JP2014216931A - Image providing system, image providing method, and image providing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image suitable for displaying on a portable terminal.SOLUTION: An image transmission apparatus images a user as a subject and transmits to a server an imaged image obtained by imaging. The server receives the imaged image transmitted from the image transmission apparatus and causes the imaged image to be displayed on the portable terminal while matching the directions of the longer sides and the shorter sides of the imaged image and the display unit of the portable terminal on the basis of the aspect ratio of the imaged image. This invention can be applied to an image providing system including a photograph seal creating apparatus, for example.

Description

  The present invention relates to an image providing system, an image providing method, and an image providing apparatus, and in particular, an image providing system, an image providing method, and an image providing apparatus that can provide an image suitable for display on a portable terminal. About.

  There is known a photo sticker that takes a picture of a user, causes the user to edit the shot image, and prints and provides the edited image on sticker paper. Such a photo sticker is installed in an entertainment facility.

  The flow of one game provided by the photo-seal machine usually shoots a user in the shooting space as a subject, moves the user to the editing space, edits the image according to operations performed in the editing space, The edited image, which is the edited image, is printed on a sticker sheet and discharged. Further, in recent photo stickers, a photographed image, an edited image, and the like are transmitted to a portable terminal in a post-service process performed during a printing waiting time.

  In such a photo sticker, an image having a good aspect ratio of √2: 1 on a sticker paper is converted into an image having a 4: 3 aspect ratio that can be displayed on a portable terminal. There is. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).

  In addition, there is a photo sticker that allows a user to select a trimming frame having a different aspect ratio when editing an image, and transmits the image trimmed with the selected trimming frame to a portable terminal (for example, see Patent Document 2). .

JP 2010-154453 A JP 2010-154452 A

  By the way, in general, since the display screen of the mobile terminal is vertically long, when the image transmitted to the mobile terminal is horizontally long, the horizontally long image on the display screen of the mobile terminal matches the width of the display screen. It was reduced and displayed, and there was an area where nothing was displayed above and below it. When the display screen is a touch panel type, in order to display an enlarged image, the user needs to perform an operation such as a so-called pinch out in which two fingers are separated to expand the image on the screen. Yes, it was troublesome for users.

  The present invention has been made in view of such a situation, and makes it possible to provide an image suitable for display on a mobile terminal.

  An image providing system according to an aspect of the present invention includes an image transmitting apparatus that transmits an image via a network, and a server that receives the image transmitted from the image transmitting apparatus and provides the image to a portable terminal. The image transmission device includes a photographing unit that photographs a user as a subject, and a transmission unit that transmits a captured image obtained by photographing to the server, and the server transmits the image from the image transmission device. And receiving means for receiving the captured image, and displaying the captured image and the orientation of the long side and the short side of the display unit of the mobile terminal based on the aspect ratio of the captured image, Providing means for providing a photographed image to the portable terminal.

  In the providing means of the server, when the captured image is captured with a horizontally long angle of view and the display unit of the mobile terminal is vertically long, the captured image and the long side of the display unit of the mobile terminal In addition, it is possible to provide the mobile terminal with the photographed image rotated by 90 ° so that the directions of the short sides are aligned.

  The transmission unit of the image transmission device causes the server to transmit image information including aspect ratio information representing an aspect ratio of the captured image together with the captured image, and the providing unit of the server includes the image information Based on the aspect ratio information included in the portable terminal, the photographed image is displayed with the orientation of the long side and the short side of the display unit of the portable terminal aligned, and the photographed image is provided to the portable terminal. Can do.

  The image information further includes model specifying information for specifying a model of the image transmitting apparatus, and the providing unit of the server includes a model of the image transmitting apparatus based on the model specifying information included in the image information. The captured image can be provided to the mobile terminal by displaying the captured image having a different aspect ratio depending on the orientation of the long side and the short side of the display unit of the mobile terminal.

  The server further includes acquisition means for acquiring terminal information representing an aspect ratio of the display unit of the mobile terminal, and the providing unit includes the display unit of the mobile terminal that is vertically long based on the terminal information. It can be determined whether or not.

  The server further includes detection means for detecting on / off of a rotation lock function that disables a function of rotating the display content of the display unit according to the tilt of the mobile terminal, and the providing means includes rotation When it is detected that the lock function is off, according to the inclination of the mobile terminal, the captured image and the display unit of the mobile terminal are displayed in accordance with the orientation of the long side and the short side, A photographed image can be provided to the portable terminal.

  The providing means of the server receives a GUI (Graphical) for receiving an instruction to display the photographed image in a state before rotation together with the photographed image rotated by 90 ° and displayed on the display unit of the portable terminal. User Interface) can be provided to the portable terminal.

  In response to a request for display of the captured image from the mobile terminal, the providing unit of the server matches the direction of the long side and the short side of the display unit of the mobile terminal with the captured image. The portable terminal can be provided with a pop-up screen that prompts the user to display.

  An image providing method according to one aspect of the present invention includes an image transmitting apparatus that transmits an image via a network, and a server that receives the image transmitted from the image transmitting apparatus and provides the image to a portable terminal. The image providing method includes: a step in which the image transmitting device captures a user as a subject and transmits a captured image obtained by the capturing to the server, and the server is transmitted from the image transmitting device. The photographed image is received, and based on the aspect ratio of the photographed image, the photographed image is displayed with the orientation of the long side and the short side of the display unit of the mobile terminal aligned, and the photographed image is displayed. Providing to the mobile terminal.

  An image providing apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention is an image providing apparatus that receives the image transmitted from an image transmitting apparatus that transmits an image via a network and provides the image to a portable terminal, and transmits the image from the image transmitting apparatus. Receiving the received image, and displaying the image in accordance with the orientation of the long side and the short side of the display unit of the mobile terminal based on the aspect ratio of the image, Providing means for providing to the portable terminal.

  In one aspect of the present invention, an image transmitted from an image transmission device is received, and the image is displayed with the orientation of the long side and the short side of the display unit of the mobile terminal aligned based on the aspect ratio of the image. Thus, the image is provided to the mobile terminal.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide an image suitable for display on a mobile terminal.

It is a perspective view which shows the structural example of the external appearance of the photograph sticker production apparatus which concerns on one embodiment of this invention. It is the perspective view which looked at the external appearance of the photograph sticker production apparatus from another angle. It is a figure explaining a user's movement. It is a figure which shows the structural example of an imaging | photography part. It is a figure which shows the structural example of a background part. It is a figure which shows the structural example of an edit part. It is a top view of a flooring. It is a figure which shows the structural example of a customer service part after the fact. It is a block diagram which shows the example of an internal structure of a photograph sticker production apparatus. It is a block diagram which shows the function structural example of a control part. It is a flowchart explaining the example of the flow of photograph sticker creation game processing. It is a flowchart explaining an imaging | photography process. It is a figure which shows the example of a number selection screen. It is a figure which shows the angle of view of the picked-up image in each course. It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of an image provision system. It is a block diagram which shows the hardware structural example of a server. It is a block diagram which shows the function structural example of a server. It is a block diagram which shows the function structural example of a portable terminal. It is a flowchart explaining a series of processes of an image provision system. It is a figure which shows the example of the conventional display in a portable terminal. It is a flowchart explaining a web page provision process. It is a figure which shows the example of a display in a portable terminal. It is a figure which shows the example of a display in a portable terminal. It is a figure which shows the example of a display in a portable terminal. It is a figure which shows the example of a display in a portable terminal. It is a flowchart explaining the other example of a web page provision process. It is a figure explaining rotation of an image. It is a figure explaining rotation of an image. It is a figure which shows the example of a pop-up screen. It is a block diagram which shows the other function structural example of a server. It is a flowchart explaining a web page provision process. It is a figure which shows the example of a display in a portable terminal according to ON / OFF of a rotation lock function.

  Hereinafter, specific embodiments to which the present invention is applied will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

[External structure of photo sticker creation device]
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a configuration example of the appearance of the photographic sticker creating apparatus 1.

  The photo sticker creating apparatus 1 is a game machine that allows a user to perform operations such as shooting and editing as a game and receives a price from the user instead of providing a shot image or an edited image. The photo sticker creating apparatus 1 is installed in a store such as a game center. There may be one user, but there are mainly two or three users.

  A user who plays in the game provided by the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 pays the price, takes a picture of himself as a subject, and selects an image to be edited selected from the shot images obtained by shooting. Editing is performed using an editing function for synthesizing a background image or foreground image, a handwritten line drawing, or a stamp image, thereby making the photographed image rich and colorful. The user receives the sticker sheet on which the edited image is printed and ends the series of games.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 mainly includes a photographing unit 11, an editing unit 12, and a subsequent customer service unit 13. The photographing unit 11 and the editing unit 12 are installed in contact with each other, and the editing unit 12 and the subsequent customer service unit 13 are installed in contact with each other.

  The photographing unit 11 includes a photographing unit 21 and a background unit 22. The photographing unit 21 and the background unit 22 are installed with a predetermined distance apart, and photographing processing is performed in a photographing space that is a space formed between the photographing unit 21 and the background unit 22.

  The photographing unit 21 is a device that allows a user to perform photographing processing. The photographing unit 21 enters the photographing space and is located in front of the user who is performing the photographing process. The front panel 41 of the photographing unit 21 that constitutes a surface facing the photographing space in front is provided with a touch panel monitor used by the user during photographing processing. When the right side when viewed from the user in the imaging space is the right side and the left side is the left side, the right side of the imaging unit 21 is constituted by a side panel 42A, and the left side is a side panel 42B (not shown). Consists of.

  The background unit 22 is attached to the right end of the rear panel 51 and the rear panel 51, which are plate-like members positioned on the rear side of the user who is performing the photographing process facing the front, and has a narrower width than the side panel 42A. The side panel 52A (not shown) is a plate-like member that is attached to the left end of the rear panel 51 and is narrower than the side panel 42B.

  The side panel 42A constituting the right side surface of the photographing unit 21 and the side panel 52A of the background unit 22 are provided in substantially the same plane, and the respective upper portions are connected to each other by, for example, a connecting portion 23A having a plate-like member. It is connected by a connecting portion 23A ′, which is a metal substantially U-shaped member. Further, the side panel 42B constituting the left side surface of the photographing unit 21 and the side panel 52B of the background unit 22 are provided in substantially the same plane, and the lower portions thereof are connected by the connecting portions 23B, each of which is a plate-like member. For example, they are connected by a connecting portion 23B ′ (not shown) which is a substantially U-shaped member made of metal.

  An opening formed by being surrounded by the side panel 42 </ b> A of the photographing unit 21, the connecting part 23 </ b> A, and the side panel 52 </ b> A of the background part 22 becomes an entrance G <b> 1 of the photographing space. Although not shown, an opening formed by being surrounded by the side panel 42B of the photographing unit 21, the connecting part 23B, and the side panel 52B of the background 22 is also an entrance G2 of the photographing space. A flooring 27 is installed inside the photographing space. The user enters the shooting space and stands on the flooring 27 to perform shooting.

  The background curtain unit 25 is provided above the background portion 22 so as to be supported by the back panel 51, the side panel 52A, and the side panel 52B. The background curtain unit 25 stores a plurality of winding-type background curtains having different colors or patterns and used for the background. The background curtain unit 25 operates in conjunction with photographing by a camera or the like provided in the photographing unit 21. At the time of photographing, for example, the curtain of the color selected by the user is lowered and the other curtains are wound up.

  In addition, as a background curtain accommodated in the background curtain unit 25, you may prepare the raising / lowering curtain which uses several curtains as one curtain for curtains. In addition, a black curtain is pasted on the rear panel 51, which is the back of the shooting space, and a plurality of background images for synthesis are prepared, and the background image desired by the user is captured in the shooting process and editing process. It may be possible to synthesize it into parts.

  An opening surrounded by the front panel 41 of the photographing unit 21, the connecting part 23A, the connecting part 23B, and the background curtain unit 25 is formed above the photographing space, and the ceiling strobe unit 24 covers the part of the opening. Provided. One end of the ceiling strobe unit 24 is fixed to the connecting portion 23A, and the other end is fixed to the connecting portion 23B. The ceiling strobe unit 24 has a built-in strobe that emits light in the shooting space as a flash. In addition to the strobe, a fluorescent lamp is provided inside the ceiling strobe unit 24, and also functions as illumination for the photographing space.

  The editing unit 12 is a device that allows a user to perform editing processing, which is processing for editing an image obtained by shooting processing. The editing unit 12 is provided so as to be connected to the photographing unit 11 so that one side surface thereof is in contact with the back surface of the front panel 41 of the photographing unit 21. The editing unit 12 is provided with a configuration such as a tablet built-in monitor used by the user during editing processing.

  If the configuration of the editing unit 12 shown in FIG. 1 is a front-side configuration, the editing unit 12 is used for editing processing on the front side and the back side so that two sets of users can perform editing processing simultaneously. Each configuration is provided.

  The front side of the editing unit 12 is a surface perpendicular to the floor surface, and is composed of a surface 71 that is substantially parallel to the side panel 42A, and a slope 72 formed above the surface 71. The configuration used is provided on the slope 72. On the right side of the slope 72, a support portion 73A having a columnar shape and supporting one end of the lighting device 74 is provided. A support portion 73 </ b> B (FIG. 2) that supports the other end of the lighting device 74 is also provided on the left side of the slope 72. Further, on the right side of the support portion 73A, there is provided a support portion 73C having a plate-like shape and provided by connecting the subsequent customer service portion 13. A support portion 75 that supports the curtain rail 26 is provided on the upper surface of the support portion 73C.

  A curtain rail 26 is attached above the editing unit 12. The curtain rail 26 is configured by combining three rails 26A to 26C so that the shape when viewed from above is a U-shape. One end of the rails 26A and 26B provided in parallel is fixed to the connecting portion 23A and the connecting portion 23B, respectively, and both ends of the remaining one rail 26C are joined to the other end.

  A curtain is attached to the curtain rail 26 so that the inside of the space in front of the editing unit 12 and the space in front of the back cannot be seen from the outside. The space in front of the editing unit 12 and the space in front of the back of the editing unit 12 surrounded by the curtain attached to the curtain rail 26 are editing spaces in which the user performs editing processing.

  FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 as seen from another angle.

  The subsequent customer service unit 13 is a device that allows the user to perform the subsequent customer service process. Subsequent customer service processing includes processing for transmitting a photographed image or edited image to a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone, processing for allowing a user to play a mini game, processing for answering a questionnaire, and the like.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the post-service unit 13 has a plate-shaped housing having a predetermined thickness, and is provided by being joined to the right side surface of the editing unit 12. On the front side of the post-service unit 13, there are provided a tablet built-in monitor used by the user at the time of post-service processing, a discharge port through which sticker paper on which a photographed image or an edited image is printed is discharged. The space in front of the front-end customer service unit 13 becomes a rear-end customer service space where a user waiting for printing on the sticker paper to perform post-service processing.

  Here, the flow of the photo sticker creation game and the accompanying movement of the user will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a plan view of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 as viewed from above.

  The user of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 is formed between the photographing part 21 and the background part 22 from the entrance G1 as indicated by the white arrow # 1 or from the entrance G2 as indicated by the white arrow # 2. The photographing space A1 is entered, and photographing processing is performed using a camera or a touch panel monitor provided in the photographing unit 21.

  The user who has finished the shooting process exits the shooting space A1 and moves to the editing space A2-1 using the doorway G1 as indicated by the white arrow # 3, or moves to the editing space A2-1 as indicated by the white arrow # 4. To leave the shooting space A1 and move to the editing space A2-2.

  The editing space A2-1 is an editing space on the front side of the editing unit 12, and the editing space A2-2 is an editing space on the back side of the editing unit 12. Which of the editing space A2-1 and the editing space A2-2 is moved is guided by the screen display of the touch panel monitor of the photographing unit 21 or the like. For example, the empty space of the two editing spaces is guided as the destination. The user who has moved to the editing space A2-1 or the editing space A2-2 starts editing processing. The user of the editing space A2-1 and the user of the editing space A2-2 can perform editing processing at the same time.

  After the editing process is finished, printing of an image selected from the photographed image and the edited image is started. During printing of the image, the user who has finished the editing process moves from the editing space A2-1 to the subsequent customer service space A3 as indicated by the white arrow # 5 if the editing process has been performed in the editing space A2-1. Then, the customer service is processed after the fact. In addition, when the editing process is completed in the editing space A2-2, the user who has finished the editing process moves from the editing space A2-2 to the post-service area A3 as indicated by the white arrow # 6. Post service processing is performed in the customer service space A3.

  When the printing of the image is finished, the user receives the sticker paper from the outlet provided in the post-service section 13 and finishes a series of photo sticker creation games.

  Next, the configuration of each device will be described.

[Configuration of shooting section]
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the front of the photographing unit 21. The photographing unit 21 is configured by attaching a front panel 41, a side panel 42A, and a side panel 42B to a base unit 43 having a box shape.

  The front panel 41 is positioned in front of the user who performs the shooting process in the shooting space A1, and the side panel 42A and the side panel 42B are positioned on the left side and the right side of the user who performs the shooting process in the shooting space A1, respectively.

  A photographing / display unit 81 is provided slightly above the center of the front panel 41. The photographing / display unit 81 includes a camera 91, a touch panel monitor 92, and a front strobe 93.

  The camera 91 is configured by an imaging element such as a lens or a CCD (Charge Coupled Device), and photographs a user in the photographing space A1. The moving image captured by the camera 91 is displayed on the touch panel monitor 92 in real time. An image captured by the camera 91 at a predetermined timing such as when a user gives an instruction to shoot is saved as a photographic image (still image).

  The touch panel monitor 92 provided on the lower side of the camera 91 includes a monitor such as an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) and a touch panel laminated thereon. The touch panel monitor 92 has a function as a live view monitor that displays a moving image captured by the camera 91 and a function that displays various GUI (Graphical User Interface) images and accepts a user's selection operation through the touch panel. ing. On the touch panel monitor 92, a still image as a photographing result and a moving image after an image such as a background is combined are displayed as appropriate.

  The front strobe 93 provided with a semicircular light emitting surface (milky acrylic board) so as to surround the upper and left and right sides of the camera 91 emits light in accordance with the photographing by the camera 91, so that it can be used as a subject. Irradiate the vicinity of the user's face from the front.

  On the front panel 41, an upper right strobe 82 and an upper left strobe 83 are installed above the photographing / display unit 81. The upper right strobe 82 emits light from the built-in strobe to illuminate the user from the front right top, and the upper left strobe 83 uses the built-in strobe to light the user. Irradiate from the upper left front as seen from the person.

  The base unit 43 is also provided with a foot strobe 84 that irradiates the user's foot. In addition to the strobe, a fluorescent lamp is provided in the upper right strobe 82, the upper left strobe 83, the foot strobe 84, and the front strobe 93. You may make it use as illumination of this. The light emitted to the user is appropriately adjusted by adjusting the light emission amount of each strobe or by adjusting the number of strobes to emit light.

  On the right side of the foot strobe 84, a coin insertion / return port 85 through which a user inserts money is provided.

  Spaces 43A and 43B formed on the left and right sides of the upper surface of the base portion 43 are used as a luggage storage place for a user who performs a photographing process to place baggage and the like. For example, near the ceiling of the front panel 41, a speaker for outputting sound such as guidance sound for shooting processing, BGM (Back Ground Music), and sound effects is also provided.

[Configuration of the background]
FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the background portion 22 on the photographing space A1 side.

  As described above, the background curtain unit 25 is provided above the back panel 51. Near the center of the background curtain unit 25, a back center strobe 101 that irradiates a user who is performing a photographing process in the photographing space A1 from the rear center is attached.

  A rear right strobe 102 for irradiating a user who is performing a photographing process in the photographing space A1 from the right rear is attached to a position of the rear panel 51 on the doorway G1 side. Further, a rear left strobe 103 that irradiates a user who is performing a photographing process in the photographing space A1 from the left rear is attached to the rear panel 51 on the doorway G2 side.

  FIG. 6 is a plan view of the flooring 27.

  On the flooring 27 made of a plate or resin, a section 27A and a section 27B, which are rectangular sections with rounded corners, are formed side by side. For example, the section 27A and the section 27B are formed by printing on the flooring 27 or by attaching a sheet.

  In FIG. 6, the upper direction is the installation direction of the photographing unit 21, and the lower direction is the installation direction of the background unit 22. When the position of the camera 91 is used as a reference, the section 27A is formed at a position close to the camera 91, and the section 27B is formed at a position far from the camera 91. The length in the short direction of the section 27A is slightly longer than the length in the short direction of the section 27B, and the length in the longitudinal direction of the section 27A is shorter than the length in the longitudinal direction of the section 27B. The longitudinal direction of the section 27A and the section 27B intersects the optical axis L of the camera 91 indicated by a broken line substantially perpendicularly.

  Inside the section 27A, a character “spotted zone” is printed, and inside the section 27B, a character “large number zone” is printed. As will be described later, when the user chooses to shoot with two or three people, the photograph sticker creating apparatus 1 guides the photographer to enter inside the section 27A and shoot with four or more people. When the user makes a selection, the photograph sticker creation apparatus 1 guides the user to enter the section 27B and take a picture. The shooting position guidance is performed by display on the touch panel monitor 92 or sound from a speaker.

  The distance from the section 27A to the camera 91 is a distance at which the vicinity of the user's face is captured with a predetermined size when two or three users stand and photograph in the section 27A. Similarly, the distance from the section 27B to the camera 91 is a distance at which when the four or more users stand in the section 27B and take a picture, the vicinity of the user's face is captured in a predetermined size.

  In the example of FIG. 6, two sections are formed as sections indicating the standing positions according to the number of users, but three or more sections may be formed. In this case, a section that is guided as a standing position of a smaller number of users is formed closer to the camera 91 than a section that is guided as a standing position of a large number of users. In addition, the length in the longitudinal direction of the section that is guided as the standing position of a larger number of users is formed to be longer than the length in the longitudinal direction of the section that is guided as the standing position of a small number of users.

  In the case of a large number of people, there is a possibility that the user naturally takes a position far from the camera 91, so that only the section 27A is formed as a section indicating the standing position according to the number of users. You may be made to do.

[Configuration of editorial department]
FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the editing unit 12 on the back side (editing space A2-2 side).

  A tablet built-in monitor 131 is provided at substantially the center of the slope 72. A touch pen 132A is provided on the left side of the tablet built-in monitor 131, and a touch pen 132B is provided on the right side.

  The tablet built-in monitor 131 is configured by superimposing a tablet capable of operation input using the touch pen 132A or 132B on a monitor such as an LCD. On the tablet built-in monitor 131, for example, an editing screen that is a screen used for editing a captured image selected as an image to be edited is displayed. When two people perform editing work simultaneously, the touch pen 132A is used by one user, and the touch pen 132B is used by the other user.

  On the left side of the editing unit 12, a post-service unit 13 is provided.

[Composition of the customer service department]
FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the front side of the post-service unit 13.

  A monitor 161 with a built-in tablet is provided at the upper center of the post-service section 13. The tablet built-in monitor 161 is configured by superimposing a tablet capable of operating input using a user's finger or the like on a monitor such as an LCD. On the tablet built-in monitor 161, a screen used for the subsequent customer service process is displayed.

  A speaker 162 is provided below the tablet built-in monitor 161, and a sticker paper discharge port 163 is provided below the speaker 162.

  The speaker 162 outputs sound such as guidance voice, background music, and sound effects for the post-service processing.

  In the sticker paper outlet 163, sticker paper on which an image created by the user of the editing space A2-1 is edited or printed by the user of the editing space A2-2 is edited. The sticker paper on which the created image is printed is discharged. A printer is provided inside the editing unit 12, and printing of images is performed by the printer.

[Internal configuration of photo sticker creation device]
Next, the internal configuration of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 will be described. FIG. 9 is a block diagram illustrating an internal configuration example of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1. The same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the same structure as the structure mentioned above. The overlapping description will be omitted as appropriate.

  The control unit 201 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and the like, executes a program stored in a ROM (Read Only Memory) 206 and a storage unit 202, and controls the overall operation of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1. A storage unit 202, a communication unit 203, a drive 204, a ROM 206, and a RAM (Random Access Memory) 207 are connected to the control unit 201. The control unit 201 is also connected with each configuration of the photographing unit 208, the editing unit 209, and the post-service unit 210.

  The storage unit 202 includes a nonvolatile storage medium such as a hard disk or a flash memory, and stores various setting information supplied from the control unit 201. Information stored in the storage unit 202 is appropriately read out by the control unit 201.

  A communication unit 203 is an interface of a network such as the Internet, and communicates with an external device according to control by the control unit 201.

  A removable medium 205 made of an optical disk, a semiconductor memory, or the like is appropriately attached to the drive 204. Computer programs and data read from the removable medium 205 by the drive 204 are supplied to the control unit 201 and stored in the storage unit 202 or installed.

  The ROM 206 stores programs and data executed by the control unit 201. The RAM 207 temporarily stores data and programs processed by the control unit 201.

  The imaging unit 208 includes a coin processing unit 221, a background control unit 222, a lighting device 223, a camera 91, a touch panel monitor 92, and a speaker 224 that are configured to perform imaging processing in the imaging space A1.

  The coin processing unit 221 detects the insertion of coins into the coin insertion / return port 85. When the coin processing unit 221 detects that a predetermined amount of coins such as 400 yen has been inserted, the coin processing unit 221 outputs an activation signal indicating that to the control unit 201.

  The background control unit 222 raises and lowers the background curtain stored in the background curtain unit 25 according to the background control signal supplied from the control unit 201. The background curtain may be manually selected by the user.

  The illumination device 223 is a strobe (flash) provided inside each strobe in the photographing space A1, and emits light according to an illumination control signal supplied from the control unit 201. As described above, in the shooting space A 1, in addition to the strobe of the ceiling strobe unit 24, the upper right strobe 82, the upper left strobe 83, the foot strobe 84, the front strobe 93, and the back provided on the background unit 22 are provided. A central strobe 101, a back right strobe 102, and a back left strobe 103 are provided.

  The camera 91 shoots according to the control by the control unit 201 and outputs an image obtained by the shooting to the control unit 201.

  The editing unit 209A includes a tablet built-in monitor 131, touch pens 132A and 132B, and a speaker 231 provided on the front side of the editing unit 12 as a configuration for performing editing processing in the editing space A2-1. The editing unit 209B has the same configuration as the editing unit 209A, and performs editing processing in the editing space A2-2.

  The tablet built-in monitor 131 displays an editing screen according to control by the control unit 201, and detects a user operation on the editing screen. A signal representing the content of the user's operation is supplied to the control unit 201, and the captured image to be edited is edited.

  The subsequent customer service unit 210 includes a tablet built-in monitor 161 that is configured to perform the subsequent customer service in the subsequent customer service space A3, a speaker 162, a printer 241 that is configured to perform the printing process, and a sticker sheet unit 242.

  The printer 241 prints the photographed image or the edited image obtained by the editing process on the sticker paper stored in the sticker paper unit 242 attached to the printer 241 and discharges it to the sticker paper discharge port 163.

[Configuration of control unit]
Next, the control unit 201 will be described. FIG. 10 shows a configuration example of functional blocks realized by the control unit 201 executing a program stored in the ROM 206 or the like.

  The control unit 201 performs a process related to a charge input when starting the photo sticker creation game and a process related to a photographing work process of the photo sticker creation game such as photographing a user group. An editing processing unit 302 that performs processing related to the editing work process of the photo sticker creation game such as graffiti editing, a printing processing unit 303 that performs processing related to the printing process of the photo sticker creation game such as printing of sticker paper, and editing work. A post-service processing unit 304 is provided for performing processing related to the post-service process of the photo sticker creation game that serves the finished user group.

  In this manner, the control unit 201 controls processing related to each process of the photo sticker creation game.

[Operation of photo sticker creation device]
Next, processing of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 that provides a photo sticker creating game will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  In step S1, the imaging processing unit 301 of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 determines whether or not a predetermined amount of coins has been inserted based on a signal supplied from the coin processing unit 221 until it is determined that the coins have been inserted. stand by.

  If it is determined in step S1 that a coin has been inserted, in step S2, the imaging processing unit 301 controls the imaging unit 208 to display a moving image of the subject captured by the camera 91 on the touch panel monitor 92 in a live view. Then, a photographing process is performed in which a user in the photographing space A1 is photographed as a subject and a photographed image is output.

  In step S3, the imaging processing unit 301 guides the user in the imaging space A1 to move to the editing space A2-1 or the editing space A2-2. The guidance for movement to the editing space A2-1 or the editing space A2-2 is performed by displaying a screen on the touch panel monitor 92 of the photographing unit 208 or by outputting sound from the speaker 224.

  In step S4, the editing processing unit 302 controls the editing unit 209 corresponding to the editing space of the editing space A2-1 and the editing space A2-2 that is the destination of the user who has finished the shooting process, The user performs graffiti editing input on the photographed image, and performs editing processing for outputting the edited image on which the graffiti editing has been performed.

  In step S5, the editing processing unit 302 guides the user who has finished the editing process in the editing space A2-1 or the editing space A2-2 to move to the post-service space A3. The guidance of the movement to the post-service space A3 is performed by displaying a screen on the tablet built-in monitor 131 or by outputting sound from the speaker 231.

  In step S <b> 6, the print processing unit 303 performs (starts) a print process in which the captured image or edited image selected by the user is output as a print image to the printer 241 and printed on a sticker sheet.

  Further, when the post-service processing start button displayed on the tablet built-in monitor 161 is selected, in step S7, the post-service processing unit 304 performs post-service processing for a user who is waiting for completion of printing. Specifically, the post-service processing unit 304 performs, as post-service processing, a mobile transmission game process in which a captured image or an edited image is transmitted to the mobile terminal as a mobile transmission image as a transmission unit.

When the printing is completed, in step S8, the post-service processing unit 304 displays that the printing has been completed on the tablet built-in monitor 161, and the printer 241 discharges the sticker paper on which the image is printed to the sticker paper discharge port 163. The process is terminated.
[Example of shooting process]
Next, the flow of the photographing process in step S2 in the series of processes of the above-described photo sticker creation game will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  First, in step S <b> 11, the photographing processing unit 301 displays a reflection selection screen on the touch panel monitor 92. The reflection selection screen is a screen used for selecting a shooting course corresponding to the reflection of the subject in the shot image.

  In step S <b> 12, the imaging processing unit 301 displays a number selection screen on the touch panel monitor 92. The number selection screen is a screen used for selecting a shooting course according to the number of users.

  FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of the number of people selection screen.

  A message “Please select the course you want to take” is displayed in the upper center of the number selection screen, and a sample image 351 that is operated (selected) when selecting a course for two people is displayed on the lower left side of the message. Is done. The sample image 351 is a sample of an image obtained when shooting is performed in a course for two people.

  On the right side of the sample image 351, a sample image 352 operated when selecting a course for three people and a sample image 353 operated when selecting a course for four people are displayed side by side. The sample image 352 is a sample of an image obtained when shooting is performed in a course for three people, and the sample image 353 is a sample of an image obtained when shooting is performed in a course for four people.

  By displaying the sample images 351 to 353, the user can check the angle of view of the image obtained by each shooting course. As shown in FIG. 13, the image obtained when a large number of shooting courses are selected is longer than the image obtained when a small number of shooting courses are selected. Long.

  In addition, when the number of users is five or more, it is preferable that the user performs shooting by selecting a course for four people. Of course, it is also possible to shoot by selecting a course for three people.

  In step S <b> 13, the photographing processing unit 301 displays a standing position guidance screen on the touch panel monitor 92.

  Specifically, when the two-person course or the three-person course is selected, the photographing processing unit 301 displays a screen that guides the user to stand inside the section 27A described with reference to FIG. In addition, when the photographing processing unit 301 is selected to photograph in the course for four people, the photographing processing unit 301 displays a screen for guiding the user to stand inside the section 27B described with reference to FIG.

  In addition to guidance by screen display, guidance is provided by sound output from a speaker (not shown) in the photographing unit 208, or LEDs are embedded as light emitters in the sections 27A and 27B to support screen display. The section may be illuminated and guided.

  In particular, when only the section 27A is formed and the section 27B is not formed, the voice from the speaker is used to guide the user to stand at a position far from the camera 91.

  Thus, by switching the standing position in the front-rear direction to be guided according to the number of users, it is possible to capture an image showing the user's face in an optimal size.

  In step S14, the imaging processing unit 301 controls the illumination device 223 according to the number of people. Specifically, the photographing processing unit 301 slightly increases the amount of light emitted from each strobe in the photographing space when the four-person course is selected than when the two-person course or the three-person course is selected. Thus, the light emission of the lighting device 223 is controlled.

  As a result, it is possible to avoid the user's face appearing dark even in a four-person course in which shooting is performed at a position farther from the camera 91 than in the two-person or three-person course. Become.

  In step S15, the photographing processing unit 301 controls the camera 91 to start capturing an image, and displays a moving image (live view image) captured by the camera 91 on the touch panel monitor 92 (live view display is performed). Do). At this time, the imaging processing unit 301 captures and displays the live view image at an angle of view corresponding to the number of users selected in step S12.

  In step S <b> 16, the photographing processing unit 301 displays a countdown indicator on the touch panel monitor 92 and notifies the user of photographing timing.

  When the shooting timing comes, in step S17, the shooting processing unit 301 controls the camera 91 to perform shooting, and acquires a shot image that is a still image. This captured image is also captured at an angle of view corresponding to the number of users selected in step S12. That is, the imaging processing unit 301 performs imaging with an angle of view corresponding to the number of users.

  In step S18, the shooting processing unit 301 displays the obtained shot image on the shooting screen as a shooting result, and then determines whether or not shooting has been repeated a predetermined number of times in step S19. If it is determined in step S19 that shooting has not been performed a predetermined number of times, the process returns to step S15 and the above-described process is repeated. Specifically, in the case of two-person course and three-person course, the above-described processing is repeated until six shootings are performed, and in the case of a four-person course, four shootings are performed.

  In step S <b> 20, the imaging processing unit 301 stores (stores) the obtained six captured images in the storage unit 202 as imaging results. Then, it returns to step S2 of FIG. 11, and the process after it is performed.

  As described above, in the two-person course, as shown in FIG. 14A, a photographed image photographed with an angle of view having an aspect ratio of about 1: 1.2 is acquired. As shown in FIG. 14B, a photographed image taken at an angle of view with an aspect ratio of about 3: 4 is acquired, and in the course for four people, the aspect ratio is about 9:16 as shown in FIG. 14C. The captured image captured at the angle of view is acquired.

  As described above, since shooting is performed at an angle of view in which each user's face is appropriately set according to the number of users, a shot image with a well-balanced arrangement of persons (subjects) can be obtained.

  The photographed image obtained by the photographing process described above is subjected to graffiti editing as an image to be edited in the editing process, printed on a sticker sheet in the printing process, and provided to the mobile terminal owned by the user in the post-service process. The

  Therefore, in the following, an image providing system that realizes provision of an image to a mobile terminal will be described.

[Configuration example of image providing system]
FIG. 15 shows a configuration example of an image providing system including the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 described above.

  The image providing system in FIG. 15 includes a photo sticker creating apparatus 1, a server 402, and a mobile terminal 403. The server 402 is a server managed by, for example, the manufacturer of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1, and the mobile terminal 403 is a mobile phone that is carried by a user who receives a sticker and plays a game provided by the photo sticker creating apparatus 1. Terminal.

  Transmission / reception of information between the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 and the server 402 and between the server 402 and the portable terminal 403 is performed via a communication network such as the Internet.

  In the server 402, an image (portable transmission image) obtained by using the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 by a user of the portable terminal 403 is managed.

[Server configuration example]
FIG. 16 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration example of the server 402.

  A CPU (Central Processing Unit) 411, a ROM 412, and a RAM 413 are connected to each other via a bus 414.

  An input / output interface 415 is further connected to the bus 414. The input / output interface 415 is connected to an input unit 416 including a keyboard and a mouse, and an output unit 417 including a display and a speaker. The input / output interface 415 includes a hard disk, a non-volatile memory, and the like. The input / output interface 415 includes a storage unit 418 that stores various types of information and a network interface. The input / output interface 415 communicates with the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 and the portable terminal 403. A communication unit 419 and a drive 420 that drives the removable medium 421 are connected.

  The storage unit 418 stores mobile transmission images transmitted from the photo sticker creation apparatus 1, information on various websites managed by the server 402, and the like.

  FIG. 17 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration example of the server 402. At least a part of the functional blocks shown in FIG. 17 is realized by a predetermined program being executed by the CPU 411 in FIG. In the server 402, a data management unit 431, a web page provision unit 432, and a terminal information acquisition unit 433 are realized.

  The data management unit 431 manages various data such as a portable transmission image transmitted from the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 and information related to the portable transmission image.

  In response to a request from the mobile terminal 403, the web page providing unit 432 provides a web page constituting a website managed by the server 402 to the mobile terminal 403 via the communication unit 419. Specifically, the web page providing unit 432 provides a web page including a mobile transmission image to the mobile terminal 403. The web page provided to the mobile terminal 403 is displayed on the display unit (display screen) of the mobile terminal 403.

  When providing the mobile transmission image, the web page providing unit 432 determines the orientation of the long side and the short side of the mobile transmission image and the display unit of the mobile terminal 403 based on the aspect ratio (hereinafter, the long and short sides). The portable transmission image is provided to the portable terminal 403 in such a manner that the image is displayed in the same direction.

  The terminal information acquisition unit 433 requests and acquires terminal information, which is information related to the mobile terminal 403, from the mobile terminal 403 via the communication unit 419 as necessary.

[Configuration example of mobile terminal]
FIG. 18 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration example of the mobile terminal 403.

  The portable terminal 403 includes a control unit 451, an antenna 452, a communication unit 453, a storage unit 454, a display unit 455, a non-contact type IC 456, and an operation unit 457.

  The control unit 451 includes a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, and the like, executes a predetermined program, and controls the overall operation of the mobile terminal 403. For example, the control unit 451 controls the communication unit 453 to communicate with the server 402.

  The communication unit 453 performs demodulation processing on the signal supplied from the antenna 452 in response to reception of a radio wave transmitted from the base station, and outputs information obtained by performing the demodulation processing to the control unit 451. . In addition, the communication unit 453 performs modulation processing on the information supplied from the control unit 451 and transmits the obtained signal from the antenna 452.

  The storage unit 454 includes a flash memory or the like, and stores various types of information such as mobile transmission images downloaded from the server 402.

  The display unit 455 includes an LCD or the like and displays various information. For example, the display unit 455 displays a mobile transmission image transmitted from the server 402 and received by the communication unit 453.

  When the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 is provided with a non-contact type IC reader / writer, the non-contact type IC 456 performs proximity communication with the non-contact type IC reader / writer within the communicable range.

  The operation unit 457 is composed of various buttons and a touch panel provided on the display unit 455 and outputs a signal representing the content of the user's operation to the control unit 451.

<Operation of the image providing system>
Next, with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 19, a series of processing until the portable transmission image obtained in the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 is transmitted to the server 402 and provided to the portable terminal 403 will be described.

  When the mobile transmission game process performed as the post-mortem service is started, in step S31, the post-mortem customer processing unit 304 inputs the photographed image or the edited image selected by the user as the mobile transmission image. The message is transmitted to the server 402 together with the mail address of the user's portable terminal 403.

  At this time, the post-service processing unit 304 adds information related to the mobile transmission image (hereinafter referred to as image information) to the transmitted mobile transmission image and transmits the image to the server 402.

  In the portable transmission game process, a maximum of one image can be transmitted to the portable terminal 403, but the number of images transmitted to the portable terminal 403 is not limited to one. Specifically, in the website managed by the server 402, when the user who owns the mobile terminal 403 is registered as a member, for example, all six images obtained by the photo sticker creation game are mobile terminals. If the user is not registered as a member, only one of six images is transmitted to the mobile terminal 403, for example.

  In step S51, the server 402 (communication unit 419) receives the portable transmission image and the mail address transmitted from the photo sticker creating apparatus 1.

  In step S <b> 52, the data management unit 431 of the server 402 assigns a storage destination URL (Uniform Resource Locator) to the portable transmission image transmitted from the photo sticker creating apparatus 1, and is transmitted from the photo sticker creating apparatus 1. The storage unit 418 stores the mail address of the mobile terminal 403 and the mobile transmission image in association with each other.

  In step S53, the data management unit 431 transmits an e-mail including the storage destination URL of the image for mobile transmission assigned in step S52 to the e-mail address of the mobile terminal 403.

  In step S <b> 71, the mobile terminal 403 receives an e-mail that is transmitted from the server 402 and includes the storage destination URL of the image for mobile transmission.

  In step S72, the portable terminal 403 accesses the server 402 based on the URL included in the received e-mail when the user who has confirmed the content of the e-mail is instructed to display the image for portable transmission. Requests display of a credit image.

  In step S54, the web page providing unit 732 of the server 402 designates the storage destination of the mobile transmission image in response to the request from the mobile terminal 403, and reads the mobile transmission image of the specified storage destination.

  In step S <b> 55, the web page providing unit 732 provides the web page including the read mobile transmission image to the mobile terminal 403.

  In step S <b> 73, the mobile terminal 403 displays the web page including the mobile transmission image provided by the web page providing unit 732 on the display unit 455.

  In the above description, the mobile transmission image is transmitted to the mobile terminal, but is not limited to the mobile terminal, and is transmitted to a terminal device owned by the user such as a personal computer. be able to.

  As described above, the captured image or the edited image obtained in the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 is provided to the portable terminal 403 and displayed.

  In this way, the portable transmission image provided to the portable terminal 403 may be a vertically long image, or may have an aspect ratio of about 1: 1.2, about 3: 4, or about 9 obtained by the above-described shooting process. : There are also horizontally long images such as 16.

  However, conventionally, when the image provided to the portable terminal 403 is a horizontally long image, the image is displayed on the vertically long display unit 455 of the portable terminal 403 as shown in FIG. The display was reduced to fit the width, and there were areas where nothing was displayed above and below.

[Web page provision processing]
A web page providing process for displaying a horizontally long image in a form suitable for the vertically long display unit of the mobile terminal will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  The web page providing process of FIG. 21 is executed in the process of step S55 in the flowchart of FIG.

  First, in step S <b> 111, the web page providing unit 432 provides the mobile terminal 403 with a web page including a thumbnail image of the mobile transmission image in response to access from the mobile terminal 403.

  FIG. 22 shows an example of a web page including thumbnail images displayed on the display unit 455 of the mobile terminal 403.

  As shown in FIG. 22, four thumbnail images 511-1 to 511-4 are displayed on the display unit 455 of the portable terminal 403. Thumbnail images 511-1 to 511-4 are reduced images of images transmitted from the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 to the server 402 as portable transmission images.

  In step S112, the web page providing unit 432 determines whether any thumbnail image is selected on the display unit 455 of the mobile terminal 403. If it is determined that no thumbnail image is selected, the process of step S112 is repeated. If it is determined that any thumbnail image is selected, the process proceeds to step S113.

  In step S113, the web page providing unit 432 determines whether or not the mobile transmission image corresponding to the selected thumbnail image is horizontally long.

  At this time, the web page providing unit 432 determines whether or not the mobile transmission image is horizontally long based on the image information added to the mobile transmission image.

  Specifically, the image information includes aspect ratio information representing the aspect ratio of the mobile transmission image. The aspect ratio information is information representing a so-called image display size, and is expressed in units of pixels. The web page providing unit 432 determines whether the mobile transmission image is horizontally long based on the aspect ratio information. Note that it may be determined whether the portable transmission image is horizontally long based on the aspect ratio of the background image combined with the portable transmission image.

  Further, the aspect ratio of the obtained image may differ depending on the type of the photo sticker. Therefore, the image information includes the model name and chassis ID of the photo sticker as information for specifying the photo sticker that is the transmission source of the portable transmission image. Then, the web page providing unit 432 may determine whether or not the mobile transmission image is horizontally long based on the model name and the case ID.

  Furthermore, the aspect ratio of the obtained image may differ depending on the shooting course selected in the photo sticker creation game. Therefore, the image information includes the course information representing the shooting course selected in the photo sticker creation game, and based on this course information, it is determined whether or not the mobile transmission image is horizontally long. It may be.

  If it is determined in step S113 that the portable transmission image corresponding to the selected thumbnail image is horizontally long, the process proceeds to step S114, and the web page providing unit 432 displays the display unit 455 of the portable terminal 403 in the vertically long state. It is determined whether or not there is. Here, for example, as in the portable terminal 403 shown in FIG. 20, it is usually determined whether or not the display unit 455 is vertically long when the user operates the portable terminal 403.

  At this time, the terminal information acquisition unit 433 acquires the terminal information by requesting the mobile terminal 403 for the terminal information. The terminal information includes information indicating the aspect ratio of the display unit 455 of the portable terminal 403. The web page providing unit 432 determines whether the display unit 455 of the portable terminal 403 is vertically long based on the terminal information. Determine whether or not.

  Here, a user agent used for determining the model of the portable terminal 403 may be acquired as the terminal information. Among the recent mobile terminals, the display screens of multi-function mobile phones (so-called smartphones) are basically all vertically long, and based on the user agent, it is determined that the model of the mobile terminal 403 is the smartphone model. For example, the display unit 455 is determined to be vertically long.

  If it is determined in step S114 that the display unit 455 of the portable terminal 403 is vertically long, the process proceeds to step S115, and the web page providing unit 432 displays the portable transmission image corresponding to the selected thumbnail image by 90 °. A web page including the rotated image is provided to the portable terminal 403.

  FIG. 23 is a display example of an image for mobile transmission displayed on the display unit 455 of the mobile terminal 403.

  In the display unit 455 of the mobile terminal 403 shown on the left side of FIG. 23, when the thumbnail image 511-2 in FIG. 22 is selected, the mobile transmission image 521 corresponding to the thumbnail image 511-2 is displayed. The display unit 455 is rotated by 90 ° so that the short side of the portable transmission image 521 coincides with the short side of the display unit 455.

  Here, it is assumed that the portable transmission image 521 is an image having an aspect ratio of about 1: 1.2 obtained by photographing in the course for two persons in the photographing process described above.

  In FIG. 23, the portable transmission image 521 is displayed by being rotated 90 ° clockwise, but may be displayed by being rotated 90 ° counterclockwise.

  The right side of FIG. 23 shows the entire web page including the mobile transmission image 521 displayed by scrolling the screen on the display unit 455. As indicated on the web page on the right side of FIG. 23, the user saves the portable transmission image 521 in the portable terminal 403 by long-pressing the portable transmission image 521 displayed on the display unit 455. (Download).

  FIG. 24 shows a display example of a data folder of the mobile terminal 403 in which an image including the above-described mobile transmission image 521 is stored.

  As shown in FIG. 24, in the data folder of the portable terminal 403, six thumbnail images that are not rotated are displayed. When a thumbnail image corresponding to the above-described mobile transmission image 521 is selected, the mobile transmission image 521 is aligned with the display unit 455 of the mobile terminal 403 in the long and short direction in the same manner as in FIG. Displayed after being rotated 90 °.

  Returning to the flowchart of FIG. 21, it is determined in step S113 that the mobile transmission image corresponding to the selected thumbnail image is not horizontally long, or the display unit 455 of the mobile terminal 403 is not vertically long in step S114. If it is determined, the process proceeds to step S116.

  In step S <b> 116, the web page providing unit 432 provides the mobile terminal 403 with a web page including the mobile transmission image corresponding to the selected thumbnail image as it is.

  Although illustration is omitted, the display unit 455 of the portable terminal 403 is essentially the same as in step S114 before the process proceeds to step S116 after it is determined in step S113 that the portable transmission image is not horizontally long. Whether or not is vertically long is determined. If it is determined that display unit 455 is vertically long, that is, if both the mobile transmission image and display unit 455 are vertically long, the process proceeds to step S116. On the other hand, when it is determined that the display unit 455 is not vertically long, when the mobile transmission image is vertically long and the display unit 455 is horizontally long, the display is performed so that the respective long and short directions are aligned as in step S115. Thus, the web page including the mobile transmission image rotated by 90 ° is provided to the mobile terminal 403.

  According to the above processing, the portable transmission image is displayed on the display unit of the portable terminal so that the portable transmission image is aligned with the long and short orientations of the display unit of the portable terminal. Even if the display unit of the mobile terminal is vertically long, the mobile transmission image is displayed large on the display unit of the mobile terminal without being reduced by reducing the number of pixels. That is, an image suitable for display on a mobile terminal can be provided.

  When the mobile transmission image is an image having an aspect ratio of about 3: 4 obtained by shooting in a course for three persons, as shown on the left side of FIG. 25, the mobile transmission has an aspect ratio of 3: 4. The credit image 522 is displayed by being rotated by 90 ° so that the long and short directions are aligned with the display unit 455. Further, when the portable transmission image is an image having an aspect ratio of about 9:16 obtained by shooting in a course for four people, as shown on the right side of FIG. 25, the portable transmission image has an aspect ratio of 9:16. The credit image 523 is displayed by being rotated by 90 ° so that the long and short directions are aligned with the display unit 455.

  As described above, when the display unit 455 is rotated by 90 ° so that the orientation of the long side and the short side is aligned, the short side of the mobile transmission image and the short side of the display unit 455 are matched. The mobile transmission image is enlarged / reduced and displayed without changing the aspect ratio. Therefore, on the display unit 455, the way of displaying the portable transmission image in the long side direction varies depending on the aspect ratio of the portable transmission image.

  Specifically, when the aspect ratio of the display area of the display unit 455 is 16: 9, the mobile transmission image 522 having an aspect ratio of 3: 4 is displayed on the website as shown on the left side of FIG. A part (lower side) of the display area of the display unit 455 on which buttons and the like are displayed is displayed entirely, and as shown on the right side of FIG. 25, for portable transmission having an aspect ratio of 9:16 The entire image 523 is displayed in the entire display area of the display unit 455.

  For example, the short side of the mobile transmission image is made shorter than the short side of the display unit 455 without matching the short side of the mobile transmission image with the short side of the display unit 455, that is, the display The mobile transmission image may be displayed in a size slightly smaller than the unit 455. In addition, when the short side of the mobile transmission image matches the short side of the display unit 455 and the long side of the mobile transmission image does not fit within the long side of the display unit 455, the short side of the mobile transmission image The mobile transmission image may be displayed so that the long side of the mobile transmission image is within the long side of the display unit 455 without matching the short side of the display unit 455.

[Other examples of web page provision processing]
FIG. 26 is a flowchart for explaining another example of the web page providing process for displaying a horizontally long image in a form suitable for the vertically long display unit of the mobile terminal.

  The processes in steps S131 to S134 and S138 in the flowchart of FIG. 26 are the same as the processes in steps S111 to S114 and S116 in the flowchart of FIG.

  That is, in step S135, the web page providing unit 432 provides the mobile terminal 403 with a web page including an image rotation button together with an image obtained by rotating the mobile transmission image corresponding to the selected thumbnail image by 90 °.

  The image rotation button is a GUI (Graphical User Interface) that receives an instruction to display an image rotated by 90 ° displayed on the display unit 455 of the mobile terminal 403 in a state before the rotation.

  In step S136, the web page providing unit 432 determines whether or not the image rotation button has been selected (pressed) on the display unit 455 of the portable terminal 403.

  If it is determined in step S136 that the image rotation button has not been selected, the process ends.

  FIG. 27 is a display example of an image for mobile transmission and an image rotation button displayed on the display unit 455 of the mobile terminal 403.

  On the left side of FIG. 27, the mobile transmission image 521 is displayed by being rotated 90 ° so as to match the long and short direction with the display unit 455 of the mobile terminal 403, and an image rotation button 551 is displayed below the mobile transmission image 521. ing.

  In this state, when the user long presses the portable transmission image 521 displayed on the display unit 455 without pressing the image rotation button 551, the portable transmission image 521 is saved (downloaded) in the portable terminal 403. Is done. At this time, as shown on the right side of FIG. 27, in the data folder of the portable terminal 403, a thumbnail image rotated by 90 ° is displayed.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S136 that the image rotation button has been selected, the process proceeds to step S137, and the web page providing unit 432 displays the web page including the mobile transmission image in the state before the rotation as the mobile terminal 403. To provide.

  That is, when the image rotation button 551 is pressed on the display unit 455 of the mobile terminal 403 shown on the left side of FIG. 27, the mobile transmission image 521 is rotated by 90 ° as shown on the left side of FIG. Displayed with status.

  In this state, when the user presses and holds the portable transmission image 521 displayed on the display unit 455, the portable transmission image 521 is stored (downloaded) in the portable terminal 403. At this time, as shown on the right side of FIG. 28, in the data folder of the portable terminal 403, thumbnail images that are not rotated are displayed.

  According to the above processing, the image for mobile transmission displayed by being rotated by 90 ° can be returned to the state before the rotation by the image rotation button. Thus, for example, when the image for mobile transmission displayed by being rotated by 90 ° is not easy to see for the user, the user can display the image for mobile transmission on the mobile terminal so that the user can easily see it. Will be able to.

  In addition, you may make it make a user select the presence or absence of rotation of the image for portable transmissions displayed on a web page in the post customer service process in the photograph sticker production apparatus 1. FIG.

  Further, as described with reference to FIG. 22, a thumbnail image corresponding to an image obtained in a photo sticker creation game performed by the user in the past is displayed on the web page including the thumbnail image of the mobile transmission image. Is done. As mentioned above, since the aspect ratio of the obtained image varies depending on the model of the photo sticker machine, the shooting course, etc., the thumbnail image displayed on the web page can be a mixture of a portrait image and a landscape image. There is a possibility that it is difficult for the user to see.

  In view of this, a GUI that unifies the display of thumbnail images vertically or horizontally, such as the image rotation button 551, may be provided on a web page that includes thumbnail images of mobile transmission images. . Thereby, the displayed thumbnail image is easy for the user to see.

  As described above, even if the user selects how the mobile transmission image is displayed on the mobile terminal, the web page providing side, that is, the manufacturer of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 When the mobile transmission image is horizontally long and the display screen of the mobile terminal is vertically long, the user may want to recommend that the mobile terminal display the image by rotating it 90 degrees.

  Therefore, for example, when the mobile transmission image is horizontally long and the display screen of the mobile terminal is vertically long, the web page providing unit 432 responds to an access from the mobile terminal 403 (request for display of the mobile transmission image). When providing a page, a pop-up screen that prompts the user to display an image rotated by 90 ° may be provided.

  FIG. 29 shows an example of a pop-up screen.

  In FIG. 29, a pop-up screen 571 on which one of the mobile transmission images is displayed by being rotated by 90 ° is displayed on the display unit 455 of the mobile terminal 403. The pop-up screen 571 includes a message such as “clean when viewed at 90 ° rotation”, which can prompt the user to rotate the screen 90 ° for display.

  Incidentally, some multi-function mobile phones (smartphones) have a function (automatic rotation function) for rotating the display content of the display unit in accordance with the three-dimensional attitude (tilt) of the terminal.

  With this automatic rotation function, it is possible to provide display content that is easy for the user to browse. However, in some cases, the display content rotates in a scene that the user does not intend, and the user can browse the display. Display content may be difficult.

  Therefore, in addition to the automatic rotation function, such a portable terminal is provided with a rotation lock function that locks (disables) the automatic rotation function.

  Below, the structure which provides the web page mentioned above with respect to a portable terminal provided with a rotation lock function is demonstrated.

[Other server configuration examples]
FIG. 30 is a block diagram illustrating another functional configuration example of the server 402.

  30 includes a data management unit 431, a web page provision unit 432, a terminal information acquisition unit 433, and a state detection unit 611. 30, parts having the same functions as those of the server 402 in FIG. 17 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof will be omitted as appropriate.

  The state detection unit 611 requests the portable terminal 403 for information indicating the state of the portable terminal 403, and detects the state of the portable terminal 403 by receiving the information. Specifically, the state detection unit 611 detects on / off of the rotation lock function in the mobile terminal 403 and detects the tilt of the mobile terminal 403.

  The web page providing unit 432 provides the mobile terminal 403 with a web page corresponding to the turning on / off of the rotation lock function in the mobile terminal 403.

[Web page provision processing]
Next, a web page providing process executed by the server 402 in FIG. 30 will be described with reference to the flowchart in FIG.

  Note that the processing of steps S151 to S155 and S158 in the flowchart of FIG. 31 is the same as the processing of steps S111 to S114 and S116 in the flowchart of FIG.

  That is, in step S156, the state detection unit 611 determines whether or not the rotation lock function in the portable terminal 403 is on by detecting on / off of the rotation lock function in the portable terminal 403.

  If it is determined in step S156 that the rotation lock function is on, nothing is done and the process ends.

  For example, as shown on the left side of FIG. 32, the mobile terminal 403 is rotated 90 ° counterclockwise while the mobile transmission image 521 is rotated 90 ° and displayed on the display unit 455 of the mobile terminal 403. If the rotation lock function is on, the display content of the display unit 455 is also rotated 90 ° counterclockwise as shown in the upper right of FIG.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S156 that the rotation lock function is not on, the process proceeds to step S157, and the web page providing unit 432 determines whether the mobile terminal 403 is detected by the state detection unit 611 according to the inclination of the mobile terminal 403. On the display unit 455, the mobile terminal 403 is provided with a web page including an image in which the long and short directions are aligned.

  That is, when the mobile terminal 403 is rotated 90 ° counterclockwise in the state shown on the left side of FIG. 32, if the rotation lock function is off, the display content of the display unit 455 normally does not rotate, and 90 ° The mobile transmission image 521 that has been rotated is displayed, but according to the processing in step S157, the mobile transmission image that matches the long and short directions of the display unit 455 as shown in the lower right of FIG. A web page including 621 is displayed on the display unit 455.

  According to the above processing, an image corresponding to on / off of the rotation lock function is provided. Therefore, regardless of whether the rotation lock function is on / off, the image for portable transmission is displayed on the portable terminal so that the user can easily see it. It can be displayed.

  In the web page providing process of FIG. 31 as well, a web page for displaying the image rotation button 551 (FIGS. 27 and 28) and a pop-up screen 571 (FIG. 29) can be provided.

  The series of processes described above can be executed by hardware or can be executed by software. When the above-described series of processing is executed by software, a program constituting the software is installed from a network or a recording medium.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 9, the recording medium is distributed to distribute the program to the administrator of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 separately from the main body of the apparatus. Disk), optical disk (including CD-ROM and DVD), magneto-optical disk (including MD), or removable media 205 made of semiconductor memory, etc., but also pre-installed in the main unit The ROM 206 that stores the program and the hard disk included in the storage unit 202 are distributed to the administrator.

  In the present specification, the step of describing the program recorded on the recording medium is not limited to the processing performed in chronological order according to the described order, but is not necessarily performed in chronological order. It also includes processes that are executed individually.

  In the above, the printing medium is not limited to sticker paper or photographic paper. For example, printing on a predetermined size of paper or film, poster paper, a card such as a telephone card, or a cloth such as a T-shirt. You may make it do.

  The embodiments of the present invention are not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Photo sticker production apparatus 11 Shooting unit 12 Editing part 13 Subsequent customer service part 201 Control part 208 Image pick-up part 209 Editing part 210 Subsequent customer service part 301 Photographing process part 302 Editing process part 303 Print process part 304 Post-service customer process part 402 Server 403 Portable terminal 431 Data management unit 432 Web page providing unit 433 Terminal information acquisition unit 611 Status detection unit

Claims (10)

An image providing system comprising: an image transmitting apparatus that transmits an image via a network; and a server that receives the image transmitted from the image transmitting apparatus and provides the image to a portable terminal,
The image transmission device includes:
Photographing means for photographing a user as a subject;
Transmission means for transmitting a captured image obtained by photographing to the server,
The server
Receiving means for receiving the captured image transmitted from the image transmitting device;
Providing means for providing the photographed image to the portable terminal in such a manner that the photographed image is displayed with the orientation of the long side and the short side of the display unit of the portable terminal based on the aspect ratio of the photographed image. An image providing system comprising: The providing means of the server, when the captured image is captured with a horizontally long angle of view and the display unit of the mobile terminal is vertically long, the captured image and the long side of the display unit of the mobile terminal, The image providing system according to claim 1, wherein the captured image rotated 90 ° is provided to the portable terminal so that the direction of the short side is aligned and displayed. The transmission unit of the image transmission device transmits image information including aspect ratio information representing an aspect ratio of the captured image to the server together with the captured image.
Based on the aspect ratio information included in the image information, the providing unit of the server is configured to display the captured image and the orientation of the long side and the short side of the display unit of the mobile terminal, The image providing system according to claim 1, wherein the captured image is provided to the mobile terminal. The image information further includes model specifying information for specifying the model of the image transmitting device,
The providing means of the server, based on the model specifying information included in the image information, the captured image having a different aspect ratio depending on the model of the image transmitting apparatus and the long side and the short side of the display unit of the mobile terminal The image providing system according to claim 3, wherein the photographed image is provided to the mobile terminal so that the images are displayed with the orientation of the image being aligned. The server
An acquisition means for acquiring terminal information representing an aspect ratio of the display unit of the mobile terminal;
The image providing system according to claim 2, wherein the providing unit determines whether the display unit of the mobile terminal is vertically long based on the terminal information. The server
A detecting means for detecting on / off of a rotation lock function for disabling a function of rotating the display content of the display unit according to the inclination of the mobile terminal;
When the rotation lock function is detected to be off, the providing unit displays the captured image and the orientation of the long side and the short side of the display unit of the mobile terminal according to the inclination of the mobile terminal. The image providing system according to claim 2, wherein the captured image is provided to the mobile terminal. The providing means of the server is a GUI (Graphical User) that receives an instruction for displaying the photographed image in a state before rotation together with the photographed image rotated by 90 ° displayed on the display unit of the portable terminal. The image providing system according to claim 2, wherein the interface is provided to the portable terminal. In response to a request for display of the captured image from the mobile terminal, the providing unit of the server matches the captured image with the orientation of the long side and the short side of the display unit of the mobile terminal. The image providing system according to claim 2, wherein a pop-up screen that prompts the user to display is provided to the portable terminal. An image providing method of an image providing system comprising: an image transmitting apparatus that transmits an image via a network; and a server that receives the image transmitted from the image transmitting apparatus and provides the image to a portable terminal,
The image transmitting device is
Shoot the user as the subject,
Transmitting a captured image obtained by shooting to the server,
The server is
Receiving the captured image transmitted from the image transmission device;
Providing the photographed image to the portable terminal in such a manner that the photographed image is displayed with the orientation of the long side and the short side of the display unit of the portable terminal based on the aspect ratio of the photographed image. Image providing method. An image providing apparatus that receives the image transmitted from an image transmitting apparatus that transmits an image via a network and provides the image to a mobile terminal,
Receiving means for receiving the image transmitted from the image transmitting device;
An image provided with providing means for providing the image to the mobile terminal so that the image is displayed with the orientation of the long side and the short side of the display unit of the mobile terminal aligned based on the aspect ratio of the image Providing device.

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