JP4882400B2 - Photography editing method and apparatus - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a photographic editing method and apparatus for obtaining a photographed image by photographing, for example, a subject, allowing the photographed image to be edited, obtaining an edited image, and outputting the edited image.

  Conventionally, a user who is a subject in the shooting space is shot with a digital camera as a shooting means while illuminating with a lighting device, and the acquired shot image is allowed to be edited with a touch panel, and the completed edited image is put on a photo sticker sheet. There is provided a photo editing apparatus for printing and discharging.

  This photography / editing apparatus is provided with a plurality of strobe light emitters as illumination devices for irradiating a user. Since the flash light of the strobe light emitter is strong light, when the user is directly irradiated with light, the light is too strong and the user's image of the photographed image is poorly shaded. For this reason, a print seal bender has been proposed in which the flash of the strobe light emitter is reflected in various directions by a reflex plate or a white wall and the user is irradiated with the reflected light (see Patent Document 1).

  However, such a print sticker vendor has not been able to provide good illumination for users approaching a digital camera. In other words, a user who approaches the digital camera and shoots up receives a strong flash from the front strobe light emitter closest to the digital camera. The printed seal bender cannot effectively irradiate the user who has approached the digital camera with the reflected light reflected from the left and right by the reflex plate or the white wall. Therefore, in the end, the print sticker vendor has poor shading in the image of the user approaching the digital camera.

JP 2003-156793 A

  In view of the above-described problems, the present invention provides a photography editing method and apparatus capable of beautifully photographing with good illumination when photographing a user who approaches a photographing means, and improves the satisfaction of the user. Objective.

The present invention illuminates one or more subjects in the photographing space with illumination means, photographs the subject illuminated by the illumination means with the photographing means, creates a photographed image, and permits editing of the photographed image with the editing means. A photographed and edited method or apparatus for permitting creation of an edited image and outputting the photographed image or / and the edited image by an output means, wherein the illuminating means includes a strobe light emitter that emits flash light, and the strobe light emission. a first diffusion member provided on the imaging space side than the body diffuses the flash, the partial transmission member disposed between the first diffuser and the strobe light emitter, said strobe partial transmission member A second diffuser for diffusing light is disposed on the light emitter side, the second diffuser having an area wider than a range in which the partial transmitter allows permeation of flash light, and the flash light of the strobe light emitter is transmitted by the partial transmitter. Allow permeation The spread with the second spreading body, the partial transmission member, wherein the portion of the flash light emitted from the strobe light emitter to reach transmission allowed to the first diffuser, does not transmit for the remaining part It is a photography photographing editing method or its apparatus.

The photographing space refers to a space provided to a user for photographing, and is a space that can be photographed by the photographing means or a space that is surrounded (or substantially surrounded) by a surrounding member such as a background member or an entrance / exit member. Can be configured.
The photographing means can be composed of a digital camera or a digital video camera.
The editing means can be configured by a pointing device (coordinate input means) such as a touch panel or a mouse that acquires coordinates touched by a user with a touch pen or a finger.

  The output means is a thermal transfer printer such as an ink jet printer, a sublimation type thermal transfer printer or a melt type thermal transfer printer, or a laser printer, or the like, a printing means for printing an image in monotone, sepia tone or color, and the like, and transmits image data. It can be configured by a communication means or a storage medium reader / writer that writes image data to a storage medium.

The first diffuser can be composed of a member that diffuses light, such as a white translucent resin member or a white translucent rubbed glass member.
The partial transmission body can be formed of a member having a transmission allowing portion and a transmission preventing portion. Here, the transmission permissible portion is configured by a light transmitting portion such as an elongated slit formed by a hole or groove, a hole group in which a plurality of circular holes or square holes are continuously arranged in a straight line, or an appropriate hole or groove. can do. Further, the transmission preventing unit can be configured by a member that prevents light transmission, such as a reflecting member that reflects light or a blocking member that blocks light.

The second diffuser can be composed of a member that diffuses light, such as a white translucent resin member or a white translucent rubbed glass member.

  As an aspect of the present invention, the partial transmission body is formed of a transmission preventing portion that prevents transmission of the flashlight, and a vertically long transmission permission portion that allows transmission of the flashlight at a substantially center of the transmission prevention portion. it can.

The vertically long shape is an appropriate shape in which light transmitted through the permissible transmission portion is substantially vertically long, such as a slit formed with a hole or a groove, or a hole group in which a plurality of circular holes, square holes, etc. are continuously arranged in a straight line. It can be .

  As an aspect of the present invention, the partial transmission body has a size smaller than the front size of the first diffuser, and direct light from the strobe light emitter reaches the first diffuser from the periphery of the partial transmission body. The size can be prevented.

  According to the present invention, when photographing a user approaching the photographing means, it is possible to clearly illuminate the user's nose with the partial flash that is allowed to transmit. In addition, by not directly irradiating the user with the remaining flash, it is possible to prevent the entire face of the user approaching the photographing means from being illuminated. In this way, it is possible to photograph beautifully with good illumination, and to improve user satisfaction.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 shows an external perspective view of a photographic sticker creating apparatus 1.

  The photo sticker creating apparatus 1 is provided with a photographing housing 3 on the back side of a photographing space 9 surrounded by a frame 6 in a hexahedral shape, and is suitable for chroma key composition such as white, green, and blue on the front side of the photographing space 9. A background member 8 composed of a plastic panel or curtain of a different color is provided.

  Further, a ceiling central lighting box 4, a ceiling rear lighting box 5, and a ventilation plate (so-called punching metal) 7 having a plurality of ventilation holes formed in an iron plate are arranged in this order from the back to the front in the ceiling portion of the photographing space 9. It is arranged. The ventilation plate 7 can release the hot air trapped in the photographing space 9 to the outside, so that the heat is trapped in the photographing space 9 to prevent the user from feeling hot.

  In addition, on the left and right sides of the shooting space 9, handrails 10 that are long in the vertical direction are arranged along the frame 6 so as to protrude toward the shooting space 9. The handrail 10 is provided up and down from the position of the knee height of the average high school girl to the position of the shoulder. For this reason, the user can grab the handrail 10 and shoot in various poses.

  Further, an editing housing 2 is provided outside the frame 6 and beyond the photographing housing 3. Here, the imaging casing refers to one casing installed on the shooting side among the two casings configured to be separable, and the editing casing refers to the two casings configured to be separable. The other casing installed on the editing side. Therefore, the photographing housing is not limited to a housing having photographing means such as a digital camera, and includes a housing having no photographing means.

  2 shows a front view of the photographic housing 3, FIG. 3 shows a longitudinal front view of the photographic housing 3, FIG. 4 shows an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. 2, and FIG. BB arrow expanded sectional view is shown.

  As shown in FIG. 2, an illumination unit 14 is provided in the upper half or more of the area on the front surface of the photographing housing 3. A digital camera 18 and a display 19 are provided at the center of the illumination unit 14. A liquid crystal panel (display means) 21, a coin insertion slot 22, a coin discharge opening 23, And the luggage storage shelf 24 is provided in this order.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the illumination unit 14 is configured by partitioning plates 44 and 46 so that the upper part is divided into the upper illumination box 11, the middle part is divided into the central illumination box 12, and the lower part is divided into the lower illumination box 13.

  The upper lighting box 11 is further divided into three in the housing width direction by two partition plates 40 as a left upper lighting box 11A, a central upper lighting box 11B, and a right upper lighting box 11C. These upper illumination boxes 11 </ b> A to 11 </ b> C are all surrounded by a ceiling plate 41, side plates 42 and 50, partition plates 40 and 44, and a back plate 43 except for the front. The ceiling plate 41, the side plates 42 and 50, the partition plates 40 and 44, and the back plate 43 are all coated with white on the inner surface, and are configured to reflect light. Therefore, the internal spaces of the upper illumination boxes 11A to 11C function as light reflecting spaces 27A, 27B, and 27C, respectively.

  In the center of the central upper illumination box 11B, as shown in the side sectional enlarged view of FIG. 4, a direct light strobe 34 that irradiates direct light toward the diffusers 15 and 16 obliquely illuminates the direction of flash light on the photographing space side. It is provided downward.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the direct light strobe 34 is provided in the upper part of the digital camera 18 (see FIG. 2) provided in the center of the photographing housing 3 in the width direction, and becomes the front of the direct light strobe 34. A partial transmission body 60 having a vertically long slit hole 63 is provided on the front side (imaging space side). A single diffusion plate 15 and a double diffusion plate 16 are provided on the further front side of the partial transmission body 60 as shown in FIG. The partial transmission body 60 and the diffusing plates 15 and 16 are parallel to each other and are inclined at an angle of about 45 degrees, and the surface thereof is configured to be orthogonal to the flash irradiation center direction L of the direct light strobe 34. .

  Here, the double diffuser plate 16 is formed in a double structure in which a diffuser plate 51 and a diffuser plate 53 that are milky white (white translucent) and made of an acrylic plate having a constant thickness are arranged in parallel with a space 52 therebetween. ing. As a result, as shown by the arrows in the figure, the flash can be diffused in two stages, and the flash is sufficiently diffused so that the shadow of the face or the like does not become too strong when illuminating the user who is the subject. .

  Further, the diffusion plate 53 has a substantially quadrangular outer shape (see FIG. 2), and is formed in a convex shape in which an upright side 54 standing in the back surface direction is provided on the entire periphery. As a result, the flash can be irradiated not only in the front direction but also in the circumferential direction from the upright side 54, so that the flash is not irradiated between the single diffuser plate 15 and the double diffuser plate 16 that are arranged in parallel. That is restrained.

  In addition, the single diffusion plate 15 is formed in a shape having an upright side 57 rising in the back surface direction around the entire periphery of the diffusion plate 56 having a substantially rectangular outer shape. With this configuration, flash light diffused not only in the front direction but also in the circumferential direction from the upright side 57 can be irradiated. Therefore, no flash light is irradiated between the single diffuser plate 15 and the double diffuser plate 16 arranged side by side. Can be suppressed. The thickness and material of the diffusion plate 56 are the same as those of the diffusion plates 51 and 53 described above. Thereby, the light diffused smaller than the double diffuser plate 16 by the single diffuser plate 15 can be irradiated.

The partial transmission body 60 includes a diffusion plate 61 and a shielding plate 62, as shown in FIG.
The shielding plate 62 is a straight flat plate with a constant thickness, and in this embodiment, a sheet metal is used. The shielding plate 62 is painted white on the back side where the diffusion plate 61 is superposed, and reflects light to the back side. Further, as shown in FIG. 3, a vertically long slit hole 63 is provided at the center of the shielding plate 62 as long as about 200 mm in the vertical direction and about 15 to 30 mm, preferably about 20 mm in the horizontal width.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the diffusion plate 61 is composed of a milky white acrylic plate formed in a straight flat rectangular shape with a constant thickness, and a plurality of (in the example shown, four in the illustrated example) are superposed and fixed. is doing. The thickness and material of the diffusion plate 61 are the same as those of the diffusion plates 51, 53, and 56, and the size is larger than the size of the slit hole 63 so that the slit hole 63 is completely covered from the back side. It is configured.

  The direct light strobe 34 is provided with a strobe ball 34 a that emits strobe light on the front side (photographing space side). Further, the direct light strobe 34 is provided with reflectors 34b that extend toward the front at the left and right positions of the strobe ball 34a. The reflector 34b is a vertically long sheet metal that spreads in the shape of a letter C toward the front, and the flash emitted toward the side or back is directed toward the front so that the flash of the strobe sphere 34a is concentrated in the front. reflect.

  A part of the flash light concentrated and irradiated from the strobe sphere 34a to the front side by the reflector 34b is diffused by the diffuser plate 61, passes through the slit hole 63, and is diffused again by the double diffuser plate 16 to be photographed space 9 ( The user shown in FIG. 1 is irradiated. The other part of the flash that is concentratedly irradiated to the front side is reflected to the back side by the white painted back surface of the shielding plate 62. This reflected light is further reflected by the partition plates 40, 44, the ceiling plate 41, and the back plate 43 shown in FIG. 3, and thus becomes a plurality of times of reflected light such as secondary reflected light and tertiary reflected light. The single diffusion plate 15 and the double diffusion plate 16 are reached through the space around 60, and are further diffused by the single diffusion plate 15 and the double diffusion plate 16 to irradiate the user in the imaging space 9.

  The upper left lighting box 11A and the upper right lighting box 11C shown in FIG. 3 are symmetrical to each other, and the fluorescent lamp 31 is disposed slightly above the center. The subject is reflected by reflected light inside the fluorescent lamp 31. A reflected light strobe 33 for illuminating is provided.

  Here, similarly to the direct light strobe 34, the reflected light strobe 33 is provided with a strobe ball 33a and a reflector 33b as shown in a perspective view seen from above the back of FIG. It is configured to concentrate in the back direction. The strobe sphere 33a side, which is the back side of the reflected light strobe 33, has only the top surface opened, the left side surface (front side in the figure) is the shielding plate 71, and the right side surface (rear side in the drawing) is the shielding plate 73. The bottom surface (lower side in the figure) is surrounded by a shielding plate 72 and the rear surface (left side in the figure) is surrounded by a diffusion plate 74 in a box shape. Here, the diffusion plate 74 is formed by superposing a plurality of acrylic plates made of the same material and having the same thickness as the acrylic plate constituting the diffusion plate 61 (two in the illustrated example). ing.

  With this configuration, only the light diffused by the diffusion plate 74 and the light from the upper surface, which is the open surface, are used as the flash of the strobe sphere 33a. In particular, the bottom surface, which is the surface closest to the user's face, is shielded by the shielding plate 72, so that the flash light applied to the user is adjusted not to become too strong.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a total of ten diffusers 15 and 16 are arranged in two upper and lower stages in front of the upper illumination box 11. Among these, the three diffusion plates on the lower center side are the double diffusion plates 16 and are located at a height portion similar to the face position of a normal person.

  Further, in the upper illumination box 11, seven single diffuser plates 15 are disposed on the left and right sides of the double diffuser plate 16 and on the upper portion of the double diffuser plate 16. Thus, the single diffusion plate 15 surrounds the upper side of the double diffusion plate 16 and the left and right sides.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the central lighting box 12 is surrounded by side plates 42 and 50, partition plates 44 and 46, and a back plate 43, except for the front. The side plates 42 and 50, the partition plates 44 and 46, and the back plate 43 are all coated with white on the inner surface, and are configured to reflect light. Therefore, the internal space of the central lighting box 12 functions as the light reflection space 28.

  Inside the central lighting box 12, fluorescent lamps 32, 32 are provided symmetrically at an intermediate point from the center to both sides. In addition, a total of four single diffuser plates 15 are arranged in front of the central lighting box 12, two on the left and right across the central digital camera 18. Thereby, the inside of the imaging space 9 can be illuminated by the diffused continuous light obtained by diffusing the continuous light from the fluorescent lamps 32 and 32 with the single diffusion plate 15.

  The lower illumination box 13 is surrounded by a partition plate 46, side plates 42 and 50, a bottom partition plate 49, and a back plate 43 except for the front. The side plates 42 and 50, the bottom partition plate 49, and the back plate 43 are all coated with white on the inner surface, and are configured to reflect light. Accordingly, the internal space of the lower illumination box 13 functions as the light reflection space 29.

  Reflected light strobes 37 that irradiate the subject with reflected light are disposed on the left and right sides of the lower illumination box 13 at the left and right sides below the center. Further, fluorescent lamps 38 are provided adjacent to each reflected light strobe 37.

  Here, similarly to the direct light strobe 34, the reflected light strobe 37 is provided with a strobe ball 37a and a reflector 37b as shown in the perspective view seen from the lower rear side of FIG. It is comprised so that it may concentrate on a back direction (illustration left direction). The strobe sphere 37a side, which is the back side of the reflected light strobe 37, opens only the bottom surface (the lower side in the drawing), the left side surface (the front side in the drawing) is the shielding plate 81, and the right side surface (the back side in the drawing). In the shielding plate 83, the upper surface (upper side in the drawing) is surrounded by a shielding plate 82, and the rear surface (right side in the drawing) is surrounded by a diffusion plate 84 in a box shape. Thereby, only the light diffused by the diffusing plate 84 and the light from the bottom surface, which is an open surface, are used as the flash of the strobe sphere 37a. In particular, the upper surface, which is the surface closest to the user's face, is shielded by the shielding plate 82, so that the flash light applied to the user is adjusted not to become too strong.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a total of eight diffusion plates 15 and 16 are arranged in two upper and lower stages on the front surface of the lower illumination box 13. Among these, the center three double diffuser plates 16 on the upper side are formed in a double structure as described above. In the lower illumination box 13, five single diffusion plates 15 are disposed on the left side of the double diffusion plate 16 and on the lower portion of the double diffusion plate 16.

  FIG. 8 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1, and FIG. 9 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of the photographing unit of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1.

  The photo sticker creating apparatus 1 is connected to a bus 121, and includes a control unit 131, a control information storage unit 132, an image data holding unit 133, a play information storage unit 134, a user information storage unit 135, a coin unit 141 for photographing unit, An imaging unit 142, a background unit 143, an editing unit 144, a printing unit 146, a communication unit 147, and a drive 148 are provided.

The control unit 131 includes a game management unit 151, a coin processing unit 152, a photographing processing unit 153, a movement guide processing unit 154, an editing processing unit 155, a print processing unit 156, a post-service service processing unit 157, and a timing unit 158. Yes.
The game management unit 151 is a part that manages games, and controls lighting, shooting, and editing.
The coin processing unit 152 is a part that processes coins inserted into the coin insertion slot, and grasps the amount of money inserted.
The photographing processing unit 153 is a part that performs photographing, and controls photographing by the digital camera 18.
The movement guidance processing unit 154 performs a process of guiding the edit location to be moved by the user by display on the liquid crystal panel 21 or by voice.
The editing processing unit 155 performs processing that allows image editing by display on the liquid crystal panel and touch input with the operation pen.
The print processing unit 156 performs a process of discharging the photo sticker sheet completed by printing an image on the sticker paper from the photo sticker discharge port.
The post-service customer processing unit 157 executes post-service customer service such as mini-games and image information transmission.
The time measuring unit 158 measures the passage of the time limit allowed for input in a scene that the user inputs in shooting or editing.

The control information storage unit 132 stores control information related to various controls of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1.
The image data holding unit 133 holds image data such as a captured image and an edited image.
The play information storage unit 134 stores information to be selected by the user such as information during play, such as a course, a picture, and the number of output sheets.
The user information storage unit 135 stores information about users.

The coin unit 141 for the imaging unit is a part that processes coins inserted from the coin insertion slot 22, and grasps the amount of money to be inserted.
The photographing unit 142 performs illumination with the strobes 33, 34, 35, 36, and 37 and photographing with the digital camera 18.
For example, when a plurality of background members 8 each composed of a roll curtain with a lifting function are provided, the background unit 143 performs control such as lowering the roll curtain used as the background and winding up the other roll curtains.

The editing unit 144 displays a captured image, an editing tool image, and the like on a display device such as a liquid crystal display, acquires input information touched by the user with a touch panel provided on the display device, and captures the captured image. Allow user editing for.
The printing unit 146 includes an appropriate color printer, and prints a print image in which an edited image is arranged in an appropriate layout on a sticker sheet to create a photo sticker sheet.

The communication unit 147 transmits image information to another device such as a mobile phone via a network 161 such as the Internet.
The drive 148 reads / writes information such as images from / to a removable medium 162 such as a flexible disk.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the photographing unit 142 is connected to a bus 121 and includes an audio output control unit 171, an illumination control unit 172, a camera control unit 173, a digital camera 18, a display control unit 174, and a touch panel control unit 178. An audio output unit 37, strobes 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, a display 19, a liquid crystal panel 21, a VRAM 175, and a touch panel 177 are provided.

The audio output control unit 171 controls the audio output from the audio output unit 37.
The illumination control unit 172 controls the timing and intensity of flash irradiation by the strobes 33, 34, 35, 36, and 37. When emitting this flash, the illumination control unit 172 sets each of the strobes 33, 34, 35, 36, and 37 that can set the irradiation intensity in a plurality of steps (for example, 15 steps) according to the course selected by the user and the shooting setting. Various illumination effects are produced by varying the irradiation intensity. For example, when a user (customer) selects content (course and shooting settings) that the sun shines from the right, a setting signal is transmitted so that the irradiation intensity of the flashes 33 and 37 (see FIG. 3) on the right side is increased. adjust.

The camera control unit 173 controls the operation of the digital camera 18.
The display control unit 174 controls display on the display 19 and the liquid crystal panel 21.

The VRAM 175 stores the image information received from the display control unit 174 and transmits the stored image information to the display control unit 174 as necessary.
The display control unit 174 controls display based on images such as captured images and edited images.
The touch panel 177 transmits input information touched by the user to the touch panel control unit 178.
The touch panel control unit 178 controls the display control unit 174.

  With the above configuration, the illumination intensity of each of the strobes 33, 34, 35, 36, and 37 can be set in multiple stages to obtain various illumination effects, and photographed images that obtain this illumination effect can be acquired. . The photographed image can be edited, and the edited image can be arranged in a layout and printed on a sticker sheet to provide a photographic sticker sheet.

FIG. 10 shows a flowchart of the overall operation executed by the control unit 131 of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1.
The control unit 131 performs shooting settings in the shooting setting process (step S1), and each strobe of the upper left lighting box 11A, the central upper lighting box 11B, the upper right lighting box 11C, the central lighting box 12, and the lower lighting box 13 is set. Irradiation by 33, 34, 35, 36, and 37 is executed in accordance with the set shooting mode, and a shooting process for shooting with the digital camera 18 is executed together with this irradiation (step S2).

  Then, the control unit 131 guides the user to one of the two editing spaces by the movement guidance process (step S3), and executes an editing process that allows editing to the captured image acquired by the imaging process (step S4). ) A printing process for printing a plurality of editing images on a sticker sheet and a post-service process are performed (step S5), the completed photo sticker sheet is discharged (step S6), and the process ends.

With the above operation, the user takes a photograph with illumination to obtain a photographed image, edits the photographed image to create an edited image, prints the edited image on a sticker sheet, and removes the photograph sticker sheet. Can be acquired.
As described above in detail, the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 according to this embodiment can photograph a subject beautifully by the configuration of the upper illumination box 11, the central illumination box 12, and the lower illumination box 13, and particularly approaches the digital camera 18. The user's face can be photographed neatly with good lighting.

  More specifically, as shown in the enlarged cross-sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. 4 (FIG. 2), the flash light irradiated from the direct light strobe 34 as indicated by the arrow is partially diffused by the diffuser plate of the partial transmission body 60. By 61 and the slit hole 63, it irradiates vertically with a partly strong light, the remaining part is reflected several times, and it irradiates with a soft light. The intense light and the soft light are diffused by the diffusing plates 15 and 16 so that the user who takes a close-up picture near the center of the photographing space 9 close to the digital camera 18 can be clearly illuminated.

  The light that has passed through the slit hole 63 becomes light with a substantially uniform light amount distribution by the diffusion plate 61, and can irradiate with emphasis on the nasal muscle portion of the user who is shooting up near the center of the imaging space 9 near the digital camera 18. A beautiful photographed image with a three-dimensional effect on the face can be obtained. If the flashlight is reflected by the entire partial transmission body 60 without providing the slit hole 63, the face of the user approaching the digital camera 18 can be prevented from being reflected due to excessive light, but appears dark. On the other hand, by providing the slit hole 63, it is possible to clearly irradiate the nose muscles with the light transmitted through the slit hole 63 so that the light reaches the user's face. In addition, the effect of making the entire face look thin can be obtained by clearly capturing the nose.

  Moreover, light other than the light transmitted through the slit hole 63 among the light irradiated from the central upper illumination box 11B is reflected light that has been reflected a plurality of times within the central upper illumination box 11B, and thus is utilized from the strobe sphere 34a. The space passing distance to reach the person's face becomes longer, and the user can be irradiated softly. Therefore, the user's face approaching the digital camera 18 can be appropriately brightly illuminated. The space passing distance refers to the distance traveled by the flash light emitted from the strobe ball 34a while being reflected in the central upper illumination box 11B from the strobe ball 34a as the starting point to the user's face as the arrival point. .

  Further, since the upper left lighting box 11A, the central upper lighting box 11B, and the upper right lighting box 11C are configured to be separated in the width direction by the partition plate 40, the lighting / non-lighting and lighting of the upper lighting boxes 11A to 11C are performed. By changing the intensity, it is possible to effectively perform the effect performed by changing the way the light strikes.

  Further, the diffused light obtained by diffusing the flashlight from the direct light strobe 34 with the single diffusion plate 15 is less diffused than the diffusion with the double diffusion plate 16, so that the whole body is photographed behind the photographing space 9 far from the digital camera 18. The user can be sufficiently illuminated.

  The flash light emitted from the reflected light strobes 33 and 37 is reflected by the ceiling plate 41, the back plate 43, the bottom partition plate 49, etc., and is diffused by the single diffuser plate 15 or the double diffuser plate 16 to illuminate the subject. Also in this case, the diffused light diffused by the double diffuser plate 16 is diffused more widely than the single diffuser plate 15.

  As described above, in the photo sticker creation apparatus in which it is desired that the occupation area of the apparatus be as small as possible by the photo sticker creation apparatus 1 of this embodiment and it is desired to be able to shoot with a simple operation, It is possible to obtain a beautiful photographed image that is not inferior to a photography-dedicated studio that can be photographed while appropriately adjusting the size and number of images in a wide space.

In correspondence between the configuration of the present invention and the above-described embodiment,
The photo editing / editing apparatus of the present invention corresponds to the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 of the embodiment,
Similarly,
The illumination means corresponds to the central upper illumination box 11B,
The first diffuser corresponds to the single diffuser plate 15 and the double diffuser plate 16,
The photographing means corresponds to the digital camera 18,
The strobe light emitter corresponds to the strobe ball 34a,
The second diffuser corresponds to the diffusion plate 61,
The transmission preventing portion corresponds to the shielding plate 62,
The transmission permissible portion corresponds to the slit hole 63,
The editing means corresponds to the editing unit 144,
The output means corresponds to the printing unit 146,
The present invention is not limited only to the configuration of the above-described embodiment, and many embodiments can be obtained.

The external appearance perspective view of a photograph sticker creation apparatus. The front view of an imaging | photography housing | casing. FIG. AA arrow expanded sectional view. BB arrow expanded sectional view. The perspective view which looked at the reflected light strobe of an upper illumination box from the back upper surface. The perspective view which looked at the reflected light strobe of a downward illumination box from the back lower side. The block diagram which shows the structure of a photograph sticker production apparatus. The block diagram which shows the structure of the imaging | photography part of a photograph sticker production apparatus. The flowchart of the whole operation | movement which the control part of a photograph sticker production apparatus performs.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Photo sticker production apparatus 9 ... Shooting space 11B ... Center upper illumination box 15 ... Single diffuser plate 16 ... Double diffuser plate 18 ... Digital camera 34a ... Strobe ball 60 ... Partially transmitted body 61 ... Diffuser plate 62 ... Shield plate 63 ... Slit hole 144 ... Editing unit 146 ... Printing unit

Claims (6)

Illuminate one or more subjects in the shooting space with illumination means,
The subject illuminated by the illumination means is photographed by the photographing means to create a photographed image,
Allowing the edited image to be edited by the editing means,
A photography editing method for outputting the photographed image or / and the edited image by an output means,
The illumination means includes
A strobe that emits a flash;
A first diffuser that is provided on the photographing space side from the strobe light emitter and diffuses the flash;
A partial transmission member disposed between the first diffuser and the strobe light emitter,
A second diffuser that diffuses light having a larger area than the range in which the partial transmission body allows permeation of flashlight is disposed on the strobe light emitter side of the partial transmission body ,
The flash light of the strobe illuminant is diffused by the second diffuser before allowing transmission through the partial transmissive body, and the partial transmissive material allows transmission of a part of flash light emitted from the strobe luminescent material. A photo editing method that allows the first diffuser to reach the first diffuser and does not transmit the remaining part. The partial transmission body is formed of a permeation prevention portion and a vertically long permeation permission portion disposed in the center of the permeation prevention portion,
The photography editing method according to claim 1, wherein the flash of the strobe light emitter is prevented from being transmitted by the transmission preventing unit and is allowed to be transmitted by the transmission allowing unit. The partial transmission body is smaller than the front size of the first diffuser, and is formed to have a size that prevents direct light from the strobe light emitter from reaching the first diffuser from the periphery of the partial transmission body. And
3. The photography and editing method according to claim 1, wherein a flash light other than the flash light that is allowed to be transmitted by the partial transmission body is prevented from reaching the first diffuser in a straight line from the strobe light emitter. Illumination means for illuminating one or more subjects in the shooting space;
Photographing means for photographing a subject illuminated by the illumination means to create a photographed image;
Editing means for editing the captured image to create an edited image;
A photography editing apparatus comprising output means for outputting the photographed image or / and the edited image,
The illumination means;
A strobe that emits a flash;
A first diffuser that is provided on the photographing space side from the strobe light emitter and diffuses the flash;
Arranged between the strobe light emitter and the first diffuser, a portion of the flash light emitted from the strobe light emitter is allowed to pass and reach the first diffuser, and the remaining portion is transmitted. A partially transparent body that is not allowed ,
A photo-editing / editing apparatus comprising a second diffuser for diffusing light having an area larger than a range in which the partial transmitter allows permeation of flash light on the strobe light emitter side of the partial transmitter . 5. The photographic editing according to claim 4 , wherein the partial transmission body is formed of a transmission preventing portion for preventing transmission of the flash light, and a vertically long transmission permission portion for allowing transmission of the flash light at substantially the center of the transmission prevention portion. apparatus. The partial transmission body is formed to a size smaller than the front size of the first diffuser and to prevent direct light from the strobe light emitter from reaching the first diffuser from the periphery of the partial transmission body. The photography editing apparatus according to claim 4 or 5 .

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