JP2017007092A - Business card printer and computer program - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a technique which achieves the convenience of a business card with a face photograph and personal information management by using currently-prevalent hardware and infrastructure.CONSTITUTION: A business card printing device comprises: business card source data reception means which receives face photograph data to be printed on a business card; face photograph data processing means which divides a portion or all of at least a face part in the face photograph data into plural pieces and forms processed data by rearranging the arrangement of the divided portion so as to be different from the arrangement before division and business card printing means which prints the business card by using the processed data processed by the face photograph data processing means and character data for the business card.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for printing a face photograph made indistinguishable on a business card, and a software technique for making the face photograph made indistinguishable legible.

Business cards are mainly used for business. Recently, students and seniors after retirement use business cards.
In private hobbies, it is also used to interact with members of groups with the same hobbies.

The reason that business cards have become widespread is that business cards can be created and printed using personal computers and printers.
Smartphones and tablet-type terminals have become widespread, and landscapes such as exchanging information on business cards by infrared communication have come to be seen frequently. However, it is impossible to exceed the ease of physical business cards printed on moderately sized paper.

There are many business cards that include a face photo as part of the consideration that you can remember many cards and exchange them over time. This is because the image data of a face photo is excellent for recalling memories.
Patent Document 1 discloses an electronic business card exchange system for acquiring image data when exchanging business card data.

  It is difficult to write all the information on the paper of a business card, which is a limited space. In order to solve the problem, it is also becoming popular to print barcodes (mainly two-dimensional barcodes). That is, when the barcode is read by an optical reader (attached camera and preinstalled software) of the portable information terminal, the Internet is accessed and information posted on the corresponding page can be browsed.

  Patent Document 2 discloses an information processing system for acquiring and managing information of a destination accessed by reading a two-dimensional barcode using a portable information terminal.

JP 2003-187057 A JP 2003-36415 A

In recent years, with the enactment of laws, personal information has been required to be handled carefully by both individuals and corporations.
For example, if a business card with a face photo is left on the desk, a person who passes by the desk can look into the name and face photo of the business card.
Although it is considered that there is a potential need for a technology that can balance the convenience of business cards with facial photographs and personal information management, such technology is not provided.

  The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a technology that achieves both the convenience of a business card with a face photograph and the management of personal information by using currently popular hardware and infrastructure.

(First invention)
A first invention relates to a business card printing apparatus for printing a business card.
That is, a business card source data receiving means for receiving face photo data to be printed on a business card, and at least part or all of the face part in the face photo data is divided into a plurality of parts, and the arrangement of the divided parts is pre-divided. Photo data processing means for rearranging and processing processed data differently from the above, business card printing means for printing the business card using the processed data processed by the face photo data processing means and the character data for the business card, Is a business card printing apparatus.

(Glossary)
In "Face photo data processing means", "At least part or all of the face part" is a part that can be recognized as a face if the face photo data is a picture of the whole body or upper body. is there. Note that the “part of the face portion” includes at least the eyes and the periphery of the eyes.
The shape at the time of “dividing” is most commonly a square, but it may be a regular hexagon or a circle.

(Function)
The business card source data receiving means receives face photo data to be printed on the business card.
The face photograph data processing means recognizes at least part or all of the face portion in the face photograph data. Then, the face part is divided into a part or all of the plurality of parts, and the divided parts are rearranged so as to be different from those before the division, thereby obtaining processed data.
The business card printing means prints the business card using the processed data and the business card character data processed by the face photo data processing means. Since a printed business card is partly or entirely divided and rearranged, it cannot be determined at first glance what kind of face it is. For this reason, management of personal information becomes easy.

  In addition, in order to restore a face photo from a business card in which part or all of the face part is divided and rearranged, a predetermined software (hereinafter referred to as “restoration”) is applied to an information terminal with a camera (typically a smartphone). Install "App". When the software is started and the camera is held over, the face photo data before processing can be restored to the liquid crystal screen of the information terminal. (See Figure 3)

(Variation 1 of the first invention)
The first invention may be formed as follows.
That is, the face photograph data processing means may rotate a part or all of each frame formed when at least part or all of the face part in the face photograph data is divided.

(Glossary)
The angle of “rotation” is 90 degrees, 180 degrees, 270 degrees clockwise when the divided shape is a square, and 60 degrees, 120 degrees, 180 degrees, 240 degrees when the shape is a regular hexagon. In the case of a circle, it is an arbitrary angle.

(Function)
The face photo data processing means rotates at least a part or all of each frame formed when part or all of the face part in the face photo data is divided. The printed business card cannot be identified at first glance. For this reason, management of personal information becomes easy.

(Second invention)
The second invention also relates to a business card printing apparatus for printing a business card.
That is, a business card source data receiving means for receiving face photo data to be printed on a business card, and at least part or all of the face part in the face photo data is divided into a plurality of parts, and the divided parts are different from those before the division. A face photo data processing means that is rotated to be processed data, and a business card printing means that prints the business card using the processed data processed by the face photo data processing means and the character data for the business card. Business card printing device.

(Glossary)
The shape at the time of “dividing” is most commonly a square, but it may be a regular hexagon or a circle.
The angle of “rotation” is 90 degrees, 180 degrees, 270 degrees clockwise when the divided shape is a square, and 60 degrees, 120 degrees, 180 degrees, 240 degrees when the shape is a regular hexagon. In the case of a circle, it is an arbitrary angle.

(Function)
The face photo data processing means rotates at least a part or all of each frame formed when part or all of the face part in the face photo data is divided. The printed business card cannot be identified at first glance. For this reason, management of personal information becomes easy.

(Variation 1 of the first invention and the second invention)
The first invention and the second invention may be formed as follows.
That is, the face photo data processing means sets an overlapping area between adjacent frames for each frame that is formed when at least part or all of the face portion in the face photo data is divided, and performs rearrangement. In that case, it may be rearranged together with the overlapping area.

(Glossary)
"Overlapping area" refers to the prevention of problems that occur during restoration when the performance of the camera (input device) or screen (output device) of the portable information terminal is not high. Set to do. For this reason, the occupation area of the face photograph processed data is larger than that of the face photograph data before processing.

(Function)
The face photograph data processing means sets an overlapping area between adjacent frames for each frame that is created when at least part or all of the face portion in the face photograph data is divided. When rearranging, rearrangement is performed together with the overlapping area.
In addition, when the camera of the information terminal with a camera in which the restoration application is installed is held over, the face photo data before processing of the information terminal is restored. Due to the presence of the overlapping area, it is possible to reliably restore the border between adjacent frames, which is likely to occur when the performance of the camera or the screen is not high.

(Variation 2 of the first invention and the second invention)
The first invention and the second invention may be formed as follows.
That is, a two-dimensional barcode is printed on a part of the paper of a business card for printing, and the two-dimensional barcode is read by an information terminal with a camera that can be connected to the Internet to process the face photo data. The processed data processed by the means is used as data for accessing a site where an application program for restoring the original data can be downloaded.

(Glossary)
The “part of the paper surface of the business card for printing” to be printed with the two-dimensional barcode is preferably the back surface in the case of business cards printed on both sides. However, it is not limited to the back side.

(Function)
A two-dimensional barcode printed on the paper of a business card is read by an information terminal with a camera that can be connected to the Internet. Then, the information terminal accesses a site where the application program can be downloaded. Therefore, the operator of the information terminal causes the information terminal to download. Then, the information terminal can restore the processed data processed by the face photo data processing means to the original state.
In other words, a person who wants to restore the processed data and see a face photograph must perform the above operation on an information terminal with a camera that can be connected to the Internet. If you don't want to do this operation, you can protect your face photo data.

(Third invention)
A third invention relates to a program for controlling a business card printing apparatus to execute printing of a business card.
The program divides at least a part or all of the face part in the face card data reception procedure for receiving the face picture data to be printed on the business card into a plurality of parts, and arranges the divided parts. Business card printing that prints business cards using processed face data and text data for business cards that have been processed in the face photo data processing procedure, and processed as photo data that has been rearranged to be processed differently from that before division The computer program for making the control apparatus in a business card printing apparatus perform a procedure.

(Variation of the third invention)
The face photograph data processing procedure according to the third aspect of the invention may include a rotation changing procedure for rotating a part or all of each frame formed when the face photograph data is divided.

(Fourth invention)
The fourth invention also relates to a program for controlling a business card printing apparatus to execute printing of a business card.
That is, a business card source data receiving procedure for receiving face photo data to be printed on a business card, and dividing at least part or all of the face part in the face photo data into a plurality of parts, and the divided part is different from that before the division. A face photo data processing procedure that is rotated to be processed data and a business card printing procedure that prints a business card using the processed data processed in the face photo data processing procedure and the character data for the business card. It is a computer program for making the control apparatus in a business card printing apparatus perform.

(Variations of the third and fourth inventions)
The third and fourth inventions may be formed as follows.
In other words, the face photo data processing procedure described above is an overlap region setting procedure for setting an overlap region between adjacent frames with respect to each frame formed when at least part or all of the face portion in the face photo data is divided. And a rearrangement procedure for rearranging the frames for which the overlapping areas are set.

  The third and fourth inventions can be provided by being stored in a recording medium. It can also be provided by enabling installation using a communication infrastructure.

  According to the present invention, it has been possible to provide a technology that achieves both the convenience of a business card with a face photo and the management of personal information using currently popular hardware and infrastructure.

It is a figure which shows the hardware constitutions and data processing procedure which show conceptually 1st embodiment in this invention. It is a figure which shows the hardware constitutions and data processing procedure which show notionally 2nd embodiment in this invention. It is a conceptual diagram which shows the procedure which decompress | restores the face photograph processing data printed on the business card at the time of implementing this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the procedure which processes face photograph data. It is a figure which shows an example of the process sequence which displays initials using "non-main area | regions", such as a background in face photograph data. It is a photograph which shows the screen of a smart phone when restoring the business card displayed on the screen of the smart phone, and face photograph processing data. It is the photograph used in order to show the processing procedure and restoration procedure of face photograph processing data including the image division and the setting of the overlapping area. It is a photograph for showing a problem that occurs when an image is divided without setting an overlapping area. It is a figure which shows the hardware constitutions and data processing procedure which show conceptually 3rd embodiment in this invention. It is a figure which shows the hardware constitutions and data processing procedure which show conceptually 4th Embodiment in this invention.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be further described with reference to the drawings. The drawings used here are FIGS. 1 to 10.

(Figure 1)
In FIG. 1, a printing company, a client A who requests the printing company to create a business card with a face photograph processed photograph, and an application provider that provides an application program for processing a face photograph (hereinafter “application provision”). Abbreviated as “person”).

The client A transmits the business card character data to be printed on the business card and the face photo data to be processed and printed to the printing company using the business card original data transmission means. In general, the business card character data and face photo data are stored in the personal computer associated with the client A, and are transmitted to the printing company via the communication line by the business card source data transmission means. The transmitted data is received by the business card source data receiving means in the computer of the printing company.
Although there is a method of accepting non-digitized business card character data and face photo data at a printing company's window, the printing company does not digitize business card character data and face photo data as digital data. Then, the subsequent work will proceed.

When the business card source data receiving means receives the business card character data to be printed on the business card and the face photo data to be processed and printed, the server related to the printing company receives the face photo data from the application provider. The face photo data transmission means transmits to the server.
The transmitted face photograph data is received by the face photograph data receiving means of the server related to the application provider. The received face photo data is processed by the face photo data processing means. Details of what will be done in this processing will be described later.

The processed data transmitted from the processed data transmitting means in the server related to the application provider is received by the processed data receiving means in the server of the printing company. The business card is printed by the business card character data received in advance, and the business card printing means prints the business card. Since the printed business card is physically present, the client A receives it through a mailer or the like.
When client A can print a business card by desktop publishing himself, the client and the printing company can be considered together. In this case, the business card source data transmitting unit and the business card source data receiving unit are omitted (see the embodiment shown in FIG. 10).

(Figure 2)
FIG. 2 also shows a printing company, a client A who requests the printing company to create a business card with a face photograph processed photograph, and an application program for processing a face photograph (hereinafter referred to as “photo processing application”). ) Is a relationship with the app provider that provides. The embodiment shown in FIG. 1 is different from the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 in that the application provider prints the photo processing application so that the printing company can create the processed data instead of creating the processed data on its own server. It is a point to offer to the company.

In this case as well, if the client A can print the business card by desktop publishing himself, the client and the printing company can be considered together, and the business card source data transmitting unit, the business card source data receiving unit, Is omitted (see the embodiment shown in FIG. 9).
The functions of the photo processing application provided by the application provider are the same as the face photo data processing means in FIG. 1, and will be described later.
The application provider provides a restoration application for restoring the face photograph processed data in the printed business card to the client A or a third party who has received the business card from the client A. This will be described with reference to FIG.

(Figure 3)
FIG. 3 shows that the client B (the third party who received the business card from the client A) uses the camera-equipped personal digital assistant (smartphone or tablet computer) to display the face photograph processed data printed on the business card. It shows how to restore.

The requester B transmits a request to download the restoration application from the camera-equipped mobile information terminal (its restoration application request transmission means).
The server related to the application provider (restored application request receiving means) receives the download request. Then, the restoration application transmission unit of the server transmits the restoration application to the portable information terminal with a camera. The transmitted restoration application is received by the camera-equipped mobile information terminal (its restoration application receiving means).

The camera-equipped mobile information terminal that can start the restoration application activates the restoration application and holds the face photograph processed data over the camera. Then, the face picture restored data (the restored original face picture) obtained by rearranging the processed data to the state before the processing by the restoration application is displayed on the output screen of the camera-equipped portable information terminal.
Note that since there are a plurality of operating systems (OS) of smartphones, it is necessary to prepare a type of restoration application suitable for the OS (at least compatible with a typical OS).

(Fig. 4)
The functions of “face photo data processing means” in FIG. 1 and “photo processing app” in FIG. 2 will be described with reference to FIG.
4A is a face photograph data, and FIG. 4B is a model in which the image in FIG. 4A is divided into 4 × 4 16 frames and rearranged.
4C is specific face photograph data, FIG. 4D is processed data obtained by disassembling the face photograph data of FIG. 4C into 15 × 15 225 frames, and rearranging FIG. E) shows processed data with initials displayed in FIG. 4D.

As shown in FIGS. 4A and 4C, the face photo data includes a “non-major region” as a background of the face (in the case of image data in which no “non-major region” exists) This is inappropriate as data).
Using this “non-main area”, the initial of the client A is formed, and processed data as shown in FIG. 4E is formed. By inserting the initial, it can be used to prevent mismatch between the business card character data and the face photo data.

  The functions of the “face photo data processing means” and the “photo processing application” in FIG. 2 have been described as dividing all of the face photo data, but may be a part. For example, the object of the present invention can be achieved and an effect can be obtained by dividing and rearranging only the “eyes” in the face and the periphery thereof by using face recognition software.

(Fig. 5)
FIG. 5 is a variation shown in FIG. 4 and is significantly different from FIG. That is, in FIG. 5B, the non-main area of the face photograph data shown in FIG. That is, there are more parts that do not exist in the original image. The initial display portion is formed using the increased portion.

(Fig. 6)
FIG. 6 shows the conceptual diagram shown in the lower half of FIG. 3 as a specific example.
FIG. 6A shows a state in which the face photograph processed data is held by the camera in the portable information terminal with a camera that can start the restoration application.
FIG. 6B shows a state in which the restoration application is activated and the face photo restored data (the restored original face photo) is displayed on the output screen of the camera-equipped portable information terminal.

(Fig. 7)
The function of the photo processing data processing means or the photo processing application provided by the application provider will be described with reference to FIG.
First, as shown in FIG. 7A, part or all of the image data before processing is divided. In FIG. 7, the entire image data is divided into 9 parts of 3 × 3. However, in the case of a face photograph, only a part such as the peripheral part of the eyes may be divided.

As shown in FIG. 7B, an overlapping area is set between adjacent frames for each frame that is formed when divided.
In FIG. 7C, the frames are arranged in the original order in the state where the overlapping area is increased. Due to the presence of overlapping areas, the size is slightly increased.

In FIG. 7 (D), it is divided into 9 × 3 × 3 as in FIG. 7 (B) in the state of FIG. 7 (C).
FIG. 7E shows the state of FIG. 7D, that is, the arrangement of the frames is rearranged together with the overlapping area. This state is “processed data”.

The “overlapping area” refers to a problem that occurs during restoration when the performance of the camera (input device) or screen (output device) of the portable information terminal for restoring the face photograph processed data is not high. It is set to prevent it in advance.
FIG. 7F shows a state in which the restored original face photograph is displayed by rearranging the original arrangement on the output screen of the camera-equipped portable information terminal in which the restoration application is started, deleting the overlapping area It is.
In addition, since the part (so-called glue margin) located on the outermost side is deleted in both overlapping areas, the size of (F) is the smallest among (A) to (F).

(Fig. 8)
FIG. 8 shows a case where “overlapping area setting” shown in FIG. 7 is not performed. In this case, “processed data” is formed by dividing the image as shown in FIG. 8A and rearranging the divided frames as shown in FIG. 8B.
When the “processed data” shown in FIG. 8B is restored on a portable information terminal whose performance of the camera (input device) or screen (output device) is not high, as shown in FIG. The borderline at the time of division may not be restored cleanly.

Although not shown, the photo processing application provided by the face photo data processing means or the app provider divides at least part or all of the face part in the face photo data into a plurality of parts and divides the divided part. The processed data may be rotated to be different from the previous data.
The shape of the division is 90 degrees, 180 degrees, and 270 degrees clockwise if it is a square as in the embodiment described above.

As the shape of the division, only the square is adopted in the above-described embodiment, but a regular hexagon or a circle may be adopted.
In the case of a regular hexagon, the angles are 60 degrees, 120 degrees, 180 degrees, 240 degrees, and 300 degrees, and in the case of a circle, the angles are arbitrary angles.

  Although illustration and detailed description are omitted, the divided frames may be rotated after being rearranged.

(Fig. 9)
FIG. 9 conceptually shows a case where client C capable of desktop publishing (DTP) receives a photo processing application from an application provider and prints a business card by himself.
In the case of this embodiment, the client C downloads the photo processing app from the app provider and uses the photo processing app by a predetermined contract or payment of a fee.
Note that the case where the client and the printing company are considered as separate entities instead of one is the embodiment shown in FIG.

(Fig. 10)
FIG. 10 is also an embodiment relating to the client D capable of desktop publishing (DTP). The difference from FIG. 9 is that the application provider receives a photo processing application from the application provider, but requests the application provider to perform face photo processing.
Note that the case where the client and the printing company are considered as different entities instead of one is the embodiment shown in FIG.

  Although not shown, a two-dimensional barcode may be printed on a part of the business card for printing. The two-dimensional barcode is read by an information terminal equipped with a camera that can be connected to the Internet to a site where an application program for restoring the processed data processed by the face photo data processing means to the original state can be downloaded. It is data for access.

The “part of the paper surface of the business card for printing” that is to be printed with the two-dimensional barcode is assumed to be the back surface in the case of a business card for double-sided printing. This is because it is not essential information as a business card.
Note that if there are a plurality of types of smartphone operating systems (OS) on the premise of use with smartphones, it is common that two types of representative two-dimensional barcodes are printed.

  In this way, a business card with a two-dimensional barcode printed on the back side reads the two-dimensional barcode with an information terminal with a camera that can be connected to the Internet. Since the two-dimensional bar code is a URL for accessing a site where the restoration application can be downloaded, the information terminal accesses the site. Therefore, the operator of the information terminal downloads the restoration application to the information terminal. The information terminal that has activated the restoration application can restore the processed data processed by the face photo data processing means to the original face photo.

  A person who wants to restore the processed data and see a face photograph must perform the above operation on an information terminal with a camera that can be connected to the Internet. A person who does not want to do this operation because he / she does not want to do can not see the original face photo, so personal information of the face photo can be protected easily (slowly).

  A business card created using the business card printing apparatus and the computer program for business card printing described above is useful for sales staff regardless of the type of business. This is because it is a technology that can achieve both information transmission using business cards and simple protection of personal information.

  The present invention has applicability in a printing industry, an advertising industry, a computer software development industry, a distribution industry such as a computer software download service, and the like.

Claims (9)

A business card printing device for printing business cards,
A business card source data receiving means for receiving face photo data for printing on a business card;
A face photo data processing means that divides at least a part or all of the face part in the face photo data into a plurality of parts and rearranges the divided parts to be different from those before the division, and forms processed data,
A business card printing means for printing the business card using the processed data processed by the face photo data processing means and the character data for the business card;
Business card printing device.   2. The face photograph data processing means rotates at least part or all of each frame formed when dividing at least part or all of a face portion in face photograph data from the original state. Business card printing device. A business card printing device for printing business cards,
A business card source data receiving means for receiving face photo data for printing on a business card;
Face photo data processing means for dividing at least part or all of the face portion in the face photo data into a plurality of pieces and rotating the divided portions different from those before the division into processed data;
A business card printing device comprising: business card printing means for printing the business card using the processed data processed by the face photo data processing means and the character data for the business card.   The face photo data processing means sets an overlap area between adjacent frames for each frame that is created when at least part or all of the face portion in the face photo data is divided, and when rearranging 4. The business card printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the business card printing apparatus is arranged together with the overlapping area. We will print a two-dimensional barcode on a part of the paper of the business card for printing,
The two-dimensional barcode is read by an information terminal equipped with a camera that can be connected to the Internet to a site where an application program for restoring the processed data processed by the face photo data processing means to the original state can be downloaded. The business card printing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the business card printing apparatus is data for access. A program for controlling a business card printing apparatus to execute printing of a business card,
A business card source data receiving procedure for receiving face photo data for printing on a business card;
A face photo data processing procedure for dividing at least part or all of the face portion in the face photo data into a plurality of pieces and rearranging the divided portions so as to be different from those before the division, and processing the processed data.
A business card printing procedure for printing a business card using processed data and business card character data processed in the facial photo data processing procedure;
Is a computer program for causing a computer as a control device in a business card printing apparatus to execute. The face photo data processing procedure is as follows:
7. The computer program according to claim 6, further comprising a rotation procedure for rotating a part or all of each frame formed when dividing at least a part or all of the face part in the face photograph data from the original state. A program for controlling a business card printing apparatus to execute printing of a business card,
A business card source data receiving procedure for receiving face photo data for printing on a business card;
A part of or all of the face part in the face photograph data is divided into a plurality of parts, and the face photograph data processing procedure is set to processed data by rotating the divided part different from that before the division,
A business card printing procedure for printing a business card using processed data and business card character data processed in the facial photo data processing procedure;
Is a computer program for causing a control device in a business card printing apparatus to execute. The face photo data processing procedure is as follows:
An overlapping area setting procedure for setting an overlapping area between adjacent frames for each frame that is created when at least part or all of the face portion in face photo data is divided;
A reordering procedure to reorder each frame with the overlap area set,
The computer program according to any one of claims 6 to 8, which includes:

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