JP2009083457A - Method and device for making photograph seal - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for making a photograph seal excellently printing a special color synthesizing image and a device for making the photograph seal, thereby enhancing user satisfaction with a photograph seal paper excellent in appearance and finished quality. <P>SOLUTION: In the device for making the photograph seal including photographing means for photographing one or more objects in a photographing space, an editing means for permitting edition of the photographed image and a printing means for printing a predetermined image, the editing means is configured so as to allow the special color synthesizing image which is printed by a special color different from a common color used in color print to be utilized for edition, and the printing means has: a color printing part by the common color; a special color printing part for printing the special color synthesizing image by the special color; and a pattern change part for changing a print dot pattern of the special color synthesizing image corresponding to a print size of the predetermined image and a print size of the special color synthesizing image. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention, for example, obtains a photographed image by photographing a subject, obtains an edited image by allowing editing of the photographed image, and prints the edited image on a photograph sticker paper and outputs the photograph sticker. It relates to the device.

Conventional photo-seal machines are installed in entertainment (playing) facilities, etc., photograph the user who is the subject, edit (doodle) the image obtained by photography, and photograph the edited or photographed image that has been edited. One game ends with the flow of printing on sticker paper.
Such a photo sticker has a wide variety of editing functions that can synthesize arbitrary characters, figures, and stamp images with a touch pen on a photographed image.

  In recent years, photo stickers have been used simultaneously by a plurality of friends by users such as female junior high school girls and high school girls. Such a user confirms whether the finished photo sticker paper output in the game is editing (doodle) as desired. A plurality of users divide the photo sticker paper in which a plurality of print images are arranged in various print image sizes into small portions, and share the photo stickers.

Various photo stickers have been proposed for users who place emphasis on the finish.
For example, there has been proposed a photographic seal machine capable of printing a special color so that an original finish can be achieved (see Patent Document 1).
In addition, there has been proposed a photo sticker that can automatically limit the use of a stamp image (additional image) according to the print image size and provide a print image with a good finish (see Patent Document 2).

  However, the photo sticker as in Patent Document 1 performs normal color printing after performing normal color printing. Such a photo sticker provides a sticker with a good finish desired by the user because a special color is printed on the whole sticker regardless of the pattern of the foreground image or background image such as a stamp image. Is not limited. That is, in the portion where the special color is printed, it is unclear how many normal colors are printed, and there is a problem that the normal color pattern is erased by the special color.

  In addition, the photo sticker as in Patent Document 2 restricts the use of a stamp image (additional image) according to the print image size, and restricts the use of a stamp image desired by the user in the case of a small print image. Yes. For this reason, such a photo sticker has a problem in that it does not always provide a sticker with a good finish desired by the user.

JP 2007-93854 A Japanese Patent No. 3849572

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above-described problems, the present invention provides a photo sticker creation method and a photo sticker creation device capable of printing a special color composition image satisfactorily, and improves user satisfaction with a good-looking and finished photo sticker paper. For the purpose.

The present invention is a photo sticker creating method or apparatus for photographing one or more subjects in a photographing space with a photographing means, allowing the photographed image to be edited with an editing means, and printing a predetermined image with a printing means, The editing means is configured to be able to use for editing a special color composition image printed with a special color different from the normal color used for color printing,
The printing unit includes a color printing unit for normal colors and a special color printing unit for printing the special color composition image with a special color, and the print size of the predetermined image or the print size of the special color composition image Corresponding to the above, it is a photo sticker creating method or apparatus for changing the print dot pattern of the special color composition image by the pattern changing unit.

  The photographing space refers to a space provided to a user for photographing, and is a space that can be photographed by the photographing means or a space that is surrounded (or substantially surrounded) by a surrounding member such as a background member or an entrance / exit member. Can be configured.

The photographing means can be composed of a digital camera or a digital video camera.
The editing means can be configured by a pointing device (coordinate input means) such as a touch panel or a mouse that acquires coordinates touched by a user with a touch pen or a finger.

The printing unit may be a printer that prints an image with a monotone, sepia tone, color, or the like, such as an inkjet printer, a thermal transfer printer such as a sublimation thermal transfer printer or a fusion thermal transfer printer, or a laser printer.
The predetermined image can be composed of the captured image, the edited image, or a plurality of images selected from the captured image and / or the edited image.

  The normal color can be composed of colors used for color printing, such as three colors of cyan, magenta, and yellow, four colors of cyan, magenta, yellow, and black, or other plural colors.

The special color can be composed of colors that are not used in normal color printing, such as glitter, hologram, or metal color.
The print dot pattern can be composed of dot arrangement, density, dot size, or a plurality of these that determine print density.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a photo sticker appropriately printed with a special color corresponding to the print size, and to improve the satisfaction of the user.

As an aspect of the present invention, an outline emphasis pattern in which an outline portion of the special color composition image can be recognized is provided as the print dot pattern.
Thereby, the outline of the special color composition image can be made clear, the shape of the special color composition image can be easily recognized, and the user's satisfaction can be improved.

As an aspect of the present invention, the contour emphasis pattern can be configured so that the contour portion of the special color composition image is darker than the inside.
Thereby, a clear outline can be easily realized.

Further, as an aspect of the present invention, when the print size of the predetermined image is small, the special color composition image whose print size is smaller than the predetermined size is not printed.
Accordingly, it is possible to make a configuration in which an image for special color synthesis that is too small to determine the shape is not printed, and it is possible to improve user satisfaction regarding a photo sticker with a small print size.

  Further, as an aspect of the present invention, a screen size acquisition unit that acquires the screen size of the display unit of the information communication terminal, and a size-specific special color composition image acquisition unit that acquires the special color composition image suitable for the screen size; Editing image data converting means for converting the edited image edited by the editing means into edited image data using a special color composition image suitable for the screen size; and the edited image data in the information communication terminal. Communication means for transmitting.

  The information communication terminal can be configured by a terminal capable of communicating with information processing, such as a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone or PDA (Personal Digital Assistants), or a terminal such as a personal computer.

  The screen size acquisition means is a means for acquiring a screen size by manual input to a communication means such as a connection connector or infrared communication or an input means, or a use for a communication means such as a connection connector or infrared communication or an input means. It can be configured by appropriate means such as means for accepting information such as model information of the information communication terminal by manual input by the user and determining the screen size from the information. The screen size here can be the number of pixels of the display means of the information communication terminal.

  The special color composition image acquisition means for each size stores in advance a plurality of types of special color composition images for each size and selects a special color composition image of an appropriate size, or prepares a mask image for each size. It can be configured by appropriate means such as a means for processing a special color composition image each time using a mask image of an appropriate size.

  The edited image data converting means can be configured by means for replacing the special color composition image included in the edited image with the special color composition image for each size, and further, the image size of the entire edited image can be changed. A function of enlarging or reducing the image to an appropriate image size can be included.

  The special color composition image suitable for the screen size can be configured with an image according to the screen size, such as an image with or without contour emphasis, an image with a different degree of contour emphasis, or an image with a different density distribution. Further, the special color composition image is different in the density distribution or the image with different contour emphasis or the degree of contour emphasis depending on the size of the special color composition image used for one screen size. You can also.

  According to this aspect, an edited image can be created using a special color composition image that matches the screen size of the information communication terminal, and the difference in appearance of the edited image due to the type of information communication terminal can be reduced. Therefore, the user can acquire and display good edited image data regardless of the information communication terminal.

As an aspect of the present invention, the special color composition image of the edited image data transmitted to the information communication terminal can be composed of a moving image that displays an animation by switching images having different densities or hues.
Thereby, the texture of the special color composition image can be expressed by a moving image. Therefore, it is possible to display on the information communication terminal an edited image having a texture very close to the image displayed on the editing monitor by the editing means.

  The present invention also includes the photo sticker creating apparatus and a server capable of communicating with the photo sticker creating apparatus and the user's information communication terminal, and the server acquires a screen size of the display means of the information communication terminal. A size acquisition unit, a special color composition image acquisition unit for acquiring the special color composition image suitable for the screen size, and an edited image edited by the editing unit for a special image suitable for the screen size. An edited image data transmission system comprising an edited image data converting means for converting into edited image data using a color composition image and a communication means for transmitting the edited image data to the information communication terminal can be provided.

  Also in this case, an edited image can be created using a special color composition image that matches the screen size of the information communication terminal, and the difference in the appearance of the edited image due to the difference in the type of the information communication terminal can be reduced. Therefore, the user can acquire and display good edited image data regardless of the information communication terminal.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a photo sticker producing method and a photo sticker producing apparatus capable of printing a special color composition image satisfactorily.

  An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a photo sticker making machine 1 viewed from the rear.
The photo sticker making machine 1 is provided with each device in an entire housing 2 having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape as a whole.

  In the entire housing 2, a photographing housing 3 is installed at the center in the front-rear direction, and a photographing space 5 is provided on the front side of the photographing housing 3 (the right back side in FIG. 1). A background curtain 8 is provided on a wall surface facing the photographing housing 3 with the photographing space 5 interposed therebetween. The distance from the front surface of the photographing housing 3 to the background curtain 8 is set to a length sufficient for photographing the whole body so that the user can photograph from the head to the toes. Note that the background curtain 8 is not limited to a curtain, and can be formed of an appropriate background member such as a flat plate.

  On both side surfaces of the entire housing 2, an entrance / exit 9 is provided at the lateral center of the imaging space 5, and the portions other than the entrance / exit 9 are surrounded by flat plates. Note that a curtain (not shown) may be hung from the entrance 9.

A pre-serving housing 60 is installed at a lateral position of the photographing housing 3 on the left side of the entire housing 2 (the front surface of the right hand in FIG. 1). The advance customer service housing 60 is provided with a monitor 62 and a coin processing device 63. The coin processing device 63 accepts the insertion of coins from the insertion slot, performs authenticity determination and counting, and returns necessary change from the return slot.
The customer service housing 60 may be installed not only on the left side surface of the entire housing 2 but also on the right side surface of the entire housing 2. The advance customer service housing 60 can be installed at an appropriate position corresponding to the size and shape of the installation place of the photo sticker creating machine 1 in an amusement facility or the like.

A ceiling illumination device 11 i that illuminates the imaging space 5 from above is provided above the imaging space 5 in the entire housing 2.
An editing housing 4 connected to the back surface of the photographing housing 3 is provided on the rear side in the entire housing 2. The editing housing 4 is provided with one tablet built-in monitor 41 and two touch pens 45 on each of the left and right inclined surfaces. A seal discharge port 49 for discharging the photographic sticker sheet is provided on the back surface (left side in FIG. 1) of the editing housing 4.

  Editing spaces 6 (6A, 6B) are respectively provided on the left and right sides of the editing case 4 in the entire case 2. Therefore, the user can touch the tablet built-in monitor 41 using the touch pen 45 in the editing space 6 to perform image editing.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the photographing housing 3 as viewed from the front.
The photographic housing 3 includes a display illumination unit 23 provided in the center of the front surface, a camera 21 disposed close to the upper portion of the display illumination unit 23, and a plurality of illumination devices 11 (11a to 11i disposed around them. ) And.

  The illumination device 11 includes an upper left illumination device 11a arranged at the upper left, an upper right illumination device 11b arranged at the upper right, a left illumination device 11c arranged at the left side, a right illumination device 11d arranged at the right side, and a camera 21. The upper central illumination device 11e disposed close to the upper portion, the face illumination device 11f provided in the display illumination unit 23, the lower illumination device 11g disposed below the display illumination unit 23, and disposed below the lower illumination device 11g. And a ceiling illumination device 11i (see FIG. 1) arranged on the ceiling of the photographing space 5.

  Among these, the upper left illuminating device 11a, the upper right illuminating device 11b, the left illuminating device 11c, the right illuminating device 11d, and the lower illuminating device 11g are arranged on the inner side of a spherical diffuser plate formed of a milky white translucent material in a substantially hemispherical shape. The stroboscopic illumination device and a planar diffusing plate formed in a plate shape with a milky white translucent material that diffuses the direct light of the stroboscopic illumination device at close positions. These upper left illuminating device 11a, upper right illuminating device 11b, left illuminating device 11c, right illuminating device 11d, and lower illuminating device 11g generally illuminate the user in the imaging space 5 from above, below, left, and right with surface light.

The upper central illumination device 11e illuminates the user who performs up-shooting that can shoot the upper body and the face in a full image from above, and makes the nose of the user stand out.
The face illumination device 11f illuminates the user's face to be photographed from obliquely below so that the user's face can be taken brightly while preventing the user's face from appearing dark.

  The foot illuminating device 11h is configured such that a fluorescent lamp illuminating device is arranged inside a curved diffuser plate 16 formed in a circular arc shape in plan view with the center projecting toward the front. This foot illuminating device 11h illuminates the user's feet and the floor surface of the photographing space 5 so that the feet do not become dark during the whole body photographing. As a result, it is possible to satisfactorily process up to the foot portion at the time of chroma key composition.

  The most projecting portion of the curved diffuser 16 of the foot illuminating device 11h is configured such that the distance from the user closest to the projecting portion to the camera 21 is suitable for up-shooting. Thereby, it becomes difficult for the user to approach the camera 21 due to the protruding portion of the curved diffusion plate 16, and it is possible to prevent the user from taking an image with a camera angle of view that is not suitable for up-shooting because the user is too close to the camera 21. Therefore, a good-looking photographed image taken with an appropriate camera angle of view can be obtained.

  A shelf is formed below each of the left illumination device 11c and the right illumination device 11d, and a luggage storage space 7 is provided on the shelf.

The display illumination unit 23 is provided with a cover 24 on the front. In the cover 24, a display hole 25 and an illumination hole 26 are arranged in this order in the vertical direction.
The display hole 25 is larger than a general user's face, and is formed in a horizontally long rectangle, for example, in such a size that two users have their faces side by side.
The illumination hole 26 has the same horizontal width as the display hole 25 and is formed in a horizontally long rectangle whose vertical height is sufficiently smaller than that of the display hole 25.

  Inside the display illumination unit 23, a touch panel monitor 27 and a face illumination device 11f are arranged vertically in this order. The touch panel monitor 27 is arranged so that the screen fits into the display hole 25 portion. The face illumination device 11f is arranged so that the flat diffusion plate 13 provided on the surface fits into the illumination hole 26. Thereby, the screen of the touch panel monitor 27 and the plane diffusion plate 13 of the face illumination device 11f are arranged on the same plane.

The face illumination device 11f is provided with a strobe illumination device on the inner side of the plane diffusion plate 13 with the light irradiation direction obliquely upward. The light irradiation direction of the strobe lighting device is configured to be slightly higher than the direction (normal line direction) perpendicular to the screen of the touch panel monitor 27 and the plane diffusion plate 13 which are inclined.
In this way, the display illumination unit 23 is configured by integrating the touch panel monitor 27 and the face illumination device 11f.

FIG. 3 shows a block diagram of the photo sticker making machine 1.
The photo sticker making machine 1 includes a control device 72 and a plurality of devices connected to the control device 72. Specifically, the photographing unit 10, the editing unit 40, the advance customer service unit 60, the storage unit 71, the communication unit 73, the drive 74, the ROM 76, the RAM 77, and the printer 47 are connected.

  The photographing unit 10 is provided with a background curtain 8, a lighting device 11, a camera 21, a touch panel monitor 27, and a speaker 29.

  The background curtain 8 is a curtain that is the background of the photographed image, and is configured in a color suitable for chroma key composition (for example, green, blue, white, etc.) or an arbitrary color or pattern. The background curtain 8 is composed of a plurality of roll curtains, and any one of the roll curtains is lowered according to a background control signal from the control device 72. As a result, the background can be easily changed.

  The background curtain 8 may be composed of a plurality of curtains or a single type of curtain. The background curtain 8 may be an electric or manual elevating curtain, or may be directly attached to the back surface. If the curtain is directly pasted on the back, a plurality of types of background images for composition are prepared, and the background image desired by the user is composed in the editing process, so that even if there is only one type of curtain, the user's It can respond to various tastes.

  The lighting device 11 causes the strobe lighting device to emit strobe light in accordance with the lighting control signal from the control device 72. This illumination control signal controls which lighting device 11 (11a to 11i) emits light, and how bright it is to emit light.

  The camera 21 receives the shutter signal from the control device 72 and performs the main shooting, and transmits image data of the still image obtained by the main shooting to the control device 72. In addition, before the actual shooting, the moving image shooting is performed, and the moving image data is transmitted to the control device 72. The moving image data is displayed on the touch panel monitor 27 in real time by the control device 72, thereby realizing a live view display in which the user confirms in advance the state reflected in the camera 21.

The touch panel monitor 27 displays an image on the captured image display unit 27a in accordance with the RGB signals from the control device 72, and transmits an input signal by a user's touch operation to the control device 72. The images displayed on the captured image display unit 27a include a live view image for confirming a pose before actual photographing, a photographed image that has been actually photographed, and the like. The input by touch operation includes selection input such as selection of a keep image and course selection. Here, the keep image refers to a target image (edit target image) to be left for editing in the captured image.
The speaker 29 provides guidance regarding shooting and guidance regarding the end of shooting, such as guidance of shooting timing and guidance of movement to the editing space 6 after shooting.

The editing unit 40 is provided with a tablet built-in monitor 41 and a speaker 46.
The tablet built-in monitor 41 has a tablet 43 built in the editing monitor 42. The tablet built-in monitor 41 displays an image according to the RGB signal received from the control device 72 on the editing monitor 42, and transmits an input signal (coordinate signal) input to the tablet 43 with the touch pen 45 to the control device 72. To do.
The speaker 46 outputs appropriate guidance such as guidance for the remaining time for editing and guidance for the photo sticker sheet discharge port according to the audio signal of the control device 72.

The pre-service section 60 is provided with a speaker 61, a monitor 62, and a coin processing section 63.
The speaker 61 performs voice output such as fee guidance according to the voice signal of the control device 72.

The monitor 62 performs screen display such as a fee guide screen and an operation guide screen according to the RGB signals of the control device 72.
The coin processing unit 63 receives a coin, performs true / false determination and denomination determination of the coin, and transmits an activation signal to the control device 72 when detecting the insertion of a coin of an amount necessary for play.

  The storage unit 71 includes composition image information for editing (normal color composition image information and special color composition image information), background image information (normal color background image information and special color background image information), and setting information. Information is stored, and reading and storage of information by the control device 72 is permitted. The storage unit 71 stores parameter values for special color printing for each mode.

The communication unit 73 transmits / receives communication signals to / from the control device 72 and executes communication processing with other devices via the Internet or the like.
The drive 74 receives input of the removable medium 75 and executes processing such as transmitting information stored in the removable medium 75 to the control device 72.

The ROM 76 is a non-rewritable memory and stores information such as various programs. The information stored by the control device 72 is read.
The RAM 77 is a rewritable memory and executes information reading permission and information writing permission according to the control signal of the control device 72.

  The printer 47 has two heads 47 a and 47 b and performs printing on the sticker paper 52 set in the sticker paper unit 51 in accordance with print data received from the control device 72. One head 47a is a head for color printing of ordinary colors such as cyan, magenta, and yellow, and is composed of, for example, a sublimation type thermal transfer head that prints at a resolution of 600 dpi. The other head 47b is a head for special color printing using special colors such as lame printing and hologram printing. For example, the head 47b is composed of a melt type thermal transfer head that prints at a resolution of 150 dpi lower than the color printing head 47a. .

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram for explaining special color composition images (special color item images and special color background images). In this embodiment, a glitter image that glitters with hologram printing is used as the special color image.
FIG. 4A shows a normal image 81 that is a special color composition image 176 that is not particularly processed. The normal image 81 is a solid-colored solid-colored image (for example, an image having a medium halftone density). The normal image 81 is used when the print size of the special color composition image 176 is large.

  FIG. 4B shows a contour extraction image 82. The contour extraction image 82 is an image obtained by extracting a contour from the normal image 81 using a Gaussian difference filter. Therefore, the contour portion 82a is in a filled state or a high density state (for example, a halftone density is high), and the inner portion 82b is in a non-filled state (or a low density state).

  FIG. 4C shows a contour-enhanced image 83 that is weakly contour-enhanced. The contour-enhanced image 83 is an image obtained by blending the normal image 81 with a contour-extracted image 82 obtained by applying a Gaussian difference filter to the normal image 81 weakly. For this pixel, for each pixel, the pixel having the higher density of the normal image 81 and the contour extraction image 82 is adopted, or the pixel having a density obtained by adding the densities of the normal image 81 and the contour extraction image 82 is used. It is performed by an appropriate method. In the contour-enhanced image 83, the contour portion 83a is in a filled state or in a very dark state (for example, a halftone density is high), and the inner portion 83b is in a medium-intensity filled state (for example, a half-tone state). The tone density is medium. The contour-enhanced image 83 is used when the print size of the special color image is medium.

  FIG. 4D shows a contour-enhanced image 84 that has been strongly contour-enhanced. The contour-enhanced image 84 is an image obtained by blending the normal image 81 with a contour-extracted image 82 obtained by strongly applying a Gaussian difference filter to the normal image 81. The blending method is the same as that for the contour-enhanced image 83. In the contour-enhanced image 84, the contour portion 84a is in a filled state or in a very dark state (for example, a halftone density is high), and the inner portion 84b is in a medium-intensity filled state (for example, a half-tone state). The tone density is medium. The contour portion 84a is configured such that the density is higher than that of the contour portion 83a, or the ratio (width) of the contour portion to the entire image is larger than that of the contour portion 83a. For this reason, the contour emphasis image 84 is more contoured than the contour emphasis image 83. This outline enhanced image 84 is used when the print size of the special color image is small.

  As described above, for one type of special color composition image 176, a plurality of images (81 to 84) having different print dot patterns (for example, halftone density and pattern) according to the size of the print image are stored. .

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram illustrating the configuration of the image data of the special color image.
The image data of the special color image is classified and stored into five types of data having different sizes with respect to one image type. For example, in the two division size of the division group 1, the largest size 5 is image data of 634 pixels, the next largest size 4 is image data of 444 pixels, the next largest size 3 is image data of 317 pixels, and the next largest size. The size 2 stores image data of 238 pixels, and the smallest size 1 stores image data of 159 pixels. Here, although the divided group 1 has two divided sizes and four divided sizes, only the image data corresponding to the two divided sizes is actually stored. Then, the image data of the four-divided size is created by reducing the image data of the two-divided size. Note that the image data to be stored may be image data corresponding to a four-divided size and may be enlarged to create two-divided data.

  Further, the image data of the special color image is classified into four types of data of different groups and stored as printing image data used for printing for each size. For example, in the case of size 2, a normal image 81 of 238 pixels is stored in group 1. Group 2 stores a 119-pixel outline-enhanced image 83. The group 3 stores an 84 pixel outline-enhanced image 84. Group 4 stores a 59-pixel no-image 85. The no image 85 is image data indicating that there is no image. Therefore, the corresponding special color image is not printed in the group having the no image 85.

The image data of each divided group within one size is stored in one bitmap (BMP) file 86. Specifically, an 8-bit divided group 1 image 86a (normal image 81), an 8-bit divided group 2 image 86b (outline-enhanced image 83), and an 8-bit divided group 3 image 86c are stored in a 32-bit bitmap file 86. (Outline-enhanced image 84) and 8-bit divided group 4 image 86d (none-image 85) are stored.
Further, editing image data used for editing is also stored separately.

  It should be noted that the five sizes of the special color image are determined by being selected on the editing screen for editing the photographed image. In the editing stage, editing is performed using image data for editing on the screen.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a data image when an edited image is converted into print data to be actually printed.
The edited image is composed of three layers of a normal color photographed image 93, a normal color composition image 92 for editing, and a special color composition image 91 for editing. Note that each of the images for synthesis 91 to 93 can have a multilayer structure.

Among the multi-layered image data, the special color composition image 91 is not processed as it is, but is used as a special color image, and other normal color images (ordinary color photographed image 93 and normal color composite image for editing). All the use images 92) are combined into one print image (normal color image 94).
Then, printing is performed using the two-layer image data of the special color image 91 and the normal color image 94 as print data.

  Note that the two-layer structure of the special color image 91 and the normal color image 94 is configured as a layer structure, or a specific color in the normal color image 94 is assigned to the special color image 91 (for example, the pixel value 255 is a special color). It may be realized by an appropriate method such as a pixel having a pixel and a pixel having only a normal color).

  7 shows a flowchart of the photo sticker creating game process executed by the control device 72 of the photo sticker creating machine 1, FIG. 8 shows a detailed flowchart of the photographing process, and FIG. 9 shows a detailed flowchart of the editing process and the printing process. 10 to 13 are explanatory diagrams of various screens, and FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram of image conversion.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the control device 72 first waits until a coin with a predetermined fee is inserted (step S1: NO), and when a coin with a predetermined fee is inserted (step S1: YES), the pre-service section. A guidance demonstration screen is displayed at 60 (step S2). This guidance demonstration screen provides guidance on how to play the photo sticker making machine 1.

  While the previous user is shooting in the shooting space 5, the control device 72 continues the display of the guidance demonstration screen as being unable to move to the shooting space (step S <b> 3: NO).

  When the previous user has left the shooting space 5 and the user waiting for the turn can move to the shooting space 5 (step S3: YES), the control device 72 moves the user to the shooting space 5 at the pre-service section 60. Guidance is provided (step S4), and photographing processing is executed (step S5).

  As shown in FIG. 8, the control device 72 that executes the photographing process first displays the photographing course selection screen 110 of FIG. 10A on the touch panel monitor 27 and selects one from a plurality of course selection buttons 112 for the user. (Step S21). This shooting course selection screen 110 is provided with a time limit display unit 111 indicating the time limit for shooting processing.

  The control device 72 displays the mode selection screen 120 of FIG. 10B on the touch panel monitor 27 and allows the user to select one from the plurality of mode selection buttons 121. Here, the mode means the hue of the image for composition of the background image and the foreground image. For example, modes such as pastel, colorful, and black can be selected.

  Here, the pastel system is a mode that uses an image for composition with a light or light color, the black system is a mode that uses an image for composition with a dark color, and the colorful system is about the middle of these. In this mode, a hue composition image is used.

  The control device 72 displays the brightness selection screen 130 in FIG. 11A on the touch panel monitor 27, selects one of the plurality of brightness selection buttons 131, and adjusts the image / brightness. (Step S24).

The control device 72 displays the composition background image selection screen 140 shown in FIG. 11B on the touch panel monitor 27, and allows the user to select a composition background image (step S25). Here, a plurality of normal color composition background images 143 are displayed in one (for example, the left side) area 142 so as to be selectable, and a special color composition background image 145 is displayed in the other (for example, the right side) area 144 in a selectable manner. . The normal color composition background image 143 is a composition image that does not use a special color, and the special color composition background image 145 is a composition image that uses a special color. The special color composition background image 145 displays the special color portion as an animation (for example, switching between white display and non-display). As a result, the user can easily understand that the special color is used. Further, the normal color composition background image 143 and the special color composition background image 145 are displayed in different areas, respectively, so that the selection can be facilitated. Also, by displaying characters such as “glitter” in the other area where the special color composition background image 145 is displayed, the user can easily understand that the special color can be used.
Characters such as “glitter” may be displayed on each special color composition background image 145.

  The special color composition background image 145 is preferably processed and displayed for screen display. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 14 (A1), pixels with different densities such as noise images are randomly arranged with respect to the special color composition background image 145 created in grayscale. The mask image M may be synthesized and converted to a screen display special color image 145a in which pixels of different shades exist in the special color portion of the special color composition background image 145 as shown in FIG. Thereby, an atmosphere of a special color can be produced even on the screen display on the touch panel monitor 27.

  The control device 72 displays a shooting execution screen 150 shown in FIG. On the photographing execution screen 150, the control device 72 displays the normal color composition background image 143 or the special color composition background image 145 selected in step S25 on the composition image display section 151, and the photograph image display section. In 152, a synthesized image of the moving image captured by the camera 21 and the normal color synthesis background image 143 or the special color synthesis background image is displayed in live view (step S26). At this time, the user takes a pose while confirming the live view display and the composition image.

  The control device 72 takes a timing with an appropriate countdown, executes shooting by the camera 21, and acquires a shot image of the still image (step S27).

  The control device 72 displays the acquired captured image on the captured image display unit 152 for a certain period of time and allows the user to confirm, and displays it on the captured image display unit 154 (step S28). Note that the captured image display unit 154 displays captured images of the captured still images in order from the left.

The control device 72 repeats steps S25 to S28 until the predetermined number of times of shooting is executed (step S29: NO).
The control device 72 causes the user to select a part (for example, six) of all the captured images as the editing target image (keep image), and stores the selected captured image as the editing target image (step S30).

  The control device 72 displays a movement guidance screen on the touch panel monitor 27 (step S31), and performs a movement guidance process (step S6) to the user as shown in FIG.

The control device 72 executes an editing process for editing the image to be edited (step S7), and executes a printing process (step S8).
As shown in FIG. 9, the control device 72 that executes the editing process first acquires the saved image to be edited (step S <b> 41) until the editing start button displayed on the tablet built-in monitor 41 is touched. Wait (step S42: NO).

  The control device 72 displays the print layout selection screen 160 in FIG. 12B, selects one of the plurality of print layout selection buttons 161, and touches the enter button 163 (step S43). On the print layout selection screen 160, a print layout selection button 161 for three persons that is easy to be separated when there are three users is surrounded by a print layout frame 162 for three persons and displayed in an easy-to-understand manner.

The control device 72 displays the edit screen 170 shown in FIG. 13, starts accepting edit inputs (step S44), and displays the edited edit image (step S45).
The editing screen 170 is divided into two areas on the left and right, and is configured so that two users can be divided into left and right and can be edited independently in each area. In each area, an image editing unit 171, a thumbnail image display unit 172, a composition image size selection unit 174, a normal color composition image 175, a special color composition image 176, and the like are provided.

The image editing unit 171 is a part that performs an editing operation by, for example, writing and editing a composition image on the editing target image selected by the thumbnail image display unit 172.
The composition image size selection unit 174 is a part that selects the image sizes of the normal color composition image 175 and the special color composition image 176 in five stages.
The ordinary color composition image 175 is an ordinary color composition image for performing ordinary color printing such as cyan, magenta, and yellow. A pen that can be drawn with a free hand prepared in the composition image type selection button 177 is prepared in advance. The stamp can be arbitrarily selected from a stamp that can be used to write an item image alone, a roller that can continuously write item images that are prepared in advance, and a character that can write characters. This normal color composition image 175 is written in the image to be edited (the image being edited) of the image editing section 171 in the size selected by the composition image size selection section 174.

  The special color composition image 176 is a special color composition image for performing special color printing (for example, lame printing or hologram printing), and can be arbitrarily selected from various item images prepared as special in the composition image type selection button 177. You can choose. The special color composition image 176 is written in the image to be edited (edited image) of the image editing unit 171 in the size selected by the composition image size selection unit 174.

  Here, when the special color composition image 176 is combined with the editing target image and displayed on the screen, the special color composition image 176 is preferably processed and displayed for screen display. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 14A1, a mask configured by randomly arranging pixels having different densities such as a noise image with respect to the special color composition image 176 created in gray scale. The image M may be synthesized and converted into a screen display special color image 176a in which pixels with different shades exist in the special color synthesis image 176 portion as shown in FIG. Thereby, the atmosphere of a special color can be given also on the screen display of the tablet built-in monitor 41.

  In this embodiment, the normal color synthesis image 175 and the special color synthesis image 176 are separated, but a synthesis image in which the normal color and the special color are synthesized may be used. In this embodiment, the special color composition image 176 is used only for the stamp. However, like the normal color composition image 175, the special color composition image 176 is also used for the pen, stamp, roller, and character. May be.

  In addition, the normal image composition image and the special color composition image are switched by the composition image type selection button 177. However, even if any composition image type selection button 177 is selected, the normal color composition image is selected. And a special color composition image may exist.

  The control device 72 allows the editing operation in step S45 until a predetermined time (for example, 3 minutes) elapses (step S46: NO), and accepts an editing input when the predetermined time elapses (step S46: YES). Is finished (step S47).

  The control device 72 reads out the parameter value for special color printing corresponding to the mode stored in step S23 from the storage unit 71 (step S48). This parameter value is a value in which the density of the special color ink when printing the special color composition image is set according to each mode. The density of the special color ink means the amount that the special color ink is dissolved with respect to one dot. Accordingly, a high concentration means that the amount to be dissolved is large, and a low concentration means that the amount to be dissolved is small. This realizes changing the apparent darkness of the portion where the special color ink is printed for each mode.

  The control device 72 executes a conversion process of the special color composition image in accordance with the size of the print image (step S49). This conversion process is performed by printing the print layout selected in step S43 and the special color composition image 176 determined by the size selected by the composition image size selection unit 174 when the special color composition image 176 is written in step S45. According to the size, any one of the normal image 81, the contour extraction image 82, the contour emphasis image 83, and the contour emphasis image 84 is determined, and an image (81 to 84) having an appropriate number of pixels is adopted.

  The control device 72 prints the selected normal image 81, the contour extraction image 82, the contour emphasis image 83, or the data obtained by compositing the edited image with the contour emphasis image 84 and the normal color compositing image 175 in step S43. The data is arranged in the layout, print data is created (step S50), and printing by the printer 47 is started (step S51). In this printing, the print image (see FIG. 6) obtained by combining the photographed image with the normal color composition image 175 is color-printed with normal color inks such as cyan, magenta, and yellow, and then the special color composition image 176 is printed thereon. The normal image 81, the contour extraction image 82, the contour emphasis image 83, or the contour emphasis image 84 is printed with special color ink for lame.

  Here, when the special color composition image 176 is printed, it is preferable to process and send it for printing. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 14B1, the special color composition image 176 created in gray scale is binarized by performing dither processing (error diffusion), and the print special color image is obtained. It is good to convert to 176b. Then, it is preferable to print special color ink in sparse dots according to the binarized special color image for printing 176b. As a result, the normal color printing portion is not completely filled with the special color ink from above, but the special color ink can be printed in sparse dot shapes on the normal color printing portion.

  The control device 72 performs a subsequent customer service process (step S52). In this post-service processing, the control device 72 executes a mini game such as a game in which an image is transmitted to a mobile terminal (such as a mobile phone) or a game in which an image can be posted.

  Here, when the edited image is transmitted to the portable terminal, it is preferable that the special color composition image 176 is processed for screen display and transmitted. Specifically, a special color composition image 176 created in gray scale is combined with a mask image formed by randomly arranging pixels having different densities, such as a noise image, and thereby a special color It may be converted into an image in which pixels of different shades exist in the compositing image 176 portion. Thereby, the atmosphere of a special color can be given also on the screen display of a portable terminal.

  When the special color composition image 176 is combined with the background of the photographed image (that is, when the special color composition background image 145 is used), the subject portion of the photographed image is separately masked, and the special color composition image is applied to the subject. 176 (special color composition background image 145) is not applied.

  When the mini-game is finished, the control device 72 performs a movement guide so as to move to the vicinity of the sticker discharge port 49 (see FIG. 1) (step S53), and discharges the photo sticker sheet that has been printed on the sticker paper ( Step S54) One play is finished.

  With the above configuration and operation, the special color composition image 176 can be printed satisfactorily. More specifically, when the size of the print image is large, the special color composition image 176 has a pattern shape (butterfly in this example) without contour enhancement as shown in the normal image 81 in FIG. Is clearly understood. When contour enhancement is performed with this large print size, the shape of the pattern is excessively emphasized as shown in FIG. For this reason, the normal image 81 that does not perform contour enhancement is preferable for a large print size, and the normal image 81 is used to realize a good-looking print.

  With an intermediate print size, as shown in FIG. 15 (B1), the shape of the pattern cannot be discriminated from a normal image with no contour emphasis. For this reason, as shown in FIG. 15 (B2), by adopting the edge emphasis image 83 with weak edge emphasis, good printing capable of recognizing the pattern shape can be realized.

  With a small print size, as shown in FIG. 15 (C1), the shape of the pattern cannot be discriminated from a normal image with no contour emphasis. In this case, as shown in FIG. 15 (C2), it is possible to realize good printing capable of recognizing the shape of the pattern by adopting the contour emphasizing image 84 with strong contour emphasis.

  If the size is smaller than this, the shape of the pattern cannot be determined even if the outline is emphasized. For this reason, by not printing the special color composition image 176 as the no image 85 (see FIG. 5), the appearance of the printed photo sticker can be improved.

  In this way, for the edited image including the special color composition image 176, the print dot pattern of the special color composition image 176 is appropriately set regardless of the print layout selected by the user and the print size. It is possible to provide a photographic sticker sheet which is printed with good appearance by changing to the above.

  In addition, parameter values for special color printing are set according to the shooting mode (background image and foreground image composition image color), so that lame (special color) corresponding to each color can be printed. .

  More specifically, as shown in FIG. 16A1, if the background is a light-colored mode such as pastel, the density of the special color (black dot in the figure) is reduced to reduce the black color where no light is reflected. It is possible to prevent dots from standing out. Reducing the density is realized by reducing the amount of the special color ink dissolved and reducing the dot size as shown in FIG.

  Also, as shown in FIG. 16 (A2), if the background is a dark shade mode, black dots where light is not reflected are not noticeable, so the density of the special color (black dot in the figure) is increased, Special colors can be made more prominent. Increasing the density is realized by increasing the amount of the special color ink dissolved and increasing the dot size as shown in FIG. 16 (B2).

  In this way, it is possible to provide a photo sticker sheet that has a good appearance and a good finish according to the mode selected by the user. In addition, since the density of the special color can be adjusted even for one image having a bright and dark gradation, the gradation of the special color can be realized.

  Further, the edited images displayed on the screen of the touch panel monitor 27, the tablet built-in monitor 41, and the mobile terminal monitor are the special color composition image 176 and the special color composition background image 145 as described with reference to FIG. Since the image synthesized by the mask image M, the normal color photographed image, the ordinary color composition image 175, and the ordinary color composition background image 143 are all synthesized, the image is suitable for screen display. It is possible to improve user satisfaction.

  Also, the special color composition image 176 is not completely filled with the special color, but a plurality of dots are arranged in a pattern such as a halftone, so that the color printing is completely erased from above. Absent. Thereby, it is possible to prevent the special color from floating from the color printing and give an unnatural impression, and it is possible to provide a photo sticker sheet having a good appearance with a strong sense of unity between the special color and the color printing.

  In addition, by changing the special color composition image 176 that can be used depending on the mode, or by changing the density of the special color, it is possible to provide a good photographic sticker sheet using the special color according to the mode. In other words, conventionally, special colors are arranged at the same density even in different modes. Therefore, depending on the mode, the density of special colors may be too dark or too light, and a photo sticker sheet that satisfies the user cannot be provided. There was a possibility. However, the problem caused by such a density difference can be solved by changing the density of the special color for each mode.

  In addition, since the special color composition image 176 is displayed on the touch panel monitor 27, the tablet built-in monitor 41, and the monitor of the mobile terminal, different conversion processing is performed for printing and outputting a photo sticker sheet. Good output results according to the output form can be obtained. In other words, photo sticker sheets can be printed with special color inks, and on screen displays that cannot use such special color inks, the pixels of different shades are randomly arranged to create a special color atmosphere. Can do.

  In the embodiment described above, the normal image 81, the contour extraction image 82, the contour enhancement image 83, and the contour enhancement image 84 prepared in advance are used as the special color composition image 176. However, the present invention is not limited to this. A configuration may be employed in which the contour extraction image 82, the contour emphasis image 83, and the contour emphasis image 84 are created from the normal image 81 each time.

  In this case, since the capacity stored in the storage unit 71 for one type of special color composition image 176 can be reduced, many types of composition images for editing can be provided. As a result, it is possible to provide a sticker paper having a good appearance and a good finish.

  Further, in the editing process, in addition to the process using the editing image data, the printing image data of all the divided groups may be created as an internal process. As a result, even if the division size is selected by the user after the editing process is completed, the time required for the subsequent conversion process can be reduced, and printing can be quickly performed with the selected division size.

FIG. 17 is a system configuration diagram of the captured edited image transmission system 200 according to the second embodiment.
The photographed and edited image transmission system 200 includes the photo sticker creating machine 1 described in the first embodiment and the mobile terminal 230 so that they can be connected to the Internet 205. In addition, the photo sticker creating machine 1 is provided with a connection cable 235 for connecting to the mobile terminal 230. With this connection cable 235, the photo sticker creating machine 1 and the portable terminal 230 are directly connected by wire.

  The mobile terminal 230 is configured by a mobile phone, for example, and includes an input unit configured by a push button, a display unit 231 configured by a liquid crystal display, a communication unit configured by a communication antenna, a sound collection unit configured by a microphone, An audio output unit composed of speakers and an external device connection unit composed of connection terminals are provided.

  The portable terminal 230 has a wireless telephone function via a telephone communication network such as a mobile telephone network or a PHS (registered trademark) telephone network, a data communication function via the telephone communication network, and an information processing function for executing an application program. Have.

  The telephone communication network is connected to the Internet 205. For this reason, the portable terminal 230 can access a WEB server on the Internet, browse a homepage, and send and receive E-mail via a mail server (SMTP server, POP server).

  Note that the mobile terminal 230 is not limited to a mobile phone, and can be configured by an appropriate portable terminal such as a PDA or a portable personal computer.

The photo sticker making machine 1 has the configuration as described in the first embodiment, and can perform the same operation as the first embodiment.
Here, FIG. 18 shows a screen configuration diagram of the editing screen 170. The screen display special color image 176a will be described in detail with reference to the screen configuration diagram.

  As described in the first embodiment, the screen display special color image 176a is obtained by combining the mask image M with the special color composition image 176 (see FIG. 14) created in grayscale. The special color composition image 176 may be composed of a single special color composition image 176 with a plurality of colors. Specifically, a plurality of colors may be arranged.

  Here, the special color composition images 176a-1, 176a-2, and 176a-3 shown in FIG. 18 are displayed in different sizes. For this reason, the storage unit 71 (see FIG. 3) stores a plurality of types of mask images M for display sizes. Each of the special color composition images 176a-1, 176a-2, 176a-3 is subjected to different composition processing depending on the display size.

Like the normal image 81 (see FIG. 4), the large-size special color composition image 176a-1 is subjected to composition processing without being emphasized in particular.
The medium size special color composition image 176a-2 is subjected to a composition process in which the outline is slightly emphasized, similarly to the outline extraction image 83 (see FIG. 4).
The small-size special color composition image 176a-3 is subjected to a composition process in which the outline is greatly enhanced, like the outline enhanced image 84 (see FIG. 4).

  Further, the photo sticker creating machine 1 of this embodiment not only changes the special color composition image 176a displayed on the editing monitor 42 for each size but also the special color composition image 176a transmitted to the portable terminal 230. It also has a function of making it different for each screen size of the terminal 230.

  In this case, the display size (large size, medium size, small size, etc. indicating the size occupied in the edited image as described above) differs for one type of special color composition image 176 for transmission to the mobile terminal 230. A plurality of special color composition images 176 are stored in the storage unit 71. Then, the special color composition image 176 for each display size is further stored in the storage unit 71 for each screen size of the portable terminal 230.

Note that the special color composition image 176 is not limited to a still image, and may be composed of a moving image that is displayed as an animation. In this case, in order to express the texture of the special color, for example, a plurality of special color composition images 176 that differ only in lightness are sequentially or intermittently switched and displayed, or a plurality of pixels with high density are located at different positions. When the special color composition image 176 is displayed by switching and displaying a plurality of types of special color composition images 176 having the same overall shape and different density distributions and / or hues, such as sequentially and intermittently switching and displaying the special color composition image 176. good.
Further, the plurality of types of special color composition images 176 may be composed of different colors. These may be sequentially switched and displayed as an animation.

  This animation display may be executed only on the layer of the special color composition image 176. That is, in the final edited image, the normal color composition image 175 (normal color composition image layer) and the special color composition image 176 (special color composition image layer) are superimposed on the photographed image (photographed image layer). Since the image has a multilayered structure, animation display may be realized by switching and displaying only the special color composition image layer instead of switching and displaying all the layers.

  FIG. 19 is a flowchart of an operation for transmitting an edited image to the portable terminal 230 in the photographed edited image transmission system 200. This operation is executed when a game for transmitting an image to the mobile terminal is selected by the subsequent customer service described in step S52 of the first embodiment.

  The portable terminal 230 transmits the information of the portable terminal 230 to the photo sticker creating machine 1 via the connection cable 235 or the Internet 205 (step S61). The information transmitted at this time may be information that can determine the screen size, such as model information of the mobile terminal 230 or screen size information.

  The photo sticker creating machine 1 acquires information from the mobile terminal 230 (step S62), and determines the screen size of the mobile terminal 230 (step S63). At this time, if the acquired information is model information, the screen size may be determined with reference to model-specific screen size correspondence data stored in advance in the storage unit 71.

  The photo sticker creating machine 1 displays a screen corresponding to the determined screen size on the editing monitor 42 (step S64). This screen may be displayed with an appropriate association, for example, with a pixel number that is an integral multiple of the number of pixels of the screen size of the mobile terminal 230.

  The photo sticker making machine 1 displays image data corresponding to the screen size on the editing monitor 42 (step S64). The image data displayed at this time is an edited image obtained by synthesizing the captured image, the normal color synthesis image 175, and the special color synthesis image 176. The special color composition image 176 in the edited image is displayed according to the screen size.

  More specifically, the photo sticker creation machine 1 performs conversion for enlarging or reducing (changing resolution) the photographed image and the normal color composition image 175 in accordance with the screen size. Also, a special color composition image 176 corresponding to the screen size is acquired, and the special color composition image 176 of the current edited image is converted into a special color composition image 176 corresponding to the screen size. Then, the converted photographed image, the normal color composition image 175 and the special color composition image 176 are synthesized to create image data.

  Note that the special color composition image 176 may be processed by the user when the screen is displayed on the editing monitor 4. In this case, the user may select whether to display or delete the special color composition image 176. Thereby, for example, when the displayed special color composition image 176 is crushed, the user can delete the crushed special color composition image 176 to make a good edited image.

The photo sticker creating machine 1 transmits image data corresponding to the screen size to the portable terminal 230 via the connection cable 235 or the Internet 205 (step S66).
The portable terminal 230 acquires image data corresponding to the screen size (step S67), and displays the image data corresponding to the screen size on the display unit (step S68).

  Note that the transmission processing in steps S61 and S66 described above is not limited to the connection cable 235 or the Internet 205, and may be executed by an appropriate method such as infrared communication or FeliCa (registered trademark) communication. An infrared communication device may be provided for infrared communication, and a non-contact IC card reader / writer may be provided for the FeliCa (registered trademark) system.

  With the configuration and operation described above, an edited image corresponding to the screen size that can be displayed on the mobile terminal 230 can be transmitted, so that the user can view a good edited image in which the pixels are not collapsed on the mobile terminal 230.

  In other words, a service for transmitting an edited image created by a photo sticker creating machine to a mobile phone has been provided. In such a service, screen display data obtained by simply reducing the print image to the number of pixels for screen display is transmitted to the mobile phone. However, there is a problem that a small edited image is crushed only by simple reduction. In particular, since the special color composition image 176 is an image in which the mask image M is used and shades are added for each pixel, when it is simply reduced, it changes to a completely different texture. On the other hand, by properly using the special color composition image 176 prepared for the screen size of the mobile terminal 230, it is possible to obtain good edited image data in which the special color composition image 176 is crushed and cannot be recognized. Can be sent to. Therefore, the user can obtain edited image data optimized for the mobile terminal 230 owned by the user.

  In addition, since the screen size can be determined by acquiring the screen size directly from the mobile terminal 230 or by acquiring the model name, the user can know this without having to know the screen size of the mobile terminal 230 owned by the user. The edited image data adjusted to an image size optimal for the screen size (for example, an image size that matches or is an integral multiple of the screen size) can be received.

  Further, since two editing images are displayed on the editing screen 170, for example, two users input information of their respective mobile terminals 230, and a special color composition image 176 adapted to the respective mobile terminals 230 is displayed. And edit images can be created independently on each screen.

  In this embodiment, it is described that the images are combined each time, but a plurality of types of special color composition images 176a-1, 176a-2, 176a-3 are stored in advance in the storage unit 71 as the display size. May be used as they are. Also in this case, the user can receive the edited image data adjusted to the optimum image size.

In the second embodiment described above, the photo sticker creating machine 1 directly transmits the edited image data to the portable terminal 230, but it may be configured to transmit it via a server.
In this case, as indicated by a dotted line in FIG.

  The server 210 includes a control unit configured with a CPU, a ROM, and a RAM, a storage unit configured with a hard disk, a communication unit configured with a LAN board, an input unit configured with a mouse and a keyboard, and a CRT display. It is a computer apparatus provided with the display part comprised. The server 210 has a WEB server function, a mail server function, and a database server function.

  FIG. 20 shows a flowchart of operations executed by the server 210 and the portable terminal 230 in the captured edited image transmission system 200. This operation is executed when a game for transmitting an image to the mobile terminal is selected by the subsequent customer service described in step S52 of the first embodiment.

  At the initial stage of the customer service before executing this process, the photo sticker creating machine 1 allows the user to input the mail address of the portable terminal 230, and the input mail address and the edited image data described in the second embodiment. Is transmitted to the server 210.

The server 210 transmits the URL to the mobile terminal 230 via the Internet 205 (step S71).
The portable terminal 230 connects to the URL received from the server 210 by the user's operation (step S72), and transmits information of the portable terminal 230 via the Internet 205 (step S73). The information of the mobile terminal 230 transmitted at this time may be information that can determine the screen size, such as model information of the mobile terminal 230 or screen size information.

  The server 210 acquires information on the mobile terminal 230 (step S74), and determines the screen size of the mobile terminal 230 (step S75). At this time, if the acquired information is model information, the screen size may be determined with reference to model-specific screen size correspondence data stored in advance in the storage unit 71.

  The server 210 converts the edited image received from the photo sticker creating machine 1 into image data corresponding to the screen size (step S76). For the conversion at this time, among the edited images received from the photo sticker creating machine 1, first, the photographed image (photographed image layer) and the normal color composition image 175 (normal color composition image layer) correspond to the screen size. To zoom in or out. Then, the special color composition image 176 (special color composition image layer) is changed to a special color composition image 176 corresponding to the screen size. Then, image data obtained by combining these layers is obtained.

The server 210 transmits image data corresponding to the screen size to the portable terminal 230 via the Internet 205 (step S77).
The portable terminal 230 acquires image data corresponding to the screen size (step S78), and displays the image data corresponding to the screen size on the display unit (step S79).
Since other configurations and operations are the same as those in the first and second embodiments, detailed description thereof is omitted.

  With the above configuration and operation, it is possible to transmit image data having an image size optimum for the screen size of the mobile terminal 230 via the server 210. Since the server 210 performs the process of converting the edited image according to the screen size, the load on the photo sticker creating machine 1 can be reduced.

  It should be noted that the edited image may be stored in the server 210 until a predetermined period elapses and can be received by the portable terminal 230 at any time. In this case, the image data can be transmitted not only to the user's own mobile terminal 230 but also to another person's mobile terminal 230 such as a friend. In this case, if the URL is transmitted from the server 210 to the portable terminal 230 of the other person and steps S71 to S79 are executed, the image data optimum for the screen size of the portable terminal 230 of the other person can be transmitted. Therefore, when exchanging image data between users, even if the screen size of each user's mobile terminal 230 is different, it is possible to pass image data that is optimal for each screen size.

  Further, in each of the above embodiments, the configuration is one CRT2 image in which two editing images are displayed on one editing monitor 42. However, one CRT1 image in which one editing image is displayed on one editing monitor 42 is used. Thus, an appropriate configuration can be obtained.

In correspondence between the configuration of the present invention and the above-described embodiment,
The photo sticker making apparatus of the present invention corresponds to the photo sticker making machine 1 of the embodiment,
Similarly,
The photographing means corresponds to the camera 21,
The editing means corresponds to the tablet built-in monitor 41,
The printing means corresponds to the printer 47,
The color printing section corresponds to the head 47a,
The special color printing part corresponds to the head 47b,
The pattern changing unit corresponds to the control device 72 that executes Step S49,
The screen size acquisition means corresponds to the control device 72 of the photo sticker creating machine 1 that executes steps S62 to S63,
The image acquisition means for special color composition by size corresponds to the control device 72 of the photo sticker creating machine 1 that executes step S65,
The edited image data converting means corresponds to the control device 72 of the photo sticker creating machine 1 that executes step S65,
The communication means corresponds to the communication unit 73, the contour emphasis pattern corresponds to the pattern of the contour emphasis image 83 and the contour emphasis image 84,
The contour portion of the special color composition image corresponds to the contour portion 83a and the contour portion 84a.
The captured edited image transmission system corresponds to the captured edited image transmission system 200,
The server corresponds to the server 210,
The information communication terminal corresponds to the portable terminal 230,
The display means corresponds to the display unit of the mobile terminal 230,
The information of the information communication terminal corresponds to the information of the mobile terminal 230,
The edited image data corresponds to the image data,
Normal colors correspond to cyan, magenta, yellow, etc.
Special colors correspond to lamé and hologram,
Print dot pattern corresponds to normal, weak edge enhancement, and strong edge enhancement,
The predetermined image corresponds to the edited image,
The predetermined size corresponds to the size where the shape of the pattern cannot be distinguished even if the outline is emphasized,
The present invention is not limited only to the configuration of the above-described embodiment, and many embodiments can be obtained.

The perspective view of the photograph sticker creation machine seen from back. The perspective view of the imaging | photography housing | casing seen from the front. Block diagram of a photo sticker creation machine. Explanatory drawing explaining the image for special color composition. Explanatory drawing explaining the structure of the image data of a special color image. Explanatory drawing of the data image at the time of converting an edit image into print data. The flowchart of photograph sticker creation game processing. The detailed flowchart of an imaging | photography process. 6 is a detailed flowchart of editing processing and printing processing. Explanatory drawing of a photography course selection screen and a mode selection screen. Explanatory drawing of a brightness selection screen and an image selection screen for composition. Explanatory drawing of a photography execution screen and a print layout selection screen. Explanatory drawing of an edit screen. Explanatory drawing of image conversion. Explanatory drawing of the image for special color composition. Explanatory drawing of density adjustment of a special color. The system block diagram of the picked-up edit image transmission system of Example 2. FIG. The screen block diagram of an edit screen. The flowchart at the time of image data transmission. 10 is a flowchart at the time of image data transmission according to the third embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Photo sticker creation machine, 5 ... Shooting space, 21 ... Camera, 41 ... Tablet built-in monitor, 47 ... Printer, 47a, 47b ... Head, 72 ... Control device, 73 ... Communication part, 83, 84 ... Outline emphasis image, 83a, 84a ... contour portion, 176 ... special color composition image, 200 ... photographed edited image transmission system, 210 ... server, 230 ... portable terminal

Claims (8)

Shoot one or more subjects in the shooting space with the shooting means,
Editing the photographed image with editing means,
A photo sticker creation method for printing a predetermined image by a printing means,
The editing means is configured to be able to use for editing a special color composition image printed with a special color different from the normal color used for color printing,
The printing means includes a color printing unit with a normal color and a special color printing unit for printing the special color composition image with a special color,
A photo sticker creation method in which a print dot pattern of the special color composition image is changed by a pattern changing unit corresponding to the print size of the predetermined image or the special color composition image. Photographing means for photographing one or more subjects in the photographing space;
Editing means for allowing editing of the captured image;
A photo sticker creating apparatus comprising a printing means for printing a predetermined image,
The editing means is configured to be able to use for editing a special color composition image printed with a special color different from the normal color used for color printing,
The printing means includes a color printing unit with a normal color and a special color printing unit for printing the special color composition image with a special color,
A photo sticker creating apparatus comprising a pattern changing unit that changes a print dot pattern of the special color composition image corresponding to a print size of the predetermined image or a print size of the special color composition image. The photo sticker creating apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising an outline emphasizing pattern capable of recognizing an outline portion of the special color composition image as the printed dot pattern. 4. The photo sticker creating apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the contour emphasizing pattern is configured such that a contour portion of the special color composition image is darker than the inside. 3. The photo sticker creating apparatus according to claim 2, wherein, when the print size of the predetermined image is small, the special color composition image having a print size smaller than a predetermined size is not printed. Screen size acquisition means for acquiring the screen size of the display means of the information communication terminal;
Size-specific special color composition image acquisition means for acquiring the special color composition image suitable for the screen size;
Edited image data converting means for converting the edited image edited by the editing means into edited image data using a special color composition image suitable for the screen size;
6. The photo sticker creating apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising communication means for transmitting the edited image data to the information communication terminal. 7. The photo sticker creating apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the special color composition image of the edited image data to be transmitted to the information communication terminal is constituted by a moving image that displays an animation by switching images having different densities or hues. A photo sticker creating apparatus according to any one of claims 2 to 7,
A server capable of communicating with the photo sticker creating apparatus and the user's information communication terminal;
The server
Screen size acquisition means for acquiring the screen size of the display means of the information communication terminal;
Size-specific special color composition image acquisition means for acquiring the special color composition image suitable for the screen size;
Edited image data converting means for converting the edited image edited by the editing means into edited image data using a special color composition image suitable for the screen size;
A captured edited image transmission system comprising: communication means for transmitting the edited image data to the information communication terminal.