JP2006308708A - Automatic device for preparing photographic sticker - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To switch a photographing mode in accordance with user's position in a photographing housing and also to switch a curtain for a background fitted to each photographing mode. <P>SOLUTION: Since a moving object is detected within the infrared range 1010 of a motion sensor 1001 while a user 1000 sits on a chair as shown by figure (a), the focus of a camera 220 is adjusted on the axial line of the chair as a bust-up photographing mode. Meanwhile, since the moving object is not detected within the infrared range 1010 of the motion sensor 1001 while the user 1000 stands on an inner side than the chair as shown by figure (b), a photographing mode for a whole body is set. The position of the curtain and the content of the background are selected corresponding to the respective photographing modes. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an image synthesizing apparatus that is optimal for taking a picture of a user's whole body or upper body at an amusement facility such as an amusement park or an amusement park, and obtains a high-resolution image with a simple configuration. .

Conventionally, the structure about this has been publicly known (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
Conventionally, an amusement device called an image print creation device or an automatic photo sticker creation device is generally known.
An amusement device called an image print creation device or an automatic photo sticker creation device takes a subject that is a user with a digital camera, and combines the photographed image with a background (frame) image selected in advance by the user. Is a device that prints on a sticker sheet.
Recently, by providing a stepped stage, chair, etc. inside the shooting case, the user can take a picture in a relaxed state, or by using a support member provided in the case, such as a chair, it is just a commemorative photo There has been provided an automatic photo creation apparatus capable of realizing not only conventional shooting but also unprecedented virtual reality (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
JP 2002-354298 A

  In the technique described in Patent Document 1, a step stage or a human body support is provided at a position facing the photographing apparatus, and a user stands, sits down, or hangs on a support member for each step stage. It is possible to take various poses that have never been seen before, and by combining these support members and further performing chroma key composition, poses that cannot be done normally with virtual unreal feeling are performed. Be able to.

However, in the technique described in Patent Document 1, a physical step or support material is provided in front of the photographing apparatus, and the user simply uses this equipment to make a pose. There is a problem in that it is not possible to select an appropriate background screen or perform an appropriate chroma key process for each of different shooting means such as bust-up shooting and whole body shooting.
Furthermore, there is a problem in that a difference in the photographing result due to the perspective effect due to the arrangement position of the background curtain cannot be generated on the screen.

The present invention is for solving the above-described problems. When a chair provided in a photographing housing or a step is used, the photographing means is switched depending on the position of a support member used, and the photographing means can be switched. An object of the present invention is to provide an image composition device that can obtain a natural composition result by switching between a background curtain and a background image.
Another object of the present invention is to obtain a background with a perspective suitable for the shooting mode by switching the background curtain position according to the shooting mode.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a plurality of photographing means for photographing a subject, a photographing casing including a display device for displaying the photographed subject image, and a plurality of input means for performing an editing operation on the displayed subject image. In the automatic photo sticker creating apparatus constituted by an editing housing composed of an editing apparatus, the photographing means includes a detecting means for detecting presence / absence of a subject within a predetermined range from the photographing means, and a subject based on a detection result of the detecting means A shooting switching means for switching the shooting mode in accordance with the position of the subject, and a background curtain installed on the back of the subject in accordance with the shooting switching means. .
Further, the arrangement position of the background curtain is switched according to the photographing mode.
Further, the color of the background curtain is a complementary color for chroma key composition.
Further, the content of the background image to be combined with the subject image is changed with reference to the shooting mode in accordance with the switching of the shooting mode.

  With the above configuration, in the present invention, since the shooting mode is switched according to the position of the subject and the background curtain is changed according to each shooting mode, a background with a sense of perspective that matches the shooting mode is obtained. Is possible. Therefore, a more natural chroma key composition result can be obtained, so that a composite image blended with the background can be obtained.

Hereinafter, an automatic photo sticker creating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a basic configuration of an automatic photo sticker creating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 shows a basic configuration of an automatic photo sticker creating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is an internal plan view and a perspective view of the editing device.
As shown in each drawing, 1 is a main body housing, 2, 6 is an editing housing, 3 is a floor surface, 4 is a rear housing, 5 is a passage, 7 is a photo sticker discharge port, 8 is a roof portion, Reference numerals 9A, 9B, 10A, and 10B denote passages, respectively.
As shown in FIG. 1, the automatic photo sticker creating apparatus according to the present embodiment has a structure in which both sides thereof are open and a user can enter and exit from any direction, and both sides of the photographing casing are from outside. The interior is partitioned by a curtain so that the interior is not visible. Since this curtain is intended to shield light during shooting, a material using a light-shielding material is used, but an ordinary material may be used.
The automatic photo sticker creating apparatus is composed of a main body case 1, editing portion cases 2 and 6, a rear case 4, a floor board 3, and a roof portion 8. The body 4 is coupled to the body 4 at a predetermined distance by a coupling member of the floor plate 3 and the roof portion 8. The rear housing 4 and the editing housings 2 and 6 may be coupled back to back, or a door is provided on the rear housing so that the photographing housing can pass directly from the editing housing. Also good.

1 and 2A, the editing unit casings 2 and 6 are independent casings, but the editing unit casings are integrally formed back to back as shown in FIG. 2B. It does not matter.
As shown in FIG. 2, the space between the main body housing 1 and the back housing 4 is composed of a passage 5 through which a plurality of or a single subject can enter the main body housing 1.
Moreover, the center part of the back part housing | casing 4 is opened, and it can move to the rear part of an automatic photograph sticker production apparatus through the channel | path 9A or the channel | path 9B. When the user uses the editing unit casing 6 after shooting, the user moves to the editing unit casing 6 through the passage 9A. Similarly, when the editing unit casing 2 is used, the editing unit casing 2 moves to the editing unit casing 2 through the passage 9B. After editing, it can move to the photo sticker discharge port 7 on the side of the editing unit housing 2 through the passage 10A and the passage 10B. The automatic photo sticker creating apparatus shown in each figure has a photographing room having a space for accommodating a subject to be photographed. This photographing room may be provided with a back lighting device that emits illumination light from the back side of the subject that has entered the room.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the main body housing 1.
The following devices are installed in the photographing unit housing 1 shown in FIG. A camera 3 that can capture a whole body image of a subject, a display device 4 that displays the captured subject image and the like, a control device 9 that includes an image processing unit that combines the captured subject image and a background image selected by the user; A printer 10 that prints and outputs a composite image, main illumination devices 1A, 1B, and 1C that irradiate illumination light to the front side of the subject, a charging device 8, and a speaker 6 are housed. The main body casing 1 can be moved by a caster roll disposed on the bottom surface.
A touch panel, which is a transparent input device, is provided on the display unit surface of the display device 4 in a state of being bonded, and the positions of operation buttons and images displayed on the display screen are pressed or touched using a pen or a finger. By doing so, various input operations such as operation instructions and information selection instructions can be performed.
The photographing apparatus main body will be described in detail. A digital camera 3 for photographing a subject is installed at the front center of the apparatus. Further, strobes 1A to 1C are installed on the upper and left and right sides of the apparatus main body. The strobes 1A to 1C emit light only when a subject is photographed by the digital camera 3, and the brightness of the photographed image can be adjusted by the intensity of the light.
Also, above and to the left and right, lights 2A to 2C that are always lit and illuminate the surroundings of the operating user are installed. A liquid crystal monitor 4 is provided below the digital camera 3 for confirming an image actually captured when the subject is photographed.
The user adjusts and confirms a standing position, a pose, a face position, etc. while viewing his / her image displayed on the liquid crystal monitor 4 at the time of shooting.
A speaker 6, a switch panel 7, a charging device 8, a strobe power supply 9, a personal computer 9, a printer 10, and a UPS 11 are provided near the body of the control device 12.
The speaker 6 outputs music being operated and voice of guidance. The billing device 8 accepts the usage fee and stores it. In consideration of the free setting, it is removable. The strobe power supply 9 supplies power corresponding to the brightness selected by the user to the strobes 1a to 1c.

The personal computer 9 has functions as shooting control, image editing processing for processing or editing a shot image, and providing a graffiti function to the user, and printing control.
The printer 10 prints an image on a predetermined sheet and outputs it. The UPS 11 is an uninterruptible power supply that supplies power even in the event of a power failure. The switch panel 7 is a panel to which a test switch and a volume switch are fixed.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing details in the camera unit.
A camera unit is formed by the digital camera 3, the monitor 4 that displays the captured video, and the motion sensor 5. The motion sensor 5 is provided with an infrared sensor, and detects the position of an object by detecting movement within an arbitrarily set angle and a certain distance range.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing the editing unit housing. A display 14 with a touch panel is provided as a display device for displaying an operation screen, progress status, guidance, and the like near the body of the editing apparatus main body. When the user touches an icon or the like on the touch panel surface with the touch pen 13 constituting the input device, the display 14 with the touch panel detects the position and starts the function or operation assigned to the icon displayed at the contact position.
A plurality of touch pens 13 are provided, and a plurality of users can simultaneously perform editing processing such as graffiti.
The display 14 with a touch panel has a plurality of display areas, and an input editing operation is performed with the touch pen 13 by a plurality of users in each display area.
In the editing unit housing, input and editing are performed in the same manner as the photographing apparatus.

  FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration. The image composition apparatus according to this embodiment includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 201 that performs overall control. The CPU 201 is connected to a memory 202, an I / O control unit 203, a data storage unit 204, an image output unit 205, an image processing unit 206, a pattern memory 207, a data input unit 208, and an audio output unit 209. The I / O control unit 203 includes a communication control I / F (interface) 210, an inverter 212, a sensor 213, a touch panel 214, a charging device 215, a timer 216, a surface light emitter provided on the back surface and the bottom surface, and use It is connected to a light emitting unit / dimming unit 217 that adjusts the light emission of a lighting fixture that illuminates the person from the front, and performs overall control thereof.

The image output unit 205 is connected to the video printer 218 and the display device 219, respectively.
The I / O control unit 203 controls the inverter 212 to apply a voltage to the surface light emitting display panel connected to the light emitting unit / light adjusting unit 217 so that the entire light emitting surface emits light uniformly. The digital camera I / F 211204 converts image data captured by the image input device 221 including the CCD camera 220 from an analog signal to a digital signal using an A / D conversion device (not shown). Since the CCD camera 220 is equipped with a wide-angle lens, it can shoot images with a wide shooting range, both vertically and horizontally, even at short distances. Further, the saturation and brightness of light emitted from the surface emitting display boards installed on the back and bottom portions are measured.

  The CPU 201 receives the compressed digital signal from the digital camera I / F (interface) 211, extracts the contour of the whole body image of the subject, corrects the distortion of the captured whole body image, and further performs the surface emission display board The background color and the brightness and saturation of the photographed image are compared, and the saturation and brightness of the whole-body image are corrected to match the saturation and brightness of the background color, and then stored in the memory 202. The program is combined with an arbitrary background image selected in advance by the user, and a print output process is performed on the printer 218. The memory 202 stores image data captured from the digital camera I / F (interface) 211, and also stores, as a program, a command issued to the CPU 201 and a command group serving as a control procedure of the image composition device. Also, the processing data of the CPU 201 is temporarily stored as work data. Furthermore, the background lighting at the time of imaging | photography, the saturation of the light from the surface emitting display board installed in the bottom face, and the brightness data are memorize | stored.

The pattern memory 207 stores background image data to be overlaid with the subject image, and also stores a guide for an operation menu displayed on the display device 219. The contents of the pattern memory 207 can be rewritten by the data storage unit 204. The communication control I / F 210 is used for connection with an external network. This apparatus is connected to an external device management server by a communication control I / F 210 via a dedicated line. The purpose of this device management server (not shown) is to manage the presence or absence of a failure. Since this device management server is configured to be installed as appropriate, it may not be installed in a normal case.
Also, a new background image or character image is transmitted from the device management server and stored in the data storage unit 204 via the I / O control unit 203. The data storage unit 204 checks the date of the data written in the pattern memory 207 and rewrites the data in the pattern memory 207 if the data stored in the data storage unit 208 is new.

The touch panel 214 is a liquid crystal panel provided on the surface of the display screen of the display device 219. For example, the touch panel 214 displays an operation menu on the display device screen and is used to input various selection conditions by pressing operations.
For example, the CPU 201 detects the resistance value when the position of the displayed operation menu is pressed by pressing the position of the displayed operation menu through the A / D converter and calculates the coordinates on the screen. Thus, it is determined which button the user has selected.
The sensor 213 detects the presence / absence of the user at the operation site by, for example, an infrared sensor, and when the presence / absence is confirmed, in order to confirm the position of the user, the infrared transmission angle, The transmission range is determined.

The inverter 212 performs flicker prevention control for the surface light emitting display panel. The flicker prevention cycle can be manually changed according to the external dimming. The light emitting unit / light adjusting unit 223 adds a light emitting function / light adjusting function in order to control a firing angle at which a voltage is applied to the CCD camera 220 serving as an imaging unit.
Specifically, an EL plate, a PIS, or the like is used as the surface light emitting display plate. In addition, a blue film or a green film is pressure-bonded to the entire surface of these surface light emitting display plates to emit light other than white and skin color such as blue and green. Further, the surface is processed with acrylic or the like in order to prevent surface reflection. Of course, it may be bead processing. In addition, the surface emitting display board does not necessarily need to be installed.

  The image processing unit 206 extracts a face outline from the subject image data stored in the memory 202 and the face color data stored in the pattern memory 207, and arranges it at an arbitrary position in the space on the memory 2. The background image is combined with the CPU 201 or alone, and the combined image data is sent to the printer 218. The printer 218 prints a color image on a postcard or sticker and outputs it.

The timer 216 is provided in the apparatus main body when it is not in an environment that can be connected to an external device management server via a dedicated line, and operates according to a command from the CPU 201.
In addition, the time from the start of the process is counted when counting the shooting time in the shooting unit and the editing time in the editing unit, and the process is controlled by the end time.

  The user is photographed by the image input device 221 provided with the CCD camera 220 when a photographing instruction to the user is instructed on the display screen of the display device 219 after inserting the coin into the charging device 215. As the image input device 221, in addition to the CCD camera 220, a C-MOS mounted camera, a normal video camera, or the like may be used. Image data captured by the image input device 220 such as a camera is exposure adjusted by an AE (auto iris) function built in the camera or the like and stored in the memory 202. For example, a digital still camera having an Ir-DA optical communication function may be used as the image input device 221. In that case, the user can select an icon as a menu image selection condition by using an Ir-DA optical communication function capable of receiving and transferring pre-captured image data and a buffer memory capable of storing a plurality of pieces of image data. A plurality of compressed still images can be easily combined.

  The photographing fee is received by the charging device 215, but the fee receiving means is not limited to the coin detector, and a bill reader, a prepaid card reader, a credit card, or the like can also be used. The captured image data is converted into RGB data after being captured and displayed on the display device 219 via the image output unit 205.

  The display device 219 included in the image composition apparatus needs to display a menu screen necessary at the stage of operation by the user and confirm whether the composite image created by the user is appropriate. These screen displays are controlled and displayed by the CPU 201. In addition, since the operation state of the display on the screen and the image processing is managed by the CPU 201, it can be switched to an image or a video stored in the pattern memory 207 in advance during the printing process. When the operation screen is unnecessary, the menu display is switched to show commercials and product advertisements. The display device 219 is not limited to a CRT type display device, and may be a liquid crystal type LCD display device or a character display device using LED light emission, for example.

  Furthermore, in this Embodiment, the curtain control part 223 which switches the background curtain according to the user position detection result by the sensor 213 is provided.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a configuration in which a photographing casing including a photographing computer and an editing casing including an editing computer are separated.
The apparatus configuration and the like are the same as those in FIG. 6 except that they are divided into a shooting computer 231 and a plurality of editing computers 232, and therefore the same reference numerals are given and description thereof is omitted. A part of the configuration is not shown. The photographing computer 231 shown in FIG. 7 performs only photographing processing, and the editing computer 232 performs only editing processing. Only the display device 219 is connected to the image output unit 206 on the photographing computer 231 side, and the printer 218 and the display device 219 are connected to the image output unit 206 on the editing computer 232 side.
The two computers 231 and 232 are connected to the I / O control units 203 and 203 via a communication line such as a LAN, and the shooting data shot by the shooting unit casing is transmitted to the editing unit casing after the shooting is finished, and edited. Done.
In the present embodiment, the photographing computer 231 includes an operation monitoring unit 233 that monitors whether or not each of the plurality of editing computers 232 is operating normally.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the overall processing in the present invention.
As a setting on the management side, first, power is turned on. When the power is turned on, the lighting operation of the fluorescent lamp lighting device is confirmed to confirm the device operation, the activation of the control device is confirmed, the shutter speed and aperture are set to prepare for camera shooting, and the printer is ready to print and warm up. Is started (step 801).
When the initial setting in step 801 is completed, a demonstration for accepting customer operation is started, and an introduction of the image composition apparatus and a demonstration of the operation procedure are performed (step 802).
When the user actually uses the device and inserts a prescribed number of coins to start shooting, a processing procedure for shooting is displayed on the screen.
In the next process, after selecting a frame to be combined with the subject image (step 803), whether the shooting mode is bust-up shooting centering on the face (step 804) or whole body shooting (step 805) It is determined whether to take a picture (step 806). Note that the determination of the shooting mode is performed based on the position of the subject detected by the sensor 213 as described later. Further, background curtain switching processing described later is performed according to the determined shooting mode.
Foreground image masking is performed on the background frame selected in step 803 (step 807). Normally, in this apparatus, the foreground, the background, and the subject are combined using all three images. Here, first, mask processing is performed on the foreground image of an arbitrarily selected frame. The overlapping position of the photographed subject and the foreground image is confirmed by performing mask processing.

Next, the moving image of the subject is actually captured and displayed in the frame selected as it is displayed as a moving image (step 808).
The foreground image masked in step 807 and the background frame selected in step 803 are combined and displayed so as to sandwich the subject image captured by the moving image (step 809). Shooting data on the subject side and NTSC low resolution moving image data used at this time are used. Here, low resolution data is used. A subject image of the captured moving image is photographed (step 810). Here, shooting is performed using a still still image. When actually shooting, the output is switched to high resolution image data instead of the low resolution described above.
Two types of corrections are performed on the captured still image: image distortion, color, brightness, density correction, and image size correction (step 811).
Next, the captured image is stored (step 812).
The image size is reduced, and the selected background frame is combined (step 813). The reason for reducing the image is that the user has not decided which image to print at this point, and it is necessary to display a plurality of images in a limited display area of the display based on the result of shooting and synthesis. .
Next, the processing from step 807 to step 813, that is, photographing, correction, and composition is repeated a specified number of times (for example, three times), and all three composite images that have been photographed and synthesized are displayed on the display.
The subject or the operator decides what is to be printed out of the three composite images displayed on the display (step 814). Since the image determined in step 814 is a reduced image for display, the first size image stored in step 812 and the image to be actually printed are called and combined with the background (step 815). ).
The composite photograph synthesized here is transmitted to the editing unit casing, and the photographer is notified that the photographing unit will move to the editing room (step 816). The moving guidance here may be displayed on the photographing device by moving, may be moved using a voice message, or may be moved by a curtain covering the entrance of a plurality of editing cases. Only the curtain of the part may be opened and guided. Further, data transmission to the editing cabinet is made by determining whether or not the editing cabinet is used, and sending it to the editing cabinet in an empty editing room. The presence / absence of an editing case is determined by whether an operation event has occurred. In this case, the operation monitoring unit 233 of the photographing computer performs normal operation monitoring processing described later.
Graffiti and arbitrary color changes can be performed on the determined still image after composition before printing on the editing unit housing (step 817). The result of the change is displayed on the display in real time.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing background curtain switching processing according to the shooting mode in the present embodiment, and FIG. 10 is an image diagram for explaining a specific example of background curtain switching.
First, as shown in FIG. 8, after the shooting start process (step 901), the shooting mode is determined (step 902). The shooting mode is determined by using a motion sensor incorporated in the camera unit to determine whether it is bust-up shooting or whole-body shooting.
For example, as shown in FIG. 10A, in the state where the user 1010 is sitting on a chair, the subject (user 1010) can be detected within the infrared range 1010 of the motion sensor 1001, so the bust-up shooting mode is The camera 220 is focused on the chair axis. Here, the detection of the object by the motion sensor 1001 is not simply determined for a moment, but does not determine that there is an object, but continues to detect for a certain period of time, and the camera 220 performs shooting display in the video mode (low resolution). When the object that would have been detected by the motion sensor 1001 within the display area occupies the determined range (that is, the auto focus of the camera 220 was able to catch the object and adjust the focus) ), It is determined that the user 1000 is in a bust-up shooting state sitting on a chair.
On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 10B, in the state where the user 1000 is standing behind the chair, a moving object cannot be detected in the infrared range 1010 of the motion sensor 1001, so To do. In this case, since nothing is detected within the detection range of the motion sensor 1001, the focus is set to the standing position on the back side of the chair, and the whole body photographing mode is switched.
If the result of determination is the bust-up shooting mode in step 903, the curtain position and background content suitable for the bust-up shooting mode are automatically selected (steps 904 and 905). Selection of the curtain position and background content is usually performed automatically, but can be arbitrarily set by the user 1000 (step 906).
On the other hand, when the motion sensor 1001 detects no moving object in the infrared range 1010 in step 903, the curtain position and the background content suitable for the whole body shooting mode are automatically selected as the whole body shooting mode (steps 907 and 908). Further, arbitrary setting is made by the user 1000 (step 909).
When the curtain position and the background content are selected, the selected curtain is automatically lowered to a predetermined arrangement position and shooting is started (step 911). The selected background curtain 1002 is a roll-up type, for example, in a roll screen shape, and when the shooting mode of the camera 220 is set, according to an instruction from the curtain control unit 223, each of the background curtain 1002 is provided on the front side and the back side. Any of the arranged background curtains 1002A, 100B is developed to the floor. In this case, the chroma key colors of the background curtains 1002A and 100B may be different. In this example, the background curtain 1002A on the near side is selected in the bust-up shooting mode, and the background curtain 1002B on the back side is selected in the whole body shooting mode.

FIG. 11 is a diagram for explaining processing for determining the bust-up shooting mode or the close-up shooting mode when the motion sensor determines the bust-up shooting mode.
FIG. 11A is a diagram showing an image of the user taken in the video mode when the motion sensor senses and detects a state where the user is sitting on the chair. In FIG. 11A, since the face portion is in the center of the camera, the bust-up shooting mode is set.
On the other hand, FIG.11 (b) is a figure which shows the image | video of the user image | photographed in video mode about the state where the user stood. In this case, in FIG. 11B, since the face portion is not in the center of the camera, the photographing mode is switched from the bust-up photographing mode to the whole body photographing mode.
Whether the face part is within the center of the camera is determined by dividing the screen display area into four by the coordinate axes (x) and (y), and measuring the luminance and color distribution in each of the four divided areas. What is to be extracted here is the skin color distribution.
FIG. 11C shows parameters for specifying a color range in the RGB system.
In the normal RGB system, the R, G, and B color ranges are determined manually. When deciding, the color range in the range where the maximum and minimum values of R (Red), the maximum and minimum values of G (Green), and the minimum value of B (Blue) are removed. decide.
In FIG. 11 (c), the red color range is specified with a darker gradation than other green and blue, the green color range is specified with a lighter to wider range, and the blue color range is specified with a darker gradation. Specify a narrow range.
Since we are trying to remove the skin color this time, we will set many Red ranges. These color ranges can be specified according to the color of the subject to be extracted.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an RGB histogram.
When a specific color is used as a threshold, it is necessary to extract that color.
First, an RGB histogram (256 levels from 0 to 255) of a predetermined color is created in advance. The vertical axis indicates the color gradation of each of RGB, the horizontal axis indicates the degree of brightness, and the higher the value, the brighter the brightness. Next, the total frequency above level 128 of each histogram is counted, and the center value is obtained. Next, a conversion function for each RGB value is determined.

FIG. 13 uses a linear transformation function Y = aX.
The coefficient a of the linear transformation function shown in FIG. 13 has a variable B as a reference value in the transformation, and assuming that the center position of the histogram at level 128 or higher is p, the slope a of the straight line is as follows.
a = p / B
For the colors whose center value is higher than B (R, G, B), the histogram moves to the right as a whole. Further, an upper limit and a lower limit are determined for the slope a, and the range that the coefficient a can take is limited.
This is to prevent extreme color correction, and if the color is corrected extremely, the influence from the background will greatly affect the color of the subject, and the result of synthesis will be very unnatural. Because it ends up.

In this example, the color distribution is measured according to the color range of FIG. Of the four luminance and color distributions measured, the color distribution is calculated based on FIG. 12 by dividing the image into upper half images and lower half images.
The calculated color distribution is calculated with reference to the figure to determine the degree of the area determined in advance as the skin color range.
As a result of the calculation, if the distribution degree of the area is equal to or less than the determined threshold value, it is determined as bust-up shooting. For example, in the case shown in FIG. 10A, the skin color range area is equal to or smaller than the threshold value, so that the bust-up shooting mode is maintained.
If the threshold is equal to or greater than the threshold, it is assumed that the shooting is closer to the bust up shooting. For example, in the case shown in FIG. 10B, since the region of the skin color range is equal to or greater than the threshold, the mode is switched to the close-up mode.
Note that the coordinate axes shown in FIGS. 10A and 10B are not displayed on the display screen.
At this time, since the background is the curtain set initially, it is assumed that the background brightness is equal to the background of each of the four divided areas.

FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating a combination of shooting conditions, curtain positions, and background content.
FIG. 14A shows the curtain position 1402 and the background content 1403 selected according to the shooting conditions 1401 in the bust-up shooting mode and the whole body shooting mode.
For example, in the bust-up shooting mode, the curtain position is set on the near side for the near view, and the background curtain 1002A shown in FIG. 10 comes down. The background content 1403 is set to content arbitrarily selected by the user in the bust-up shooting mode.
On the other hand, in the whole body photographing mode, the curtain position is set to the far side for the distant view, and the background curtain 1002B shown in FIG. 10 comes down. As the background content 1403, for the distant view of the content arbitrarily selected by the user is set.
FIG. 14B is a diagram showing a specific example of switching of the background content 1403.
In the image 1410 in the bust-up shooting mode, since the subject image 1411 is large, a sense of perspective is obtained by setting background content in which the background image 1412 is reduced.
On the other hand, in the image 1420 in the whole body shooting mode, the background content obtained by enlarging the background image 1422 is set for the subject image 1421 to give the impression that it is present in the background.
In this case, whether to give a sense of perspective or an impression of being in the background can be switched according to the user's designation. Therefore, the combination of the curtain position and the background content can be arbitrarily designated by the user, and curtains installed at different positions may be automatically changed by switching the content.
Moreover, the arrangement of the curtains may be fixed simply by switching the background content.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing the flow of the entire process continued from FIG.
As shown in FIG. 15, first, a print result template is displayed on the display, and a print type and a print output type are selected. Specifically, it is selected whether to print on a 16-divided sticker, or to print on an 8-divided or 4-divided sticker (step 1501). Printing is started based on the selected result (step 1502). While printing continues, it is confirmed whether there is a post to a magazine or a post to HP or a telephone with a display function in parallel (step 1503). When posting is confirmed in step 1503, attribute information and data necessary for posting are input on the display screen (step 1504). It is reconfirmed whether there is no mistake in the input contents, and reconfirmation is made as to whether or not the posting is actually made (step 1505). If it is confirmed that no posting will be made, the fact that the input attribute information has been deleted is displayed.
Next, let them choose where to post. A magazine, a telephone with a display function, and the Internet are selected (step 1506). In the case of a magazine, several magazine names are displayed and one of them is selected. In the case of posting a magazine, the image and attribute data are linked and stored in the auxiliary storage device in the image composition device (step 1507).
If it is selected not to post in step 1503, a message about the printing status such as how much printing has progressed is displayed on the display. That is, since it takes about 3 minutes for the printing time, the progress status, the progress status, or the synthesized image is displayed (step 1508). At this time, a mini game may be displayed.
When printing is completed and the printing result is output, the countdown starts (step 1509). This countdown is for confirming whether or not the same kind of sticker is to be printed continuously, that is, whether to store data about the photographed data, and a predetermined number of coins are not inserted within a certain time. In this case, the process ends as it is, and the photographed data is erased from the memory (step 1510). If a specified number of coins are inserted within a specified time, the printing is further continued, and the same printed matter as that printed is further printed. (Step 1511).

FIG. 16 is a screen example of a shooting screen displayed on the screen of a monitor with a touch panel during the shooting process.
In this way, two pens are arranged so that two screens can be arranged on one display and edited simultaneously.

  In this embodiment, the bust-up shooting mode or the whole-body shooting mode is selected depending on whether or not the subject is in the infrared range. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The distance to the subject may be measured, it may be determined whether the distance is within a predetermined range, and the shooting mode may be selected according to the determination result. In this case, the bust-up shooting mode or the close-up shooting mode may be selected according to the measured distance.

1 is an external configuration diagram of a housing of an automatic photo sticker creating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1 is a plan view showing an internal configuration of an automatic photo sticker creating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention and a perspective view showing an editing apparatus. It is a front view which shows the imaging device of the automatic photo sticker production apparatus which concerns on one embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the motion sensor with which the automatic photo sticker production apparatus which concerns on one embodiment of this invention was equipped. It is a perspective view which shows the editing apparatus of the automatic photo sticker production apparatus which concerns on one embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the function structure of a general automatic photo sticker production apparatus. It is a block diagram which shows the function structure of the automatic photo sticker production apparatus which comprised the imaging device and the editing apparatus with the independent computer. It is a flowchart which shows a part of whole process of the automatic photo sticker production apparatus which concerns on one embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the curtain determination process procedure for the background which the automatic photo sticker production apparatus which concerns on one embodiment of this invention performs. It is a figure which shows the example of switching of the background curtain by the difference in imaging | photography mode. It is a figure for demonstrating the process which selects a bust-up imaging | photography mode and a proximity | contact photography mode. It is a figure which shows a RGB histogram. It is a figure which shows a color tone variable function. It is a figure which shows the combination of imaging | photography mode and curtain selection conditions. It is a flowchart which shows the remainder of the whole process of the automatic photo sticker production apparatus shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of the interface of an editing apparatus.

Explanation of symbols

201 CPU, 202 memory, 203 I / F control unit, 204 data storage unit, 205 image output unit, 206 image processing unit, 207 pattern memory, 208 data input unit, 209 audio output unit, 210 communication control I / F, 211 Digital camera I / F, 212 inverter, 213 sensor, 214 touch panel, 215 charging device, 216 timer, 217 light emission / dimming control unit, 218 printer, 219 display device, 220 CCD camera, 221 image input device, 222 speaker, 223 Curtain control unit, 231 photographing computer, 232 variant computer, 233 operation monitoring unit, 1001 motion sensor, 1002A, B background curtain, 1010 infrared range.

Claims (4)

It is composed of a photographing means for photographing a subject, a photographing case composed of a display device for displaying the photographed subject image, and an editing case composed of a plurality of editing devices having input means for performing an editing operation on the displayed subject image. Automatic photo sticker making device
Detecting means for detecting presence or absence of a subject within a predetermined range from the photographing means to the photographing means;
A shooting switching unit that checks the position of the subject based on the detection result of the detection unit and switches the shooting mode according to the position of the subject;
An automatic photo sticker creating apparatus, wherein a background curtain installed on the back of a subject is switched and arranged in accordance with the photographing switching means.   2. The automatic photo sticker creating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein an arrangement position of the background curtain is switched according to the photographing mode.   3. The automatic photo sticker creating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the color of the background curtain is a complementary color for chroma key composition. In the automatic photo sticker making apparatus according to claim 3,
An automatic photo sticker creation apparatus, wherein content of a background image to be combined with a subject image is changed with reference to the shooting mode according to switching of the shooting mode.

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