JP2008294695A - Device and method for automatic photograph creation - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an automatic photograph creation device which saves user time for correcting characters and figures in scribbling. <P>SOLUTION: In a scribbling area which receives scribbling operations from a user, a margin area that printing is unavailable but drawing is available is provided so as to be adjacent to a printing available area. A scribbling mode is switched to a drawing correction mode through a specified operation by the user (step S400). To specify an image to be moved or transformed (a move-and-transform target image), the user specifies an area using a touch pen (step S402). Based on the specified area, a move-and-transform target image is specified (step S404). When the user selects a menu related to drawing correction functions (step S406), the move-and-transform target image is moved or transformed according to the selected content (steps S410 to S452). <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an automatic photo creation apparatus that captures a user with a camera and outputs a composite image generated based on the captured image as a photograph or the like.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is known a photo creation device for a game where a user is photographed with a camera and the photographed image is output as a photograph. Such a play photo creation device is highly playable or entertaining, and therefore, an image to be combined with a photographed image is prepared from a variety of background images and foreground images prepared in advance according to the user's preference. Many are configured so that a user can freely select and draw using a pen-type input means such as a touch pen or a light pen. Since such an action by the user is performed on the photographed image, it is called “graffiti”.

  Such graffiti is performed within a predetermined area (hereinafter referred to as “the graffiti area”), but a user unfamiliar with the graffiti operation may unintentionally draw characters or figures outside the graffiti area. . For example, when the user draws a character string “Nakayoshi” with a touch pen, as shown in FIG. 21A, a part of the character “Shi” at the end may be drawn outside the graffiti area. When print output is performed after such drawing has been performed, as shown in FIG. 21B, a photograph in which a part of the character “shi” is missing is output. For this reason, in general, in a photo creation device for games, a function for deleting drawn characters / graphics etc. so that the user can correct the characters / graphics etc. (the tool that provides this function is the “eraser tool” And a function for canceling the immediately preceding operation (a tool that provides this function is called an “UNDO tool”). As a result, when a character / graphic is drawn outside the graffiti area, the user can rewrite the character / graphic, etc.

The document creation apparatus is provided with various functions for correcting characters, graphics, and the like. For example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 7-114559 discloses that a user can easily move characters such as centering and right alignment. An invention of a document creation device that can be used is disclosed.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 7-114559

  However, correction of characters / graphics using the eraser tool or UNDO tool described above is a waste of time for the user. In general, a play photo creation device has a time limit for graffiti by a user. For this reason, when a lot of time is spent for the correction of characters, figures, etc., the user's satisfaction is lowered.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide an automatic photo creation apparatus that can prevent a user from using wasted time for correcting characters, figures, and the like during graffiti.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an imaging means for photographing a user who is a subject in a predetermined photographing region, and an editing operation by the user for a photographed image obtained by the imaging means is received and a composite image is generated based on the editing operation. An automatic photo creation device comprising image editing means for performing output and output means for printing out the composite image as a photograph,
The editing operation includes a drawing operation that is an operation for drawing a drawing object that includes at least one of a character, a figure, or a symbol and constitutes a group of image data.
The image editing means includes
An area that displays the photographed image and receives the drawing operation, and an image drawn in the area is printed in a printable area and a printable area. A drawing unit including a drawing permission area that is an area that is provided adjacently and that receives the drawing operation and is not printed out as a part of the composite image for the image drawn in the area;
An image moving deformation means for moving or deforming a part or all of the drawing object in the drawing unit;
And a moving deformation target image specifying means for specifying an image to be moved or deformed by the image moving deformation means as a moving deformation target image.

According to a second invention, in the first invention,
A moving deformation target image specifying means for causing the user to specify the moving deformation target image;
The moving deformation target image specifying means specifies the moving deformation target image based on the designation by the moving deformation target image designating means.

According to a third invention, in the second invention,
The moving deformation target image specifying means is configured such that the user can specify an area in the drawing unit,
The movement deformation target image specifying means specifies an image included in the region designated by the movement deformation target image designating means as the movement deformation target image.

According to a fourth invention, in the second invention,
The moving deformation target image specifying means is configured such that the user can select a part of the drawing object in the drawing unit,
The moving deformation target image specifying means specifies all images of the drawing object selected by the moving deformation target image specifying means as the moving deformation target image.

According to a fifth invention, in the first invention,
The moving deformation target image specifying unit specifies all images of the drawing object as the moving deformation target image when at least a part of the image of the drawing object is included in the drawing permission area. And

According to a sixth invention, in any one of the first to fifth inventions,
The image movement deformation means includes image movement means for moving the movement deformation target image leftward or rightward by a predetermined distance in the drawing unit.

According to a seventh invention, in any one of the first to sixth inventions,
The image movement / deformation means includes image reduction means for reducing the movement / deformation target image by a predetermined ratio in the drawing unit.

According to an eighth invention, in any one of the first to seventh inventions,
The image movement deformation means moves or deforms the movement deformation target image based on a predetermined rule so that the entire movement deformation target image is included in the printable area.

According to a ninth invention, in any one of the first to eighth inventions,
The drawing permission area is provided only on the right side of the printable area.

According to a tenth aspect of the invention, in any one of the first to ninth aspects of the invention,
The image display apparatus further comprises drawing permission area display switching means for switching display / non-display of the drawing permission area.

An eleventh aspect of the invention is an imaging step of photographing a user who is a subject in a predetermined photographing region, and an editing operation by the user with respect to a photographed image obtained in the imaging step is received and a composite image is generated based on the editing operation. An automatic photo creation method comprising: an image editing step to perform; and an output step to print out the composite image as a photo,
The editing operation includes a drawing operation that is an operation of drawing a drawing object that includes at least one of a character, a figure, or a symbol and that constitutes a group of image data in a predetermined drawing unit,
The drawing unit
A printable area that is an area that displays the captured image and receives the drawing operation, and is an area that is printed out as a part of the composite image for the image drawn in the area;
A drawing permission area that is an area that is provided adjacent to the printable area and that receives the drawing operation and is not printed out as part of the composite image for an image drawn in the area;
The image editing step includes
An image moving deformation step of moving or deforming a part or all of the drawing object in the drawing unit;
A moving deformation target image specifying step of specifying an image to be moved or deformed in the image moving deformation step as a moving deformation target image.

  According to the first aspect, in the drawing unit where the drawing operation is performed by the user, the drawing permission area which is not printable but can be drawn is provided adjacent to the printable area. In addition, an image movement / deformation unit that moves / deforms an image in the drawing unit and a movement / deformation target image identification unit that identifies an image to be moved / deformed are provided. For this reason, even if drawing is performed outside the printable area, if an image as a result of the drawing is included in the drawing permission area, the image can be specified and moved to the printable area or within the printable area It can be deformed to fit in

  According to the second aspect, the moving deformation target image specifying means is provided so that the user can specify the moving deformation target image. For this reason, only an image that the user desires to move / deform is designated as a movement / deformation target image.

  According to the third aspect, the user can designate the movement / deformation target image by designating the region. For this reason, when a drawing object is drawn by a series of drawing operations, the user can designate the entire image of the drawing object as a moving deformation target image, or move a part of the drawing object. It can also be designated as a deformation target image.

  According to the fourth aspect of the invention, the user only needs to select a part of the drawing object related to the moving deformation target image when specifying the moving deformation target image. Further, based on the selection of a part of the drawing object by the user, the image of the entire drawing object is specified as the moving deformation target image. For this reason, the user can designate a moving deformation target image by a simple operation.

  According to the fifth aspect, when the user draws in the drawing permission area, the entire drawing object drawn by a series of drawing operations is specified as the moving deformation target image. Therefore, the moving deformation target image is specified without imposing an operation burden on the user for designating the moving deformation target image.

  According to the sixth aspect, the user can move the moving deformation target image leftward or rightward by a predetermined distance. For this reason, when drawing in the drawing permission area is performed, the image drawn in the drawing permission area can be moved to the printable area.

  According to the seventh aspect, the user can reduce the moving deformation target image by a predetermined ratio. For this reason, when drawing in the drawing permission area is performed, the image drawn in the drawing permission area can be reduced to fit the image in the printable area.

  According to the eighth aspect, the movement / deformation target image is moved or deformed based on the predetermined rule. For this reason, by predetermining the movement / deformation rules, the image drawn in the drawing permission area is stored in the printable area without imposing an operation burden on the movement / deformation on the user.

  According to the ninth aspect, the drawing permission area which is a non-printable area but a drawable area is provided only on the right side of the printable area. Since drawing of character strings and the like is generally performed “from left to right”, it is considered that the same effect as the first invention can be obtained even if a drawing permission area is not provided on the left side of the printable area. As a result, an increase in cost can be suppressed.

  According to the tenth aspect, the user can switch between display / non-display of the drawing permission area.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

<1. Overall configuration>
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the appearance of a game photo creation device that is an automatic photo creation device according to an embodiment of the present invention. More specifically, FIG. 1 (a) shows the game photo production device. It is the external appearance side view seen from the side, and FIG.1 (b) is the external appearance top view seen from the top. This play photo creation device includes a shooting room 2 in which a user U enters, a shooting unit 3 that takes a picture of the user U and accepts selection of a background image and a foreground image, and editing including graffiti (drawing operation) by the user U An editing unit 4 is provided as image editing means for receiving an operation and generating a composite image synthesized with a photographed image. FIG. 2 is a front view of the photographing unit 3, and FIG. 3 is a front view of the editing unit 4. Hereinafter, the overall configuration of the game photo creation device according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3.

  Note that the doodle by the user U includes drawing of various things such as drawing of characters, drawing of graphics, drawing of symbols, etc., and is drawn by a series of drawing operations to form a single piece of data (drawing data). The collective is called “drawing object”. For example, a “character string” that is a “collection of a plurality of characters” drawn by a series of drawing operations is a typical example of a “drawing object”. In the following description, “character drawing” will be described as an example of drawing various things.

  The photographing room 2 has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape, and the photographing unit 3 is arranged along the front surface of the photographing room 2 which is a front surface when viewed from the user U entering the inside. In addition, an opening for allowing the user U to enter and exit and a light-shielding curtain that covers a part or all of the opening are provided in part of the left and right sides of the imaging room 2. In addition, an electric roll curtain device 25 is provided on the rear surface, which is the rear surface when viewed from the user U entering the inside of the photographing room 2. The electric roll curtain device 25 stores a roll curtain with a single color (in this case, blue or green) for chroma key composition processing. The roll curtain is unfolded at the start of photographing and rolled up at the end. Taken. The electric roll curtain device 25 may be configured to appropriately unfold and wind up a plurality of roll curtains each depicting a predetermined pattern, landscape, etc., when the chroma key composition process is not performed. Further, when the floor surface of the photographing room 2 is a subject to be photographed, the single color is also given to the floor surface.

  The photographing unit 3 is a camera 10 as an imaging means for photographing the user U, a flash 11 as an illuminating means that is arranged at an appropriate position above the camera 10 and emits flash light, and is disposed below the camera 10 and used. And a photographing operation touch panel 20 for receiving an operation from the person U and displaying a photographed image.

  The camera 10 is typically a digital camera that generates a digital image signal using a CCD (Charge Coupled Device), images the user U, and outputs an image signal representing the captured image. The flash 11 emits a flash toward the user U to obtain sufficient light for photographing. The shooting operation touch panel 20 is configured to provide an operation screen for accepting various operations by the user U during shooting, and to display an image represented by the image signal in real time.

  In addition, the photographing unit 3 is configured mainly by a computer and incorporates a control device that controls each part, an I / O control device, a network adapter that communicates with the editing unit 4, and the like. A network printer 35 is provided as output means for outputting as a photo sticker (or photo card). Further, the photographing unit 3 is provided with a coin insertion slot 26 on the lower front side and a photo sticker outlet 28 on the side. Furthermore, the photographing unit 3 is provided with a plurality of lighting devices that are always lit during the operation of the play photo creating apparatus. Of these illumination devices, the upper illumination device 12 is provided on the left and right sides of the ceiling of the photographing room 2, the front illumination device 13 is provided on each of the left and right sides of the camera 10, and the lower illumination device 14 is provided below the photographing operation touch panel 20. Is provided.

  The editing unit 4 is configured around a computer similar to the photographing unit 3 and includes a control device that controls each part and the like, and a network adapter that communicates with the photographing unit 3 and the like. The editing unit 4 is divided into two units 4a and 4b so that two sets of users U can play as shown in FIG. One of the units 4a includes an edit operation touch panel 400 including an area for displaying a graffiti area, a menu for graffiti, a tool, and the like, and touch pens 48L and 48R used for operations on the edit operation touch panel 400. Is provided. The other unit 4b has the same configuration.

  The editing operation touch panel 400 according to the present embodiment has a screen configuration in which each of the units 4a and 4b allows two users U to simultaneously perform graffiti. In this description, components used by the left user U are given reference signs including “L”, and components used by the right user U are assigned reference signs including “R”. It is attached. However, “L” and “R” are omitted in the description of matters that are not limited to either the left side or the right side (for example, the touch pen 48 in FIG. 6A).

<2. Editing operation touch panel>
FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing a screen configuration of the editing operation touch panel 400. In the editing operation touch panel 400, an image selected from the editing photographed images is displayed as a graffiti target image as a component used by each of the left and right users U, and a (virtual) scribble area is displayed. A pallet 42L as a set of graffiti areas 41L and 41R as a drawing unit and a tool for a user U to perform graffiti, that is, a tool for editing instructions for a graffiti target image, 42R, mode selection buttons 44L and 44R for switching the types of tools included in the palettes 42L and 42R, and buttons 45L and 45R for performing operations related to graffiti other than tools that can be included in the palettes 42L and 42R. And are included. The pallets 42L and 42R are provided with tabs 43L and 43R, and various types of items can be displayed and selected by switching the tabs. In the graffiti areas 41L and 41R, the printable areas 410L and 410R and the margin areas 411L, 412L, and 411R as the drawing permission areas that are not printed but can be drawn with respect to images drawn in the areas. 412R. In addition, the editing operation touch panel 400 includes a timer 46 for displaying the remaining graffiti time as components commonly used by the left and right users, and a plurality of editing captured images as small scribble candidate images. A candidate image thumbnail 47 which is a group of displayed images is included.

  In the editing operation touch panel 400 shown in FIG. 4, the palette mode can be switched to, for example, “pen”, “stamp”, “frame”, and “background” by the mode selection buttons 44L and 44R. . Further, the button groups 45L and 45R, for example, “end of graffiti”, “erase all of graffiti”, “return one”, “eraser”, “background eraser”, “thick pen”, “medium pen”, and “ A function called “thin pen” is provided.

  As described above, the graffiti area 41 in the present embodiment is provided with the margin areas 411 and 412 on the left and right of the printable area 410. In the present embodiment, when drawing is performed such that part or all of the character string as an image is included in the margin areas 411 and 412, the entire character string is included in the printable area 410. A function for moving or transforming an image (hereinafter referred to as “extrusion correction function”) is provided.

  FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing a screen (hereinafter referred to as “projection correction screen”) displayed on the palette 42 in order to allow the user U to use the “projection correction function”. As shown in FIG. 5, the overhang correction screen includes a guide area 421, an adjustment button 422, an enlarge button 423, a reduce button 424, a left move button 425, and a right move button 426. As will be described later, before the image is moved / deformed using the protrusion correction function, an image to be moved / deformed (hereinafter referred to as “moving / deformed image”) is designated. The operation is performed by the user U.

  In the guide area 421, a screen for explaining to the user U an operation method related to the protrusion correction function is displayed. The adjustment button 422 is a button for instructing the user U to “adjust the movement deformation target image”. When the adjustment button 422 is pressed (by the touch pen 48 or the like), the movement / deformation target image is moved or deformed according to a predetermined rule without being operated by the user U. The enlargement button 423 is a button for instructing the user U to “enlarge the movement deformation target image”. When the enlargement button 423 is pressed, the movement deformation target image is enlarged at a predetermined rate. The reduction button 424 is a button for instructing the user U to “reduce the moving deformation target image”. When the reduction button 424 is pressed, the moving deformation target image is reduced at a predetermined rate. The left movement button 425 is a button for instructing the user U to “move the movement deformation target image in the left direction”. When the left moving button 425 is pressed, the moving deformation target image moves leftward on the screen by a predetermined distance. The right movement button 426 is a button for instructing the user U to “move the movement deformation target image in the right direction”. When the right movement button 426 is pressed, the movement deformation target image moves rightward on the screen by a predetermined distance.

  Here, a procedure for displaying the above-described “projection correction screen” will be described. In the present embodiment, when a graffiti is performed by the user U, regardless of which tab is selected, for example, as shown in FIG. 6A, the protrusion correction for displaying the protrusion correction screen is performed. Button 429 is displayed on the palette 42. When the user U presses the overhang correction button 429, an overhang correction screen is displayed on the palette 42 as shown in FIG. In the following, the state in which the editing operation touch panel 400 accepts the graffiti operation by the user U is referred to as “doodle mode”, and the editing operation touch panel 400 accepts the operation of the user U regarding the overhang correction function. The state is referred to as “extrusion correction mode”.

<3. Functional configuration>
FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a main part of the play photo creation apparatus according to the present embodiment as seen from the functional aspect. This game photo creation device is functionally based on the photographing processing unit 7 for mainly performing processing (photographing processing) for photographing the user U, and the photographing mainly according to the graffiti operation of the user U with respect to the photographed image. It comprises an editing processing unit 8 for performing image editing processing and an output processing unit 9 for performing printing output. The imaging processing unit 7 includes a first control unit 70, an imaging unit 71, a first display / operation unit 72, an I / O control unit 73, an illumination unit 74, and a first communication unit 75. The edit processing unit 8 includes a second control unit 80, second display / operation units 81 and 82, and a second communication unit 83. The output processing unit 9 is configured by an output unit 90. The first and second communication units 75 and 83 that are network adapters and the output unit 90 that is the network printer 35 can communicate with each other via a network 6 such as a LAN (Local Area Network).

  The first control unit 70 is a built-in imaging unit 3 and corresponds to a control device that is mainly configured by a computer including a CPU, a memory, a frame buffer, an auxiliary storage device, and the like, and is a predetermined program stored in an internal memory Is executed by the CPU to perform overall control relating to the photographing process.

  The imaging unit 71 corresponds to the camera 10 configured using an imaging element such as a CCD, and captures an image in real time and outputs an image signal representing the image (captured image). This image signal is input to the first control unit 70 and temporarily stored as photographed image data in its internal memory. The captured image data is supplied as a captured image signal from the first control unit 70 to the first display / operation unit 72, and a captured image based on the captured image signal is displayed in real time.

  The first display / operation unit 72 corresponds to the shooting operation touch panel 20 and accepts a user operation, a shutter operation, and the like for determining a layout of a photo to be output. Signals indicating these operations are input to the first control unit 70 as operation signals. Here, when a predetermined process (corresponding to the selected shooting menu) for shooting the user U is started, guidance for the user U is displayed on the first display / operation unit 72, Thereafter, based on an instruction from the first control unit 70, a flash is emitted from the flash 11 in the shooting direction of the camera 10 after a predetermined time of about several seconds elapses. At that time, an image signal output from the imaging unit 71 as a signal representing a captured image of the user U is input to the first control unit 70, and a hard disk as a memory or an auxiliary storage device in the first control unit 70. It is stored as captured image data in a device or the like.

  The illumination unit 74 corresponds to the upper illumination device 12, the front illumination device 13, the lower illumination device 14, and the flash 11 in the photographing unit 3, and is based on an instruction from the first control unit 70 and an I / O control unit 73. The on / off and dimming are controlled by. The I / O control unit 73 corresponds to an I / O control device built in the photographing unit 3, and controls the illumination unit 73 based on an instruction from the first control unit 70. Further, an input signal such as a detection signal from a coin detection unit (not shown) described later is transferred to the first control unit 70. The first communication unit 75 corresponds to a network adapter built in the photographing unit 3 and functions as an interface for data transmission / reception.

  In addition to the above-described components, the photographing unit 3 is further provided with a coin detection unit (not shown) for detecting coins inserted into the coin insertion slot 26 in the photographing unit 3, and the first control unit 70 includes Based on the detection result of the coin detection unit, each unit is controlled so as to allow the user U to play with the present photo creation device, such as shooting, selection of background images and foreground images, and graffiti for a predetermined time. Since the control operation by the coin control unit and the first control unit 70 based on the detection result is the same as that of the conventional game photo creation device and is well known, detailed description thereof will be omitted.

  The second control unit 80 is a built-in editing unit 4 and corresponds to a control device mainly composed of a computer including a CPU, a memory, a frame buffer, an auxiliary storage device, etc., and a predetermined program stored in the internal memory Is executed by the CPU to perform overall control related to the editing process. Further, the second control unit 80 generates a composite image that is an image obtained by adding graffiti to the composite image based on an operation signal for graffiti processing on the composite image sent from the first control unit 70. . The generated composite image is displayed on the second display / operation unit 81, 82. When the image composition as described above is completed, the composite image is transmitted to the output unit 90. If the output unit 90 is outputting another composite image, a message to that effect is displayed and transmitted after waiting for completion.

  The second display / operation units 81 and 83 correspond to the editing operation touch panel 400 and accept an operation of the user U using the touch pen 48. The second communication unit 83 corresponds to a network adapter built in the editing unit 4 and functions as an interface for data transmission / reception.

  The output unit 90 corresponds to the network printer 35 incorporated in the photographing unit 3, and displays an image represented by the photographed image data image-processed according to the graffiti of the user U received from the second control unit 80 as a photo sticker. (Or photo card). The outputted photo sticker or the like is taken out from an outlet 28 provided on the side surface of the photographing unit 3.

  The predetermined program executed in the control device is provided by, for example, a DVD-ROM that is a recording medium on which the program is recorded. That is, a DVD-ROM as a recording medium for the predetermined program is mounted on a DVD-ROM driving device built in the control device as an auxiliary storage device, and the predetermined program is read from the DVD-ROM as an auxiliary storage device. Installed on the hard disk drive. The predetermined program may be provided via a recording medium (CD-ROM or the like) other than a DVD-ROM or a communication line. Then, when a predetermined operation for starting the game photo creation device is performed, the predetermined program installed in the hard disk device is transferred to the memory in the control device and temporarily stored therein, The CPU is executed. Thereby, the control process of each part by the control device is realized.

<4. Outline of processing procedures in a photo creation device for play>
As described above, the photo creation device for play includes the photographing unit 3 and the editing unit 4. The photographing unit 3 performs photographing processing, and the editing unit 4 performs editing processing. It should be noted that when a certain user U is playing with the editing unit 4, another user U can play with the photographing unit 3. That is, this game photo creation device can perform the shooting process and the editing process in parallel. The outline of the processing procedure of the photographing process and the editing process will be described below.

<4.1 Shooting process>
FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of the photographing process in the present embodiment. When the game photo creation device is not used (when play is not being performed), a demonstration image (demonstration image) is displayed on the shooting operation touch panel 20. When the user U inserts a coin into the coin insertion slot 26 during the display of the demo image, play is started (step S100).

  When the play is started, the first control unit 70 accepts the selection of the shooting mode by the user U (step S110). In this embodiment, an “auto shooting mode” in which shooting is automatically performed for the user U and a “discretion shooting mode” in which the user U selects a background and the like are prepared as shooting modes. It will be explained as a thing. In step S <b> 110, the first control unit 70 displays a screen for causing the user U to select one of the modes on the shooting operation touch panel 20 and accepts a selection operation by the user U. Then, the first control unit 70 determines which mode the user U has selected. As a result of the determination, if the auto shooting mode is selected, the process proceeds to step S120, and if the discreet shooting mode is selected, the process proceeds to step S130.

  In step S120, a shooting theme is selected. Specifically, the first control unit 70 displays a screen for allowing the user U to select one (or a plurality) of shooting themes from a plurality of shooting themes prepared in advance. It displays on the touch panel 20 and receives selection operation by the user U. And the 1st control part 70 acquires selection information based on selection operation of user U, and determines the combination of the frame and background used at the time of photography based on the selected photography theme. . Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S122, and photographing is performed. In step S122, when a predetermined number of shots are taken, a shot image is displayed on the shooting operation touch panel 20 each time a shot is taken. After step S122 ends, the process proceeds to step S140.

  In step S130, the user U selects a combination of a frame and a background. Specifically, the first control unit 70 selects any one of a screen for causing the user U to select one of a plurality of frames prepared in advance and a plurality of backgrounds prepared in advance. A screen for allowing the user U to select the background is displayed on the touch panel 20 for photographing operation, and a selection operation by the user U is accepted. And the 1st control part 70 acquires selection information based on user U's selection operation. Then, it progresses to step S132 and imaging | photography is performed. In step S132, as many images as necessary for the combination of the selected frame and background are photographed, and each photographed image is displayed on the photographing operation touch panel 20.

  After step S132 ends, the process proceeds to step S134. In step S134, the first control unit 70 determines whether or not a predetermined time has elapsed since the start of play or since the shooting mode is selected. As a result of the determination, if the predetermined time has elapsed, the process proceeds to step S140, and if the predetermined time has not elapsed, the process returns to step S130.

  In step S140, an edited image is selected. Specifically, the first control unit 70 displays a list of photographed images on the touch panel 20 for photographing operation so that the user U can select photographed images to be used for graffiti (editing) and printing. A selection operation by U is accepted. Then, the first control unit 70 transfers the captured image selected by the user U to the second control unit 80 as a graffiti target image. After step S140 ends, the process proceeds to step S150. In step S150, a guidance screen is displayed. Specifically, the first control unit 70 displays a screen for guiding the user U to any one of the editing units 4 (4 a or 4 b) on the photographing operation touch panel 20. Thereby, the photographing process is completed.

<4.2 Editing process>
FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of editing processing in the present embodiment. After the above-described photographing process is finished, the second control unit 80 sends the graffiti target image sent from the first control unit 70 via the network 6 (the photographed image selected by the user U in step S140 in FIG. 8). Is acquired (step S200). Thereafter, the timer 46 is set to a predetermined time (time for allowing the user U to doodle) and the countdown is started (step S210).

  After the timer 46 starts counting down, the editing unit 4 accepts a graffiti operation (drawing operation) by the user U (step S220). When the remaining time for allowing the user U to doodle is 60 seconds, the second control unit 80 determines whether or not to extend the doodle time (step S230). Whether or not to extend the graffiti time depends on whether or not the user U who will play next in the unit 4a or 4b is in the shooting room 2 (whether or not the shooting process is performed in the shooting unit 3). Determined. As a result, if it is determined to extend the graffiti time, the process proceeds to step S240. On the other hand, if it is determined that the graffiti time is not extended, the process proceeds to step S250. In step S240, the timer is set to a predetermined time (time for allowing the user U to further doodle), and the countdown is started again. After step S240 ends, the process proceeds to step S250.

  In step S250, as in step S220, the editing unit 4 accepts a graffiti operation by the user U. When the graffiti time reaches 0 (ends), the division pattern of the output photo is selected (step S260). Specifically, the second control unit 80 displays on the editing operation touch panel 400 a screen for allowing the user U to select one of the plurality of division patterns prepared in advance, and uses the division pattern. The selection operation by the person U is received. Then, the second control unit 80 acquires selection information based on the selection operation of the user U. After step S260 ends, the process proceeds to step S270.

  In step S270, the second control unit 80 determines whether or not the graffiti target image that has been graffitied is registered in a predetermined server. Specifically, the second control unit 80 displays on the editing operation touch panel 400 a screen for allowing the user U to select whether or not to register the graffiti target image in a predetermined server. Accept selection operation. Then, the second control unit 80 determines which user U has selected. If it is determined that registration to the server has been selected, the process proceeds to step S280, and if selection to not register to the server has been performed, the process proceeds to step S290.

  In step S280, image data of the graffiti target image is transmitted to a predetermined server. After step S280 ends, the process proceeds to step S290. In step S290, a guidance screen is displayed. Specifically, the second control unit 80 displays a screen for guiding the user U to the photo sticker outlet 28 on the editing operation touch panel 400. Thereby, the editing process ends.

<5. Overhang correction function>
<5.1 Processing procedure>
Next, a procedure of processing when the above-described “extrusion correction function” is used by the user U (hereinafter referred to as “excess correction processing”) will be described. FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of the protrusion correction processing. When the editing process is performed in the editing unit 4, when the user U presses the protrusion correction button 429 shown in FIG. 6A, the graffiti mode is switched to the protrusion correction mode (step S400). Thereafter, the user U designates an area in the graffiti area 41 of the editing operation touch panel 400 in order to specify a character or a character string (moving deformation target image) to be moved or deformed by using the overhang correction function. (Step S402). This area designation is performed by the user U using the touch pen 48 to draw a line so as to surround the character or character string. After step S402 ends, the process proceeds to step S404.

  In step S404, the moving deformation target image is specified based on the area designation by the user U in step S402, and the moving deformation target image is highlighted in the graffiti area 41 (the moving deformation target image blinks. The image is displayed semi-transparently). Detailed description of specifying the movement / deformation target image will be described later. After step S404 is completed, the process proceeds to step S406, where the menu selection by the user U is accepted.

  When any menu is selected by the user U, the second control unit 80 first determines whether or not the reduction button 424 has been pressed (step S410). As a result of the determination, if the reduction button 424 is pressed, the process proceeds to step S412; otherwise, the process proceeds to step S420.

  In step S412, the moving deformation target image is reduced at a predetermined rate. For example, it is assumed that when a graffiti as shown in FIG. 11A is performed, the area is specified so as to surround the entire character string “Nakayoshi” as shown in FIG. In this case, the entire character string “Nakayoshi” is the moving deformation target image. When the reduction button 424 is pressed in such a state, for example, as shown in FIG. 11C, the entire character string “Nakayoshi” is reduced. Here, when the reduction button 424 is further pressed, for example, as shown in FIG. 11D, the entire character string “Nakayoshi” is further reduced. In this way, the user U reduces the character string so that the entire character string is included in the printable area 410 when part or all of the character string is drawn in the margin areas 411 and 412. It can be performed. After step S412, the process returns to step S406.

  In step S420, the second control unit 80 determines whether or not the enlarge button 423 has been pressed. As a result of the determination, if the enlarge button 423 is pressed, the process proceeds to step S422; otherwise, the process proceeds to step S430.

  In step S422, the moving deformation target image is enlarged at a predetermined rate. Thereby, the user U can expand the character string “Nakayoshi” as shown in FIG. 11D, for example, as shown in FIG. Such “enlargement of the moving deformation target image” is preferably performed when the moving deformation target image becomes too small due to the “reduction of the moving deformation target image” described above. After step S422 ends, the process returns to step S406.

  In step S430, the second control unit 80 determines whether or not the left movement button 425 has been pressed. As a result of the determination, if the left movement button 425 is pressed, the process proceeds to step S432, and if not, the process proceeds to step S440.

  In step S432, the moving deformation target image moves leftward by a predetermined distance. For example, it is assumed that when a graffiti as shown in FIG. 12A is performed, an area is specified so as to surround a character “shi” as shown in FIG. In this case, the character “shi” is the movement deformation target image. In such a state, when the left movement button 425 is pressed, for example, as shown in FIG. 12C, the character “shi” moves to the left. Here, when the left movement button 425 is further pressed, for example, as shown in FIG. 12D, the character “shi” further moves leftward. In this way, when the user U draws part or all of the character in the right margin area 412, the user U moves the character to the left so that the entire character is included in the printable area 410. Can move. If a character string is specified by area specification, the character string is moved in the left direction. After step S432 ends, the process returns to step S406.

  In step S440, the second control unit 80 determines whether or not the right movement button 426 has been pressed. As a result of the determination, if the right movement button 426 is pressed, the process proceeds to step S442, and if not, the process proceeds to step S450.

  In step S442, the moving deformation target image moves rightward by a predetermined distance. As a result, the user U moves the character / character string in the right direction so that the entire character or character string drawn in the margin area 411 on the left side of the printable area 410 is included in the printable area 410. Can move. After step S442 ends, the process returns to step S406.

  In step S450, the second control unit 80 determines whether or not the adjustment button 422 has been pressed. If the result of determination is that the adjustment button 422 has been pressed, processing proceeds to step S452, and otherwise processing proceeds to step S460.

  In step S452, the moving deformation target image is adjusted. In step S452, the movement deformation target image is moved or deformed based on a predetermined rule so that the entire movement deformation target image is included in the printable area 410. It should be noted that since the user U does not need to perform the movement or deformation, the user U is automatically moved or deformed characters / character strings. After step S452 ends, the process returns to step S406.

  Here, an example of how “adjustment of the moving deformation target image” is performed in step S452 will be described with reference to FIG. Here, it is assumed that a character string “Good morning” is drawn in advance as shown in FIG. 13A, and a character “U” in the character string is included in the margin area 412. Further, it is assumed that the entire character string “Good morning” is designated by the area designation in step S402.

  In the first example, as shown in FIG. 13B, when a virtual rectangle K including the entire character string “Good morning” is assumed, the upper left coordinate P1 of the rectangle K is left as it is, and the rectangle The entire character string “Good morning” is reduced so that the lower right coordinate P2 of K is moved to the coordinate P3 in the printable area 410. In this example, since the character string “Good morning” is drawn downward to the right, the entire character string is reduced so that the upper left coordinate P1 of the rectangle K is left as it is. On the other hand, when the character string “Good morning” is drawn to the upper right, the lower left coordinate of the rectangle is left as it is, and the upper right coordinate of the rectangle is moved into the printable area 410, “Good morning”. The entire string is reduced. When the start point (writing position) of the character string is included in the margin area 411 on the right side of the printable area 410 and the end point (writing end position) of the character string is included in the printable area 410, the end point side The entire character string is reduced so that the coordinates of the starting point side are moved into the printable area 410.

  In the second example, as shown in FIG. 13C, the center coordinate P4 of the rectangle K is left as it is, and the lower right coordinate P5 of the rectangle K is moved to the coordinate P6 in the printable area 410. In addition, the entire character string “Good morning” is reduced. When the start point of the character string is included in the margin area 411 on the right side of the printable area 410 and the end point of the character string is included in the printable area 410, the center coordinates of the rectangle are left as they are, and the start point The entire character string is reduced so that the side coordinates are moved into the printable area 410.

  In the third example, as shown in FIG. 13D, the entire character string “Good morning” is moved so that the center coordinate P7 of the rectangle K is moved to the center coordinate P8 of the printable area 410. . At this time, the character string is not reduced.

  It should be noted that whether to adjust the moving deformation target image according to any of the first to third examples described above in step S452 may be determined in advance for each apparatus or selected by the user U. You may make it let it. A plurality of movement / deformation processes may be combined, such as “reducing the character string after moving the character string”.

  When a menu other than the menu (button) related to the “protruding correction function” is selected in step S406, the process proceeds to step S460. In step S460, the overhang correction mode is switched to the graffiti mode based on the menu selected by the user U. Thereby, the protrusion correction processing is completed.

  In the present embodiment, a moving deformation target image specifying unit is realized by step S402, a moving deformation target image specifying unit is realized by step S404, and an image moving deformation unit is realized by steps S406 to S452.

<5.2 Identification of Moving Deformation Target Image>
Next, how the moving deformation target image is specified based on the area designation by the user U (step S402 in FIG. 10) (how the second control unit 80 specifies the moving deformation target image). Is explained. As described above, the user U uses the touch pen 48 to draw a line so as to surround a character or a character string, thereby specifying a region for specifying a moving deformation target image.

  Here, when a line is drawn so as to completely surround the entire character string as shown in FIG. 14A, the second control unit 80 identifies the entire character string “Nakayoshi” as the moving deformation target image. It's easy to do. However, depending on the user U, as shown in FIG. 14B, a line is drawn so that a part of the character string is outside the area designation, or after drawing, as shown in FIG. A line may be drawn so that the figure becomes an open figure. In such a case, it is not easy for the second control unit 80 to specify the moving deformation target image. Therefore, in the present embodiment, when the area designation as shown in FIG. 14B or 14C is performed, it is the same as when the area designation as shown in FIG. 14A is performed. It is configured as follows so that the moving deformation target image is identified.

  In the present embodiment, the data stored in the memory and frame buffer is managed for each layer as shown in FIG. As layers, a background layer 91, a person layer 92, a frame layer 93, a stamp layer 94, a pen determination layer 95, and a pen provisional layer 96 are provided. Here, focusing on the pen determination layer 95 and the pen provisional layer 96, how data is stored in both layers will be described. FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing a procedure of processing relating to storage of data in both the layers 95 and 96 when a graffiti is performed by the user U.

  When any drawing operation (handwriting drawing operation using the touch pen 48) is performed by the user U, data indicating the drawing content is first written in the pen provisional layer 96 (step S300). When the drawing operation by the user U is interrupted, measurement of the time during which the drawing operation is interrupted is started (step S310). When a predetermined time elapses from when the drawing operation is interrupted, the process proceeds to step S330, and when any operation is performed by the user U before the predetermined time elapses, the process proceeds to step S340 (step S320).

  In step S330, the data stored in the pen provisional layer 96 is copied to the pen determination layer 95, and the contents of the pen provisional layer 96 are cleared. For example, when the predetermined time is set to “5 seconds”, if the user U does not perform any operation for 5 seconds after drawing the character string “Nakayoshi”, it is stored in the pen provisional layer 96. The character string data “Nakayoshi” is copied to the pen determination layer 95. Then, the character string data “Nakayoshi” stored in the pen provisional layer 96 is deleted.

  In step S340, the second control unit 80 determines what operation the user U has performed. As a result of the determination, if a handwritten drawing operation is performed, the process returns to step S300. On the other hand, if another tool such as a stamp is selected, the process proceeds to step S350.

  In step S350, as in step S330, the data stored in the pen provisional layer 96 is copied to the pen determination layer 95, and the contents of the pen provisional layer 96 are cleared. For example, when the predetermined time is set to “5 seconds”, if the user U selects the stamp tool 5 seconds before the end of drawing the character string “Nakayoshi”, the stamp tool is displayed. The character string data “Nakayoshi” stored in the pen provisional layer 96 at the time of selection is copied to the pen determination layer 95. Then, the character string data “Nakayoshi” stored in the pen provisional layer 96 is deleted.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, data drawn by handwriting of the user U is once written in the pen provisional layer 96 and copied to the pen determination layer 95 after a predetermined time has elapsed or after another tool is selected. The For this reason, during a period in which a series of character strings is drawn by handwriting, all data related to the series of character strings is stored in the pen provisional layer 96. As a result, for example, when the area designation as shown in FIG. 14B is performed, the image represented by the data of the entire character string “Nakayoshi” stored in the pen provisional layer 96 is changed to the movement deformation target image. Can be specified as However, as shown in FIG. 12 (b), only some characters in the character string may be specified, and in such a case, the entire character string is specified as the moving deformation target image. It is not preferable. For this reason, for example, it is stored in the pen provisional layer 96 only when an image corresponding to 95% or more of the data stored in the pen provisional layer 96 is included in the area designated by the user U. What is necessary is just to make it the image represented by all the data currently specified as a moving deformation | transformation object image.

  When the area designation as shown in FIG. 14C is performed, a closed figure is created by first connecting the start point and end point of the opened figure with a straight line. Then, the closed figure is regarded as a line drawn by area designation, and the movement / deformation target image is specified. As described above, even if the area is designated by the opened figure, a desired character string can be specified as the movement deformation target image.

<6. Effect>
As described above, according to the present embodiment, in the graffiti area 41 in the editing operation touch panel 400 where the graffiti operation by the user U is performed, the margin areas 411 and 412 that cannot be printed but can be graffiti are printable areas 410. It is provided on the left and right of. Further, this game photo creation device is provided with a “protruding correction function”, and the user U can specify an image (moving deformation target image) to be moved / deformed by designating an area. At the same time, by pressing a button such as the reduction button 424 or the left movement button 425, the movement / deformation target image can be moved / deformed. For this reason, even if drawing is performed outside the printable area 410 during the graffiti operation, if the drawing is performed in the margin areas 411 and 412, the image drawn in the margin areas 411 and 412 can be printed. As included in the area 410, the user U can easily move and transform the image.

  In addition, when the adjustment button 422 is pressed after the movement deformation target image is specified, the entire movement deformation target image is included in the printable area 410 without being operated by the user U thereafter. The movement or deformation target image is moved or deformed according to a predetermined rule. As a result, the entire image to be moved and deformed is included in the printable area 410 without imposing an operation burden on the user U.

  Furthermore, since the movement deformation target image is specified by designating an area as described above, for example, when a character string is drawn, the entire character string can be moved or deformed. Only some of the columns can be moved and transformed.

  As described above, it is possible to prevent the user U from spending unnecessary time for the correction of characters, figures and the like during graffiti. Thereby, the user U can use the time which can be doodle effectively, As a result, customer satisfaction is raised.

<7. Modification>
Hereinafter, modifications of the embodiment will be described.

<7.1 First Modification>
In the above embodiment, the margin areas 411 and 412 are always displayed in the graffiti area 41, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the configuration may be such that the user U can switch the display / non-display of the margin areas 411 and 412 as necessary. In the above-described embodiment, the user U is configured to perform an operation “designate a region for specifying a moving deformation target image” or an operation “select a menu (button) related to the overhang correction function”. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, when a character string is drawn in the margin areas 411 and 412, the user U is automatically moved or deformed so that the character string is included in the printable area 410. good. A configuration example as described above will be described below as a first modification.

  In this modified example, when a graffiti is performed by the user U, even if any tab is selected, as shown in FIG. 17, an “extruding ON button 97” and an “extruding OFF button 98” are displayed. It is displayed on the palette 42. When the “projection ON button 97” is pressed when the margin areas 411 and 412 are not displayed in the graffiti area 41, the margin areas 411 and 412 are displayed in the graffiti area 41. On the other hand, when the “projection OFF button 98” is pressed while the margin areas 411 and 412 are displayed in the graffiti area 41, the margin areas 411 and 412 are not displayed. It should be noted that when the margin areas 411 and 412 are displayed, the “protrusion ON button 97” may not be pressed, and when the margin areas 411 and 412 are not displayed, the “protrusion OFF button 98” is displayed. May not be able to be pressed.

  Next, an example of an operation procedure according to this modification will be described with reference to FIG. First, as shown in FIG. 18A, when the user U presses the protrusion ON button 97 when the margin areas 411 and 412 are not displayed, as shown in FIG. 18B, the printable area 410 is displayed. Margin regions 411 and 412 are displayed on the left and right of the screen. Thereafter, drawing as shown in FIG. 18C is performed by the user U, and when the user U releases the touch pen 48 from the editing operation touch panel 400, the character “Nakayoshi” is automatically given to the user U. Column is reduced. As a result, as shown in FIG. 18D, the entire character string “Nakayoshi” is included in the printable area 410.

  By the way, in this modification, the moving deformation target image is automatically specified for the user U. For this specification, for example, an image represented by all data stored in the pen provisional layer 96 at the time when the user U releases the touch pen 48 from the editing operation touch panel 400 is specified as a moving deformation target image. You can do it. In the present modification, the user U is automatically moved or deformed so that the movement / deformation target image is included in the printable area 410. This movement / deformation can be realized in the same manner as the “adjustment of movement / deformation target image” (step S452 in FIG. 10) in the above embodiment.

<7.2 Second Modification>
In the above embodiment, the movement / deformation of the movement / deformation target image by the user U is performed in the graffiti area 41, but the present invention is not limited to this. Instead of the above-described configuration, a configuration in which the movement / deformation of the movement / deformation target image by the user U is performed on the pallet 42 may be employed. Such a configuration example will be described below as a second modification.

  FIG. 19 is a diagram for explaining an example of an operation procedure according to this modification. When drawing is performed as shown in FIG. 19A, if an area is designated as shown in FIG. 19B, a guide area 421 of the palette 42 is displayed as shown in FIG. 19C. The area 410a corresponding to the printable area, the areas 411a and 412a corresponding to the margin areas, and the moving deformation target image are displayed. Thereafter, the user U uses the menu provided on the pallet 42 to move / deform the movement / deformation target image. When the user U presses the OK button 427 in the state shown in FIG. 19D, the result of the movement / deformation of the movement / deformation target image performed on the pallet 42 is shown in FIG. This is reflected in the graffiti area 41 as shown in (e).

<7.3 Other Modifications>
In the above embodiment, the margin areas 411 and 412 are provided on the left and right sides of the printable area 410, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the margin area 412 may be provided only on the right side of the printable area 410. This will be described below. In general, a character string is often drawn as “from left to right”. Further, it is considered that the start point (writing position) of the character string is not included in the printable area 410. For this reason, it is considered that drawing outside the printable area 410 is often performed in the area on the right side of the printable area 410. In this case, even if the margin area 412 is provided only on the right side of the printable area 410, it is considered that substantially the same effect as the above embodiment can be obtained. As described above, by providing the margin area 412 only on the right side of the printable area 410, an increase in cost can be suppressed.

  In the above embodiment, the user U uses the touch pen 48 to draw a line so as to surround a character or character string. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, as shown in FIG. 20, the area designation may be performed by the user U dragging with the touch pen 48. In this case, a character string included in a rectangle whose diagonal is the start point and the end point at the time of dragging may be specified as the movement deformation target image. The area may be designated by the user U touching (touching) a part of the character string with the touch pen 48. In this case, an image represented by all data stored in the pen provisional layer 96 (that is, an image representing the entire character string) may be specified as the movement deformation target image.

It is a figure which shows the external appearance of the photo production apparatus for games which is an automatic photo production apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a front view of the imaging unit in the embodiment. It is a front view of the edit unit in the said embodiment. In the said embodiment, it is a schematic diagram which shows the screen structure of the touch panel for edit operations. In the said embodiment, it is a schematic diagram which shows the protrusion correction screen. In the said embodiment, it is a figure for demonstrating the procedure to display the protrusion correction screen. In the said embodiment, it is a block diagram which shows the structure which looked at the principal part of the photo production apparatus for play from the functional surface. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of photographing processing in the embodiment. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure for editing processing in the embodiment. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure for a protrusion correction process in the embodiment. In the said embodiment, it is a figure for demonstrating reduction of a moving deformation | transformation object image. In the said embodiment, it is a figure for demonstrating the movement to the left direction of a moving deformation | transformation object image. In the said embodiment, it is a figure for demonstrating adjustment of a moving deformation | transformation object image. In the said embodiment, it is a figure for demonstrating specification of a moving deformation | transformation object image. In the said embodiment, it is a figure which shows the structure of a layer. In the said embodiment, it is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the process which concerns on the storage of the data to a pen provisional layer and a pen fixed layer. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen displayed on a palette in the 1st modification of the said embodiment. In the said 1st modification, it is a figure for demonstrating an example of an operation procedure. In the 2nd modification of the said embodiment, it is a figure for demonstrating an example of an operation procedure. It is a figure for demonstrating the area designation | designated which concerns on the modification of the said embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating a prior art example.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 2 ... Shooting room 3 ... Shooting unit 4 ... Editing unit 41 ... Graffiti area 42 ... Palette 43 ... Tab 48 ... Touch pen 70 ... 1st control part 80 ... 2nd control part 400 ... Touch panel for edit operation 410 ... Printable area 411, 412 ... Margin area 421 ... Guide area 422 ... Adjustment button 423 ... Enlarge button 424 ... Reduce button 425 ... Left move button 426 ... Right move button 429 ... Projection correction button U ... User

Claims (11)

Imaging means for photographing a user who is a subject in a predetermined photographing region; image editing means for accepting an editing operation by the user on a photographed image obtained by the imaging means; and generating a composite image based on the editing operation; An automatic photo creation device comprising output means for printing out the composite image as a photo,
The editing operation includes a drawing operation that is an operation for drawing a drawing object that includes at least one of a character, a figure, or a symbol and constitutes a group of image data.
The image editing means includes
An area that displays the photographed image and receives the drawing operation, and an image drawn in the area is printed in a printable area and a printable area. A drawing unit including a drawing permission area that is an area that is provided adjacently and that receives the drawing operation and is not printed out as a part of the composite image for the image drawn in the area;
An image moving deformation means for moving or deforming a part or all of the drawing object in the drawing unit;
An automatic photo creation apparatus comprising: a moving deformation target image specifying unit that specifies an image to be moved or deformed by the image moving deformation unit as a moving deformation target image. A moving deformation target image specifying means for causing the user to specify the moving deformation target image;
2. The automatic photo creation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the moving deformation target image specifying unit specifies the moving deformation target image based on designation by the moving deformation target image designating unit. The moving deformation target image specifying means is configured such that the user can specify an area in the drawing unit,
The automatic photo creation device according to claim 2, wherein the movement deformation target image specifying unit specifies an image included in an area designated by the movement deformation target image designation unit as the movement deformation target image. . The moving deformation target image specifying means is configured such that the user can select a part of the drawing object in the drawing unit,
3. The automatic photo creation according to claim 2, wherein the moving deformation target image specifying means specifies all images of the drawing object selected by the moving deformation target image specifying means as the moving deformation target image. apparatus.   The moving deformation target image specifying unit specifies all images of the drawing object as the moving deformation target image when at least a part of the image of the drawing object is included in the drawing permission area. The automatic photo creating apparatus according to claim 1.   6. The image moving deformation means according to claim 1, further comprising an image moving means for moving the movement deformation target image leftward or rightward by a predetermined distance in the drawing unit. The automatic photo production apparatus described in the item.   The automatic photograph according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the image movement deformation means includes image reduction means for reducing the movement deformation target image by a predetermined ratio in the drawing unit. Creation device.   2. The image movement / deformation unit moves or deforms the movement / deformation target image based on a predetermined rule so that the entire movement / deformation target image is included in the printable area. The automatic photo creating apparatus according to any one of items 1 to 7.   9. The automatic photo creation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the drawing permission area is provided only on the right side of the printable area.   10. The automatic photo creation apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a drawing permission area display switching unit that switches between display / non-display of the drawing permission area. An imaging step of photographing a user who is a subject in a predetermined photographing region; an image editing step of accepting an editing operation by the user on a photographed image obtained in the imaging step and generating a composite image based on the editing operation; An automatic photo creation method comprising an output step of printing out the composite image as a photo,
The editing operation includes a drawing operation that is an operation of drawing a drawing object that includes at least one of a character, a figure, or a symbol and that constitutes a group of image data in a predetermined drawing unit,
The drawing unit
A printable area that is an area that displays the captured image and receives the drawing operation, and is an area that is printed out as a part of the composite image for the image drawn in the area;
A drawing permission area that is an area that is provided adjacent to the printable area and that receives the drawing operation and is not printed out as part of the composite image for an image drawn in the area;
The image editing step includes
An image moving deformation step of moving or deforming a part or all of the drawing object in the drawing unit;
And a moving deformation target image specifying step of specifying an image to be moved or deformed in the image moving deformation step as a moving deformation target image.

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