JP2022053174A - Photography device and program - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a photography device or the like that can provide a user with an interesting image by a simple operation.SOLUTION: A photography device 1 includes a shooting unit 30 that shoots a user's chroma key multiple times, a template selection unit 32 that accepts the selection of a template to be superimposed with a user image, a display control unit 33 that allows the range of the template on which the user image is superimposed on a display unit 40 when each chroma key shooting is performed, and displays the user image in a live view on the display unit 40 with the range as the background, and a photo generation unit 34 that generates a composite image in which each of the plurality of user images obtained by each chroma key shooting is superimposed on the range of the template selected when each chroma key shooting is performed.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

The present invention relates to a photography apparatus and a program thereof.

At tourist spots and event venues, stationary photography devices (see, for example, Patent Document 1) that allow users to take chroma key photographs by themselves and combine user images with templates (background images) will be installed. Sometimes.

Normally, when a user selects a template and performs chroma key shooting a plurality of times, an image obtained by combining one user image obtained at each shooting with the template is provided for the number of shots. On the other hand, Patent Document 1 describes providing a group photograph in which images of a plurality of users taken a plurality of times are arranged in one template.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2020-127165

At present, it is desired that such a photography device provides a more interesting image to a user by a simple operation and enhances the ability to attract customers.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a photography device or the like capable of providing an interesting image to a user by a simple operation.

The first invention for solving the above-mentioned problems is a shooting unit that performs chroma key photography of a user a plurality of times, a template selection unit that accepts selection of a template on which a user image is superimposed, and a chroma key photography unit for each time. A display control unit that allows the display unit to select the range of the template on which the user image is superimposed and displays the user image in a live view on the display unit with the range as the background, and a plurality of user images obtained by each chroma key shooting. It is a photography apparatus characterized by having a photo generation unit for generating a composite image superimposed on a range of a template selected when each chroma key shooting is performed.

In the present invention, a composite image is generated by superimposing a plurality of user images obtained by performing chroma key photography a plurality of times on a large template such as a long template. Moreover, since the range in which the user image is superimposed can be selected by the user while displaying the user image in the live view on the display unit, it is possible to easily obtain an interesting composite image according to the user's preference, for example, a story. It will also be possible to provide a composite image.

It is desirable that the photography device stores a plurality of divided images obtained by dividing the template for each range in the storage unit, and the display control unit displays the user image with the divided image as a background.
By using the divided image, the processing load related to the selection of the template range can be reduced.

It is desirable that the display control unit disables shooting when the range of the template displayed on the display unit is the range selected as the range on which the user image is superimposed at the time of the previous shooting.
This can prevent multiple shots from being taken for the same template range.

In addition, the photo generation unit creates a composite image in which each of the plurality of user images obtained by each chroma key shooting is arranged at a position corresponding to the range of the template selected when each chroma key shooting is performed. , It is desirable to generate the composite image by synthesizing the composite image and the entire image of the template.
As a result, the processing load related to the generation of the composite image can be reduced.

The second invention comprises a computer provided in a photographic apparatus having a photographing unit for performing chroma key photography of a user a plurality of times, a template selection unit for accepting selection of a template on which a user image is superimposed, and a chroma key photographing each time. In addition, a display control unit that allows the display unit to select the range of the template on which the user image is superimposed and displays the user image in a live view on the display unit with the range as the background, and a plurality of users obtained by each chroma key shooting. This is a program for functioning as a photo generator that generates a composite image superimposed on the range of the template selected when each chroma key shooting is performed.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a photography device or the like capable of providing an interesting image to a user by a simple operation.

A side perspective view showing the configuration of the photography apparatus 1. The figure which shows the internal structure of the photography apparatus 1. The figure which shows the functional structure of the control device 10 of a photography apparatus 1. The flowchart which shows the flow of the whole process executed by the photography apparatus 1. A flowchart showing the flow of the shooting process. An example of the template selection screen 41. An example of the live view screen 43 and the divided images 51a to 51d. The figure explaining the composite image 61 and the composite image 8. An example of the live view screen 43. An example of template 51. An example of the guide screen 48.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

(1. Photographing device 1)
FIG. 1 is a side perspective view showing the configuration of the photography apparatus 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the internal configuration of the photography apparatus 1. Although the box-type photography device 1 is shown as an example in FIG. 1, the present invention is not limited to the box-type photography device 1 and can be applied to any shape photography device 1 such as an open type.

The photography device 1 is for the user to take a picture of himself / herself, and is, for example, a photography device installed in a tourist spot, an event venue, an amusement facility, a street, or the like. The photography device 1 has a function of printing an image obtained by a user's photography as a photograph (photographing service) and a function of uploading the image to a server (not shown) and enabling downloading from the user terminal (not shown). Image upload service).

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the photography apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment has a box-like appearance in which a user enters and photographs, and the control device 10 and the strobe unit 20 are contained in the housing 100. It has a light source 21, a photographing unit 30, a display unit (monitor) 40, an audio output unit 50, a coin mech 60, an operation unit 70, a printer 80, a communication control unit 90, a greenback 101, and the like.

The control device 10 is a computer that controls the operation of the entire photography device 1, and is a control unit 11, an I / O (Input / Output) control 12, an I / F (interface) 13, a storage unit 14, a RAM 15, and a DVD storage. The unit 16 and the like have a configuration in which they are connected via a bus.

The control device 10 is connected to the strobe unit 20, the coin mech 60, and the operation unit 70 via the I / O control 12, and is connected to the printer 80 and the communication control unit 90 via the I / F 13.

The control unit 11 centrally controls each unit of the photography apparatus 1. The control unit 11 performs a control operation according to various processing programs of the photography apparatus 1 stored in the storage unit 14.

The I / O control 12 is an interface for inputting / outputting various information between the control unit 11 and the strobe unit 20, the coin mech 60, the operation unit 70, etc., and the I / F 13 is the control unit 11 and the printer 80. , Is an interface for inputting / outputting various information to / from the communication control unit 90.

The storage unit 14 stores various processing programs that can be executed by the photography apparatus 1, data necessary for executing the programs, and the like. The RAM 15 functions as a temporary storage area for a processing program executed by the control unit 11 and the processing result thereof.

The DVD storage unit 16 is for updating the data and the like stored in the storage unit 14. The administrator of the photography apparatus 1 updates the data and the like stored in the storage unit 14 via the DVD storage unit 16.

The strobe unit 20 is connected to a light source (strobe) 21 for lighting located in front of the user, and controls the light emission timing and the light emission amount of the light source 21 according to the control signal input from the control unit 11.

The photographing unit 30 is a digital camera including an optical lens, a photographing element such as a CCD (Charge Coupled Device) or a CMOS (Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor), an A / D (Analog / Digital) conversion unit, and the like.

The shooting unit 30 shoots according to a control signal input from the control unit 11, and outputs a shot image (including a still image and a moving image) to the control unit 11. Details of the shooting process will be described later.

The display unit 40 is a display with a touch panel such as a liquid crystal display, and displays display data according to a display signal input from the control unit 11.

The voice output unit 50 acquires predetermined voice data from the storage unit 14 according to the control signal input from the control unit 11 and outputs the predetermined voice data from the speaker. The voice output unit 50 outputs voice data or the like corresponding to the guidance information stored in the storage unit 14, for example.

The coin mech 60 is a billing processing unit provided with a deposit port for coins and bills, a refund port for change, and the like. The coin mech 60 outputs information regarding the amount of money deposited from the deposit port to the control unit 11, and discharges coins and banknotes according to the change amount to the refund port according to the control signal input from the control unit 11. It is desirable to further provide an electronic money processing unit so that billing processing can be performed by electronic money.

The operation unit 70 is composed of various operation buttons, a touch panel integrated with the display unit 40, and the like, and sends a control signal according to the operation by the user to the control unit 11.

The printer 80 prints the image obtained by the user's shooting on a predetermined paper according to the control signal input from the control unit 11. The printer 80 is a high-resolution color printer, and the printer method may be any, such as a sublimation type and a fusion type.

The communication control unit 90 controls communication via the network 4 of the photography device 1.

The greenback 101 is provided on a surface facing the photographing unit 30 inside the photography apparatus 1, that is, a surface that serves as a background for the user. The greenback 101 may use a roll screen having a background color (for example, a single color such as green or blue) for performing chroma key processing, or may be a display device (background monitor) for displaying the background color. It is desirable that the color of the greenback 101 be changeable so that it does not overlap with the color of the user's clothes.

(2. Function of photography device 1)
Next, the functional configuration of the photography apparatus 1 will be described with reference to FIG. 3 and the like.

As shown in FIG. 3, the control device 10 of the photography device 1 includes a background removing unit 31, a template selection unit 32, a display control unit 33, a photo generation unit 34, and the like.

In the present invention, the photographing unit 30 performs chroma key photography a plurality of times. The background removing unit 31 performs a known chroma key process to remove the background from the image captured by the photographing unit 30 and generate a user image.

The template selection unit 32 accepts the selection of the template on which the user image is superimposed. The template selection unit 32 displays a template selection screen, which will be described later, on the display unit 40, and accepts template selection by an operation on the screen.

The display control unit 33 allows the display unit 40 to select the range of the template on which the user image is superimposed when the photographing unit 30 performs chroma key shooting, and displays the user image in the live view on the display unit 40 with the range as the background. do. The live view display is a real-time display of the user image in the moving image taken by the shooting unit 30.

The photo generation unit 34 generates a composite image in which each of the plurality of user images obtained by each chroma key shooting is superimposed on the range of the template selected when each chroma key shooting is performed. The generated composite image is input to the printer 80 and printed as a photograph.

(3. Processing of photography device 1)
Next, the flow of processing executed by the photography apparatus 1 will be described with reference to FIG. 4 and the like. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the processing of the photography apparatus 1, and each step of FIG. 4 is executed by the control device 10 of the photography apparatus 1 controlling each part of the photography apparatus 1.

The user first enters the photography apparatus 1 and selects a menu on the top screen displayed on the display unit 40. In the menu selection, various menus such as photography can be selected. The photography apparatus 1 accepts the menu selection on the top screen (S101), and causes the display unit 40 to display a message prompting the charge according to the selected menu. Here, it is assumed that the user has selected to generate a composite image described later, and the user confirms the message displayed on the display unit 40 and deposits the coin mech 60. It is desirable that payment can be made by electronic money as well as cash.

Upon receiving the payment (S102), the photography apparatus 1 starts the user's photography process (S103).

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the flow of the photographing process in S103. In S103, the photography apparatus 1 first displays a template selection screen on the display unit 40 and accepts the selection of the template (S201).

FIG. 6 is an example of the template selection screen 41. On the template selection screen 41, a plurality of horizontally long templates 51 can be selected and displayed. On the template selection screen 41, the entire image of the template 51 is reduced and displayed, and the data of the original overall image is stored in advance in the storage unit 14. In this embodiment, the number of shootings is set to 4 in advance, but the number of shootings may be 2 or more, and the number of shootings may be selectable by the user.

When the template 51 is selected by the user's touch operation, the photography device 1 displays the selected template 51 on the display unit 40, and displays the live view of the user image with the template 51 as the background on the display unit 40. Do (S202). The user image can be obtained by performing a known chroma key process on the moving image taken by the photographing unit 30.

FIG. 7A is an example of a live view screen 43 in which the live view display of the user image 62 is performed in S202. On the live view screen 43, a part of the range of the template 51 is displayed as a background. Further, on the live view screen 43, a decision button 45 and a display range change button 46 of the template 51 are displayed together with a message 44 for accepting a change and decision of the display range of the template 51 such as "Please move the background and press the enter button". Will be done.

The user can change the range of the template 51 displayed on the live view screen 43 by touching the display range change button 46. This range is the range of the template 51 on which the user image 62 is superimposed in the composite image described later. As described above, the template 51 is horizontally long, and by touching the left and right buttons 46, the left and right ranges of the currently displayed range can be displayed.

In the present embodiment, apart from the entire image of the template 51, as shown in FIG. 7B, a plurality of divided images 51a to 51d obtained by dividing the template 51 into left and right are stored in the storage unit 14, and the buttons are displayed. The divided images 51a to 51d displayed by touching 46 are changed. For example, in FIG. 7A, the divided image 51b is displayed as the background, and by touching the left button 46, the divided image 51a in the left range of the divided image 51b is displayed as the background, and the right button 46 is touched. By doing so, the divided image 51c in the range to the right of the divided image 51b is displayed as the background. The number of divided images 51a to 51d corresponds to the number of times the user has taken a picture, and is four in the present embodiment.

When the user touches the enter button 45, the photography apparatus 1 determines that the range of the template 51 displayed at that time is the range of the template 51 selected to superimpose the user image 62 in the composite image described later. (S203), the shooting unit 30 shoots a still image of the user (S204).

The photography apparatus 1 generates a user image 62 by chroma key processing of the photographed image obtained in S204 (S205), and arranges the user image 62 at a position corresponding to the range of the template 51 selected in S203. Is created (S206) and stored in the RAM 15 or the like.

FIG. 8A is an example of the composite image 61. The size of the composite image 61 is the same as the size of the entire image of the template 51, and is located at the position corresponding to the range of the template 51 selected in S203, here at the position A corresponding to the divided image 51b of FIG. 7 (b). The user image 62 is arranged.

The photography apparatus 1 then determines whether or not there are remaining shooting times (S207). When the number of times of photography remains (S207; Yes), the photography apparatus 1 repeats the processes of S202 to S206, and the user image 62 generated in S205 is positioned corresponding to the range of the template 51 selected in S203. The compositing image 61 arranged in is created.

FIG. 8B is an example of the composite image 61 created after the second shooting, and the user image 62 at the time of the first shooting and the user image 62 at the time of the second shooting are selected at each shooting. It is arranged at positions A and B corresponding to the range of the template 51.

If the range of the template 51 displayed in S202 is the range selected as the range in which the user image 62 is superimposed in S203 at the time of the previous shooting, the message 47 indicating that shooting is not possible as shown in FIG. Is displayed and shooting is disabled. As a result, it is possible to prevent multiple shootings for the range of the same template 51.

The photography apparatus 1 repeats the procedures of S202 to S206, and when the remaining number of times of photography is exhausted (S207; No), the photography process is terminated and the entire image of the template 51 and the image for compositing 61 are combined (FIG. 4). S104).

FIG. 8 (c) is an example of a composite image 61 created after all shooting is completed, and FIG. 8 (d) is generated by synthesizing the entire image of the template 51 and the composite image 61 in S104. This is an example of the composite image 8.

The photography apparatus 1 stores the composite image 8 in the storage unit 14 and prints it out with a printer 80 or the like (S105). Alternatively, the composite image 8 may be uploaded from the communication control unit 90 to an image server provided on the network 4 and stored in the storage unit of the image server. When the composite image 8 is output, a series of processes by the photography apparatus 1 is completed.

As described above, in the present embodiment, a plurality of user images 62 obtained by performing chroma key photography a plurality of times are superimposed on a large template 51 such as a long template 51 to generate a composite image 8. Moreover, since the range in which the user image 62 is superimposed can be selected by the user while displaying the user image 62 in the live view on the display unit 40, it is possible to easily obtain an interesting composite image 8 that matches the user's preference. For example, it is possible to provide a composite image 8 having a story.

Further, in the present embodiment, by using the divided images 51a to 51d, the processing load related to the selection of the range of the template 51 can be reduced.

Further, in the present embodiment, if the range of the template 51 displayed on the display unit 40 is the range selected as the range on which the user image 62 is superimposed at the time of the previous shooting, the shooting is disabled, so that the same template 51 is used. It is possible to prevent multiple shootings for the range.

Further, in the present embodiment, the compositing image 61 in which the user image 62 is arranged is created as described above, and then the compositing image 61 is combined with the entire image of the template 51 to generate the composite image 8. The load can be reduced.

However, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments. For example, in the present embodiment, a horizontally long template 51 is illustrated, but a vertically long template 51 may be used as shown in FIG. 10 (a), and a vertically and horizontally long template 51 may be used as shown in FIG. 10 (b). You may use it. For example, in the case of the vertically long template 51 as shown in FIG. 10A, a vertically divided divided image can be separately created and used for changing the display range of the template 51 on the live view screen. In the case of the template 51 which is long vertically and horizontally as shown in FIG. 10B, the divided image obtained by dividing the template 51 vertically and horizontally can be used for changing the display range of the template 51 and the like. The composite image 8 can be generated by superimposing the user image 62 on the range corresponding to each divided image.

Further, as shown in FIG. 11, on the display unit 40, in addition to the live view screen 43 described above, on the reduced image of the template 51, the range selected in S203 at the time of the previous shooting is obtained by S205 at the time of the previous shooting. The guide screen 48 on which the user image 62 is superimposed may be displayed. In the example of FIG. 11, a frame 49 showing the range of the template 51 currently displayed by the user is also displayed on the guide screen 48. The guide screen 48 helps the user to perform an operation. It is also possible to display the guide screen 48 in the live view screen 43.

Further, in the present embodiment, the display range of the template 51 on the live view screen 43 is changed by the display range change button 46, but instead of the button 46, an operation slide bar is displayed on the display unit 40, and left and right slide operations are performed. The display range of the template 51 can be changed in the same manner as described above.

Further, instead of the method of switching the display range of the template 51 (discontinuously) using the divided images 51a to 51d, the display range of the template 51 is smoothly (continuously) changed by a slide operation of the slide bar or the like. In this case, by storing the range of the template 51 displayed at the time of shooting in S204, the composite image 8 in which the user image 62 is superimposed on the range can be generated. However, in this case, the processing load of the control unit 11 becomes slightly large.

Although the preferred embodiments of the photography apparatus and the like according to the present invention have been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings, the present invention is not limited to the above examples. It is clear that a person skilled in the art can come up with various modified or modified examples within the scope of the technical idea disclosed in the present application, and these also naturally belong to the technical scope of the present invention. Understood.

1: Photographing device 8: Composite image 10: Control device 30: Photographing unit 31: Background removing unit 32: Template selection unit 33: Display control unit 34: Photo generation unit 40: Display unit 43: Live view screen 48: Guide screen 51: Templates 51a to 51d: Divided image 61: Composite image 62: User image

Claims (5)

A shooting unit that shoots the user's chroma key multiple times,
A template selection unit that accepts the selection of templates for superimposing user images,
A display control unit that allows the display unit to select the range of the template on which the user image is superimposed when each chroma key shooting is performed, and displays the user image in a live view on the display unit with the range as the background.
A photo generator that generates a composite image in which each of the plurality of user images obtained by each chroma key shooting is superimposed on the range of the template selected when each chroma key shooting is performed.
A photography device characterized by having. The photography device stores a plurality of divided images in which the template is divided for each range in the storage unit.
The photography device according to claim 1, wherein the display control unit displays a user image with the divided image as a background. The display control unit is characterized in that, when the range of the template displayed on the display unit is the range selected as the range on which the user image is superimposed at the time of the previous shooting, the shooting is disabled. Alternatively, the photography apparatus according to claim 2. The photo generation unit creates a composite image in which each of a plurality of user images obtained by each chroma key shooting is arranged at a position corresponding to a range of a template selected when each chroma key shooting is performed. The photography apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the composite image is combined with the entire image of the template to generate the composite image. A computer installed in a photography device having a photographing unit that performs chroma key photography of the user multiple times.
A template selection unit that accepts the selection of templates for superimposing user images,
A display control unit that allows the display unit to select the range of the template on which the user image is superimposed when each chroma key shooting is performed, and displays the user image in a live view on the display unit with the range as the background.
A photo generator that generates a composite image in which each of the plurality of user images obtained by each chroma key shooting is superimposed on the range of the template selected when each chroma key shooting is performed.
A program to make it work.

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