JP3182333U - Stereoscopic image creation device - Google Patents

Abstract

A stereoscopic image creation apparatus capable of fully automatically creating a stereoscopic image photograph is provided.
A lenticular lens storage tank 101 stores a large number of lenticular lenses 20, a photographing device 102 photographs a subject 30 in a corresponding property image, an image processing unit 103 takes out the subject 30 from the property image, The foreground image is processed, and the foreground image and the background image are combined and processed into a combined stereoscopic image. The lenticular lens transport unit 104 transfers the lenticular lens 20 in the lenticular lens storage tank 101 to the printing device 106, and the memory unit. 105 stores at least one background image, the printing device 106 prints the composite stereoscopic image on the flat surface of the lenticular lens 20, and the control unit 107 controls each unit.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a stereoscopic image creating apparatus, and more particularly to a stereoscopic image creating apparatus capable of producing a stereoscopic photograph.

  "Photo Sticker Vending Machine and Method, Photo Sticker Vending Machine And Method, Photo Sticker And Photo Sticker Unit" disclosed in Patent Document 1 indicates a photo sticker vending machine, Stickers (printers) can be printed. However, Patent Document 1 is not ideal because it does not have a function of printing a stereoscopic image photo sticker.

  Many conventional photo sticker making apparatuses have been used to make small size photo booths. For this reason, the ability to create large size photo booths, particularly large size 3D image photo booths, was insufficient.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described drawbacks of the conventional photo sticker creation apparatus.

US Patent No.US2004 / 0114193A1

  The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a stereoscopic image creating apparatus capable of creating a stereoscopic image photograph fully automatically.

  In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides the following three-dimensional image creation device. The stereoscopic image creation device includes a lenticular lens storage tank, a photographing device, an image processing unit, a memory unit, a printing device, a lenticular lens transport unit, and a control unit. The lenticular lens storage tank can store at least one lenticular lens. The lenticular lens includes a flat surface and a lenticular structure surface on a surface opposite to the flat surface. The photographing apparatus photographs a subject on a corresponding property image, and the image processing unit extracts the subject from the property image and processes it into a foreground image. Subsequently, the foreground image and the background image are synthesized and processed into a synthesized stereoscopic image. The memory unit stores at least one background image. The printing apparatus prints the composite stereoscopic image on a flat surface of the lenticular lens. The lenticular lens transport unit can transfer the lenticular lens in the lenticular lens storage tank to the printing apparatus, and includes at least an acquisition device and a moving device. The acquisition device picks up the lenticular lens in the lenticular lens storage tank, and the moving device moves the acquisition device, whereby the lenticular lens picked up by the acquisition device is transferred onto the printing device. The control unit controls the photographing apparatus, the image processing unit, the lenticular lens transport unit, the memory unit, and the printing apparatus.

  The stereoscopic image creating apparatus of the present invention can create a stereoscopic image photograph fully automatically.

1 is a structural diagram of a stereoscopic image creation device of the present invention. It is a schematic diagram which shows a mode that this invention stereo image production apparatus picks up a lenticular lens. It is a schematic diagram which shows a mode that the lenticular lens picked up by the three-dimensional image creation device of the present invention is placed on a printing device. In this invention, it is a three-dimensional structure figure of the lenticular lens before synthetic | combination three-dimensional image printing. In this invention, it is a three-dimensional structure figure from the opposite surface of the lenticular lens before synthetic | combination three-dimensional image printing. It is an example of the synthetic | combination stereo image which the image processing unit of this invention obtained. It is a side structure figure of a lenticular lens provided with a synthetic 3D image printed through a 3D image creation device of the present invention.

  The best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, the stereoscopic image creation apparatus 10 of the present invention has a function of creating a stereoscopic photograph, and a specific example of the stereoscopic image creation apparatus 10 is a stereoscopic photo sticker creation machine.
As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the present invention uses a lenticular lens 20, has the effect of creating a stereoscopic image, and can create a stereoscopic photograph.
The lenticular structure surface 201 of the lenticular lens 20 includes a continuous semicircular columnar lens. The opposite surface of the lenticular lens 20 is a flat surface 203.
The three-dimensional image creation device 10 of the present invention includes a lenticular lens storage tank 101, a photographing device 102, an image processing unit 103, a lenticular transport unit 104, a memory unit 105, a printing device 106, and a control unit 107.

  The lenticular lens storage tank 101 can store at least one lenticular lens 20. The lenticular lens storage tank 101 can employ a tank-like structure having an opening.

  The imaging device 102 captures the subject 30 in a corresponding property image. As the photographing device 102, an image capturing device including a digital camera or other CMOS sensor or CCD sensor can be employed as an example. The subject 30 is a person, an article, an animal, a plant, or the like. The subject 30 is positioned in front of the photographing apparatus 102 and photographing is performed. The photographing apparatus 102 creates a property image, outputs it to the control unit 107, and finally transmits it to the image processing unit 103. For convenience in taking out the subject 30 from the photographed image, the photographing scene is preferably a monochromatic color.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the image processing unit 103 has a function of extracting the subject 30 from the property image and processing it into the foreground image 301. Another function of the image processing unit 103 is to synthesize the foreground image 301 and the background image 303 and process them into a synthesized stereoscopic image 30a. The image processing unit 103 can extract / save the designated background image 303 in the memory unit 105 or can take out / save the non-designated background image 303. The image processing unit 103 has an image pickup function and a stereoscopic image composition function. The image pickup function is to remove the background portion of the property image and pick up only the subject 30. For example, a foreground image 301 is picked up and processed from a subject 30 (such as a person shown in FIG. 6) such as a person, an article, an animal, or a plant.

  The three-dimensional image composition function synthesizes the foreground image 301 and the background image 303, and processes the composite image 30a. The above-described stereoscopic image composition function processes the foreground image 301 and the background image 303 based on predetermined depth-of-field information, basic parameters of the lenticular lens 20, basic parameters of the printing apparatus 106, and the like, and composes the stereoscopic image. To do. The calculation process of the stereoscopic image synthesis includes the relative position setting of the foreground image 301 and the background image 303, down-scaling sampling, image crossing array sampling, and the like. Finally, a composite stereoscopic image 30a suitable for printing on the lenticular lens 20 is output.

  A specific embodiment of the image processing unit 103 includes at least a graphic chip. The image pickup function and the stereoscopic image composition function employ conventional related techniques, and the specific means thereof employs conventional image processing software, conventional image processing firmware, or conventional image processing hardware.

  One item function of the lenticular lens transport unit 104 is to transfer the lenticular lens 20 in the lenticular lens storage tank 101 to the printing apparatus 106. The lenticular lens transport unit 104 includes at least an acquisition device 1041 and a movement device 1043. The acquisition device 1041 picks up the lenticular lens 20 in the lenticular lens storage tank 101. A specific embodiment of the acquisition device 1041 includes at least a vacuum suction nozzle 1041a, a vacuum valve (not shown), and a pump (not shown).

  As shown in FIG. 2, the moving device 1043 moves the acquisition device 1041 into the lenticular lens 20 storage tank 101. When the vacuum suction nozzle 1041a comes into contact with the uppermost lenticular lens 20 located in the lenticular lens storage tank 101, the pump sucks out air between the vacuum suction nozzle 1041a and the lenticular lens 20. Then close the pump and vacuum valve. Thus, the vacuum suction nozzle 1041a sucks the lenticular lens 20. Subsequently, as illustrated in FIG. 3, the moving device 1043 moves the acquisition device 1041 to the input end 106 a of the printing device 106. Next, when the valve of the vacuum valve is opened, the vacuum suction nozzle 1041a releases the lenticular lens 20, and the setting of the lenticular lens 20 on the printing apparatus 106 is completed.

  Further, when the printing apparatus 106 completes printing, the moving apparatus 1043 moves the acquisition apparatus 1041 to the input end 106 a of the printing apparatus 106. When the vacuum suction nozzle 1041a contacts the lenticular lens 20 located at the input end 106a, the pump sucks out air between the vacuum suction nozzle 1041a and the lenticular lens 20. Then close the pump and vacuum valve. Subsequently, the moving device 1043 moves the acquisition device 1041 to a predetermined position (such as a photo takeout port) and releases the lenticular lens 20.

  The memory unit 105 can store at least one background image 303. The image content of the background image 303 is not the same. Specific examples of the memory unit 105 are a memory, a memory card, a hard disk drive, or other storage device. The creation of the background image 303 was obtained through a program for converting multiple images taken with a monolens digital camera at different angles, multiple images taken with a multi-lens digital camera, or a single image from 2D to 3D. Numerous images can be used. The number of images indicates the number of viewers' views.

  The printing apparatus 106 can print the composite stereoscopic image 30 a on the flat surface 203 of the lenticular lens 20. A specific example of the printing apparatus 106 is a conventional thermal transfer printer or the like. A specific example of the input end 106a of the printing apparatus 106 is a tray or the like.

  The control unit 107 can control the imaging device 102, the image processing unit 103, the lenticular lens transport unit 104, the memory unit 105, the printing device 106, and the like. Thereby, the stereoscopic image creation apparatus 10 can produce a stereoscopic image photograph as shown in FIG. 7 fully automatically. A specific embodiment of the control unit 107 includes at least a processor and a special chip. The processor executes the entire process of fully automatic production of stereoscopic images, and the special chip specifically executes the operating process of the lenticular lens transport unit 104.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the composite stereoscopic image 30a printed on the lenticular lens 20 reaches the eyes 40 after passing through the lenticular structure surface 201, and parallax images are generated in the right eye and the left eye, respectively. This produces a stereoscopic image effect.

The lenticular lens 20 can employ a conventional lenticular lens.
The material is preferably a highly transparent material. When the stereoscopic image creating apparatus 10 of the present invention employs a large-sized printing apparatus 106, the lenticular lens 20 can also employ a large lenticular lens, and thus the present invention can produce a large-sized stereoscopic image photograph. it can.

  The stereoscopic image creating apparatus 10 of the present invention further includes a display screen (not shown). The display screen is electrically connected to the control unit 107 and displays an operation screen.

  The stereoscopic image creation apparatus 10 of the present invention can produce a stereoscopic image photograph fully automatically, and can print the composite stereoscopic image 30 a directly on the flat surface 203 of the lenticular lens 20. As described above, the present invention has the effect of significantly increasing functions.

  The names and contents of the present invention described above are only used for explaining the technical contents of the present invention, and do not limit the present invention. All equivalent applications based on the spirit of the present invention, parts (structures) conversion, replacement, and quantity increase / decrease shall be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

  The present invention has the novelty that is a requirement for utility model registration, has sufficient progress compared to similar products of the past, has high practicality, meets the needs of society, and has a very high industrial utility value. large.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Stereoscopic image creation apparatus 20 Lenticular lens 30 Subject 30a Composite stereoscopic image 301 Foreground image 303 Background image 40 Binocular 101 Lenticular lens storage tank 102 Imaging device 103 Image processing unit 104 Lenticular lens transport unit 105 Memory unit 106 Printing device 106a Input terminal 107 Control unit 201 Lenticular structure surface 203 Flat surface 1041 Acquisition device 1043 Moving device 1041a Vacuum suction nozzle

Claims (6)

The stereoscopic image creation device includes a lenticular lens storage tank, a photographing device, an image processing unit, a memory unit, a printing device, a lenticular lens transport unit, and a control unit.
The lenticular lens storage tank can store at least one or more lenticular lenses, and the lenticular lens includes a flat surface and a lenticular structure surface on a surface opposite to the flat surface,
The photographing device photographs a subject on a corresponding property image,
The image processing unit takes out the subject from the property image, processes it into a foreground image, synthesizes the foreground image and a background image, processes it into a composite stereoscopic image,
The memory unit stores at least one background image;
The printing apparatus prints the composite stereoscopic image on a flat surface of the lenticular lens,
The lenticular lens transport unit moves the lenticular lens in the lenticular lens storage tank to the printing device, and includes at least an acquisition device and a moving device.
The acquisition device picks up a lenticular lens located in the lenticular lens storage tank,
The moving device moves the acquisition device, whereby the lenticular lens picked up by the acquisition device is moved onto the printing device,
The control unit controls the photographing apparatus, the image processing unit, the lenticular lens transport unit, the memory unit, and the printing apparatus.   The stereoscopic image creating apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a display screen, wherein the display screen is electrically connected to the control unit and displays an operation screen.   The stereoscopic image creation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the acquisition device includes at least a vacuum suction nozzle, a vacuum valve, and a pump.   The stereoscopic image creating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the printing apparatus is a thermal transfer printer.   The stereoscopic image creating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the photographing apparatus is a digital camera or an image capturing apparatus including another CMOS sensor or a CCD sensor.   2. The moving device according to claim 1, wherein the moving device is further used for moving the acquiring device, whereby the acquiring device picks up an already printed lenticular lens located on the printing device. Stereoscopic image creation device.

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