JP6331540B2 - Photo sticker creating apparatus, photo sticker creating apparatus control method and management apparatus - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a photo sticker creating apparatus that shoots a user to generate an image, a control method for the photo sticker creating apparatus, and a management apparatus for managing images generated by the photo sticker creating apparatus.

  Many recent photo sticker creation apparatuses have a function of transmitting a photographed image to a management server. The user can utilize this function in various ways. For example, as described in Patent Document 1, a user can operate his / her own mobile terminal to download an image stored in the management server and display it on the screen of the mobile terminal. In addition, when the mobile terminal displays an image, a character string (such as a brand name) input by the user, a stamp and a frame (foreground image) used by the user, based on editing information and analysis information embedded in the image. The name of the course selected by the user (such as Urahara series, Shibuya series), the brand name of the clothes, the color of the clothes, the degree of exposure of the user's skin, etc. are displayed. In addition, the user can browse other people's images on the portable terminal, and there is a demand to take an image imitating the image with a photo sticker creating apparatus with reference to an image such as a longing model.

JP 2013-110530 A (released on June 6, 2013)

  However, the conventional technology as described above has a problem that a sufficient service cannot be provided to the user.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and an object thereof is to realize a photo sticker creation apparatus, a control method for a photo sticker creation apparatus, and a management apparatus that provide useful services to users. It is in.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, a photo sticker creating apparatus according to the present invention is a photo sticker creating apparatus that captures a user with a camera to generate an image, an input unit that receives an operation by the user, and the camera A camera control unit that controls the image, a correction unit that corrects an image captured by the camera, an editing unit that edits the image corrected by the correction unit based on the user's operation received by the input unit, Shooting setting information indicating the setting contents set by the camera control means, correction information indicating the correction contents executed by the correction means, and editing images generated by the photo sticker creation device in the past and edited by the editing means A storage unit for storing a generated image associated with image management information including at least one of editing information indicating the edited content. When image setting information is included in the image management information associated with the generated image stored in the storage unit, the camera control unit causes the camera to shoot with the setting content indicated by the shooting setting information, and the correction When the correction information is included in the image management information associated with the generated image stored in the storage unit, the unit corrects the correction content indicated by the correction information, and the editing unit stores the correction information in the storage unit. When the editing information is included in the image management information associated with the stored generated image, editing is performed with the editing content indicated by the editing information.

  In order to solve the above problems, a control method of a photo sticker creating apparatus according to the present invention is a control method of a photo sticker creating apparatus that takes a user with a camera and generates an image, and controls the camera. A shooting step of shooting the user, a correction step of correcting the image shot by the camera in the shooting step, and an editing step of editing the image corrected in the correction step based on the user's operation. The photographing step is stored in the storage unit of the photo sticker creating apparatus, and is set in the photographing step in the image management information associated with the generated image generated by the photo sticker creating apparatus in the past. If the shooting setting information indicating the set content is included, shooting is performed with the setting content indicated by the shooting setting information. When the correction information indicating the correction content corrected in the correction step is included in the image management information associated with the generated image stored in the storage unit, the correction information indicated by the correction information is corrected. In the editing step, when editing information indicating the editing content edited in the editing step is included in the image management information associated with the generated image stored in the storage unit, the editing information indicates It is characterized by editing with editing contents.

  According to the said structure, the said photo sticker production apparatus is the said image management information matched with the image which the photo sticker production apparatus (including another photo sticker production apparatus different from the self apparatus and the self apparatus) produced in the past. Based on the above, it is possible to shoot with the same setting content as the image generated by the photo sticker creation device in the past, to correct with the same correction content as the image, or to edit with the same editing content as the image. For this reason, the photo sticker creating apparatus can easily generate an image similar to an image generated by the photo sticker creating apparatus in the past. Therefore, the user can easily create an image that resembles an image (for example, an image of a model, an image of a favorite user, or an image of the user) that has been generated by the photo sticker creation device in the past.

  The photo sticker creating apparatus according to the present invention further includes a display unit that displays a predetermined image, and a display control unit that displays the generated image stored in the storage unit on the display unit. Preferably, the control unit, the correction unit, and the editing unit execute processing based on the image management information associated with the generated image indicated by the selection operation by the user received by the input unit.

  According to the above configuration, the photo sticker creating apparatus displays a generated image generated by the photo sticker creating apparatus in the past on the display unit, and an image similar to the generated image selected by the user from the displayed images. It can be easily generated. The user selects a favorite image (for example, a model image, a favorite user image, or his own image, etc.) from the generated images generated in the past by the photo sticker creating apparatus, and an image resembling the selected image Can be easily created.

  The photo sticker creating apparatus according to the present invention further includes an output unit that outputs an image edited by the editing unit, and the output unit includes shooting setting information indicating setting contents set by the camera control unit, and the correction. It is preferable that image management information including at least one of correction information indicating the correction content executed by the means and edit information indicating the edit content edited by the editing means is output in association with the image.

  According to the above-described configuration, the photo sticker creating apparatus receives the image management information including at least one of shooting setting information indicating the setting content, correction information indicating the correction content, and editing information indicating the editing content. Output in association with. Therefore, the apparatus that has acquired the image from the photo sticker creating apparatus can easily specify at least one of setting contents, correction contents, and editing contents at the time of photographing the image generated by the photo sticker creating apparatus. Therefore, the apparatus that has acquired the image from the photo sticker creating apparatus can provide a user with a service that uses at least one of setting contents, correction contents, and editing contents at the time of shooting the image.

  In addition, the photo sticker creating apparatus according to the present invention includes a determination unit that determines whether or not the user is a video shooting target user who captures the shooting scene of the image as a video, and the determination unit is a video shooting target. A camera that shoots the user's shooting scene of the image as a moving image, and a transmission unit that transmits the moving image shot by the camera to a management device that manages the image generated by the photo sticker creating device; It is preferable to further comprise.

  According to said structure, the said photo sticker production apparatus image | photographs the imaging | photography scenery of the said image of the user who is a moving image imaging | photography object with a moving image, and transmits the image | photographed moving image to a management apparatus. Therefore, the management apparatus that has received the moving image can provide the user with a service that uses the moving image in which the shooting scenery of the user (for example, a specific user such as a model) who is a moving image shooting target is shot.

  In the photographic sticker creating apparatus according to the present invention, the camera starts or shoots the moving image when the input unit receives the moving image shooting start operation or the shooting end operation by the user. Is preferably terminated.

  According to the said structure, the said photo sticker production apparatus starts and complete | finishes the imaging | photography of the said moving image according to operation by a user. Therefore, the user who is the subject of moving image shooting can shoot a moving image at his / her own timing, and can prevent the moving image from being shot without permission.

  The management device according to the present invention is a management device that connects to a terminal device of a user and the photo sticker creation device via a communication network and provides data that can be displayed on the terminal device. Is a schedule page that lists the images generated by the person on the calendar when the image was taken, the person photographed in the image, the location where the image was taken, and the creation of a photo sticker that produced the image It is preferable to provide page creation means for creating a schedule page that lists at least one of the device models.

  According to the said structure, the said management apparatus produces the schedule page which posted the image which the said photograph sticker production apparatus produced | generated on the day when the said image was image | photographed on the calendar. That is, the management device creates a schedule page in which the images generated by the photo sticker creation device are arranged in the form of a schedule book, and provides the created schedule page to the terminal device. Therefore, the user of the terminal device can view the image generated by the photo sticker creation device in the form of a schedule book.

  In addition, the management device posts at least one of the person photographed in the image, the location where the image was photographed, and the model of the photo sticker creation device that generated the image on the schedule page. Therefore, the user can easily grasp the person photographed in the image posted on the schedule page, the shooting location of the image, and the model of the photo sticker creation apparatus that generated the image.

  In the management device according to the present invention, it is preferable that the page creation unit creates a schedule page in which information of a plurality of users selected by a user of the terminal device is posted on the same calendar.

  According to the said structure, the said management apparatus posts the information of the several user selected by the user of the said terminal device on a schedule page on the same calendar. Therefore, the user of the terminal device can view information on a desired plurality of users at the same time.

  The management device according to the present invention may further include receiving means for receiving data from the terminal device, and the page creating means may create a schedule page that includes information based on the data received by the receiving means. preferable.

  According to the said structure, the said management apparatus posts the information based on the data received from the said terminal device on a schedule page. Therefore, the user can post arbitrary information on the schedule page by operating the terminal device and transmitting predetermined data from the terminal device to the management device.

  In the management device according to the present invention, the receiving unit receives data transmitted from the terminal device to a site management device that manages an external site from the site management device, and the page creation unit receives the reception It is preferable to create a schedule page on which information is posted based on data received by the means from the site management apparatus.

  According to the said structure, the said management apparatus posts the information based on the data transmitted from the said terminal device to the site management apparatus which manages an external site on a schedule page. In other words, the management device posts the same content as the information posted on the external site on the schedule page. Therefore, the user can post the same information on the schedule page simply by operating the terminal device and posting the information on the external site.

  The present invention has an effect that a useful service can be provided to a user.

It is a block diagram which shows the principal part structure of the management server which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structure of the picked-up image management system which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the structural example of the external appearance of the photograph sticker production apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is the perspective view which looked at the external appearance of the photograph sticker production apparatus concerning a 1st embodiment of the present invention from other angles. It is a figure explaining the movement of the user in 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the imaging | photography part with which the photograph sticker production apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention is equipped. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the background part with which the photograph sticker production apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention is equipped. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the edit part with which the photograph sticker production apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention is equipped. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the aft customer service part with which the photograph sticker production apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention is equipped. It is a block diagram which shows the example of an internal structure of the photograph sticker production apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a functional block diagram which shows the detailed structural example of the control part with which the photograph sticker production apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention is equipped. It is a block diagram which shows the principal part structure of the portable terminal which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a screen transition figure which shows an example of the web page displayed on the display part of a portable terminal at the time of the member registration process in 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a sequence diagram which shows an example of the flow of a series of processes from photography to image preservation | save in 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a screen transition diagram which shows an example of the web page displayed on the display part of a portable terminal at the time of the image preservation | save process to the management server in 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a sequence diagram which shows an example of the flow of a series of processes regarding the image preservation | save to the portable terminal in the picked-up image management system which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a screen transition diagram which shows an example of the web page displayed on the display part of a portable terminal at the time of the image preservation | save process to the portable terminal in 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the image management information matched with the image preserve | saved at the image database of the management server in 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the event information conversion table with which event information was matched with date information and edit information. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the process of photography with the photo sticker production apparatus in 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the process of the image edit by the photo sticker production apparatus in 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the imaging | photography process of the photography landscape moving image by the photograph sticker production apparatus in 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the schedule top page which the management server in 1st Embodiment of this invention produces. It is a figure which shows an example of the schedule detail page which the management server in 1st Embodiment of this invention produces.

Embodiment 1
A first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. Descriptions of configurations other than those described in the following specific embodiments may be omitted as necessary, but are the same as those configurations when described in other embodiments. For convenience of explanation, members having the same functions as those shown in each embodiment are given the same reference numerals, and the explanation thereof is omitted as appropriate. Further, the shape of the configuration described in each drawing and the dimensions such as length, size, and width do not reflect the actual shape and dimensions, but are changed as appropriate for clarity and simplification of the drawings. doing.

(Captured image management system 10)
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of the captured image management system 10 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, the captured image management system 10 includes a photo sticker creation device 1, a mobile terminal (terminal device) 6, and a management server (management device) 4.

  An outline of the captured image management system 10 will be described below. The captured image management system 10 provides a user with services for realizing user photography, image editing, image printing as a photo sticker, and image storage on an image providing site. Photo shooting, image editing, and photo sticker printing services are provided by the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 installed in a store such as a game center. The image storage service is provided by the management server 4 that manages the image providing site. The user can store his / her captured image in the image providing site by operating the mobile terminal 6 possessed by the user.

  In order to store images on the image providing site, prior member registration is required. The user registers himself / herself as a free member in the image providing site. Free members do not need to pay membership fees, but image providers are limited in the number of images they can store. In this embodiment, the free member can store only one image in the image providing site for each game.

  The user can change his / her member attribute from a free member to a paid member. Paid members can save an unlimited number of images on an image providing site instead of having to pay a certain membership fee continuously. In the present embodiment, all the captured images generated by a single photo shoot can be stored in the image providing site.

  In addition, there are model members different from free members and paid members (hereinafter referred to as general members). On the image providing site, images taken by model members are stored, and general members can view the images. The general member can imitate the photographing method of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 by referring to the image of the model member, or can refer to the fashion of the model member. General members and model members are collectively referred to as users.

  The flow from photography to image storage in the photographed image management system 10 will be briefly described below. One or more users pay the price to the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 and play a game relating to photography and image editing. The user takes a picture of himself as a subject during the game. The user selects several images to be edited from the images generated by shooting and edits them as desired. Further, the user inputs his / her e-mail address to the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 in order to save the image in the image providing site later.

  After the game is over, the user gets a photo sticker. On the other hand, the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 associates the generated user's email address with the generated image and transmits the image to the management server 4. The management server 4 transmits a mail for guiding the received image to be stored in the image providing site to the received mail address. The user receives this mail at his / her mobile terminal 6. The e-mail describes a procedure for storing an image on an image providing site. The user performs an operation for saving the image on the portable terminal 6 according to the procedure. As a result, the image is stored in the image storage area dedicated to the user at the image providing site.

  After the image is stored in the image providing site, the user can log in to the image providing site using the portable terminal 6 or other desired device and download the image.

(Configuration of photo sticker creation device)
The configuration and function of each device constituting the captured image management system 10 will be described in detail below. First, details of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a configuration example of the appearance of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. As shown in this figure, the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 mainly includes a photographing unit 11, an editing unit 12, and a subsequent customer service unit 13. The photo sticker creating apparatus 1 is installed in a state in which the photographing unit 11 and the editing unit 12 are in contact with each other, and the editing unit 12 and the subsequent customer service unit 13 are in contact with each other.

(Shooting unit 11)
The photographing unit 11 includes a photographing unit 21 and a background unit 22. The photographing unit 21 and the background unit 22 are installed with a predetermined distance apart. Shooting control is performed in a shooting space that is a space formed between the shooting unit 21 and the background unit 22.

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

  The background portion 22 is attached to the left end of the rear panel 51 and the rear panel 51, which are plate-like members positioned on the rear side of the user who is performing the shooting control facing the front, and has a narrower width than the side panel 42A. And a side panel 52B (FIG. 4) which is a plate-like member attached to the right end of the rear panel 51 and having a narrower width than the side panel 42B.

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

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

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

  As the background curtain stored in the background curtain unit 25, an elevating curtain that uses a plurality of curtains as a single curtain for curtains may be prepared. In addition, a blackboard curtain is pasted on the rear panel 51 that is the back of the shooting space, and a plurality of background images for synthesis are prepared. In editing control described later, a user-desired background image is used as a curtain portion. It may be possible to synthesize.

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

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

  If the configuration of the editing unit 12 shown in FIG. 3 is a front side configuration, the configuration used for editing control is provided on the front side and the back side of the editing unit 12 so that two sets of users can edit simultaneously. Provided.

  The front side of the editing unit 12 is a surface perpendicular to the floor surface, and is composed of a surface 71 that is substantially parallel to the side panel 42A, and a slope 72 formed above the surface 71 for editing control. The configuration used is provided on the slope 72. On the left side of the slope 72, a support portion 73A that has a columnar shape and supports one end of the lighting device 74 is provided. A support portion 75 that supports the curtain rail 26 is provided on the upper surface of the support portion 73A. A support portion 73 </ b> B (FIG. 4) that supports the other end of the lighting device 74 is also provided on the right side of the slope 72.

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

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

(Subsequent customer service department 13)
FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the external appearance of the photo sticker creating apparatus as seen from another angle. The subsequent customer service unit 13 is a device that performs the subsequent customer service and allows the user to perform an operation on the subsequent customer service. Subsequent customer service includes processing for transmitting images (including edited images) to the management server 4, processing for causing a user to play a mini game, processing for answering a questionnaire, and the like.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the post-service customer unit 13 has a plate-shaped housing having a predetermined thickness, and is connected to the editing unit 12 so that the back surface thereof is in contact with the left side surface of the editing unit 12. Provided. On the front side of the post-service customer section 13, there are provided a tablet built-in monitor used by the user at the time of operation for the post-service customer, and a discharge port for discharging sticker paper on which an image (including an edited image) is printed. The space in front of the post-service section 13 is a post-service area where a user waiting for printing on the sticker paper to perform an operation on the post-service.

(User movement)
The flow of the photo sticker creation game and the accompanying user movement will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating the movement of the user.

  The user of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 takes a picture formed between the photographing part 21 and the background part 22 from the entrance / exit G1 as indicated by the white arrow # 1 or from the entrance / exit G2 as indicated by the white arrow # 2. The camera enters the space A1 and performs shooting control using a camera and a touch panel monitor provided in the shooting unit 21.

  It should be noted that, in the shooting of the user's image, not all shooting is to capture an image printed on sticker paper, but for transmission to the mobile terminal 6 (or so that it can be viewed on the mobile terminal 6, In some cases, the image is taken only for transmission to the management server 4. This is because the user's preference may be different between the image to be printed and the image transmitted to the mobile terminal 6, and the user wants to take an image in consideration of transmission to the mobile terminal 6 at the time of the user's shooting. It is in response to the user's intention.

  The user who has finished the shooting control uses the doorway G1 to move out of the shooting space A1 as indicated by the white arrow # 3 and moves to the editing space A2-1 or opens the doorway G2 as indicated by the white arrow # 4. Use to move out of the shooting space A1 and move to the editing space A2-2.

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

  After the editing control is finished, printing of an image selected from images (including edited images) is started. During printing of the image, the user who has finished the editing control moves from the editing space A2-1 to the subsequent customer service space A3 as indicated by the white arrow # 5 when the editing control is performed in the editing space A2-1. The customer receives the subsequent customer service and performs an operation on the subsequent customer service. In addition, when editing control is performed in the editing space A2-2, the user who has finished editing control moves from the editing space A2-2 to the post-service area A3 as indicated by the white arrow # 6. In the space A3, a subsequent customer service is received and an operation is performed on the customer service.

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

(Configuration of each member)
Next, the configuration of each member provided in the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 will be described.

(Photographing unit 21)
FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the photographing unit 21 provided in the photo sticker creating apparatus 1. The photographing unit 21 is configured by attaching a front panel 41, a side panel 42A, and a side panel 42B to a base unit 43 having a box shape.

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

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

  The camera 91 is configured by an image sensor such as a charge coupled device (CCD) or a complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS), and photographs a user in the photographing space A1. The moving image captured by the camera 91 is displayed on the touch panel monitor 93 in real time. An image captured by the camera 91 at a predetermined timing such as when a user gives an instruction to shoot is saved as an image (still image).

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

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

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

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

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

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

(Background part 22)
FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the background unit 22 provided in the photo sticker creating apparatus 1. As described above, the background curtain unit 25 is provided above the back panel 51. Near the center of the background curtain unit 25, a rear center strobe 101 that irradiates a user who is performing shooting control in the shooting space A1 from the rear center.

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

(Editor 12)
FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the editing unit 12 provided in the photo sticker creating apparatus 1. As shown in the figure, in the editing unit 12, a tablet built-in monitor 131 is provided in the approximate center of the slope 72. A touch pen 132A is provided on the left side of the tablet built-in monitor 131, and a touch pen 132B is provided on the right side.

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

  It should be noted that the image editing performed in the editing unit 12 is not necessarily an editing on an image to be printed, but an image that is assumed to be transmitted only to the mobile terminal 6 by the user (that is, an image that is not printed). May be an edit to This is because there is a difference in user preference between an image to be printed and an image transmitted to the mobile terminal 6 and used on the web. For example, an image used for a blog or the like is printed. This is to respond to the user's intention to edit differently from the editing of the image.

(Subsequent customer service department 13)
On the left side of the editing unit 12, a post-service unit 13 is provided. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the post-service unit 13 provided in the photo sticker creating apparatus 1.

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

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

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

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

  The speaker 165 outputs sound such as guidance voice, BGM, and sound effects at the time of subsequent customer service.

(Internal structure of photo sticker making apparatus 1)
Next, the internal configuration of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 will be described. FIG. 10 is a block diagram illustrating an internal configuration example of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1. The same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the same structure as the structure mentioned above. The overlapping description will be omitted as appropriate.

  The control unit 201 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and the like, and executes a program stored in a ROM (Read Only Memory) 206 or a storage unit 202 to control the overall operation of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1. A storage unit 202, a communication unit 203, a drive 204, a ROM 206, and a RAM (Random Access Memory) 207 are connected to the control unit 201. The control unit 201 is also connected with the components of the photographing unit 21, the editing unit 12, the post-service unit 13, and the printing unit 211.

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

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

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

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

  The imaging unit 21 performs processing related to the user's imaging control in the imaging space A1. The imaging unit 21 includes a coin processing unit 221, a background control unit 222, an illumination control unit 223, a camera 91, a touch panel monitor 93, and a speaker 224.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  The subsequent customer service section 13 performs processing related to the subsequent customer service in the subsequent customer service space A3. The subsequent customer service unit 13 includes a tablet built-in monitor 161, touch pens 162A and 162B, a non-contact type IC reader / writer 163, and a speaker 165.

  The printing unit 211 includes a printer 241 and a sticker unit 242 that are configured to perform printing control. The printer 241 prints the image or the edited image obtained by the editing control by the user on the sticker paper stored in the sticker paper unit 242 attached to the printer 241 and discharges it to the sticker paper discharge port 164. . The subsequent customer service unit 13 and the printing unit 211 that are surrounded by a one-dot chain line are configured to perform processing related to the subsequent customer service for the user in the subsequent customer service space A3.

  In addition, the printing unit 211 acquires the image transmitted to the management server 4 outside the margin (such as the edge of the sticker paper) in addition to printing the photographed image (or the edited image) on the sticker paper in the process related to the print control. URL (Uniform Resource Locater) and a seal ID (image acquisition ID) may be printed. The sticker ID is an identifier for uniquely identifying one or a plurality of images (including a photographed image and an edited image) generated during one game in the photo sticker creating apparatus 1. This is an identifier for acquiring the generated image. The user accesses a URL for acquiring an image and inputs a sticker ID, whereby a web page (image acquisition page) for acquiring an image generated during one game in the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 is displayed. It can be displayed on the portable terminal 6.

  This is because, for example, when receiving an e-mail address input from the user at the post-service department 13 or the like, a correct address cannot be received due to a time-out or error input, and information such as a URL for acquiring an image is transmitted to the user. This is to allow the user to acquire an image by accessing the URL printed on the sticker paper and inputting the sticker ID when the user cannot do so.

  Note that the printing unit 211 may print, for example, a predetermined mail address or a QR code (registered trademark) as the information for acquiring an image instead of the URL. When a predetermined mail address is printed, the user receives a mail describing a URL for acquiring an image from the management server 4 by sending a blank mail to the predetermined mail address. Can do. In addition, when the QR code is printed on the sticker paper, the user can directly access the image acquisition page by accessing the web page indicated by the QR code using the mobile terminal 6.

(Configuration of control unit)
FIG. 11 is a functional block diagram illustrating a detailed configuration example of the control unit 201 provided in the photo sticker creating apparatus 1. As shown in this figure, the control unit 201 includes a communication control unit (output unit, acquisition unit, transmission unit) 311, an imaging control unit 312, an edit control unit (editing unit) 313, a print control unit 314, and post-service customer control. Part 315 is provided.

  The communication control unit 311 controls communication with an external device by the communication unit 203. The communication control unit 311 transmits the image specified by the user to be stored in the image providing site in association with the image ID to the management server 4. The communication control unit 311 further adds image management information such as date and time information, device ID, shooting setting information, correction information, editing information, fashion style information, and person information to the image designated by the user to be stored in the image providing site. (Tag data) may be associated and transmitted to the management server 4.

  Here, the image management information is information for managing images taken by the photo sticker creating apparatus 1, and includes image ID, date / time information, device ID, shooting setting information, correction information, editing information, fashion style information. Etc. In other words, the image management information is information indicating image attributes. The image ID is information for uniquely specifying an image. The date information is information indicating the date and time when the image was taken. The device ID is information for uniquely identifying the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 that has taken an image. The shooting setting information is information indicating the contents set by the user or the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 at the time of image shooting. In other words, the shooting setting information includes various types of information indicating setting contents set by the user on the touch panel monitor 93 in the shooting space. For example, the shooting setting information includes the type of shooting course set by the user at the time of shooting, the background image to be combined at the time of shooting, the type of image processing processed at the time of shooting, the angle of view of the camera 91, the exposure, the shutter speed, etc. It shows the settings, and the certification settings such as the type, position, and man-hour of lighting. The correction information is information indicating the correction contents of image correction for the captured image. For example, the correction information is information indicating correction contents such as eye size, face contour processing such as small face processing, and skin color. Further, the editing information is information indicating editing contents synthesized on the image by the user. For example, editing information includes stamp type, size, mounting position, angle, etc., pen type, thickness, drawn trajectory point information, background type information, character stamp information such as name, content information, etc. This is information such as the type of image processing such as attributes and color filters. The fashion style information is information indicating the user's fashion style taken in the image. Specifically, the fashion style information is information indicating a system of the user's fashion, and may be information indicating a system classified according to the type of magazine, such as a red letter magazine or a gal magazine. The person information is information (for example, a person name, a member ID, etc.) indicating a person photographed in the image.

  Furthermore, the image management information includes model information indicating the model of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 that generated the image, version information indicating the version of the model of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1, and the store where the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 is installed. May include installed store information and the like.

  Note that the communication control unit 311 images terminal position information (for example, GPS information) indicating the position of the user's mobile terminal 6 or installation position information indicating the installation position of the photo sticker creation apparatus 1 instead of the device ID. It may be transmitted in association with.

  Here, there are three types of images generated by the photo sticker creating apparatus 1. Specifically, (1) a captured image acquired by the imaging control unit 312 from the camera 91, (2) a corrected image obtained by correcting the captured image by the imaging control unit 312 and (3) an editing control unit 313 This is an edited image obtained by editing a captured image or a corrected image based on an operation. The captured image, the corrected image, and the edited image are collectively referred to as a generated image. In addition, the captured image is an image captured by the camera 91 in other words. Further, the corrected image is an image in which, for example, the face part of a person captured in the captured image is corrected by the imaging control unit 312. More specifically, the corrected image is an image in which the size of the eyes, the size of the face (small face processing), the size of other parts, the color of the parts, and the like are corrected. The edited image is, for example, an image in which a composite image such as a frame background is synthesized by an editing graffiti process, a stamp image or a pen image is added, and color correction is further added.

  The communication control unit 311 transmits at least one of a captured image, a corrected image, and an edited image to the management server 4.

  In addition, the communication control unit 311 may transmit the shooting scenery moving image input from the shooting control unit 312 to the management server 4 in real time. Further, the communication control unit 311 may read out the photographed scenery moving image from the storage unit 202 in response to a request from the management server 4 and transmit the read photographed scenery moving image to the management server 4. Further, the communication control unit 311 may transmit the photographed scenery moving image to the management server 4 in association with the member ID and the like. Here, the shooting landscape moving image is a moving image of a user's appearance (shooting landscape) during the shooting work process. Further, the communication control unit 311 may also transmit the edited landscape video and the editing process video to the management server 4 in the same manner as the shooting landscape video.

  Further, the communication control unit 311 receives the user image, the image management information associated with the image, the user specifying information of the user, and the like from the management server 4, and stores the received data in the image database of the storage unit 202. 342 and the member database 341, respectively.

  The shooting control unit 312 relates to a process related to a charge inserted when starting the photo sticker creation game by the shooting unit 21 and a user shooting control in the photo sticker creation game such as shooting a user group according to the user shooting control. Control processing. The shooting control unit 312 can also generate date / time information related to the image ID and the date / time when the image was shot.

  Specifically, the imaging control unit 312 includes a camera control unit (camera control unit) 321, an image correction unit (correction unit) 322, and a display control unit (display control unit) 323. The camera control unit 321 controls the camera 91 to cause the camera 91 to photograph the user with a predetermined setting content. The camera control unit 321 acquires an image captured by the camera 91 and outputs the acquired image to the image correction unit 322. The image correction unit 322 acquires an image from the camera control unit 321 and corrects the image captured by the camera 91 with predetermined correction content. The image correction unit 322 outputs the corrected image to the editing control unit 313. The display control unit 323 causes the touch panel monitor 93 to display the moving image of the user captured by the camera 91 during the shooting operation process on the touch panel monitor 93. In addition, the display control unit 32 causes the touch panel monitor 93 to display a setting selection image for allowing the user to select setting contents and correction contents.

  More specifically, the camera control unit 321 sets setting contents such as brightness, for example, based on the user's selection operation, and causes the camera 91 to photograph the user with the set contents. At this time, the camera control unit 321 generates shooting setting information indicating the set content, and associates the shooting setting information with the shot image. Further, the image correction unit 322 sets correction contents such as whether or not the skin color and eye size are corrected based on the user's selection operation, and the degree of the correction. Correct with the set correction contents. At this time, the image correction unit 322 generates correction information indicating the set correction content, and associates the correction information with the corrected image. Note that the camera control unit 321 and the image correction unit 322 may automatically set the setting content and the correction content independently of the user's selection operation.

  Moreover, the imaging control unit 312 may include a user determination unit (determination unit) 324 as illustrated in FIG. The user determination unit 324 determines whether or not the user is a target (moving image shooting target) for shooting the shooting scenery with a moving image. The user determination unit 324 outputs the determination result to the camera control unit 321. For example, the user determination unit 324 may determine whether or not the user is a video shooting target user based on the member ID input by the user. The user specifying method is not limited to this, and may be arbitrary.

  When the user determination unit 324 determines that the user is a video shooting target user, the camera control unit 321 causes the camera 91 and / or another camera (not shown) to take a shooting scene that is a state of the user during the shooting operation process. May be taken as a video. Specifically, separately from the original shooting work of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1, the shooting situation of the user is shot and the moving image is acquired. The camera control unit 321 may output the captured scenery moving image acquired from the camera 91 or the like to the communication control unit 311 in real time, or may store the moving image database 343 in the storage unit 202. Thereby, the moving image which understands the situation which the user enjoys at the time of photographing is generated.

  In addition, the camera control unit 321 may associate the captured scenery moving image with the user who is captured. Specifically, the camera control unit 321 associates the user's member ID and the like with the captured scenery moving image acquired from the camera 91 or the like, and outputs it to the communication control unit 311 or stores it in the moving image database 343 of the storage unit 202. Or When there are a plurality of users, the camera control unit 321 may input a plurality of user IDs and associate the plurality of member IDs and the like with the captured scenery video.

  Further, the camera control unit 321 may associate the shooting scenery moving image with the image generated by the photo sticker creating apparatus at the time of moving image shooting. For example, the camera control unit 321 may associate an image ID or the like with the shooting scenery moving image. In addition, the camera control unit 321 may associate a moving image ID for uniquely specifying a captured scenery moving image with the image generated by the photo sticker creating apparatus.

  Further, the camera control unit 321 may automatically shoot a shooting scenery moving image. In this case, the camera control unit 321 starts shooting the shooting scenery movie when any button of the selection operation for setting the setting content at the time of shooting the shot image is performed, and further, at a predetermined timing after shooting the shot image or The shooting of the shooting scenery moving image may be ended in the selection operation after shooting. Further, the camera control unit 321 may start and end the shooting of the shooting scenery moving image in response to an instruction from the user. Specifically, the display control unit 323 causes the touch panel monitor 93 to display a shooting start button and a shooting end button of the shooting scenery moving image. When the touch panel monitor 93 detects a user operation with respect to the shooting start button or the shooting end button, the camera control unit 321 instructs the camera 91 or the like to start shooting or end shooting of the shooting scenery video based on a signal from the touch panel monitor 93. To do. Even when the display control unit 323 displays the shooting start button, if shooting of a shot image starts without pressing the shooting start button, the camera control unit 321 automatically takes a shot. You may start shooting landscape videos. However, in this case, the display control unit 323 displays a shooting stop button, and when the stop button is pressed, the camera control unit 321 stops shooting and deletes the acquired shooting scenery moving image. In addition, when shooting of a shot image is completed without pressing the shooting end button, the camera control unit 321 automatically ends shooting of the shooting scenery movie at a predetermined timing at the end of shooting of the shot image. Also good. In this case, the camera control unit 321 treats the acquired moving image as having been acquired normally.

  When the display control unit 323 displays the moving image of the user captured by the camera 91 during the shooting operation process on the touch panel monitor 93, the display control unit 323 stores the past stored in the image database 342 of the storage unit 202. The images taken by the photo sticker creating device 1 (including the photo sticker creating device 1 used by the user and other photo sticker creating devices 1) are displayed superimposed on the user's live view (moving image). May be. For example, the display control unit 323 may display an image captured by the photo sticker creation apparatus 1 in the past on the touch panel monitor 93 in a translucent manner. In addition, the display control unit 323 may cause the touch panel monitor 93 to display an image captured in the past by the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 adjacent to the vicinity of the live view image. Further, the display control unit 323 may display images of model members taken by the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 in the past. In addition, when the user registers a favorite model member or another general member, the display control unit 323 displays images of other users registered by the user that have been taken in the past by the photo sticker creating apparatus 1. You may display. Further, the display control unit 323 may display the user's own image captured by the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 in the past.

  Thus, the user can take a picture with the same (subject) pose and composition as the designated image. For example, the user can easily imitate (reproduce) the pose and composition of an image of a favorite model member or favorite user.

  Further, the shooting control unit 312 may set the setting content indicated by the shooting setting information associated with the image selected by the user, and execute the shooting operation process. Specifically, the display control unit 323 causes the touch panel monitor 93 to display a selection image for allowing the user to select an image captured by the photo sticker creation device 1 in the past. When the touch panel monitor 93 detects a user's selection operation for a predetermined image, the camera control unit 321 may cause the camera 91 to shoot with the setting content indicated by the shooting setting information associated with the image selected by the user. . Further, the image correction unit 322 may correct the image captured by the camera 91 with the correction content indicated by the correction information associated with the image selected by the user. At this time, the display control unit 323 may display an image selected by the user on the touch panel monitor 93. Further, the display control unit 323 may also play back the captured scenery moving image captured when the image selected by the user is captured on the touch panel monitor 93.

  Further, at this time, the camera control unit 321 may synthesize a scribble such as a stamp with the photographed scenery moving image, or perform a composition for changing the background of the moving image or VFX (Visual Effects) composition based on a user operation.

  Thereby, the user can easily acquire an image having the same setting contents and correction contents as the designated image. For example, a user can easily imitate (reproduce) an image of a favorite model member or favorite user.

  The editing control unit 313 controls processing related to user editing control in the photo sticker creation game, such as graffiti editing of images by the editing unit 12A and the editing unit 12B. Specifically, the editing control unit 313 acquires an image from the shooting control unit 312 and edits the acquired image based on a user's editing operation.

  The editing control unit 313 may generate editing information as tag data associated with the captured image. For example, the edit control unit 313 uses the information (stamp information, background information, and frame information) indicating the type of stamp, background image, and frame (foreground image) combined with the image by the user and the position on the image as the editing information. May be generated. Further, the editing control unit 313 may generate, as editing information, a character string combined with the image by the user and character string information indicating a position on the image based on the input locus or the like. Further, the edit control unit 313 may generate color tone correction information indicating the content of image color tone correction processing (monochrome or sepia, etc.) as editing information. That is, the editing information is information including at least one of stamp information, background information, frame information, character string information, color tone correction information, and the like.

  The edit control unit 313 includes a display control unit (display control unit) 331. The display control unit 331 displays an edited image for allowing the user to specify editing contents on the tablet built-in monitor (input unit, display unit) 131 during the editing process.

  Further, the editing control unit 313 may edit the image acquired from the imaging control unit 312 with the editing content indicated by the editing information associated with the image selected by the user. Specifically, the display control unit 331 displays a selection image on the tablet built-in monitor 131 for allowing the user to select an image captured by the photo sticker creation device 1 in the past. When the tablet built-in monitor 131 detects a user's selection operation for a predetermined image, the editing control unit 313 displays the image acquired from the imaging control unit 312 with the editing content indicated by the editing information associated with the image selected by the user. May be edited. At this time, the display control unit 331 may display the image selected by the user on the tablet built-in monitor 131. Further, the display control unit 331 may play back the editing scenery moving image and the editing process moving image captured when the image selected by the user is edited on the tablet built-in monitor 131.

  In addition, the editing control unit 313 has the same function as the user determination unit 324, and in the same manner as the shooting scenery moving image, the moving image shooting target user (editing landscape) during the editing work process is shot with a moving image, An editing scenery video may be acquired. In this case, the editing unit 12A and the editing unit 12B are separately provided with a camera (not shown) for shooting the edited scenery moving image. Further, the editing control unit 313 may acquire an editing process image displayed on the tablet built-in monitor 131 during the editing operation process as an editing process moving image. The editing process moving image is a moving image showing a process of generating an edited image and is a moving image showing a process of a user's editing operation.

  Thereby, the user can easily acquire an image having the same editing content as the designated image. For example, the user can easily imitate (reproduce) a graffiti or the like of an image of a favorite model member or favorite user.

  The print control unit 314 controls processing related to the printing process of the photo sticker creation game such as printing of sticker paper in the printing unit 211.

  The post-service customer control unit 315 controls processing related to the post-service in the photo sticker creation game, such as processing to serve a user group that has finished the editing work by the post-service unit 13.

  Although details will be described later, the post-service customer control unit 315 may generate fashion style information, personal information, and the like based on information input by the user in the post-service process. Moreover, although the details will be described later, the post-service customer control unit 315 may acquire terminal position information from the mobile terminal 6 owned by the user in the post-service process.

(Details of storage unit 202)
As illustrated in FIG. 11, the storage unit 202 includes a member database 341, an image database 342, and a moving image database 343.

(Member database 341)
In the member database 341, user identification information received from the management server 4 by the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 is stored for each user. Details of the user specifying information will be described later.

(Image database 342)
The image database 342 stores user images received from the management server 4 by the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 and / or images previously generated by the photo sticker creating apparatus 1. In the image database 342, images are stored separately for each user registered as a member in the member database 341.

(Movie database 343)
The moving image database 343 stores shooting scenery moving images, edited scenery moving images and editing process moving images taken by the photo sticker creating apparatus 1. The moving image database 343 may store the shooting scenery moving image, the editing scenery moving image, and the editing process moving image in association with the user who is shooting.

(Management server 4)
Next, details of the management server 4 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a main configuration of the management server 4 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. As shown in this figure, the management server 4 mainly includes a control unit 401, a storage unit 402, and a communication unit 403. The control unit 401 performs overall control of each member provided in the management server 4. The storage unit 402 stores various data used in the management server 4. The communication unit 403 communicates with other devices constituting the captured image management system 10.

(Details of control unit 401)
As shown in FIG. 1, the control unit 401 includes a communication control unit (reception unit) 411, a mail creation unit 412, a web page creation unit (page creation unit) 413, an image management unit 414, a photo sticker creation device management unit 415, A moving image management unit 416 and a user information management unit 417 are provided.

(Communication control unit 411)
The communication control unit 411 controls communication by the communication unit 403.

(Mail creation unit 412)
The mail creating unit 412 creates a mail to be sent to the mail address of the user who played with the photo sticker creating apparatus 1. In the present embodiment, the mail creation unit 412 creates a mail that guides the storage of an image that is transmitted to the mail address input from the communication control unit 411 using the data stored in the mail database 421. And output to the communication control unit 411.

(Web page creation unit 413)
The web page creation unit 413 creates a web page displayed on the mobile terminal 6. In the present embodiment, the web page creation unit 413 creates a web page corresponding to the access request received from the mobile terminal 6 using the data stored in the web page database 423 and outputs the web page to the communication control unit 411. . Although details will be described later, the web page creation unit 413 creates a web page corresponding to the user's membership type.

  Specifically, the web page creation unit 413 creates an image list page for the mobile terminal 6 to display a plurality of images stored in the image database 424. More specifically, the web page creation unit 413 creates an image list page for displaying an image associated with the member ID for each member ID (user).

  The image list page may include a plurality of folders, and each image may be stored in a folder corresponding to the attribute of the image. For example, the web page creation unit 413 stores an image whose event information or stamp information is “Halloween” in the “Halloween” folder. The web page creation unit 413 may store each image in a “red character magazine” folder and a “gal magazine” folder based on, for example, fashion style information.

  Specifically, the web page creation unit 413 creates a moving image browsing page on which a shooting landscape moving image, an edited landscape moving image, and / or an editing process moving image are posted. The web page creation unit 413 may read a shooting landscape video, an edited landscape video, and / or an editing process video from the video database 425 to create a video browsing page. In addition, the web page creation unit 413 may acquire the shooting landscape video, the edited landscape video, and / or the editing process video in real time from the communication control unit 411, and perform streaming distribution on the video browsing page.

  Note that only a specific user (for example, a paying member) may be allowed to access the video browsing page.

  In addition, the web page creation unit 413 is a schedule page in which an image generated by the photo sticker creation device 1 is posted on the date when the image is taken on a calendar, and the person photographed in the image, the image A schedule page is created that lists at least one of the location where the photograph was taken and the model of the photo sticker creation apparatus 1 that generated the image.

  Further, the web page creation unit 413 may create a schedule page on which information of a plurality of users selected by the user of the mobile terminal 6 is posted on the same calendar. In addition, the web page creation unit 413 may create a schedule page on which information based on data received from the mobile terminal 6 is posted. In addition, when the mobile terminal 6 transmits data for posting information on a site management device (not shown) that manages an external site, the web page creation unit 413 receives the data transmitted from the site management device by the mobile terminal 6. You may create the schedule page which posted the information based on the data received and transmitted from the portable terminal 6 to the site management apparatus.

  In the following description, “page” refers to data that the management server 4 transmits to a communication terminal such as the mobile terminal 6 for display, such as a web page. The page usually includes text data and image data, and may further include audio data and moving image data.

(Image management unit 414)
The image management unit 414 manages images provided to the user through the image providing site. In the present embodiment, the image management unit 414 stores, in the image database 424, an image designated by the user among images created by the photo sticker creating apparatus 1. The image management unit 414 also stores image management information associated with the image in the image database 424. Further, the image management unit 414 may generate new information and include it in the image management information.

  Here, the image management information associated with the images stored in the image database 424 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating an example of image management information. As shown in FIG. 18, the image management information includes “image ID”, “shooting setting information”, “correction information”, “editing information”, “fashion style information”, “event information”, “person information”, and “person information”. "Shooting location information".

  “Image ID” is an image ID associated with the image transmitted from the photo sticker creating apparatus 1. In the example shown in FIG. 18, “Image ID” is the shooting date / time, the device ID, and the date / time indicated by the shooting date / time with respect to the shot image shot by the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 indicated by the device ID. Are serial numbers that are consecutively assigned. That is, in the example shown in FIG. 18, the date / time information and the device ID are included in the image ID.

  Note that the image management unit 414 may use the date and time when the image is stored in the management server 4 instead of the shooting date and time as the date and time information. That is, in the example shown in FIG. 18, the image ID may include a storage date and time.

  The “shooting setting information”, “correction information”, “editing information”, and “fashion style information” are as described above.

  “Event information” is information indicating an event related to an image. The image management unit 414 refers to the event information conversion table shown in FIG. 19, specifies event information corresponding to date information or editing information associated with the image, and generates event information of the image. The event information conversion table shown in FIG. 19 is an example, and any information may be used as long as it defines the correspondence between date information, editing information, and the like and event information.

  Thus, by associating event information with an image, the image can be classified by event information. Therefore, the web page creation unit 413 can create a folder for each event type, classify images in each folder, and create an image list page.

  As described above, “person information” is information (for example, a person name and a member ID) indicating a person photographed in an image. When the image management information transmitted from the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 does not include person information, the image management unit 414 may analyze the image and generate “person information”. In this case, information for specifying a person from the image, for example, information in which personal information (person name, member ID) is associated with an image (reference image) captured by each person is stored in the storage unit 402. Stored in advance. Further, the image management unit 414 may analyze the image and specify a person from a character string written in the image.

  In the example illustrated in FIG. 18, “person information” does not include information indicating the user who is the owner of the image, and describes only information indicating a person other than the user who is captured in the image. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the person including the user who is the owner of the image may be described in the “person information”.

  “Shooting place information” is information indicating a place where an image is taken. The image management unit 414 generates “photographing location information” based on the device ID, terminal location information, or installation location information associated with the image transmitted from the photo sticker creation apparatus 1. For example, the image management unit 414 refers to a shooting location conversion table in which device ID, terminal location information or installation location information is associated with shooting location information, and corresponds to the device ID, terminal location information, or installation location information. The shooting location information may be specified to generate “shooting location information”. Further, the image management unit 414 may use the terminal location information or the installation location information as the shooting location information as it is.

  Further, the user can save an image other than the image generated by the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 in the management server 4 from the portable terminal 6 or the like. For example, the user can save an image generated / processed / edited by another device, website, or application in the image providing site (management server 4). In this case, the image management unit 414 generates image management information for images other than the images generated by the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 and stores them in the image database 424.

(Photo sticker creation device management unit 415)
The photo sticker creation device management unit 415 manages one or a plurality of photo sticker creation devices 1. Specifically, the photo sticker creation apparatus management unit 415 reads out the user image from the image database 424 in the storage unit 402 and the user identification information from the member database 422 at a predetermined timing, and retrieves the read out image and user identification information. It is transmitted to the photo sticker creating apparatus 1. For example, when the image database 424 and / or the member database 422 is updated (added / modified), the photo sticker creation device management unit 415 transmits the user image and / or user identification information to the photo sticker creation device 1. It's okay. In addition, the photo sticker creation device management unit 415 may transmit the user's image and user identification information to the photo sticker creation device 1 at regular intervals. Further, when receiving a request from the photo sticker creating apparatus 1, the photo sticker creating apparatus management unit 415 may transmit the user image and the user specifying information to the photo sticker creating apparatus 1. Note that the photo sticker creating apparatus management unit 415 also sends the associated image management information to the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 together with the image.

(Video Manager 416)
The moving picture management unit 416 manages the shooting scenery moving picture, the edited scenery moving picture, and the editing process moving picture transmitted from the photo sticker creating apparatus 1. The moving image management unit 416 stores the shooting landscape moving image, the edited landscape moving image, and the editing process moving image transmitted from the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 in the moving image database 425 of the storage unit 402.

  In addition, the video management unit 416 synthesizes a scribble such as a stamp with a photographed landscape video, an edited landscape video, and an editing process video based on a user's operation, or performs synthesis or VFX (Visual Effects) synthesis to change the video background. You may go.

(User information management unit 417)
The user information management unit 417 manages information about the user acquired from the mobile terminal 6 or a site management apparatus (not shown) that manages an external site such as SNS or BLOG. Specifically, the user information management unit 417 stores information about the user acquired from the mobile terminal 6 or the site management device in the user information database 426 of the storage unit 402.

(Details of storage unit 402)
As illustrated in FIG. 1, the storage unit 402 includes a mail database 421, a member database 422, a web page database 423, and an image database 424.

(Mail database 421)
The mail database 421 stores various data for creating a mail to be transmitted to the user.

(Member database 422)
The member database 422 stores various types of information related to users who are members of the image providing site. In the present embodiment, the member database 422 stores information (user specifying information) for specifying a user who uses the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 for each user. Examples of the user specifying information include a user's member ID, e-mail address, nickname, date of birth, address, member attribute, membership date, and terminal ID of a mobile terminal held by the user. Moreover, as a member attribute, a pay member, a free member, a model member, etc. can be mentioned, for example.

  Further, the user specifying information may include a favorite user (model member or other general member) registered by the user.

(Web page database 423)
The web page database 423 stores various data for creating a web page of an image providing site displayed on the mobile terminal 6.

(Image database 424)
The image database 424 stores images instructed by the user to be stored in the image providing site among the images of the user created by the photo sticker creating apparatus 1. In the image database 424, images are stored separately for each user registered as a member in the member database 422.

  Although not shown, the storage unit 402 also has a temporary storage database that temporarily stores data such as images received from the photo sticker creating apparatus 1.

  Further, as described above, the image database 424 may store an image other than the image generated by the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 and image management information associated with the image.

(Movie database 425)
The moving image database 425 stores a shooting landscape moving image, an edited landscape moving image, and an editing process moving image taken by the photo sticker creating apparatus 1. The moving image database 425 may store the shooting scenery moving image, the editing scenery moving image, and the editing process moving image in association with the user who is shooting.

(User information database 426)
The user information database 426 stores information on users transmitted from the mobile terminal 6 or the site management device for each user. Here, the information regarding the user is arbitrary data such as image data, text data, moving image data, audio data, and the like. Moreover, the information etc. which were transmitted to the site management apparatus from the portable terminal 6 and uploaded to the external site are included. That is, the user information database 426 stores personal user data.

(Details of communication unit 403)
In this embodiment, the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 and the mobile terminal 6 are communication partners of the communication unit 403. The communication unit 403 receives data from another device or transmits data to another device under the control of the communication control unit 411.

(Mobile terminal 6)
FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing a main configuration of the mobile terminal 6 according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. As shown in this figure, the mobile terminal 6 mainly includes a control unit 601, a storage unit 602, a communication unit 603, an input unit 604, and a display unit 605. The control unit 601 performs overall control of each member provided in the mobile terminal 6. The storage unit 602 stores various data used in the mobile terminal 6. The mobile terminal 6 communicates with other devices constituting the captured image management system 10. The input unit 604 is a device for a user to input information to the mobile terminal 6 such as a touch panel. The display unit 605 is a device for displaying information, such as a liquid crystal display device.

(Details of control unit 601)
As illustrated in FIG. 12, the control unit 601 includes a communication control unit 611, an input control unit 612, and a display control unit 613.

  The communication control unit 611 controls communication by the communication unit 603. The input control unit 612 controls information input in the input unit 604. The display control unit 613 controls information display on the display unit 605. For example, when the display control unit 613 outputs the web page input from the communication control unit 611 to the display unit 605, the web page can be displayed on the display unit 605.

(Member registration process)
In the photographed image management system 10, a user who has registered as a member on the image providing site can save the photographed image on the image providing site. The user registers himself / herself as a free member in the image providing site according to a predetermined procedure. The procedure will be described below with reference to FIG. FIG. 13 is a screen transition diagram illustrating an example of a web page displayed on the display unit 605 of the mobile terminal 6 during the member registration process.

  The user accesses the image providing site using the portable terminal 6 in order to register as a member in the image providing site. As a result, the top page 1001 of the image providing site as shown in FIG. 13A is displayed on the display unit 605 of the mobile terminal 6. The top page 1001 includes at least a link image 1002 for proceeding with the member login process and a link image 1003 for proceeding with the free member registration process.

  The user operates the input unit 604 of the mobile terminal 6 to select a link image 1003 for proceeding with free member registration. As a result, the portable terminal 6 communicates with the management server 4, and as a result, the web page 1011 for free member registration as shown in FIG. 13B is displayed on the display unit 605.

  The web page 1011 includes an input form 1012 for inputting information (user specifying information) for specifying a user who is registered as a free member, and a link image 1013 for transmitting the input user specifying information to the management server 4. Including at least. The user operates the input unit 604 of the mobile terminal 6 to input various personal information such as the user's member ID, password, and email address to the input form 1012 as user identification information. The user selects the link image 1013 after completing the input of the user specifying information. As a result, the mobile terminal 6 transmits the user specifying information to the management server 4 and requests the management server 4 to register the user for free membership.

  The communication control unit 411 of the management server 4 receives the user specifying information transmitted from the mobile terminal 6 through the communication unit 403. The communication control unit 411 outputs the received user identification information to the mail creation unit 412 and instructs the mail creation unit 412 to create a member registration email. In response to this instruction, the mail creation unit 412 creates a member registration mail 1021 as shown in FIG. The member registration mail 1021 is a mail addressed to the mail address included in the received user identification information, and includes a URL 1022 to a web page indicating completion of free member registration. The mail creation unit 412 outputs the created member registration mail 1021 to the communication control unit 411. The communication control unit 411 transmits the input member registration mail 1021 to the user's mail address via the communication unit 403.

  The portable terminal 6 receives the transmitted member registration mail 1021 and displays it on the display unit 605. The user confirms the displayed member registration mail 1021 and selects the URL 1022. Thereby, the mobile terminal 6 requests the management server 4 for a web page specified by the URL 1022.

  In response to this request, the management server 4 completes free member registration. Specifically, the management server 4 creates an account area for a user (a storage area for storing member-specific data) in the member database 422, and stores the user specifying information in the account area. At this time, information indicating that the user is a free member is added to the account area. Finally, the management server 4 creates a web page indicating that the free member registration is completed and transmits it to the mobile terminal 6.

  The user can register himself / herself as a paying member in the image providing site by logging in to the image providing site by entering a member ID and password after registering a free member and following a predetermined procedure. After this registration is completed, information indicating that the user is a paid member is added to the user's account area.

(Service flow)
Next, details of the flow of services provided by the captured image management system 10 will be described below with reference to FIGS. 14 and 15. FIG. 14 is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of a flow of a series of processes from photography to image storage in the photographed image management system 10.

(photography)
As shown in FIG. 14, the user starts playing the game in the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 (step S1). Specifically, the user stands in front of the front panel 41 of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 and inserts coins having a fee required for playing the game into the coin insertion / return slot 87. The imaging control unit 312 determines whether or not a predetermined amount of coins has been inserted based on a signal supplied from the coin processing unit 221.

  If it is determined that the camera has been inserted, the shooting control unit 312 controls the shooting unit 21 to display the moving image of the subject captured by the camera 91 on the touch panel monitor 93 and display it in the shooting space A1 according to the shooting control by the user. The user is photographed as a subject (step S2). This photographing control is performed a plurality of times within the photographing processing time.

  In addition, as a process in the imaging control, a predetermined number of times may be taken as an image for transmission to the mobile terminal 6 instead of an image for printing on a sticker sheet. In this case, as an image suitable for an image to be transmitted to the mobile terminal 6, an image obtained by chroma-combining the image for synthesis and an image subjected to image processing such as filtering processing using a color filter are created at the time of shooting. Sometimes.

  After the photographing is finished, the photographing control unit 312 guides the user in the photographing space A1 to move to the editing space A2-1 or the editing space A2-2. This guidance is performed by displaying a guidance screen on the touch panel monitor 93 of the photographing unit 21 or by outputting voice guidance from the speaker 224.

(edit a picture)
After the end of the guidance, the editing control unit 313 controls the editing unit 12 corresponding to the editing space of the editing space A2-1 and the editing space A2-2 that is the destination of the user who has finished the shooting control. Thus, the editing unit 12 is caused to edit the image (step S3). Specifically, the editing control unit 313 causes the user to select a synthesis image to be synthesized with the image selected or acquired as the editing target image, and synthesizes the selected synthesis image with the image. The composite image is edited according to the editing operation by the user. In addition, as editing for an image for transmission to the mobile terminal 6, for example, processing such as processing for trimming an image to a predetermined size, filtering processing using a color filter, and collage synthesis processing for finishing a plurality of images as one image Can also be done.

  After the editing, the editing control unit 313 guides the user who has finished editing control in the editing space A2-1 or the editing space A2-2 to move to the post-service space A3. This guidance is performed by displaying a guidance screen on the tablet built-in monitor 131 or by outputting guidance voice from the speaker 231.

(Photo sticker printing)
After the guidance is completed, the print control unit 314 outputs the image selected by the user to the printer 241 and prints it on the sticker sheet (step S4). When printing is completed, the customer service control unit 315 displays that the printing has been completed on the tablet built-in monitor 161 so that the printer 241 can acquire images from the management server 4 and the photo sticker creation apparatus 1 in the same procedure. The sticker ID created in the photo sticker creation device 1 and image acquisition information (URL of the image acquisition site, e-mail address for acquisition, etc.) are printed out of the box, and a predetermined image is printed in the center. The sealed sheet is discharged to the sheet discharge port 164.

  Note that the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 may create the image ID and the sticker ID with the accompanying information that does not depend on communication, using the same algorithm as the algorithm used by the management server 4 to create the image ID and the sticker ID. In this case, the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 can obtain the image ID and the seal ID without the management server 4 creating the image ID and the seal ID, and the management server 4 is created by the photo sticker creating apparatus 1. The image ID and the seal ID can be appropriately recognized, and the image stored in the corresponding temporary storage database can be specified. For example, the seal ID is generated from the shooting date and time and the device ID, and the image ID is generated from the shooting date and time, the device ID and the serial number.

(Subsequent customer service)
During printing, the subsequent customer service control unit 315 controls the subsequent customer service unit 13 to control processing related to the subsequent customer service for the user who is waiting for completion of printing (step S5). Specifically, the post-service customer control unit 315 controls processing for transmitting images (including edited images) to the management server 4 in the photo sticker creation game as processing related to the post-service by the post-service customer unit 13. . At that time, the post-service control unit 315 causes the tablet built-in monitor 161 to display a mail address input screen for inputting the mail address of the user who played the game and a screen for selecting an image to be transmitted. The user uses the touch pen 162 </ b> A or the touch pen 162 </ b> B to input the currently used mail address and select an image to be transmitted to the management server 4.

  Further, the post-service customer control unit 315 may display an input screen for the user to input the attribute of the captured image on the tablet built-in monitor 161. For example, the post-service customer control unit 315 displays an input screen for a user to input image editing content, a person photographed in the image, a fashion style of a subject photographed in the image, an event related to the image, and the like. Editing information, person information, fashion style information, event information, and the like may be generated based on information input by the user by being displayed on the built-in monitor 161.

  Further, the post-service customer control unit 315 may acquire terminal position information from the mobile terminal 6 owned by the user. The post-service customer control unit 315 may communicate with the mobile terminal 6 through communication means such as a non-contact type IC reader / writer 163 and acquire terminal position information from the mobile terminal 6.

(Image transmission)
The communication control unit 311 transmits the input mail address and the selected image or the image determined by the control unit 201 as a transmission target to the management server 4 through the communication unit 203 (step S6). An identifier (image ID) for uniquely identifying the image is associated with the image transmitted at this time. The communication unit 403 of the management server 4 receives the mail address, image, and image ID transmitted from the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 (step S7), and outputs them to the communication control unit 411. The communication control unit 411 stores the received image in a temporary storage database (not shown) of the storage unit 402. The stored data such as an image is continuously stored in the temporary storage database until a predetermined time limit elapses, and is automatically deleted from the temporary storage database when the time limit elapses.

  Note that the communication control unit 311 may transmit all images to the management server 4 in consideration of not only a predetermined number of images selected by the user but also a future paying member. As a result, the user can acquire all images taken in the state of the free member when the user becomes a paying member on the site after shooting in the state of the free member.

(Compose and send a guide email)
The communication control unit 411 outputs the received email address and image ID to the email creation unit 412. The mail creating unit 412 creates a guide mail that is transmitted to the mail address received from the communication control unit 411 and guides the user to save the image. The procedure is as follows. The mail creation unit 412 outputs the image ID to the web page creation unit 413 and requests the web page creation unit 413 to generate a URL 1102 indicating a web page for storing the image specified by the image ID. The web page creation unit 413 generates the requested URL 1102 and outputs it to the mail creation unit 412.

  The mail creation unit 412 acquires data for creating a guide mail from the mail database 421. Then, the guide mail 1101 shown in FIG. 15A is created using the data, the URL 1102 and the user's mail address. A URL 1102 is described in the text of the guide mail 1101. The mail creation unit 412 outputs the created guide mail 1101 to the communication control unit 411. The communication control unit 411 transmits the guide mail 1101 to the user's mail address via the communication unit 403 (step S8).

  Note that the mail creation unit 412 may transmit a guide mail including a URL indicating a web page that only allows the user to input a seal ID instead of a web page that collects the image ID and the image related to the image ID. Good. In this case, the management server 4 receives an input of a seal ID printed outside the margin of the sticker paper from the mobile terminal 6 on the web page indicated by the URL included in the guidance mail, and is transmitted to the management server 4. You may make it display the image which is.

(Request and send web page for saving images)
The communication unit 603 of the portable terminal 6 receives the transmitted guide mail 1101 (step S9) and outputs it to the communication control unit 611. The communication control unit 611 outputs the input guide mail 1101 to the display control unit 613. The display control unit 613 outputs the input guide mail 1101 to the display unit 605. The user confirms the guide mail 1101 displayed on the display unit 605, and selects the URL 1102 using the input unit 604 in order to save the image on the image providing site (step S10).

  The input control unit 612 receives a selection input from the input unit 604 and notifies the communication control unit 611 that the URL 1102 has been selected. In response to this, the communication control unit 611 requests the management server 4 for a web page corresponding to the selected URL 1102. The specific procedure is as follows. The communication control unit 611 acquires the user member ID stored in the storage unit 602, and transmits a predetermined request for providing a web page including the member ID to the management server 4 through the communication unit 603.

  The communication control unit 411 receives the transmitted request through the communication unit 403 (step S11) and outputs it to the web page creation unit 413. The web page creation unit 413 determines the member type of the user by referring to the member database 422 for the member ID included in the request (step S12). In the present embodiment, the web page creation unit 413 determines whether the user is a free member or a paid member, and creates a web page according to the determination result. If the web page creation unit 413 determines that the user is a free member, the web page creation unit 413 creates a web page 1103 for the free member to store images as shown in FIG. On the other hand, when it is determined that the user is a paying member, a web page 1107 for the paying member to save the image is created as shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 15B, the web page 1103 includes one thumbnail image 1104, a link image 1105 that prompts the user to register a paying member, and a link image 1106 for storing one image on the image providing site. Is included. If the user is a free member, the number of images that can be stored is one, and the thumbnail image 1104 is a thumbnail of the one image. Note that the single image is an image selected by the user in the photo sticker creating apparatus 1. On the other hand, when there are a plurality of images, the thumbnail image 1104 is any one of the plurality of images.

  As shown in FIG. 15C, the web page 1107 includes one thumbnail image 1104 and a link image 1108 for storing all the images.

  In this example, since the user is a free member, the web page creation unit 413 creates a web page 1103 for a free member. The web page creation unit 413 outputs the created web page 1103 to the communication control unit 411. The communication control unit 411 transmits the input web page 1103 to the mobile terminal 6 through the communication unit 403 (step S13).

(Save image)
The portable terminal 6 receives the web page 1103 through the communication unit 603 (step S14). The web page 1103 is output to the display control unit 613 via the communication control unit 611. The display control unit 613 outputs the input web page 1103 to the display unit 605. The user confirms the web page 1103 displayed on the display unit 605. When the user is a free member, even if there are a plurality of images, only one of them can be stored in the image providing site. When the user wants to save one image, the user selects the link image 1106 through the input unit 604. Note that the image to be stored is not limited to the image selected as the image to be transmitted to the mobile terminal 6 in the photo sticker creating apparatus 1, and is designated as an image to be stored in the mobile terminal 6 accessing the image providing site, for example. It may be an image.

  The input control unit 612 receives a selection input from the input unit 604 and notifies the communication control unit 611 that the link image 1106 has been selected. In response to this, the communication control unit 611 transmits an image storage instruction to the management server 4 (step S15).

  The communication control unit 411 receives the transmitted storage instruction through the communication unit 403 (step S16). As a result, the communication control unit 411 instructs the image management unit 414 to store the image. In response to this instruction, the image management unit 414 stores the user image stored in the temporary storage database in the image database 424 in association with the user member ID (step S17). At that time, if there is only one image, the image is saved. On the other hand, if there are a plurality of images, one of them (for example, an image corresponding to the thumbnail image 1104) is stored. Thereby, a series of processes shown in FIG. 14 is completed.

  Note that a user who is a free member selects the link image 1105 when he wants to save all images. In this case, a series of processing for paying member registration is performed in the captured image management system 10. When registration is completed, all images are stored in the image database 424 in association with the member ID of the user.

  In addition, the saving process when the user is a paying member is essentially the same as the saving process when the user is a free member. However, the user selects the link image 1108 included in the web page 1107. As a result, the management server 4 stores all images in the user image storage area in the image database 424. Note that the selection of an image to be saved by the user (one image for a free member and all images for a paid member) may be accepted by the photo sticker creating apparatus 1. In this case, the image management unit 414 may store the image selected in the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 in the image database 424.

(Image saving to portable terminal 6)
Hereinafter, a flow of processing when an image stored in the image providing site is stored in the user's portable terminal 6 will be described with reference to FIGS. 16 and 17. FIG. 16 is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of a flow of a series of processes related to image storage in the mobile terminal 6 in the captured image management system 10. FIG. 17 is a screen transition diagram illustrating an example of a web page displayed on the display unit 605 of the mobile terminal 6 during the image saving process on the mobile terminal 6.

  The user accesses the image providing site in order to log in to the image providing site. As a result, the top page 1001 of the image providing site as shown in FIG. 17A is displayed on the display unit 605 of the mobile terminal 6. The user operates the input unit 604 of the mobile terminal 6 to select a link image 1002 for proceeding with member login processing to the image providing site. The input control unit 612 receives this selection operation and notifies the communication control unit 611 that the link image 1002 has been selected. As a result, the communication control unit 611 reads the user's member ID and password from the storage unit 602, transmits them to the management server 4 via the communication unit 603, and requests the management server 4 to log in to the image providing site (step S21). . Note that when the link image 1002 is selected, the communication control unit 611 may acquire a web page for inputting the user's member ID and password. In this case, the management server 4 may accept input of the member ID and password on the web page.

  The communication control unit 411 of the management server 4 receives this request through the communication unit 403 (step S22). Next, the communication control unit 411 outputs the received member ID and password to the web page creation unit 413 and instructs the web page creation unit 413 to create the member top page 1031.

  The web page creation unit 413 determines whether or not the user is registered as a member on the image providing site by checking the input member ID and password against the member database 422. If it is determined that it is registered, data for generating the member top page 1031 is acquired from the web page database 423. The web page creation unit 413 generates a member top page 1031 as shown in FIG. 17B using the data and outputs the member top page 1031 to the communication control unit 411. The member top page 1031 includes a link image 1032 for displaying a list of user images stored in the image providing site. The communication control unit 411 transmits the member top page 1031 to the mobile terminal 6 through the communication unit 403 (step S23).

  The communication control unit 611 of the mobile terminal 6 receives the member top page 1031 through the communication unit 603. The communication control unit 611 outputs the received member top page 1031 to the display control unit 613. The display control unit 613 outputs the member top page 1031 to the display unit 605. As a result, the member top page 1031 is displayed on the display unit 605 (step S24).

  The user selects the link image 1032 by operating the input unit 604 of the mobile terminal 6 (step S25). The input control unit 612 receives this selection operation and notifies the communication control unit 611 that the link image 1032 has been selected. As a result, the communication control unit 611 transmits a request for providing a web page including a list of user images stored in the image providing site to the management server 4 through the communication unit 603.

  The communication control unit 411 of the management server 4 receives the transmitted request through the communication unit 403 (step S26). Next, the communication control unit 411 instructs the web page creation unit 413 to generate an image list page 1041 including a list of user images stored in the image database 424.

  The web page creation unit 413 acquires data for generating the image list page 1041 from the web page database 423. The web page creation unit 413 uses the data and refers to all the images of the user stored in the image database 424 to generate an image list page 1041 as shown in FIG. 411. The image list page 1041 includes a plurality of thumbnail images 1042 that individually represent all the images of the user stored in the image database 424. The communication control unit 411 transmits the image list page 1041 to the mobile terminal 6 through the communication unit 403 (step S27).

  The communication control unit 611 of the portable terminal 6 receives the image list page 1041 through the communication unit 603. The communication control unit 611 outputs the received image list page 1041 to the display control unit 613. The display control unit 613 outputs the image list page 1041 to the display unit 605. As a result, the image list page 1041 is displayed on the display unit 605 (step S28).

  The user operates the input unit 604 of the mobile terminal 6 to select a thumbnail image 1042 corresponding to an image to be stored in the mobile terminal 6 among the displayed thumbnail images 1042 (step S29). The input control unit 612 receives this selection operation and notifies the communication control unit 611 that the thumbnail image 1042 has been selected. As a result, the communication control unit 611 transmits a request for providing an image corresponding to the selected thumbnail image 1042 to the management server 4 through the communication unit 603.

  The communication control unit 411 of the management server 4 receives the transmitted request through the communication unit 403 (step S30). Next, the communication control unit 411 instructs the image management unit 414 to output the image of the user requested to be provided from the portable terminal 6 to the communication control unit 411.

  The image management unit 414 acquires the instructed image from the image database 424 and outputs the acquired image to the communication control unit 411. The communication control unit 411 transmits the input image to the mobile terminal 6 through the communication unit 403 (step S31).

  The communication control unit 611 of the portable terminal 6 receives the transmitted image through the communication unit 603 and stores it in the storage unit 602 (step S32). Thus, the image storage process on the mobile terminal 6 is completed.

  In the above description, the configuration in which the mobile terminal 6 acquires an image by logging in to the image providing site has been described as an example. However, in the present embodiment, an image can also be acquired using a seal ID. . For example, the mobile terminal 6 accesses the web page indicated by the URL printed on the sticker paper (or the URL included in the guide mail), and accepts an input operation of the sticker ID by the user, thereby obtaining the image acquisition page. To access.

  At this time, if the user is a paying member, the image acquisition page displays a list of all the images specified by the seal ID and generated during one game so that the user can select. If the user is a free member, only one image of all images specified by the seal ID may be displayed in a list so that the user can select. Further, the image acquisition page may display only one image selected in advance in the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 when the user is a free member. Note that it is preferable that only a list of edited images is displayed on the image acquisition page. For example, when there are captured images for which no edited image is generated, the edited image and the captured image for which the edited image is not generated are displayed. Images may be displayed as a list, or all edited images and captured images may be displayed as a list, and there is no particular limitation.

  The portable terminal 6 acquires an image selected by the user from the management server 4 among the images displayed as a list on the image acquisition page, and stores the acquired image in the storage unit 602. When the user is a paying member, the mobile terminal 6 manages all the images displayed in the list without accepting the user's selection operation for the images displayed in the list on the image acquisition page. And may be stored in the storage unit 602.

(Modification of the photography process)
A modification of the above S2 photography process will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 20 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a photography process. Here, an example is shown in which the user selects an image of a model member, and the imaging control unit 312 executes processing based on the image selected by the user.

  After the coin is inserted, as shown in FIG. 20, first, the display control unit 323 reads the data stored in the member database 341 of the storage unit 202, and allows the user to select one of the plurality of model members. A model selection image for selecting a model member is generated. The display control unit 323 displays the generated model selection image on the touch panel monitor 93 (S41).

  Next, the display control unit 323 waits for a signal indicating the user's selection operation to be transmitted from the touch panel monitor 93 (S42). When the touch panel monitor 93 detects the user's selection operation and transmits a signal indicating the user's selection operation (predetermined model member) to the display control unit 323 (YES in S42), the display control unit 323 displays the storage unit. Data stored in the image database 342 of 202 is read out, and a selection image for selecting one image from the model member images selected by the user is generated. The display control unit 323 displays the generated selection image on the touch panel monitor 93 (S43).

  Next, the display control unit 323 waits for a signal indicating the user's selection operation from the touch panel monitor 93 (S44). Here, when the touch panel monitor 93 detects the user's selection operation and transmits a signal indicating the user's selection operation (predetermined image) to the display control unit 323 (YES in S44), the display control unit 323 sends the signal to the camera 91. The captured moving image of the subject is displayed in live view on the touch panel monitor 93, and the image (semi-transparent) selected by the user is superimposed on the live view (S45). Note that the display control unit 323 may display the image selected by the user on the touch panel monitor 93 so as not to overlap the live view image and the image selected by the user but adjacent to the vicinity of the live view image.

  Further, the camera control unit 321 causes the camera 91 to shoot with the setting content indicated by the shooting setting information associated with the image selected by the user according to the shooting operation by the user (S46: shooting step). The camera control unit 321 acquires a captured image from the camera 91 and outputs the acquired captured image to the image correction unit 322. Then, when the captured image is acquired from the camera control unit 321, the image correction unit 322 corrects the acquired captured image with the correction content indicated by the correction information associated with the image selected by the user (S47: correction step). ).

  In the example illustrated in FIG. 20, the user is allowed to select from the model member images, but is not limited thereto. As will be described later, when the user logs in, the user may select an image of the user's favorite user or the user's own image.

  Also, different images may be selected by the user for the image to be superimposed on the live view, the image for setting the setting contents, and the image for setting the correction contents.

(Modification of image editing process)
A modification of the image editing process in S3 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 21 is a flowchart illustrating an example of an image editing process. Here, an example is shown in which the user logs in, causes the user to select a favorite user image, and the editing control unit 313 executes processing based on the image selected by the user.

  After the guidance to the editing space, as shown in FIG. 21, first, the display control unit 331 of the editing control unit 313 generates a login image for authenticating the user, and displays the login image on the tablet built-in monitor 131. It is displayed (S51). When the user inputs a member ID, password, and the like to log in (S52), the display control unit 331 refers to the member database 341 in the storage unit 202 and identifies a favorite user of the logged-in user. And the display control part 331 produces | generates the user selection image for making a user select one user from favorite users. The display control unit 331 displays the generated user-selected image on the tablet built-in monitor 131 (S53).

  Next, the display control unit 331 waits for a signal indicating the user's selection operation to be transmitted from the tablet built-in monitor 131 (S54). When the tablet built-in monitor 131 detects the user's selection operation and transmits a signal indicating the user's selection operation (predetermined user) to the display control unit 331 (YES in S54), the display control unit 331 displays the storage unit. Data stored in the image database 342 of 202 is read out, and a selection image for selecting one image from the user images selected by the user is generated. The display control unit 331 displays the generated selected image on the tablet built-in monitor 131 (S55).

  Next, the edit control unit 313 waits for a signal indicating the user's selection operation to be transmitted from the tablet built-in monitor 131 (S56). When the tablet built-in monitor 131 detects the user's selection operation and transmits a signal indicating the user's selection operation (predetermined image) to the editing control unit 313 (YES in S56), the editing control unit 313 determines in S56. The image acquired from the imaging control unit 312 is edited with the editing content indicated by the editing information associated with the image selected by the user (S57: editing step). Then, the communication control unit 311 transmits the image edited by the editing control unit 331 to the management server 4 (output step).

  In the example shown in FIG. 21, the user is allowed to select from the favorite user images, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the user's own image may be selected, or the model member's image may be selected as described above.

  Further, when the user has already selected an image in the photography process, the processing of S51 to S56 is omitted, and the editing control unit 313 is associated with the image selected by the user in the photography process. You may edit based on the edit information which exists.

(Shooting process of shooting scenery video)
The shooting process of the shooting scenery moving image will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 22 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a shooting process of a shooting landscape moving image. Here, the model member is a user who is a subject of moving image shooting. However, the user who is the subject of moving image shooting is not limited to a model member, and may be a specific user determined in advance.

  When the photography process starts or during the photography process, as shown in FIG. 22, first, the display control unit 323 of the photography control unit 312 generates a login image for authenticating the user, and then touches the touch panel. A login image is displayed on the monitor 93 (S61). When the user inputs the member ID and password and the login is completed (S62), the user determination unit 324 refers to the member database 341 in the storage unit 202, and the logged-in user is the user who is the subject of the video shooting, that is, the model. It is determined whether or not the user is a member (S63: determination step).

  If the user determination unit 324 determines that the user is a video shooting target user (YES in S63), the display control unit 323 causes the touch panel monitor 93 to display a shooting scene video shooting start button and a shooting end button (S64). The camera control unit 321 waits for a signal indicating the user's shooting start operation from the touch panel monitor 93 (S65). Here, when the touch panel monitor 93 detects the user's shooting start operation and transmits a signal indicating the user's shooting start operation to the camera control unit 321 (YES in S65), the camera control unit 321 starts shooting the shooting scenery moving image. To instruct the camera 91 and the like. Upon receiving the instruction, the camera 91 or the like shoots the user's shooting scenery as a moving image (S66: moving image shooting step). Here, the display control unit 323 may cause the touch panel monitor 93 to display information indicating that the shooting landscape is being shot (for example, text indicating that the shooting landscape is being shot).

  During the shooting of the shooting scenery video, when the touch panel monitor 93 detects the user's shooting end operation (YES in S67), the touch panel monitor 93 transmits a signal indicating the user's shooting end operation to the camera control unit 321, and the camera control unit 321 The camera 91 or the like is instructed to end the shooting of the shooting scenery moving image. Upon receiving the instruction, the camera 91 or the like finishes shooting the user's shooting landscape (S68). Then, the communication control unit 311 transmits the captured scenery moving image to the management server 4 (transmission step).

  The camera control unit 321 may instruct the communication control unit 311 to transmit the captured scenery moving image to the management server 4 in real time. Further, the communication control unit 311 may read out and transmit the photographed scenery moving image from the moving image database 343 of the storage unit 202 in response to a request from the moving image management unit 416 of the management server 4.

  Thereby, the management server 4 can distribute the photographed scenery moving image to the user's portable terminal 6 via the image providing site or the like. In addition, the management server 4 may transmit a moving image browsing application to the mobile terminal 6 in advance, and distribute the photographed scenery moving image to the user's mobile terminal 6 via the moving image browsing application. For example, the user can view the state of the photo session using the mobile terminal 6 by shooting the state of the photo session in the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 of the model member as a shooting landscape video.

  Even if the shooting start button is not pressed in S65 (NO in S65), when shooting of a shot image starts, the camera control unit 321 may automatically start shooting of a shooting scenery movie. . However, in this case, the display control unit 323 displays a shooting stop button, and when the stop button is pressed, the camera control unit 321 stops shooting and deletes the acquired shooting scenery moving image.

  In S67, when the shooting end button is not pressed (NO in S67) and the shooting of the shot image is ended, the camera control unit 321 automatically takes a shot at a predetermined timing at the end of shooting of the shot image. You may end the shooting of landscape videos. In this case, the camera control unit 321 treats the acquired moving image as having been acquired normally.

  Note that the edited landscape video and the editing process video are also generated in the same manner as the shooting landscape video.

(Schedule page)
Next, the schedule page created by the web page creation unit 413 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 23 is a diagram illustrating an example of a schedule top page created by the web page creation unit 413, and FIG. 24 is a diagram illustrating an example of a schedule detail page created by the web page creation unit 413. The schedule page includes a schedule top page and a schedule details page.

  As shown in FIG. 23, the schedule top page 1051 includes a display switching tab 1052 and a calendar 1053. The display switching tab 1052 switches the display of a calendar on which the user's own schedule is posted, a calendar on which a model member's schedule is posted, a calendar on which a favorite user's schedule is posted, and the like. In the calendar 1053, thumbnail images 1054 of images generated by the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 are posted on the date when the images are taken. When there are a plurality of images on the same day, a thumbnail image 1054 of one image such as an image taken first or an image selected by the user may be posted. When the thumbnail image 1054 is selected, a schedule detail page 1061 that is a detail page of the image is displayed.

  As shown in FIG. 24, the schedule detail page 1061 includes an image 1062 generated by the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 and information 1063 related to the image 1062. The web page creation unit 413 refers to the image management information associated with the image 1062, the person photographed in the image 1062, the location where the image 1062 was photographed, and the photo sticker creation device that generated the image 1062. At least one of the models is posted as information 1063. In the example shown in FIG. 24, the information 1063 is shown together with the photographer of the image 1062 (user associated with the image 1062: owner), the shooting date and time of the image 1062, the shooting location of the image 1062, and the image 1062. A person (a person other than the photographer) who is present, the model of the photo sticker creation apparatus that generated the image 1062, and the comment input by the user regarding the image 1062 are posted. However, the information 1063 is not limited to this, and may include arbitrary information such as a fashion style and an event. Furthermore, a transition button to the next image (forward / back button) may be posted so that information on other images taken on the same day can be referred to.

  Note that the web page creation unit 413 may post the information 1063 regarding the image 1062 on the calendar 1053 by changing the layout of the schedule top page 1051.

  Moreover, the web page creation part 413 may publish the schedules of a plurality of users on the same calendar. For example, the web page creation unit 413 may post a schedule of a model member or a favorite user selected by the user on a calendar 1053 on which the user's own schedule is posted. In addition, the web page creation unit 413 may post schedules of a plurality of model members or favorite users on the same calendar. When listing the schedules of a plurality of users on the same calendar, the user names may be posted so that the schedule of each user can be known.

  Moreover, when making a user register a favorite user, the web page creation part 413 may present a favorite user candidate from a user's browsing history.

  Further, when the user inputs a comment regarding the image 1062 on the schedule page, the image management unit 414 generates comment information indicating the comment input by the user as the image management information of the image 1062 and associates it with the image 1062. May be.

  Further, the web page creation unit 413 may post information other than the image generated by the photo sticker creation device 1 on the calendar 1053 or the schedule detail page 1061. Specifically, the communication control unit 411 receives data from the mobile terminal 6, and the web page creation unit 413 schedule page on which information based on the received data (image data, text data, video data, audio data, etc.) is posted. May be created. For example, a schedule of user actions for a day may be posted. That is, the user can use the schedule page as a schedule book. Specifically, the model member can publish the action of one day on a schedule page and make it public to other users.

  The user information management unit 417 collects information posted on the schedule page for each user and stores the information in the user information database 426. That is, the user information management unit 417 stores various data received from the mobile terminal 6 in the user information database 426 in association with the user. Thus, the user can store arbitrary data in the management server 4. Therefore, the management server 4 can provide personal schedule management and personal data storage services.

  Further, when the mobile terminal 6 transmits data for posting information on a site management device (not shown) that manages an external site, the communication control unit 411 receives the data transmitted by the mobile terminal 6 from the site management device. The web page creation unit 413 may create a schedule page on which information based on data transmitted from the mobile terminal 6 to the site management apparatus is posted. Specifically, when a user uploads information (image, video, text, etc.) to an external site such as SNS or BLOG, the web page creation unit 413 posts the information posted on the external site as it is on the schedule page. To do.

  Thereby, the information posted on the external site by the user can also be viewed on the schedule page. The web page creation unit 413 may automatically receive data transmitted from the site management apparatus by the mobile terminal 6, or may be received from the site management apparatus by the mobile terminal 6 in accordance with a user operation (for example, pressing of the cooperation button). The data transmitted by may be received.

  In addition, the user information management unit 417 stores the data received from the site management apparatus in the user information database 426 in association with a site ID for uniquely identifying the site management apparatus (or external site).

  In this way, the management server 4 stores images other than the images generated by the photo sticker creating apparatus 1, so that images (images generated by the photo sticker creating apparatus 1) for a predetermined period (such as one year or three years) are stored. Also, an album in which images other than images generated by the photo sticker creating apparatus 1) are collected may be created. The management server 4 may create an image collection folder that the user desires to store.

  In the present embodiment, the management server 4 can also provide an SNS function to the user (hereinafter, simply expressed as providing SNS).

  At this time, for example, the management server 4 shares images between users (users registered as friends), browses images of other users (friends) registered as friends, and images of friends using the provided SNS. Evaluation (such as “Like” described later) or the like may be possible. In addition, the management server 4 may notify the user of an email or notification that an image has been posted on the friend's page by the provided SNS, or when the image browsing application is activated on the mobile terminal 6 ( Alternatively, when the mobile terminal 6 accesses the SNS, a friend's image may be displayed on the display unit 605 of the mobile terminal 6.

  In addition, the management server 4 may make it possible to browse an image of a friend in an album format in the provided SNS, or may create a dedicated album for sharing images between the user and the friend. Furthermore, the management server 4 may have the above-described calendar function as one function of the SNS to be provided.

  In addition, the management server 4 may be able to set that the user is a friend as a condition for allowing others to view the user's image in the provided SNS (that is, the user is a friend of the friend). And ca n’t view images of people who are n’t friends.) According to this, when the user does not want his image to be viewed by an unspecified person, only the friend can view the image.

  The SNS provided by the management server 4 may have a function that allows friends to introduce other users who are registered as friends with the user's friends. In this case, for example, when the user browses an image of another user who has been introduced by a friend, the SNS may enable friend registration between the user and the other user. When a friend is registered with another received user, the image of the other user may be viewable. In addition, the management server 4 may automatically register friends who input the same image ID in the photo sticker creation apparatus 1 in the provided SNS, or input the same seal ID or image ID in the image providing site. The registered users may be registered as friends.

  In addition, the user can operate the portable terminal 6 to post an image generated by the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 stored in the management server 4 on an external site such as SNS or BLOG. At this time, the portable terminal 6 transmits the image together with the associated image management information to the site management apparatus, so that the site management apparatus can capture the image shooting date and time and the shooting on the external site based on the image management information. The person, the shooting location, the shooting model, the shooting course, the shooting store, and other information necessary for shooting can be posted. Therefore, when posting the image generated by the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 on an external site, the user does not need to input the image shooting date / time, the person being shot, the shooting location, etc. Information related to images can be posted on external sites. Also, the user who sees this external site can know where the posted image was taken and how it was taken. Therefore, the user who has seen the external site is in the same place as the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 that generated the image, can take a picture with the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 of the same model, and is posted on the external site. An image resembling an image can be easily created.

(Modification)
The photo sticker creating apparatus 1 may download a popular image on the management server 4 and display it in a demonstration before use, waiting for printing, or the like. When the popular image is displayed in the demonstration before use, it is motivated to take a picture and edit in the photo sticker creating apparatus 1. In addition, when the popular image is displayed while waiting for printing, it is motivated to use the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 again in order to create an image close to the popular image.

  The photo sticker creating apparatus 1 may download various setting information such as a background of a popular image on the management server 4 and provide a course used by the user with the setting indicated by the setting information. In this case, it is possible to save the user from making various settings and to shorten the use time. In the course, the degree of success of the popular image on a person may be determined, or the degree of faithful reproduction of shooting in the popular image may be determined. Further, by making the editing process similar to the editing process of the popular image, the evaluation of the user's image with respect to the popular image is determined only by taking a picture.

  An example of the popular image is an image having many “likes”, that is, an image supported by a large number of users. The popular images downloaded by the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 are preferably created with the same model, but may be created with different models. In this case, it becomes motivation to use the different models. In addition, instead of the download, in the e-mail for transmitting to the user's mobile terminal 6 that the image created by the photo sticker creating device 1 can be viewed, the popular image is the same model. The image created in step 1 may be included as recommended images, and link information to the images may be included.

  In addition, the user's favorite person (model, friend, etc.) is registered in advance in the management server 4, and the user is using an editing processing tool such as a stamp used for the registered person's image. The seal creation apparatus 1 may make it available, reflect it, or recommend it to the user. At this time, it is preferable that the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 authenticates the user. The registered person image may be downloaded from the management server 4 to the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 and displayed in a demonstration of operation in the photo sticker creating apparatus 1.

[Example of software implementation]
The control blocks (especially the control unit 201, the control unit 401, and the control unit 601) of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1, the management server 4, and the portable terminal 6 are logic circuits (hardware) formed in an integrated circuit (IC chip) or the like. It may be realized by software, or may be realized by software using a CPU (Central Processing Unit).

  In the latter case, the photo sticker creating apparatus 1, the management server 4, and the portable terminal 6 can read a program instruction that is software for realizing each function, and the program and various data can be read by a computer (or CPU). ROM (Read Only Memory) or a storage device (these are referred to as “recording media”), a RAM (Random Access Memory) for expanding the program, and the like. And the objective of this invention is achieved when a computer (or CPU) reads the said program from the said recording medium and runs it. As the recording medium, a “non-temporary tangible medium” such as a tape, a disk, a card, a semiconductor memory, a programmable logic circuit, or the like can be used. Further, the program may be supplied to the computer via any transmission medium (such as a communication network or a broadcast wave) that can transmit the program. The present invention can also be realized in the form of a data signal embedded in a carrier wave in which the program is embodied by electronic transmission.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications are possible within the scope shown in the claims, and embodiments obtained by appropriately combining technical means disclosed in different embodiments. Is also included in the technical scope of the present invention.

  INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention can be widely used as a photographed image management system that stores a photographed image of a user created in a photo sticker creating apparatus in a management server.

1 Photo sticker creation device 4 Management server (management device)
6 Mobile terminals (terminal devices)
11 Shooting unit 12 Editing unit 13 Subsequent customer service unit 21 Shooting unit 93 Touch panel monitor (input unit, display unit)
131 Monitor with built-in tablet (input unit, display unit)
201 control unit 311 communication control unit (output unit, acquisition unit, transmission unit)
312 Shooting control unit 313 Editing control unit (editing means)
314 Print Control Unit 315 Subsequent Customer Service Control Unit 321 Camera Control Unit (Camera Control Unit)
322 Image correction unit (correction means)
323 Display control unit (display control means)
324 User determination unit (determination means)
331 Display control unit (display control means)
401 control unit 402 storage unit 403 communication unit 411 communication control unit (reception means)
412 Mail creation unit 413 Web page creation unit (page creation means)
414 Image management unit 415 Photo sticker creation device management unit 416 Movie management unit 417 User information management unit 601 Control unit 602 Storage unit 603 Communication unit 604 Input unit 605 Display unit 611 Communication control unit 612 Input control unit 613 Display control unit

Claims (9)

A photo sticker creating apparatus that shoots a user with a camera and generates an image,
An input unit for receiving an operation by the user;
Camera control means for controlling the camera;
Correction means for correcting an image taken by the camera;
Editing means for editing the image corrected by the correction means based on the user operation received by the input unit;
Shooting setting information indicating the setting contents set by the camera control means, correction information indicating the correction contents executed by the correction means, and editing images generated by the photo sticker creation device in the past and edited by the editing means A storage unit that stores a generated image associated with image management information including at least one of editing information indicating the edited content,
The camera control unit causes the camera to shoot with the setting content indicated by the shooting setting information when the shooting setting information is included in the image management information associated with the generated image stored in the storage unit,
When the correction information is included in the image management information associated with the generated image stored in the storage unit, the correction unit corrects the correction information indicated by the correction information,
When the editing information is included in the image management information associated with the generated image stored in the storage unit, the editing unit edits with the editing content indicated by the editing information ,
A display unit for displaying a predetermined image;
Display control means for displaying the generated image stored in the storage unit on the display unit,
The camera control unit, the correction unit, and the editing unit execute processing based on the image management information associated with the generated image indicated by the selection operation by the user received by the input unit. A photo sticker creation device characterized by the above. Output means for outputting an image edited by the editing means,
The output means includes at least one of shooting setting information indicating setting contents set by the camera control means, correction information indicating correction contents executed by the correcting means, and editing information indicating editing contents edited by the editing means. The photo sticker creating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein image management information including two images is output in association with the image. Determining means for determining whether or not the user is a moving image shooting target user who takes a moving image of the shooting scenery of the image;
If the determination means determines that the subject is a moving image shooting target,
Videos the camera is taken, photo sticker creation device according to claim 1 or 2, and transmitting means for transmitting to a management apparatus that manages image photo sticker creation device has generated, further comprising a to. The camera, when the input unit receives a photographing start operation or photographing operation for ending the moving image by the user, and starts shooting the video, or to claim 3, characterized in that to end the shooting The photo sticker making apparatus as described. A management device that connects to a user terminal device and the photo sticker creation device according to any one of claims 1 to 4 via a communication network and provides data that can be displayed on the terminal device,
It is a schedule page that publishes the image generated by the photo sticker creating device on the date on which the image is photographed on the calendar, the person photographed in the image, the place where the image was photographed, and the image A management device comprising a page creation means for creating a schedule page on which at least one of the types of generated photo sticker creation devices is posted. 6. The management apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the page creation unit creates a schedule page on which information of a plurality of users selected by a user of the terminal device is posted on the same calendar. Receiving means for receiving data from the terminal device;
The management apparatus according to claim 5 or 6 , wherein the page creation means creates a schedule page on which information based on data received by the reception means is posted. The receiving means receives data transmitted from the terminal device to a site management device that manages an external site, from the site management device,
8. The management apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the page creation means creates a schedule page on which information based on data received by the reception means from the site management apparatus is posted. A method of controlling a photo sticker creating apparatus that shoots a user with a camera and generates an image,
An input step for accepting an operation by the user;
A display step for displaying a predetermined image;
A display control step for displaying a generated image generated by the photo sticker creating device in the past, stored in the storage unit of the photo sticker creating device, in the display step;
A shooting step of controlling the camera and shooting the user;
A correction step for correcting the image captured by the camera in the photographing step;
An editing step for editing the image corrected in the correction step based on the user operation received in the input step ,
The photographing step, if it contains shooting setting information indicating the setting content set in the photographing step to the image management information associated with the generated image stored in the storage unit, of the shooting setting information Shoot with the settings shown
In the correction step, when the image management information associated with the generated image stored in the storage unit includes correction information indicating the correction content corrected in the correction step, the correction indicated by the correction information Correct with content,
In the editing step, when the editing information indicating the editing content edited in the editing step is included in the image management information associated with the generated image stored in the storage unit, the editing indicated by the editing information Edit with content ,
In the photographing step, the correcting step, and the editing step, processing is executed based on the image management information associated with the generated image indicated by the selection operation by the user accepted in the input step. A control method for a photo sticker creating apparatus.

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