JP5339159B2 - Information management system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To manage an accurate installation position of a device. <P>SOLUTION: When a user of a portable terminal 2 starts using a photograph seal making device 1, a screen for requiring the user to hold the portable terminal 2 over a reader/writer provided to a predetermined position of a housing is displayed on a monitor of the photograph seal making device 1. When the user holds the portable terminal 2 over the reader/writer, portable terminal positional information representing a position of the portable terminal 2 is transmitted through proximity communication with a non-contact type IC and transmitted to a management server 3 via the photograph seal making device 1. In the management server 3, the portable terminal positional information is connected to housing ID of the photograph seal making device 1 and managed as information representing the installation position of the photograph seal making device 1. The invention is applicable to a photograph seal making device. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an information management system, and more particularly to an information management system capable of managing an accurate installation position of an apparatus.

  2. Description of the Related Art A photo sticker creation apparatus is known that takes a picture of a user, causes the user to edit the photographed image, and prints and provides the edited image on sticker paper. Such a photo sticker creating apparatus is installed in an entertainment facility.

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

  In recent years, performances of mobile terminals such as mobile phones have been improved, and various additional services in which a photo sticker creating apparatus and a mobile terminal are linked are provided. For example, there is a service for directly transferring a photographed image or an edited image from a photo sticker creating apparatus to a mobile terminal. In addition, you can upload captured images and edited images from the photo sticker creation device to the server, and then access the site operated by the manufacturer of the photo sticker creation device from a mobile terminal to carry the uploaded image. There are services that can be viewed on a terminal or downloaded to a mobile terminal.

  In Patent Document 1, the name and address of the installation store input at the time of maintenance of the photo sticker creation device are transmitted from the photo sticker creation device together with the device ID to the server. A network system to be managed is disclosed.

  In this network system, when location information such as the address directly entered by the user operating the mobile terminal or the latitude and longitude acquired by the GPS sensor of the mobile terminal is transmitted from the mobile terminal to the server via the network, A search is performed on the server based on the position information, and information such as the name of the store where the photo sticker creation apparatus is installed near the user and the distance to the store are transmitted from the server to the portable terminal.

JP 2004-178019 A

  In the network system disclosed in Patent Document 1, since the address of the photo sticker creation device is input by a store employee or contractor at the time of maintenance of the device, correct information is not always input due to a human error or the like. Is not limited. Therefore, the server location may not be accurately grasped on the server side, and in this case, accurate information cannot be provided to the user.

  It is possible to install a GPS sensor in the photo sticker creation device itself so that the location information is sent from the photo sticker creation device to the server at a predetermined timing such as during maintenance. The device is installed indoors, and position information may not be acquired depending on the radio wave condition of GPS.

  The present invention has been made in view of such a situation, and makes it possible to manage an accurate installation position of an apparatus.

The information management system according to the first aspect of the present invention is configured by connecting an image providing device and a portable terminal to a management server via a network. The management server receives position information indicating the position of the mobile terminal of a user who uses the image providing apparatus from the mobile terminal by communicating with the mobile terminal, and receives the communication information from the mobile terminal. Management means for managing the position information as information representing the position of the image providing apparatus, the image providing apparatus, a photographing means for photographing a user of the mobile terminal as a subject, the management server, Communication between the first communication means for transmitting the image obtained by photographing by the photographing means, identification information of the image, and identification information of itself, and proximity communication with the portable terminal, Second communication means for transmitting image identification information, wherein the portable terminal performs proximity communication with a positioning means for measuring a position and the image providing apparatus, and the image providing apparatus. Communication between the first communication means for receiving the identification information of the image transmitted from the management server and the management server, and identification of the position information and the image received by the first communication means. Second communication means for transmitting information. The communication means of the management server receives the image, the identification information of the image, and the identification information of the image providing device transmitted from the image providing device, and is transmitted from the portable terminal, Position information and identification information of the image are received, and the management means of the management server uses the same information as the identification information of the image transmitted from the portable terminal, the position information transmitted from the portable terminal. Along with the identification information of the image providing apparatus transmitted from the image providing apparatus, the information is managed.

The management server is further provided with storage means for storing the image transmitted from the image providing device, and the communication means of the management server transmits information indicating the storage location of the image to the portable terminal. Then, the second communication means of the portable terminal can receive information indicating the storage location of the image transmitted from the management server.

  The information management system according to the second aspect of the present invention is configured by connecting an image providing device and a portable terminal to a management server via a network. The management server receives position information indicating the position of the mobile terminal of a user who uses the image providing apparatus from the mobile terminal by communicating with the mobile terminal, and receives the communication information from the mobile terminal. Management means for managing the position information as information representing the position of the image providing apparatus, the image providing apparatus, a photographing means for photographing a user of the mobile terminal as a subject, the management server, Communication means for transmitting the image obtained by photographing by the photographing means, the identification information of the image, the photographing date and time of the image, and the identification information of itself. Positioning means for repeatedly performing positioning, and the position information obtained by repeatedly performing positioning by the positioning means are described in association with the positioning date and time. Comprising storage means for, and communication means for communicating with the management server. The communication means of the management server receives the image, the identification information of the image, the shooting date and time of the image, and the identification information of the image providing device transmitted from the image providing device, and identifies the image Information and the date and time of photographing the image are transmitted to the portable terminal, and the communication means of the portable terminal receives the identification information of the image and the photographing date and time of the image transmitted from the management server, and the storage means. The position information obtained by positioning at a positioning time close to the image capturing date and time of the image is transmitted to the management server together with the identification information of the image, and the communication means of the management server Further receives the position information and the identification information of the image transmitted from the portable terminal, and the management means of the management server is transmitted from the portable terminal. The position information can, and manages with the identification information and the cord of the said image providing apparatus that has been transmitted from the image providing apparatus together with the same information as the identification information of the image transmitted from the mobile terminal.

The management server is further provided with storage means for storing the image transmitted from the image providing device, and the communication means of the management server transmits information indicating the storage location of the image to the portable terminal. Then, the communication means of the portable terminal can receive information indicating the storage location of the image transmitted from the management server.

  The information management system according to the third aspect of the present invention is configured by connecting an image providing device and a portable terminal to a management server via a network. The management server receives position information indicating the position of the mobile terminal of a user who uses the image providing apparatus from the mobile terminal by communicating with the mobile terminal, and receives the communication information from the mobile terminal. Management means for managing the position information as information representing the position of the image providing apparatus, the image providing apparatus, a photographing means for photographing a user of the mobile terminal as a subject, the management server, Communication means for transmitting the image obtained by photographing by the photographing means, the identification information of the image, the photographing date and time of the image, and the identification information of itself. Positioning means for repeatedly performing positioning, and the position information obtained by repeatedly performing positioning by the positioning means are described in association with the positioning date and time. Comprising storage means for, and communication means for communicating with the management server. The communication means of the management server receives the image, the identification information of the image, the shooting date and time of the image, and the identification information of the image providing device transmitted from the image providing device, and the image providing device The identification information of the image and the shooting date and time of the image are transmitted to the portable terminal, and the communication means of the portable terminal receives the identification information of the image providing device and the shooting date and time of the image transmitted from the management server. , Out of the position information stored in the storage means, the position information obtained by positioning at a positioning time close to the shooting date and time of the image is transmitted to the management server together with the identification information of the image providing device, The communication means of the management server further receives the position information transmitted from the portable terminal and the identification information of the image providing device, and the management server Stage, the location information transmitted to and manages with the identification information and the cord of the said image providing apparatus that has been transmitted from the mobile terminal from the mobile terminal

Oite the present invention, by the management server, the position information indicating the position of the mobile terminal, the received from the mobile terminal, the positional information received are managed as information representing the position of the image providing apparatus .

  According to the present invention, it is possible to manage an accurate installation position of the apparatus.

It is a figure showing an example of composition of an information management system concerning a 1st embodiment of the present invention. It is a perspective view which shows the structural example of a photograph sticker production apparatus. It is the perspective view which looked at 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 the front of the front unit of an imaging | photography unit. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the side surface of an edit unit. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the other side of an edit unit. It is a block diagram which shows the example of an internal structure of a photograph sticker production apparatus. It is a block diagram which shows the function structural example of a control part. 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 structural example of the information management system which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart explaining a series of processes of the information management system of FIG. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the information management system which concerns on the 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart explaining a series of processes of the information management system of FIG. It is a figure which shows the concept of the service implement | achieved based on the installation position information of a photograph sticker production apparatus. It is a figure which shows the example when a photograph sticker production apparatus is moved to another store. It is a figure which shows the example of a transfer confirmation screen. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the information management system which concerns on the 4th Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart explaining a series of processes of the information management system of FIG. FIG. 23 is a flowchart following FIG. 22 for describing a series of processes of the information management system of FIG. 21. It is a figure which shows the modification of the flow of the information in the information management system of FIG.

<First Embodiment>
[Configuration of information management system]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration example of an information management system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

  The information management system in FIG. 1 includes a photo sticker creating apparatus 1, a portable terminal 2, and a management server 3. The mobile terminal 2 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. It is a server to manage. In the management server 3, information on the installation position of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 is managed in association with the housing ID of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1.

  The photo sticker creating apparatus 1 is provided with a reader / writer that performs proximity communication with a non-contact type IC, and the portable terminal 2 includes a non-contact type IC. In the information management system of FIG. 1, transmission / reception of information between the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 and the portable terminal 2 uses a non-contact type IC when the portable terminal 2 is held over the reader / writer of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1. It was done by proximity communication. Transmission and reception of information between the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 and the management server 3 and between the mobile terminal 2 and the management server 3 are performed via a network such as the Internet.

  A series of information flows in the information management system of FIG. 1 will be described.

  When the user of the portable terminal 2 enters the store where the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 is installed and starts using the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 by inserting a price, the monitor of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 has a housing. A screen requesting to hold (close) the portable terminal 2 over the reader / writer provided at a predetermined position is displayed.

  When the user who confirmed the screen holds the portable terminal 2 over the reader / writer, the portable terminal 2 is the position of the portable terminal, which is position information such as latitude and longitude measured by the portable terminal 2, as indicated by arrow # 1. The information and the mail address of the portable terminal 2 are transmitted to the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 by proximity communication. That is, the mobile terminal 2 is a terminal having a function of performing positioning using a GPS (Global Positioning System) sensor or the like.

  In the mobile terminal 2, for example, positioning is repeatedly performed at a predetermined cycle. When the mobile terminal 2 is held over a reader / writer, the mobile terminal position information obtained by the previous positioning is transmitted together with the mail address by proximity communication. Positioning may be performed when it is held over a reader / writer, and mobile terminal position information obtained thereby may be transmitted.

  The photo sticker creating apparatus 1 that has received the mobile terminal position information and the e-mail address transmitted from the mobile terminal 2 starts a series of games until the sticker paper is provided, and according to the operation of the user of the mobile terminal 2. Then, photographing processing, editing processing of a photographed image that is an image obtained by photographing processing, printing processing of an image obtained by editing processing, and the like are performed. The user of the portable terminal 2 receives the sticker sheet on which an image is printed by the printing process, and ends a series of games.

  In addition, as shown by arrow # 2, the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 selects an image to be edited, which is selected by the user as an image to be edited from the captured images and edited, as indicated by an arrow # 2. The server transmission image, the server transmission image ID, the housing ID, the mobile terminal position information, and the mail address of the mobile terminal 2 are transmitted to the management server 3.

  The server transmission image ID is an ID of the server transmission image, and is set by the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 when the server transmission image is selected. The housing ID is an ID of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1, and is set in the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 at the time of manufacture, for example.

  The photo sticker creating apparatus 1 transmits the server transmission image, the server transmission image ID, the housing ID, the portable terminal position information, and the e-mail address, and then selects the portable transmission selected by the user from the server transmission images. The image ID for portable transmission that is the ID of the trusted image is transmitted to the management server 3. The portable transmission image is a server transmission image stored in the management server 3 and is selected by the user during printing of the image. Of the server transmission images transmitted earlier, which image is stored as the portable transmission image is designated by the portable transmission image ID.

  The management server 3 receives various information transmitted from the photo sticker creating apparatus 1, uses the mobile terminal position information as the installation position information of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1, and associates it with the housing ID of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1. Save (memorize) and manage. In addition, the management server 3 specifies and stores the image selected as the portable transmission image among the server transmission images based on the portable transmission image ID.

  As indicated by arrow # 3, the management server 3 sends an e-mail including a storage destination URL, which is a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) indicating the storage location of the mobile transmission image, from the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 It transmits to the portable terminal 2 based on the address.

  The mobile terminal 2 that has received the e-mail transmitted from the management server 3 accesses the storage location of the image for mobile transmission based on the storage destination URL included in the e-mail, and displays or downloads the image for mobile transmission. To do. A function for uploading images created during a game of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 to the management server 3 by the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 and the management server 3, and accessing the management server 3 for later browsing or downloading The mobile transmission function is realized.

  In the information management system of FIG. 1, as described above, the housing ID of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 and the mobile terminal location information measured by the mobile terminal 2 are acquired by the management server 3 and managed in association with each other. .

  As a result, the management server 3 can obtain accurate installation position information of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1. Further, the administrator of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 does not need to register the installation position in the management server 3 when the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 is installed in the store. A series of information flows in the information management system of FIG. 1 will be described in detail later with reference to a flowchart.

[Configuration of Photo Sticker Making Device 1]
FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a configuration example of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1.

  The photo sticker creating apparatus 1 is a game machine (image providing apparatus) 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 photographed 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.

  In the photo sticker creation game provided by the photo sticker creation device 1, the user enters a price, takes a picture of himself as a subject, selects an image to be edited from the shot images obtained by the shooting, By editing the image to be edited using an editing function for synthesizing a frame image as a background or foreground, a handwritten line drawing, or a stamp image, the photographed image becomes a colorful image. After the game, the user receives a sticker sheet on which the edited image is printed.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the casing 10 of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 mainly includes a photographing unit 12, an editing unit 13, a ceiling strobe unit 14, and a background curtain unit 15.

  The photographing unit 12 is a unit having a function of photographing a user as a subject. Photographing is performed in a photographing space inside the photographing unit 12. The photographing unit 12 is roughly divided into a front unit 12A and a rear unit 12B.

  The front unit 12A is a unit on the front side of the shooting space, and performs processing related to shooting and receives operations by the user. An external monitor 16, a speaker 17, and touch pens 18a and 18b are provided on the side surface of the front unit 12A. Below the external monitor 16, a coin slot 55 and a non-contact type IC reader / writer 19 are provided. The rear unit 12B is a wall-like unit on the rear side of the photographing space.

  The editing unit 13 is a unit provided with a configuration for a user to edit a captured image. A configuration for performing editing or the like is provided on each of the two surfaces of the editing unit 13 so that two sets of users can perform editing work simultaneously. The photo sticker creating apparatus 1 can execute a photo sticker creating game for a certain user and a photo sticker creating game for another user in parallel.

  The ceiling strobe unit 14 provided above the photographing space incorporates a strobe that emits a flash toward the photographing space in accordance with the photographing timing. A fluorescent lamp is arranged inside the ceiling strobe unit 14 and also functions as illumination of the photographing space.

  On the upper part of the rear unit 12B, a background curtain unit 15 in which a movable curtain (background curtain) used for the background is stored is provided. The background curtain unit 15 stores a plurality of winding curtains having different colors or patterns. The background curtain unit 15 operates in conjunction with a photographing function such as a camera or a strobe provided in the front unit 12A. At the time of photographing, for example, the curtain of the color selected by the user is lowered and the other curtains are wound. take.

  The external monitor 16 provided on the side surface of the front unit 12A is used for a user who is waiting outside the shooting space to use the shooting space next time when shooting is performed in the shooting space, or a photo sticker. For those who pass by the creation device 1, a video showing the progress of the game is displayed, a video (demonstration) that guides the flow of the game, how to play, etc. is displayed, and the photo sticker creation device 1 is installed Display advertisements for the stores and areas that are used. The external monitor 16 is a tablet built-in monitor, displays a screen related to pre-service processing, and accepts a selection operation by the user.

  The speaker 17 outputs sound that matches the display on the external monitor 16.

  The touch pens 18a and 18b are used by a user who performs pre-service work. The user can select various items by tapping the external monitor 16 with the touch pen 18 (touch pens 18a, 18b) or moving the external monitor 16 on the external monitor 16. By preparing two touch pens, it becomes possible for two users to simultaneously perform a selection operation in the pre-service operation.

  The non-contact type IC reader / writer 19 performs proximity communication with the non-contact type IC when the portable terminal 2 is held over by the user and the non-contact type IC built in the portable terminal 2 is within the communication range. To read information stored in the non-contact type IC and write information to the non-contact type IC.

  FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 as seen from another angle.

  The editing unit 13 is installed adjacent to the surface of the front unit 12A opposite to the surface on the rear unit 12B side (surface on the imaging space side). On the two side surfaces of the editing unit 13, a first editing interface 13A and a second editing interface 13B are provided for the user to edit the captured image.

  Here, the flow of the photo sticker creation game and the accompanying movement of the user will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a plan view of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 as viewed from above.

  The user (user A) who has paid for the coin insertion slot 55 in the pre-service space 31 in front of the external monitor 16 sets various settings according to the screen displayed on the external monitor 16. To do. In the prior customer service space 31, for example, selection as to whether or not to use a mobile transmission function that is a function of transmitting an image to the management server 3 is performed as a prior customer service.

  The user who has completed the customer service operation enters the imaging space 32 formed between the front unit 12A and the rear unit 12B, and performs the imaging operation using a camera or a monitor provided in the front unit 12A (user B).

  The user who has finished the shooting work selects an image to be edited from the shot images, and after selecting the image, for example, according to the movement guide displayed on the monitor of the front unit 12A, from the shooting space 32 to the editing space in which the editing work is performed. Moving.

  A first editing space 33A is formed on the right side (in front of the first editing interface 13A) of the editing unit 13 as viewed from the front unit 12A, and a second editing space 33B is formed on the left side (in front of the second editing interface 13B). The Hereinafter, when it is not necessary to distinguish the first editing space 33A and the second editing space 33B as appropriate, they are collectively referred to as an editing space 33.

  The user (user B) of the shooting space 32 is guided to the free one of the two editing spaces when the shooting operation is finished. The user who has moved to the first editing space 33A or the second editing space 33B starts editing work. A user C who is a user of the first editing space 33A and a user C ′ who is a user of the second editing space 33B can simultaneously perform editing work.

  The user who has finished the editing work next performs a print setting work such as setting the number of divisions in the editing space 33. After the print setting work is completed, printing is started. During printing of an image, when the user has selected to use the mobile transmission function during advance customer service, the user can select an image to be stored in the management server 3 from the edited images, Or do. When printing is completed, the user moves to the printed material receiving area 34 to receive the sticker paper, and finishes a series of photo sticker creation games.

  Next, the configuration of each unit will be described.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the front unit 12A. The front surface 12 </ b> A- 1 in FIG. 5 is a surface positioned in front of the user who performs the photographing work in the photographing space 32.

  A camera 51 that captures a subject in the imaging space 32 is provided in the approximate center of the front surface 12 </ b> A- 1, and a touch panel monitor 52 is provided below the camera 51.

  The front surface 12A-1 is provided with lighting devices 53-1 to 53-8 that emit light in accordance with the shooting timing of the camera 51, and a baggage storage area for a user who is shooting to put baggage or the like. 54-1 and 54-2 are provided on the left and right with the illumination device 53-7 under the touch panel monitor 52 interposed therebetween. For example, near the ceiling of the front surface 12 </ b> A- 1, a speaker that outputs sound such as guidance sound, BGM (Back Ground Music), and sound effects in the shooting work of the photo sticker creation game is also provided.

  The camera 51 is configured by an image sensor such as a CCD (Charge Coupled Device), and photographs the user in the photographing space 32. A part of the captured image captured by the camera 51 is cut out or an image such as a background is synthesized and displayed on the touch panel monitor 52 in real time. An image captured by the camera 51 at a predetermined timing such as when a user gives an instruction to shoot is saved as a photographic image (still image).

  The touch panel monitor 52 includes a live view monitor such as an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) and a touch panel laminated thereon. The touch panel monitor 52 has a function as a live view monitor that displays a composite image (moving image) obtained by combining an image such as a background or foreground with a captured image captured by the camera 51, and various GUI (Graphical User Interface) images. And a function of accepting a user's selection operation by a touch panel superimposed on the screen.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a configuration example of the editing unit 13 on the right side when viewed from the photographing unit 12 side (configuration example on the first editing space 33A side).

  The first editing interface 13A is provided with a tablet built-in monitor 62, touch pens 63-1, 63-2, and a speaker 64. A lighting device 61 is also provided above them.

  The tablet built-in monitor 62 is configured by superimposing a tablet capable of operation input using the touch pen 63-1 or 63-2 on a display device such as an LCD. On the tablet built-in monitor 62, for example, an edit screen that is a screen used for editing the image to be edited is displayed. When two people perform editing work simultaneously, the touch pen 63-1 is used by one user, and the touch pen 63-2 is used by the other user. Hereinafter, the touch pen 63-1 and the touch pen 63-2 are collectively referred to as a touch pen 63, as appropriate.

  The speaker 64 outputs voices related to editing work such as guidance voices, sound effects, and BGM. The configuration of the editing unit 13 on the second editing space 33B side is basically the same as the configuration on the first editing space 33A side shown in FIG.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the photo sticker discharge unit 13 </ b> C of the editing unit 13.

  A photographic sticker discharge port 71 is provided in the photographic sticker discharge portion 13C. The photo sticker discharge port 71 is obtained by a sticker on which an image obtained by editing by the user of the first editing space 33A is printed and by a user of the second editing space 33B. The sticker paper on which the printed image is printed is discharged. A printer is provided inside the editing unit 13, and an image obtained by editing work is printed by the printer.

  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 components as those described above are denoted by the same reference numerals. The overlapping description will be omitted as appropriate.

  The control unit 101 controls the overall operation of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1. Connected to the control unit 101 are a storage unit 102, a communication unit 103, a drive 104, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 106, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 107, a pre-service unit 111, a photographing unit 112, an editing unit 113, and a printer 114. Is done.

  The storage unit 102 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 101. Information stored in the storage unit 102 is appropriately read out by the control unit 101. The storage unit 102 also stores a housing ID that is identification information of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1.

  The communication unit 103 is an interface of a network such as the Internet, and communicates with an external device such as the management server 3 according to control by the control unit 101.

  A removable medium 105 made of an optical disk (including a CD-ROM (Compact Disc-Read Only Memory) and a DVD (Digital Versatile Disc)), a semiconductor memory, and the like is appropriately attached to the drive 104. The computer program and data read from the removable medium 105 by the drive 104 are supplied to the control unit 101 and stored in the storage unit 102 or installed.

  The ROM 106 stores programs and data executed by the control unit 101. The RAM 107 temporarily stores data and programs processed by the control unit 101.

  The pre-service section 111 is a block that performs pre-service processing, which is processing for causing the user to perform pre-service work, and includes an external monitor 16, a speaker 17, a touch pen 18, a non-contact type IC reader / writer 19, and a coin. The processing unit 121 is configured.

  The external monitor 16 displays an image that guides the flow of the photo sticker creation game, how to play, and the like according to control by the control unit 101. The external monitor 16 also displays a selection screen for selecting whether or not to use the mobile transmission function after the price is inserted, and a message requesting the user to hold the mobile terminal 2 over the non-contact IC reader / writer 19. Display a screen that contains. A signal representing the content of the user's operation input to the external monitor 16 is supplied to the control unit 101.

  The coin processing unit 121 detects the insertion of coins into the coin insertion slot 55. When the coin processing unit 121 detects that a coin has been inserted, the coin processing unit 121 outputs an activation signal indicating that to the control unit 101.

  The photographing unit 112 is a block that performs photographing processing, which is processing for causing a user to perform photographing work, and includes a background curtain unit 15, an illumination control unit 122, a camera 51, a touch panel monitor 52, and a speaker 124. .

  The background curtain unit 15 raises and lowers the background curtain based on the background control signal supplied from the control unit 101. The background may be selected manually by the user.

  The illumination control unit 122 turns on or off the illumination devices 53-1 to 53-8 based on the illumination control signal supplied from the control unit 101.

  The camera 51 shoots according to the control by the control unit 101 and outputs image data obtained by the shooting to the control unit 101. In the photographing process, photographing is performed a plurality of times, and a predetermined number of images selected from the plurality of photographed images are stored in the storage unit 102 as editing target images.

  The editing unit 113 is a block that performs an editing process that is a process for causing the user to perform an editing operation. The editing unit 113 includes a first editing unit 113A corresponding to the first editing interface 13A and a second editing interface corresponding to the second editing interface 13B. 2 editing section 113B. Although the configuration of the first editing unit 113A will be described here, the second editing unit 113B also has the same configuration as the first editing unit 113A.

  The first editing unit 113A includes a tablet built-in monitor 62, touch pens 63-1, 63-2, and a speaker 64.

  The tablet built-in monitor 62 includes an editing monitor 141 and a tablet 142, displays an editing screen according to control by the control unit 101, 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 101, and the editing target image is edited. On the editing screen, the thumbnail image of the image to be edited stored in the storage unit 102 is displayed, and one image to be edited selected by tapping the thumbnail image is displayed in a larger size than the thumbnail image. The user switches the image to be edited to be displayed as appropriate, and inputs handwritten characters using the pen tool displayed on the editing screen or the stamp tool for the enlarged image to be edited. You can enter an image such as a heart pattern.

  The printer 114 prints the edited image obtained by the editing process on the sticker sheet 162 and discharges it to the photo sticker discharge port 71.

  FIG. 9 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration example of the control unit 101. The configuration shown in FIG. 9 is realized by the control unit 101 executing a predetermined program. In the control unit 101, a pre-service processing unit 201, a photographing processing unit 202, an editing processing unit 203, a print processing unit 204, and a post-service service processing unit 205 are realized.

  The pre-service processing unit 201 performs pre-service processing, which is processing related to a price (coin) input when starting the photo sticker creation game, processing related to setting before photographing, and the like. The photographing processing unit 202 performs photographing processing that is processing for photographing the user. The editing processing unit 203 performs editing processing such as editing on the captured image. The print processing unit 204 performs a printing process for printing an image obtained by the editing process on a sticker sheet. The post-service processing unit 205 performs post-service processing that provides a mini game or the like to a user who has finished editing work and is waiting for printing.

[Configuration of Management Server 3]
FIG. 10 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the management server 3.

  A CPU (Central Processing Unit) 211, a ROM 212, and a RAM 213 are connected to each other via a bus 214.

  An input / output interface 215 is further connected to the bus 214. The input / output interface 215 is connected to an input unit 216 including a keyboard and a mouse, and an output unit 217 including a display and a speaker. The input / output interface 215 includes a storage unit 218 including a hard disk and a non-volatile memory, a network interface, and the like, and drives a communication unit 219 that communicates with the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 and the portable terminal 2 and a removable medium 221. Drive 220 to be connected.

  The storage unit 218 stores the case ID and installation position information of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 in association with each other. Other information such as the name of the store where the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 is installed, which is specified by the model name and position information of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1, is stored in association with the housing ID and the installation position information. You may do it.

  The storage unit 218 stores an image selected as the portable transmission image among the server transmission images transmitted from the photo sticker creating apparatus 1. The mobile transmission image stored in the storage unit 218 is transmitted to the mobile terminal 2 in response to the access.

  FIG. 11 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration example of the management server 3. At least a part of the functional units shown in FIG. 11 is realized by executing a predetermined program by the CPU 211 of FIG. In the management server 3, a portable transmission image management unit 231, a location management unit 232, and a service providing unit 233 are realized.

  The portable transmission image management unit 231 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 231 assigns a URL as a storage destination to the portable transmission image, and causes the storage unit 218 to store the portable transmission image. The portable transmission image management unit 231 controls the communication unit 219 to transmit an email including the storage destination URL to the portable terminal 2.

  The position management unit 232 acquires the mobile terminal position information and the housing ID transmitted from the photo sticker creating apparatus 1, and associates the mobile terminal position information with the housing ID as the installation position information of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1. To be stored in the storage unit 218.

  The service providing unit 233 provides various services using the installation position information of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 stored in the storage unit 218. For example, when a search for the installation position of the photo sticker creation device is requested from the mobile terminal 2, the service providing unit 233 displays the mobile terminal 2 represented by the mobile terminal location information transmitted from the mobile terminal 2 together with the search request. The photo sticker creating device near the current location is identified based on the information stored in the storage unit 218, and information related to the identified photo sticker creating device is transmitted to the portable terminal 2.

[Configuration of mobile terminal 2]
FIG. 12 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the mobile terminal 2.

  The mobile terminal 2 includes a control unit 241, an antenna 242, a communication unit 243, a GPS sensor 244, a display unit 245, a non-contact IC 246, a storage unit 247, and an operation unit 248.

  The control unit 241 includes a CPU, ROM, RAM, and the like, executes a predetermined program, and controls the overall operation of the mobile terminal 2.

  The communication unit 243 performs demodulation processing on the signal supplied from the antenna 242 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 241. . In addition, the communication unit 243 performs modulation processing on the information supplied from the control unit 241, and transmits the obtained signal from the antenna 242.

  For example, the GPS sensor 244 measures the position of the mobile terminal 2 at a predetermined cycle, and outputs mobile terminal position information, which is information on the measured position, to the control unit 241.

  The display unit 245 includes an LCD or the like and displays various information. For example, the display unit 245 displays the mobile transmission image transmitted from the management server 3 and received by the communication unit 243.

  The non-contact type IC 246 performs close proximity communication with the non-contact type IC reader / writer 19 when it is within a communicable range with the non-contact type IC reader / writer 19 of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1. The non-contact type IC 246 reads the mobile terminal position information measured by the GPS sensor 244 and supplied from the control unit 241 and the mail address of the mobile terminal 2 managed by the control unit 241 to the non-contact type IC reader / writer 19. Send out and send.

  The storage unit 247 includes a flash memory or the like, and stores various types of information such as mobile transmission images downloaded from the management server 3 and supplied from the control unit 241. In addition, the storage unit 247 stores mobile terminal position information obtained by positioning by the GPS sensor 244.

  The operation unit 248 is configured by various buttons and a touch panel provided on the display unit 245 and outputs a signal representing the content of the user's operation to the control unit 241.

[Operation of information management system]
Here, a series of processing of the information management system of FIG. 1 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  In step S1, the coin processing unit 121 of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 determines whether or not a coin has been inserted, and waits until it is determined that the coin has been inserted. Before the coin is inserted, the position is measured by the GPS sensor 244 of the portable terminal 2 in step S31.

  If it is determined in step S1 that a coin has been inserted, in step S2, the customer service processing unit 201 of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 displays a message such as “Hold your phone” on the external monitor 16, and Request terminal authentication operation from the user. The portable terminal authentication operation is to hold the portable terminal 2 over the non-contact type IC reader / writer 19.

  When the portable terminal 2 is held over the non-contact type IC reader / writer 19, in step S32, the non-contact type IC 246 of the portable terminal 2 brings the e-mail address close to the portable terminal position information indicating the position measured in step S31. Send by communication.

  In step S3, the pre-service processing unit 201 of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 receives the information transmitted from the portable terminal 2 by controlling the non-contact IC reader / writer 19, and performs pre-service processing in step S4. By using the customer service process in advance, for example, the user selects to use the mobile transmission function.

  In step S5, the imaging processing unit 202 performs imaging processing, and repeats imaging a predetermined number of times. The imaging processing unit 202 displays the captured image obtained by the imaging process on the touch panel monitor 52, and outputs an editing target image selected from the captured image to the editing processing unit 203.

  In step S6, the editing processing unit 203 displays an editing screen and performs editing processing according to the user's operation. By the editing process, as described above, an image such as a handwritten character or pattern or a heart pattern prepared in advance is input to the image to be edited. Also, the edit processing unit 203 sets the image to be edited as a server transmission image, and sets an ID for each server transmission image. The edit processing unit 203 reads the case ID stored in the storage unit 102 and controls the communication unit 103 to control the case ID, the server transmission image ID, the server transmission image, the mail address of the mobile terminal 2, The mobile terminal location information is transmitted to the management server 3.

  In step S <b> 21, the communication unit 219 of the management server 3 receives the information transmitted from the photo sticker creating apparatus 1.

  In step S22, the location management unit 232 of the management server 3 uses the mobile terminal location information received by the communication unit 219 as the installation location information of the photo sticker creation apparatus 1, and stores it in the storage unit 218 in association with the housing ID. Manage.

  On the other hand, in step S7, the editing processing unit 203 of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 displays the editing target image on the tablet built-in monitor 62, and allows the user to select a predetermined number of images as portable transmission images.

  In step S <b> 8, the editing processing unit 203 controls the communication unit 103 to transmit the portable transmission image ID, which is the ID of the image selected as the portable transmission image, to the management server 3.

  In step S9, the print processing unit 204 controls the printer 114 to print the edited image obtained by the editing process on the sticker paper 162. When printing is finished, the print processing unit 204 discharges it to the photo sticker discharge port 71 in step S10. To do.

  When the portable transmission image ID is transmitted from the photograph sticker creating apparatus 1, the communication unit 219 of the management server 3 receives the portable transmission image ID in step S23.

  In step S <b> 24, the portable transmission image management unit 231 specifies the image selected as the portable transmission image among the server transmission images based on the portable transmission image ID transmitted from the photo sticker creating apparatus 1. . The portable transmission image management unit 231 assigns a URL and causes the storage unit 218 to store the portable transmission image.

  In step S <b> 25, the portable transmission image management unit 231 controls the communication unit 219 to send an e-mail including the save destination URL based on the e-mail address of the portable terminal 2 transmitted from the photo sticker creating apparatus 1. 2 to send.

  In step S <b> 33, the communication unit 243 of the mobile terminal 2 receives the email transmitted from the management server 3 and outputs it to the control unit 241.

  In step S <b> 34, the control unit 241 controls the communication unit 243 to access the management server 3 when specified by the storage destination URL when access to the storage destination URL included in the e-mail is instructed by the user. The mobile transmission image stored in the storage location is received and displayed. In addition, the control unit 241 downloads (DL) the portable transmission image in accordance with an operation by the user, and stores it in the storage unit 247.

  With the above processing, the management server 3 can obtain accurate installation position information of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1.

<Second Embodiment>
[Configuration of information management system]
FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a configuration example of an information management system according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

  In the information management system of FIG. 1, portable terminal information representing a position measured by the portable terminal 2 is transmitted to the management server 3 via the photo sticker creating apparatus 1, and together with the case ID transmitted from the photo sticker creating apparatus 1. In the information management system of FIG. 14, the case ID of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 is transmitted to the management server 3 via the mobile terminal 2 and transmitted from the mobile terminal 2. The information is acquired by the management server 3 together with the mobile terminal position information.

  A series of information flows in the information management system of FIG. 14 will be described.

  Before the use of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 is started, the user of the portable terminal 2 accesses a site managed by the management server 3 using the browser function of the portable terminal 2, for example, as indicated by arrow # 11. Suppose that the application is downloaded from the accessed site.

  The downloaded application is installed in the mobile terminal 2 and executed. The application installed in the portable terminal 2 is an application having a function of accessing the management server 3 and transmitting various information to the management server 3. The functions of the mobile terminal 2 described with reference to FIG. 1 may be similarly realized by an application installed in advance. Hereinafter, an application downloaded from the management server 3 and installed in the mobile terminal 2 as appropriate is referred to as a location management application.

  When the user of the portable terminal 2 enters the store where the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 is installed and starts using the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 by inserting a price, the external monitor 16 of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 A screen requesting to hold the portable terminal 2 over the non-contact type IC reader / writer 19 is displayed.

  When the user who confirms the screen holds the portable terminal 2 over the non-contact type IC reader / writer 19, as shown by arrow # 12, the portable terminal 2 creates a photo sticker by using proximity communication for the mail address of the portable terminal 2. Transmit to device 1.

  Upon receiving the e-mail address transmitted from the portable terminal 2, the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 transmits the housing ID of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 to the portable terminal 2 by proximity communication, as indicated by arrow # 13.

  When the portable terminal 2 receives the case ID of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1, the portable terminal 2 transmits the case ID of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 and the portable terminal position information to the management server 3 as indicated by an arrow # 14. In the mobile terminal 2, for example, positioning is repeatedly performed at a predetermined cycle, and when the housing ID is transmitted, the mobile terminal position information obtained by the previous positioning is the housing ID of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1. At the same time, it is transmitted to the management server 3. Positioning may be performed at the timing when the housing ID is received, and mobile terminal position information obtained by the positioning may be transmitted to the management server 3.

  The management server 3 receives the casing ID and the portable terminal position information transmitted from the portable terminal 2, and associates the received portable terminal position information with the casing ID as the installation position information of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1. Save and manage.

  On the other hand, the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 starts a series of games until the sticker paper is provided to the user after transmitting the case ID to the mobile terminal 2, and according to the operation of the user of the mobile terminal 2, Perform photographing processing, editing processing, printing processing, and the like. The user of the portable terminal 2 receives the sticker sheet on which an image is printed by the printing process, and ends a series of games.

  The photo sticker creating apparatus 1 transmits the server transmission image, the server transmission image ID, and the e-mail address of the portable terminal 2 to the management server 3 as indicated by an arrow # 15 during the editing process. Also, the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 transmits the server transmission image, the server transmission image ID, and the mail address, and then the portable image that is the ID of the portable transmission image selected by the user from the server transmission images. The transmission image ID is transmitted to the management server 3.

  The management server 3 receives various types of information transmitted from the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 and selects the image selected as the portable transmission image from the server transmission images included in the received information as the portable transmission image ID. The mobile transmission image is stored based on the identification.

  As indicated by arrow # 16, the management server 3 sends an e-mail including a storage destination URL indicating the storage location of the image for mobile transmission to the mobile terminal 2 based on the mail address transmitted from the photo sticker creating apparatus 1. Send.

  The mobile terminal 2 that has received the e-mail transmitted from the management server 3 accesses the storage location of the image for mobile transmission based on the storage destination URL included in the e-mail, and displays or downloads the image for mobile transmission. To do.

  In the information management system of FIG. 14, as described above, the case ID of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 transmitted via the mobile terminal 2 and the mobile terminal 2 are measured and transmitted from the mobile terminal 2. Mobile terminal position information is acquired by the management server 3 and managed in association with it. This also enables the management server 3 to obtain accurate installation position information of the photo sticker creation apparatus 1.

  Further, the administrator of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 does not need to register the installation position in the management server 3 when the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 is installed in the store. Furthermore, since the information indicating the position of the mobile terminal 2 is not transmitted to the photo sticker creating apparatus 1, it is possible to reduce the risk that the position of the user of the mobile terminal 2 leaks from the photo sticker creating apparatus 1.

[Operation of information management system]
Here, a series of processing of the information management system of FIG. 14 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The description overlapping with the above description will be omitted as appropriate. The configurations of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1, the portable terminal 2, and the management server 3 are the same as those shown in FIGS.

  In step S41, the coin processing unit 121 of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 determines whether or not a coin has been inserted, and waits until it is determined that the coin has been inserted. Before the coin is inserted, the position is measured by the GPS sensor 244 of the portable terminal 2 in step S71.

  If it is determined in step S41 that a coin has been inserted, in step S42, the customer service processing unit 201 of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 requests the mobile terminal authentication operation from the user.

  When the portable terminal 2 is held over the non-contact type IC reader / writer 19, in step S72, the non-contact type IC 246 of the portable terminal 2 transmits a mail address by proximity communication.

  In step S43, the pre-service processing unit 201 of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 controls the non-contact type IC reader / writer 19 and receives the mail address transmitted from the portable terminal 2.

  In step S <b> 44, the advance customer service processing unit 201 reads the case ID stored in the storage unit 102, and transmits the read case ID to the portable terminal 2 by controlling the non-contact type IC reader / writer 19.

  In step S73, the control unit 241 of the portable terminal 2 receives the housing ID written in the non-contact type IC 246 by the non-contact type IC reader / writer 19, and has downloaded and installed in advance from the management server 3. Start the management application.

  In step S74, the control unit 241 controls the communication unit 243 to access the management server 3 by the function of the position management application, and transmits the housing ID of the photo sticker creation apparatus 1 and the mobile terminal position information to the management server 3. To do.

  In step S <b> 61, the communication unit 219 of the management server 3 receives information transmitted from the photo sticker creating apparatus 1.

  In step S62, the position management unit 232 of the management server 3 uses the portable terminal position information received by the communication unit 219 as the installation position information of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1, and stores it in the storage unit 218 in association with the housing ID. Manage.

  On the other hand, the prior customer service processing unit 201 of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 that has transmitted the housing ID to the portable terminal 2 performs the preliminary customer service process in step S45. By using the customer service process in advance, for example, the user selects to use the mobile transmission function.

  In step S <b> 46, the photographing processing unit 202 performs photographing processing, and outputs an editing target image selected from the photographed images to the editing processing unit 203.

  In step S47, the edit processing unit 203 displays an edit screen and performs an edit process in accordance with a user operation. Also, the edit processing unit 203 sets the image to be edited as a server transmission image, and sets an ID for each server transmission image. The edit processing unit 203 controls the communication unit 103 to transmit the server transmission image ID, the server transmission image, and the mail address of the portable terminal 2 to the management server 3.

  In step S48, the edit processing unit 203 of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 displays the image to be edited on the tablet built-in monitor 62, and allows the user to select a predetermined number of images as mobile transmission images.

  In step S <b> 49, the editing processing unit 203 controls the communication unit 103 to transmit the portable transmission image ID, which is the ID of the image selected as the portable transmission image, to the management server 3.

  In step S50, the print processing unit 204 controls the printer 114 to print the edited image obtained by the editing process on the sticker sheet 162. When the printing is finished, the print processing unit 204 discharges it to the photo sticker discharge port 71 in step S51. To do.

  When the image ID for server transmission, the image for server transmission, and the mail address of the portable terminal 2 are transmitted from the photo sticker creating apparatus 1, the communication unit 219 of the management server 3 receives the information in step S63. To do.

  In step S64, the communication unit 219 receives the image ID for server transmission, the image for server transmission, and the image ID for mobile transmission transmitted from the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 following the mail address of the mobile terminal 2. To do.

  In step S65, the portable transmission image management unit 231 specifies the image selected as the portable transmission image among the server transmission images based on the portable transmission image ID transmitted from the photo sticker creating apparatus 1. . The portable transmission image management unit 231 assigns a URL and causes the storage unit 218 to store the portable transmission image.

  In step S <b> 66, the portable transmission image management unit 231 controls the communication unit 219 to send an e-mail including the save destination URL based on the e-mail address of the portable terminal 2 transmitted from the photo sticker creating apparatus 1. 2 to send.

  In step S <b> 75, the communication unit 243 of the mobile terminal 2 receives the email transmitted from the management server 3 and outputs it to the control unit 241.

  In step S76, the control unit 241 controls the communication unit 243 to access the management server 3 when access to the storage destination URL included in the e-mail is instructed by the user, and is specified by the storage destination URL. The mobile transmission image stored in the storage location is received and displayed. The control unit 241 downloads the mobile transmission image in accordance with an operation by the user, and stores it in the storage unit 247.

  Also by the above processing, the management server 3 can obtain accurate installation position information of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1.

<Third Embodiment>
[Configuration of information management system]
FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a configuration example of an information management system according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

  In the information management system of FIG. 16, the housing ID of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 is transmitted from the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 to the management server 3, and the mobile terminal position information indicating the position measured by the mobile terminal 2 is the mobile terminal 2. To the management server 3. The portable terminal position information that is managed in association with the casing ID as the installation position information is transmitted from the portable terminal 2 together with the portable transmission image ID transmitted from the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 after the casing ID and the portable terminal position information. Based on the transmitted portable image ID, the management server 3 identifies the case ID and the installation position information in association with each other.

  A series of information flows in the information management system of FIG. 16 will be described.

  Before starting to use the photo sticker creating apparatus 1, the user of the portable terminal 2 downloads the location management application from the management server 3 as indicated by arrow # 21, as in the case of the information management system of FIG. Install on the mobile terminal 2.

  When the user of the mobile terminal 2 enters the store where the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 is installed and starts using the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 by, for example, inserting a price, the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 is until the sticker paper is provided. A series of games are started, and pre-service processing, shooting processing, editing processing, printing processing, and the like are performed in accordance with the operation of the user of the mobile terminal 2. The user of the portable terminal 2 receives the sticker sheet on which an image is printed by the printing process, and ends a series of games.

  The photo sticker creating apparatus 1 transmits the server transmission image and the server transmission image ID to the management server 3 as indicated by an arrow # 22 during the editing process. Further, the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 displays a screen for requesting the portable terminal 2 to be held over the non-contact type IC reader / writer 19 after transmitting the server transmission image and the server transmission image ID on the tablet built-in monitor 62. . In this case, for example, the non-contact type IC reader / writer 19 is provided not in the vicinity of the external monitor 16 but in the vicinity of the tablet built-in monitor 62 in the editing unit 13.

  When the user who confirmed the screen holds the portable terminal 2 over the non-contact type IC reader / writer 19 provided in the vicinity of the tablet built-in monitor 62, the portable terminal 2 is connected to the portable terminal 2 as indicated by an arrow # 23. The e-mail address is transmitted to the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 by proximity communication.

  The photo sticker creating apparatus 1 that has received the e-mail address transmitted from the portable terminal 2 has the portable image that is the ID of the image for portable transmission selected by the user from the images for server transmission, as indicated by arrow # 24. The image ID for transmission is transmitted to the portable terminal 2 by proximity communication. The photo sticker creating apparatus 1 transmits the portable transmission image ID, the housing ID, and the mail address of the portable terminal 2 to the management server 3 as indicated by an arrow # 22.

  When the portable terminal 2 receives the portable transmission image ID transmitted from the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 through the proximity communication, the portable server 2 stores the portable transmission image ID and the portable terminal position information as indicated by an arrow # 25. Send to. In the portable terminal 2, for example, positioning is repeatedly performed at a predetermined cycle. When the portable transmission image ID is transmitted from the photo sticker creating apparatus 1, the portable terminal position information obtained by the previous positioning is carried by the portable terminal 2. It is transmitted to the management server 3 together with the transmission image ID. Positioning may be performed at the timing when the mobile transmission image ID is received, and mobile terminal position information obtained by the positioning may be transmitted to the management server 3.

  The management server 3 receives the server transmission image and the server transmission image ID transmitted from the photo sticker creation apparatus 1 earlier. Further, the management server 3 receives the portable transmission image ID, the casing ID, and the mail address of the portable terminal 2 transmitted from the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 subsequently.

  Furthermore, the management server 3 receives the mobile transmission image ID and the mobile terminal position information transmitted from the mobile terminal 2.

  After receiving these pieces of information, the management server 3 specifies the case ID transmitted from the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 together with the same ID as the portable transmission image ID transmitted from the portable terminal 2. In addition, the management server 3 uses the mobile terminal position information transmitted from the mobile terminal 2 as the installation position information of the photo sticker creation apparatus 1, stores the information in association with the specified housing ID, and manages the information.

  The management server 3 selects the image selected as the portable transmission image from the server transmission images transmitted from the photo sticker creation device 1 based on the portable transmission image ID transmitted from the photo sticker creation device 1. Identify and save images for mobile transmission.

  As indicated by arrow # 26, the management server 3 sends an e-mail including a storage destination URL indicating the storage location of the image for mobile transmission to the mobile terminal 2 based on the mail address transmitted from the photo sticker creating apparatus 1. Send.

  The mobile terminal 2 that has received the e-mail transmitted from the management server 3 accesses the storage location of the image for mobile transmission based on the storage destination URL included in the e-mail, and displays or downloads the image for mobile transmission. To do.

  In the information management system of FIG. 16, as described above, the housing ID directly transmitted from the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 and the position of the portable terminal measured by the portable terminal 2 and directly transmitted from the portable terminal 2. Information is acquired by the management server 3 and managed in association with the information. This also enables the management server 3 to obtain accurate installation position information of the photo sticker creation apparatus 1.

  Further, the administrator of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 does not need to register the installation position in the management server 3 when the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 is installed in the store. Since the information indicating the position of the mobile terminal 2 is not transmitted to the photo sticker creating apparatus 1, it is possible to reduce the risk that the position of the user of the mobile terminal 2 leaks from the photo sticker creating apparatus 1.

  Further, the portable transmission image ID is transmitted from the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 to the management server 3, and the same portable transmission image ID is transmitted from the portable terminal 2 to the management server 3. By comparing the reception timing of the image ID for transmission with the management server 3, it becomes possible to perform delay management of communication between the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 and the management server 3. For example, when the portable transmission image ID is transmitted from the portable terminal 2, but the same portable transmission image ID is not transmitted from the photo sticker creating apparatus 1, the management server 3 uses the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 and It is determined that there is a delay in communication between the management servers 3.

[Operation of information management system]
Here, a series of processing of the information management system of FIG. 16 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The description overlapping with the above description will be omitted as appropriate. The configuration of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 is the same as that of FIGS. 2 to 9 except that the non-contact type IC reader / writer 19 is provided in the vicinity of the tablet built-in monitor 62 of the editing unit 13. The configurations of the portable terminal 2 and the management server 3 are the same as the configurations of FIGS.

  In step S81, the coin processing unit 121 of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 determines whether or not a coin has been inserted, and waits until it is determined that the coin has been inserted. Before the coin is inserted, the position is measured by the GPS sensor 244 of the portable terminal 2 in step S111.

  If it is determined in step S81 that a coin has been inserted, in step S82, the pre-service processing unit 201 of the photo sticker creation apparatus 1 performs pre-service processing. By using the customer service process in advance, for example, the user selects to use the mobile transmission function.

  In step S <b> 83, the imaging processing unit 202 performs imaging processing, and outputs an editing target image selected from the captured images to the editing processing unit 203.

  In step S84, the editing processing unit 203 displays an editing screen and performs editing processing in accordance with a user operation. Also, the edit processing unit 203 selects an image to be edited as a server transmission image, and sets an ID for each server transmission image. The edit processing unit 203 controls the communication unit 103 to transmit the server transmission image ID and the server transmission image to the management server 3.

  In step S <b> 101, the communication unit 219 of the management server 3 receives the server transmission image ID and the server transmission image transmitted from the photo sticker creating apparatus 1.

  In step S85, the editing processing unit 203 of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 displays the server transmission image on the tablet built-in monitor 62, and allows the user to select a predetermined number of images as portable transmission images.

  In step S <b> 86, the editing processing unit 203 displays a message such as “Hold your mobile phone up” on the tablet built-in monitor 62 and requests the user to perform a mobile terminal authentication operation.

  When the portable terminal 2 is held over the non-contact type IC reader / writer 19 provided in the vicinity of the tablet built-in monitor 62, in step S112, the non-contact type IC 246 of the portable terminal 2 transmits a mail address by proximity communication.

  In step S87, the edit processing unit 203 of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 controls the non-contact type IC reader / writer 19 and receives the mail address transmitted from the portable terminal 2.

  In step S88, the edit processing unit 203 controls the non-contact type IC reader / writer 19 to transmit the portable transmission image ID, which is the ID of the image selected as the portable transmission image, to the portable terminal 2 by proximity communication.

  In step S89, the edit processing unit 203 reads the case ID stored in the storage unit 102, and controls the communication unit 103 to set the case ID, the image ID for portable transmission, and the mail address of the portable terminal 2. It transmits to the management server 3.

  In step S90, the print processing unit 204 controls the printer 114 to print the edited image obtained by the editing process on the sticker sheet 162. When the printing is finished, the print processing unit 204 discharges it to the photo sticker discharge port 71 in step S91. To do.

  On the other hand, in step S113, the control unit 241 of the portable terminal 2 receives the portable transmission image ID written in the non-contact type IC 246 by the non-contact type IC reader / writer 19, and downloads and installs it beforehand from the management server 3. Start the location management application.

  In step S114, the control unit 241 accesses the management server 3 by controlling the communication unit 243 by the function of the position management application, and the portable transmission image ID transmitted from the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 and the step S111. The mobile terminal position information obtained by the positioning is transmitted to the management server 3.

  In step S102, the communication unit 219 of the management server 3 receives the portable transmission image ID, the case ID, and the mail address transmitted from the photo sticker creating apparatus 1.

  In step S <b> 103, the communication unit 219 receives the portable transmission image ID and the portable terminal position information transmitted from the portable terminal 2.

  In step S <b> 104, the position management unit 232 of the management server 3 specifies the case ID transmitted from the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 together with the same ID as the portable transmission image ID transmitted from the mobile terminal 2.

  In step S <b> 105, the position management unit 232 uses the portable terminal position information transmitted from the portable terminal 2 as the installation position information of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1, associates it with the specified housing ID, and stores it in the storage unit 218. to manage.

  In step S106, the portable transmission image management unit 231 identifies the image selected as the portable transmission image among the server transmission images based on the portable transmission image ID transmitted from the photo sticker creating apparatus 1. . The portable transmission image management unit 231 assigns a URL and causes the storage unit 218 to store the portable transmission image.

  In step S <b> 107, the portable transmission image management unit 231 controls the communication unit 219 to send an e-mail including the storage destination URL based on the e-mail address of the portable terminal 2 transmitted from the photo sticker creating apparatus 1. 2 to send.

  In step S <b> 115, the communication unit 243 of the mobile terminal 2 receives the email transmitted from the management server 3 and outputs it to the control unit 241.

  In step S116, the control unit 241 controls the communication unit 243 to access the management server 3 when access to the storage destination URL included in the e-mail is instructed by the user, and is specified by the storage destination URL. The mobile transmission image stored in the storage location is received and displayed. The control unit 241 downloads the mobile transmission image in accordance with an operation by the user, and stores it in the storage unit 247.

  Also by the above processing, the management server 3 can obtain accurate installation position information of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1.

  In the above description, it is assumed that the position management application is automatically started in the portable terminal 2 when it is held over the non-contact type IC reader / writer 19 of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1. It may be performed in response to an operation by a person.

  For example, when the location management application is activated in response to an operation by the user, the portable terminal location information can be transmitted from the portable terminal 2 to the management server 3 by the function of the activated location management application. It is. When the time before entry of the user of the portable terminal 2 to the store where the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 is installed is managed by the management server 3, the time before entering the store and the operation of the user The management server 3 determines whether or not the difference from the time when the location management application is activated and the management server 3 is accessed is within a predetermined time such as 10 minutes, and is within the predetermined time. May be transmitted from the mobile terminal 2 to the management server 3 in response to an instruction from the management server 3.

  For example, mobile terminal position information obtained by periodically performing positioning in the mobile terminal 2 is transmitted together with the positioning time to a position information providing server that is a server that provides a position information providing service. When transferred to the management server 3, if the location of the store is registered in the management server 3, the store of the user of the mobile terminal 2 based on the information transferred from the location information providing server and the location of each store The management server 3 can almost specify the time before entering the store.

  Even if the GPS signal condition in the store is poor and positioning cannot be performed on the mobile terminal 2 immediately before the use of the photo sticker creation device 1 is started, for example, the location management application is used immediately after the user leaves the store. When activated, the mobile terminal position information measured outside the store is transmitted from the mobile terminal 2 to the management server 3, and the management server 3 can grasp the installation position of the photo sticker creation apparatus 1. It becomes possible. By applying a restriction such as within 10 minutes, when the user activates the location management application in a location far from the store where the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 is installed, the location information is not transmitted, and photo sticker creation is performed. It is possible to prevent incorrect position information from being registered as the installation position information of the device 1.

  The portable terminal 2 transmits the portable terminal ID to the photo sticker creating apparatus 1, and the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 sends the photo sticker together with the mail address, the housing ID, the image ID for portable transmission, the image for server transmission, and the image ID for server transmission. The game start time and end time of the creation device 1 and the mobile terminal ID are transmitted to the management server 3, the management server 3 transmits the mobile terminal ID to the location information providing server 301 of FIG. 18, and the location information providing server 301 is the location of the mobile terminal. The information and the mobile terminal ID may be transmitted to the management server 3. The mobile terminal position information transmitted from the information providing server 301 to the management server 3 is information representing the position of the mobile terminal 2 specified by the mobile terminal ID transmitted from the management server 3 to the information providing server 301. The mobile terminal position information includes information on the acquisition time.

  In the management server 3, the game start and end times transmitted from the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 are compared with the acquisition time of the portable terminal position information transmitted from the information providing server 301, and the acquisition time of the portable terminal position information is compared. Is the time during the game, the position represented by the mobile terminal position information is managed as the position of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1. When the acquisition time of the portable terminal position information is a time during the game, the position represented by the portable terminal position information can be regarded as the position of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1.

<Application example>
[First example]
FIG. 18 is a diagram showing a concept of a service realized based on the installation position information of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 acquired by the management server 3 as described above.

  In the mobile terminal 2, positioning is periodically performed in the background, and mobile terminal position information obtained by performing positioning is transmitted to the position information providing server 301 together with the positioning time as indicated by an arrow # 51. Shall. The portable terminal position information and the positioning time transmitted to the position information providing server 301 are transferred to the management server 3 as indicated by arrow # 52. Such a location information providing service is provided by a mobile phone operator who manages mobile communication of the mobile terminal 2.

  For example, when the location information of the mobile terminal 2 is transferred from the location information providing server 301, the service providing unit 233 of the management server 3 is close to the mobile terminal 2 based on the information stored in the storage unit 218. A search is made for a photo sticker creation device at When a photo sticker creating device near the portable terminal 2 is found, information of the photo sticker creating device 1 found by the search is transmitted as indicated by an arrow # 53.

  The information transmitted to the portable terminal 2 includes information indicating which model of photo sticker creation apparatus is installed in which store. Further, when the management server 3 manages a usage history that indicates in which region the user of the mobile terminal 2 used the photo sticker creation device, the user uses the photo sticker creation device for the first time in a certain region. In addition, information regarding the area may be provided.

  Thereby, the user can confirm the installation store when he / she wants to use the photo sticker creating apparatus even when he / she is in a place where there is no land intuition. Also, the manufacturer can improve user satisfaction and improve the profit margin of the photo sticker creation apparatus.

[Second example]
From the management server 3, a mail magazine or direct mail containing information about the photo sticker creation device for each area or location including the installation position of the photo sticker creation device used by the user (for example, a region in each prefecture or city) You may make it transmit to the portable terminal 2. FIG. The e-mail magazine or direct mail is transmitted using, for example, the e-mail address used for notification of the URL for saving the image for mobile transmission. Information related to the photo sticker creation apparatus includes new model information, version upgrade information, campaign information, and the like.

  In addition, when the usage history of the photo sticker creation device by the user of the mobile terminal 2 is managed in the management server 3, the information related to the store where the photo sticker creation device with high use frequency is installed has priority over other information. It may be transmitted by e-mail magazine. Whether or not the usage frequency is high is determined based on, for example, the number of usages within one week before the date when the user last used the photo sticker creating apparatus.

  By sending information for each region including the installation location of the photo sticker creation device recently used by the user and for each store, the user's willingness to use the photo sticker creation device can be stimulated, and the user's repeat rate is improved. It becomes possible to make it.

[Third example]
You may make it display the advertisement for every area including the installation position of a photograph sticker production apparatus or every installation store on the external monitor 16 of a photograph sticker production apparatus. The advertisement displayed on the external monitor 16 includes information on the photo sticker creating apparatus. The advertisement information is distributed, for example, from the management server 3 to each photo sticker creation device.

  In addition, the management history of the use of the photo sticker creation device and the distribution history of the advertisement is managed in association with the management server 3, and the advertisement determined to be not viewed by the user is delivered from the management server 3 to the photo sticker creation device. It may be displayed on the external monitor 16. When the user does not use the photo sticker creation device at the same time as or near to the advertisement delivery time, it is determined that the user has not seen the advertisement.

  For example, the usage history includes the case ID and usage time of the photo sticker creation apparatus used by the user, and is managed in the mobile terminal 2. When the portable terminal 2 is held over the non-contact type IC reader / writer 19, usage history information is transmitted from the portable terminal 2 to the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 by proximity communication, and via the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 to the management server 3. Sent. The advertisement distribution history includes, for each advertisement, the case ID and distribution time of the photo sticker creation apparatus that is the distribution destination of the advertisement.

  By displaying an advertisement not viewed by the user on the external monitor 16, it is possible to prevent the user waiting in the customer service space 31 from getting bored of the shooting space 32.

  Instead of the advertisement that the user has not seen, the same advertisement that the user has seen may be displayed on the external monitor 16. By displaying the same advertisement as viewed by the user, the content of the advertisement can be impressed by the user.

[Fourth example]
When the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 can acquire the use history managed in the portable terminal 2 as described in the third example, the game of the photo sticker creating apparatus is in progress according to the use frequency. You may make it change the transition of the screen displayed on. In addition, time limits such as shooting time and editing time may be changed. A time limit is set for each of the above-described shooting process and editing process.

  Since the game content of the photo sticker creation device changes according to the frequency of use, a game rich in originality can be provided and the utilization rate can be improved.

[Fifth Example]
FIG. 19 is a diagram illustrating an example when the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 is moved to another store. As described above, it is assumed that the installation position information of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 is managed by the management server 3.

  In the example of FIG. 19, the mobile terminal location information measured by the mobile terminal A held by the user using the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 on the BB store of the AA shop on December 1 is the proximity communication. Is transmitted to the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 and acquired by the management server 3 via the photo sticker creating apparatus 1. On December 2, the mobile terminal position information measured by the mobile terminals B and C is transmitted to the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 by proximity communication, and is acquired by the management server 3 via the photo sticker creating apparatus 1. In the management server 3, it is determined that the installation position of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 is not moved between December 1 and December 2.

  After the end of business on December 2 (after the end of business at the store where the photo sticker creation device 1 is installed), before the start of business on December 3, from the BB store of the AA shop to the CC store of the AA shop And

  In this case, on December 3, the mobile terminal location information measured by the mobile terminals D, E, and F held by the user using the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 comes to the AA shop CC store and the proximity communication is performed. Is transmitted to the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 and acquired by the management server 3 via the photo sticker creating apparatus 1. On December 4, the mobile terminal position information measured by the mobile terminals G and H is transmitted to the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 by proximity communication, and is acquired by the management server 3 via the photo sticker creating apparatus 1.

  In the management server 3, the installation position of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 is determined between December 2 and December 3, based on the mobile terminal position information acquired via the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 on December 3. Judged as having moved. If the transfer of a certain distance or more is detected, it may be determined that the installation position of the photo sticker creation apparatus 1 has moved.

  In this case, the management server 3 instructs the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 to display a relocation confirmation screen when the next photo sticker creating apparatus 1 is turned on. The instruction to display the relocation confirmation screen includes information on the store specified by the management server 3 as the relocation destination. The relocation destination store is specified based on, for example, position information acquired on December 3, and information on the position of stores in various locations registered in advance.

  When an administrator of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 (an employee of the CC shop of the AA shop) turns on the power of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 on December 4 and sets the state of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 to the maintenance mode, A transfer confirmation screen as shown in FIG. 20 is automatically displayed on, for example, the external monitor 16 of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1. In the example of FIG. 20, the store name and the store code are displayed as the information of the relocation destination store specified and transmitted by the management server 3. A confirmation button is displayed on the right side of the store name and store code.

  The relocation confirmation screen disappears when the store employee or contractor presses the confirmation button to confirm the relocation. When the confirmation button is pressed, information indicating that is transmitted from the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 to the management server 3, and the installation position information of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 managed by the management server 3 is updated.

  Thereby, the management server 3 can update the information of the installation position according to the transfer destination even when the photo sticker creating apparatus is transferred. Further, even when information such as an e-mail magazine or an advertisement is distributed for each region as described above, the information can be distributed based on the latest position information after the relocation.

<Fourth embodiment>
[Configuration of information management system]
FIG. 21 is a diagram showing a configuration example of an information management system according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

  In this example, it is assumed that a non-contact type IC is not mounted on the mobile terminal 2. In recent years, the penetration rate of high-function mobile terminals called smartphones, which have functions that can be enhanced and customized by adding applications and that can use native applications that depend on hardware, has been increasing. There are few high-functional portable terminals equipped with non-contact type ICs. In that case, the management server 3 may acquire portable terminal position information by the method described with reference to FIGS. 1, 14, and 16. Can not.

  A series of information flows in the information management system of FIG. 21 will be described.

  Before starting to use the photo sticker creating apparatus 1, the user of the mobile terminal 2 downloads the location management application from the management server 3 as indicated by arrow # 61 and installs it on the mobile terminal 2. In the mobile terminal 2, position measurement is repeatedly performed at a predetermined cycle, and position information obtained by performing the measurement and positioning time are managed in association with each other.

  When the user of the mobile terminal 2 enters the store where the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 is installed and starts using the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 by, for example, inserting a price, the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 is until the sticker paper is provided. A series of games are started, and pre-service processing, shooting processing, editing processing, printing processing, and the like are performed in accordance with the operation of the user of the mobile terminal 2. The user of the portable terminal 2 receives the sticker sheet on which an image is printed by the printing process, and ends a series of games.

  The photo sticker creating apparatus 1 displays an input screen on the external monitor 16 when the customer is in front of the customer, and requests the user of the mobile terminal 2 to input the mail address of the mobile terminal 2. When an e-mail address is input in response to the request, the e-mail address of the portable terminal 2 is acquired by the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 as indicated by a broken line arrow # 62.

  In addition, during the editing process, the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 uses the server transmission image, the server transmission image ID, the shooting date and time of the server transmission image, the housing ID, and the e-mail address of the portable terminal 2 as indicated by the arrow # 63. Is transmitted to the management server 3. In addition, the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 transmits a mobile transmission image ID, which is an ID of the mobile transmission image selected by the user from the server transmission images, after transmitting information such as the server transmission image. 3 to send.

  The management server 3 receives the server transmission image, the server transmission image ID, the shooting date and time, the case ID, and the mail address transmitted from the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 earlier. Further, the management server 3 subsequently receives the portable transmission image ID transmitted from the photo sticker creating apparatus 1.

  Further, the management server 3 specifies the image selected as the portable transmission image from the server transmission images transmitted from the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 based on the portable transmission image ID, and determines the portable transmission image. save.

  As indicated by arrow # 64, the management server 3 sends an e-mail including a storage destination URL indicating the storage location of the image for mobile transmission to the mobile terminal 2 based on the mail address transmitted from the photo sticker creating apparatus 1. Send.

  The mobile terminal 2 that has received the e-mail transmitted from the management server 3 accesses the storage location of the image for mobile transmission based on the storage destination URL included in the e-mail, and displays or downloads the image for mobile transmission. To do.

  The portable terminal 2 requests the management server 3 to transmit the portable transmission image ID of the displayed portable transmission image and the photographing date and time, and has been transmitted as indicated by the arrow # 65 in response to the request. Receives the image ID and shooting date for mobile transmission.

  When the portable terminal 2 receives the portable transmission image ID and the photographing date and time, the portable terminal 2 is obtained by repeatedly positioning the portable terminal position information obtained by measuring the date and time that is the same as or close to the received photographing date and time. Search from the mobile terminal location information. As indicated by arrow # 66, the mobile terminal 2 transmits the mobile terminal location information specified by the search to the management server 3 together with the mobile transmission image ID.

  The management server 3 receives the portable transmission image ID and the portable terminal position information transmitted from the portable terminal 2, and from the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 together with the same ID as the portable transmission image ID transmitted from the portable terminal 2. Specify the case ID that has been sent. The management server 3 stores and manages the portable terminal position information transmitted from the portable terminal 2 as the installation position information of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 in association with the specified housing ID.

  Thereby, even when the non-contact type IC is not mounted on the portable terminal 2, the management server 3 can accurately install the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 based on the portable terminal position information acquired from the portable terminal 2. It becomes possible to specify position information.

[Operation of information management system]
Here, a series of processing of the information management system of FIG. 21 will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. The description overlapping with the above description will be omitted as appropriate. The configurations of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 and the management server 3 are the same as those shown in FIGS. The configuration of the portable terminal 2 is the same as the configuration of FIG. 12 except that the non-contact type IC is not mounted.

  In step S221, the coin processing unit 121 of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 determines whether or not a coin has been inserted, and waits until it is determined that the coin has been inserted. Before the coins are inserted, the position measurement is repeatedly performed by the GPS sensor 244 of the mobile terminal 2 in step S261. The portable terminal position information obtained by the repeated measurement is stored in the storage unit 247 in association with the positioning time.

  When it is determined in step S221 that a coin has been inserted, the pre-service processing unit 201 of the photo sticker creation apparatus 1 performs pre-service processing in step S222. By the customer service process, for example, the user selects to use the mobile transmission function, and the mail address is input in response to displaying the mail address input screen on the external monitor 16. The e-mail address of the mobile terminal 2 input by the user of the mobile terminal 2 is acquired by the prior customer service processing unit 201 and supplied to the editing processing unit 203.

  In step S <b> 223, the photographing processing unit 202 performs photographing processing, and outputs an editing target image selected from the photographed images to the editing processing unit 203.

  In step S224, the editing processing unit 203 displays an editing screen and performs editing processing in accordance with a user operation. Also, the edit processing unit 203 sets the image to be edited as a server transmission image, and sets an ID for each server transmission image. The edit processing unit 203 controls the communication unit 103 to control the server transmission image ID, the server transmission image, the shooting date and time of the server transmission image, the mail address of the portable terminal 2, and the housing stored in the storage unit 102. The body ID is transmitted to the management server 3.

  In step S225, the editing processing unit 203 displays the server transmission image on the tablet built-in monitor 62, and allows the user to select a predetermined number of images as portable transmission images.

  In step S <b> 226, the edit processing unit 203 controls the communication unit 103 to transmit the portable transmission image ID to the management server 3.

  In step S227, the print processing unit 204 controls the printer 114 to print the edited image obtained by the editing process on the sticker sheet 162. When the printing is finished, the print processing unit 204 discharges it to the photo sticker discharge port 71 in step S228. To do.

  On the other hand, in step S241, the communication unit 219 of the management server 3 receives the server transmission image ID, the server transmission image, the shooting date and time, the mail address, and the housing ID transmitted from the photo sticker creation apparatus 1.

  In step S <b> 242, the communication unit 219 receives the portable transmission image ID transmitted from the photo sticker creating apparatus 1.

  In step S243, the portable transmission image management unit 231 specifies the image selected as the portable transmission image among the server transmission images based on the portable transmission image ID transmitted from the photo sticker creating apparatus 1. . The portable transmission image management unit 231 assigns a URL, and stores the portable transmission image in the storage unit 218 together with the shooting date and time information.

  In step S244, the portable transmission image management unit 231 controls the communication unit 219, and the portable terminal from which the electronic mail including the storage destination URL indicating the storage location of the portable transmission image is transmitted from the photo sticker creating apparatus 1. 2 is transmitted to the portable terminal 2 based on the e-mail address.

  In step S <b> 262, the communication unit 243 of the mobile terminal 2 receives the email transmitted from the management server 3 and outputs it to the control unit 241.

  In step S263, when instructed to access the storage destination URL included in the e-mail, the control unit 241 controls the communication unit 243 to access the management server 3, and sets the storage location specified by the storage destination URL. The stored portable transmission image is received and displayed. The control unit 241 downloads the mobile transmission image in accordance with an operation by the user, and stores it in the storage unit 247.

  In step S264, the control unit 241 activates the location management application downloaded in advance from the management server 3 and installed.

  In step S265, the control unit 241 controls the communication unit 243 to access the management server 3 by the function of the position management application, and transmits the mobile transmission image ID and the shooting date and time of the mobile transmission image that is displayed. Request.

  In step S245, the communication unit 219 of the management server 3 receives the request from the portable terminal 2, and in step S246, transmits the portable transmission image ID and the photographing date / time managed by the portable transmission image management unit 231. .

  In step S <b> 266, the communication unit 243 of the mobile terminal 2 receives the mobile transmission image ID and the shooting date / time transmitted from the management server 3 and outputs them to the control unit 241.

  In step S267, the control unit 241 refers to the information stored in the storage unit 247, and the mobile terminal location information obtained by positioning at the same date as or near the shooting date sent from the management server 3, That is, the mobile terminal position information indicating the position of the mobile terminal 2 at the shooting date and time of the mobile transmission image is specified.

  In step S268, the control unit 241 controls the communication unit 243 to transmit portable terminal position information indicating the position of the portable terminal 2 at the photographing date and time of the portable transmission image to the management server 3 together with the portable transmission image ID.

  In step S247, the communication unit 219 of the management server 3 receives the mobile terminal position information and the mobile transmission image ID transmitted from the mobile terminal 2.

  In step S248, the position management unit 232 of the management server 3 identifies the case ID transmitted from the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 together with the same ID as the portable transmission image ID transmitted from the portable terminal 2.

  In step S249, the position management unit 232 uses the portable terminal position information transmitted from the portable terminal 2 as the installation position information of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1, associates it with the specified housing ID, and stores the information in the storage unit 218. to manage.

  As a result of the above processing, even if the contactless IC is not mounted on the mobile terminal 2, the management server 3 determines the accuracy of the photo sticker creation apparatus 1 based on the mobile terminal position information acquired from the mobile terminal 2. It is possible to obtain information on the correct installation position.

  In the processing of FIGS. 22 and 23, the management server 3 specifies the case ID to be registered in association with the mobile terminal position information based on the mobile transmission image ID transmitted from the mobile terminal 2. However, instead of the portable transmission image ID, an e-mail address is transmitted from the portable terminal 2 to the management server 3 and is sent from the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 together with the same e-mail address as transmitted from the portable terminal 2. The transmitted housing ID may be specified and managed in association with the mobile terminal location information.

  In addition, the mobile terminal image ID and the e-mail address are not transmitted from the mobile terminal 2 to the management server 3 but are specified in the mobile terminal 2 as described above based on the shooting date and time of the mobile transmission image. The position information may be transmitted from the portable terminal 2 to the management server 3 together with the case ID of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1, and the portable terminal position information and the case ID may be associated with each other and managed by the management server 3.

  FIG. 24 is a diagram illustrating a modification of a series of information flows in the information management system of FIG. In the example of FIG. 24, a case ID (arrow # 65) is transmitted from the management server 3 to the portable terminal 2 instead of the portable transmission image ID, and the portable terminal 2 to the management server 3 The point that the case ID is transmitted instead of the portable transmission image ID (arrow # 66) is different from the information flow described with reference to FIG.

  Before starting to use the photo sticker creating apparatus 1, the user of the mobile terminal 2 downloads the location management application from the management server 3 as indicated by arrow # 61 and installs it on the mobile terminal 2. In the mobile terminal 2, position measurement is repeatedly performed at a predetermined cycle, and position information obtained by performing the measurement and positioning time are managed in association with each other.

  When the user of the mobile terminal 2 enters the store where the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 is installed and starts using the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 by, for example, inserting a price, the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 is until the sticker paper is provided. A series of games are started, and pre-service processing, shooting processing, editing processing, printing processing, and the like are performed in accordance with the operation of the user of the mobile terminal 2. The user of the portable terminal 2 receives the sticker sheet on which an image is printed by the printing process, and ends a series of games.

  The photo sticker creating apparatus 1 displays an input screen on the external monitor 16 when the customer is in front of the customer, and requests the user of the mobile terminal 2 to input the mail address of the mobile terminal 2. When an e-mail address is input in response to the request, the e-mail address of the portable terminal 2 is acquired by the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 as indicated by a broken line arrow # 62.

  In addition, during the editing process, the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 uses the server transmission image, the server transmission image ID, the shooting date and time of the server transmission image, the housing ID, and the e-mail address of the portable terminal 2 as indicated by the arrow # 63. Is transmitted to the management server 3. In addition, the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 transmits a mobile transmission image ID, which is an ID of the mobile transmission image selected by the user from the server transmission images, after transmitting information such as the server transmission image. 3 to send.

  The management server 3 receives the server transmission image, the server transmission image ID, the shooting date and time, the case ID, and the mail address transmitted from the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 earlier. Further, the management server 3 subsequently receives the portable transmission image ID transmitted from the photo sticker creating apparatus 1.

  Further, the management server 3 specifies the image selected as the portable transmission image from the server transmission images transmitted from the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 based on the portable transmission image ID, and determines the portable transmission image. save.

  As indicated by arrow # 64, the management server 3 sends an e-mail including a storage destination URL indicating the storage location of the image for mobile transmission to the mobile terminal 2 based on the mail address transmitted from the photo sticker creating apparatus 1. Send.

  The mobile terminal 2 that has received the e-mail transmitted from the management server 3 accesses the storage location of the image for mobile transmission based on the storage destination URL included in the e-mail, and displays or downloads the image for mobile transmission. To do.

  The mobile terminal 2 captures the date and time when the mobile transmission image was displayed and the case ID of the photo sticker creation apparatus 1 that is the photo sticker creation apparatus that has transmitted the mobile transmission image to the management server 3. The management server 3 is requested to transmit, and in response to the request, the shooting date and time and the case ID transmitted as indicated by arrow # 65 are received.

  When the portable terminal 2 receives the shooting date and time and the housing ID, the portable terminal 2 is obtained by repeatedly positioning the portable terminal position information obtained by measuring at the same date or near the received shooting date and time. Search from location information. The mobile terminal 2 transmits the mobile terminal position information specified by the search to the management server 3 together with the case ID transmitted from the management server 3 as indicated by an arrow # 66.

  The management server 3 receives the case ID and the portable terminal position information transmitted from the portable terminal 2, and uses the portable terminal position information transmitted from the portable terminal 2 as the installation position information of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1. It is stored and managed in association with the case ID transmitted together with the mobile terminal location information.

  Also in this way, the management server 3 can specify the information on the exact installation position of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 based on the mobile terminal position information acquired from the mobile terminal 2 in which the non-contact type IC is not mounted. become. Further, as compared with the case of FIG. 21, it is not necessary to transmit the portable transmission image ID that may be used for identification of the individual from the portable terminal 2 to the management server 3, so that the risk of information leakage can be reduced. become.

  Note that a plurality of mobile terminal position information managed in the mobile terminal 2 may be transmitted from the mobile terminal 2 to the management server 3. In this case, a time difference between the measurement date and time of each mobile terminal position information and the shooting date and time of the image for mobile transmission is obtained in the mobile terminal 2, and information representing the time difference is transmitted from the mobile terminal 2 to the management server 3 together with the mobile terminal position information. Is done. In the management server 3, portable terminal position information with the smallest time difference is selected and managed as installation position information of the photo sticker creation apparatus 1. As a result, the management server 3 can grasp position information with higher accuracy.

<Modification>
The photo sticker creating apparatus 1 may be provided with a GPS sensor so that information on the exact installation position of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 is automatically transmitted from the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 to the management server 3. In this case, for example, the position information measured by the GPS sensor of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 is transmitted to the management server 3 together with information such as a server transmission image as described above.

  Thereby, even if the mobile terminal 2 is not provided with a GPS sensor, the management server 3 can acquire accurate position information of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1. Further, even when a failure occurs in the communication function of the mobile terminal 2, the management server 3 can acquire accurate position information of the photo sticker creation apparatus 1.

  The timing at which the location management application is activated on the portable terminal 2 is the timing at which information from the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 is received (step S73 in FIG. 15, step S113 in FIG. 17), or the information from the management server 3. The received timing (step S264 in FIG. 23) is assumed, but it may be the timing when the user gives an instruction.

  Further, as described above, not only the function of transmitting the case ID and position information but also the following function may be prepared in the position management application. By preparing a function that can be enjoyed by the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 and the portable terminal 2 in the position management application, the user actively downloads and installs it on the portable terminal 2.

a. A function of obtaining a game history of the photo sticker creation device 1 and providing play on the photo sticker creation device 1 or the portable terminal 2 using the obtained usage history.
b. A function for browsing / downloading images for portable transmission and a function for counting the number of times the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 is used and additionally downloading images for portable transmission when the predetermined number of times has been reached.
c. A function for automatically changing the image for mobile transmission used for the standby screen of the mobile terminal 2.
d. When the waiting time of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 is long, information on vacant stores in the vicinity of the store (including the model of the photo sticker creating apparatus in the vacant store), new model arrival information, upgraded model information, etc. are stored in the management server 3. Functions that can be accessed and checked.
e. A function that displays a questionnaire and provides benefits to users who answered the questionnaire.

  In the above description, the e-mail address is transmitted from the portable terminal 2 to the management server 3 via the photo sticker creating apparatus 1. It may be.

  The embodiments of the present invention are not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Photo sticker production apparatus, 2 Mobile terminal, 3 Management server, 12 Shooting unit, 13 Editing unit, 101 Control part, 111 Advance customer service part, 112 Shooting part, 113 Edit part, 201 Advance customer service part, 202 Shooting process part, 203 editing processing unit, 204 printing processing unit, 205 post-service processing unit

Claims (5)

In an information management system configured by connecting an image providing device and a mobile terminal to a management server via a network,
The management server
Location information representing a location of the mobile terminal of a user who uses the image providing apparatus, a communication means for receiving from said portable terminal by communicating with the mobile terminal,
Management means for managing the position information received by the communication means as information representing the position of the image providing device;
The image providing device includes:
Photographing means for photographing a user of the mobile terminal as a subject;
A first communication means for transmitting said have line communication with the management server, the image obtained by photographing by the imaging means, the identification information of the image, and its identification information,
A second communication means for performing proximity communication with the portable terminal and transmitting identification information of the image ;
The portable terminal is
Positioning means for measuring the position;
First communication means for performing proximity communication with the image providing device and receiving identification information of the image transmitted from the image providing device;
The have line communication with the management server, and the position information, and a second communication means for transmitting the identification information of the received said image by said first communication means,
The communication means of the management server receives the image, the identification information of the image, and the identification information of the image providing device transmitted from the image providing device, and is transmitted from the portable terminal, Receiving position information and identification information of the image;
The management unit of the management server includes the image transmitted from the image providing apparatus together with the same information as the identification information of the image transmitted from the portable terminal, the position information transmitted from the portable terminal. An information management system that manages the identification information associated with the providing device . The management server further comprises storage means for storing the image transmitted from the image providing device,
The communication means of the management server transmits information representing a storage location of the image to the portable terminal,
The information management system according to claim 1 , wherein the second communication unit of the portable terminal receives information indicating a storage location of the image transmitted from the management server.   In an information management system configured by connecting an image providing device and a mobile terminal to a management server via a network,
  The management server
    Communication means for receiving position information representing the position of the portable terminal of a user who uses the image providing apparatus from the portable terminal by communicating with the portable terminal;
    Management means for managing the position information received by the communication means as information representing the position of the image providing apparatus;
  With
  The image providing device includes:
    Photographing means for photographing a user of the mobile terminal as a subject;
    Communication means for communicating with the management server and transmitting the image obtained by photographing by the photographing means, identification information of the image, photographing date and time of the image, and identification information of itself;
  With
  The portable terminal is
    Positioning means for repeatedly performing positioning;
    Storage means for storing each position information obtained by repeatedly performing positioning by the positioning means in association with positioning date and time;
    A communication means for communicating with the management server;
  With
  The communication means of the management server receives the image, the identification information of the image, the shooting date and time of the image, and the identification information of the image providing device transmitted from the image providing device, and identifies the image Send information and the date and time the image was taken to the mobile device,
  The communication unit of the portable terminal receives the identification information of the image and the shooting date / time of the image transmitted from the management server, and captures the image of the position information stored in the storage unit. The position information obtained by positioning at a positioning time close to day and time is transmitted to the management server together with the identification information of the image,
  The communication means of the management server further receives the position information and the image identification information transmitted from the mobile terminal,
  The management unit of the management server includes the image transmitted from the image providing apparatus together with the same information as the identification information of the image transmitted from the portable terminal, the position information transmitted from the portable terminal. Manage by associating with the identification information of the provider
  Information management system. The management server further comprises storage means for storing the image transmitted from the image providing device,
The communication means of the management server transmits information representing a storage location of the image to the portable terminal,
The information management system according to claim 3 , wherein the communication unit of the portable terminal receives information representing a storage location of the image transmitted from the management server.   In an information management system configured by connecting an image providing device and a mobile terminal to a management server via a network,
  The management server
    Communication means for receiving position information representing the position of the portable terminal of a user who uses the image providing apparatus from the portable terminal by communicating with the portable terminal;
    Management means for managing the position information received by the communication means as information representing the position of the image providing apparatus;
  With
  The image providing device includes:
    Photographing means for photographing a user of the mobile terminal as a subject;
    Communication means for communicating with the management server and transmitting the image obtained by photographing by the photographing means, identification information of the image, photographing date and time of the image, and identification information of itself;
  With
  The portable terminal is
    Positioning means for repeatedly performing positioning;
    Storage means for storing each position information obtained by repeatedly performing positioning by the positioning means in association with positioning date and time;
    A communication means for communicating with the management server;
  With
  The communication means of the management server receives the image, the identification information of the image, the shooting date and time of the image, and the identification information of the image providing device transmitted from the image providing device, and the image providing device The identification information of the image and the date and time when the image was taken are transmitted to the mobile terminal,
  The communication means of the portable terminal receives the identification information of the image providing apparatus and the shooting date / time of the image transmitted from the management server, and the image of the position information stored in the storage means Transmitting the position information obtained by positioning at a positioning time close to the shooting date and time to the management server together with the identification information of the image providing device,
  The communication means of the management server further receives the position information transmitted from the portable terminal and the identification information of the image providing device,
  The management unit of the management server manages the position information transmitted from the mobile terminal in association with the identification information of the image providing apparatus transmitted from the mobile terminal.
  Information management system.

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