JP2006311017A - Photographic seal delivering apparatus and control method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable to satisfactorily edit images of graffiti by enabling to rapidly and easily searching images for decoration items desired to be used from among a number of prepared images for decoration items with less operation, and in that case, to prevent the display means from suffering restriction of display area from a display means by preventing display of new icons due to editing. <P>SOLUTION: Pressing buttons B1-B6 of a category calling operation means are provided on the outside of a display panel 30. A group of items for decoration of a set editing category is called by the operation of each of the pressing buttons B1-B6, image of for each item for decoration belonging to the item group for decoration is read from a large capacity storage device 203 and is displayed on an editing pallet of the display panel 30. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a so-called graffiti photo sticker dispensing apparatus with a graffiti function, and a control method therefor, which pastes a photo sticker of a desired decoration on a photographed subject and pastes an image of a sticker. .

  Conventionally, this kind of photo sticker dispensing device with graffiti function, called a print club, can be used to create an image of a photo to be edited taken by one person or a plurality of friends by "shooting play". Image editing can be performed by pasting a stamp of a favorite hairstyle, disguise, message, etc., or a seal image, and the image subjected to the image editing is printed on a sticker mount and delivered. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).

  In addition, this photo sticker dispensing device with graffiti function is one in which “shooting play” and “graffiti play” are performed in one booth, and “shooting play” and “graffiti play” are in separate booths. In addition, in an editing booth, for example, two people who photographed together can simultaneously form images with their favorite decorations by “Doodle Play”.

JP 2003-125348 A (paragraphs “0004”, “0046” to “0053”)

  This type of conventional photo sticker dispensing device described in Patent Document 1 and the like performs satisfactory graffiti image editing within a limited time in the editing of the “graffiti play” as described below. It is not easy.

  That is, this type of photo sticker payout device has a predetermined game time from the start of “shooting play” to the end of “graffiti play”, or the next photographer (player) of “doodle play” time. It is limited to the time until it appears.

  On the other hand, as a decoration item for “Doodle Play”, images such as hairstyles and decorations, as well as various stamps such as messages, stickers, etc. are prepared and stored in the storage means of the device. The image of the desired decoration item is selected from the image of the item for use, and as a recent trend, in order to increase the user's satisfaction, the image of the decoration item has a huge number of more than 1000 types, It is a number.

  In “Doodle Play”, the images of these decoration items are displayed in an editing palette set in one or more places around the image to be edited by the display means such as a liquid crystal display. In this case, Because the display area of the decoration item image is limited due to restrictions such as the display area of the display means, it is difficult to display all the decoration item images on the palette at one time. Item selection buttons, tabs, and page break icons are displayed, and when the user selects those icons, the images of the decoration items are displayed in a hierarchical manner so that they can be narrowed down.

  In this case, as the number of decoration item images increases, the number of display layers increases, and the number of buttons, tabs, and page break icons also increases. It takes time to browse.

  For example, an example of a conventional operation for searching for a desired hairstyle stamp image will be described. By selecting a “stamp” button on the display means, the editing palette is changed to a “stamp” selection palette, and from the display, “ Select the “Kizuri” tab to switch to the “Kizuri” selection palette, then select the “Hair (hairstyle)” tab from the display, switch to the “Hair” selection palette, and change the various hairstyles to the editing palette. After that, the “hair (hairstyle)” display page of the editing palette is switched using the “page break (next page)” tab of the editing palette to find a desired hairstyle stamp image. In this case, by selecting the above buttons and tabs, it is necessary to switch the display of the editing palette to “stamp”, “skull”, and “hair” in order according to the set hierarchy, and the desired hairstyle stamp is displayed. It takes time.

  Furthermore, in the case of editing that disguises a specific appearance using various stamps and sticker images, it is necessary to repeat the selection of the buttons and tabs every time the stamp or sticker image is searched. More time is spent searching.

  And if it takes time to find and browse images of decorative items that you want to use, you will be satisfied with the fact that the user can spend less time on graffiti as a result, based on the time limit of “Doodle Play”. There is a problem that causes dissatisfaction that image editing of graffiti was not possible.

  In addition, the operation becomes more complicated as the number of layers increases, and it is necessary to perform the operation many times before reaching the image of the decoration item to be used, which is unsatisfactory because the operation is difficult to understand. There is a problem that invites.

  According to the present invention, in the above-mentioned “graffiti play”, graffiti image editing can be performed satisfactorily so that the user can quickly and easily find out the image of the decoration item that he / she wants to use from a large number of decoration item images. In this case, the display means is prevented from displaying a new icon or the like so as not to be restricted by the display area of the display means.

  In order to achieve the above-described object, the photo sticker dispensing device of the present invention displays an image of a subject to be photographed and displayed on the screen of the display unit on the display unit around the image to be edited of the display unit. A sticker selected from the editing palette by the editing input means, a sticker image such as a sticker, and a photo sticker dispensing device capable of editing the image of the photo to be edited, provided outside the display means, Category call operation means for calling a decoration item group of a set editing category, and each decoration item belonging to the decoration item group when the category call operation means is operated to call the decoration item group of the edit category Item call processing means for reading the image of the image from the storage means and displaying it on the editing palette. It is a symptom (claim 1).

  The photo sticker dispensing apparatus of the present invention is characterized in that there are a plurality of the editing categories, and the category calling operation means comprises operation buttons provided for each of the editing categories (claim 2).

  Furthermore, the photo sticker dispensing device of the present invention is characterized in that the category calling operation means is provided for each editing operation means for selecting and rendering the decoration item from the editing palette.

  Next, according to the control method of the photo sticker dispensing apparatus of the present invention, the editing palette displayed around the editing target photo of the display unit is displayed on the image of the editing target photo captured on the display unit. A method for controlling a photo sticker dispensing device capable of pasting an image of a decoration item such as a stamp or a sticker selected from the above and editing an image of the photo to be edited, the category call operation means provided outside the display means When a call to a decoration item group of the edit category occurs when the item is operated, an image of each decoration item belonging to the decoration item group is read from the storage means and displayed on the editing palette. 4).

  According to the first and fourth aspects of the present invention, in the “doodle play”, the user operates the category call operation means provided outside the display means, and sets the decoration item group of the set editing category. When called up, the images of the decoration items belonging to the decoration item group are read from the storage means and displayed on the editing palette.

  In this case, if the set editing category is, for example, “hair (hairstyle)”, the editing palette immediately becomes a selection palette for various hairstyle stamp images in the category of “hair (hairstyle)” by a so-called one-touch operation of the operating means. Similarly, if the set editing category is, for example, “disguise”, the editing palette can be immediately changed to a palette for selecting various “disguise” stamps and sticker images by operating the category calling operation means. Compared to the conventional selection with buttons and tabs and switching the editing palette in hierarchical order to reach the display of hairstyle stamp images and disguise images, the target stamp image etc. can be found in a short time with fewer operations. It is possible to perform graffiti image editing with gratitude even for inexperienced users.

  In addition, since the category call operation means is provided outside the display means, it is not necessary to display a new icon or the like on the display means, and there is no restriction from the display area of the display means. Can be easily realized.

  Next, according to the present invention as set forth in claim 2, for example, a plurality of editing categories having a high selection frequency are set, and the user selects a desired editing category from the selected editing categories. The same effects as in the first and fourth aspects can be obtained.

  Furthermore, the selection of the editing category can be easily performed by pressing an operation button for each editing category provided outside the display unit as an operation unit, and the operation is easy to understand and can be easily selected even by an unfamiliar user. There are advantages that can be made.

  Next, according to the present invention as set forth in claim 3, by providing category editing operation means such as the operation buttons for each editing operation means such as a so-called touch pen, for example, a plurality of persons can each When simultaneously editing using the editing operation means, each person can individually call and edit a decoration item image of a favorite editing category by each category call operation means.

  Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.

  1 is a circuit block diagram of the photo sticker dispensing apparatus 1, FIG. 2 is a front view of a display operation board of the apparatus 1, FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of FIG. 1, and FIG. FIG.

(Constitution)
First, the configuration of the circuit block of the photo sticker dispensing apparatus 1 will be described with reference to FIG.

  The photo sticker payout device 1 has a single booth configuration that can be photographed and edited in one place for the sake of simplicity. The display panel 30 and the photo sticker payout device used for display and operation from coin insertion to game end. 1 is provided with a controller unit 200 having a computer configuration for controlling each unit.

  The display panel 30 forms the display means of the present invention, and includes, for example, a screen display panel such as a liquid crystal display panel or a plasma display panel and a digitizer for detecting the contact position thereof. The progress / operation screen is displayed. In “Doodle Play”, images such as a photo to be edited and an editing palette described later are displayed.

  The controller unit 200 also includes a CPU 201 that executes a preset program to control each unit of the photo sticker dispensing apparatus 1, a ROM that holds a program executed by the CPU 201, a RAM that temporarily stores various data, and the like. Unit 202, a large-capacity storage device 203 such as a hard disk (HD) device or a laser disk device for storing various image data such as image data of a variety of decoration items to be described later, a display processing unit 205 of the display panel 30, an operation The input unit 206, a category call detection unit 209 that detects operations of the operation buttons B1 to B7 of the category call operation means described later, a print output unit 208, and the like are formed by bus connection.

  Further, in the drawing, 55 is a full-color printer connected to the print output unit 208, 20 is a photographing unit composed of a CCD camera and a photographing monitor, and 60 is an illumination device comprising various light sources.

  The mass storage device 203 is the storage means of the present invention, and the CPU 201, the category call detection unit 209, and the panel display processing unit 205 form the item call processing means of the present invention.

  Next, the display operation board 3 of FIG. 2 provided with the display panel 30 will be described.

  The display operation board 3 in FIG. 2 is provided at an appropriate height as an editing work table with an inclination so that the upper side of the drawing or the upper side of the drawing is higher than the lower side, and the lower side of the drawing is the side closer to the user. .

  In this embodiment, the display panel 30 in the center of the display operation board 3 is displayed during the “graffiti play” in order to allow two people who photographed together to enjoy the “doodle play” at the same time. The images Ia and Ib of the two photos to be edited selected by each person from the plurality of shooting cuts are displayed side by side.

  In addition, a plurality of sample cuts and each of the above-mentioned shooting cuts are displayed in two columns between the images Ia and Ib of the editing target photograph on the display panel 30, and “Pen” and “Original” are displayed below that. The buttons Ba to Bd of the edit category selection icons “stamp” and “frame” are displayed in a column.

  Further, editing palettes Pa and Pb are displayed below the images Ia and Ib of the editing target photo on the display panel 30, and both palettes Pa and Pb have a matrix of buttons Bmn of selection icons for each decoration item that has been called. A plurality of tabs Ts for selecting a hierarchy and a tab Tr for a page break (next page) are also displayed.

  Next, on the display operation board 3, the left and right sides of the lower side of the display panel 30 (the side closer to the user) are respectively received by the touch pens 4a and 4b serving as editing operation means drawn out from the apparatus housing in a wired manner. Body 5a and 5b are provided, and edit category calling areas 6a and 6b for the touch pens 4a and 4b are provided on the left and right sides of the display panel 30, respectively.

  The edit category call areas 6a and 6b are provided with six operation buttons B1 to B6 for each edit category each consisting of a button switch or a touch switch as operation means for calling the decoration item group of the set edit category. An operation button B7 for canceling the call made up of the switches is also provided.

  In this embodiment, there are six types of editing categories such as “hair (hairstyle)”, “disguise”, “message”, and “face”, which are expected to be used frequently by the user. . The call cancel operation button B7 is for canceling the operation of the immediately preceding operation buttons B1 to B6 and returning to the previous state. Further, in the vicinity of the operation buttons B1 to B7 in the editing category calling areas 6a and 6b, names and the like of editing categories are marked for easy understanding of their uses.

  When the operation buttons B1 to B7 in both editing category call areas 6a and 6b are pressed and operated, the operation is detected by the category call detection unit 209 of the controller unit 200, and the operation buttons B1 to B6 are operated. When a call to a decoration item group of the editing category occurs, the item call processing means stores a large capacity image that is a storage means for images of the decoration items belonging to the decoration item group preset for each editing category. The data is read from the storage device 203 and displayed on one or both of the editing palettes Pa and Pb.

(Operation)
Next, a series of game operations based on coin insertion will be described with reference to FIG. 3 and FIG.

  First, when the user inserts a predetermined amount of coins, the CPU 201 of the controller unit 200 monitors the elapse of a prescribed play time (for example, 5 minutes) and enters the “shooting play” operation state in steps S1 and S2 of FIG. Become.

  At this time, a game progress / operation screen is displayed on the display panel 30. When the user selects a shooting course / theme and selects shooting conditions according to the display, the CCD camera of the shooting unit 20 is selected under the selected shooting conditions. The user is photographed, and an image of the photograph taken by the photographing is written in the storage device 203.

  When the set time limit ends or the user finishes shooting, the “shooting play” is ended and the operation moves to the “graffiti play” operation state of step S3 in FIG.

  When the “Doodle Play” operation state is entered, all cuts shot by “Shooting Play” are compressed and displayed in two columns in the center of the display panel 30, and the left and right users use the touch pens 4 a and 4 b to select a desired one. By selecting a cut, the selected cut is displayed on the display panel 30 as images Ia and Ib of the photo to be edited.

  When editing (doodle) as in the conventional case, both users select the buttons Ba to Bd and the tabs Ts and Tr of the palettes Pa and Pb with the touch pens 4a and 4b, and each decoration item in the mass storage device 203 is displayed. Are displayed in the order of the selected hierarchies on the palettes Pa and Pb, the image of the desired decoration item is found, the image of the item is selected and pasted on the images Ia and Ib of the editing target photos.

  On the other hand, when the editing category is determined, the user pushes down the operation buttons B1 to B6 of the desired editing category in the editing category calling areas 6a and 6b according to the play guidance message, or with the touch pens 4a and 4b. Touch or press.

  At this time, the category call detection unit 209 of the controller unit 200 detects the operation of the operation buttons B1 to B6 and the item call processing unit operates, and is selected by the operation of the operation buttons B1 to B6 in steps S3 and S4 of FIG. The image of each decoration item in the preset decoration item group of the edited editing category is immediately read out from the large-capacity storage device 203 and displayed, for example, on the editing palette Pb as shown in FIG. Pb immediately becomes a decoration item selection palette of the selected editing category.

  FIG. 4 shows an example of display of the edit palette Pb when the operation buttons B1, B2, B3, and B5 of “hair”, “disguise”, “message”, and “just” are pressed to become the respective decoration item selection palettes. Yes, D1, D2, D3, and D5 in the figure are the above-mentioned indications of “hair”, “disguise”, “message”, and “just”.

  Then, by selecting a desired image with the touch pens 4a and 4b from the hairstyle stamp images and message images displayed on the editing palette Pb, the user can immediately perform actual editing.

  By the way, when an operation button B1 to B6 is pressed incorrectly, etc., by pressing the operation button B7 for canceling the call in the edit category call areas 6a and 6b, the process of steps S6 and S7 in FIG. The display on the display panel 30 returns to the state immediately before the selection, and the editing category can be easily selected again.

  When “Doodle Play” is completed, the edited images Ia, Ib, etc. of the edited photo with graffiti are stored in the large-capacity storage device 203, and the process proceeds from Step S8 to Step S9 in FIG. The images Ia and Ib of the later editing target photo are printed on the sticker mount in an appropriate number of divisions to form a photo sticker, and the photo sticker is paid out to finish the play.

  Therefore, in the case of the above-described embodiment, in “Doodle Play”, the user presses the operation buttons B1 to B6 of the desired editing category in the editing category calling areas 6a and 6b provided outside the display panel 30 to select the desired editing category. By calling the decoration item group, an image of each decoration item belonging to the decoration item group is read from the large-capacity storage device 203 as a storage unit and displayed on the editing palette Pb of the display panel 30. When the “hair” category is selected, various hairstyle stamp images can be displayed immediately by using the operation button B1 with the editing palette Pb as the “hair” selection palette. Similarly, for example, the “disguise” category is selected. Then, immediately by operating the operation button B2, the editing palette is changed to the “disguise” selection palette and various disguises are made. Images of necessary stamps and stickers can be displayed, and the selection of the conventional buttons Ba to Bd and tabs Ts and Tr is repeated to switch the display of the editing palette in order of hierarchy, and the “hair” and “disguise” stamp images Compared to the case where the sticker image is reached, the target stamp image or the like can be found in a short time with a small number of operations, and even an unskilled user can satisfactorily edit the graffiti image.

  At this time, six editing categories having a high selection frequency are set, and the user can select a desired editing category from among the six editing categories. Therefore, the editing category is extremely user-friendly and practical.

  In addition, since the operation buttons B1 to B6 for calling the category are provided outside the display panel 30, it is not necessary to display a new icon or the like on the display panel 30, and the display area of the display panel, etc. It can be easily realized without any restrictions.

  By the way, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications other than those described above can be made without departing from the gist thereof.

  For example, only one of the images Ia and Ib of the photo to be edited is displayed on the display panel 30, and either one of the edit category calling areas 6a and 6b is provided, and the photo sticker payout is configured to serve only one user. Similarly, a photo sticker dispensing device or the like that is provided with an editing booth separately from the photographing booth and a display panel such as the display panel 30 in FIG. The present invention can be applied.

  At this time, each operation button in the editing category calling area may be provided for each editing input means such as a touch pen.

  Further, for example, one operation button may be provided as a category call operation means in the edit category call areas 6a, 6b, etc., and a decoration item group of one set edit category may be called. It is also possible to provide more operation buttons as category call operation means in the edit category call areas 6a, 6b, etc., and call the decoration item groups of various set edit categories.

  Furthermore, a configuration may be adopted in which a plurality of types of decoration item decoration categories set are called by a single operation button such as a joystick.

  Of course, the edit category calling areas 6a and 6b may be provided at an arbitrary position outside the display panel 30.

  Further, the display unit, the edit input unit, and the like may be of any configuration, and the call cancel operation button B7 may be omitted.

It is a circuit block diagram of one embodiment of this invention. It is a front view of the display operation board of one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart for operation | movement description of FIG. It is explanatory drawing of operation and display at the time of editing of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Photo sticker dispensing apparatus 4a, 4b Touch pen as edit operation means 30 Display panel 200 Controller part B1-B6 Operation button as category call operation means Ia, Ib Image of edit object picture Pa, Pb Edit palette

Claims (4)

An image of an object for decoration such as a stamp or a seal selected from the editing palette displayed around the editing target photo of the display unit is added to the image of the editing target photo displayed on the display unit after photographing the subject. A photo sticker dispensing device capable of pasting and editing an image of the photo to be edited,
Category call operation means that is provided outside the display means and calls a set of decorative items for the editing category,
When the category call operation means is operated to call the decoration item group of the editing category, an image of each decoration item belonging to the decoration item group is read from the storage means and displayed on the editing palette. A photo sticker dispensing device comprising an item call processing means.   2. The photo sticker dispensing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein there are a plurality of editing categories, and the category calling operation means includes operation buttons provided for each editing category.   3. The photo sticker dispensing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the category calling operation means is provided for each editing operation means for selecting and drawing the decoration item from the editing palette. An image of an object for decoration such as a stamp or a seal selected from the editing palette displayed around the editing target photo of the display unit is added to the image of the editing target photo displayed on the display unit after photographing the subject. A method for controlling a photo sticker dispensing device capable of pasting and editing an image of the photo to be edited,
When a category call operation means provided outside the display means is operated to call a decoration item group of the editing category, an image of each decoration item belonging to the decoration item group is read from the storage means. And displaying it on the editing palette.