JP4919131B1 - Image providing apparatus and method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

An image having higher satisfaction for a user is provided.
A use selection control unit accepts a selection by a user of a use of a post-transmission use image used on a mobile terminal by a user after transmission to the mobile terminal, and a composition image selection control unit The composition image to be synthesized with the photographed image, the selection of the composition image according to the use selected by the user is accepted by the user, and the photographed image acquisition unit photographs the user as a subject and photographs it The composite image processing unit obtains an image, and combines the captured image with the composite image selected by the user, thereby obtaining a post-mobile-use transmitted image separately from the captured image. The present invention can be applied to, for example, a photo sticker creating apparatus.
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Description

  The present invention relates to an image providing apparatus and method, and a program, and more particularly, to an image providing apparatus and method, and a program capable of providing an image with a higher degree of satisfaction for a user.

  There is known a photo sticker that takes a picture of a user, causes the user to edit the shot image, and prints and provides the edited image on sticker paper. Such a photo sticker is installed in an entertainment facility.

  The flow of one game provided by the photo-seal machine usually shoots a user in the shooting space as a subject, moves the user to the editing space, edits the image according to operations performed in the editing space, The edited image, which is the edited image, is printed on a sticker sheet and discharged.

  In recent years, after the editing work, during the waiting time until the edited image is printed on the sticker paper, the photographed image or the edited image to be printed on the sticker paper is transmitted from the photo sticker to the server. By accessing the server from a mobile terminal owned by the user and acquiring the stored image, the user can use the image printed on the sticker paper with the mobile terminal. Yes.

  For example, there is a photo sticker that allows a user to create a decorative image used for decorating a mail transmitted / received between portable terminals in the after-sales service (see, for example, Patent Document 1). In this photo sticker, a photographed image taken with a user as a subject can be used to create a decoration image.

  In addition, there is a photo sticker that trims a photographed image or edited image obtained from a photo sticker so as to be suitable for display on a mobile terminal or combines the arrangement (for example, (See Patent Documents 2 and 3).

  Furthermore, there is a photographic sticker that obtains a composite image obtained by synthesizing a whole body image of a subject and an enlarged face image obtained by trimming and enlarging the subject's face by one shooting (see, for example, Patent Document 4). .

JP 2007-228439 A JP 2010-154452 A JP 2010-154453 A JP 2010-258774 A

  According to the above-described photo stickers of Patent Documents 1 to 3, it is possible to edit an image transmitted to a mobile terminal into a form suitable for the mobile terminal. However, since the user is not aware that the obtained image is transmitted to the mobile terminal at the time of shooting, the image that is finally transmitted to the mobile terminal may not be satisfactory to the user. was there.

  Moreover, although the composite image obtained by the photo sticker of Patent Document 4 is suitable for printing on sticker paper, it has not been considered to be transmitted to a portable terminal.

  The present invention has been made in view of such a situation, and makes it possible to provide an image with higher satisfaction for the user.

An image providing apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention photographs a user as a subject, causes the user to perform editing input on the obtained captured image, prints the captured image on a predetermined sticker sheet, and An image providing apparatus that transmits a captured image to a mobile terminal connected via a communication network, wherein after the transmission to the mobile terminal, the user uses the post-mobile transmission image used on the mobile terminal by the user Usage selection means for accepting selection by the user, and a captured image captured by the camera that captures the user is displayed on the display unit in real time as a moving image, and the moving image displayed on the display unit Live view display control means for controlling the display unit so as to synthesize and display the composition image corresponding to the application selected by the user on the image , The captured image obtained as a still image by the camera, by combining the combined images in accordance with the application selected by the user, and the captured image before the synthesis image is synthesized the together synthesis image is obtained and the rear cellular transmission utilizing image synthesized in the captured image, and a synthesizing means for displaying the captured image and the rear mobile transmission use image on the display unit, the application , A first application for transmitting the mobile post-transmission use image transmitted to the mobile terminal to the other person as a greeting card for the other person, after the mobile transmission transmitted to the mobile terminal A second use intended to use a use image as a decoration image attached to text data exchanged via the communication network; The rear mobile transmission use images, either of the third application which aims to save as a recording image for recording clothing of the user at the time of shooting.

  The image providing apparatus is further provided with an editing unit that allows a user to perform an editing input on the captured image, and the content of the editing input performed on the captured image by the editing unit is included in the captured image. It can also be reflected in the corresponding post-mobile-use use image.

  The image providing apparatus includes a printing unit that prints a selected image of the captured image that has undergone editing input and the use image after mobile transmission on the sticker paper, and the captured image and the post-mobile transmission. A determining unit that further selects a selected image among the used images as a portable transmission image to be transmitted to the portable terminal can be further provided.

  The image providing apparatus includes a printing unit that prints only the captured image on which the edit input has been performed on the sticker sheet, and a determination that only the use image after portable transmission is an image for portable transmission transmitted to the portable terminal. Means can be further provided.

An image providing method according to an aspect of the present invention shoots a user as a subject, causes the user to perform editing input on the obtained captured image, prints the captured image on a predetermined sticker sheet, and An image providing method of an image providing apparatus for transmitting a captured image to a mobile terminal connected via a communication network, the mobile transmission being used on the mobile terminal by the user after transmission to the mobile terminal The use selection step of accepting selection by the user of the use of the post-use image, and the captured image captured by the camera that captures the user is displayed on the display unit in real time as a moving image, and displayed on the display unit A live image that controls the display unit to display the synthesized image corresponding to the application selected by the user on the moving image that has been selected. And-menu display control step, the captured image obtained as a still image by the camera, by combining the combined images in accordance with the application selected by the user, the composite image is synthesized Obtaining the previous captured image and the post-mobile-use use image obtained by combining the composite image with the captured image, and displaying the captured image and the post-mobile-use use image on the display unit ; The use includes a first use for transmitting the use image after portable transmission transmitted to the portable terminal as a greeting card to the other person, and transmitting the portable image to the portable terminal. An object of the present invention is to use the post-mobile-use transmitted image as a decoration image attached to text data exchanged via the communication network. Any of the second use and the third use aiming to save the use image after portable transmission transmitted to the portable terminal as a recording image for recording the clothes of the user at the time of photographing. It is .

The program according to one aspect of the present invention shoots a user as a subject, causes the user to perform editing input on the obtained captured image, prints the captured image on a predetermined sticker sheet, and Is a program that causes a computer to execute a process of transmitting a message to a portable terminal connected via a communication network, and is used after the portable transmission that is used on the portable terminal by the user after the transmission to the portable terminal. The use selection step of accepting selection by the user of the use of the image, and the captured image captured by the camera that captures the user is displayed as a moving image on the display unit in real time and displayed on the display unit The display unit is controlled so as to synthesize and display the composition image corresponding to the application selected by the user on the moving image. And live view display control step, the captured image obtained as a still image by the camera, by combining the combined images in accordance with the application selected by the user, the image for the Synthesis of The captured image before being performed and the use image after portable transmission obtained by combining the composite image with the photographed image and the combined image for displaying the captured image and the use image after portable transmission on the display unit And the use of the post-mobile-use transmitted image transmitted to the portable terminal as a greeting card for the other person. Use of the post-portable transmission image transmitted to the mobile terminal is attached to text data exchanged via the communication network A second use intended to be used as a decorative image, and storing the use image after portable transmission transmitted to the portable terminal as a recording image for recording the clothes of the user at the time of photographing It is one of the third uses for the purpose .

In the present invention, after transmission to a mobile terminal, a user selects a use image for use after mobile transmission used on the mobile terminal, and the composite image is combined with a captured image. Then, the user selects a composition image corresponding to the application selected by the user, and the captured image is displayed as a moving image in real time on the display unit, and the moving image displayed on the display unit is displayed. The display unit is controlled to synthesize and display an image for compositing according to the application selected by the user, and the captured image obtained as a still image by the camera corresponds to the application selected by the user . by combining the synthesis image, the previous captured image synthesizing images are synthesized, the synthetic image together with the portable transmission after use image synthesized is obtained in the captured image, captured images and mobile The post-transmission use image is displayed on the display unit, and the usage is a first use for the purpose of transmitting the post-transmission use image transmitted to the portable terminal to the other person as a greeting card for the other person. Second use for the purpose of using the use image after mobile transmission sent to the terminal as a decoration image attached to the text data exchanged via the communication network, use after mobile transmission sent to the mobile terminal This is one of the third uses for the purpose of saving the image as a recording image for recording the clothes of the user at the time of shooting .

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide an image with higher satisfaction for the user.

It is a perspective view which shows the structural example of the external appearance of a photograph sticker production apparatus. It is the perspective view which looked at the external appearance of the photograph sticker production apparatus from another angle. It is a figure explaining a user's movement. It is a figure which shows the structural example of an imaging | photography part. It is a figure which shows the structural example of a background part. It is a figure which shows the structural example of an edit part. It is a figure which shows the structural example of a customer service part after the fact. It is a block diagram which shows the example of an internal structure of a photograph sticker production apparatus. It is a functional block diagram which shows the detailed structural example of a control part. It is a functional block diagram which shows the detailed structural example of an imaging | photography process part. It is a functional block diagram which shows the detailed structural example of an edit process part. It is a flowchart explaining the process which provides a photograph sticker creation game. It is a flowchart explaining an imaging | photography process. It is a flowchart explaining an imaging | photography process. It is a flowchart explaining an imaging | photography process. It is a figure which shows the example of a normal background image selection screen. It is a figure which shows the example of the guidance screen of imaging | photography of the utilization image after carrying transmission. It is a figure which shows the example of the image selection screen for a synthesis | combination for the utilization images after carrying transmission. It is a figure which shows the example of the live view display screen of the utilization image after carrying transmission. It is a figure which shows the example of the imaging | photography result of the utilization image after carrying transmission. It is a figure which shows the example of the brightness selection screen using the picked-up image on which the user himself was imaged. It is a figure which shows the example of the eye size selection screen using the picked-up image on which the user himself was copied. It is a figure which shows the example of the image selection screen for a synthesis | combination for the utilization images after carrying transmission. It is a figure which shows the example of the live view display screen of the utilization image after carrying transmission. It is a figure which shows the example of the image selection screen for a synthesis | combination for the utilization images after carrying transmission. It is a figure which shows the example of the live view display screen of the utilization image after carrying transmission. It is a figure which shows the example of the imaging | photography result of the utilization image after carrying transmission. It is a figure which shows the example of the live view display screen of the utilization image after carrying transmission. It is a figure which shows the example of the imaging | photography result of the utilization image after carrying transmission. It is a flowchart explaining an edit process. It is a figure which shows the example of an edit screen. It is a figure which shows the example of an edit screen. It is a figure which shows the example of an edit screen. It is a figure which shows the example of the palette for edit. It is a figure which shows the example of the palette for edit. It is a figure which shows the example of the palette for edit. It is a figure which shows the example of the palette for edit. It is a figure which shows the example of the palette for edit. It is a figure which shows the example of the palette for edit. It is a figure which shows the example of the palette for edit. It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the information management system containing a photograph sticker production apparatus. It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of a management server. It is a block diagram which shows the function structural example of a management server. It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of a portable terminal. It is a flowchart explaining a series of processes of the information management system of FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of a structure of the image management information managed by the management server. It is a figure which shows the example of the screen display of a portable terminal. It is a figure which shows the example of the screen display of a portable terminal. It is a figure which shows the example of the screen display of a portable terminal. It is a figure which shows the example of the screen display of a portable terminal. It is a figure which shows the example of the screen display of a portable terminal. It is a figure which shows the example of the screen display of a portable terminal. It is a figure which shows the example of the screen display of a portable terminal. It is a figure which shows the example of the screen display of a portable terminal. It is a figure which shows the example of the screen display of a portable terminal. It is a figure which shows the example of the screen display of a portable terminal. It is a figure which shows the example of the screen display of a portable terminal. It is a figure which shows the example of the screen display of a portable terminal. It is a figure which shows the example of the screen display of a portable terminal. It is a figure which shows the example of the screen display of a portable terminal. It is a figure which shows the example of the screen display of a portable terminal.

  Hereinafter, specific embodiments to which the present invention is applied will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

<Configuration and operation of photo sticker creation device>
[External structure of photo sticker creation device]
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a configuration example of the appearance of a photo sticker creating apparatus 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  The photo sticker creating apparatus 1 is a game machine that allows a user to perform operations such as shooting and editing as a game and receives a price from the user instead of providing a shot image or an edited image. The photo sticker creating apparatus 1 is installed in a store such as a game center. There may be one user or a plurality of users.

  A user who plays in the game provided by the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 pays the price, takes a picture of himself as a subject, and selects an image to be edited selected from the shot images obtained by shooting. Editing is performed using an editing function for synthesizing handwritten line drawings and stamp images, thereby making the photographed image rich and colorful. The user receives the sticker sheet on which the edited image is printed and ends the series of games.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 mainly includes a photographing unit 11, an editing unit 12, and a subsequent customer service unit 13. The photographing unit 11 and the editing unit 12 are installed in contact with each other, and the editing unit 12 and the subsequent customer service unit 13 are installed in contact with each other.

  The photographing unit 11 includes a photographing unit 21 and a background unit 22. The photographing unit 21 and the background unit 22 are installed with a predetermined distance apart, and photographing processing is performed in a photographing space that is a space formed between the photographing unit 21 and the background unit 22.

  The photographing unit 21 is a device that allows a user to perform photographing processing. The photographing unit 21 enters the photographing space and is located in front of the user who is performing the photographing process. The front panel 41 of the photographing unit 21 that constitutes a surface in which the photographing space is desired in front is provided with a touch panel monitor used by the user during photographing processing. When the left side is the left side and the right side is the right side as viewed from the user in the imaging space, the left side of the imaging unit 21 is configured by the side panel 42A, and the right side is configured by the side panel 42B.

  The background unit 22 is attached to the left end of the rear panel 51 and the rear panel 51, which are plate-like members positioned on the rear side of the user who is performing the photographing process facing the front, and is a plate having a narrower width than the side panel 42A A side panel 52A that is a plate-like member and a side panel 52B (FIG. 2) that is a plate-like member that is attached to the right end of the rear panel 51 and has a narrower width than the side panel 42B.

  The side panel 42A constituting the left side surface of the photographing unit 21 and the side panel 52A of the background unit 22 are provided on substantially the same plane, and their upper portions are connected by a connecting part 23A that is a plate-like member. Further, the side panel 42B constituting the right side surface of the photographing unit 21 and the side panel 52B of the background portion 22 are provided on substantially the same plane, and their upper portions are connected by a connecting portion 23B which is a plate-like member.

  An opening formed by being surrounded by the side panel 42 </ b> A of the photographing unit 21, the connecting part 23 </ b> A, and the side panel 52 </ b> A of the background part 22 becomes an entrance G <b> 1 of the photographing space. An opening formed by being surrounded by the side panel 42B of the imaging unit 21, the connecting unit 23B, and the side panel 52B of the background unit 22 is also an entrance G2 of the imaging space.

The background curtain unit 25 is provided above the background portion 22 so as to be supported by the back panel 51, the side panel 52A, and the side panel 52B. The background curtain unit 25 stores a plurality of roll-up type background curtains having different colors or patterns and used for the background. The background curtain unit 25 operates in conjunction with photographing by a camera or the like provided in the photographing unit 21. At the time of photographing, for example, the curtain of the color selected by the user is lowered and the other curtains are wound up.

  In addition, as a background curtain accommodated in the background curtain unit 25, you may prepare the raising / lowering curtain which uses several curtains as one curtain for curtains. In addition, a black curtain is pasted on the rear panel 51 which is the back of the shooting space, and a plurality of background images for synthesis are prepared. In an editing process described later, a background image desired by the user is displayed on the curtain portion. It may be possible to synthesize.

  An opening surrounded by the front panel 41 of the photographing unit 21, the connecting part 23A, the connecting part 23B, and the background curtain unit 25 is formed above the photographing space, and the ceiling strobe unit 24 covers the part of the opening. Provided. One end of the ceiling strobe unit 24 is fixed to the connecting portion 23A, and the other end is fixed to the connecting portion 23B. The ceiling strobe unit 24 has a built-in strobe that emits light toward the photographing space in accordance with photographing. A fluorescent lamp is provided inside the strobe constituting the ceiling strobe unit 24, and also functions as illumination of the photographing space.

  The editing unit 12 is a device that allows a user to perform editing processing, which is processing for editing an image obtained by shooting processing. The editing unit 12 is provided so as to be connected to the photographing unit 11 so that one side surface thereof is in contact with the back surface of the front panel 41 of the photographing unit 21. The editing unit 12 is provided with a configuration such as a tablet built-in monitor used by the user during editing processing.

  If the configuration of the editing unit 12 shown in FIG. 1 is a front-side configuration, the editing unit 12 is used for editing processing on the front side and the back side so that two sets of users can perform editing processing simultaneously. Each configuration is provided.

  The front side of the editing unit 12 is a surface perpendicular to the floor surface, and is composed of a surface 71 that is substantially parallel to the side panel 42A, and a slope 72 formed above the surface 71. The configuration used is provided on the slope 72. On the left side of the slope 72, a support portion 73A that has a columnar shape and supports one end of the lighting device 74 is provided. A support portion 75 that supports the curtain rail 26 is provided on the upper surface of the support portion 73A. A support portion 73 </ b> B (FIG. 2) that supports the other end of the lighting device 74 is also provided on the right side of the slope 72.

  A curtain rail 26 is attached above the editing unit 12. The curtain rail 26 is configured by combining three rails 26A to 26C so that the shape when viewed from above is a U-shape. One end of the rails 26A and 26B provided in parallel is fixed to the connecting portion 23A and the connecting portion 23B, respectively, and both ends of the remaining one rail 26C are joined to the other end.

  A curtain is attached to the curtain rail 26 so that the inside of the space in front of the editing unit 12 and the space in front of the back cannot be seen from the outside. The space in front of the editing unit 12 and the space in front of the back of the editing unit 12 surrounded by the curtain attached to the curtain rail 26 are editing spaces in which the user performs editing processing.

  FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 as seen from another angle.

  The subsequent customer service unit 13 is a device that allows the user to perform the subsequent customer service process. Subsequent customer service processing includes processing for transmitting a photographed image or edited image to a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone, processing for allowing a user to play a mini game, processing for answering a questionnaire, and the like.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the post-service customer unit 13 has a plate-like housing having a predetermined thickness, and is connected to the editing unit 12 so that the back surface thereof is in contact with the left side surface of the editing unit 12. Provided. On the front side of the post-service unit 13, there are provided a tablet built-in monitor used by the user at the time of post-service processing, a discharge port through which sticker paper on which a photographed image or an edited image is printed is discharged. The space in front of the front-end customer service unit 13 becomes a rear-end customer service space where a user waiting for printing on the sticker paper to perform post-service processing.

  Here, the flow of the photo sticker creation game and the accompanying movement of the user will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a plan view of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 as viewed from above.

  The user of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 is formed between the photographing part 21 and the background part 22 from the entrance G1 as indicated by the white arrow # 1 or from the entrance G2 as indicated by the white arrow # 2. The photographing space A1 is entered, and photographing processing is performed using a camera or a touch panel monitor provided in the photographing unit 21.

  The user who has finished the shooting process exits the shooting space A1 and moves to the editing space A2-1 using the doorway G1 as indicated by the white arrow # 3, or moves to the editing space A2-1 as indicated by the white arrow # 4. To leave the shooting space A1 and move to the editing space A2-2.

  The editing space A2-1 is an editing space on the front side of the editing unit 12, and the editing space A2-2 is an editing space on the back side of the editing unit 12. Which of the editing space A2-1 and the editing space A2-2 is moved is guided by the screen display of the touch panel monitor of the photographing unit 21 or the like. For example, the empty space of the two editing spaces is guided as the destination. The user who has moved to the editing space A2-1 or the editing space A2-2 starts editing processing. The user of the editing space A2-1 and the user of the editing space A2-2 can perform editing processing at the same time.

  After the editing process is finished, printing of an image selected from the photographed image and the edited image is started. During printing of the image, the user who has finished the editing process moves from the editing space A2-1 to the subsequent customer service space A3 as indicated by the white arrow # 5 if the editing process has been performed in the editing space A2-1. Then, the customer service is processed after the fact. In addition, when the editing process is completed in the editing space A2-2, the user who has finished the editing process moves from the editing space A2-2 to the post-service area A3 as indicated by the white arrow # 6. Post service processing is performed in the customer service space A3.

  When the printing of the image is finished, the user receives the sticker paper from the outlet provided in the post-service section 13 and finishes a series of photo sticker creation games.

[Configuration of each device]
Next, the configuration of each device will be described.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the front of the photographing unit 21. The photographing unit 21 is configured by attaching a front panel 41, a side panel 42A, and a side panel 42B to a base unit 43 having a box shape.

  The front panel 41 is positioned in front of the user who performs the shooting process in the shooting space A1, and the side panel 42A and the side panel 42B are positioned on the left side and the right side of the user who performs the shooting process in the shooting space A1, respectively. The connecting portion 23A is fixed above the side panel 42A, and the connecting portion 23B is fixed above the side panel 42B.

  An imaging / display unit 81 is provided in the approximate center of the front panel 41. The photographing / display unit 81 includes a camera 91, a front strobe 92, and a touch panel monitor 93.

  The camera 91 is configured by an image sensor such as a CCD (Charge Coupled Device), and photographs a user in the photographing space A1. The moving image captured by the camera 91 is displayed on the touch panel monitor 93 in real time. An image captured by the camera 91 at a predetermined timing such as when a user gives an instruction to shoot is saved as a photographic image (still image).

  The front strobe 92 provided with a light emitting surface so as to surround the camera 91 emits light in accordance with the photographing by the camera 91 like other strobes, and irradiates the vicinity of the user's face as a subject from the front.

  A touch panel monitor 93 provided on the lower side of the camera 91 includes a monitor such as an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) and a touch panel laminated thereon. The touch panel monitor 93 has a function as a live view monitor that displays a moving image captured by the camera 91 and a function that displays various GUI (Graphical User Interface) images and accepts a user's selection operation through the touch panel. ing. On the touch panel monitor 93, a moving image after an image such as a background is appropriately displayed is displayed.

  On the front panel 41, an upper strobe 82 is installed on the upper side with respect to the position of the photographing / display unit 81. A left strobe 83 is installed on the left side and a right strobe 84 is installed on the right side. A lower strobe 85 is provided at a position below the photographing / display unit 81 such that a part of the upper surface of the base portion 43 protrudes.

  The upper strobe 82 irradiates the user from the upper front. The left strobe 83 irradiates the user from the left front, and the right strobe 84 irradiates the user from the right front. The lower strobe 85 irradiates the user from the lower front.

  The base unit 43 is also provided with a foot strobe 86 that irradiates the user's foot. The upper strobe 82, left strobe 83, right strobe 84, lower strobe 85, and foot strobe 86 are provided with fluorescent lamps. Used as illumination in the space A1. As will be described later, the brightness in the shooting space A1 is adjusted by the user by adjusting the light emission amount of each fluorescent lamp or by adjusting the number of fluorescent lamps to emit light. It adjusts suitably according to the contents of.

  On the right side of the foot strobe 86, a coin insertion / return port 87 through which a user inserts money is provided.

Spaces 43A and 43B formed on the left and right sides of the upper surface of the base portion 43 with the lower strobe 85 interposed therebetween are used as a luggage storage place for a user who performs photographing processing to place baggage and the like.
For example, near the ceiling of the front panel 41, a speaker for outputting sound such as guidance sound for shooting processing, BGM (Back Ground Music), and sound effects is also provided.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the background portion 22 on the photographing space A1 side.

  As described above, the background curtain unit 25 is provided above the back panel 51. Near the center of the background curtain unit 25, a back center strobe 101 that irradiates a user who is performing a photographing process in the photographing space A1 from the rear center is attached.

  A rear left strobe 102 that irradiates a user who is performing a photographing process in the photographing space A1 from the left rear is provided above the rear panel 51 and on the doorway G1 side. Further, a rear right strobe 103 that irradiates a user who is performing a photographing process in the photographing space A1 from the right rear is provided above the rear panel 51 and on the entrance / exit G2 side.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the editing unit 12 on the front side (editing space A2-1 side).

  A tablet built-in monitor 131 is provided at substantially the center of the slope 72. A touch pen 132A is provided on the left side of the tablet built-in monitor 131, and a touch pen 132B is provided on the right side.

  The tablet built-in monitor 131 is configured by superimposing a tablet capable of operation input using the touch pen 132A or 132B on a monitor such as an LCD. On the tablet built-in monitor 131, for example, an editing screen that is a screen used for editing a captured image selected as an image to be edited is displayed. When two people perform editing work simultaneously, the touch pen 132A is used by one user, and the touch pen 132B is used by the other user.

  On the left side of the editing unit 12, a post-service unit 13 is provided.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the front side of the post-service unit 13.

  A monitor 161 with a built-in tablet is provided at the upper center of the post-service section 13. A touch pen 162A is provided on the left side of the tablet built-in monitor 161, and a touch pen 162B is provided on the right side. Similarly to the tablet built-in monitor 131, the tablet built-in monitor 161 is configured by superimposing a tablet capable of performing an operation input using the touch pen 162A or 162B on a monitor such as an LCD. On the tablet built-in monitor 161, a screen used for post-service processing such as a mini game is displayed.

  A non-contact type IC reader / writer 163 is provided under the tablet built-in monitor 161, and a sticker paper discharge port 164 is provided under the non-contact type IC reader / writer 163. A speaker 165 is provided below the sticker paper discharge port 164.

  The non-contact type IC reader / writer 163 communicates with a non-contact type IC that is in close proximity, and reads data from the non-contact type IC and writes data to the non-contact type IC.

  In the sticker paper discharge port 164, sticker paper on which an image created by the user of the editing space A2-1 is edited or printed by the user of the editing space A2-2 is edited. The sticker paper on which the created image is printed is discharged. A printer is provided inside the editing unit 12, and printing of images is performed by the printer.

  The speaker 165 outputs sound such as guidance voice, BGM, and sound effects for the post-service processing.

[Internal configuration of photo sticker creation device]
Next, the internal configuration of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 will be described. FIG. 8 is a block diagram illustrating an internal configuration example of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1. The same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the same structure as the structure mentioned above. The overlapping description will be omitted as appropriate.

  The control unit 201 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and the like, executes a program stored in a ROM (Read Only Memory) 206 and a storage unit 202, and controls the overall operation of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1. A storage unit 202, a communication unit 203, a drive 204, a ROM 206, and a RAM (Random Access Memory) 207 are connected to the control unit 201. The control unit 201 is also connected with the components of the photographing unit 208, the editing unit 209, the post-service unit 210, and the printing unit 211.

  The storage unit 202 includes a non-volatile storage medium such as a hard disk or a flash memory, and stores various setting information supplied from the control unit 201. Information stored in the storage unit 202 is appropriately read out by the control unit 201.

  A communication unit 203 is an interface of a network such as the Internet, and communicates with an external device according to control by the control unit 201.

  A removable medium 205 made of an optical disk, a semiconductor memory, or the like is appropriately attached to the drive 204. Computer programs and data read from the removable medium 205 by the drive 204 are supplied to the control unit 201 and stored in the storage unit 202 or installed.

  The ROM 206 stores programs and data executed by the control unit 201. The RAM 207 temporarily stores data and programs processed by the control unit 201.

  The imaging unit 208 includes a coin processing unit 221, a background control unit 222, an illumination control unit 223, a camera 91, a touch panel monitor 93, and a speaker 224 that are configured to perform imaging processing in the imaging space A1.

  The coin processing unit 221 detects the insertion of coins into the coin insertion / return port 87. When the coin processing unit 221 detects that a predetermined amount of coins such as 300 yen has been inserted, the coin processing unit 221 outputs an activation signal indicating that to the control unit 201.

  The background control unit 222 raises and lowers the background curtain stored in the background curtain unit 25 according to the background control signal supplied from the control unit 201. The background curtain may be manually selected by the user.

  The illumination control unit 223 controls the light emission of each strobe in the imaging space A1 according to the illumination control signal supplied from the control unit 201. As described above, in the photographing space A1, in addition to the strobe of the ceiling strobe unit 24, an upper strobe 82, a left strobe 83, a right strobe 84, a lower strobe 85, a foot strobe 86, and a background portion provided in the photographing unit 21 are provided. 22 is provided with a rear center strobe 101, a rear left strobe 102, and a rear right strobe 103. A fluorescent lamp is also provided inside each strobe.

  In addition, the illumination control unit 223 adjusts the light emission amount of the fluorescent lamp provided inside each strobe, or adjusts the number of fluorescent lamps to emit light, thereby performing a shooting process performed by the user. The brightness in the shooting space A1 is adjusted according to the above.

  The camera 91 shoots according to the control by the control unit 201 and outputs an image obtained by the shooting to the control unit 201.

  The editing unit 209A includes a tablet built-in monitor 131, touch pens 132A and 132B, and a speaker 231 provided on the front side of the editing unit 12 as a configuration for performing editing processing in the editing space A2-1. The editing unit 209B has the same configuration as the editing unit 209A, and performs editing processing in the editing space A2-2.

  The tablet built-in monitor 131 displays an editing screen according to control by the control unit 201, and detects a user operation on the editing screen. A signal representing the content of the user's operation is supplied to the control unit 201, and the captured image to be edited is edited.

  The subsequent customer service unit 210 includes a tablet built-in monitor 161, touch pens 162 </ b> A and 162 </ b> B, a non-contact type IC reader / writer 163, and a speaker 165, which are configured to perform subsequent customer service in the subsequent customer service space A <b> 3.

  The printing unit 211 includes a printer 241 and a sticker sheet unit 242 that are configured to perform printing processing. The printer 241 prints the photographed image or the edited image obtained by the editing process on the sticker paper stored in the sticker paper unit 242 attached to the printer 241 and discharges it to the sticker paper discharge port 164. The a posteriori customer service unit 210 and the printing unit 211 shown by being surrounded by a one-dot chain line are configured to perform a process for the user in the a posteriori customer service space A3.

[Configuration of control unit]
Next, the control unit 201 will be described. FIG. 9 shows a configuration example of functional blocks realized by the control unit 201 executing a program stored in the ROM 206 or the like.

  The control unit 201 is a shooting processing unit 302 that performs processing related to the process of shooting of the photo sticker creation game, such as processing related to a charge input when starting the photo sticker creation game and shooting of a user group. An editing processing unit 303 that performs processing related to the editing work process of the photo sticker creation game such as graffiti editing, a printing processing unit 304 that performs processing related to the printing process of the photo sticker creation game such as printing of sticker paper, and editing work. A post-service processing unit 305 is provided for performing processing related to the post-service process of the photo sticker creation game that serves the finished user group.

  That is, the control unit 201 controls processing related to each process of the photo sticker creation game.

[Configuration of shooting processing unit]
FIG. 10 is a functional block diagram illustrating a more detailed configuration example of the imaging processing unit 302 in FIG.

  In the example of FIG. 10, the photographing processing unit 302 includes a progress control unit 311, a photographing preparation processing unit 312, a composition image selection control unit 313, a live view display control unit 314, a photographed image acquisition unit 315, a composite image processing unit 316, A use selection control unit 317, a brightness determination processing unit 318, an eye size determination processing unit 319, and a use information generation unit 320 are configured.

  The progress control unit 311 controls the progress of the photographing work process.

  The shooting preparation processing unit 312 performs processing related to shooting preparation, such as adjustment of reflection and adjustment of brightness.

  The composition image selection control unit 313 displays a composition image including a background, a foreground, and the like on the touch panel monitor 93, and controls processing related to the composition image selection performed by the user.

  The live view display control unit 314 performs processing related to display on the touch panel monitor 93 (live view display).

  The captured image acquisition unit 315 performs processing related to shooting, particularly acquisition of a captured image.

  The composite image processing unit 316 performs processing related to generation of a composite image, such as composite of captured images.

  The use selection control unit 317 performs processing related to selection by the user for use in which the user uses the image on the mobile terminal after the photographed image or the edited image is transmitted to the mobile terminal at the post-service customer. Control.

  The brightness determination processing unit 318 performs processing related to determination of the brightness of the captured image.

  The eye size determination processing unit 319 performs processing related to determination of the eye size of the subject in the captured image.

The usage information generation unit 320 performs processing related to generation of usage information representing the above-described usage. The usage information is information indicating the usage in which the user uses the image on the mobile terminal after the photographed image or the edited image is transmitted to the mobile terminal at the subsequent customer service. The application will be described in detail later, but the image sent to the mobile terminal can be sent to the user's friend via email or a dedicated site instead of the greeting card, and exchanged via a communication network such as the Internet. Used as a decoration image (decoration image) attached to e-mails and blogs to be recorded, the state of the user at the time of shooting, specifically, a recording image for recording the user's clothes (fashion) at the time of shooting And so on.
[Configuration of edit processing section]
FIG. 11 is a functional block diagram illustrating a more detailed configuration example of the editing processing unit 303 in FIG.

  In the example of FIG. 11, the editing processing unit 303 includes a progress control unit 351, an editing preparation processing unit 352, an input reception control unit 353, an editing screen display control unit 354, and a graffiti editing processing unit 355.

  The progress control unit 351 controls the progress of the editing work process.

  The editing preparation processing unit 352 performs processing related to editing preparation, such as selection of an image to be edited.

  The input reception control unit 353 controls the tablet built-in monitor 131 and performs a process of receiving operation input performed by the user for various GUIs displayed on the tablet built-in monitor 131.

  The edit screen display control unit 354 performs processing related to display of an edit screen displayed on the tablet built-in monitor 131 and display of various GUIs on the edit screen.

The graffiti editing processing unit 355 responds to an input operation using the touch pen 132 by the user.
Performs processing related to graffiti editing for the edited image.

[Operation of photo sticker creation device]
Next, processing of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 that provides a photo sticker creating game will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  In step S1, the photographing processing unit 302 of the control unit 201 of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 determines whether or not a predetermined amount of coins has been inserted based on a signal supplied from the coin processing unit 221 and is inserted. Wait until it is determined.

  When it is determined in step S1 that a coin has been inserted, in step S2, the imaging processing unit 302 controls the imaging unit 208 to display a moving image of the subject captured by the camera 91 on the touch panel monitor 93 for live view. A photographing process is performed for photographing a user in the space A1 as a subject. Note that the photographing process will be described later with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS.

  In step S3, the imaging processing unit 302 guides the user in the imaging space A1 to move to the editing space A2-1 or the editing space A2-2. The guidance for movement to the editing space A2-1 or the editing space A2-2 is performed by displaying a screen on the touch panel monitor 93 of the photographing unit 208 or by outputting sound from the speaker 224.

  In step S4, the editing processing unit 303 controls the editing unit 209 corresponding to the editing space of the editing space A2-1 and the editing space A2-2 that is the destination of the user who has finished the shooting process, Edit processing. Specifically, the editing processing unit 303 causes the user to select a synthesis image to be synthesized with the captured image selected as the editing target image, and synthesizes the selected synthesis image with the captured image. The image is edited according to the editing operation by the user. The editing process will be described later with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  In step S5, the editing processing unit 303 guides the user who has finished editing processing in the editing space A2-1 or the editing space A2-2 to move to the post-service space A3. The guidance of the movement to the post-service space A3 is performed by displaying a screen on the tablet built-in monitor 131 or by outputting sound from the speaker 231.

  In step S <b> 6, the print processing unit 304 performs a printing process in which the image selected by the user is output to the printer 241 and printed on a sticker sheet.

  In step S <b> 7, the subsequent customer service processing unit 305 controls the subsequent customer service unit 210 to perform the subsequent customer service processing for the user who is waiting for the completion of printing. Specifically, the post-service processing unit 305 performs mobile post-game processing for transmitting a captured image or an edited image to the mobile terminal as post-service processing, and displays an e-mail address input screen of the mobile terminal or an image to be transmitted. Is displayed on the tablet built-in monitor 161, and an image is transmitted according to the operation by the user.

  When printing is completed, in step S8, the customer service processing unit 305 displays that the printing is completed on the tablet built-in monitor 161, and the printer 241 discharges the sticker paper on which the image is printed to the sticker paper discharge port 164. The process is terminated.

[Example of shooting process]
Next, an example of the flow of the photographing process in step S2 in the series of processes of the photo sticker creation game described above will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS.

  When the photographing process is started, in step S31, the composition image selection control unit 313 prepares a composition image (hereinafter referred to as a normal composition image) that is a foreground or background image that is prepared in advance and is composed on the photographed image. A composite image selection screen (GUI) for selecting (also referred to as) is displayed on the touch panel monitor 93.

  In step S32, the composition image selection control unit 313 receives a predetermined number (for example, five) of normal composition images selected by the user from the normal composition images displayed in step S31.

  FIG. 16 shows an example of a background selection screen as a composition image selection screen displayed on the touch panel monitor 93. The background selection screen of FIG. 16 is composed of tabs 411 to 414 for each of four background image themes “normal”, “pattern”, “aura”, and “whole body”. A background image corresponding to the theme (a background image synthesized with a photographed image with a model as a subject) is displayed. In the example of FIG. 16, 15 background images corresponding to “normal” are displayed. When the user selects a background image, the background image is displayed in the selected background image display area 415.

  Returning to the flowchart of FIG. 13, in step S <b> 33, the live view display control unit 314 synthesizes the normal composition image and the captured image of the camera 91 and displays them on the touch panel monitor 93 (live view display).

  In step S34, the captured image acquisition unit 315 displays a countdown indicator on the touch panel monitor 93 and the like, controls the camera 91 to perform capturing, and obtains a captured image.

  In step S35, the composite image processing unit 316 combines the normal composite image with the photographed image to generate a composite image. Further, in step S36, the composite image processing unit 316 displays the generated composite image on the touch panel monitor 93 or the like, and allows the user to check the composite image (photographing result). In the following, a composite image as a photographing result is also simply referred to as a photographed image.

  In step S37, the progress processing unit 311 determines whether or not the predetermined number of times of shooting has been taken. If the number of shots has not reached the predetermined number of times, the process returns to step S33, and the subsequent processing is performed. Repeated. For example, when shooting for obtaining a shot image to be combined with each of the synthesis images selected on the synthesis image selection screen has been performed and a total of five shootings have been performed, it is determined that the shooting has been performed a predetermined number of times in step S37. Is done.

  If it is determined in step S37 that the image has been shot a predetermined number of times, the process proceeds to step S38.

  In step S <b> 38, the usage selection control unit 317 is an image transmitted to the user's portable terminal by the portable transmission game at the post-service customer, and is a use image after portable transmission used by the user on the portable terminal. A guidance screen for performing guidance on the shooting of “usable pre-image” is displayed on the touch panel monitor 93.

  FIG. 17 shows an example of a “usable pre-image” guidance screen displayed on the touch panel monitor 93. There are three usages of “usable pre-images”: “celebration mail”, “blog deco”, and “corde album”. The guidance screen shown in FIG. Sample images 421 to 423 of “pre-image” are displayed.

  Here, “celebration mail” means that an image transmitted to a mobile terminal is transmitted to a user's friend or the like via an email or a dedicated site instead of a greeting card including a message for the user's friend or the like. This is the intended use. “Blog Deco” is intended to use an image sent to a mobile terminal as a decoration image (deco image) attached to text data (email or blog) exchanged via a communication network (Internet). It is a use. The “corde album” stores the image sent to the mobile terminal as a recording image for recording the user's state at the time of shooting, specifically the user's clothes (fashion) at the time of shooting. It is a purpose intended to do.

  In step S39, the usage selection control unit 317 receives a usage selection by the user from the usages (sample images 421 to 423) of the guidance screen displayed in the process of step S38. Here, the following description will be made assuming that “celebration mail”, that is, the sample image 421 is selected.

  When a use is selected, in step S40, the composition image selection control unit 313 uses a foreground or background image corresponding to the use selected in step S39 for a use image after mobile transmission (a usable pre-image). A composite image selection screen (GUI) for selecting a composite image is displayed on the touch panel monitor 93.

  In step S41, the compositing image selection control unit 313 accepts only one selection of the compositing image by the user from the compositing images displayed in the process of step S40.

  FIG. 18 shows an example of a usable pre-image synthesis image selection screen displayed on the touch panel monitor 93. The composition image selection screen in FIG. 18 includes tabs 431 to 433 for the three uses “celebration mail”, “blog deco”, and “corde album”. In the example of FIG. 18, the guidance of FIG. Six images for “celebration mail” selected on the screen are combined and displayed on the photographed image with the model as the subject. The composition image of “celebration mail” includes a foreground image composed of messages such as “Happy Birthday” and “congratulations” that are composed as the foreground of the subject in the photographed image, and a message image that is composed outside (around) the photographed image. It is an image containing. The message image is an image including a fixed sentence (fixed sentence) related to a message such as “Happy Birthday” or “Congratulations” as the foreground image. Note that the background color of the captured image may be selected by the color palette displayed at the right end of the tab 431, or may be determined according to the selected composition image. When a synthesis image is selected by the user, the synthesis image is displayed in the selection synthesis image display area 434, and the decision button 435 is selected to confirm the synthesis image. Note that when the tab 432 or the tab 433 is selected on the composition selection screen in FIG. 18, an image for composition of “BLOG DECO” or “CODE ALBUM” is displayed.

  Returning to the flowchart of FIG. 13, in step S <b> 42, the live view display control unit 314 combines the usable pre-image combining image and the captured image of the camera 91 and displays them on the touch panel monitor 93 (live view display).

  In step S43, the captured image acquisition unit 315 displays a countdown indicator on the touch panel monitor 93 and the like, controls the camera 91 to perform imaging, and obtains a captured image.

  FIG. 19 shows an example of a live view display screen on the touch panel monitor 93. The live view display screen of FIG. 19 is a live view display area 441 for displaying a synthesized image obtained by synthesizing a foreground image and a captured image of the camera 91 among the images for “celebration email” composition, a message of “celebration email”. It is composed of a live view display area 442 for displaying a synthesized image obtained by synthesizing an image for synthesis including an image and an image captured by the camera 91 and a countdown indicator 443. In the live view display screen of FIG. 19, when the number indicated by the countdown indicator 443 becomes 0, a composite image displayed in the live view display area 441 is obtained as a captured image. In the example of FIG. 19, only one of the live view display area 441 and the live view display area 442 may be displayed.

  In step S44, the composite image processing unit 316 combines a composite image (message image) with the captured image, and generates a use image after portable transmission (a usable pre-image) separately from the captured image. Further, in step S45, the composite image processing unit 316 displays the obtained photographed image and the use image after portable transmission (usable pre-image) on the touch panel monitor 93 or the like, and displays the photographed image and the use image after portable transmission to the user ( Check the available pre-images) as shooting results.

  FIG. 20 shows an example of the photographing result displayed on the touch panel monitor 93. As shown in FIG. 20, the photographing result displayed on the touch panel monitor 93 includes a usable pre-image 451 obtained as a usable pre-image and a photographed image 452 obtained by combining the foreground image of the compositing images. The captured image 452 may be displayed in a larger size, or only the usable pre-image 451 may be displayed. Alternatively, the captured image 452 may be displayed first in time, and the pre-image 451 that can be used thereafter may be displayed, or vice versa. Furthermore, from the state in which the image for composition (message image obtained by removing the photographed image 452 from the usable pre-image 451) and the photographed image 452 are displayed separately, as shown by the thick arrow in the figure, the image for composition ( A pre-image 451 that can be used may be finally displayed by displaying an animation representing a state in which the captured image 452 is combined with the message image).

  In this way, when shooting pre-images that can be used for “celebration mail”, two images with different appearances and purposes can be obtained in one shooting, the captured image and the image used after mobile transmission (usable pre-image). Can do. The usable pre-image is assumed to be transmitted to the mobile terminal, but may be printed on a sticker sheet.

  Returning to the flowchart of FIG. 13, after step S <b> 45, the process proceeds to step S <b> 46 of FIG. 14, and the progress control unit 311 determines whether it is within the shootable time, and based on the elapsed time or the remaining time, It is determined whether or not shooting is possible. If it is determined in step S46 that shooting is possible, the process proceeds to step S47, and additional shooting, so-called “bonus shooting” is performed.

  In step S47, the progress control unit 311 displays a bonus shooting guide screen for guiding the bonus shooting on the touch panel monitor 93 or the like, and allows the user to check the outline of the bonus shooting.

  In step S48, the compositing image selection control unit 313 displays the compositing image selection screen on the touch panel monitor 93 as in step S31 of FIG. 13, and in step S49, the normal compositing by the user is performed as in step S32. Accept selection of images for use.

  In step S50, as in step S33, the live view display control unit 314 combines the normal combining image and the captured image of the camera 91 and displays them on the touch panel monitor 93 (live view display).

  In step S51, the captured image acquisition unit 315 performs bonus shooting, which is additional shooting. This bonus shooting is also performed in the same manner as the normal shooting described above. That is, the captured image acquisition unit 315 displays a countdown indicator on the touch panel monitor 93 or the like, controls the camera 91, and captures a captured image, similarly to step S34.

  In step S52, similarly to step S35, the composite image processing unit 316 combines the normal composite image with the photographed image obtained by photographing to generate a composite image.

  In step S53, the composite image processing unit 316 displays the composite image on the touch panel monitor 93 in the same manner as in step S36, and allows the user to check the photographing result.

  In step S54, the progress control unit 311 determines whether or not a predetermined time has elapsed. If the photographing is still possible, the process returns to step S48, the subsequent processing is repeated, and bonus photographing is performed again. .

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S54 that the predetermined time has elapsed, the process proceeds to step S55 in FIG. Even if it is determined in step S46 described above that it is not within the shootable time, since bonus shooting is not performed, steps S47 to S54 are skipped, and the process proceeds to step S55 in FIG. move on.

  In step S55 of FIG. 15, the brightness determination processing unit 318 causes the touch panel monitor 93 to display a brightness selection screen used for selecting the brightness of the subject in the captured image.

  FIG. 21 is a diagram illustrating an example of a brightness selection screen used for selecting the brightness of a subject using a captured image in which the user himself is photographed.

  On the brightness selection screen, a photographed image 471 obtained by the main photographing process is displayed. For example, when shooting is performed six times, six shot images are obtained, and on the brightness selection screen, six shot images 471-1 to 471-6 are displayed on the left side from the center of the screen. . Note that the captured images 471-1 to 471-6 displayed on the brightness selection screen are still captured images.

  On the right side of the brightness selection screen, five brightness selection buttons 472-1 to 472-5 are displayed in order from the top. On the brightness selection buttons 472-1 to 472-5, numerical values from “1” to “5” are respectively displayed, and models having different brightness are respectively displayed.

  The numerical values from “1” to “5” of the brightness selection buttons 472-1 to 472-5 indicate the degree of brightness. The larger the numerical value, the darker the subject becomes.

  In addition, on the right side of the brightness selection buttons 472-1 to 472-5, characters “Whitening”, “Recommended”, and “Beautiful Black” are displayed in order from the top to the bottom. That is, in the arrangement of the brightness selection buttons 472-1 to 472-5, it is suggested that the upper side brightens the subject and the lower side darkens the subject.

  In addition, a determination button 473 operated when determining the brightness of the subject is displayed on the lower right side of the brightness selection screen, and the word “OK” is displayed on the determination button 473. .

  When such a brightness selection screen is displayed on the touch panel monitor 93 and the user selects any of the brightness selection buttons 472-1 to 472-5, the brightness determination processing unit 318 performs selection by the user. Accept. Then, the brightness determination processing unit 318 collectively changes the brightness of the subjects of the captured images 471-1 to 471-6 so that the subject is captured at the brightness selected by the user. Perform image processing.

  When the user selects the determination button 473 after selecting the brightness of the subject, the selection of the brightness of the subject is performed with the brightness reflected in the captured images 471-1 to 471-6 at that time. Is determined.

  Returning to the flowchart of FIG. 15, in step S56, when the user selects the brightness of the subject by performing an operation (touch) on any of the brightness selection buttons 472-1 to 472-5 on the brightness selection screen. The brightness determination processing unit 318 receives selection by the user based on information supplied from the touch panel monitor 93.

  In step S57, the brightness determination processing unit 318 collectively changes the brightness of the subjects of all the captured images 471-1 to 471-6 so that the subject has the brightness selected by the user.

  In step S58, the brightness determination processing unit 318 displays the captured images 471-1 to 471-6 in which the brightness of the subject is changed on the touch panel monitor 93, and allows the user to check the brightness change result.

  In step S59, the brightness determination processing unit 318 determines whether or not the determination button 473 has been pressed based on the information supplied from the touch panel monitor 93. If it is determined that the button has not been pressed, the process returns to step S56. The above processing is repeated.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S59 that the enter button has been pressed, in step S60, the brightness determination processing unit 318 determines the brightness of the subject, and stores information indicating the determined brightness in the storage unit 202 or the like. And save.

  In step S <b> 61, the eye size determination processing unit 319 causes the touch panel monitor 93 to display an eye size selection screen used for selecting the eye size of the user shown in the captured image.

  FIG. 22 is a diagram illustrating an example of an eye size selection screen used to select the eye size of a subject using a captured image in which the user himself is photographed.

  A photographed image 481 obtained by the photographing process is displayed on the eye size selection screen. For example, when shooting is repeated six times, six shot images are obtained, and on the eye size selection screen, six shot images 481-1 to 481-6 are displayed on the left side from the center of the screen. The

  On the right side of the eye size selection screen, three eye size selection buttons 482-1 to 482-3 are displayed in order from the top. On the eye size selection button 482-1, characters "natural eye" and an image of a model eye with a natural eye size are displayed. In the eye size selection button 482-2, characters "Patch Lee" and an image of a model eye having a slightly larger eye size (for example, about 10% larger than the natural size) are displayed. The eye size selection button 482-2 displays “recommended” characters indicating that it is recommended to select an eye size of this size together with a heart-shaped figure.

  The eye size selection button 482-3 displays characters “volume eye” and a model eye image having a relatively large eye size (for example, about 20% larger than the natural size). In addition, an arrow from the top to the bottom is displayed on the right side of the eye size selection buttons 482-1 to 482-3, and the word “natural” is displayed above the arrow, and below the arrow. The word “big” is displayed. That is, it is suggested that the eye size increases as the eye size selection button 482-1, the eye size selection button 482-2, and the eye size selection button 482-3 move downward in this order.

  In addition, a determination button 483 operated when determining the selection of the eye size is displayed on the lower right side of the eye size selection screen. The determination button 483 displays characters “OK”. Yes.

  When such an eye size selection screen is displayed on the touch panel monitor 93 and the user selects any of the eye size selection buttons 482-1 to 482-3, the eye size determination processing unit 319 performs the selection by the user. Accept. Then, the eye size determination processing unit 319 collectively changes the subject eye size of the captured images 481-1 to 481-6 so that the image of the eye of the size selected by the user is captured. To do.

  When the user selects the determination button 483 after selecting the eye size, the eye size of the subject is selected with the size reflected in the captured images 481-1 to 481-6 at that time. Is determined.

  Returning to the flowchart of FIG. 15, in step S62, when the user selects an eye size by performing an operation (touch) on any of the eye size selection buttons 482-1 to 482-3 on the eye size selection screen. The size determination processing unit 319 accepts selection by the user based on the information supplied from the touch panel monitor 93.

  In step S63, the eye size determination processing unit 319 makes the size of the user's eyes that appear in all the photographed images 481-1 to 481-6 so that the image of the size selected by the user is captured. Change all at once.

  In step S64, the eye size determination processing unit 319 displays the captured images 481-1 to 481-6 whose eye sizes have been changed on the touch panel monitor 93, and allows the user to check the eye size change result.

  In step S65, the eye size determination processing unit 319 determines whether or not the determination button 483 is pressed based on the information supplied from the touch panel monitor 93. If it is determined that the button is not pressed, the process returns to step S62. The above processing is repeated.

  On the other hand, when it is determined in step S65 that the determination button 483 has been pressed, in step S66, the eye size determination processing unit 319 determines the eye size, and stores information indicating the determined eye size in the storage unit 202 or the like. Let me save.

  In step S67, the usage information generation unit 320 generates usage information indicating one of the usages of “celebration mail”, “blog deco”, and “corde album” selected in step S39.

  In step S <b> 68, the composite image processing unit 316 causes the storage unit 202 to store the captured image obtained by combining the use image after mobile transmission and the composite image together with additional information including use information generated by the use information generation unit 320. . The additional information includes data such as texts (sentences) and images included in the composition image for the use image after mobile transmission in addition to the use information described above.

  When the process of step S68 ends, the shooting process ends, and the process returns to step S2 of FIG.

  According to the above processing, in addition to allowing the user to perform normal shooting, the user can select the use of the post-mobile-use use image that is used after being transmitted to the mobile terminal, and for the synthesis according to the use An image can be selected and photographed. As a result, the user can be made aware that the obtained image is transmitted to the mobile terminal at the time of shooting, so that the image finally transmitted to the mobile terminal can be satisfied with the user. Therefore, it is possible to provide an image that is more satisfactory for the user.

  Further, according to the shooting of the use image after mobile transmission, a captured image without combining the image for synthesis and the use image after mobile transmission obtained by combining the image for synthesis are obtained, and two images are obtained by one shooting. You will be able to get Accordingly, it is possible to provide different images smoothly without causing the user to perform a plurality of shooting operations, that is, without bothering the user.

  In the above description, the screen display when “congratulation mail” is selected as the usage in the guidance screen of FIG. 17 has been described. However, referring to FIGS. A screen display when “Deco” is selected or when the tab 432 is selected on the composition image selection screen of FIG. 18 will be described.

  FIG. 23 shows an example of a usable pre-image composition image selection screen displayed on the touch panel monitor 93 when “Blog Deco” is selected as the application. In the composition image selection screen in FIG. 23, “Thank you”, “Love Love”, “Congratulations”, “Thanks”, “Greetings”, “Sorry” as “Blog Deco” composition images. 8 types (eight images) of “Good Night System” and “Juyu System” are combined and displayed on the captured image with the model as the subject. The “Blog deco” compositing image is an image including a balloon image to be synthesized so as to be adjacent to a part of the photographed image (specifically, the face part of the subject) (on the left side in the example of FIG. 23). The balloon image is an image including a balloon for making the subject in the photographed image appear to speak and a predetermined fixed sentence displayed in the balloon. Note that the background color of the captured image may be selected by a color palette displayed at the right end of the tab 432, or may be determined according to the selected composition image. When a synthesis image is selected by the user, the synthesis image is displayed in the selection synthesis image display area 434, and the decision button 435 is selected to confirm the synthesis image.

  FIG. 24 shows an example of a live view display screen on the touch panel monitor 93 when “blog deco” is selected as the application. The live view display screen of FIG. 24 includes a live view display area 491 for live view display of an image captured by the camera 91, a live view display area 492 for live view display of a combined image obtained by combining the image for synthesis and the captured image of the camera 91, And a countdown indicator 493. In the captured image displayed in the live view display area 491, a portion not included in the composite image (used image after mobile transmission), that is, the lower half of the captured image is a translucent grayish display (grayscale display). It has become. Also in the live view display screen of FIG. 24, when the number indicated by the countdown indicator 493 becomes 0, the captured image displayed in the live view display area 491 is obtained as a captured image.

  Note that, as a result of photographing after photographing, the post-mobile-use use image obtained as the “usable pre-image” corresponding to the image displayed in the live view display region 492 and the image displayed in the live view display region 491 The captured image that is not combined with the combining image may be displayed separately, or only the use image after portable transmission may be displayed.

  In this way, even when shooting pre-images that can be used for “Blog Deco”, two images with different appearance and purpose can be obtained in one shot, the captured image and the image used after mobile transmission (usable pre-image). Can do. Accordingly, it is possible to provide different images smoothly without causing the user to perform a plurality of shooting operations, that is, without bothering the user.

  Next, referring to FIGS. 25 to 29, when “corde album” is selected as the use in the guidance screen of FIG. 17, or when the tab 433 is selected on the composite image selection screen of FIG. The screen display will be described.

  FIG. 25 shows an example of a usable pre-image composition image selection screen displayed on the touch panel monitor 93 when “code album” is selected as the application. In the composition image selection screen shown in FIG. 25, six composition images are combined with the photographed image with the model as a subject and displayed as the composition images of the “code album”. Of the six images for composition, the lower three images are one-person composition images (one-person composition images), and the upper three images are two-person composition images (two people). Composite image). The single-person composite image is a composite image that is combined with a trimmed image obtained by trimming each subject from the captured image even if there are two users (subjects). It is an image for composition combined with a photographed image of two subjects. The “corde album” composition image (one-person composition image and two-person composition image) is composed of a foreground image synthesized as a foreground of a subject in a photographed image (trimmed image), and a background synthesized as a background of the subject. It is an image including an image and an item stamp that is an image for introducing an item worn by a user (subject). Note that the color of the background image may be selected by the color palette displayed at the right end of the tab 433, or may be determined according to the selected composition image. When a synthesis image is selected by the user, the synthesis image is displayed in the selection synthesis image display area 434, and the decision button 435 is selected to confirm the synthesis image. When a single-person composition image is selected and confirmed, another single-person composition image can be selected. That is, two images for one person (two people) are selected.

  FIG. 26 shows an example of a live view display screen on the touch panel monitor 93 when “code album” is selected as the use and a single-use composite image is selected as the composite image. In this case, each of the subject portions is trimmed with respect to the captured image 511 of the camera 91 shown on the left side of FIG. 26 in which two subjects are shown. The live view display screen shown on the right side of FIG. 26 is a live view display area 512 for displaying a synthesized image obtained by synthesizing the image for one person and the images of the subjects trimmed from the captured image 511 of the camera 91. 513 and a countdown indicator 514. In the live view display area 512, a composite image obtained by combining the first person composite image selected on the composite image selection screen in FIG. 25 and the left subject image trimmed from the captured image 511 is combined. In the live view display area 513, the composition image for the first person selected on the composition image selection screen in FIG. 25 and the image of the subject on the right side trimmed from the captured image 511 are combined. The synthesized image is displayed. Also, between the live view display area 512 and the live view display area 513, there is a model sample image in which a synthesis image synthesized with one of the synthesized images and a captured image with the model as a subject are synthesized. It is displayed. In the live view display screen of FIG. 26, when the number indicated by the countdown indicator 514 becomes 0 and becomes “shot !!”, the composite images displayed in the live view display areas 512 and 513 are transmitted by mobile phone respectively. Obtained as a post-use image.

  FIG. 27 shows an example of a photographing result displayed on the touch panel monitor 93 when “corde album” is selected as the use and a single-use composite image is selected as the composite image. As the photographing results displayed on the touch panel monitor 93, the post-mobile-transmission use images 521 and 522 obtained as “usable pre-images” are displayed.

  As described above, in the case of pre-images that can be used for the “corde album”, when a single-use composite image is selected as a composite image, each of a plurality of (two) users in a single shooting. Two different images can be obtained as the use images after mobile transmission (usable pre-images). Accordingly, it is possible to provide different images smoothly without causing the user to perform a plurality of shooting operations, that is, without bothering the user.

  FIG. 28 shows an example of a live view display screen on the touch panel monitor 93 when “code album” is selected as the use and a two-person composite image is selected as the composite image. The live view display screen shown in FIG. 28 includes a live view display area 531 and a countdown indicator 532 for live view display of a composite image obtained by combining a composite image for two people and an image captured by the camera 91. In the live view display area 531, a composite image obtained by combining the composite image for two people selected on the composite image selection screen in FIG. 25 and the captured image 511 (FIG. 26) is displayed. In addition, on the left side of the live view display area 531, a model sample image in which an image for synthesis combined with the composite image in the live view display area 531 and a captured image with the model as a subject is displayed. . In the live view display screen of FIG. 28, when the number indicated by the countdown indicator 532 becomes 0 and becomes “shot !!”, the composite image displayed in the live view display area 531 is a use image after mobile transmission. As obtained.

  FIG. 29 shows an example of a photographing result displayed on the touch panel monitor 93 when “cord album” is selected as the use and a composite image for two people is selected as the composite image. As a photographing result displayed on the touch panel monitor 93, a post-mobile-use use image 541 obtained as a “usable pre-image” is displayed.

  As described above, when a pre-image that can be used for the “corde album” is selected, when a composite image for two people is selected as a composite image, only one image used after portable transmission is captured in one image. can get.

  Note that a pre-image that can be used for the “corde album” is transmitted to the mobile terminal and printed on a sticker sheet.

[Example of editing processing]
Next, an example of a detailed flow of the editing process executed in step S4 of FIG. 12 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. This editing process is actually performed by a user who has moved the shooting process of the photo sticker creation game corresponding to the flowcharts of FIGS. 13 to 15 in the editing space A2-1 or the editing space A2-2. The same processing is executed for any editing space. Therefore, in the following, for simplification of explanation, it is determined whether the user has moved to the editing space A2-1. The description will be made assuming that the user has moved to the editing space A2 without specifically stating whether the user has moved to the space A2-2.

  When the editing process is started, in step S81, the editing preparation processing unit 352 acquires the captured image obtained by the imaging unit 208 from the storage unit 202 together with the usage information.

  In step S82, the editing preparation processing unit 352 displays the captured images acquired from the storage unit 202 on the tablet built-in monitor 131, so that the plurality of captured images (for example, 6 images) are edited images (keep images). Let me choose as. When bonus shooting is performed, the editing preparation processing unit 352 gives the user a plurality of images (for example, 6 images) out of a plurality of images (for example, 6 images) and a captured image by bonus shooting. The image to be edited (keep image) is selected.

  In step S83, the edit preparation processing unit 352 causes the tablet built-in monitor 131 to display a split pattern selection screen for selecting a split pattern of the photo sticker for determining the layout (arrangement) of the sticker paper, and the user selects the split pattern. Let When the user selects a division pattern, the edit preparation processing unit 352 next displays a GUI image of an edit start button on the tablet built-in monitor 131. The user operates the touch pen 132 and depresses the editing start button. When the editing start button is pressed, an editing screen, which is a GUI for editing work, is displayed on the tablet built-in monitor 131, so that the user can start the doodle editing work.

  If it is determined that the edit start button has been operated, in step S84, the edit screen display control unit 354 displays an edit screen that is a GUI screen that allows the tablet built-in monitor 131 to input a graffiti edit on the captured image. Display.

  In step S85, the input reception control unit 353 controls the tablet built-in monitor 131 and the touch pen 132 of the editing unit 209, and starts receiving graffiti editing input on the editing screen by the user.

  In step S86, the input reception control unit 353 receives an instruction from the user based on an input signal supplied from the tablet built-in monitor 131 (that is, position information of the touch pen 132) (operation on the GUI has been performed). ) Or not. When it is determined that the user has operated the touch pen 132 and position information has been input to the tablet built-in monitor 131, the input reception control unit 353 advances the processing to step S87, and the graffiti editing processing unit 355 The contents of the instruction input based on the instruction are grasped, and processing corresponding to the instruction is performed.

  When the process corresponding to such an input ends, the graffiti edit processing unit 355 advances the process to step S88. If it is determined in step S86 that no instruction has been input, the graffiti editing processing unit 355 skips step S87 and proceeds to step S88.

  In step S88, the progress control unit 351 determines whether a predetermined time (time limit) has elapsed or the end button has been operated, and the time limit has not been reached, and the end button is also operated. When it determines with not having progressed, the progress control part 351 returns a process to step S86, and repeats the process after it. In other words, the progress control unit 351 repeats the processing from step S86 to step S88 and performs processing for the graffiti edit input until it is determined that a predetermined time has elapsed or the end button has been operated. If it is determined in step S88 that a predetermined time has elapsed or the end button has been operated, the progress control unit 351 advances the process to step S89.

  In step S89, the progress control unit 351 stores the edited image on which the doodle editing has been performed (the doodle editing result) as a print target image in order to create an image for printing. Note that “save” simply indicates that an edited image, which is an editing result, is provided to the printing process, and whether or not the data is actually saved in the RAM 207 or the storage unit 202 is arbitrary. is there.

  In step S90, the progress control unit 351 ends the display of the editing screen and ends the reception of editing input. When the process of step S90 ends, the progress control unit 351 ends the editing process, returns the process to step S4 of FIG. 12, and executes the processes after step S5.

[Example of edit screen display]
Here, a display example of an editing screen (GUI) in the editing process will be described with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 31 to FIG. 33 are diagrams showing examples of editing screens displayed on the tablet built-in monitor 131. In this example, for the sake of convenience, only the left part of the editing screen will be described.

  The editing screen 601 in FIGS. 31 to 33 includes an editing target image selection unit 611, an edited image display unit 612, a remaining time display unit 613, a control instruction reception unit 614, an editing tool selection unit 615, and an editing palette 616. It has been.

  The edit target image selection unit 611 is a GUI for selecting an edit image on which the user performs graffiti from among edit target images that can become images to be graffiti edited by the user on the edit screen 601.

  This edit target image is a keep image that is generated by a shooting operation in the shooting space 32 and is selected by the user. A list of thumbnail images of the keep image is displayed as a GUI on the edit target image selection unit 611. When the user selects a desired one of the edit symmetric images displayed on the edit target image selection unit 611 with the touch pen 132, the selected image is set as an edit image and is displayed on the edit screen 601 as an edit image. Large display.

  The edit image display unit 612 is a work area for displaying an edit image on which the user performs graffiti editing, and an edit target image (selected image) selected by operating the touch pen 132 on the edit target image selection unit 611 is selected. Displayed as an edited image.

  When the edit target image selecting unit 611 selects an edit target image corresponding to the use image after mobile transmission (usable pre-image), the selected edit target image is displayed on the edit image display unit 612. A switch button is displayed in a predetermined area of the edit screen 601. When this switching button is operated, the display of the edited image display unit 612 is switched between the editing target image selected by the editing target image selecting unit 611 and a usable pre-image corresponding to the editing target image.

  The remaining time display unit 613 displays the remaining time (remaining time) of the time limit allocated in advance to the editing work. This display allows the user to distribute the pace of graffiti editing.

  The control instruction accepting unit 614 is a GUI for accepting a control instruction related to the general doodle editing for the edited image displayed on the edited image display unit 612. The control instruction accepting unit 614 displays, for example, a GUI of an eraser function for erasing graffiti performed so far, a GUI for designating the redo from the beginning of the editing work, a GUI for instructing the end of the editing work, and the like.

  The editing tool selection unit 615 displays a GUI for selecting an editing tool used for editing the editing image displayed on the editing image display unit 612. In this example, for example, a “special” button, a “decoration” button, a “pen” button, a “stamp” button, a “transformation” button, a “character” button, and a “kokoro” button are provided as the GUI. Yes. These GUI buttons select a large category of editing tools (grouping of editing tools). Each major category has one or more editing tools.

  When the user operates the touch pen 132 and presses these buttons, a selection anchor indicating that the editing tool corresponding to the button has been selected is displayed on the pressed button.

  Editing tools belonging to the selected large category are displayed on the editing palette 616. The editing palette 616 displays a GUI for operating editing tools belonging to the category selected by the user by operating the touch pen 132. These editing tools are used for graffiti on the edited image displayed on the edited image display unit 612.

  When a plurality of editing tools belong to a category, each editing tool is displayed as a tab on the editing palette 616.

  First, in FIG. 31, the editing target image selecting unit 611 selects an editing target image corresponding to a usable pre-image, the editing image display unit 612 displays the selected editing target image, and a switching button (not shown). Is operated, the editing image display unit 612 displays a usable pre-image corresponding to the editing target image selected by the editing target image selection unit 611. At this time, graffiti on the usable pre-image displayed on the edited image display unit 612 cannot be performed.

  In this state, when a switch button (not shown) is operated, or when a region of the photographed image in the usable pre-image displayed on the edited image display unit 612 is touched with the touch pen 132, the state shown in FIG. As described above, the edited image display unit 612 displays a captured image combined with a usable pre-image. As a result, graffiti on the captured image displayed on the edited image display unit 612 can be performed. In FIG. 32, a graffiti 612 a by an “pen” editing tool (pen tool) is input above the captured image displayed in the edited image display unit 612.

  In this state, when a switching button (not shown) is further operated, a usable pre-image is displayed on the edited image display unit 612 as shown in FIG. At this time, the graffiti 612a input to the captured image is reflected on the upper portion of the captured image combined with the usable pre-image.

  In the above description, the usable pre-image displayed on the edited image display unit 612 cannot be doodled. However, a usable pre-image editing tool is prepared and can be used by using the editing tool. You may make it edit a pre-picture. Specifically, for example, as shown in FIG. 31 or FIG. 33, the region of the usable pre-image combining image portion (that is, the portion other than the photographed image) displayed on the edited image display unit 612 is the touch pen 132. When touched, the editing palette 616 on which usable editing tools for pre-images are displayed may be displayed according to the usage information.

[Edit palette example]
Here, with reference to FIG. 34 to FIG. 40, an example of an editing palette on which usable editing tools dedicated to pre-images are displayed will be described.

  FIG. 34 and FIG. 35 show examples of editing palettes displaying editing tools dedicated to pre-images that can be used for “celebration mail”.

  The edit palettes of FIGS. 34 and 35 are provided with two tabs, a “name & date message” tab and an “additional message” tab. In FIG. 34, the “name & date message” tab is selected. FIG. 35 shows the editing palette in the state where the “additional message” tab is selected.

  A name input area 621, a date input area 622, and replacement messages 623-1 to 623-6 are displayed in the editing palette in which the “name & date message” tab is selected as shown in FIG.

  The name input area 621 is an area for inputting the name of a destination friend that can be inserted into a pre-message message portion that can be used for a “celebration mail” that is also a greeting card for friends and the like.

  The date input area 622 is an area for inputting a date that can be inserted into a message portion of a pre-image that can be used for “celebration mail”.

  The replacement messages 623-1 to 623-6 are images for changing the pre-message message image that can be used for “celebration mail” from the default one. In the example of FIG. 34, six types of message images of replacement messages 623-1 to 623-6 are displayed. However, illustration of message images other than the replacement message 623-1 is omitted.

  In the edit palette shown in FIG. 35 with the “add message” tab selected, add messages 631-1 to 631-8 are displayed.

  The addition message 631 is a message selected to add a predetermined message to the pre-image message that can be used for “celebration mail”. In the example of FIG. 34, eight types of messages of additional messages 631-1 to 631-8 are displayed, but illustration of messages other than the additional message 631-1 is omitted.

  The display switching of the “name & date message” tab and the “additional message” tab may be performed by selecting one by the user, but is displayed on the edited image display unit 612. This may be performed by selecting a predetermined area of the pre-compositing image that can be used.

  FIG. 36 to FIG. 39 show examples of editing palettes displaying editing tools dedicated to pre-images that can be used for “blog deco”.

  The edit palette of FIGS. 36 to 39 is provided with four tabs, a “balloon” tab, a “thin pen” tab, a “minista” tab, and a “border change” tab. The edit palette with the “balloon” tab selected is shown in FIG. 37, the edit palette with the “thin pen” tab selected, and the edit palette with the “ministar” tab selected in FIG. However, in FIG. 39, the edit palettes in a state in which the “Change Edge” tab is selected are displayed.

  Replacement balloons 641-1 to 641-8 are displayed in the editing palette shown in FIG. 36 with the “Balloon” tab selected.

  The replacement balloons 641-1 to 641-8 are images for changing the balloon image of the pre-image that can be used for “blog deco” from the default one. In the example of FIG. 36, eight types of balloon images of replacement balloons 641-1 to 641-8 are displayed, but illustration of balloon images other than the replacement balloon 641-1 is omitted. In addition, in the replacement balloons 641-1 to 641-8, as shown in the replacement balloon 641-1, in addition to the words (standard sentence) such as “Good morning” being written in advance, the user A balloon image with nothing written therein may be displayed so that the wording can be freely input.

  A line type icon 651 is displayed in the editing palette shown in FIG. 37 with the “thin pen” tab selected.

  The line type icon 651 is an icon for selecting a line type of a so-called pen tool for inputting graffiti on a pre-image that can be used for “blog deco”. Since the size of the pre-image that can be used for “Blog Deco” is smaller than the normal image to be edited, the thickness of the “pen” input by graffiti input when the line type icon 651 is selected is the graffiti input for the normal image to be edited It is thinner than the thickness of the “pen” used.

  Stamp icons 661 to 663 are displayed in the edit palette shown in FIG. 38 with the “Minister” tab selected.

  The stamp icons 661 to 663 are icons for selecting a design of a so-called “stamp” tool for inputting graffiti on a pre-image that can be used for “blog deco”. Since the size of the pre-image that can be used for “Blog Deco” is smaller than the normal image to be edited, the size of the “mini stamp” that is graffiti-input by selecting the stamp icons 661 to 663 is larger than the image to be edited. It is smaller than the size of the “stamp” used for graffiti input.

  Edge images 671-1 to 671-6 are displayed in the editing palette shown in FIG. 39 with the “Change Edge” tab selected.

  Edge images 671-1 to 671-6 are images for changing the edge portion of the pre-image that can be used by “Blog Deco” from the default one. In the example of FIG. 39, six types of border images 671-1 to 671-6 are displayed, but illustration of border images other than the border images 671-1 to 671-3 is omitted. Shall.

  FIG. 40 shows an example of an editing palette in which editing tools dedicated to usable pre-images whose usage is “corde album” are displayed.

  In the editing palette of FIG. 40, an “item stamp” tab is provided, and item stamp icons 681-1 to 681-16 are displayed.

  The item stamp icon 681 is an item stamp (icon) for introducing an item worn by the user (subject) in a pre-image that can be used for the “corde album”. In the example of FIG. 40, 16 types of icon stamp items 681-1 to 681-16 are displayed, but illustration of icons other than the item stamp icon 681-1 is omitted.

  According to the editing palette as described above, it is possible to perform editing in accordance with the use of the use image after mobile transmission (usable pre-image).

  Note that, when editing is performed on the composition image portion of the use image after mobile transmission (usable pre-image), the photographed image is displayed so that the editable image display portion 612 shown in FIGS. The portion may be shaded, or the captured image portion may be displayed in gray scale.

  It should be noted that the edited image obtained by the editing processing by the editing processing unit 303 is a user regardless of whether it is a captured image obtained by normal photographing or a use image after mobile transmission (usable pre-image). The edited image selected by the print processing unit 304 is printed on a sticker sheet by the printing process by the print processing unit 304, and is transmitted to the portable terminal by the portable transmission game process as the subsequent customer service process by the subsequent customer service processing unit 305. It is determined.

  In addition, the print processing unit 304 causes only the photographed image obtained by the normal photographing to be printed on the sticker paper, and the post-service processing unit 305 causes only the use image after portable transmission (usable pre-image) to be transmitted to the portable image. May be determined.

  This makes it possible to make the user more strongly aware that the obtained image is transmitted to the mobile terminal at the time of shooting, and it is possible to provide an image that is more satisfactory for the user.

<Configuration and operation of information management system including photo sticker creation device>
[Configuration example of information management system]
FIG. 41 shows a configuration example of an information management system including the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 described above.

  The information management system in FIG. 41 includes a photo sticker creation apparatus 1, a portable terminal 702, and a management server 703. The mobile terminal 702 is a terminal such as a mobile phone that is carried by a user who receives a sticker sheet and plays a game provided by the photo sticker creating apparatus 1, and the management server 703 is, for example, a manufacturer of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 It is a server to manage.

  The photo sticker creating apparatus 1 is provided with a non-contact type IC reader / writer 163 that performs proximity communication with a non-contact type IC, and the portable terminal 702 includes a non-contact type IC. In the information management system of FIG. 41, information is transmitted and received between the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 and the portable terminal 702 using a non-contact type IC when the portable terminal 702 is held over the reader / writer of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1. It was done by proximity communication. Information is transmitted and received between the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 and the management server 703 and between the portable terminal 702 and the management server 703 via a communication network such as the Internet.

  In the management server 703, an image (portable transmission image) obtained by using the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 by a user of the portable terminal 702 is managed based on image management information for managing the image. .

[Configuration example of the management server]
FIG. 42 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the management server 703.

  A CPU (Central Processing Unit) 711, a ROM 712, and a RAM 713 are connected to each other via a bus 714.

  An input / output interface 715 is further connected to the bus 714. To the input / output interface 715, an input unit 716 including a keyboard and a mouse and an output unit 717 including a display and a speaker are connected. The input / output interface 715 includes a hard disk, a non-volatile memory, and the like. The input / output interface 715 includes a storage unit 718 that stores various types of information and a network interface. A communication unit 719 and a drive 720 for driving the removable medium 721 are connected.

  The storage unit 718 stores portable transmission images transmitted from the photo sticker creation apparatus 1, image management information for managing the portable transmission images, information on various sites managed by the management server 703, and the like. The

  FIG. 43 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration example of the management server 703. 43 is realized by a predetermined program being executed by the CPU 711 in FIG. In the management server 703, a portable transmission image management unit 731, an information management unit 732, and a service providing unit 733 are realized.

  The portable transmission image management unit 731 acquires the server transmission image transmitted from the photo sticker creating apparatus 1, and selects the image selected as the portable transmission image from the server transmission images as the portable transmission image ID. Identify based on. The portable transmission image management unit 731 assigns a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) as a storage destination to the portable transmission image, and causes the storage unit 718 to store the portable transmission image. The portable transmission image management unit 731 controls the communication unit 719 to transmit an email including the save destination URL to the portable terminal 702. The storage destination URL is access information for the mobile terminal 702 to access the mobile transmission image stored in the storage unit 718 and present it to the user. Also, the portable transmission image management unit 731 manages portable transmission images based on the image management information.

  The information management unit 732 stores image management information for the portable transmission image management unit 731 to manage portable transmission images in the storage unit 718 and manages the image management information in association with the portable terminal ID. The service providing unit 733 manages various sites and provides various services to the mobile terminal 702 that has accessed the site. Communication with the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 and communication with the portable terminal 702 are performed by controlling the communication unit 719 by the portable transmission image management unit 731, the information management unit 732, and the service providing unit 733, respectively.

[Configuration example of mobile terminal]
FIG. 44 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the mobile terminal 702.

  The portable terminal 702 includes a control unit 741, an antenna 742, a communication unit 743, a storage unit 744, a display unit 745, a non-contact type IC 746, and an operation unit 747.

  The control unit 741 includes a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, and the like, executes a predetermined program, and controls the entire operation of the portable terminal 702. For example, the control unit 741 controls the communication unit 743 to communicate with the management server 703 and controls the non-contact type IC 746 to communicate with the photo sticker creating apparatus 1.

  The communication unit 743 performs demodulation processing on the signal supplied from the antenna 742 in response to reception of a radio wave transmitted from the base station, and outputs information obtained by performing the demodulation processing to the control unit 741. . Further, the communication unit 743 performs modulation processing on the information supplied from the control unit 741 and transmits the obtained signal from the antenna 742.

  The storage unit 744 includes a flash memory or the like, and stores various information such as a portable terminal ID, a mail address, and a portable transmission image downloaded from the management server 703.

  The display unit 745 includes an LCD or the like and displays various types of information. For example, the display unit 745 displays a mobile transmission image transmitted from the management server 703 and received by the communication unit 743.

  The non-contact type IC 746 performs close proximity communication with the non-contact type IC reader / writer 163 when it is within a communicable range with the non-contact type IC reader / writer 163 of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1.

  The operation unit 747 includes various buttons and a touch panel provided on the display unit 745 so as to output a signal representing the content of the user's operation to the control unit 741.

<Operation of information management system>
Next, with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 45, a series of processing until the portable transmission image obtained in the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 is provided to the management server 703 and transmitted to the portable terminal 702 will be described.

  Note that the processing of steps S111 to S116 and S124 in the flowchart of FIG. 45 is the same as the processing of steps S1 to S8 in the flowchart of FIG. In other words, the processes in steps S117 to S123 in the flowchart of FIG. 45 correspond to the post-service process in step S7 in the flowchart of FIG.

  When the start button of the portable transmission game process performed as the subsequent customer service process displayed on the tablet built-in monitor 161 is selected, the subsequent customer service processing unit 305 starts the portable transmission game process in step S117. In the mobile transmission game process described below, it is assumed that a maximum of one image can be transmitted to the mobile terminal, but the number of images transmitted to the mobile terminal is not limited to one.

  In step S118, the post-service processing unit 305 reads the edited image from the storage unit 202, sets the edited image as the server transmission image, and sets an ID for each server transmission image. The subsequent customer service processing unit 305 transmits the server transmission image ID and the server transmission image to the management server 3.

  In the management server 703, in step S131, the portable transmission image management unit 731 receives the server transmission image and the server transmission image ID transmitted from the photo sticker creating apparatus 1, and associates them with each other to store them. 718 to store.

  The server transmission image transmitted from the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 to the management server 703 includes the “usable pre-image” described above in addition to the edited image obtained by performing the graffiti editing on the captured image. . The size of the usable pre-image differs from the size of the normal edited image depending on the application. However, when the usable pre-image is transmitted to the management server 703, the size of the usable pre-image is set to the size of the edited image. You may make it transmit in the same size.

  In step S119, the post-service customer processing unit 305 of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 displays the portable transmission image selection screen on the tablet built-in monitor 161, and allows the user to select the portable transmission image. Accept.

  In step S <b> 120, the post-service processing unit 305 transmits the ID of the mobile transmission image (mobile transmission image ID) selected by the user to the management server 3 on the mobile transmission image selection screen.

  In the management server 703, in step S132, the portable transmission image management unit 731 receives the portable transmission image ID transmitted from the photo sticker creating apparatus 1. The portable transmission image management unit 731 reads out the server transmission image associated with the same server transmission image ID as the received portable transmission image ID from the storage unit 718 as the portable transmission image.

  In step S121, the post-service customer processing unit 305 of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 displays a mail address input screen on the tablet built-in monitor 161, and accepts an input of a mail address of the mobile terminal 702 by the user. Note that the input of the e-mail address of the portable terminal 702 may be accepted by proximity communication between the non-contact type IC reader / writer 163 of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 and the non-contact type IC 746 of the portable terminal 702.

  When the mail address of the mobile terminal 702 is input on the mail address input screen by the user, the subsequent customer service processing unit 305 transmits the input mail address of the mobile terminal 702 to the management server 3 in step S122.

  In the management server 703, in step S 133, the portable transmission image management unit 731 assigns a storage destination URL to the portable transmission image read from the storage unit 718, and is transmitted from the photo sticker creating apparatus 1. The mail address of the terminal 702 and the mobile transmission image are associated with each other and stored in the storage unit 718.

At this time, the information management unit 732 generates or updates the image management information. Specifically, when there is no image management information associated with the portable terminal ID of the portable terminal 702, that is, when the user is not registered as a member, the information management unit 732 associates with the portable terminal ID. The attached image management information is generated. When there is image management information associated with the portable terminal ID of the portable terminal 702, that is, when the user is registered as a member, the information management unit 732 associates with the portable terminal ID. Update image management information.

  Here, an example of the image management information will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 46 shows the image management information stored in association with the mobile terminal ID of the mobile terminal of the user (member) who has already registered as a member.

  The image management information in FIG. 46 includes an image ID, a shooting date / time, a device ID, and additional information.

  The image ID is information for specifying a mobile transmission image. The photographing date and time is information representing the date on which the portable transmission image is created by the photo sticker creating apparatus 1. The device ID is information for identifying the photo sticker creation apparatus 1 that created the mobile transmission image.

  The additional information is additional information related to the image for portable transmission, and as shown in FIG. 46, in addition to the usage information indicating the usage of the usable pre-image, text data and image information included in the usable pre-image, portable transmission This includes the URL to save the credit image, the user's email address, the email address of the user registered as a friend, and so on. Further, the user's e-mail address included in the additional information or the e-mail address of the user registered as a friend may be the URL of the site dedicated to the user or the URL of the site dedicated to the friend.

  According to the image management information shown in FIG. 46, an image for mobile transmission with an image ID “0001” is a photo sticker creation device identified by the device ID “0A02” on December 27, 2010, ”Was created as a pre-image that can be used, and the image for mobile transmission with the image ID“ 0002 ”is a photo sticker creation device identified by the device ID“ 0D13 ”on January 16, 2011, An image for mobile transmission, which is created as a normal captured image and whose image ID is `` 0003 '', is a photo sticker creation device identified by the device ID `` 0F09 '' on June 1, 2011. It is shown that it was created as a pre-image that can be used for “Blog Deco”.

  Now, returning to the flowchart of FIG. 45, in step S123, the post-service processing unit 305 of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 displays the transmission confirmation screen for the portable transmission image on the tablet built-in monitor 161, and transmits the portable transmission image. An instruction is accepted and information to that effect is transmitted to the management server 703.

  In the management server 703, in step S134, the portable transmission image management unit 731 transmits an email including the storage destination URL of the portable transmission image assigned in step S133 to the email address of the portable terminal 702.

  In the portable terminal 702, in step S151, the control unit 741 of the portable terminal 702 receives an email including the storage destination URL of the assigned portable transmission image transmitted from the management server 703.

  In step S152, the control unit 741 receives the received e-mail, which is access information for accessing the mobile transmission image when the user who has confirmed the content of the e-mail is instructed to access the mobile transmission image. Access based on URL included in.

  In the management server 703, in step S135, the service providing unit 733 specifies the storage destination of the mobile transmission image in response to the access from the mobile terminal 702.

  In step S <b> 136, the service providing unit 733 reads out the mobile transmission image of the designated storage destination, and transmits it to the mobile terminal 702.

  In portable terminal 702, in step S 153, control unit 741 receives the portable transmission image transmitted from management server 703 and causes display unit 745 to display it.

  In the above description, the mobile transmission image is transmitted to the mobile terminal, but is not limited to the mobile terminal, and is transmitted to a terminal device owned by the user such as a personal computer. be able to.

<Example of screen display on mobile terminal>
Here, in the following, a screen display example in a mobile terminal that has received an image for mobile transmission by the above-described processing will be described.

  For example, when a usable pre-image is transmitted as a mobile transmission image to a mobile terminal of a user (member) who has already registered as a member, the display unit 745 of the mobile terminal 702 has a display as shown in FIG. 47A. A thumbnail image 751 of a usable pre-image as a mobile transmission image and a link 752 for downloading a usable pre-image are displayed on the top page of the member-dedicated site.

  In FIG. 47A, when link 752 is selected by a user's operation, display portion 745 of portable terminal 702 displays a pre-image 753 that can be used and the user photographed in the past as shown in FIG. 47B. Then, a link 754 for browsing the mobile transmission image stored in the management server 703 is displayed.

  47B, when the link 754 is selected by the user's operation, tabs 755-1 to 755-4 are displayed on the display unit 745 of the portable terminal 702 as shown in FIG. 47C. . The tab 755-1 displays pre-images that can be used for “congratulation mail”, the tab 755-2 displays pre-images that can be used for “blog deco”, and the tab 755-3 displays “code album”. Available pre-images are displayed. The tab 755-4 displays a portable transmission image other than the usable pre-image.

  At this time, the service providing unit 733 of the management server 703 selects the mobile transmission image stored in the storage unit 718 for each application information based on the image management information associated with the mobile terminal ID of the mobile terminal 702. It is read out and provided to the portable terminal 702 as an image displayed for each of the tabs 755-1 to 755-4 in FIG. 47C.

  As described above, in the example of FIG. 47C, usable pre-images are displayed for each application. Therefore, when searching for images taken in the past from the mobile terminal, the user can search based on the use of the usable pre-image selected at the time of shooting, so that a desired image can be easily searched, It is possible to improve the satisfaction of the user of the mobile terminal.

  In FIG. 47B, after the link 754 is selected, as shown in FIG. 48A, the image display area 761 and the sort buttons 762-1 to 762-3 may be displayed. In the image display area 761, images for mobile transmission are arranged and displayed based on the shooting date and time of the image management information. Sort buttons 762-1 to 762-3 are buttons for sorting and displaying the mobile transmission images displayed in the image display area 761 for each application. Specifically, the sort button 762-1 is a button for collectively displaying pre-images that can be used for “celebration mail” by sorting mobile transmission images, and the sort button 762-2 is a portable transmission button. This button is used to tab-display pre-images that can be used for “Blog Deco” by sorting the credit images, and the sort button 762-3 is a button that can be used for “corde album” by sorting the images for mobile transmission. This button is used to tab-display images together.

  That is, in FIG. 48A, when the sort button 762-1 is selected by the user's operation, the display unit 745 of the portable terminal 702 displays the same display as in FIG. 47C as shown in FIG. 48B. . In addition to the tabs 755-1 to 755-4 in which usable pre-images are sorted as shown in FIG. 48B, a resort button for re-sorting usable pre-images may be provided in the vicinity thereof.

  In FIG. 48A, after any of sort buttons 762-1 to 762-3 is selected by the user's operation, the tab of the selected sort button is not displayed without displaying the tab as shown in FIG. 48B. While displaying the image group of a use, you may make it display the sort button corresponding to uses other than the selected sort button in the vicinity of the image group.

  Note that usable pre-images are not transmitted as mobile transmission images to the mobile terminals of users who have not registered as members (non-members). Specifically, when a pre-image usable for a non-member mobile terminal is transmitted as a mobile transmission image by a non-member operation, the service providing unit 733 of the management server 703 takes a captured image corresponding to the usable pre-image. Then, the URL of the member registration site is transmitted to the mobile terminal 702.

  As a result, as shown in FIG. 49, the display unit 745 of the non-member mobile terminal 702 that has received a usable pre-image receives a thumbnail of a photographed image corresponding to the usable pre-image on the page of the non-member site. An image 771 and a link 772 to the member registration page are displayed. This makes it possible to appeal to non-members that a pre-image that can be used can be downloaded by registering as a member.

  By the way, when the usable pre-image sent to the mobile terminal of the registered user (member) is a pre-image that can be used for “celebration mail”, the usable pre-image is displayed by the user as a friend. Sent to your mobile device. Here, the transmission method to the friend's portable terminal of the pre picture which can use "celebration mail" is demonstrated.

(Transmission method 1)
For example, in FIG. 47C, when one of the usable pre-images for “celebration mail” displayed on the tab 755-1 is selected, the selected usable pre-print is displayed on the display unit 745 as shown in FIG. 50A. An image 781, a link 782 for transmitting a pre-image usable by mail to a friend's mobile terminal, and a link 783 for transmitting a pre-image usable via the site to the friend's mobile terminal are displayed.

  50A, when link 782 is selected by a user's operation, a display screen for sending a mail (empty mail) to management server 703 is displayed on display unit 745, as shown in FIG. 50B. When an empty mail is transmitted to the management server 703 by the user's operation, a mail with a usable pre-image 781 attached as shown in FIG. 50C is transmitted from the management server 703 to the portable terminal 702. come. Then, by the user's operation, the mail shown in FIG. 50C is transmitted to the email address of the friend, and the usable pre-image 781 shown in FIG. 50D is attached to the friend's portable terminal. Mail will be sent.

(Transmission method 2)
In FIG. 51A, which is the same as the display example of FIG. 50A, when a link 782 is selected by a user's operation, management is performed such that a usable pre-image 781 is downloaded to the display unit 745 as shown in FIG. 51B. A mail transmission screen with a URL 791 for accessing the site on the server 703 is displayed in the text. When the mail shown in FIG. 51B is transmitted to the friend's mail address by the user's operation, the friend's mobile terminal receives the same mail as the mail of FIG. 51B shown in FIG. 51C. When URL 791 in FIG. 51C is selected by a friend's operation, management server 703 provides a friend's mobile terminal with a page of a site that includes usable pre-image 781. As a result, as shown in FIG. 51D, a screen including a usable pre-image 781 is displayed on the display unit of the friend's mobile terminal.

[Transmission method 3]
In FIG. 52A, which is the same as the display example of FIG. 50A, when a link 782 is selected by the user's operation, the display unit 745 registers as a friend of the user on the site as shown in FIG. 52B. Links 811-1 to 811-4 for providing usable pre-images 781 are displayed on other user sites. When one of the links 811-1 to 811-4 is selected by the user's operation, a pre-image 781 that can be used on the site of another user (friend) corresponding to the link is saved. A mail in which the URL 821 for accessing the friend's own site where the usable pre-image 781 shown in FIG. 51C is stored is shown in the text is transmitted to the friend's mobile terminal. Then, when URL 812 in FIG. 52C is selected by a friend's operation, management server 703 provides a friend's mobile terminal with a page of the site including usable pre-image 781. As a result, as shown in FIG. 52D, a screen including a usable pre-image 781 is displayed on the display unit of the friend's mobile terminal.

  As described above, the user can transfer the usable pre-image transmitted to the mobile terminal 702 to a friend.

  A message to a friend included in a pre-image that can be used for “celebration mail” intended to be transferred (sent) to a friend in this way is displayed as a photographed image when the pre-image usable in the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 is created. Although it is determined according to the composition image to be synthesized or the replacement message selected in the editing operation, it may be changed after being transmitted to the portable terminal 702.

  Specifically, when one of the usable pre-images stored on its own site is selected by the user's operation, it is included in the selected usable pre-image as shown in FIG. Message images 822-1 to 822-3 are displayed together with the captured image 821. When one of the message images 822-1 to 822-3 is selected by the user, the usable pre-image message stored on the site is changed to the selected message image. become.

  Thereby, the user can finish the usable pre-image transmitted from the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 to be more unique.

  As described above, the usable pre-image transmitted to the portable terminal 702 can be transferred to the friend's portable terminal, but the exchange of usable pre-images between the portable terminals can be easily displayed by the user. You may make it do.

  FIG. 54 is a display example of the display unit 745 in which the exchange of usable pre-images between portable terminals is displayed more easily by the user.

  In FIG. 54, tabs 832-1 and 832-2 and a new arrival message 833 are displayed in addition to the usable pre-image 831.

  On the tab 832-1, usable pre-images transferred from the mobile terminals of other users are displayed together with the names (nicknames) of other users. In the example of FIG. 54, the usable pre-image 841-1 transferred from the mobile terminal “Yuki”, the usable pre-image 841-2 transferred from the mobile terminal “mai”, and the mobile terminal “Naomi”. The usable pre-image 841-3 that has been transferred is displayed on the tab 832-1. In the example of FIG. 54, a new arrival display 842 indicating that the usable pre-image has been transmitted from another user is displayed above the usable pre-image 841-1.

  On the tab 832-2, usable pre-images transferred to the mobile terminals of other users are displayed together with the names (nicknames) of other users.

  Similar to the new arrival display 842, the new arrival message 833 is a message indicating that a usable pre-image has been sent from another user most recently. In the example of FIG. 54, “Yuki-chan has received a pre-!” Is displayed.

  With such a display, the user can confirm at a glance who can give which pre-painted image or who received it, and also confirm at a glance that he has received a new usable pre-image. Will be able to.

  Further, in the description with reference to FIG. 53, it has been described that the message image included in the pre-image that can be used for the “celebration mail” is changed, but the text such as the name, date, and additional message that can be input in the editing work is described. You may make it edit.

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 55A, a link 852 for editing the message text included in the usable pre-image 851 is provided. When the link 852 is selected by the user's operation, a message edit input screen (not shown) is displayed, and the name, date, and additional message can be changed / added. In the example of FIG. 55, when “YUKARI” is input (added) to the name on the message editing input screen, the name 851a is added to the message included in the usable pre-image 851 as shown in FIG. 55B. It becomes like this.

  Furthermore, it may be possible to reply on the site to a pre-image that can be used for a “celebration mail” transmitted from the mobile terminal of another user on the site.

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 56, a link 862 for creating a reply mail for a usable pre-image 861 is provided. When the link 862 is selected by the user's operation, a mail editing screen (not shown) is displayed, and a reply mail can be created. As shown in FIG. 56, when the user is a non-member, only text data can be used for the mail body. However, when the user is a member, the text is used for the mail body. In addition to data, moving images (moving pictograms) can be used, and background designs and typefaces can be special. This moving pictograph is a moving image of a predetermined format such as Flash (registered trademark) format, and can be used as a pre-image that can be used for the original “celebration mail”, that is, the “celebration mail” created by the photo sticker creation device 1. It shall also be used for pre-images.

  In addition, when sending pre-images that can be used for “celebration mail” to a friend's mobile terminal on the site, or when replying to pre-images that can be used for “celebration mail” sent from the mobile device, the destination You can also send a pre-image or reply mail that can be used automatically by specifying the transmission date and time.

  Specifically, the display unit 745 of the portable terminal 702 displays a link for displaying a setting screen for setting a transmission destination and transmission date and time of a pre-image and reply mail that can be used. When the link is selected by the user's operation, a setting screen is displayed, and a destination mail address and a desired transmission date and time can be input. As a result, a usable pre-image or reply mail can be automatically transmitted at the transmission destination and transmission date and time designated by the user.

  In the above description, the screen display of the mobile terminal when the usable pre-image transmitted to the mobile terminal is a pre-image that can be used for “celebration mail” has been described, but in the following, the usable pre-image transmitted to the mobile terminal is described. The screen display of the mobile terminal when the image is a pre-image that can be used for “blog deco” will be described.

  Similarly to the case described with reference to FIG. 47A, when a link for downloading a usable pre-image is selected on the display unit 745 of the portable terminal 702 by a user operation, the display unit 745 of the portable terminal 702 is selected. 57, a usable pre-image 871 and a photographed image 872 included (combined) included in the usable pre-image are displayed.

  Thereby, the user can download the captured image included (combined) in the deco image together with the deco image attached to the mail or the blog to his / her mobile terminal. In particular, the size of the pre-images that can be used for “Blog Deco” is smaller than other pre-images that can be used, so it may give the user an impression that the image has been damaged. By doing so, it is possible to prevent the user from giving an impression of being damaged.

  Note that only the usable pre-image 871 may be displayed on the display unit 745 of the portable terminal 702. Thereby, the data capacity downloaded to the portable terminal can be further reduced.

  Also, as described with reference to FIG. 39, the pre-image design that can be used for “blog deco” can be changed in the editing work, but it may be changed in the portable terminal. Good.

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 58, in addition to the usable pre-image 881, sample images 882-1 to 882-6 are provided. The sample image 882-1 is selected in order to reduce the size of the usable pre-image 881. The sample image 882-2 is selected in order to set the size of the usable pre-image 881 to a normal size. The sample image 882-3 is selected to increase the size of the usable pre-image 881. The sample image 882-4 is selected in order to make the corner (rectangle of the rectangle) of the usable pre-image 881 round. The sample image 882-5 is selected so that the edge portion of the usable pre-image 881 looks like a polaroid photo. The sample image 882-6 is selected in order to change the design of the balloon portion of the usable pre-image 881.

  Thereby, the design of the pre-image that can be used for “blog deco” can be changed on the mobile terminal.

  Although not shown, as described with reference to FIG. 55A, a link for editing the message text included in the balloon portion of the usable pre-image 881 is provided. By selecting the link, the message editing input screen may be displayed, and the message may be changed / added.

  Hereinafter, the screen display of the mobile terminal when the usable pre-image transmitted to the mobile terminal is a pre-image that can be used for “code album” will be described.

  Similarly to the case described with reference to FIG. 47A, when a link for downloading a usable pre-image is selected on the display unit 745 of the portable terminal 702 by a user operation, the display unit 745 of the portable terminal 702 is selected. Displays a top page of “corde album” as shown in FIG. On the top page of the “corde album”, a usable pre-image 891, a tab 892 on which the user can use a pre-image of the past “corde album”, a URL 893 for accessing the user's site, and A public display mark 894 indicating that the page of the user's site is open to other users is displayed.

  In this way, you can make your site accessible to other users by allowing other users to access your site, so you can share your clothes and items with your friends. You will be able to teach. The site disclosure range may be an unspecified number of users, or may be limited to other users registered as user friends on the site.

  Also, a link 911 may be provided on a page of a site that is open to other users (other users registered as friends) as shown in FIG. 60A. The link 911 is selected by another user viewing the page shown in FIG. 60A, and the selected number is counted by the management server 703. In the example of FIG. 60A, it is shown that the link 911 is selected 30 times. When the link 911 is selected, as shown in FIG. 60B, the top three usable pre-images 912-1 to 912-3 with a large number of selected links 911 are displayed on the display unit 745. Note that the top page of “corde album” may be displayed for the usable pre-image 912-1 having the largest number of links 911 selected.

  In addition, the pre-images that can be used for “Cord Album” are brands (manufacturers) of clothes and items (hats, skirts, shoes, etc.) worn by users on the photo sticker creation device or mobile terminal as keywords. It can also be entered.

  For example, in FIG. 61A, a keyword 921 indicating a shoe brand “H & N” is input with a hat brand name “Seciru”, a one-piece brand name “HdG”, and a pre-print 891 that can be used. When one of the keywords 921 is selected by the user or his friend, as shown in FIG. 61B, the selected keyword of the usable pre-images of the user's “corde album” is input. The available pre-images 922-1 to 922-3 are displayed. In the example of FIG. 61B, usable pre-images 922-1 to 922-3 in which the brand name “Seciru” is input as a keyword are displayed. In addition, as shown in FIG. 61B, a link 923 for accessing the official homepage of the brand name “Seciru” may be displayed.

  In the process described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 45, in the photo sticker creating apparatus 1, the user inputs the mail address of the mobile terminal 702 so that the mobile transmission image is transmitted to the mobile terminal 702. However, in addition to the e-mail address of the mobile terminal 702, the management server 703 transmits a usable pre-image directly to the friend's mobile terminal by inputting the e-mail address of the mobile terminal owned by the user's friend. You may do it.

  As a result, the user needs to access the predetermined URL from the forwarded mail without accessing the predetermined URL or forwarding the mail in order to send the pre-image usable for the friend. You can send pre-images that you can use to your friends.

  In addition, by printing a QR code that can access a site for downloading usable pre-images in a predetermined area of the sticker paper output from the photo sticker creating apparatus 1, the user can be given an e-mail address of the portable terminal 702. A usable pre-image can be downloaded to the mobile terminal 702 without being input.

  Of course, the “usable pre-image” transmitted and displayed on the mobile terminal 702 may be used for purposes other than the respective purposes (“congratulation mail”, “blog deco”, “corde album”).

  Further, when the above-mentioned moving pictograms are used in the “usable pre-image” transmitted to the mobile terminal 702, the moving pictograms are other than “usable pre-image” and “usable pre-image” for other purposes. It can be used for the purpose. For example, moving pictograms used for pre-images that can be used for “celebration mail” may be used for pre-images that can be used for “blog deco”, or may be used for e-mails and blogs created by the mobile terminal 702. You may make it do.

  By the way, the above-described series of processes can be executed by hardware or can be executed by software. When the above-described series of processing is executed by software, a program constituting the software is installed from a network or a recording medium.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 8, the recording medium is distributed to distribute the program to the administrator of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 separately from the apparatus main body, and is a magnetic disk (flexible disk) on which the program is recorded. Disk), optical disk (including CD-ROM and DVD), magneto-optical disk (including MD), or removable media 205 made of semiconductor memory, etc., but also pre-installed in the main unit The ROM 206 that stores the program and the hard disk included in the storage unit 202 are distributed to the administrator.

  In the present specification, the step of describing the program recorded on the recording medium is not limited to the processing performed in chronological order according to the described order, but is not necessarily performed in chronological order. It also includes processes that are executed individually.

  In the above, the printing medium is not limited to sticker paper or photographic paper. For example, printing on a predetermined size of paper or film, poster paper, a card such as a telephone card, or a cloth such as a T-shirt. You may make it do.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Photo sticker production apparatus 11 Imaging unit 12 Editing part 13 Subsequent customer service part 201 Control part 208 Imaging | photography part 209 Editing part 210 Subsequent customer service part 302 Imaging | photography process part 303 Edit process part 304 Print process part 305 Post customer service process part 311 Progress control part 312 Shooting preparation processing unit 313 Composite image selection control unit 314 Live view display control unit 315 Captured image acquisition unit 316 Composite image processing unit 317 Application selection control unit 318 Brightness determination processing unit 319 Eye size determination processing unit 320 Application information generation unit 702 Mobile terminal 703 Management server 731 Mobile transmission image management unit 732 Information management unit 733 Service providing unit

Claims (6)

The user is photographed as a subject, the user performs editing input on the obtained photographed image, the photographed image is printed on a predetermined sticker sheet, and the photographed image is connected via a communication network. An image providing device that transmits to a mobile terminal,
Usage selection means for accepting selection by the user of the usage of the usage image after mobile transmission used on the mobile terminal by the user after transmission to the mobile terminal ;
The captured image captured by the camera that captures the user is displayed as a moving image in real time on the display unit, and the moving image displayed on the display unit is displayed in accordance with the application selected by the user. Live view display control means for controlling the display unit to synthesize and display the composition image;
By combining the image for synthesis according to the application selected by the user with the captured image obtained as a still image by the camera, the captured image before the image for synthesis is combined , A composite unit that obtains the mobile post-transmission use image in which the composite image is combined with the captured image, and displays the captured image and the mobile post-transmission use image on the display unit ;
The application is
A first application for the purpose of transmitting the use image after portable transmission transmitted to the portable terminal to the other person as a greeting card for the other person;
A second application for using the post-mobile-use use image transmitted to the mobile terminal as a decoration image attached to text data exchanged via the communication network;
Providing an image that is one of the third uses for storing the post-mobile-use use image transmitted to the portable terminal as a recording image for recording the clothes of the user at the time of shooting apparatus. An editing unit that allows a user to perform editing input on the captured image;
The image providing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the content of the editing input performed on the photographed image by the editing unit is also reflected in the use image after mobile transmission corresponding to the photographed image. A printing unit that prints the selected image of the captured image on which the edit input has been performed and the use image after mobile transmission on the sticker sheet;
3. The image providing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a determination unit that sets a selected image of the captured image and the use image after mobile transmission as an image for mobile transmission to be transmitted to the mobile terminal. Printing means for printing only the photographed image on which the edit input has been made on the sticker sheet;
The image providing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a determination unit that sets only the use image after portable transmission to a portable transmission image transmitted to the portable terminal. The user is photographed as a subject, the user performs editing input on the obtained photographed image, the photographed image is printed on a predetermined sticker sheet, and the photographed image is connected via a communication network. An image providing method of an image providing apparatus for transmitting to a mobile terminal,
A use selection step of accepting selection by the user of a use of a use image after mobile transmission used on the mobile terminal by the user after transmission to the mobile terminal ;
The captured image captured by the camera that captures the user is displayed as a moving image in real time on the display unit, and the moving image displayed on the display unit is displayed in accordance with the application selected by the user. A live view display control step for controlling the display unit to synthesize and display the composition image;
The photographed image obtained before the composition image is composed by combining the composition image according to the application selected by the user with the photographed image obtained as a still image by the camera. And obtaining the use image after portable transmission in which the image for composition is combined with the photographed image, and displaying the photographed image and the use image after portable transmission on the display unit ,
The application is
A first application for the purpose of transmitting the use image after portable transmission transmitted to the portable terminal to the other person as a greeting card for the other person;
A second application for using the post-mobile-use use image transmitted to the mobile terminal as a decoration image attached to text data exchanged via the communication network;
Providing an image that is one of the third uses for storing the post-mobile-use use image transmitted to the portable terminal as a recording image for recording the clothes of the user at the time of shooting Method. The user is photographed as a subject, the user performs editing input on the obtained photographed image, the photographed image is printed on a predetermined sticker sheet, and the photographed image is connected via a communication network. A program for causing a computer to execute processing to be transmitted to a portable terminal,
A use selection step of accepting selection by the user of a use of a use image after mobile transmission used on the mobile terminal by the user after transmission to the mobile terminal ;
The captured image captured by the camera that captures the user is displayed as a moving image in real time on the display unit, and the moving image displayed on the display unit is displayed in accordance with the application selected by the user. A live view display control step for controlling the display unit to synthesize and display the composition image;
The photographed image obtained before the composition image is composed by combining the composition image according to the application selected by the user with the photographed image obtained as a still image by the camera. And obtaining a use image after portable transmission in which the image for synthesis is combined with the photographed image, and displaying the photographed image and the use image after portable transmission on the display unit. to be executed,
The application is
A first application for the purpose of transmitting the use image after portable transmission transmitted to the portable terminal to the other person as a greeting card for the other person;
A second application for using the post-mobile-use use image transmitted to the mobile terminal as a decoration image attached to text data exchanged via the communication network;
A program that is one of the third applications for the purpose of saving the use image after portable transmission transmitted to the portable terminal as a recording image for recording the clothes of the user at the time of photographing .

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