embodiments, the technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the scope described in the above embodiments. Various changes or improvements can be added to the above-described embodiment. It is apparent from the scope of the claims that the embodiments added with such changes or improvements can be included in the technical scope of the present invention.

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As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, it is possible to output the acquired image data and also output an appendix image different from the image.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an entire image output system.

2 is a functional block diagram of the image output device 10. FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a table stored by a store information acquisition unit 130.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a table used when an appendix image selection unit 140 selects an appendix image according to date information.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a table used when an appendix image selection unit 140 selects an appendix image according to a correction.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a table used when an appendix image selection unit 140 selects an appendix image according to a user classification.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a table used when an appendix image selection unit 140 selects an appendix image according to date information.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart of processing performed by the image output system.

9 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of the image output device 10. FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 Image output device 30 store POS 50 online ordering terminals 105 Image data acquisition unit 110 Correction unit 115 Output section 120 Image information acquisition unit 125 Information receiver 130 Store Information Acquisition Department 135 User information acquisition unit 140 Appendix Image selection section 145 Appendix image storage 150 Appendix Output Section 160 packing department

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Claims (11)

[Claims] 1. An image output device for outputting an image, comprising: an image data acquisition unit for acquiring data of the image; an appendage image selection unit for selecting an image different from the image as an appendage image; An output unit that outputs the image data acquired by the acquisition unit, and an appendix output unit that outputs the appendix image selected by the appendix image selection unit each time the output unit outputs the image data An image output device characterized by the above. 2. The image data acquisition unit acquires the image data from a recording medium, and the appendix output unit outputs the image data in units of the recording medium by the output unit. The image output device according to claim 1, wherein the image output device outputs an image. 3. A store information acquisition unit for acquiring information on a store requested by the user to output the image, wherein the appendix image selection unit selects the appendix image according to the information on the store. Claim 1 characterized by the above.
The image output device described in 1. 4. A user information acquisition unit for acquiring information about a user who requests the output of the image, wherein the appendix image selection unit selects the appendix image according to the information about the user. Claim 1
The image output device described in 1. 5. The user information acquisition unit acquires, as information about the user, information indicating an amount of a product purchased by the user at a store designated in advance within a preset period, and the appendix image. The image output device according to claim 4, wherein the selection unit selects the appendix image according to the amount of the product. 6. An image information acquisition unit for acquiring information on image data acquired by the image data acquisition unit, wherein the appendix image selection unit is information on the image data acquired by the image information acquisition unit. The image output apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the appendix image is selected according to 7. The image information acquisition unit acquires date information indicating a date when the image was captured, as information regarding data of the image, and the appendix image selection unit, in accordance with the date information. The image output device according to claim 6, wherein an appendix image is selected. 8. A correction unit for correcting the data of the image is further provided, the output unit outputs the data of the image corrected by the correction unit, and the appendix image selection unit is performed by the correction unit. 2. The appendix image is selected according to the correction.
The image output device described in 1. 9. The appendix image selecting section selects the appendix image indicating points to be noted when photographing the image, according to the correction performed on the data of the image by the correcting section. The image output device according to claim 8. 10. The appendix image selection unit selects the appendix image indicating a classification of a user who has requested output of the image, in accordance with a correction performed by the correction unit on the image data. 9. The image output device according to claim 8, wherein the image output device is an image output device. 11. An image output method in which an image output device outputs an image, wherein the image output device obtains data of the image, and the image output device adds an image different from the image to an appendix. Step of selecting as an image, the image output device, a step of outputting the data of the acquired image, the image output device, each time the output a predetermined number of data of the image, the selected appendix image And a step of outputting the image.