JP2012178016A - Printed matter production device and printed matter production system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a printed matter production device which allows a user to determine presence/absence and ratio of advertisements to be printed on a print sheet.SOLUTION: A printed matter production device 100 includes; a photographing part 2 for photographing a face and generating face image data; a resize part 21 for changing a data size of the face image data and generating face image data for print; a storage part 13 for storing advertisement data 17; a selection part 22 for taking out the advertisement data 17 from the storage part 13 on the basis of a burden charge of a user for a printed matter; a composition part 23 for determining print positions of a face image and an advertisement on the basis of the number of frames of the face image that the user needs and the burden charge, compositing the face image data for print and the advertisement data 17 and generating image data for print; and a printer 5 for printing the printed matter on the basis of the image data for print.

Description

  The present invention relates to a printed material production apparatus and a printed material production system for producing a printed material on which a face image is printed.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is known a box-type photography apparatus for taking an identification photograph or the like to be attached to a license, passport, resume, or the like. For example, a photographic device converts a captured face image into a plurality of image frames, prints them on a single print sheet, and outputs them.

  Also, there has been proposed a photography apparatus that prints an advertisement (commercial advertisement) at an empty frame position when a user designates the number of image frames to be printed on one print sheet (for example, Patent Literature). 1).

  However, since such a conventional photography apparatus automatically prints an advertisement at an empty frame position on the printing paper, it can be used even for a user who does not need an advertisement (and does not want to print an advertisement). There has been a problem of outputting print paper on which is printed.

JP 2003-173471 A

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a printed material production apparatus and a printed material production system in which a user can determine the presence or absence and ratio of an advertisement printed on a printing paper.

  A print production apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention includes a photographing unit that photographs a face and generates face image data, a charge input unit that receives input of a charge for the print, and a face image printed on the print. A frame number input unit that accepts input of the number of frames, a resize unit that changes the data size of the face image data and generates print face image data, a storage unit that stores advertisement data, and the burden amount input unit A selection unit that selects and retrieves the advertisement data from the storage unit based on a burden amount input via the number of frames, a frame number input via the frame number input unit, and a burden amount input unit Based on the input burden amount, the print position of the face image and the advertisement is determined, and the face image data for printing and the advertisement data taken out by the selection unit from the storage unit are synthesized and pre-printed. A synthesizing unit which generates a preparative image data, in which and a printer for printing a printed matter on the basis of the printing image data.

  In the printed material production apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention, the composition unit determines the print position of the face image and the advertisement so that the advertisement area on the printed material increases as the burden amount decreases, It is preferable to generate image data.

  In the printed material production apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention, the synthesis unit determines a printing position so that the face image and the advertisement are printed on a plurality of printed materials, and generates the print image data. Is preferred.

  In the printed material production apparatus according to the aspect of the present invention, the synthesis unit may determine the printing position so that the positions of the face images in the plurality of printed materials are different, and generate the print image data. preferable.

  The printed material production apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention further includes a size input unit that receives an input of a size of a face image to be printed, and the storage unit stores a plurality of advertisement data each having genre information. The selection unit estimates the use of the printed material based on the size input via the size input unit, and selects and extracts advertisement data having genre information corresponding to the use from the storage unit. Is preferred.

  The print production system according to one aspect of the present invention is configured to communicate with the print production apparatus and the print production apparatus, and distribute advertisement data to the print production apparatus every predetermined time. And a server.

  According to the present invention, the user can determine the presence / absence and ratio of an advertisement printed on a print sheet.

It is a schematic block diagram of the printed matter preparation apparatus which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a print of an advertisement. 2 is a hardware configuration diagram of an arithmetic control unit according to the first embodiment. FIG. It is a functional block diagram implement | achieved by running the image processing program which concerns on the 1st Embodiment. It is a flowchart explaining the printed matter preparation method which concerns on the same 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen of a touchscreen. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen of a touchscreen. It is a figure which shows the example of the printed matter printed out. It is a figure which shows the example of the printed matter printed out. It is a schematic block diagram of the printed material production system which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  (First Embodiment) FIG. 1 shows a schematic configuration of a printed material producing apparatus 100 according to a first embodiment of the present invention. The printed material producing apparatus 100 captures the face of the person P to be photographed and generates face image data, and an arithmetic control unit 1 that combines the face image data and the advertisement data in consideration of the print position on the print paper. And a printer 5 that prints a print (photograph) and a strobe 6 that irradiates the subject P with light when the photographing unit 2 photographs the face of the subject P.

  The imaging unit 2 is a digital camera, for example, and includes a lens, a shutter, a CMOS sensor, an A / D converter, and the like. When the photographing unit 2 photographs the face of the person P, the CMOS sensor receives photographing light converged by the lens via a shutter and photoelectrically converts an optical image formed on the light receiving surface. And output as an image signal. The A / D converter A / D converts the image signal output from the CMOS sensor to generate face image data. The photographing unit 2 outputs the face image data to the calculation control unit 1.

  In addition, the printed material production apparatus 100 includes an image frame number input unit that receives an input of a required number of image frames from a user (photographer P), a burden amount input unit that receives an input of a user's burden amount for the printed material, and A display unit for displaying a preview image is provided, and the touch panel 3 has these functions.

  The touch panel 3 displays an operation button, and when the operation button is pressed, receives an operation instruction corresponding to the operation button. For example, the touch panel 3 receives from the user (photographer P) an instruction of a photo size that the printer 5 prints on a print. The photo size corresponds to, for example, a driver's license, passport, visa, and the like. Also, the photo size may be customized.

  Further, the touch panel 3 receives an input of a required number of image frames and an input of a user's burden amount for a printed material from the user. The amount of money for the user's printed material varies depending on the proportion of advertisement data printed on the printed material.

  For example, when a face image of 4 frames is printed on one printed material and there are two vacant frame positions, the vacant frame positions are left blank as shown in FIG. Whether the advertisement is printed only at one of the free frame positions as shown in FIG. 2B or the advertisement is printed at both of the empty frame positions as shown in FIG. Change the amount of money. Print sellers can receive advertising fees from advertisers by printing advertisements, so the more advertising that is printed (the larger the advertising area), the lower the price of the prints. . Therefore, in the example shown in FIGS. 2A to 2C, the user's burden on the printed material is the highest in FIG. 2A and the lowest in FIG. 2C. Further, as shown in FIG. 2D, a plurality of types (separate companies) of advertisements may be printed at vacant frame positions, and the burden on the user may be further reduced than in FIG.

  In this way, the user inputs the burden amount (charge of the printed material) for the printed material together with the number of frames of the face image to be printed on the printed material from the touch panel 3, and the ratio (large) of the advertisement printed on the printed material. Can be specified.

  Further, the printed material producing apparatus 100 is provided with a billing unit (not shown) that accepts money paid by the photographed person P as a price for the printed material or pays out change.

  The arithmetic control unit 1 is connected to the photographing unit 2, the touch panel 3, the printer 5, the strobe 6, and the billing unit, and controls each unit and transfers data.

  FIG. 3 shows a hardware configuration of the arithmetic control unit 1. The arithmetic control unit 1 includes a CPU (central processing unit) 11, a main memory 12, a disk device 13, and an input / output unit 14. Each unit of the arithmetic control unit 1 is connected via a bus 15.

  The disk device 13 stores an image processing program 16 executed by the CPU 11. Further, the disk device 13 has a function of a storage unit that stores and stores a plurality of advertisement data 17. The image processing program 16 may be stored not in the disk device 13 but in a ROM or a magnetic tape (both not shown).

  The CPU 11 loads the image processing program 16 in the disk device 13 into the main memory 12 and executes the image processing program 16.

  As the image processing program 16 is executed, an area for storing the face image data, the print face image data, the preview face image data, and the print image data is secured on the main memory 12. Here, the face image data for printing is face image data resized for printing by the printer 5. The preview face image data is face image data displayed as a preview image on the touch panel 3. The print image data is image data obtained by combining print face image data and advertisement data for printing.

  FIG. 4 shows a functional block diagram realized by the CPU 11 executing the image processing program 16. By executing the image processing program 16, a resizing unit 21, a selecting unit 22, and a combining unit 23 are realized.

  The resizing unit 21 reduces the face image data generated by the photographing unit 2 to a size corresponding to the size of a photograph to be printed by the printer 5 and generates face image data for printing. For example, the image can be reduced by evenly thinning out vertical and horizontal pixels. The photo size printed by the printer 5 is instructed via the touch panel 3.

  Further, the resizing unit 21 reduces the face image data generated by the photographing unit 2 to a size corresponding to the display on the touch panel 3 and generates preview face image data. The preview face image data is output to the touch panel 3 via the input / output unit 14. Thereby, the touch panel 3 can display the face image of the person P to be previewed.

  The selection unit 22 obtains the number of advertisement frames to be printed on the printed material from the amount of money for the printed material designated by the user via the touch panel 3, and selects and extracts the advertisement data 17 from the disk device 13. For example, when the user instructs the burden amount of the printed matter on which the advertisement is printed at the two frame positions as shown in FIG. 2D, the selection unit 22 selects the two types of advertisement data 17 from the disk device 13. And take it out.

  The synthesizing unit 23 prints the face image data for printing generated by the resizing unit 21 based on the number of face images required by the user and the user's burden, and the advertisement extracted from the disk device 13 by the selecting unit 22. The print position of the data 17 on the print is determined, and the print face image data and the advertisement data 17 are combined to generate print image data. For example, the compositing unit 23 assigns the print face image data to four frames on the printed material, and assigns the advertisement data 17 to two frames on the printed material, thereby corresponding to the printed material shown in FIG. Print image data to be generated. The print image data is output to the printer 5 via the input / output unit 14.

The printer 5 performs color conversion and sharpness processing on the print image data received from the arithmetic control unit 1. Then, the printer 5 prints the photographed image and advertisement of the photographed person P on paper and outputs them. The printing method of the printer 5 is not particularly limited, and an ink jet method, a sublimation type thermal transfer method, a melt type thermal transfer method, or the like can be used.
Next, a print production method using such a print production apparatus 100 will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

  (Step S <b> 101) The touch panel 3 accepts input of the photograph size to be printed and the required number of face images from the subject P.

  (Step S <b> 102) The touch panel 3 receives an input of a burden amount for the printed material from the photographed person P.

  For example, it is assumed that the photograph size “vertical 3.0 cm, horizontal 2.4 cm” and the required number of frames “6 frames” are input in step S101. If the photo size is “3.0 cm (vertical), 2.4 cm (horizontal)”, there is an image print area for 8 frames on one print (printing paper), and the required number of frames for the face image is 6 , There are 2 empty frames. As shown in FIG. 6, the touch panel 3 displays a charge when the advertisement is printed on the empty frame and a charge when the advertisement is not printed. At this time, as shown in FIG. 7, the charge setting when only one of the two empty frames is set as an advertisement may be further displayed.

  The subject P confirms the amount of advertisement printed together with the face image and the fee of the printed material, selects the desired fee (owner's burden), and displays a selection button (for example, the fee) on the touch panel 3. Area).

  (Step S103) When the person to be photographed P charges a fee to the billing unit, the photographing unit 2 photographs the person to be photographed P and generates face image data. When the photographing unit 2 performs photographing, the strobe 6 irradiates the subject P with light.

  (Step S104) The resizing unit 20 performs face image data resizing processing based on the photo size input in step S101, and generates face image data for printing.

  The resizing unit 20 performs a resizing process on the face image data for preview on the touch panel 3 to generate preview face image data. The touch panel 3 previews the face image using the preview face image data. Thereby, the person P to be photographed can check the face image before printing.

  In step S <b> 103, the imaging unit 2 captures the photographed person P a plurality of times, displays a plurality of face images on the touch panel 3, confirms the image on which the photographed person P is displayed, and prints which image. It may be possible to select either. Moreover, you may enable it to reshoot.

  (Step S105) The selection unit 22 selects and extracts the advertisement data 17 from the disk device 13 based on the burden amount input in step S102. The number of advertisement data 17 that the selection unit 22 takes out from the disk device 13 may be one, or the same number as the empty frames allocated to the advertisement.

  If the burden amount input in step S102 is an amount without an advertisement, the selection unit 22 does not extract the advertisement data 17.

  (Step S106) The composition unit 23 determines the print position (print region) of the face image and the advertisement based on the number of frames of the face image input in step S101 and the burden amount input in step S102. Then, the synthesizing unit 23 synthesizes the print face image data generated in step S104 and the advertisement data 17 extracted from the disk device 13 in step S105 to generate print image data.

  The print image data is output to the printer 5 via the input / output unit 14.

  (Step S107) The printer 5 prints and outputs the print image data received from the arithmetic and control unit 1.

  As described above, according to the printed material production apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment, the user himself / herself determines a fee (paid amount) of the printed material that varies depending on the presence / absence and ratio of the advertisement printed on the printed material (printing paper). it can. Accordingly, it is possible to output a printed matter on which an advertisement is not printed (only a face image is printed) to a user who does not need the advertisement. Further, a user who wants to reduce the self-paid amount (in other words, to increase the burden ratio of the advertiser) can output a printed matter on which an advertisement is printed together with a face image.

  (First Modification of First Embodiment) In the first embodiment, a single printed matter in which an advertisement is printed on an empty frame is output. May be divided into a plurality of printed materials and printed to increase the advertising area per printed material so that the burden on the subject P can be further reduced.

  For example, if the number of face images required by the person P is “4 frames”, the person P has printed four face images and advertisements as shown in FIG. One print is output at a charge (self-paid amount) of 400 yen, or, as shown in FIG. 8B, two prints each printed with a two-frame face image and an advertisement are charged at 350 yen 8 or, as shown in FIG. 8 (c), select whether to output four prints each of which prints one frame of face image and advertisement for a fee of 300 yen. Input to the touch panel 3.

  Based on the input from the touch panel 3, the synthesizer 23 generates print image data so that the print face image data and the advertisement data 17 are arranged on one or a plurality of prints. The printer 5 prints and outputs the photographed image and advertisement of the photographed person P on one or a plurality of sheets using the print image data.

  As described above, the face image of a plurality of frames is divided into a plurality of printed materials and printed, and the ratio of advertisements to one printed material is increased, thereby increasing the options for the user's burden amount. . Users can receive simple prints with no advertisements printed (only face images printed), or they can reduce the self-pay amount instead of receiving multiple prints and viewing many advertisements. it can.

  In the examples shown in FIGS. 8B and 8C, the frame positions of the face images in the respective prints are the same. However, the compositing unit 23 performs the processes shown in FIGS. 9A, 9B, and 9C. As shown in (), the face image data for printing may be allocated on the print object so that the frame positions of the face images in the respective print objects are different. If the frame position of the face image in each print is the same, the advertisement part may be easily discarded by overlapping the plurality of prints and cutting out the face image part. However, FIG. As shown in b) and (c), it is possible to prevent the advertisement part from being easily discarded by increasing the position of the frame of the face image in each printed material, thereby enhancing the advertising effect.

  (Second Modification of First Embodiment) In the first embodiment, the selection unit 22 estimates the use of a photograph based on the size of a photograph to be printed input from the subject P, and corresponds to the use. The advertisement data 17 of the selected genre may be selected and taken out from the disk device 13. Each advertisement data 17 stored in the disk device 13 includes genre information such as “travel”, “examination”, “car”, “employment”, and the like.

  For example, if the photographer P selects a photo size of “3.0 cm in length and 2.4 cm in width”, the photo is used for an automobile driver's license application, etc., and therefore the selection unit 22 has genre information “car”. The advertisement data 17 of the used car dealer is selected.

  In addition, when the photographer P selects the photo size “4.0 cm in length and 3.0 cm in width”, the photo is used for resumes, civil servant examinations, etc., so the selection unit 22 displays the genre information “employment”. The advertisement data 17 of the employment information magazine that is held or the advertisement data 17 of the prep school that has the genre information “examination” is selected.

  In addition, when the photographer P selects the photo size “4.5 cm in length and 3.5 cm in width”, since the photo is used for a passport application or the like, the selection unit 22 has genre information “travel”. The advertisement data 17 of the travel agency or insurance company that is present is selected.

  In this way, by estimating the usage of the photo based on the size of the photo to be printed and printing the advertisement corresponding to the genre, the advertising effect on the subject P can be further enhanced.

  Before printing the printed matter, an image of the advertisement data 17 selected by the selection unit 22 may be displayed on the touch panel 3 so that a change request for the advertisement data 17 may be received from the photographed person P. There are various uses for one photo size, and in response to a change request from the photographed person P, the selection unit 22 may reselect the advertisement data 17 that is closer to the intended use or the advertisement data 17 desired by the photographed person P. It becomes possible.

  The printed material production apparatus 100 may accept an input of a photographic use from the subject P via the touch panel 3. Thereby, the selection part 22 can select the advertisement data 17 suitable for the photographic use.

  (Second Embodiment) FIG. 10 shows a schematic configuration of a printed matter producing system according to a second embodiment of the present invention. The print production system includes a plurality of print production apparatuses 100 according to the first embodiment and an advertisement distribution server 200.

  Each of the plurality of print production apparatuses 100 includes a communication unit (not shown) that communicates with the advertisement distribution server 200 via a network such as the Internet.

  The advertisement distribution server 200 periodically distributes the advertisement data 17 to the print production apparatus 100 via the network. Further, the advertisement distribution server 200 may distribute the advertisement data 17 in response to a request from the print production apparatus 100. Further, the advertisement distribution server 200 manages the distribution deadline of the advertisement data 17, deletes the expired advertisement data, and instructs the print production apparatus 100 to delete the expired advertisement data 17. Good.

  In this way, by distributing the advertisement data 17 from the advertisement distribution server 200, the print production apparatus 100 can store the latest advertisement data 17 in the disk device 13, print it on the print, and output it. .

  The advertisement distribution server 200 may acquire information on the installation location of each print production apparatus 100 and distribute the advertisement data 17 of a store or the like close to the installation location.

  Further, the advertisement distribution server 200 may acquire and manage the print result of the advertisement data 17 from the printed material production apparatus 100. Thereby, it is possible to charge the advertiser an advertising fee according to the advertisement print performance.

  Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment as it is, and can be embodied by modifying the constituent elements without departing from the scope of the invention in the implementation stage. In addition, various inventions can be formed by appropriately combining a plurality of components disclosed in the embodiment. For example, some components may be deleted from all the components shown in the embodiment. Furthermore, constituent elements over different embodiments may be appropriately combined.

1 Operation control unit
2 Shooting unit 3 Touch panel 5 Printer 6 Strobe 11 CPU
12 main memory 13 disk device 14 input / output unit 15 bus 21 resize unit 22 selection unit 23 composition unit 100 print production device 200 advertisement distribution server

Claims (6)

A photographing unit for photographing a face and generating face image data;
A burden input section that accepts input of the burden for printed matter;
A frame number input section for receiving input of the number of frames of the face image to be printed on the print;
A resizing unit for changing the data size of the face image data and generating face image data for printing;
A storage unit for storing advertisement data;
A selection unit that selects and retrieves the advertisement data from the storage unit based on the burden amount input via the burden amount input unit;
Based on the number of frames input via the frame number input unit and the burden amount input via the burden amount input unit, a print position of the face image and advertisement is determined, and the print face image data and A combining unit that combines the advertisement data extracted from the storage unit by the selection unit to generate image data for printing;
A printer for printing a print based on the image data for printing;
A print production apparatus comprising:   The composition unit determines the print position of the face image and the advertisement so that the advertisement area in the printed material increases as the burden amount decreases, and generates the print image data. The print production apparatus described in 1.   3. The print according to claim 1, wherein the composition unit determines a print position so that a face image and an advertisement are printed on a plurality of prints, and generates the print image data. Product making device.   4. The print product producing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the combining unit determines a print position so that face image positions in the plurality of print products are different, and generates the print image data. 5. . A size input unit for receiving an input of the size of the face image to be printed;
The storage unit stores a plurality of advertisement data each having genre information,
The selection unit estimates the usage of the printed material based on the size input via the size input unit, and selects and extracts advertisement data having genre information corresponding to the usage from the storage unit. 5. The printed material producing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the printed material producing apparatus is a printed material. A printed material producing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5;
An advertisement delivery server that is communicably connected to the print production apparatus and delivers advertisement data to the print production apparatus every predetermined time;
A print production system comprising: