JP2017084064A - Print order system, id-photo print order system, and print order method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To present both print number information and a picture to be printed by the print number information, to a user.SOLUTION: An ID-photo print order system includes: a receiving unit 61 which displays an image-uploading web page on a browser of a personal computer 3 of a customer, to receive an image; a number notification unit 63 which generates print data with an image arranged therein, displays a web page including a thumbnail image of the print data and print-number image with a print number associated with the print data on a browser of the personal computer 3, and transmits the print-number image to a predetermined email address; and a data transmission unit 64 which causes a multi-function copier 5 to print the print data associated with the print number when the print number is input via the multi-function copier 5.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a print ordering system for ordering printing from a printer installed in a store, an ID photo print ordering system, and a print ordering method.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a box-type ID photo photographing device for taking an ID photo or the like to be attached to a license, passport, resume, or the like is known. The ID photo shooting apparatus can take a picture of a person and print and output pictures of various sizes according to the application. However, the usage fee for such an ID photo shooting apparatus is somewhat expensive. In addition, since such an ID photo photographing apparatus has a limited installation place and a limited business hours, there is a possibility that it cannot be used when an ID photo is urgently needed.

In recent years, with the development and popularization of digital cameras and smartphones, subject images taken by users themselves can be easily used. By printing these subject images with a home printer, it is possible to cope with cases where ID photographs are urgently needed.
However, ID photographs to be affixed to official documents and resumes must have sufficient image quality and durability, and there is a risk that image quality and durability will be insufficient for inexpensive printers in the home. Therefore, it is desirable that the ID photo is printed by a high-definition printing apparatus or the like installed in a convenience store or the like.

  As a print ordering service that satisfies such a demand, for example, there is “Picture” shown in Non-Patent Document 1. The Pictureon system accepts an image taken by a user via a network and issues a print reservation number by mail. When a user inputs a print reservation number to a multi-copy machine installed in a convenience store, the multi-copy machine prints an ID photo. In this way, the user is provided with printing of the ID photo printed by the high-definition printing apparatus.

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  In the invention described in Non-Patent Document 1, the user has to store the correspondence between the photograph and the print reservation number, and it is extremely complicated when a plurality of photograph images are registered.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a print order system, an identification photo print order system, and a print order method that can present to a user both print number information and a photo printed by the print number information. To do.

In order to solve the above-described problem, the print order system of the present invention generates a print unit that displays an image uploading web page on a customer terminal and receives an image, and print data in which the image is laid out. A web page including a thumbnail image of the print data and a print number image in which a print number associated with the print data is laid out is displayed on the customer terminal, and the print number image is displayed on a mobile terminal owned by the customer. A number notification unit that notifies by mail, and a data transmission unit that causes the printing apparatus to print print data associated with the print number when the print number is input via the printing apparatus. And
Other means will be described in the embodiment for carrying out the invention.

  According to the present invention, print number information and a photograph printed by the print number information can be presented to the user together.

It is a block diagram which shows the convenience store ID photograph print ordering system in this embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a personal computer. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a smart phone. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a server. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a multi-copy machine. It is a figure which shows the upload screen displayed by the browser of a personal computer. It is a figure which shows the print number notification screen displayed with the browser of a personal computer. It is a figure which shows the print number notification mail displayed by the mail software of a smart phone. It is a sequence diagram which shows operation | movement of a convenience store ID photograph print ordering system. 6 is a flowchart illustrating processing after a print data generation instruction according to the present exemplary embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the process concerning a print number notification screen. 10 is a flowchart illustrating processing after a print data generation instruction according to a modified example.

Hereinafter, embodiments for carrying out the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing a convenience store ID photo print ordering system 1 according to the present embodiment.
The convenience store ID photo print ordering system 1 includes a server 2 provided on a network. This server 2 can communicate with a customer's personal computer 3 (customer terminal), smart phone 4 (mobile terminal), and multi-copy machine 5 (printing apparatus) arranged in each store via a network. The server 2 includes a reception unit 61, a data generation unit 62, a number notification unit 63, a data transmission unit 64, a service store database 65, and an ID photo database 66. The hardware configuration of the server 2 will be described in detail with reference to FIG.
The multi-copy machine 5 is installed in each of a plurality of convenience stores (stores). In the drawings and the like, the database may be abbreviated as “DB” and the personal computer may be abbreviated as “personal computer”. Furthermore, there are cases where convenience stores are abbreviated as “convenience stores”.

The receiving unit 61 displays an image upload Web page on the personal computer 3 and receives an image of the ID photo.
The data generation unit 62 generates print data in which an ID photo image is laid out in 2 rows and 2 columns, and stores the generated print data in the ID photo database 66. The layout of the ID photo is not limited to 2 rows and 2 columns.
The number notification unit 63 generates a print number related to the newly generated print data, generates a print number image in which the thumbnail image of the print data and the print number are laid out, and personalizes the Web page including the print number image. It is displayed on the computer 3 or the smartphone 4. Further, the number notification unit 63 notifies the print number image attached to the e-mail so that the print number image is displayed on the smartphone 4 of the customer. In addition, you may notify as HTML (HyperText Markup Language) format mail containing URL of this print number image.

The number notification unit 63 further displays an image obtained by encoding a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) of the Web page including the print number image on this Web page, and information on the nearest convenience store of the customer where the multi-copy machine 5 is installed. Is laid out on the print number image.
When a print number is input to the multi-copy machine 5, the data transmission unit 64 receives this print number from the multi-copy machine 5 and transmits print data associated with this print number to the multi-copy machine 5. As a result, the data transmission unit 64 causes the multi-copy machine 5 to print the print data associated with the print number.
The service store database 65 is a database that stores address information, map information, and the like of stores (convenience stores) where the multi-copy machine 5 is installed.
The ID photo database 66 is configured on a large-capacity storage medium such as an HDD (Hard Disk Drive), and stores ID photo print data generated by the data generation unit 62 for a predetermined period.

The hardware configuration of the server 2 constituting the convenience store ID photo print ordering system 1 and each device connected to the server 2 will be described below with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the personal computer 3.
The personal computer 3 includes a central processing unit (CPU) 31, a random access memory (RAM) 32, a read only memory (ROM) 33, a keyboard 34, a mouse 35, a display 36, a communication unit 38, and a storage unit 39. The

The CPU 31 is a central processing unit, and reads and executes a software program from a RAM 32 that is a volatile memory, a ROM 33 that is a nonvolatile memory, and a storage unit 39.
The keyboard 34 is a device for inputting a character code, and the mouse 35 is a device for inputting operation position information. The display 36 displays an operation screen, receives a predetermined operation input in cooperation with the keyboard 34 and the mouse 35, and displays a processing result. The communication unit 38 is, for example, a network interface, and transmits / receives information via the network.
The storage unit 39 is a secondary storage medium such as an HDD or a flash memory, and stores a browser 391 and mail software 392.
The browser 391 is a Web page browsing software program, and displays the Web page shown in FIG. 6 or FIG.
The mail software 392 is a software program that performs transmission / reception and browsing of mail, and is executed by the CPU 31.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the smartphone 4.
The smartphone 4 includes a CPU 41, a RAM 42, a ROM 43, operation buttons 44, a touch panel display 46, an imaging unit 45, a GPS (Global Positioning System) receiving unit 47, a communication unit 48, and a storage unit 49.

The CPU 41 is a central processing unit, and reads and executes software programs from the RAM 42, the ROM 43, and the storage unit 49.
The operation button 44 inputs a predetermined operation instruction, and the touch panel display 46 displays an operation screen to accept a predetermined operation input and display a processing result. The communication unit 48 is a network interface, for example, and transmits / receives information via the network.
The imaging unit 45 includes a CCD (Charge-Coupled Device) imaging device, a CMOS (Complementary MOS) imaging device, and the like, and captures an image. The GPS receiver 47 receives radio waves from GPS satellites and measures the current position.
The storage unit 49 is a secondary storage medium such as a flash memory, and stores a browser 491 and mail software 492. The browser 491 is a web page browsing software program. The mail software 492 is a software program for sending / receiving and browsing mail, and is executed by the CPU 41 to display a mail screen shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the server 2.
The server 2 includes a CPU 21, a RAM 22, a ROM 23, a keyboard 24, a mouse 25, a display 26, a communication unit 28, and a storage unit 29.

The CPU 21 is a central processing unit that reads and executes software programs from the RAM 22, ROM 23, and storage unit 29.
The keyboard 24 is a device for inputting a character code, and the mouse 25 is a device for inputting operation position information. The display 26 displays an operation screen, receives a predetermined operation input in cooperation with the keyboard 24 and the mouse 25, and displays a processing result. The communication unit 28 is, for example, a network interface, and transmits / receives information via the network.
The storage unit 29 is a secondary storage medium such as an HDD or a flash memory, and stores a service store database 65, an ID photo database 66, and a processing program 291. The processing program 291 is executed by the CPU 21 to embody the reception unit 61, the data generation unit 62, the number notification unit 63, the data transmission unit 64, and the like illustrated in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the multi-copy machine 5.
The multi-copy machine 5 includes a CPU 51, a RAM 52, a ROM 53, a touch panel display 561, operation buttons 562, a printing unit 54, a scanner unit 55, a money transfer unit 57, a communication unit 58, and a storage unit 59.

The CPU 51 is a central processing unit, and reads and executes a software program from the RAM 52, the ROM 53, and the storage unit 59.
The touch panel display 561 displays an operation screen, receives a predetermined operation input in cooperation with the operation button 562, and displays a processing result. The communication unit 58 is, for example, a network interface, and transmits / receives information via the network. The storage unit 59 is a secondary storage medium such as an HDD or a flash memory, and stores a control program 591. This control program 591 controls the multi-copy machine 5 in an integrated manner.
The printing unit 54 conveys a sheet and executes predetermined printing. The scanner unit 55 scans the placed document image and reads it as an image. The money transfer unit 57 receives money from the user and returns to the user the change that is the difference between the received money and the service consideration.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an upload screen 7 a displayed by the browser 391 of the personal computer 3.
The upload screen 7 a is displayed when the browser 391 is executed by the CPU 31 and a predetermined URL of the server 2 is set in the address bar 71. On the left side of the address bar 71, a forward button 72 and a return button 73 are arranged. The return button 73 displays the web page displayed immediately before. The forward button 72 redisplays the web page previously displayed using the return button 73.

The upload screen 7a further includes a combination of the upload button 74a and the image area 75a, a combination of the upload button 74b and the image area 75b, a combination of the upload button 74c and the image area 75c, and a combination of the upload button 74d and the image area 75d. It is arranged in a row, and a creation button 76 is further arranged below it.
The upload button 74a is a button for uploading an image to be laid out in the image area 75a. When the upload button 74a is clicked, an image file selection screen (not shown) is displayed. The same applies to the upload buttons 74b to 74d.
The image area 75a is an area for displaying an image designated by the upload button 74a, and the position where the face should be laid out is guided by a broken line. The user can easily lay out a preferred ID photo by adjusting the face image so as to match the broken line. The same applies to the image areas 75b to 75d.
In FIG. 6, the image corresponding to the image region 75d has not yet been uploaded. Therefore, the image area 75d is displayed in the default gray.

  The creation button 76 displays the word “create print data with this content”. When the user uploads four images and then clicks this creation button 76, the screen transits to a print number notification screen 7b shown in FIG.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a print number notification screen 7 b displayed by the browser 391 of the personal computer 3.
As with the upload screen 7a, the print number notification screen 7b includes a forward button 72, a return button 73, and an address bar 71. Further, a print number image 77, a mail address input area 78, and a print number encoding area 79 are displayed on the print number notification screen 7b.

The print number image 77 is laid out with a print number 771, the nearest store address 772 where the multi-copy machine 5 is installed, a store map 773, and a thumbnail 774 of the ordered ID photo. The print number 771 is composed of a combination of numbers and alphabets. By inputting this print number into the multi-copy machine 5, the user can order printing of the ID photo relating to this print number. The user can confirm the ID photo related to the order number from the thumbnail 774.
Further, the user can know the nearest store where the multi-copy machine 5 is installed by referring to the store address 772 and the store map 773. Conventionally, after receiving the print reservation number, the user has to search for a convenience store in which the multi-copy machine 5 is installed, which is cumbersome. According to the print number image 77, the user can find the nearest convenience store. The address and its map can be easily browsed.

  The mail address input area 78 is an area for inputting a mail address for receiving the distribution of the print number image 77, and a mail address input field 781 and a send button 782 are arranged. When the user inputs the email address of the smartphone 4 in the email address input field 781 and clicks the send button 782, the above-described print number image 77 can be distributed to the smartphone 4.

  The print number encoding area 79 is an area for displaying a two-dimensional code 791 obtained by encoding the URL information of the print number notification screen 7b. For example, the user images the two-dimensional code 791 with the smartphone 4 or the like, decodes the URL information, and accesses the URL by the browser 491 installed in the smartphone 4. Thereby, the smartphone 4 can display the print number notification screen 7 b and the print number image 77 on the touch panel display 46.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the print number notification mail 8 displayed by the mail software 492 of the smartphone 4.
The print number notification mail 8 includes a navigation bar 81, a sender field 82, a destination field 83, a title field 84, and a text field 85, and the text field 85 includes an attached image 86.
The navigation bar 81 is an area for operating the mail software 492, and a mail to be displayed can be selected by tapping an up / down direction button.
The sender column 82 indicates the sender of this mail. The destination column 83 indicates the destination of this mail. The title column 84 indicates the title of the mail, and the text column 85 indicates the text of the mail. The attached image 86 is the same image as the print number image 77 shown in FIG. By such a print number notification mail 8, the print number, the thumbnail of the print data associated with the print number, and the address information and map information of the nearest convenience store where the multi-copy machine 5 is installed are sent to the smartphone 4. Can be displayed.
In this embodiment, the print number image 77 is attached to the mail. However, hyperlink information for displaying the print number image 77 may be embedded in the mail as an HTML mail, and the present invention is not limited to this.

FIG. 9 is a sequence diagram showing the operation of the convenience store ID photo print ordering system 1.
When the user activates the browser 491 of the personal computer 3 and inputs the upload URL to the address bar 71, a series of processing starts.
Personal computer 3 uses access unit 61 to access the upload URL of server 2 (sequence Q10). Server 2 transmits a Web page displaying upload screen 7a (see FIG. 6) to personal computer 3 (sequence Q11). As a result, the upload screen 7 a is displayed on the display 36 of the personal computer 3.

  Next, the user clicks an upload button 74a or the like on the upload screen 7a to determine a photographic image. Personal computer 3 transmits the determined photographic image to server 2 (sequence Q12). The server 2 reflects the photographic image received by the receiving unit 61 in the image area 75a on the upload screen 7a in the personal computer 3 (sequence Q13). By repeating these operations for all the image areas 75a to 75d, four photographs can be uploaded.

Next, when the user clicks the creation button 76, the personal computer 3 instructs the server 2 to generate data (sequence Q20). The server 2 generates print data based on a user instruction using the data generation unit 62 (sequence Q21), and generates a print number image 77 using the number notification unit 63, and print number notification including the print number image 77. The Web page of screen 7b (see FIG. 7) is transmitted to personal computer 3 (sequence Q22). The processing of this sequence Q21 will be described in detail with reference to FIG.
Next, when the user inputs a mail address in the mail address input field 781 on the print number notification screen 7b and clicks a send button 782, the personal computer 3 transmits the mail address to the server 2 (sequence Q23). As a result, the server 2 sends the print number image 77 to the smartphone 4 by mail using the number notification unit 63 (sequence Q24). Thereby, the user can display the print number and the thumbnail of the print data associated with the print number on the screen of the smartphone 4.

When the user goes to the convenience store shown in the print number image 77 while carrying the smartphone 4 and inputs the print number shown in the print number image 77 into the multi-copy machine 5, a series of operations related to printing starts. To do.
The multi-copy machine 5 receives the print number (sequence Q30) and transmits this print number to the server 2 (sequence Q31). The server 2 transmits the print data associated with the print number to the multi-copy machine 5 by the data transmission unit 64 (sequence Q32). Thereafter, when the user inputs a predetermined fee into the money transfer unit 57, the multi-copy machine 5 can print the print data and provide the ID photo to the user (sequence Q33).

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing processing after a print data generation instruction according to the present embodiment.
When the personal computer 3 instructs the server 2 to generate data in sequence Q20 (see FIG. 9), the server 2 starts a series of processes shown in steps S10 to S16.
The server 2 lays out four photos to generate print data (step S10), generates a print number with a random number (step S11), and records the combination of the print data and the print number in a database (step S12). . The server 2 generates thumbnail data from the print data (step S13).

Next, the server 2 identifies the address from the source IP address included in the GET request of the personal computer 3 by the number notification unit 63 (step S14), and the multi-copy machine 5 is installed with reference to the service store database 65. The nearest convenience store is identified (step S15). Thereby, the nearest convenience store can be specified and the address and the map can be displayed.
Finally, the server 2 generates a print number information image including print number / print data thumbnail / convenience store address information and map information (step S16). By putting these together as integral information, it can be clearly shown that they are a set of information linked to each other.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing processing on the print number notification screen 7b.
The process of FIG. 11 is started when the user captures a two-dimensional code 791 obtained by encoding the URL information of the print number notification screen 7b with the smartphone 4 and accesses this URL.
The server 2 identifies the address of the smartphone 4 by the number notification unit 63 (step S20), and identifies the nearest convenience store where the multi-copy machine 5 is installed with reference to the service store database 65 (step S21). The address of the smartphone 4 is acquired from the GPS receiver 47 and transmitted by, for example, a dedicated application or a browser plug-in. Thereby, even when the user moves out of the house together with the smartphone 4, the nearest convenience store of the user's current location can be identified and the address and map can be displayed.
Finally, the server 2 generates a print number information image including print number / print data thumbnail / convenience store address information and map information (step S22). By putting these together as integral information, it can be clearly shown that they are a set of information linked to each other.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating processing after a print data generation instruction according to a modification. The same elements as those shown in FIG. 10 are given the same reference numerals.
According to the flowchart of the modification, instead of step S14 (see FIG. 10) of the above embodiment, the server 2 uses the number notification unit 63 to specify the address from the GPS data of the photograph. Other processes in steps S10 to S13 and steps S15 and S16 are the same as the processes shown in FIG.
Since the GPS data of the photograph is generally more accurate than the address specified by the IP address, the nearest convenience store can be specified accurately. When the GPS information of the four photographic images are different from each other, the user's address may be specified based on the GPS information of the photographic image having the latest shooting date and time. This is because the photographic image relating to the latest photographing is considered to be closest to the current location of the user.

(Modification)
The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be modified without departing from the spirit of the present invention. For example, there are the following (a) to (e).
(A) Uploading a photographic image to the server 2 is not limited to the personal computer 3, and may be a smartphone 4, for example.
(B) When the GPS information of the four photographic images are different from each other, the current location of the user may be determined by majority vote. Thereby, it is possible to guide the user to the nearest convenience store for the majority of subjects.
(C) In the said embodiment, although the image was uploaded to the server 2 via a browser, it is not restricted to this, You may upload an image to the server 2 via a dedicated application, It is not limited.
(D) The URL code on the print number notification screen 7b is not limited to a two-dimensional code, but may be a one-dimensional barcode, and is not limited.
(E) The present invention is not limited to an ID photo print order, and may be applied to a photo image print order, an arbitrary content print order, or the like.

1 Convenience Store ID Photo Printing Order System 2 Server 28 Communication Unit 29 Storage Unit 291 Processing Program 3 Personal Computer (Customer Terminal)
38 Communication Unit 39 Storage Unit 391 Browser 392 Mail Software 4 Smartphone (Mobile Terminal)
44 Operation Button 45 Imaging Unit 46 Touch Panel Display 47 GPS Receiving Unit 48 Communication Unit 49 Storage Unit 491 Browser 492 Mail Software 5 Multi-Copier (Printing Device)
54 Print Unit 561 Touch Panel Display 562 Operation Button 57 Money Transfer Unit 58 Communication Unit 59 Storage Unit 61 Reception Unit 62 Data Generation Unit 63 Number Notification Unit 64 Data Transmission Unit 65 Service Store Database 66 ID Photo Database 7a Upload Screen 7b Print Number Notification Screen 74a to 74d Upload button 75a to 75d Image area 76 Create button 77 Print number image 771 Print number 772 Store address 773 Store map 774 Thumbnail 78 Mail address input area 781 Mail address input field 782 Send button 79 Print number coding area 792 Two-dimensional Code 8 Print number notification mail 86 Attached image

Claims (8)

A receiving unit that displays an image uploading web page on a customer terminal and receives an image;
The print data in which the image is laid out is generated, and a web page including a thumbnail image of the print data and a print number image in which a print number associated with the print data is laid out is displayed on the customer terminal. A number notification unit for notifying by e-mail so that the print number image is displayed on a portable terminal having;
When the print number is input via a printing device, a data transmission unit that causes the printing device to print print data associated with the print number;
A print ordering system comprising: The number notification unit notifies the mobile terminal of the customer of the URL of the print number image by HTML mail, or notifies the mobile terminal of the customer by mail attached with the print number image.
The print ordering system according to claim 1, wherein: The number notification unit displays an image obtained by encoding a URL of a Web page including the print number image on the Web page.
The print ordering system according to claim 1, wherein: The printing device is installed in each of a plurality of stores,
The number notification unit lays out information on the nearest store of the customer where the printing apparatus is installed in the print number image,
The print ordering system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the print ordering system is any one of claims 1 to 3. The number notification unit detects the position of the customer from the IP address of the customer terminal.
The print ordering system according to claim 4, wherein: The number notification unit detects the position of a customer from GPS information included in an image uploaded from the customer terminal.
The print ordering system according to claim 4, wherein: Generating print data of an ID photo using the print ordering system according to any one of claims 1 to 6 and causing the printing apparatus to print the print data;
ID photo printing order system characterized by that. Displaying a web page for image upload on a browser of a customer terminal and receiving an image;
Generating print data in which the image is laid out;
Displaying a web page including a thumbnail image of the print data and a print number image in which a print number associated with the print data is laid out on a browser of the customer terminal;
Notifying by e-mail so that the print number image is displayed on the mobile terminal of the customer;
When the print number is input via a printing device, causing the printing device to print the print data associated with the print number;
A print ordering method comprising:

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