JP2005091911A - Photographic system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a photographic system capable of easily reading content ordered from a photo studio in a laboratory. <P>SOLUTION: In the photographic system, an electronic order form on which an electrophotograph obtained by taking the same image as an image ordered to be printed from the photo studio A to a minilab B is recorded is prepared by an electronic order form preparation device 5 provided in the photo studio A. The electronic order form is transmitted from a photo studio terminal 7 provided in the photo studio A to a minilab terminal 8 provided in the minilab B through a network 6. The terminal 8 has a function for outputting the received electronic order form as visible form, and the electrophotograph recorded on the electronic order form is viewed in the minilab B. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a photographic system that is used when a photographic object is photographed mainly in a studio such as a photo studio.

  In general, when a photographic object is photographed using a photographic photosensitive material in a photo studio, and the photographed photographic material is developed and printed at a development facility provided separately from the photo studio, the photograph was photographed until it was printed at the development laboratory. There is a problem that the image appearance cannot be confirmed.

  In order to solve such a problem, the present applicant uses two cameras, a main camera that captures an object to be photographed using a photographic material and an auxiliary camera that includes a digital still camera that captures an electronic photograph. Previously proposed a photography system.

  This photography system takes a picture with a main camera and at the same time takes a picture with an auxiliary camera, displays a plurality of electronic photographs taken with the auxiliary camera on a display device, and selects a desired electronic photograph from the displayed plurality of electronic photographs. Is selected. Here, an image photographed by the main camera and an electronic photograph photographed simultaneously with the image are associated with each other, and a desired image can be selected immediately after photographing with reference to the electronic photograph (for example, , See Patent Document 1).

  If the above-described photography system is used, a customer who has photographed a plurality of images (usually 4 to 5) of the same photographing content in a photo studio and requested photographing from a plurality of images photographed immediately after the photographing. Can select a favorite image and place an order for the print at the lab. The shooting content means a combination of a photographed person, a pose, a costume, and the like.

  The frame number of the image selected by the customer is entered in the order form together with the order contents including the finishing form and the number of prints related to the image at the photo studio. The finishing form is a finishing form instructed by the customer, and includes an enlargement size, a type of mount, or a product form such as other albums or key chains of photographs. When the purchase order is sent together with the photographic light-sensitive material to the photo lab, it can be printed at the photo lab as ordered by the photo studio. Here, at the developing station, an image to be printed is specified by a frame number from a negative obtained by developing the photographic photosensitive material.

Further, in order to assist in specifying the image to be printed, the order form is provided with a field for entering a comment indicating the feature of the image to be printed in text.
Japanese Examined Patent Publication No. 7-117333 (page 3-4, FIG. 1)

  However, comments such as those described above may vary in how the content is written by the writer, and moreover, it may be difficult for the writer to read the characters. Further, as described above, when a plurality of images are shot for the same shooting content, it is difficult to express differences between images as comments in a photo studio, and it is difficult to distinguish each image by comments at a development laboratory. . In short, even if comments are used, accurate information transmission may not be possible, and comments are currently not very useful.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described reasons, and can easily read the contents ordered from the photo studio so that the image to be printed can be printed without mistake in the developing station. An object is to provide a photography system.

  The invention of claim 1 is photographed by a main camera for photographing an object to be photographed using a photographic material, an auxiliary camera for photographing an electrophotograph having the same field of view as the main camera at the same time as opening the shutter of the main camera, and the auxiliary camera. A plurality of electronic photographs displayed on the display device, and a selection means operated to select a desired electronic photograph from the displayed electronic photographs, and an electronic order form on which the electronic photographs selected by the selection means are recorded An electronic order form creating means for creating an electronic order form, a communication means connected to the network for sending out the electronic order form on the network, and installed in a developing station for developing and printing the photographic photosensitive material and connected to the network from the communication means. And a confirmation display terminal for outputting the sent electronic order form in a visually recognizable format.

  According to this configuration, the image data of the image to be printed is notified from the photo studio to the developing station, and the collation between the electrophotography and the negative image is obvious at the developing station. Images to be printed can be printed without mistakes.

  Further, the invention according to claim 2 is the invention according to claim 1, wherein the electronic order form creation means associates an image photographed by the main camera and the electronic photograph photographed simultaneously with the image by a mutual identifier. It is characterized by attaching.

  According to this configuration, the identifier of the image to be printed in addition to the electrophotography is notified from the photo studio to the development laboratory. Therefore, compared with the configuration in which only the electrophotography is notified to the development laboratory, the image should be printed at the development laboratory. It is possible to further reduce the number of image mistakes.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the second aspect of the invention, the electronic order form creation means relates to a finish form and a print regarding an image taken by the main camera corresponding to the electronic photograph selected by the selection means. The content of the order including at least the number of sheets is recorded on the electronic order form together with the electronic photograph.

  According to this configuration, since the order contents can be notified to the developing station immediately after the electronic order form is sent out from the communication means, members such as an album mount and a key holder are provided in advance at the developing station before arrival of the photosensitive material. Can be ordered. On the other hand, in the past, since the member was ordered after the order form arrived at the developing house, it took a long time to complete the product when the member was not in stock. For the reason described above, it can be expected to shorten the time required to complete the product.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the third aspect of the invention, the electronic order form creation means has a function of creating an order form by printing the electronic photograph and the order contents together on paper. Features.

  According to this configuration, even if a transmission error occurs in the electronic order form between the photo studio and the photo lab, the photo lab can confirm the contents ordered by the received order form. Can be transmitted reliably.

  In the present invention, the image data of the image to be printed is notified from the photo studio to the developing station, and the collation between the electrophotography and the negative image is obvious at the developing station. You can print images without mistakes with other images.

  The photographic system of the present embodiment photographs a subject to be photographed mainly using a photographic photosensitive material in a photo studio, and sends the photographic photosensitive material to a developing station provided separately from the photo studio. Is used for developing and printing.

  In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, a main camera 2 that photographs a photographing object 1 using a photographic photosensitive material and a main camera 2 that has the same field of view as the main camera 2 are combined with the photographing object 1. The photo studio A is provided with an auxiliary camera 3 composed of a digital still camera for taking an electronic photograph. Further, the photo studio A displays a plurality of electrophotographic images taken by the auxiliary camera 3 on the display device 41 and a selection device as a selection means for selecting a desired electrophotographic image from the displayed plurality of electrophotography. 4 is provided.

  By the way, the photography system of the present embodiment receives an output from the selection device 4 and creates an electronic order form 5 (electronic order form creation means) that generates an electronic order form, and the created electronic order form on the network 6. A photo studio terminal 7 as a communication means for sending (uploading) to the photo studio A, and a photo processing station terminal 8 (confirmation display terminal) for receiving (downloading) an electronic order form from the network 6 at the photo processing station B. There is a feature. The electronic order form means electronic data that conveys the contents of the order to the developer B in place of the order form used in the conventional configuration.

  Hereinafter, a procedure for producing a product using the above-described photography system will be described.

  First, in response to a customer's request, a plurality of images of the photographing object 1 are photographed with the main camera 2 at the photo studio A for the same photographing content (see background art). Here, since the auxiliary camera 3 is set to shoot the shooting object 1 in synchronization with the opening of the shutter of the main camera 2, the same image as the image shot by the main camera 2 is electronically recorded by the auxiliary camera 3. Taken as a photo. Further, in order to associate the image photographed by the main camera 2 with the electronic photograph photographed simultaneously with the image, in this embodiment, the frame numbers (identifiers) are set to be the same. In addition to the frame number, an identifier for associating each other may be given to each of the image photographed by the camera 2 and the electronic photograph photographed simultaneously with the image.

  The selection device 4 also reads a plurality of electronic photographs taken by the auxiliary camera 3 together with corresponding frame numbers, a display device 41 that displays the plurality of electronic photographs read by the reading device 42, and a display. And an operation unit 43 operable to select a desired electrophotographic image from the plurality of electrophotographic images. Here, as long as the display device 41 can compare a plurality of electrophotographic images, the display device 41 may have a plurality of screens or may be divided into a plurality of screens. Further, in the present embodiment, the MO disk is used for the exchange of data between the auxiliary camera 3 and the selection device 4 (indicated by a broken line in the figure), but another removable memory medium may be used. The auxiliary camera 3 and the selection device 4 may be directly connected.

  By using the selection device 4, it is possible to select an electronic photograph of the customer's favorite image appearance from a plurality of electronic photographs displayed on the display device 41 by operating the operation unit 43. The selection device 4 outputs the selected electronic photograph from the reading device 42 together with the corresponding frame number.

  On the other hand, the electronic order form creation apparatus 5 includes an operation indicator 51 that displays an electronic order form as exemplified in FIG. 2 and has a function as a touch panel type input means. The operation display 51 receives the output of the selection device 4, and the electrophotographic column 52a of the photo display area 52 in which the electrophotographic image selected by the selection device 4 and the corresponding frame number are provided in the upper half of the screen in FIG. And the frame number column 52b.

  Further, in the electronic order creation means, the order contents to be notified to the developing station B when printing the image corresponding to the electrophotographic image selected by the selection device 4 can be recorded on the electronic order form according to the customer's instruction. The contents of the order include the finishing form that determines the finishing form, the type of enlargement, the type of the mount, or the form of the product such as other albums or key holders of photographs, and the number of prints. In the illustrated example, an order area 53 for displaying the order details and recording the order details on the electronic order form is provided in the lower half of the screen.

  The order area includes, for example, a product column 53a for displaying a product form indicated as “product” in the drawing, a size column 53b for displaying an enlargement size indicated as “size” in the drawing, A score field 53c for displaying the number of prints indicated as "Score" and an identifier field 53d for indicating a frame number indicated as "Frame No." in the figure are arranged in order from the left. Here, regarding the image of the frame number displayed in the identifier field 53d, the product form, the enlargement size, and the number of prints respectively displayed in the product field 53a, the size field 53b, and the score field 53c in the same line are included in the order contents. Become.

  In the illustrated example, since the operation display 51 has a function as a touch panel type input means, an electronic order form can be created or modified by touching each of the items 53a to 53d and the operation item 54 described above. . Here, each of the items 53a to 53d is selected from a plurality of options.

  The photo studio terminal 7 is connected to a network 6 such as an intranet using the Internet, and has a function of uploading data to the network 6 and a function of taking in an electronic order form created by the electronic order form creation device 5. . The electronic order form created by the electronic order form creation device 5 is sent out on the network by the photo studio terminal 7.

  On the other hand, the developing station terminal 8 provided in the developing station B has a function of downloading data from the network 6 connected to the network 6 and a printing function as a function of outputting data in a visually recognizable format. Therefore, the developing station terminal 8 can receive and print the electronic order form sent from the photo studio terminal 7 to the network 6.

  In short, if the above-described photography system is used, an electronic photograph of the same image as the image to be printed can be transmitted from the photo studio A to the developing station B using an electronic order form. In the laboratory B, if the negative image and the electronic photograph are collated, it is obvious at a glance whether the negative image is the image to be printed. Therefore, accurate information transmission is realized, and the image to be printed is surely specified. become.

  Further, the electronic order form creation device 5 has a function of printing an electronic order form as an order form 51 ′ illustrated in FIG. 3. In the illustrated example, the purchase order 51 ′ has the same content as the photo display area 52 in the electronic order form printed in the photo print area 52 ′, and the same content as the order area 53 in the electronic order form in the photo print area 52 ′. It is printed in the lower order print area 53 ′. In each of the electrophotographic print field 52a ′ and the frame number print field 52b ′ in the photo print area 52 ′, the electrophotographic and the corresponding frame number are printed, and the product print field 53a ′ and the size print in the order print area 53 ′. Each item of the order area 53 is printed in the field 53b ′, the score printing field 53c ′, and the identifier printing field 53d ′.

  If the printed order form 51 ′ is sent together with the photographic photosensitive material from the photo studio A to the developing station B, the order form 51 ′ overlaps the order by the electronic order form from the photo studio A to the developing station B. I can order. As a result, even if a transmission error occurs in the electronic order form between the photo studio A and the developing shop B, the developing shop B can confirm the contents ordered by the order form 51 '. It is possible to reliably transmit to the developing station B. In addition, the order contents can be transmitted by the order form 51 ′ to the developing station B where the developing station terminal 8 connected to the network 6 is not provided.

  The electronic order form is not limited to the structure for recording the frame number and the order content described above, but may be any structure for recording an electronic photograph corresponding to an image to be printed. Furthermore, the electronic order form creation device 5 may employ a configuration in which a display device and input means such as a keyboard are separately provided instead of the operation display device 51 described above. In addition, a personal computer may be used for the photo studio terminal 7 and the developing station terminal 8. In that case, the photo studio terminal 7 may be provided with functions as the selection device 4 and the electronic order form creation device 5. In addition, the photo studio terminal 7 may have any function as a communication means, and may not have a function for printing the order form 51 '.

It is a block diagram which shows the whole structure of embodiment of this invention. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing which shows the display state of an operation indicator same as the above. It is explanatory drawing which shows an order form same as the above.

Explanation of symbols

1 Shooting Object 2 Main Camera 3 Auxiliary Camera 4 Select Device (Selection Means)
5 Electronic order form creation device (electronic order form creation means)
6 Network 7 Photo studio terminal (communication means)
8 Laboratory terminal (confirmation display terminal)
41 Display device 51 'Purchase order B Developer

Claims (4)

  A main camera that captures the subject to be photographed using a photographic material, an auxiliary camera that captures the same field of view as the main camera at the same time that the shutter of the main camera is opened, and multiple electronic photographs taken by the auxiliary camera are displayed. A selection means operated to select a desired electronic photograph from among the displayed electronic photographs, and an electronic purchase order form for creating an electronic order slip recording the electronic photograph selected by the selection means Means, a communication means connected to the network and sending out an electronic order form on the network, and an electronic order form installed in the developing station for developing and printing the photographic photosensitive material and connected to the network and sent from the communication means. A photography system comprising: a confirmation display terminal that outputs in a visually recognizable format.   2. The photography system according to claim 1, wherein the electronic order form creation means associates an image photographed by the main camera and the electronic photograph photographed at the same time with the image by a mutual identifier. .   The electronic order form creating means includes, with the electronic photograph, the order contents including at least a finishing form and the number of prints for the image taken by the main camera corresponding to the electronic photograph selected by the selecting means. The photographic system according to claim 2, wherein the photographic system is recorded.   4. The photography system according to claim 3, wherein the electronic order form creation means has a function of creating an order form by printing the electronic photograph and the order contents together on paper.

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