JP2019213110A - Information processing apparatus, portable terminal, information processing method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

To facilitate easy selection of a favorite image from an edited image and an image before editing.SOLUTION: The information processing apparatus is configured to receive a captured image transmitted from an external device and an edited image obtained by editing the captured image and to display on a portable terminal a screen in which thumbnail images of photographed images and thumbnail images of edited images are mixed and arranged. The present technology can be applied to a server that manages images created by a photo creation game machine that provides a series of games for printing a photographed image on a sticker sheet and provides them to a user.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 9

Description

  The present technology relates to an information processing device, a portable terminal, an information processing method, and a program, and in particular, an information processing device that can easily select a favorite image from an edited image and an image before editing. , A portable terminal, an information processing method, and a program.

  Conventionally, a photo sticker creating apparatus is known. The photo sticker creating apparatus takes a picture of a user, causes the user to edit the shot image, and provides the edited image on a sticker sheet. Photo sticker creation devices are installed in amusement facilities.

  The flow of one game provided by the photo sticker creating apparatus usually involves shooting a user in the shooting space as a subject, moving the user to the editing space, and then displaying the image according to the operation performed in the editing space. The edited image is printed on the sticker sheet.

  By the way, there is a membership service in which an image created in a game of a photo sticker creating apparatus is provided as an image data to a user, not as a printed matter. According to this service, a user who has played a game can operate a mobile terminal such as a smartphone to access an image acquisition site and download an image created by the game to the mobile terminal.

  A recent trend is to use services on applications installed on mobile devices, rather than using services on Web browsers.

  Patent Document 1 describes a system that transmits both an image with a graffiti and an image without a graffiti from an image sticker to an image management server and provides the user with either an image with a graffiti or an image without a graffiti. Has been. By pressing a button provided on the screen displayed when the server is accessed, the user can switch between displaying the same image with graffiti and without graffiti.

JP2015-115768A

  According to the screen display described in Patent Document 1, each time the button is pressed, the display of an image with a graffiti and the display of an image without a graffiti are switched, so that both images cannot be displayed simultaneously for comparison.

  The present technology has been made in view of such a situation, and makes it possible to easily select a favorite image from an edited image and an image before editing.

  The information processing device according to the first aspect of the present technology includes a reception unit that receives a captured image and an edited image obtained by editing the captured image, transmitted from an external device, and the imaging The information processing apparatus includes a display control unit that displays a screen in which thumbnail images of images and thumbnail images of the edited image are mixed and arranged on a mobile terminal.

  A mobile terminal according to a second aspect of the present technology is an information processing apparatus that receives and manages a captured image and an edited image obtained by editing the captured image, which are transmitted from an external device. The portable terminal includes a display control unit that displays a screen in which thumbnail images of the captured image and thumbnail images of the edited image are arranged in a mixed manner based on transmitted information.

  In the first aspect of the present technology, a captured image transmitted from an external device and an edited image obtained by editing the captured image are received, and the thumbnail image of the captured image and the Processing for displaying on the mobile terminal a screen in which thumbnail images of edited images are mixed and arranged is performed.

  In the second aspect of the present technology, a captured image transmitted from an external device and an edited image obtained by editing the captured image are transmitted from an information processing device that receives and manages the captured image. Based on the received information, a screen in which the thumbnail images of the photographed images and the thumbnail images of the edited images are mixed and displayed is displayed.

  According to the present technology, the user can easily select a favorite image from an edited image and an image before editing.

It is a figure showing an example of composition of an image providing system concerning one embodiment of this art. It is a figure which shows the example of the image produced | generated in a photograph sticker production apparatus. It is a figure which shows the example of the image transmitted to an image management server from a photograph sticker production apparatus. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of a my page screen. It is a figure which shows typically the arrangement | sequence of a thumbnail image. It is a figure which shows the example of the enlarged display of an image with a graffiti. It is a figure which shows the example of the enlarged display of the image without a graffiti. It is a figure which shows the 1st example of the display switching of a my page screen. It is a figure which shows the 2nd example of the display switching of a my page screen. It is a figure which shows the 3rd example of the display switching of a my page screen. It is a figure which shows the 4th example of the display switching of a my page screen. It is a figure which shows the 5th example of the display switching of a my page screen. It is a figure which shows the 6th example of the display switching of a my page screen. It is a block diagram which shows the hardware structural example of an image management server. It is a block diagram which shows the function structural example of an image management server. It is a flowchart explaining the process of an image management server. It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of a portable terminal.

<< About image providing system >>
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of an image providing system according to an embodiment of the present technology.

  The image providing system in FIG. 1 is configured by connecting an image management server 1, a photo sticker creating apparatus 2, and a portable terminal 3 via the Internet 11.

  In the example of FIG. 1, only one photo sticker creating apparatus 2 is shown, but actually, a plurality of photo sticker creating apparatuses 2 sold by the same manufacturer are provided. For example, as many portable terminals 3 as the number of users using the photo sticker creating apparatus 2 are provided.

  The photo sticker creating apparatus 2 is a game machine that provides a photo creating game. The photo sticker creating apparatus 2 is installed in an amusement facility such as a game center or a store.

  The users of the photo sticker creating apparatus 2 are mainly high school girls and young women. In the photo sticker creating apparatus 2, a plurality of users such as two or three people can mainly enjoy the game per group. Of course, in the photo sticker creating apparatus 2, one user can enjoy the game.

  In the photo sticker creating apparatus 2, the user performs photographing work with himself / herself as a subject. The user performs an editing operation for synthesizing a composite image such as a handwritten character or a stamp image on the captured image obtained by the capturing operation, and edits the captured image into a colorful image. The user receives a sticker sheet on which an edited image that is an edited image is printed, and ends a series of games.

  The photo sticker creating apparatus 2 includes a PC that controls the overall operation of the photo sticker creating apparatus 2, a camera that shoots the user, and a user that edits the captured image obtained by shooting with the camera. An editing monitor, a printer for printing an image on a sticker sheet, and the like are provided. Details of the configuration of the photo sticker creating apparatus 2 are disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2018-64220.

  For example, an editing screen on which buttons used for selecting various editing tools are displayed on the editing monitor. The user operates the display of the editing screen using, for example, a touch pen to edit the captured image.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of an image generated in the photo sticker creating apparatus 2.

  An edited image P1 shown at the left end of FIG. 2 is an image generated by editing. The edited image P1 is composed of images of each layer of the photographed image P11 and the foreground image P12.

  The photographed image P11 is an image photographed by the camera of the photo sticker creating apparatus 2. As shown in FIG. 2, for example, by trimming an image photographed by a camera, an up image in which the range approximately from the chest is large is generated as a photographed image P11. A whole body image showing the whole body of the user is also generated as appropriate.

  In the example of FIG. 2, the foreground image P12 is an image including an image of a handwritten character “Love my friend” and a heart-shaped image. The handwritten character image of “Love my friend” is a pen image input by the user using the pen tool. The heart-shaped image is a stamp image input by a user using a stamp tool.

  The edited image P1 is configured by superimposing the foreground image P12 on the captured image P11.

  A background image may be used as an image constituting the edited image P1. The background image is an image of a predetermined color or an image of a predetermined pattern, and is used to display such a predetermined color or pattern around the user's area.

  When the background image is synthesized, the captured image P11 is subjected to chroma processing, and a person region that is a user region is extracted. An edited image P1 is generated by arranging a background image as an image of a layer below the photographed image P11 composed of a person area.

  In one game provided by the photo sticker creating apparatus 2, a plurality of shots are taken, and a plurality of shot images such as five shots are generated. Further, editing is performed for each of a plurality of photographed images, and a plurality of edited images are generated.

  The photo sticker creating apparatus 2 provides the image to the user by making it viewable on the portable terminal 3 in addition to printing and providing the image generated in this way on a sticker sheet. An image generated in the game is transmitted from the photo sticker creating apparatus 2 to the image management server 1.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of an image transmitted from the photo sticker creating apparatus 2 to the image management server 1.

  As shown in FIG. 3, from the photo sticker creating apparatus 2 to the image management server 1, an edited image that is an edited image generated by an editing operation, and a captured image that is a source of generation of the edited image, Both images are sent. When shooting is performed five times, ten edited images and five shot images are transmitted every time a game is played.

  Hereinafter, editing is referred to as graffiti as appropriate. The photographed image is edited by selecting an editing tool displayed on the editing screen with a touch pen and then tracing the photographed image to be edited with the touch pen like a graffiti. The edited image can be said to be an image with graffiti, with graffiti. It can be said that the photographed image before editing is an image without graffiti and without graffiti.

  The image management server 1 in FIG. 1 receives the image transmitted from the photo sticker creating apparatus 2 and assigns a predetermined URL and stores it. The image management server 1 provides an image providing service for providing an image to a user who has accessed by operating the mobile terminal 3.

  The image providing service is a membership-based service that enables browsing of images on the mobile terminal 3 and downloading of images to the mobile terminal 3. Image editing or the like may be performed using an image providing service.

  The user of the portable terminal 3 operates the portable terminal 3 to access the image management server 1 after the game using the photo sticker creating apparatus 2 is finished, and browses the image using the image providing service. become.

  The portable terminal 3 is a smartphone, for example. The mobile terminal 3 is installed with a Web browser and a dedicated application for displaying an image providing service screen (site) provided by the image management server 1.

  When the user performs a login operation by starting a Web browser or a dedicated application and inputting a user ID or password, an image providing service screen is displayed on the display of the mobile terminal 3. Various types of information used to display the screen are transmitted from the image management server 1 to the mobile terminal 3.

  Other devices such as tablet terminals and PCs can be used as the mobile terminal 3 instead of the smartphone. An email address can be used as the user ID.

<< About screen display >>
<First display example>
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a display example of the My Page screen.

  The My Page screen is a screen used for browsing images. The My Page screen is displayed on the display 21 of the mobile terminal 3 based on information transmitted from the image management server 1 when, for example, a Web browser or a dedicated application is activated and a user performs a login operation. .

  In the image management server 1, for example, an image created when each user plays a game is managed in association with a user ID. When a login operation is performed by inputting a user ID or the like, the user who performed the login operation is specified, and information on the image of the user is transmitted from the image management server 1 to the mobile terminal 3. The information transmitted from the image management server 1 to the portable terminal 3 includes a thumbnail image.

  In the upper left of the My Page screen in FIG. 4, characters “PPP LINK”, which is the name of the image providing service, are displayed.

  Under the name of the image providing service, a menu area 31 is formed in which buttons used for selecting various items are arranged. For example, a button operated when displaying a My Page screen, a button operated when browsing information about beauty, and the like are prepared in the menu area 31.

  In the thumbnail area 32 below the menu area 31, thumbnail images of images created when the user of the mobile terminal 3 plays a game are displayed.

  In the example of FIG. 4, four images of thumbnail images P21 to P24 are displayed in the thumbnail area 32 in two rows. The entire thumbnail images P21 and P22 are displayed, and the upper part of the thumbnail images P23 and P24 is displayed.

  More thumbnail images are arranged below the thumbnail images P21 to P24. The user can display another thumbnail image by switching the display range of the thumbnail area 32 by placing a finger on the surface of the display 21 and performing a swipe operation or the like.

  As shown in FIG. 4, for example, a plurality of thumbnail images representing images with graffiti and thumbnail images representing images without graffiti are mixedly displayed on the My Page screen.

  The thumbnail image P21 and the thumbnail image P22 are thumbnail images representing a graffitied image and a graffitiless image of the same photographed image, respectively. Also, the thumbnail image P23 and the thumbnail image P24 are thumbnail images representing the image with graffiti and the image without graffiti of the same photographed image, respectively.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram schematically showing the arrangement of thumbnail images.

  In the example of FIG. 5, thumbnail images P31 to P36 are shown. Among the thumbnail images P31 to P36, the thumbnail images P31, P33, P35, and P36 are thumbnail images representing images with graffiti, and the thumbnail images P32 and P34 arranged in the right column are thumbnail images representing images without graffiti.

  In addition, the thumbnail images P31 and P32 arranged side by side are images that represent images with and without graffiti of the same photographed image, respectively, and the thumbnail images P33 and thumbnail image P34 have graffiti with the same photographed image, respectively. It is an image representing an image and an image without graffiti.

  When there are three or more thumbnail images representing images without graffiti, these images are displayed side by side in the right column, for example. Thumbnail images representing images with graffiti are arranged in the left column of the My Page screen, and thumbnail images representing images without graffiti are arranged in the right column.

  Thumbnail images representing images without graffiti may be displayed side by side in the left column, and thumbnail images representing images with graffiti may be displayed side by side in the right column. Also, a thumbnail image representing an image with graffiti and a thumbnail image representing an image without graffiti may be mixed and displayed in the same column.

  In this way, the thumbnail image representing the image with graffiti and the thumbnail image representing the image without graffiti are displayed together on the same screen, so the user can select what kind of image with graffiti and no graffiti without switching the display. You can check if there is an image.

  In particular, since thumbnail images representing images with graffiti and images without graffiti of the same photographed image are displayed side by side, the user can compare the state with graffiti and the state without graffiti.

  Rather than displaying thumbnail images representing graffiti and non-graffiti images of the same shot image side by side, thumbnail images representing graffiti images should be displayed following thumbnail images representing graffiti-free images. May be.

  For example, if five images with no graffiti and five images with graffiti are generated by five shots by the photo sticker creating apparatus 2, the first shot image of the first page of the My Page screen is displayed. A thumbnail image representing an image without graffiti and a thumbnail image representing an image without graffiti of the second photographed image are displayed side by side.

  In the second row of the My Page screen, a thumbnail image representing an image without graffiti of the third shot image and a thumbnail image representing an image without graffiti of the fourth shot image are displayed side by side. A thumbnail image representing an image without graffiti of the fifth captured image and a thumbnail image representing an image with graffiti of the first captured image are displayed side by side.

  On the 4th row of the My Page screen, a thumbnail image representing a graffiti image of the second shot image and a thumbnail image representing a graffiti image of the 3rd shot image are displayed side by side. A thumbnail image representing an image with a graffiti of the second shot image and a thumbnail image representing an image with a graffiti of the fifth shot image are displayed side by side.

  Although the thumbnail images are displayed side by side in two columns, they may be displayed side by side in one column, or may be displayed in a predetermined number of columns of three or more.

  A pull-down button 41 is provided on the thumbnail images P31 to P36. As will be described later, the type of thumbnail image displayed in the thumbnail area 32 can be switched using the pull-down button 41.

  Hereinafter, a thumbnail image representing an image with graffiti is simply referred to as a thumbnail image with graffiti. A thumbnail image representing an image without graffiti is simply referred to as a thumbnail image without graffiti.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of an enlarged display of an image with graffiti.

  For example, when the thumbnail image P31 is tapped (when pressed) on the My Page screen of FIG. 5, the thumbnail image P31 is enlarged and displayed as an image P31 ′ representing an image with graffiti as shown in FIG. The

  The user can download the edited image represented by the thumbnail image P31 by, for example, long pressing the enlarged image P31 '. A message indicating that is displayed below the image P31 '. The downloaded image is stored and saved in the memory of the mobile terminal 3.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of an enlarged display of an image without graffiti.

  For example, when the thumbnail image P32 is tapped on the My Page screen of FIG. 5, as shown in FIG. 7, the thumbnail image P32 is enlarged and displayed as an image P32 'representing an image without a graffiti.

  The user can download the captured image represented by the thumbnail image P32 by long-pressing the enlarged image P32 '.

  In this way, the user can easily select which image to download from a screen in which thumbnail images representing images with graffiti and thumbnail images representing images without graffiti are mixed. The display when the thumbnail image is tapped is the same in each display example described later.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a first example of display switching of the My Page screen.

  As shown in the balloon of FIG. 8, by operating the pull-down button 41, any display from among “All Pre”, “Rakugaki Ali”, “By Pre-machine”, “Movie”, “Photo” is displayed. It has been made so that you can select the type. When the pull-down button 41 is pressed, a list of respective displays is displayed below the pull-down button 41.

  “All pre” represents a display in which a thumbnail image with graffiti and a thumbnail image without graffiti are mixed. For example, a new thumbnail image is displayed on the upper side. The display shown on the left side of FIG. 8 is a display of “all pre”.

  “Rakugaki Ali” represents the display of only thumbnail images with graffiti.

  “Pre-machine specific” represents that thumbnail images are displayed together for each model of the photo sticker creating apparatus used by the user. In the image management server 1, information representing the model of the photo sticker creating apparatus used for creation is also managed as information about each image.

  “Movie” represents displaying a thumbnail image of a predetermined moving image, and “Photo” represents displaying a thumbnail image of a predetermined still image.

  For example, when “Rakugaki Ali” is selected using the pull-down button 41 in the state on the left side of FIG. 8 where thumbnail images with graffiti and thumbnail images without graffiti are mixed, as shown at the end of arrow # 1, My Page Only thumbnail images with graffiti are displayed on the screen.

  Thumbnail images P51 to P56 shown on the right side of FIG. 8 are thumbnail images with graffiti. The thumbnail images P51 to P56 include the same images as the thumbnail images P31, P33, P35, and P36 shown on the left side of FIG. The thumbnail images without graffiti are not displayed below the thumbnail images P51 to P56.

  For example, when the thumbnail image P51 is selected in the state on the right side of FIG. 8, the thumbnail image P51 is enlarged and displayed on the My Page screen. From such a screen, the user can also download an image with graffiti.

  When “all pre” is selected in the state on the right side of FIG. 8 where only thumbnail images with graffiti are displayed, the display of the My Page screen returns to the display shown on the left side of FIG.

  The My Page screen in FIG. 8 is a screen that can be switched between a display in which a thumbnail image with graffiti and a thumbnail image without graffiti are mixed and a display with only a thumbnail image with graffiti.

<Second display example>
FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a second example of switching the display of the My Page screen.

  In the example of FIG. 9, by operating the pull-down button 41, the display type of any of “All Pres”, “Rakugaki Nashi”, “Pre-machine specific”, “Movie”, “Photo” is selected. It has been made so that you can choose. “Rakugaki Nashi” represents display of only thumbnail images without graffiti. Other displays are the same as those described with reference to FIG.

  For example, when “Rakugaki Nashi” is selected using the pull-down button 41 in the state on the left side of FIG. 9 where a thumbnail image with graffiti and a thumbnail image without graffiti are mixed, as shown at the end of arrow # 2, My Page Only thumbnail images without graffiti are displayed on the screen.

  Thumbnail images P61 to P66 shown on the right side of FIG. 9 are thumbnail images representing images without graffiti. The thumbnail images P61 to P66 include the same images as the thumbnail images P32 and P34 shown on the left side of FIG. The thumbnail image with graffiti is not displayed under the thumbnail images P61 to P66.

  For example, when the thumbnail image P61 is selected in the state on the right side of FIG. 9, the thumbnail image P61 is enlarged and displayed on the My Page screen. Even from such a screen, the user can download an image without graffiti.

  When “all pre” is selected in the state on the right side of FIG. 9 where only the thumbnail images without graffiti are displayed, the display of the My Page screen returns to the display shown on the left side of FIG.

  The My Page screen in FIG. 9 is a screen that can be switched between a display in which a thumbnail image with graffiti and a thumbnail image without graffiti are mixed and a display with only a thumbnail image without graffiti.

<Third display example>
FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a third example of display switching of the My Page screen.

  In the example of FIG. 10, it is possible to switch from a display in which a thumbnail image with graffiti and a thumbnail image without graffiti are mixed to a display with only a thumbnail image without graffiti, or with only a thumbnail image with graffiti.

  In the center screen of FIG. 10, a button 42 </ b> A and a button 42 </ b> B are provided below the pull-down button 41. On the inside of the button 42A, characters “Look at Rakugaki Ant” are displayed, and on the inside of the button 42B, characters “Look at Rakugaki Pear” are displayed.

  The button 42 </ b> A on which the characters “View Rakugaki Ali” are displayed is a button that is operated when only thumbnail images with graffiti are displayed. On the other hand, the button 42 </ b> B on which the characters “view rakugaki pear” are displayed is a button operated when only a thumbnail image without graffiti is displayed.

  For example, when the button 42B is operated in the center state of FIG. 10 where a thumbnail image with graffiti and a thumbnail image without graffiti are mixed, as shown by the tip of arrow # 3, only the thumbnail image without graffiti is displayed on the My Page screen. Is displayed.

  In the screen on the right side of FIG. 10, a button 43 on which characters “return to all display” are displayed is displayed at the positions of the buttons 42 </ b> A and 42 </ b> B. The button 43 is operated when returning to a display in which a thumbnail image with graffiti and a thumbnail image without graffiti are mixed.

  When the button 43 is operated in the state on the right side of FIG. 10, the display of the My Page screen returns to a display in which a thumbnail image with graffiti and a thumbnail image without graffiti are mixed, as indicated by the tip of arrow # 4.

  On the other hand, when the button 42A is selected in the center state of FIG. 10 where the thumbnail image with graffiti and the thumbnail image without graffiti are mixed, only the thumbnail image with graffiti is displayed on the My Page screen as indicated by the tip of arrow # 5. Is displayed.

  In the screen on the left side of FIG. 10, a button 43 on which characters “return to all display” are displayed is displayed at the positions of the buttons 42A and 42B.

  When the button 43 is operated in the state on the left side of FIG. 10, the display of the My Page screen returns to a display in which a thumbnail image with graffiti and a thumbnail image without graffiti are mixed, as indicated by the tip of arrow # 6.

  The My Page screen of FIG. 10 is a screen that can be switched between a display in which a thumbnail image with graffiti and a thumbnail image without graffiti are mixed, a display with only a thumbnail image without graffiti, or a display with only a thumbnail image with graffiti.

  In the screen on the left side of FIG. 10, a button 42 </ b> B on which characters “Look at Rakugaki Pear” are displayed may be displayed together with the button 43.

  In this case, when the button 43 is operated, the display of the My Page screen is switched to a display in which a thumbnail image with graffiti and a thumbnail image without graffiti are mixed, and when the button 42B is operated, only the thumbnail image without graffiti is displayed. Switch.

<Fourth display example>
FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a fourth example of display switching of the My Page screen.

  In the example of FIG. 11, only the thumbnail image without graffiti is displayed on a screen different from the My Page screen.

  As shown on the left side of FIG. 11, on the right side of the pull-down button 41, a button 44 on which characters “Look at Rakugaki Pear” are displayed.

  For example, when the button 44 is operated in the state on the left side of FIG. 11, a “Rakugaki Pear List” screen is displayed as a screen different from the My Page screen, as indicated by the tip of arrow # 7. That is, instead of the My Page screen, a “Rakugaki Pear List” screen is displayed.

  On the “Rakugaki Pear List” screen, only thumbnail images without graffiti are displayed. In the example of FIG. 11, thumbnail images P61 to P66 without graffiti are displayed.

  The My Page screen in FIG. 11 is also a screen that can be switched between a display in which a thumbnail image with graffiti and a thumbnail image without graffiti are mixed and a display with only a thumbnail image without graffiti.

  For example, when the My Page button prepared at a predetermined position is operated while the “Rakugaki Pear List” screen is displayed, the screen returns to the My Page screen instead of the “Rakugaki Pear List” screen. .

<Fifth display example>
FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a fifth example of display switching of the My Page screen.

  In the example of FIG. 12, only the thumbnail image without graffiti is displayed in a pop-up on the My Page screen.

  As shown on the left side of FIG. 12, on the right side of the pull-down button 41, a button 44 on which characters “Look at Rakugaki Pear” are displayed.

  For example, when the button 44 is operated in the state on the left side of FIG. 12, as shown at the end of the arrow # 8, a vertically long “rakugaki pear list” window pops up and superimposed on the My Page screen. .

  In the “Rakugaki Pear List” window, only thumbnail images without graffiti are displayed. In the example of FIG. 12, thumbnail images P61 to P66 representing images without graffiti are displayed side by side. Note that the My Page screen that is the background of the “Rakugaki Pear List” window is grayed out.

  The My Page screen in FIG. 12 is a screen that can be switched between a display in which a thumbnail image with graffiti and a thumbnail image without graffiti are mixed and a display with only a thumbnail image without graffiti.

  For example, if the close button on the upper right corner is operated while the “Rakugaki Pear List” window is displayed, the “Rakugaki Pear List” window disappears and the My Page screen is displayed.

  When one thumbnail image is selected on the left-hand My Page screen in FIG. 12, when the selected thumbnail image is a thumbnail image representing a non-graffitied image, a window including only the non-graffitied thumbnail image is pop-up displayed. When the thumbnail image represents an image with a graffiti, a window including only the thumbnail image with a graffiti may be popped up.

<Sixth display example>
FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating a sixth example of display switching of the My Page screen.

  In the example of FIG. 13, a sorting condition (display order condition) can be specified such that a thumbnail image with graffiti is displayed preferentially, or a thumbnail image without graffiti is displayed preferentially. It is made like that.

  As shown in the balloon on the left side of FIG. 13, by operating the pull-down button 45, one of the display types can be selected from “display scribble ants preferentially” and “display scribble pears preferentially”. It is possible to do. When the pull-down button 45 is pressed, two types are displayed below the pull-down button 45.

  “Display scribble ants preferentially” represents a display in which a thumbnail image with graffiti is displayed above a thumbnail image without graffiti. “Display graffiti pear preferentially” represents a display in which a thumbnail image without graffiti is displayed above the thumbnail image with graffiti.

  Below the pull-down button 45, a determination button 46 that is operated when determining a condition is provided. Inside the determination button 46, the characters “display under this condition” are displayed.

  For example, in the state on the left side of FIG. 13 where a thumbnail image with graffiti and a thumbnail image without graffiti are mixed, “preferably display graffiti ants” is selected using the pull-down button 45, and the decision button 46 is operated. In this case, as indicated by the tip of arrow # 9, a thumbnail image with graffiti is preferentially displayed on the My Page screen. The thumbnail image with graffiti may be preferentially displayed at the time when “display preferentially for ants” is selected using the pull-down button 45 without operating the enter button 46.

  In the example on the right side of FIG. 13, the thumbnail images without graffiti are displayed side by side after the last thumbnail image representing the image with graffiti.

  On the other hand, in the state on the left side of FIG. 13, when “display scribble pear preferentially” is selected using the pull-down button 45 and the enter button 46 is operated, a thumbnail image without graffiti is displayed on the My Page screen. Is displayed with priority.

  In this case, the thumbnail image with graffiti is displayed side by side after the last thumbnail image representing the image without graffiti.

  As described above, the My Page screen in FIG. 13 is a screen in which the arrangement order of the thumbnail images with graffiti and the thumbnail images without graffiti can be changed. By giving priority to thumbnail images without graffiti, it is possible to display only thumbnail images without graffiti.

  As described above, various displays are adopted as the display of the My Page screen that can switch between the display of a thumbnail image with graffiti and the thumbnail image without graffiti and the display of the thumbnail image without graffiti or the thumbnail image without graffiti. It is possible.

<< Configuration and operation of image management server >>
<Image management server configuration>
FIG. 14 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration example of the image management server 1.

  As shown in FIG. 14, the image management server 1 is composed of a computer. The image management server 1 may be configured from a plurality of computers. When the image management server 1 is composed of a plurality of computers, various processes for providing an image providing service are realized by the cooperation of the computers.

  A CPU (Central Processing Unit) 101, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 102, and a RAM (Random Access Memory) 103 are connected to each other via a bus 104.

  An input / output interface 105 is further connected to the bus 104. An input unit 106, an output unit 107, a storage unit 108, a communication unit 109, and a drive 110 are connected to the input / output interface 105.

  The input unit 106 includes a keyboard, a mouse, and the like. The output unit 107 includes a display.

  The storage unit 108 is configured by a hard disk, a nonvolatile memory, or the like. The storage unit 108 stores various types of information used for providing an image providing service such as a program executed by the CPU 101 and an image transmitted from the photo sticker creating apparatus 2.

  The communication unit 109 is an interface to the Internet 11. The communication unit 109 communicates with the photo sticker creating apparatus 2 and receives an image transmitted from the photo sticker creating apparatus 2. In addition, the communication unit 109 communicates with the mobile terminal 3 and transmits various information such as information used for screen display and image data selected to be downloaded to the mobile terminal 3.

  The drive 110 controls writing of data to the removable medium 111 and reading of data from the removable medium 111.

  In the computer configured as described above, for example, the CPU 101 loads the program stored in the storage unit 108 to the RAM 103 and executes the program, thereby performing processing for realizing the image providing service.

  FIG. 15 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration example of the image management server 1.

  As shown in FIG. 15, in the image management server 1, an image acquisition unit 151, an image management unit 152, a display control unit 153, and an image providing unit 154 are realized. At least a part of the functional units shown in FIG. 15 is realized by the CPU 101 executing a predetermined program.

  The image acquisition unit 151 acquires an image transmitted from the photo sticker creating apparatus 2 and received by the communication unit 109 together with information for image management. From the photo sticker creating device 2, for example, the image with the graffiti and the graffiti together with the information for image management such as the identification information of the photo sticker creating device 2, the seal ID issued to the user, the mail address of the mobile terminal 3, etc. No image is sent.

  The sticker ID issued to the user is an ID issued by the photo sticker creating apparatus 2 for each game, and is printed on the edge of the sticker paper. The user who has received the sticker performs a login operation to the image management server 1 and then enters the sticker ID by looking at the edge of the sticker. The seal ID is used in the image management server 1 in order to specify an image taken by the user who performed the login operation.

  The image acquisition unit 151 outputs image management information to the image management unit 152 together with an image with a graffiti and an image without a graffiti.

  The image management unit 152 stores the image supplied from the image acquisition unit 151 in association with the image management information in the storage unit 108 and manages the image.

  Further, the image management unit 152 manages information such as the user ID and password of each user. These pieces of information are input by the user at the time of member registration.

  When a login operation is performed by a certain user and a seal ID is input, the image management unit 152 specifies an image managed in association with the input seal ID as an image of the logged-in user. In the image management server 1, the images of the respective users are specified in this way, and thereafter managed in association with information such as the user ID.

  The user enters a predetermined number of images on the My Page screen from, for example, 10 images (5 images with graffiti and 5 images without graffiti) obtained by playing the game after entering the seal ID. It can be selected as an image to be displayed.

  For example, out of 10 images, only the selected image is stored in the image management server 1 and used for displaying the My Page screen. The image displayed on the My Page screen is an image selected to be saved among images obtained by playing the game.

  The image management unit 152 also manages which image is selected as the image to be stored. The unselected image is deleted after a predetermined period such as one week has elapsed.

  The image management unit 152 outputs the image of the user who performed the login operation to the display control unit 153. In addition, the image management unit 152 outputs an image selected to be downloaded to the image providing unit 154.

  The display control unit 153 displays the screen as described above on the mobile terminal 3 based on the image supplied from the image management unit 152. Further, the display control unit 153 controls the screen display of the mobile terminal 3 according to the operation of the user of the mobile terminal 3 or the like.

  When a predetermined image is selected on the mobile terminal 3 and download is requested, the image providing unit 154 acquires the image requested to be downloaded from the image management unit 152.

  The image providing unit 154 controls the communication unit 109 to transmit an image requested to be downloaded to the mobile terminal 3 and provides it to the user. From the screen as described above, at least one of an image with a graffiti and an image without a graffiti is provided by the image providing unit 154.

<Operation of image management server>
Here, processing of the image management server 1 that provides an image providing service will be described with reference to a flowchart of FIG.

  The process in FIG. 16 is started, for example, when a login operation is performed by a certain user and the user who performed the login operation is specified by the image management unit 152. Information used for displaying the My Page screen, such as an image, is output from the image management unit 152 to the display control unit 153.

  In step S <b> 1, the display control unit 153 transmits various information such as images to the logged-in user's mobile terminal 3, and causes the display 21 of the mobile terminal 3 to display the My Page screen as described above.

  In step S <b> 2, the display control unit 153 switches the display of the My Page screen displayed on the mobile terminal 3 according to the user's operation.

  In step S <b> 3, the image providing unit 154 transmits the image selected for download by the user to the mobile terminal 3 and provides it to the user. Thereafter, the processing of the image management server 1 ends.

  Since each image can be compared from the My Page screen that displays a mixture of thumbnail images with graffiti and thumbnail images without graffiti, the user can easily select an image to download.

<< Display modification >>
When thumbnail images with graffiti and thumbnail images without graffiti are displayed in a mixed manner, various methods can be adopted as the display method of the respective thumbnail images.

1. Display size When an image without graffiti is to be appealed to the user, the thumbnail image without graffiti may be displayed larger than the thumbnail image with graffiti.

  On the other hand, when it is desired to appeal the image with graffiti to the user, the thumbnail image with graffiti may be displayed larger than the thumbnail image without graffiti.

2. Hue / Brightness / Saturation When an image without graffiti is to be appealed to the user, the thumbnail image without graffiti may be displayed in a color with a different hue from the thumbnail image with graffiti. For example, thumbnail images without graffiti can be displayed in color, and thumbnail images with graffiti can be displayed in gray.

  Further, when it is desired to appeal an image without graffiti to the user, the thumbnail image without graffiti may be displayed in a color with brightness and saturation different from the thumbnail image with graffiti. For example, the color of a thumbnail image without graffiti can be set to the same brightness and saturation as the color of the photographed image, and the color of the thumbnail image with graffiti can be set to a brightness and saturation different from the color of the edited image. It is. More specifically, the brightness / saturation of the color of the thumbnail image with graffiti may be extremely increased or decreased as compared with the color of the edited image.

3. Resolution When it is desired to appeal the image without graffiti to the user, the thumbnail image without graffiti may be displayed at a higher resolution than the thumbnail image with graffiti.

4). Image Processing When an image without graffiti is to be appealed to the user, the thumbnail image without graffiti may be displayed by performing image processing different from the processing performed on the thumbnail image with graffiti. For example, a thumbnail image without graffiti can be subjected to the same image processing as that applied to a captured image, and a thumbnail image with graffiti can be subjected to image processing different from the processing applied to an edited image. More specifically, a thumbnail image with graffiti is subjected to image processing such as a blurring process that makes it difficult to confirm the image finish.

  The display size, hue / lightness / saturation, resolution, and image processing content as described above may be set in advance individually or in combination of two or more thereof.

5. Dynamic switching One thumbnail image is displayed without graffiti at a certain timing and is displayed with graffiti at the next timing. May be switched automatically. For example, the dynamic display is stopped at the timing when it is pressed by the user, so that it can be confirmed as a still image.

<< Details of image provision service >>
Details of the image providing service will be described.

<About member registration>
Here, the types of members for using the image providing service will be described. As described above, in order to use the image providing service provided by the image management server 1, the user may register as a member.

  There are paid members, free members, and non-members.

1. Paid member A paid member is a user who is logged in to an image acquisition site (image providing service) with an e-mail address that is not a provisional address and is registered as a paid member. The paid members include, for example, a 500 yen / month member and a 300 yen / month member.

  300 yen / month members can view and download images with graffiti.

  On the other hand, members of 500 yen / month can browse and download not only graffiti images but also graffiti images. The display described with reference to FIG. 4 and the like is a display for members of 500 yen / month. A function for browsing and downloading not only a graffiti image but also an image without a graffiti may be provided to a 300 yen / month member.

  Members of 500 yen / month will receive coupons and beauty information that are not provided to members of 300 yen / month as appropriate.

2. Free Member A free member is a user who has logged in to the image acquisition site with an e-mail address that is not a provisional address and has not registered a paid member. Free members can save or download only one image with graffiti created in the game on the My Page screen.

3. Non-members Non-members are users who have not logged into the image acquisition site.

<About the maximum number of images that can be saved>
An upper limit may be set for the number of images that can be saved on the My Page screen or downloaded to the mobile terminal 3.

  For example, when the upper limit is set as three, it is determined that the upper limit has been reached when saving three images on the My Page screen is selected. In this case, images other than three cannot be saved on the My Page screen. Further, although it has been selected once to save three images, if one image is deleted, it is determined that the upper limit has not been reached, and only one more image can be saved.

<Unsaved image>
The My Page screen described with reference to FIG. 4 etc. is a screen dedicated to the user. If there is an image that is not saved on the My Page screen, a number indicating the number of unsaved images may be displayed at the top of the My Page screen.

  Note that the period during which image storage can be selected is, for example, one week, so that the number indicating the number of unstored images decreases unless the image is stored within one week.

<Display deadline for download>
Information indicating the download deadline may be displayed on the thumbnail image. The download deadline is a deadline for downloading. The user is allowed to download until the download deadline expires.

  Also, the download deadline for images with graffiti and the download deadline for images without graffiti may be set as different deadlines. When it is desired to appeal the image without graffiti to the user, the download deadline for the image without graffiti is set longer than the download deadline for the image with graffiti.

<Example using a dedicated application>
The image providing service may be used by a dedicated application instead of a general-purpose web browser. In this case, the user installs a dedicated application on the portable terminal 3 and uses the image providing service.

  FIG. 17 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the mobile terminal 3.

  As illustrated in FIG. 17, the mobile terminal 3 includes a control unit 201, a communication unit 202, a memory 203, and an operation unit 204 in addition to the display 21.

  The control unit 201 includes a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, and the like, and controls the entire operation of the mobile terminal 3 by executing a predetermined program.

  In the control unit 201, a display control unit 201A is realized by executing an image management application, which is a dedicated application for using the image providing service. The display control unit 201 </ b> A controls the communication unit 202 to communicate with the image management server 1 and causes the display 21 to display the My Page screen as described above based on the information transmitted from the image management server 1.

  The communication unit 202 performs demodulation processing on the signal supplied from the antenna, and outputs information obtained by performing demodulation processing to the control unit 201. In addition, the communication unit 202 performs modulation processing on the information supplied from the control unit 201 and transmits the obtained signal from the antenna.

  The memory 203 includes a flash memory and stores various information such as a terminal ID, a mail address, and an image downloaded from the image management server 1. The memory 203 stores various applications executed by the control unit 201.

  The operation unit 204 includes various buttons and a touch panel provided on the display 21, and outputs a signal representing the content of the user's operation to the control unit 201.

  The display 21 is composed of an LCD or the like and displays various information. For example, the above-described screen is displayed on the display 21 based on information transmitted from the image management server 1 and received by the communication unit 202.

<Other examples>
In the image management server 1, an image storage determination database, a member information database, and an image acquisition database are constructed.

Image Save Determination Database The image save determination database stores the determination contents for determining whether or not to save a photographed image. In the image storage determination database, the presence / absence of image storage, account ID (user ID), password, e-mail address, seal ID, shooting date and time, etc. are managed.

  The seal ID consists of 15 alphanumeric characters. The 15-digit alphanumeric information includes device ID, game start time, and game count information. The device ID consists of the first two digits for the chassis name and the last three digits for alphanumeric characters. The game count is expressed as a game count throughout the day. Two seal IDs are generated in one game. Alternatively, a plurality of photographed images may be set as one set, and a seal ID may be assigned to this set.

-Member information database The member information database stores user information registered by member registration. User information includes an email address, account ID, password, age, gender, region, email address, nickname, and the like.

  Furthermore, membership attributes may be managed. By managing the member attributes, the screen for free members / non-members transitions to a pay billing settlement page (including both websites and applications). The pay member screen changes to a payment page (including both website and application) of a plus member (500 yen / month member). The pay member screen may not be changed to the plus member settlement page.

-Image acquisition database The image acquisition database stores images without graffiti, multiple images including images with graffiti, and seal IDs.

-About a program The series of processing mentioned above can also be performed by hardware, and can also be performed by software. When a series of processing is executed by software, a program constituting the software is installed in a computer incorporated in dedicated hardware or a general-purpose personal computer.

  The program to be installed is provided by being recorded on a removable medium 111 shown in FIG. 14 made of an optical disc (CD-ROM (Compact Disc-Read Only Memory), DVD (Digital Versatile Disc), etc.), a semiconductor memory, or the like. Further, it may be provided via a wired or wireless transmission medium such as a local area network, the Internet, or digital broadcasting. The program can be installed in advance in the ROM 102 or the storage unit 108.

  The program executed by the computer may be a program that is processed in time series in the order described in this specification, or in parallel or at a necessary timing such as when a call is made. It may be a program for processing.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Photo sticker production apparatus, 2 Image management server, 3 Portable terminal, 151 Image acquisition part, 152 Image management part, 153 Display control part, 154 Image provision part

Claims (12)

A receiving unit that receives a captured image transmitted from an external device and an edited image obtained by editing the captured image;
An information processing apparatus comprising: a display control unit that causes a mobile terminal to display a screen in which thumbnail images of the captured image and thumbnail images of the edited image are mixed and arranged. The display control unit arranges the first display in which the thumbnail image of the photographed image and the thumbnail image of the edited image are mixedly arranged, and the thumbnail image of the photographed image or the thumbnail image of the edited image. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second display is switched and displayed on the portable terminal. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the display control unit switches between the first display and the second display in accordance with a selection of a user of the mobile terminal using a pull-down. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the display control unit switches between the first display and the second display according to a selection of a user of the mobile terminal using a button. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the first display includes a plurality of thumbnail images of the captured image and a plurality of thumbnail images of the edited image. The external device is a device that photographs a user and provides the user with a game for editing the captured image taken by the user according to the user's operation,
The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the first display includes the captured image and the edited image obtained by a plurality of times of the game. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a providing unit that provides at least one of the captured image and the edited image in response to a request from the portable terminal. Information processing device
A photographed image transmitted from an external device and an edited image obtained by editing the photographed image are received,
An information processing method for causing a mobile terminal to display a screen in which thumbnail images of the photographed image and thumbnail images of the edited image are mixed and arranged. On the computer,
A photographed image transmitted from an external device and an edited image obtained by editing the photographed image are received,
A program for executing processing for displaying on a mobile terminal a screen in which thumbnail images of the photographed image and thumbnail images of the edited image are mixed and arranged. Based on information transmitted from an information processing apparatus that receives and manages a captured image and an edited image obtained by editing the captured image, transmitted from an external device, the captured image A portable terminal provided with a display control unit that displays a screen in which thumbnail images of the edited images and thumbnail images of the edited image are mixed and arranged. Mobile device
Based on information transmitted from an information processing apparatus that receives and manages a captured image and an edited image obtained by editing the captured image transmitted from an external device, the captured image An information processing method for displaying a screen in which thumbnail images of the edited images and thumbnail images of the edited images are mixedly arranged. On the computer,
Based on information transmitted from an information processing apparatus that receives and manages a captured image and an edited image obtained by editing the captured image, transmitted from an external device, the captured image A program for executing processing for displaying a screen in which thumbnail images of the edited images and thumbnail images of the edited images are mixedly arranged.

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