JP2013038517A - Device, method and program for photo-taking play - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device, method and program for photo-taking play, capable of editing a photographic picture according to user taste, even after the picture is imaged.SOLUTION: The photo-taking play device includes: an imaging unit for generating a photographic picture by imaging a subject; an edition unit for generating an edition picture by accepting an edition operation on the photographic picture; and an output unit for printing the edition picture. The edition unit includes: display means for displaying an imaged picture and at least one icon representing an instrument having a predetermined function; input means for accepting processing on the imaged picture displayed on the display means, based on the instrument function represented by the icon; and control means for controlling to perform image processing on the imaged picture to process based on the function provided in the instrument, and to generate the edition picture.

Description

  The present invention relates to a photography game device, a photography game method, and a photography game program.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been known a photography photography game device for a game in which a subject including a user is photographed with a camera and the photographed image is output as a printed photograph. As such a photography game device, many devices capable of editing a photographed image according to the user's preference have been proposed. For example, there is a configuration in which a background image or a foreground image can be selected from a plurality of images and combined with a captured image, or a character or a picture can be freely drawn on a captured image using a touch pen. There is (for example, Patent Document 1).

Japanese Patent No. 4672923

  However, the above-described photography game device does not edit the photographed image itself, but can only edit the photographed image by combining images prepared in advance or adding characters or pictures. Therefore, there has been a demand for an apparatus that can edit a captured image itself, more preferably an apparatus that can intuitively edit a captured image itself even after shooting.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problem, and is a photography game device capable of intuitively editing a photographed image according to a user's preference, even for a photographed image, An object is to provide a photography game method and a photography game program.

  A photography game device according to the present invention includes a photographing unit that photographs a subject and generates a photographed image, an editing unit that receives an editing operation on the photographed image and generates an edited image, and an output unit that outputs the edited image The editing unit includes a display unit that displays the captured image and at least one icon representing an instrument having a predetermined function, and the icon for the captured image displayed on the display unit. An input unit that accepts processing based on the function of the appliance represented, and control for performing image processing on the captured image and generating the edited image so as to perform processing based on the function of the appliance Means.

  According to this configuration, it is possible to intuitively edit a photographed captured image according to the user's preference. That is, when the user inputs to perform processing based on the function of the appliance represented by the icon, the captured image can be image-processed so as to perform processing based on the function. For example, in the case where an icon representing a roller for small face processing is displayed, when inputting that processing by this roller is input, the face of the photographed image is processed so as to become a small face. Thus, in the present invention, even a captured image can be edited according to the user's preference. At this time, since the image processing is performed so as to perform processing based on the function of the device using a pseudo device, it is easy to intuitively image the process and result of the image processing, and represents the user's preference. Since it is easy, satisfaction can be improved. The output unit according to the present invention prints the edited image, transmits the edited image as electronic data, and allows the other terminal to receive the edited image via wireless or wired connection.

  The photography game method according to the present invention includes a step of photographing a subject to generate a photographed image, a step of receiving an editing operation on the photographed image to generate an edited image, and a step of outputting the edited image. And the step of generating the edited image includes displaying the photographed image and at least one icon representing an instrument having a predetermined function, and the icon represented by the icon for the displayed photographed image. A step of accepting processing based on the function of the instrument, and a step of performing image processing on the captured image to generate the edited image so as to perform processing based on the function of the instrument. Yes.

  A photography game program according to the present invention includes a photographing unit that photographs a subject to generate a photographed image, an editing unit that receives an editing operation on the photographed image and generates an edited image, and an output unit that outputs the edited image And a step of displaying at least one icon representing the photographed image and an instrument having a predetermined function on a computer of a photography game device comprising: the displayed photographed image represented by the icon Performing a step of accepting processing based on the function of the instrument, and a step of performing image processing on the captured image and generating the edited image so as to perform a process based on the function of the instrument. Let

  According to the present invention, even a captured image can be edited intuitively according to the user's preference.

It is a figure which shows the external appearance of the photograph production apparatus for games which is a photography game device which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a front view of the imaging part in the said embodiment. It is a front view of the edit part in the said embodiment. It is a front view of the output part in the said embodiment. In the said embodiment, it is a schematic diagram which shows the screen structure of the touchscreen for imaging operations. In the said embodiment, it is a schematic diagram which shows the screen structure of the touch panel for edit operations. It is a block diagram which shows the structure which looked at the principal part of the photo production apparatus for play concerning the said embodiment from the functional surface. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence of the imaging | photography process in the said embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence of the edit process in the said embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence of the beauty edit process in the said embodiment. It is a figure which shows the process of the beauty edit process in the said embodiment. It is a figure which shows the process of the beauty edit process in the said embodiment. It is a figure which shows the process of the beauty edit process in the said embodiment.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of a photography game apparatus according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an appearance of a game photo creation device which is a photo game device according to the present embodiment. More specifically, FIG. 1 (a) is an external side view of the play photo creation apparatus as viewed from the side, and FIG. 1 (b) is an external plan view as viewed from above. In the following, first, the overall configuration of this play photo creating apparatus will be described.

<1 Overall configuration>
As shown in FIG. 1, this play photo creating apparatus includes a shooting room 2 for a user to enter, and a shooting unit 3 for shooting the user and acquiring a shot image is attached to the shooting room 2. It has been. An editing unit 4 is provided outside the shooting room 2 adjacent to the shooting unit 3. The editing unit 4 accepts an editing operation such as graffiti by a user on a captured image, and generates an edited image obtained by editing the captured image. The editing unit 4 is adjacent to an output unit 5 that outputs an edited image.

  Next, each part will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. FIG. 2 is a front view of the photographing unit 3, FIG. 3 is a front view of the editing unit 4, and FIG. 4 is a front view of the output unit 5.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the shooting room 2 has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape, and the shooting unit 3 is disposed along the front surface of the shooting room 2, which is the front surface when viewed from the user entering the inside. Note that an opening for a user to enter and exit, and a light-shielding curtain that covers a part or all of the opening are provided on a part of each of the left and right side surfaces of the photographing room 2. In addition, a single color (in this case, blue or green) for chroma key composition processing is attached to the rear surface, which is the rear surface as viewed from the user who enters the photographing room 2. In addition, these colors may be attached | subjected also to the floor surface etc. which are contained in the imaging | photography range of the imaging | photography part 3, for example.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the photographing unit 3 includes a camera 10 as an imaging unit for photographing a user, and four strobes 11, 12, 13 </ b> L, and 13 </ b> R that are arranged at upper, lower, left, and right positions of the camera 10 and emit flash light. It has. Further, another strobe 14 is provided below the lower strobe. A shooting operation touch panel 20 is provided below the camera 10 to accept operations from the user and display captured images. A coin insertion slot 26 is provided on the right side of the lowermost strobe 14.

  The camera 10 is typically a digital camera that generates a digital image signal using a CCD (Charge Coupled Device), captures a user, and outputs an image signal representing the captured image. The flashes 11 to 14 emit a flash toward the user in order to obtain sufficient light for photographing. The shooting operation touch panel 20 is configured to provide an operation screen for accepting various operations by the user during shooting, and to display an image based on the image signal in real time.

  Here, the photographing operation touch panel 20 will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing a display configuration of the touch panel 20 for shooting operation. As shown in the figure, at the time of shooting, the shooting operation touch panel 20 has a real-time preview area 201 for displaying a shot image in real time, a pose sample display area 202 for displaying a pose sample, and a shooting. The editing target image display area 203 for displaying the editing target image obtained by the above is displayed. In the real-time preview area 201, a background image, which will be described later, selected by the user is displayed with a chroma key combined with the captured image.

  The photographing unit 3 is built around a computer and includes a control device that controls each unit, an I / O control device, and a network adapter that communicates with the editing unit 4.

  Next, the editing unit 4 will be described. The editing unit 4 is configured around a computer similar to the photographing unit 3 and includes a control device that controls each unit, a network adapter for communicating with the photographing unit 3 and the like. Further, as shown in FIG. 1B, the editing unit 4 is divided into two units 4a and 4b so that two sets of users can play. One of the units 4a includes an editing operation touch panel 400 including a graffiti area, an area for displaying a menu for graffiti, a tool, and the like, and functioning as a GUI (Graphical User Interface) display means, and the editing operation touch panel 400 Touch pens 49L and 49R are provided as pointing devices used for the operation of. The other unit 4b has the same configuration. Here, the unit 4a seen in the foreground in FIG. 1A is referred to as “graffiti booth A”, and the unit 4b on the opposite side (the back side in the figure) is referred to as “graffiti booth B”.

  The editing operation touch panel 400 according to the present embodiment has a display configuration in which two users can perform graffiti at the same time in each of the units 4a and 4b. In this description, components used by the user on the left side are given reference signs including “L”, and components used by the user on the right side are assigned reference signs including “R”. ing.

  In addition, the editing operation touch panel 400 according to the present embodiment is configured to be able to simultaneously detect the operation positions of the plurality of touch pens 49L and 49R, and each of the detected operation positions is any of the touch pens 49L and 49R. It is also possible to detect whether it corresponds to the above operation. For example, when a capacitive touch panel is used as the editing operation touch panel 400, simultaneous detection of such a plurality of operation positions and identification of the operated touch pen are possible.

  Next, the editing operation touch panel 400 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing a screen configuration of the editing operation touch panel 400. As shown in the figure, the editing operation touch panel 400 is divided into a pair of left and right spaces, and can be used by two users. In the upper center of each space, rectangular graffiti areas 41L and 41R that display images selected from a plurality of editing target images generated based on the captured images and perform (virtual) graffiti are provided. . Below the graffiti areas 41L and 41R, a palette as a collection of tools for the user to perform graffiti, that is, a set of tools for editing instructions for the (selected) editing target image. 42L and 42R are provided. On the side thereof, mode selection button groups 44L and 44R for switching the types of tools included in the palettes 42L and 42R are provided. With these mode selection buttons 44L and 44R, the palette mode can be switched to, for example, “pen”, “stamp”, “frame”, and “background”. In addition, tabs 43L and 43R are provided on the tops of the pallets 42L and 42R, and various types of items can be displayed and selected by switching the tabs. Further, button groups 45L and 45R for performing operations related to graffiti other than the tools included in the palettes 42L and 42R are provided on the sides of the graffiti areas 41L and 41R, that is, at both ends of the editing operation touch panel 400, respectively. Yes. As will be described later, these button groups 45L and 45R include a plurality of icons representing instruments for performing beauty processing. For example, an icon representing a roller for processing a small face, a viewer for curling eyelashes, and the like are included, but an icon representing a beauty tool other than this can also be provided. In addition, these button groups 45L and 45R include, for example, “End of Rakugaki”, “Erase of Rakugaki”, “Return to One”, “Return to original face”, “Eraser”, “Background eraser”, “Thick pen” ”,“ Medium pen ”, and“ Thin pen ”buttons are included.

  Further, the editing operation touch panel 400 is provided with components commonly used by the left and right users. For example, a timer 46 for displaying the remaining graffiti time is provided above the graffiti areas 41L and 41R. Below this timer, a candidate image thumbnail 47, which is an image group in which a plurality of editing target images for editing are displayed in a small list as editing candidate images, is provided. Further, below the candidate image thumbnail 47, a guide screen display area 48 is provided for displaying a usage description or the like of the selected item when a tab or item is selected.

  Next, the output unit 5 will be described. As shown in FIG. 4, the output unit 5 typically includes an outlet 33 that takes out a photo sticker, a photo card, or the like on which an edited image that has been edited by the editing unit 4 has been printed. . Also, the output unit 5 transfers, for example, a material image such as a Deco-mail (registered trademark) image or an edited image obtained by graffitiing a photographed image to the user's mobile phone terminal by using an infrared port built in the mobile phone terminal In some cases, a touch panel 30 for output operation that is operated by a user when performing the operation is provided. Further, an infrared port (non-contact communication port) 31 is provided below the output operation touch panel 30 for directly transmitting the material image or the like as an infrared signal to the mobile phone terminal, and is necessary for the communication. In some cases, a speaker 32 is also provided to notify the user by voice of various operation methods and sound effects.

  The output operation touch panel 30 transmits the material image or the like to the mobile phone terminal having the non-contact communication function when the user wants to view the edited image not only on the photo sticker on which the edited image is printed but also on the mobile phone terminal. It is configured to provide an operation screen for accepting various operations necessary for this. This operation is mainly performed using the time until the photo sticker of the edited image is printed. Therefore, the user should use the time effectively until the photo sticker is printed. Can do. Further, this operation can be performed on the editing operation touch panel 400 of the editing unit 4 without providing the output operation touch panel 30 in the output unit 5.

  Such an output unit 5 is also configured around a computer similar to the photographing unit 3 and includes a control device for controlling each unit and the like, a network adapter for communicating with the editing unit 4 and the like, as well as editing. A network printer 35 for printing an image as a photo sticker or the like is provided.

  In the configuration as described above, the user uses the graffiti booth A of the editing unit 4 or the touch panel 400 for the editing operation of the graffiti booth B after shooting in the shooting room 2 to generate based on the shot image. Graffiti and editing work is performed on the edited image. Then, the user prints an edited image generated by graffiti or the like by a network printer, transmits the image to a mobile phone terminal having an infrared communication function, and displays the image received by the mobile phone terminal on the terminal screen. To do.

<2 Functional configuration>
Next, the functional configuration of the game photo creation device according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the main part of the play photo creating apparatus as seen from the functional aspect. As shown in the figure, this play photo creating apparatus is functionally composed of three processing units, that is, a photographing processing unit 7, an editing processing unit 8, and an output processing unit 9. The photographing processing unit 7 mainly performs processing for photographing a user (photographing processing). The editing processing unit 8 mainly performs editing processing on the editing target image in accordance with a user's editing operation on the editing target image. Then, the output processing unit 9 outputs the edited image obtained by performing the editing process on the image to be edited as a photo sticker or the like, or outputs the created material image or the like to the mobile phone terminal using non-contact communication. Processing (output processing) is performed. As will be described later, these processing units 6, 7, and 8 have first, second, and third communication units 75, 83, and 95 that are network adapters, respectively. 95 can communicate with each other via a network 6 which is a LAN (Local Area Network). Hereinafter, each processing unit will be described in detail.

  First, the imaging processing unit 7 will be described. The imaging processing unit 7 includes a first control unit 70, and an imaging unit 71, a first display / operation unit 72, an I / O control unit 73, and a first communication unit 75 are electrically connected to the control unit 70. Connected. The illumination unit 74 is electrically connected to the I / O control unit 73. The imaging unit 71 corresponds to the camera 10 configured using an imaging element such as a CCD, and captures an image in real time and outputs an image signal representing the image (captured image). This image signal is input to the first control unit 70 and temporarily stored as photographed image data in its internal memory. The captured image data is supplied as a captured image signal from the first control unit 70 to the first display / operation unit 72, and a captured image based on the captured image signal is displayed in real time. Actually, the captured image data stored as the captured image is high-resolution still image data, and the captured image data for real-time display (also referred to as “through image data”) is low-resolution moving image data. However, since the photographing objects are the same, the following description will be made without distinguishing them in principle.

  The first display / operation unit 72 corresponds to the shooting operation touch panel 20 and receives an operation for selecting a frame, a background image, a foreground image, and the like to be added to the shot image, a shutter operation, and the like. Signals indicating these operations are input to the first control unit 70 as operation signals. Here, when a predetermined process for photographing the user (corresponding to the selected photographing menu) is started, guidance for the user is displayed on the first display / operation unit 72, and thereafter Based on an instruction from the first control unit 70, a flash is emitted from the flashes 11 to 14 in the shooting direction of the camera 10 after a predetermined time of about several seconds. At that time, an image signal output from the imaging unit 71 as a signal representing a photographed image of the user is input to the first control unit 70, a memory in the first control unit 70, a hard disk device as an auxiliary storage device, or the like. Stored as captured image data.

  The illumination unit 74 corresponds to the strobes 11, 12, 13 </ b> L, 13 </ b> R, 14 disposed at the top, bottom, left, and right positions of the camera 10, and is turned on / off by the I / O control unit 73 based on an instruction from the first control unit 70. Turning off and dimming are controlled. The I / O control unit 73 corresponds to an I / O control device built in the photographing unit 3 and controls the illumination unit 74 based on an instruction from the first control unit 70. Further, an input signal such as a detection signal from a coin detection unit (not shown) described later is transferred to the first control unit 70. The first communication unit 75 corresponds to a network adapter built in the photographing unit 3 and functions as an interface for data transmission / reception via the network 6.

  The first control unit 70 is a built-in image capturing unit 3 and corresponds to a control unit mainly composed of a computer including a CPU, a memory, a frame buffer, a timer, an auxiliary storage device, and the like. When the CPU executes the program, an instruction is given to each unit as described above in order to control each unit based on the operation signal or the like input as described above. In addition, an editing target image is generated based on the captured image. The generated image to be edited is written in the frame buffer and displayed on the first display / operation unit 72. This editing target image is an image obtained by synthesizing a captured image and a predetermined background image. An area corresponding to the background in the photographed image is assigned a background color which is a key color used for creating a mask. The first control unit 70 extracts a captured image portion including only the user image based on a well-known chroma key composition processing method, and synthesizes the captured image portion so as to be fitted in the background image to be edited. Generate an image. The editing target image generated in this way is displayed on the first display / operation unit 72 by being written in the frame buffer.

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

  Next, the edit processing unit 8 will be described. The editing processing unit 8 includes a second control unit 80, and a pair of second display / operation units 81 and 82 and a second communication unit 83 are electrically connected to the control unit 80. ing. The second control unit 80 is a built-in editing unit 4 and corresponds to a control unit configured mainly by a computer including a CPU, a memory, a frame buffer, an auxiliary storage device, and the like, and a predetermined program stored in an internal memory Is executed by the CPU to perform overall control related to the editing process. That is, the second control unit 80 functions as a GUI control unit that controls the second display / operation units 81 and 82. The second control unit 80 also edits the image to be edited sent from the first control unit 70 (the image to be edited selected by the user from the images to be edited generated by the first control unit 70). ) Based on an operation signal for performing a graffiti process or a beauty editing process, an image to be edited is generated on the image to be edited, or an edited image to which a beauty editing process described later is performed is generated.

  In order to perform the beauty editing process, the second control unit 80 performs a known face recognition process (face detection process) on the editing target image and detects the position of the user's face included in the editing target image. In addition, the face structure is also detected. The detection of the face structure means, for example, recognition of the face outline, hairstyle, eyes, nose, mouth, ear size, position, and the like. And the 2nd control part 80 receives the beauty process with respect to the recognized face. For example, when a face range to be subjected to cosmetic processing is detected from the position of the touch pen 49 touched via the touch panel 400 with respect to the face of the recognized subject, or when the touch pen 49 is slid on the touch panel 400 In addition, the distance, time, or number of slides is detected. There are various forms of slides, such as those along a straight line or a curve, and reciprocating motion. In this way, when there is an instruction for beauty editing for the detected face, image processing in the designated range is performed, and this is written in the frame buffer, and the second display / operation unit 81, 82. For example, when the small face process is selected as the beauty editing process and a predetermined range from the cheek to the chin is designated as the range to be processed, at least one of the distance, time, number of times, etc., that the touch pen 49 is slid Based on this, image processing for correcting the contour is performed so as to reduce the contour from the cheek to the jaw. For example, the processing amount can be increased as the slide distance increases. Here, the processing amount refers to a reduction amount of the contour from the cheek to the chin. Further, along with the reduction of the contour of the jaw, etc., the parts associated therewith are also processed. For example, the size of the mouth is reduced simultaneously with the reduction of the contour of the jaw or the like. That is, the adjustment is performed so that the balance of the face is not lost with the small face processing. As described above, the second control unit 80 is configured to store various image processing programs for performing predetermined cosmetic processing on the detected face and execute the programs as necessary.

  In addition, the second control unit 80 displays an icon representing the above-described beauty tool or displays the operation as an animation on the second display / operation units 81 and 82. For example, a roller is displayed on the face of the image to be edited, or an animation representing how the roller rolls over the face is displayed on the second display / operation units 81 and 82. Further, when a viewer is selected as the beauty tool, an animation representing the operation of the viewer is displayed. Further, the second control unit 80 causes the graffiti areas 41L and 41R to display a display that prompts input by the touch pen 400 described above. For example, the touch pen 49 is touched on the touch panel 400, or characters or figures that prompt the user to slide are displayed.

  Note that the face detection process prior to the beauty editing process can be performed by the first control unit 70 when a photographed image is acquired by the photographing unit 71, or as described above, from the photographing processing unit 7. It is also possible to perform face detection processing on the sent image to be edited again. However, when the first control unit 70 performs the face detection process, information indicating the result needs to be transmitted to the second control unit 80.

  Also, the face orientation can be detected during the face detection process. That is, when the face is tilted instead of the front, the second control unit 80 displays the orientation of the beauty instrument icon displayed on the face in accordance with the face. For example, when a sideways face is detected, the roller as a beauty tool is displayed as seen from the side, and the animation is also displayed as if viewed from the side.

  When the generation of the edited image as described above is completed, an instruction to select a divided layout by the user is accepted, and information indicating the selected divided layout and the generated edited image are sent to the output unit 5. When the print output unit 92 is outputting another edited image, a message to that effect is displayed and the print output unit 92 is sent after completion.

  The second display / operation units 81 and 82 correspond to the editing operation touch panel 400 functioning as a graffiti GUI display means, and accept user operations using a touch pen. The second communication unit 83 corresponds to a network adapter built in the editing unit 4 and functions as an interface for data transmission / reception via the network 6.

  Next, the output processing unit 9 will be described. The output processing unit 9 includes a third control unit 90. The control unit 90 includes a third display / operation unit 91, a print output unit 92, an audio output unit 93, a non-contact communication unit 94, and a third. The communication unit 95 and the wireless communication unit 96 are electrically connected. The third control unit 90 is built in the output unit 5 and corresponds to a control unit mainly composed of a computer including a CPU, a memory, a frame buffer, a timer, an auxiliary storage device, and the like, and is stored in an internal memory. When the CPU executes a predetermined program, overall control relating to output processing is performed. The third control unit 90 stores the edited image sent from the second control unit 80 in the memory as edited image data. The print output unit 92 corresponds to the network printer 35 built in the output unit, and prints the edited image data stored in the memory as a photo sticker (or photo card) (which is appropriately laid out). The printed photo sticker or the like is taken out from an outlet 33 provided on the lower front side of the output unit 5.

  Further, the third control unit 90 starts printing processing such as a photo sticker based on the divided layout information and the edited image sent from the second control unit 80, and at the same time accepts a user input operation. An operation screen to be described later is displayed on the third display / operation unit 91. The third display / operation unit 91 corresponds to the output operation touch panel 30 and functions as an input unit. The output operation touch panel 30 includes a monitor that functions as a display unit such as a liquid crystal display or a CRT (Cathode Ray Tube), and a touch panel for one person that is stacked on the upper surface and can recognize input coordinates. The monitor can display an operation screen divided into a plurality of screens, and the touch panel accepts an input operation using a user's touch pen for each of the plurality of divided screens, and the received input operation is used as an operation signal as a third signal. To the control unit 90.

  The third communication unit 95 corresponds to a network adapter built in the output unit 5 and functions as an interface for data transmission / reception via the network 6.

  Here, the third control unit 90 writes the demo image (demonstration image) stored in advance in the auxiliary storage device in the frame buffer from the end of the graffiti until the operation is started. Displayed on the display / operation unit 91. The audio output unit 93 corresponds to the speaker 32. The audio output unit 93 explains the input operation method to the user in conjunction with the operation screen displayed on the third display / operation unit 91, and the demo image is displayed on the third display / operation unit 91. When playing, play music etc. according to the demo image. The description of the input operation method, music, and the like are stored in advance in a hard disk device as an auxiliary storage device.

  Thereafter, the third control unit 90 provides the user with a mini-game to be described later until printing of the edited image is completed by the display of the third display / operation unit 91 or the sound or sound effect by the sound output unit 93. to continue. The contents of this mini game are similarly stored in advance in a hard disk device or the like.

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

  The first to third control units 70, 80, and 90 have been described as corresponding to apparatuses including different computers built in different parts (such as the imaging unit 3). For example, the first to third control units 70, 80, 90 may be realized by two or less devices or four or more devices. For example, it is possible to provide two control units, one control unit controlling the photographing unit 3 and the output unit 5, and the other control unit controlling the editing unit 4. In such a case, a program corresponding to the function to be realized is executed in each device. Further, the control devices constituting the control units 70, 80, 90 may be built in any of the parts 3, 4, 5. For example, all the control devices may be built in the editing unit 4. . In addition, the photographing unit 3, the editing unit 4, and the output unit 5 are physically divided into three, but these can be configured as one or two units.

<3 Processing procedure in the photo creation device for games>
As described above, the photo creation device for play includes the photographing unit 3, the editing unit 4, and the output unit 5. The photographing unit 3 performs photographing processing, the editing unit 4 performs later-described graffiti editing processing, and the output unit 5 performs output processing. It should be noted that when a certain user is playing on the photographing unit 3, another user can play on the editing unit 4, and yet another user can output an edited image on the output unit 5. Yes. In other words, this game photo creation device can perform shooting processing, graffiti editing processing, and output processing in parallel. Below, the process mentioned above is demonstrated in order.

<3.1 Shooting process>
First, photographing processing in the photographing unit 3 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of the photographing process in the present embodiment. When the play photo creation device is not used (when no play is performed), a demonstration image is displayed on the shooting operation touch panel 20. When the user inserts a coin into the coin insertion slot 26 while displaying the demo image, play is started (step S100).

  When the play is started, the first control unit 70 accepts selection of a shooting mode by the user (step S110). In step S110, for example, an image quality (specifically, a clear image quality with high contrast, a soft image quality with softness, or a cool image quality with transparency) and brightness are selected, and brightness is automatically selected. Select whether to shoot or manually. When shooting automatically, a shooting theme is selected. In this case, the first control unit 70 displays on the shooting operation touch panel 20 a screen for allowing the user to select one or more shooting themes from a plurality of shooting themes prepared in advance. The selection operation by the person is accepted. Then, the first control unit 70 acquires selection information based on the user's selection operation, and based on the selected shooting theme, a combination of a frame, a background image, and a foreground image that are used during shooting. To decide. When shooting manually, the user freely determines the frame, background image, and foreground image. Then, it progresses to step S120 and imaging | photography is performed. By this shooting, the shot image data is stored in the memory of the first control unit 70.

  In step S <b> 130, an editing target image is generated by combining the background determined by the user and the user image included in the captured image, and the editing target image is displayed on the shooting operation touch panel 20. . Specifically, each time the process of step S130 is performed, the edit target images are sequentially displayed in the edit target image display area 203 of the photographing operation touch panel 20 shown in FIG. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S140, and the first control unit 70 determines whether or not a predetermined number of images have been taken. As a result of the determination, if the number of images has been shot, the process proceeds to step S150. If the number of images has not been shot, the process returns to step S120. In practice, a time limit for photographing (for example, 3 minutes) is provided.

  In step S150, an image to be actually edited (by the user) is selected from a plurality of images to be edited. Specifically, the first control unit 70 displays a list of images to be edited on the shooting operation touch panel 20 in order to allow the user to select an image to be used for editing and printing, and performs a selection operation by the user. Accept. Then, the first control unit 70 sends the image selected by the user to the second control unit 80 as an actual editing target image. After step S150 ends, the process proceeds to step S160. In step S160, a guidance screen is displayed. Specifically, the first control unit 70 displays a screen for guiding the user to any one of the editing units 4 (4 a or 4 b) on the photographing operation touch panel 20. Thereby, the photographing process is completed.

<3.2 Editing process>
Next, the graffiti editing process in the editing unit will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the procedure of graffiti editing processing in the present embodiment. The graffiti editing process is realized by the second control unit 80 operating as shown in FIG. 9 based on a predetermined program.

  First, the second control unit 80 acquires the image to be edited sent from the first control unit 50 in the process of step S150 of FIG. 8 (step S210). Subsequently, the timer 46 is set to a predetermined time (specifically, a time during which graffiti is permitted), and countdown is started (step S220).

  After the timer 46 starts to count down, the graffiti editing operation screen is displayed on the editing operation touch panel 400 of one of the units 4a and 4b constituting the editing unit 4, and the graffiti operation by the user is accepted (step S230). ~ S250). At the time of this graffiti editing process, the editing unit 4 may accept an editing operation for creating a material image such as a decomail image, in addition to an editing operation on the editing target image based on the photographed image.

  Specifically, when one of buttons, tools, etc. in the editing operation screen is touched with a touch pen, the coordinate value is input (step S230), and the corresponding graffiti editing process (step S240) is performed. At this time, a beauty editing process described later can also be performed. Thereafter, in step S250, the remaining time of the timer 46 becomes 0 (or the user performs an operation to end), and it is determined whether or not the graffiti has ended, and when it has not ended (in the case of No in step S250). Returns to step S230, and the process is repeated until the graffiti ends. On the other hand, when the graffiti is completed (Yes in step S250), the process proceeds to step S260. In this way, an edited image is generated in which the image to be edited is subjected to graffiti processing and beauty editing processing described later.

  If the graffiti editing process (step S240) is not performed even if the predetermined time has elapsed (or the graffiti time limit is less than the predetermined time), a character prompting the graffiti is displayed on the touch panel 400. You can also It is preferable to display the character for encouraging graffiti on or near the candidate image corresponding to the image to be edited that has not been subjected to the graffiti editing process.

  If graffiti does not start even after a predetermined time has elapsed since the display of the characters (or the graffiti limit is less than the predetermined time), a few touches from the button group displayed on touch panel 400 Only a button for displaying a tool capable of scribbling with a number (for example, a tool that can perform scribble using a plurality of functions on an image to be edited by one touch) can be highlighted. For example, as a method of making only the corresponding button stand out, it is possible to highlight the corresponding button, make it light, or display a predetermined character on or around the corresponding button, but it is not limited to this. .

  Returning to FIG. 9, the description of the editing process will be continued. In step S260, the division pattern of the output photo is selected. Specifically, the second control unit 80 displays an operation screen on the editing operation touch panel 400 for causing the user to select one of a plurality of division patterns prepared in advance, and uses the operation screen. The selection operation by the person is accepted. And the 2nd control part 80 acquires selection information based on a user's selection operation. After the process of step S260 is completed, the process proceeds to step S270.

  In step S270, a guidance screen is displayed. Specifically, the second control unit 80 displays a screen for guiding the user to the output unit 5 on the editing operation touch panel 400. Thereby, the graffiti editing process ends. As described above, when the graffiti editing process is completed, the output unit 5 starts the printing process such as a photo sticker based on the edited image sent from the editing unit 4.

  Next, detailed contents of the beauty editing process included in step S240 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the beauty editing process, and FIGS. 11 to 13 are diagrams showing a process of performing the beauty editing process on the edit target image shown in the graffiti area. Here, the small face process in the beauty editing process will be described.

  First, as shown in FIG. 11, the user touches an icon X indicating a “roller” for performing small face processing with the touch pen 49 from the button groups 45 </ b> L and 45 </ b> R of the editing operation touch panel 400. Select (step S310). Thereby, the beauty editing process is started, and the second control unit 80 detects the face of the subject from the editing target images displayed in the graffiti areas 41L and 41R (step S320). The face may be detected before the beauty editing process is performed, for example, after the image to be edited is sent from the photographing unit 3. Next, a display prompting the user to designate a range where small face processing is to be performed is displayed in the graffiti areas 41L and 41R (step S330). In the example shown in FIG. 11, “Please touch the position where the roller hits” is displayed. Accordingly, the user touches the face of the subject displayed in the graffiti areas 41L and 41R with the touch pen 49 in a range where small face processing is to be performed, for example, a predetermined range from the cheek to the chin on the face of the subject. When a touch with the touch pen 49 is detected (Yes in step S340), the second control unit 80 displays the roller icon X at the touched position as shown in FIG. 12 (step S350). When the touch with the touch pen 49 is not detected (No in step S340), the display for prompting the touch with the touch pen 49 described above is continued. In addition, the above display is also made when a position other than the face is touched with the touch pen 49.

  Subsequently, a display prompting the user to move the displayed roller icon X is displayed in the graffiti areas 41L and 41R (step S360). In the example shown in FIG. 12, “Please roll the roller” is displayed. This is to input the range and the extent to which the small face processing should be performed. In response to the above display, the user touches the touch pen 49 on the roller icon and slides it on the touch panel 400. When the slide of the touch pen 49 is detected (Yes in step S370), as shown in FIG. 13A, the roller icon moves on the graffiti areas 41L and 41R together with the operation of the touch pen 49 so that the roller operates. A simple animation is displayed (step S380). When the slide with the touch pen 49 is not detected (No in step S370), the display for prompting the slide with the touch pen 49 is continued. In addition, the above display is performed even when the touch pen 49 is used to slide a position other than the face. Thus, when the touch pen 49 is sliding, the second control unit 80 performs image processing according to the movement distance of the touch pen 49 (step S390). That is, as shown in FIG. 13B, image processing is performed so that the contour (from the cheek to the chin) of the face of the subject is reduced at the position where the roller icon is arranged. As described above, for example, when the touch pen 49 is slid on the chin, the second control unit 80 performs image processing so as to reduce the recognized contour from the cheek to the chin, and also reduces the size of the mouth. Image processing is performed as described above. At this time, if the movement distance of the touch pen 49 is large, the degree of reduction of the outline is large, and if the movement distance is small, the reduction is not so much. However, even when the movement distance is large, the upper limit of the size to be reduced is determined in advance and is not infinitely reduced. As described above, image processing can be performed simultaneously with the slide of the touch pen 49, and the result can be displayed in real time, or after the slide with the touch pen 49 stops, image processing is performed and the result can be displayed. You can also. When image processing is performed simultaneously with the sliding of the touch pen 49, for example, the face size may be reduced stepwise every time the moving distance reaches a predetermined distance, or simply as the moving distance increases. You may make it reduce the magnitude | size of. In this way, when the set time of the timer is reached, or when an icon indicating another beauty tool or another tool for graffiti is selected from the palette, the beauty editing process ends, but until that time, step S330 is performed. The process up to S390 can be repeated. Note that a “return to original face” button (not shown) is displayed at a predetermined position (for example, in the palettes 42L and 42R) of the editing operation touch panel 400 only during the beauty editing process, and this button is touched. Then, the beauty editing process performed in the process of step S390 may be canceled.

<4. Effect>
As described above, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to intuitively edit an editing target image (captured image) according to the user's preference even for an image after shooting. That is, when a user uses a beauty tool represented by an icon and inputs a position where the beauty tool should be used in an image to be edited, photographing is performed so that processing based on the function of the beauty tool is performed at that position. Images can be processed. That is, as in this embodiment, when an icon representing a roller for small face processing is selected and the image to be edited is touched and slid with the touch pen 49, the face of the image to be edited becomes an image so that the face becomes a small face. It is processed. As described above, in the present embodiment, since a pseudo beauty device such as a roller is used and image processing is performed so as to perform processing based on the function of the roller, it is easy to intuitively image the process and result of the image processing. Moreover, since it is easy to express a user's preference, satisfaction can be improved. In addition to the roller, for example, when a buller is selected, the following processing is performed. First, when an icon indicating a viewer is selected and an eye in the image to be edited is touched with a touch pen, the icon of the viewer is displayed on the eye. When the touch pen is slid in this state, an animation in which the viewer operates is displayed. As a result, image processing is performed so that the eyes wide open, so-called patchy.

  Note that the small face processing in the present embodiment includes processing for simultaneously reducing the mouth of the face as well as the contour of the face, but the small face processing is not limited to this, and any small face processing can be used. Needless to say more.

<5. Modification>
As mentioned above, although one Embodiment of this invention was described, this invention is not limited to the said embodiment, A various change is possible unless it deviates from the meaning. In the above embodiment, an icon representing a beauty tool is selected, the touch panel is touched and the icon appears on the image to be edited, and then the image processing is performed by sliding the touch pen. However, the present invention is not limited to these, and various modes are possible. For example, image processing may be performed by touching the touch panel once or a plurality of times, or image processing can be started only by sliding with a touch pen. Alternatively, image processing may be performed simply by selecting an icon representing a beauty tool. In short, it is only necessary to input a process based on the function of the beauty tool represented by the icon by some method. Further, the operation of the touch pen 49 for determining the processing amount of the image processing may be other than the slide, and may be the number of taps, time, or the like. Further, the processing amount of the image processing can be determined by displaying an icon (for example, displaying a plurality of rollers having different sizes) that defines the processing amount in advance and selecting any one at least once. At this time, image processing may be started simply by selecting an icon, or image processing may be performed by sliding the touch pen 49 on the touch panel 400 after selecting the icon. That is, it is possible to determine the amount of image processing by using both icon selection and sliding operation. In addition to touch pens, the touch panel can be directly touched with a finger, or input means such as a mouse and a keyboard can be used. When image processing is started by selecting an icon (when the icon is not moved directly with the touch pen 49), the icon displayed on the image to be edited may be moved according to the content of the image processing.

  In the above-described embodiment, the beauty editing process is exemplified as the editing process of the photographed image. However, various processes other than this can be performed, and an appliance having a predetermined function is represented by an icon, and a process based on the function What is necessary is just to be able to perform the image processing which is performed. For example, an icon representing “color contact lens” can be provided to change the eye color. Also, an icon representing “magic wand” is provided, and the hairstyle can be changed by using this icon. That is, not only an actual device but also an imaginary device can be employed as long as it has a predetermined function (for example, a function is described in an icon). Further, the place where image processing is performed is not limited to the face, but, for example, if the whole body can be photographed, any part of the whole body is the target of image processing. In this case, for example, the above-described magic wand can be used to perform image processing such as making the legs longer or thinner. Note that the processing amount when the above image processing is performed refers to the degree of image processing, that is, the amount of change from the original image. Say it.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, as shown in the process of step S340 of FIG. 10, when the touch with the touch pen 49 is detected, an icon is displayed on the position touched by the touch pen 49. However, instead of this processing, after an icon is selected in the processing of S310, the selected icon is displayed on the editing target image displayed in the graffiti area and moved with the touch pen 49. You can also In the case of the example shown in FIG. 11, the position to be displayed is preferably near the position where the roller is actually used (near a predetermined position from both cheeks to the chin). This can be realized by using the face detection process described above.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, the magnitude | size of an icon can be changed based on the magnitude | size of each body part of the user's image contained in an edit object image. For example, when the icon is a roller, it is preferable to change the size of the roller according to the size of the user's face included in the image to be edited.

3 ... Shooting unit 4 ... Editing unit 49 Touch pen (input means)
400 ... Touch panel for editing operation (input means, display means)
5 ... Output unit 80 ... Second control unit (control means)

Claims (8)

A shooting unit for shooting a subject and generating a shot image;
An editing unit that receives an editing operation on the captured image and generates an edited image;
An output unit for outputting the edited image;
With
The editing unit
Display means for displaying the photographed image and at least one icon representing an instrument having a predetermined function;
Input means for accepting to perform processing based on the function of the appliance represented by the icon on the captured image displayed on the display means;
Control means for performing image processing on the captured image so as to perform processing based on the function of the instrument, and generating the edited image;
A photography game device equipped with.   The photograph according to claim 1, wherein when a process based on a function of the instrument is executed, the control unit displays the icon corresponding to the process on the captured image displayed on the display unit. Shooting game device. The input means accepts an operation for performing processing based on the function for the captured image displayed on the display means,
The photography game device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the control means causes the display means to display an animation for operating the icon based on the action.   The photography game device according to claim 3, wherein the control means determines a processing amount of image processing for the photographed image based on an operation received by the input means.   The photography game device according to claim 4, wherein the control means determines a processing amount of the image processing according to at least one of a distance, a frequency, and a time at which the operation is performed. The control means includes
6. The direction in which the subject is photographed is recognized based on the captured image, and the display direction of the icon is adjusted to be displayed on the display unit so as to match the direction. The photography game device according to any one of the preceding claims. Shooting a subject to generate a shot image;
Receiving an editing operation on the captured image to generate an edited image;
Outputting the edited image;
With
The step of generating the edited image includes:
Displaying the photographed image and at least one icon representing an instrument having a predetermined function;
Accepting to perform processing based on the function of the appliance represented by the icon for the displayed captured image;
Performing image processing on the captured image so as to perform processing based on the function of the instrument, and generating the edited image;
A photography play method comprising: A computer of a photography game apparatus comprising: a photographing unit that photographs a subject and generates a photographed image; an editing unit that accepts an editing operation on the photographed image and generates an edited image; and an output unit that outputs the edited image. In addition,
Displaying the photographed image and at least one icon representing an instrument having a predetermined function;
Accepting to perform processing based on the function of the appliance represented by the icon for the displayed captured image;
Performing image processing on the captured image so as to perform processing based on the function of the instrument, and generating the edited image;
This is a photography game program.

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