JP3167779U - Print sticker with advertisement and its machine - Google Patents

Abstract

A print sticker manufacturing machine capable of reducing or eliminating a user's cost burden. An image capturing unit that captures an object, an advertisement storage unit that stores advertisement information, an information extraction unit that extracts advertisement information stored in the advertisement storage unit, and an object captured by the image capture unit. It includes a printing unit that prints the image and the advertisement information extracted by the information extraction unit on a single print sticker. Allow the advertisement provider to bear part or all of the print sticker manufacturing costs. [Selection] Figure 2

Description

  The present invention relates to a print sticker on which an image of a photographed object is printed, a print sticker manufacturing machine, and a print sticker manufacturing system.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in amusement facilities such as game centers, many print sticker manufacturing machines represented by Purikura (registered trademark) have been installed (Patent Document 1). This print sticker manufacturing machine shoots an object such as a person, prints the photographed image on a sticker, and automatically manufactures a print sticker.

  In order to manufacture a print sticker on which such a photographed image is printed, for example, various costs such as a material cost of the seal, a printing cost, and a maintenance cost of the print stick making machine are generated. Therefore, these costs are generally covered by collecting fees from users of print sticker manufacturing machines.

Japanese Patent Application No. 2005-58482

  However, in recent years, the fees collected from users for manufacturing print stickers have tended to rise. This is because the cost required to manufacture a single print sticker is increasing as the print stick making machine becomes multifunctional and high performance. For example, recent print sticker manufacturing machines have significantly improved the quality of captured images, the performance of flashes for image capturing, and the performance of image processing apparatuses. In addition, recent print sticker manufacturing machines have a function that allows a photographed image to be uploaded to a specific website via the Internet.

  However, the main users of print sticker manufacturing machines are teenagers to twenties. Therefore, as the charges for using the print sticker production machine soared, the demand for it declined.

  Therefore, there is a need for a print sticker that can be provided to users at low cost or free of charge and a manufacturing machine for the same.

  As a result of intensive investigations to solve the conventional problems, the inventor of the present invention can reduce or eliminate the cost burden on the user of the print sticker manufacturing machine by placing advertisement information on the sticker for the print sticker. I got the knowledge that I can do it. That is, since the advertisement provider can bear a part or all of the cost necessary for manufacturing the print sticker, the burden on the user can be reduced.

  And based on the above knowledge, we came up with the idea that conventional problems could be solved and completed the present invention. Specifically, the present invention has the following configuration.

A first aspect of the present invention relates to a print sticker manufacturing machine for manufacturing a print sticker on which a photographed image is printed.
The print sticker manufacturing machine of the present invention includes a photographing unit, an advertisement storage unit, an information extraction unit, and a printing unit.
The photographing unit has a function of photographing the object.
The advertisement storage unit has a function of storing advertisement information.
The information extraction unit has a function of extracting advertisement information stored in the advertisement storage unit.
The printing unit has a function of printing the image of the object photographed by the photographing unit and the advertisement information extracted by the information extracting unit on a single print sticker.

  By having such a configuration, the print sticker manufacturing machine of the present invention can provide a print sticker on which advertisement information is printed together with a photographed image to the user. Therefore, the production cost of the print sticker can be covered by the profits earned from the advertisements. For this reason, a user's expense burden can be reduced and the use frequency of the print sticker manufacturing machine by the user can be expected to be improved.

  In addition, the print sticker manufacturing machine of the present invention further includes an advertisement display unit that displays the advertisement information stored in the advertisement storage unit while the printing unit prints the image of the object and the advertisement information on the print sticker. It is preferable to provide.

  Usually, it takes time until a print sticker is manufactured after a user takes a picture using a print stick making machine. By presenting advertisement information to the user during this waiting time, advertisement efficiency can be further improved.

  Moreover, in the print sticker of this invention, it is preferable that an information extraction part extracts the advertisement information corresponding to the advertisement information displayed on an advertisement display part from a memory | storage part. That is, the print sticker of the present invention prints the advertisement information having the same content as the advertisement information displayed on the advertisement display unit on the print sticker.

  Thus, the advertisement effect can be further enhanced by repeatedly presenting the advertisement with the same content to the user.

It is preferable that the object to be photographed by the print sealing machine of the present invention is a person.
In this case, the print sticker of the present invention further includes at least a human hairstyle, a hair color, a hair ornament shape, a hair ornament color, a clothing shape, The apparatus further includes an object analysis unit 5 that analyzes object information on any one of the colors of the clothes.
The advertisement storage unit has an advertisement table that stores advertisement information and object information in association with each other.
Then, the information extraction unit refers to the advertisement table and extracts the advertisement information associated with the object information analyzed by the object analysis unit.

  By having such a configuration, the print sealing machine of the present invention can match advertisements suitable for the user's taste based on object information such as hairstyle and clothes obtained from the user's image as the subject. it can. In other words, since the user's hairstyle, clothes, etc., for example, the user's gender, age, fashion preferences, fashion trends, and the community to which the user belongs can be ascertained. Can present. Therefore, the advertising efficiency can be further increased.

  The second aspect of the present invention relates to a print seal manufactured by the print seal manufacturing machine according to the first aspect of the present invention. The print sticker of the present invention can solve the conventional problems as well as the pudding seal manufacturing machine of the present invention.

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view showing an example of the overall configuration of a print sticker manufacturing machine according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram for explaining the system configuration of the print sticker manufacturing machine. FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view showing a modification of the main body of the print sticker manufacturing machine of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a schematic perspective view showing a modification of the main body of the print sticker of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a schematic perspective view showing a modified example of the main body of the print sticker of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a schematic plan view showing an example of the print sticker of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a print sticker manufacturing system according to the present invention.

  Hereinafter, embodiments for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described below, and includes those appropriately modified by those skilled in the art from the following embodiments. In other words, the print sticker and its manufacturing machine according to the present invention can adopt any configuration of the print sticker and its manufacturing machine as appropriate at the time of application.

(1. Print sticker making machine)
The present invention relates to a print sticker manufacturing machine 100 that manufactures a print sticker on which a photographed image of an object is printed. It is preferable that the subject of photographing by the print sticker manufacturing machine 100 of the present invention is a person. However, the object to be photographed by the print sticker manufacturing machine 100 of the present invention may be, for example, a dog or a cat, other animals, plants, sculptures, or other still life. Hereinafter, the case where the subject of photography of the present invention is a person will be described in detail.

(1-1. Overall configuration of print sticker manufacturing machine)
FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view showing an example of the overall configuration of a print sticker manufacturing machine 100 of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the print sticker manufacturing machine 100 includes a print sticker main body 110 and a shade 120 for hiding an object to be photographed from the outside. The user of the print sticker manufacturing machine 100 enters between the print sticker main body 110 and the shade 120 from the direction D1 shown in FIG. There may be one user or a plurality of users of the print sticker manufacturing machine 100.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the print sticker manufacturing machine main body 110 has a photographing part 1, a display part 4, and a print sticker discharge part 31 in its appearance. The photographing unit 1 photographs one or a plurality of objects existing at the photographing position P. The display unit 4 is, for example, a touch panel, and the user operates the display unit 4 as appropriate to select and input a background, decoration, characters, etc. to be printed on the print sticker. The display unit 4 functions as an advertisement display unit, and displays advertisement information during the period from when the print sticker manufacturing machine 100 completes photographing of the object until the print sticker is printed. The print sticker discharge unit 31 discharges the print sticker on which the image of the photographing object and the advertisement information are printed, and provides the completed print sticker to the user.

  The print sticker manufacturing machine 100 may basically have any form as long as it has the photographing unit 1, the display unit 4, and the print sticker discharge unit 31. Moreover, the print sticker manufacturing machine 100 may include a display unit 4 that is operated and input by a user and an advertisement display unit 4 that displays advertisement information as separate units. Further, the print sticker discharge unit 31 may exist at a position away from the print stick making machine main body 100, and may receive information from the print stick making machine main body 100 and discharge the print sticker. Other forms of the print sticker manufacturing machine 100 will be described later.

(1-2. System configuration of print sticker manufacturing machine)
FIG. 2 is a block diagram for explaining the system configuration of the print sticker manufacturing machine 100. As shown in FIG. 2, the information display device 1 basically includes an imaging unit 1, an advertisement storage unit 2, an information extraction unit 22, a printing unit 3, an advertisement display unit 4, and an object analysis. Part 5 is included.

  The photographing unit 1 has a function for photographing an object. An example of the photographing unit 1 is a camera. An example of a camera is a CCD camera. The CCD camera may have, for example, a still image shooting mode and a moving image shooting mode. The image photographed by the photographing unit 1 is subjected to image processing by the image processing unit 11. For example, the image processing unit 11 appropriately corrects the blur of the captured image, the density of the image, the color of the image, the contrast, and the sharpness. The image data that has been subjected to image processing in the image processing unit 11 is temporarily stored in the image storage unit 105.

  The advertisement storage unit 2 stores advertisement information to be printed on the print sticker and advertisement information to be displayed on the advertisement display unit 4. One or more pieces of information stored in the advertisement storage unit 2 can be updated as appropriate. Basically, the advertisement information printed on the print sticker is a still image. Basically, the advertisement information displayed on the advertisement display unit 4 is a moving image. Note that the advertisement storage unit 2 preferably stores a still image and a moving image showing the same content in association with each other.

  The advertisement storage unit 2 includes an advertisement table 21 that stores advertisement information and object information in association with each other. In the advertisement table 21, the object information associated with the advertisement information includes, for example, the hairstyle, hair color, hair ornament shape, hair ornament color, clothing shape, or clothing color of the person who is the object. Any one or more are included. From the object information such as the user's hairstyle and clothes, for example, the user's gender, age, fashion preference, fashion trend, and community to which the user belongs can be ascertained. Therefore, in the advertisement table 21, the advertisement information corresponding to the user's preference may be stored in association with the object information.

  Further, the advertisement storage unit 2 may store advertisement information having different advertisement placement areas 202. The advertisement placement area 202 is information relating to the area where the advertisement information is printed on the print sticker. For example, the advertisement storage unit 2 may have an advertisement placement area table that stores different advertisement placement areas 202 in association with the advertisement expenses paid by the advertisement provider. For example, the advertisement placement area table stores information related to an advertisement placement area having a larger area as the advertising cost increases.

  Further, the information stored in the advertisement storage unit 2 may be managed by a server (not shown) connected to the print sticker manufacturing machine 100 through an information communication line. In this case, the print sticker manufacturing machine 100 has a communication unit in order to use the information communication line. The advertisement storage unit 2 can receive information from the server and update the stored advertisement information.

  The advertisement storage unit 2 may include an ID information table 23 that stores individual identification information (hereinafter referred to as ID information) provided for each user and advertisement information in association with each other. The ID information includes, for example, the user's name, nickname, age, educational background, address, number of times the print sticker is used, past usage status, and individual identification number. Such ID information may be stored in, for example, a storage unit of the print sticker manufacturing machine 100 or a server connected through an information communication line. In addition, when a dedicated card is issued to the user, the individual identification number of the user is stored in the card, and the user inserts the card into the print sticker manufacturing machine, the individual identification number stored in the card is stored. The ID information may be read from the storage unit or the server based on the above. In this way, the information extraction unit 22 extracts an advertisement associated with the ID information read in the ID information table by referring to the ID information table 23 based on the read user ID information. Is done.

  The advertisement information stored in the advertisement storage unit 2 is extracted by the information extraction unit 22 and printed on a print sticker or displayed on the advertisement display unit 4. When there are a plurality of advertisement information stored in the advertisement storage unit 2, the information extraction unit 22 may extract the advertisement information based on a random number, for example. Further, the advertisement information stored in association with the object information may be extracted by referring to the advertisement table 21 or the ID information table 23 described above. The information extraction unit 22 may extract advertisement information based on a random number in some cases and with reference to the advertisement table 21 in other cases.

  Further, the other storage unit in the print sticker manufacturing machine 100 stores, for example, a background image for printing on the print sticker together with the photographed image, and a stamp image for coloring and drawing superimposed on the photographed image. It is good to be. For example, a hairstyle image, a clothing image, and a cosmetic image are stored in the storage unit, and the user can select a favorite hairstyle, clothing, and cosmetic product and place it on the photographed image. Therefore, if the user looks at the printed print sticker, the user can have a simulated experience using a favorite hairstyle, clothes and cosmetics.

  The printing unit 3 has a function of printing a photographed image and advertisement information on a sticker. An example of the printing unit 3 is a printer. Examples of printers are, for example, ink jet printers and laser printers. The shape, standard, material, and size of the seal on which the photographed image and the advertisement information are printed can be appropriately selected according to the application. The printer can adopt a known configuration as appropriate according to the selected seal.

  The advertisement display unit 4 is a device for displaying the advertisement information stored in the advertisement storage unit 2 while the printing unit 1 is printing the image of the object and the advertisement information on the print sticker. The advertisement display unit 4 preferably displays advertisement information having the same content as the advertisement information printed on the print sticker. Note that the advertisement display unit 4 preferably has a function of displaying a moving image.

  The object analysis unit 5 is one of a human hairstyle, hair color, hair ornament shape, hair ornament color, clothing shape, or clothing color based on the image of the person photographed by the photographing unit 1. It has a function of analyzing one piece of object information. The object analysis unit 5 scans (scans) the captured image, for example, and specifies a hair portion, a hair ornament portion, and a clothing portion in the captured image. And the target object analysis part 5 analyzes each shape and color of the specified hair part, hair ornament part, and clothing part. Information on the hairstyles and clothes of these persons analyzed by the object analysis unit 5 is stored in the temporary storage unit 106.

  The object information analyzed by the object analysis unit 5 is used as information for referring to the advertisement table 21 when the information extraction unit 22 extracts the advertisement information from the advertisement storage unit 2 as described above. . That is, the information extraction unit 22 extracts the advertisement information associated with the object information analyzed by the object analysis unit 5 and the advertisement table 21. And the printing part 3 prints the image which the imaging | photography part 1 image | photographed with the advertisement information extracted by the information extraction part 22 on a print sticker.

  The print sticker manufacturing machine 100 according to the present invention can employ other known configurations. For example, the print sticker manufacturing machine 100 may have a configuration that allows a user's portable terminal to download a music file or an electronic book file.

(1-3. Modified example of print sticker manufacturing machine)
3 to 5 show modifications of the print sticker manufacturing machine main body 110 to which the present invention is applied. 3 and 4 show a modification in which the thickness of the print sticker manufacturing machine main body 110 shown in FIG. 1 is made thinner. In this way, by reducing the thickness of the print sticker manufacturing machine main body 110, the installation cost of the print sticker making machine 100 can be suppressed, leading to cost reduction. FIG. 5 shows a modification in which the print sticker manufacturing machine main body 110 is a wall-hanging type. As described above, the print stick making machine main body 110 is of the wall-hanging type, so that the number of places where the print stick making machine 100 is installed can be increased and the installation cost can be suppressed, leading to cost reduction.

(3. Print sticker)
FIG. 6 is a schematic plan view showing an example of the print sticker 200 manufactured by the print sticker manufacturing machine 100 of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 6, the print sticker 200 has a photographed image printing area 201 and an advertisement placement area 202. In the photographed image printing area 201, an image photographed by the photographing unit 1 is printed by the printing unit 3. On the other hand, advertisement information is printed in the advertisement placement area 202 by the printing unit 3. In the advertisement placement area 202, advertisement information may be printed in advance before the object is photographed by the photographing unit 1. Further, the advertisement information read out from the advertisement storage unit 2 after the object is photographed by the photographing unit 1 may be printed in the advertisement placement area 202. In particular, it is preferable that information stored in the advertisement storage unit 2 is printed in the advertisement placement area 202 in correspondence with the object information analyzed by the object analysis unit 5 from the photographed image of the photographing unit 1. .

  As shown in FIG. 6, the captured images printed on the print sticker 200 may have different sizes. In the example shown in FIG. 6, a captured image having a size obtained by multiplying the short direction 1/3 of the captured image print region 201 by the longitudinal direction 1/6, and the short direction 1/3, the longitudinal direction 1/3. There are two types of captured images multiplied by. The size of the photographed image printed on the print sticker 200 can be changed as appropriate according to the application.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 6, the size of the advertisement placement area 202 of the print sticker 200 is preferably about １ ／ of the entire print sticker 200. However, the size of the advertisement placement area 202 can be changed as appropriate according to various circumstances such as advertisement placement costs.

(4. Print seal manufacturing system)
The present invention can also be applied to a print seal manufacturing system. For example, FIG. 7 shows an example of a print sticker manufacturing system in which the photographing unit 1, the printing unit 2, and the advertisement display unit 4 are incorporated in separate devices. In the case of the print sticker manufacturing system having the configuration shown in FIG. 7, the user first operates the advertisement display unit 4 to set the shooting background and the number of shots. At this time, the user can browse the advertisement information displayed on the advertisement display unit 4. Information input to the advertisement display unit 4 is transmitted to the photographing unit 1 and the printing unit 2. Next, the user performs shooting through the shooting unit 1. The imaging unit 1 receives information input to the advertisement display unit 4 and performs imaging. A photographed image photographed by the photographing unit 1 is transmitted to the printing unit 3. The printing unit 3 prints an image photographed by the photographing unit 1 on a print sticker. Then, the user receives a printed sticker printed from the printing unit 3.

  In this way, by constructing a print sticker manufacturing system in which the photographing unit 1, the printing unit 2, and the advertisement display unit 4 are incorporated in separate devices, setting of background images and the like, taking pictures, and printing stickers Since printing can be performed in a flow manner, the efficiency of a series of operations for manufacturing a print sticker can be improved. In addition, since advertising information can be provided to more users, the advertising efficiency is also improved.

  The present invention can be applied to a print sticker manufacturing machine and a print sticker installed in an entertainment facility such as a game center. Therefore, the present invention can be suitably used in the entertainment industry.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Image pick-up part 2 Advertisement memory | storage part 3 Printing part 4 Advertisement display part 5 Object analysis part 11 Image processing part 21 Advertisement table 22 Information extraction part 31 Print sticker discharge part 41 Image adjustment part 100 Print sticker manufacturing machine 101 Control part 102 Input part DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 103 Main memory part 104 Output part 106 Image memory | storage part 110 Print stick manufacturing machine main body 120 Shade 200 Print sticker 201 Photographed image printing area 202 Advertisement insertion area

Claims (6)

A print sticker production machine for producing a print sticker on which a photographed image is printed,
A shooting section for shooting the object;
An advertisement storage unit for storing advertisement information;
An information extraction unit for extracting advertisement information stored in the advertisement storage unit;
A print sticker manufacturing machine, comprising: a printing section that prints an image of the object photographed by the photographing section and the advertisement information extracted by the information extraction section on a single print sticker.
The advertisement display part which displays the advertisement information memorize | stored in the said advertisement memory | storage part while the said printing part is printing the image of the said target object, and the said advertisement information on the said print sticker. Print seal making machine.
The print sticker manufacturing machine according to claim 2, wherein the information extraction unit extracts advertisement information corresponding to advertisement information displayed on the advertisement display unit from the storage unit.
The object is a person,
At least one object information of the person's hairstyle, hair color, hair ornament shape, hair ornament color, clothing shape, or clothing color is captured from the image of the person photographed by the photographing unit. It further includes an object analysis unit for analysis,
The advertisement storage unit has an advertisement table that stores the advertisement information and the object information in association with each other,
The print sticker manufacturing machine according to claim 1, wherein the information extraction unit extracts the advertisement information associated with the object information analyzed by the object analysis unit with reference to the advertisement table.
The print sticker manufactured by the print sticker manufacturing machine according to any one of claims 1 to 4.
A print sticker production system for producing a print sticker on which a photographed image is printed,
A photographing device for photographing an object;
An advertisement storage device for storing advertisement information;
An information extraction device for extracting advertisement information from the advertisement storage device;
A print sticker manufacturing system comprising: a printing device that prints an image of the object photographed by the photographing device and the advertisement information extracted by the information extraction device on a single print sticker.

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