JP6458366B2 - Photography editing apparatus, management server, portable terminal, control program, and recording medium - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a photography editing apparatus, a management server, a portable terminal, a control program, and a recording medium according to an image management service that manages a photographed image or image data that is an edited image obtained by editing the photographed image.

  Recent photo sticker creation apparatuses provide various functions and services in various steps of the photo sticker creation game. Among them, there are many photo sticker creation apparatuses having a function of transmitting a photographed image to a server, and a user can download the photographed image as image data from the server to his / her mobile terminal.

  Further, in recent years, the use of a membership registration website has increased the number of images stored, viewed, and downloaded to a mobile terminal. In this case, the user registers as a member in advance on the website, and the photo sticker creation apparatus stores the image data of the image taken by the apparatus in the website managed by the server. After the image data is stored, the user can browse, edit, and download the stored image data at any time by logging in to the website.

  As described above, various techniques for communicating image data by exchanging image data between the photo sticker creating apparatus or the management server and the portable terminal have been developed. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a technology in which an infrared port or a USB port is installed in a photographic sticker creating apparatus and communicates with a mobile terminal using these. Patent Document 2 discloses a technique in which a photographic sticker creating apparatus is provided with a non-contact IC reader / writer, and an image is transferred from the photographic sticker creating apparatus to a portable terminal using the reader / writer. Further, Patent Document 3 discloses a technique for acquiring image data created by a photo sticker creating apparatus from an image providing site to a mobile terminal.

JP 2007-295418 A (published November 8, 2007) JP 2010-166435 A (published July 29, 2010) JP 2014-38328 A (published February 27, 2014)

  By the way, as described above, when image data is managed on a member registration system website, it is necessary to log in to the website in order to acquire the image data. In other words, in order to acquire the image data with the mobile terminal, the user has to take the trouble of separately accessing and logging in to the website using the mobile terminal after performing the photo sticker creating game with the photo sticker creating apparatus. did not become. As a result, if the user forgets to acquire the image data, or if a storage period is set for the image data on the website, the period may expire before the image data is acquired on the mobile terminal .

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a photography editing apparatus, a management server, a portable terminal, a control program for these apparatuses, and a storage medium capable of simply performing member authentication. It is to be realized.

  In order to solve the above problems, a photography editing apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention is a photography editing apparatus that transmits created image data to a management server that provides an image management service for managing image data. Authentication information, which is information acquired by the operation of a predetermined application installed as a software program on the user's mobile terminal, and is information for authenticating whether the user is a member of the image management service An authentication information acquisition unit that acquires a signal indicating the authentication information from the portable terminal, a decoding unit that decodes the authentication information from the signal acquired by the authentication information acquisition unit, and the authentication information obtained by decoding the decoding unit And an authentication result acquisition means for acquiring a result of authentication performed by use.

  According to the above configuration, the photography / editing apparatus can acquire a signal output from an application that operates on the user's mobile terminal, and can acquire a result of authentication performed using the authentication information indicated by the signal.

  In other words, the user can perform authentication (member authentication) as to whether the user is a member of the image management service only by performing an operation for causing the photography editing apparatus to acquire a signal output from the mobile terminal. . Here, the above-mentioned operation is, for example, an operation of bringing the mobile terminal closer to such an extent that the authentication information acquisition unit of the photography editing apparatus can detect and acquire a signal. Further, since the photography editing apparatus performs member authentication, the user can be specified by the member authentication without allowing the user to input information necessary for storing image data such as an email address. Accordingly, it is possible to perform member authentication by a method that is less likely to cause a user's erroneous input or operation error and that is excellent for the user.

  Therefore, the photography editing apparatus can realize simple member authentication.

  The authentication information is output by the operation of a predetermined application installed as a software program on the user's portable terminal. This predetermined application can be installed in the mobile terminal according to an instruction from the user of the mobile terminal. Therefore, the user can perform the above-described member authentication only by installing a predetermined application, even if a special authentication chip or the like is not provided in the mobile terminal owned by the user.

  In the photography editing apparatus, the signal is an audio signal indicating the authentication information, the authentication information acquisition unit acquires the audio signal output from the mobile terminal, and the decoding unit includes the audio signal. The authentication information may be decrypted from the signal.

  According to the said structure, an authentication information acquisition part acquires the audio | voice signal from a portable terminal. A portable terminal usually includes a member that outputs an audio signal, such as a speaker or an earphone jack. Therefore, even if the mobile terminal does not have a special communication function or the like, the authentication information as described above can be transmitted and received. That is, it becomes possible to provide the above member authentication service to a larger number of mobile terminal users.

  In the photography and editing apparatus, the authentication information acquisition unit detects an audio signal output from the speaker of the portable terminal in contact with or close to a specific part of the photography and editing apparatus, and detects a change in magnetic force of the speaker. You may acquire by.

  According to the above configuration, the photography / editing apparatus acquires the magnetic force change related to the output of the audio signal, not the audio signal itself. Therefore, for example, authentication information can be reliably acquired without being affected by ambient noise or the like.

  In the photography and editing apparatus, the authentication information acquisition unit obtains an audio signal output from a speaker of the portable terminal that is in contact with or close to a specific part of the photography and editing apparatus by detecting sound waves. May be.

  According to the above configuration, the photography / editing apparatus detects a sound (sound wave) output from a speaker of a mobile terminal that is in contact with or close to it, and decodes authentication information from the sound wave. In general, a portable terminal is provided with a speaker for a telephone call or the like. Therefore, according to the above configuration, the photography editing apparatus can acquire the authentication information by a method using a configuration generally provided in a mobile terminal, not an output unit for signal output.

  In the photography editing apparatus, the authentication information acquisition unit may acquire an audio signal output from an audio signal output terminal of the portable terminal as an electrical signal.

  According to the above configuration, the photography editing apparatus acquires authentication information from the electrical signal output from the audio output terminal of the mobile terminal. Generally, portable terminals are provided with an audio output terminal such as an earphone jack. Therefore, according to the above configuration, the photography editing apparatus can acquire the authentication information by a method using a configuration generally provided in a mobile terminal, not an output unit for signal output.

  Further, in the photography editing apparatus, the signal is an electromagnetic wave signal indicating the authentication information, and the authentication information acquisition unit is output from the portable terminal that is in contact with or close to a specific part of the photography editing apparatus. The electromagnetic wave signal may be acquired, and the decoding unit may decode the authentication information from the electromagnetic wave signal.

  According to the above configuration, the photography editing apparatus can acquire authentication information from an electromagnetic wave signal output from the mobile terminal, and can acquire a result of member authentication using the authentication information. The photographing and editing apparatus can cope with various communication distances such as proximity or contact communication and short-range to long-range communication by using an electromagnetic wave signal for communication with the mobile terminal. Moreover, the photography editing apparatus can acquire authentication information more reliably by performing communication with an electromagnetic wave signal having high directivity.

  The photography editing apparatus is information for identifying the user included in the authentication information in the management server when the authentication result acquired by the authentication result acquisition unit indicates that the authentication is successful. You may provide the image transmission means which matches user specific information and the said image data, and transmits.

  According to the above configuration, the photography editing apparatus can obtain member information of a user who plays a game by member authentication, and therefore can identify a user who uses the apparatus (plays a game). Therefore, the photography editing apparatus can identify which user created the image data to be transmitted to the management server.

  Then, the photo editing / editing apparatus transmits the image data to the management server in association with the user member specifying information. Thereby, the photography editing apparatus can make the management server recognize which member the created image data is.

  Therefore, the photography and editing apparatus eliminates the need for a series of user operations such as “perform member authentication of the image management service after the game and specify the image data created by the user for data storage” that has been performed conventionally. Can do. Therefore, the photography editing apparatus can simplify the user's instruction operation related to the image management service (storage of image data).

  In addition, the photography editing apparatus has a settlement result receiving unit that receives a settlement notification of a game usage fee settlement including at least a step of creating the image data, and the settlement result receiving unit receives the completion notification. And a game providing means for providing the game, wherein the authentication information acquisition unit is information acquired by an operation of a predetermined application installed as a software program in the user's mobile terminal and performs the settlement A payment signal indicating payment information, which is information for receiving the payment, the decoding means decodes the payment signal into the payment information, and the payment result receiving means sends a notification of completion of the payment using the payment information. You may receive it.

  According to the above configuration, the photography and editing device acquires payment information in addition to the authentication information from the mobile terminal, performs payment of a fee for playing the game on the own device, and receives a notification of completion of the payment Can do. Therefore, the photo editing / editing apparatus can perform payment processing for a fee for playing a game together with member authentication, and can provide a game when payment is completed.

  In addition, the photography editing apparatus uniquely identifies a user included in the authentication information obtained by decryption by the decryption unit and a storage unit that stores member identification information that is information for identifying a member of the image management service. Device authentication means for performing the authentication by determining whether or not the user identification information that is information to be identified matches the member identification information, and the authentication result acquisition means includes a result of the authentication As a result, the result of the determination by the device authentication means may be acquired.

  According to the above configuration, since the photo editing / editing apparatus performs member authentication within itself, communication related to member authentication does not occur. Therefore, the photo editing / editing apparatus does not need to confirm whether or not the communication with the management server for authentication is successful, and even if the communication environment is bad, the member authentication process can be surely performed without delay. it can. More specifically, it is possible to prevent the user from waiting for a long time until the end of the member authentication due to a communication trouble or the abnormal end of the member authentication.

  Therefore, the photography editing apparatus can realize simple member authentication.

  In order to solve the above problems, a management server according to an aspect of the present invention is a management server that provides the image management service for managing image data created by the photography editing apparatus, A storage unit that stores in a storage area for each user, an image receiving unit that receives the user specifying information that is information specifying at least the user included in the authentication information, and the image data, and the image receiving unit Image storage means for storing the image data in a storage area of a user indicated by the user specifying information of the storage unit.

  According to the above configuration, the management server receives the image data in a state associated with the user specifying information from the photography / editing device, thereby identifying which user the image data is created by. be able to.

  Therefore, the management server stores the received image data in the user's storage area indicated by the user specifying information without performing an operation for designating which image data has been created for the image management service (management server) by the user. can do.

  Therefore, the management server can eliminate the need for a series of operations by the user, such as “perform member authentication of the image management service after the game and specify the image data created by himself / herself for data storage”. . That is, the management server can simplify the user's instruction operation related to the image management service (storage of image data).

  In order to solve the above problems, a management server according to an aspect of the present invention is a management server that provides the image management service for managing image data created by the photography editing apparatus, Storing in a storage area for each user and storing member specifying information which is information for specifying a member of the image management service; authentication information receiving means for receiving the authentication information from the photography editing apparatus; An authentication unit that performs the authentication by determining whether or not the authentication information received by the authentication information receiving unit matches the member specifying information, and transmits an authentication result of the authentication unit to the photography editing apparatus. Authentication result transmitting means, user specifying information that is information specifying at least the user included in the authentication information, and Image receiving means for receiving image data; and image storage means for storing the image data received by the image receiving means in a user storage area indicated by the user specifying information of the storage unit. And

  According to the above configuration, the management server can perform member authentication by comparing the member specifying information included in the authentication information received from the photography editing apparatus with the member specifying information stored in the own apparatus. Here, the authentication information is decrypted from the signal by the photography / editing apparatus. Therefore, the management server can realize simple member authentication in the same manner as the above-described photography editing apparatus.

  The management server includes portable image transmission means for transmitting the image data to the member's portable terminal, and the storage unit stores a destination of the member's portable terminal of the image management service, and The directional image transmitting means may transmit the image data to a destination of the user's portable terminal indicated by the user specifying information received by the image receiving means and stored in the storage unit.

  According to the above configuration, the management server transmits the received image data to the mobile terminal of the user who is the creator of the image data. Therefore, the user can automatically obtain (download) the created image data without performing a special instruction operation to the image management service (management server) after the game.

  Therefore, the management server can simplify the user's operation related to the downloading of the image data to the mobile terminal.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, a mobile terminal according to an aspect of the present invention is a mobile terminal of a user who creates the image data in the photography editing apparatus, and generates the signal indicating the authentication information. And a signal generation unit that outputs the signal generated by the signal generation unit.

  According to the above configuration, the mobile terminal outputs a signal generated by encoding the authentication information, and causes the photography editing apparatus to acquire the signal. In other words, the user can perform authentication (member authentication) as to whether he / she is a member of the image management service only by performing an operation for causing the photography editing apparatus to acquire a signal output from the mobile terminal.

  Therefore, the mobile terminal can realize simple member authentication.

  In the portable terminal, the signal generation unit generates a payment signal indicating payment information that is information related to payment of a game usage fee including at least a step of generating the image data. A settlement signal may be output.

  According to the above configuration, the mobile terminal can cause the photography / editing apparatus to acquire payment information in addition to the authentication information and perform payment of a fee for playing the game. Therefore, the mobile terminal can cause the photography / editing apparatus to settle the fee for playing the game together with the member authentication.

  The portable terminal may include portable image receiving means for receiving the image data from the management server.

  According to the above configuration, the mobile terminal can download the image data created by the user using the photography editing apparatus without any special instruction operation by the user.

  Therefore, the mobile terminal can simplify the user's operation related to downloading of the image data.

  The photography editing apparatus, management server, or portable terminal according to each aspect of the present invention may be realized by a computer. In this case, the photography photography editing apparatus, the management server, or the portable terminal includes the computer. The photography editing apparatus, the management server, or the portable terminal control program that realizes the photography editing apparatus, the management server, or the portable terminal by a computer by operating as each means, and the program recorded therein Computer-readable recording media are also within the scope of the present invention.

  The present invention has an effect that member authentication can be easily performed.

It is a block diagram which shows the principal part structure of the management server contained in the picked-up image management system which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the outline | summary of the said picked-up image management system. It is a perspective view which shows the structural example of the external appearance of the photograph sticker production apparatus contained in the said picked-up image management system. It is the perspective view which looked at the external appearance of the said photograph sticker production apparatus from another angle. It is a figure explaining a user's movement in the said photograph sticker production apparatus. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the imaging | photography part with which the said photograph sticker production apparatus is equipped. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the background part with which the said photograph sticker production apparatus is equipped. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the edit part with which the said photo sticker production apparatus is equipped. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the post-service customer part with which the said photo sticker production apparatus is equipped. It is a block diagram which shows the example of an internal structure of the said photograph sticker production apparatus. It is a functional block diagram which shows the detailed structural example of the control part with which the said photo sticker production apparatus is equipped. It is a block diagram which shows the principal part structure of the portable terminal contained in the said picked-up image management system. 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 member registration processing. It is a figure which shows the transition of the image displayed on the touchscreen monitor of a photograph sticker production apparatus in a member authentication process. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a member authentication process. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a series of processes from game start to image preservation | save. 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 image preservation | save process to a server. It is a figure which shows the outline | summary of the picked-up image management system which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the principal part structure of the photograph sticker production apparatus 1 contained in the said picked-up image management system. It is a figure which shows an example of the image which concerns on member registration displayed on the touchscreen monitor of a photograph sticker production apparatus. It is a figure which shows an example of the image which concerns on the member registration guidance displayed after the information input of a accompanying player displayed on the touchscreen monitor of a photograph sticker production apparatus and the said information input.

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)
First, the entire captured image management system 10 and the role of each device constituting the captured image management system 10 will be described. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an outline of the captured image management system 10 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the photographed image management system 10 includes a photograph sticker creating apparatus 1 (photographing / editing apparatus), a portable terminal 6, and a management server 4.

  The photographed image management system 10 includes a photo sticker creation game for creating image data, an image management service for storing and managing the created image data, and image data stored and managed by the image management service on the mobile terminal 6. This is a system for providing an image download service to be downloaded.

  The photo sticker creating apparatus 1 is an apparatus installed in a store such as a game center, and provides a photo sticker creating game. The photo sticker creation game is a game including at least a photography process and a photographed image editing process. The photo sticker creation game preferably includes a step of transmitting the photographed image and the edited image to the management server 4 and a step of printing the photographed image and the edited image as a photo sticker. In the following description, the photo sticker creation game is also simply referred to as “game”. The photo sticker creating apparatus 1 also performs member authentication described later between the mobile terminal 6 and the management server 4.

  The management server 4 provides an image management service. The image management service is a service for receiving and storing image data created by the game. As a part of the image management service, the management server 4 also manages an image providing site for allowing the user to browse and manage the image data. The image providing site is a member registration service, and member registration is required in advance to use the image providing site. The member registration method will be described later.

  The portable terminal 6 is a portable terminal of a user who enjoys a photo sticker creation game and an image management service. The user does not perform any special operation on the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 or the mobile terminal 6 after the game by performing member authentication described later using the mobile terminal 6 at the start of the game on the photo sticker creating apparatus 1. However, images taken and edited during the game can be stored in the image management service. The user can download the stored image data to the portable terminal 6 by performing the above member authentication.

  Next, a data flow among the photo sticker creating apparatus 1, the management server 4, and the portable terminal 6 shown in FIG. 2 will be described. When the game is started by the photo sticker creating apparatus 1, member authentication is performed. More specifically, first, the user starts an application (authentication application) for performing member authentication in accordance with a predetermined operation procedure, and installs it in a predetermined voice acquisition device 91A as shown.

  Next, the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 acquires a signal indicating the authentication information output from the portable terminal 6 using the sound acquisition apparatus 91A. Here, “authentication information” is information for authenticating whether or not the user is a member of the image management service. The photo sticker creating apparatus 1 identifies authentication information indicated by the acquired signal, and transmits the authentication information to the management server 4. The detailed configuration of the voice acquisition device 91A will be described later.

  Then, the management server 4 performs member authentication of the user using information (user specifying information) that uniquely specifies the user included in the received authentication information. The authentication result is transmitted to the photo sticker creating apparatus 1.

  When the member authentication is successful, the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 transmits the created image data to the management server 4 in the game, and the user identification information of the user who has succeeded in the member authentication is used as the image data. The data is transmitted to the management server 4 in association. Here, the user is a member of the image providing site, and the user identification is information (member identification information) for uniquely identifying the user as a member.

  Then, the management server 4 stores the image data in a user-dedicated image storage area indicated by the user specifying information.

  On the other hand, the portable terminal 6 transmits various requests for accessing the image providing site to the management server 4 at any timing of the user, and receives and displays the Web page of the image providing site from the management server 4. Various mails may be transmitted from the management server 4 to the mobile terminal 6. Here, when the image data is stored in the management server 4 after the member authentication, the management server 4 notifies the portable terminal 6 that the image data has been stored (e-mail or the like) or the image data itself. Send.

  As described above, in the photographed image management system 10 shown in FIG. 2, the process related to the member authentication related to the game in the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 and the process of storing the image data created in the game after the member authentication in the management server 4 Then, the process of downloading the stored image data to the portable terminal 6 is performed.

(Configuration of photo sticker creation device)
Next, 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. A front panel 41 of the photographing unit 21 that constitutes a surface in which the photographing space is desired in front is provided with a touch panel monitor used by the user during photographing 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. Fluorescent lamps are provided inside the upper strobe 82, left strobe 83, right strobe 84, lower strobe 85, and foot strobe 86, and together with the fluorescent lights inside the strobe constituting the ceiling strobe unit 24, photographing is performed. 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.

  Further, the photographing unit 22 is provided with an authentication information acquisition unit for the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 to communicate with the mobile terminal 6. The authentication information acquisition unit is for the photograph sticker creating apparatus 1 to acquire a signal indicating authentication information, which is issued from the mobile terminal 6. The type of the signal is not particularly limited. For example, the signal may be an electromagnetic wave (radio wave) signal such as an infrared ray or an audio signal. In the following description, an example in which an audio acquisition device 91A (authentication information acquisition unit) is provided as an authentication information acquisition unit in the space 43A of the photographing unit 22 and an audio signal is acquired from the mobile terminal 6 will be described.

  In the present embodiment, a case where one voice acquisition device 91A is provided in the space 43A will be described as an example. However, a plurality of sound acquisition devices 91A (authentication information acquisition units) may be provided in the photo sticker creation device 1, and the positions where the sound acquisition devices 91A are provided are not limited to the spaces 43A and 43B. For example, one voice acquisition device 91A may be installed in each of the spaces 43A and 43B, or the voice acquisition device 91A may be provided outside the imaging space A1 (for example, the side panel 42A or the side panel 42B).

  The sound acquisition device 91 </ b> A is connected to the main body of the photo sticker creation device 1, and detects and acquires a sound signal output as a sound wave from the mobile terminal 6. The sound acquisition device 91 </ b> A acquires a sound signal emitted from the speaker of the mobile terminal 6 that is in contact with or close to the own device with a sound collection device such as a microphone, and transmits the sound signal to the control unit 201 described later. The voice acquisition device 91A is, for example, a box-type device as shown in the figure, and has a shape that allows the portable terminal 6 to be faced down (or face up) on or in contact with the housing of the device itself.

  The authentication information acquisition unit may be configured to detect and acquire a magnetic force change related to the output of the signal instead of the electromagnetic wave signal or the audio signal. For example, when the signal is an audio signal, a magnetic force change occurs when the audio signal is generated from the electrical signal in the speaker circuit of the mobile terminal 6, so that the authentication information acquisition unit can detect and acquire the magnetic force change. Good.

(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 the user as a subject under the control of the control unit 201, and outputs an image obtained by the shooting to the control unit 201.

  The voice acquisition device 91 </ b> A detects and acquires a voice signal output from the mobile terminal 6 (or a magnetic force change when the voice signal is output), and transmits the detected voice signal 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 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. Further, when the QR code (registered trademark) is printed on the sticker paper, the user accesses the web page indicated by the QR code (registered trademark) by using the mobile terminal 6 to go to the image acquisition page. Direct access is also possible.

(Configuration of control unit)
FIG. 11 is a functional block diagram showing a detailed configuration example of the control unit 201 (game providing unit, settlement result receiving unit) provided in the photo sticker creating apparatus 1. As shown in this figure, the control unit 201 includes a communication control unit 311, a shooting control unit 312, an editing control unit 313, a print control unit 314, a post-service customer control unit 315 (image transmission means), and an authentication control unit 316. ing.

  The communication control unit 311 controls communication with an external device by the communication unit 203.

  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 date / time when the image was shot.

  The edit control unit 313 controls processing related to user edit control in the photo sticker creation game, such as graffiti editing on images by the editing unit 12A and the editing unit 12B.

  The print control unit 314 controls processing related to user print control in the photo sticker creation game, such as sticker sheet printing by 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. The post-service customer control unit 315 associates and manages user identification information (that is, member identification information) of a user who has succeeded in authentication and image data created during the game, when authentication is successful in member authentication described later. Send to server 4. On the other hand, if the member authentication has failed, the mail address input by the user and the image data are associated with each other and transmitted to the management server 4.

  The authentication control unit 316 controls processing related to the member authentication process. The authentication control unit includes a decoding unit 316A (decryption unit), an authentication request unit 316B, and an authentication result reception unit 316C (authentication result acquisition unit).

  The decoding unit 316A decodes the authentication information from the signal acquired by the authentication information acquisition unit. In the present embodiment, when the decoding unit 316A receives an audio signal from the audio acquisition device 91A, the decoding unit 316A decodes the audio signal into authentication information. The obtained authentication information is transmitted to the authentication request unit 316B. Note that, when the decoding unit 316A receives information indicating a magnetic force change from the authentication information acquisition unit, the decoding unit 316A specifies the authentication information from the magnetic force change. Further, when the decoding unit 316A acquires the electromagnetic wave signal from the authentication information acquisition unit, the decoding unit 316A may decode the authentication information from the electromagnetic wave signal.

  The authentication request unit 316B transmits the authentication information received from the decoding unit 316A and the request for member authentication to the management server 4 via the communication control unit 311 and the communication unit 203. Further, the authentication request unit 316B transmits the authentication information to the authentication result receiving unit 316C together with a notification that the management server 4 has requested member authentication.

  The authentication result receiving unit 316C receives the notification and the authentication information from the authentication request unit 316B. Further, the authentication result receiving unit 316C receives an authentication result (a notification indicating success or failure of authentication) from the management server 4 via the communication control unit 311 and the communication unit 203. Here, if the authentication result receiving unit 316C receives a notification from the management server 4 that the member authentication has been successful, the authentication information received from the authentication request unit 316B (the authentication used for the member authentication in the management server 4). Information) is stored in the storage unit 202.

(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 (image receiving means), 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 411, a mail creation unit 412, a web page creation unit 413, an image management unit 414 (image storage unit, portable image transmission unit), and an authentication unit 415 (authentication). Information receiving means, authentication result transmitting means).

(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 this embodiment, the web page creation unit 413 creates a web page corresponding to the access request received from the mobile terminal 6 by using the data stored in the web page database 423 and the member database 422 as necessary. To do. The web page creation unit 413 outputs the created 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.

  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 the image data received from the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 in a dedicated image storage area of the member user of the image database 424. Note that the image management unit 414 may store an image designated by the user among the image data in the image database 424.

(Authentication unit 415)
The authentication unit 415 receives a member authentication request from the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 and performs member authentication. When the authentication unit 415 receives information (authentication information) necessary for member authentication from the photo sticker creating apparatus 1, the authentication unit 415 performs member authentication using the authentication information. Then, the authentication unit 415 transmits the authentication result to the photo sticker creating apparatus 1. More specifically, authentication unit 415 includes a verification unit 415A (authentication unit).

  The collating unit 415A collates and determines whether or not the user specifying information included in the authentication information received from the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 matches the member specifying information included in any member information in the member database 422. It is. The collating unit 415A determines that the authentication is successful when the user specifying information matches the member specifying information, and determines that the authentication fails when the user specifying information does not match the member specifying information.

(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 information (member information) related to members of the image providing site for each user. The member information includes at least information (member specifying information) that uniquely specifies each member. The member specifying information is, for example, a member ID, an e-mail address, a nickname, or the like. Furthermore, the member information may store information indicating a date of birth, an address, a member type, a membership date, a terminal ID of a mobile terminal held by the user, and the like.

≪About membership type≫
Here, the member type will be described in detail. In order to store images on the image providing site, prior member registration is required. When registering a member, the user selects a member type from a paid member and a free 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.

  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 membership type from a free member to a paid member.

  Note that the membership type is not limited to paid members and free members. For example, paying members may be classified into normal paying members and premium members whose membership fees are higher than normal paying members, and the options provided may be changed. Further, the membership type may be classified by, for example, the usage frequency of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1. For example, a member whose number of times of playing a game related to taking a picture in the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 (cumulative or number of times within a predetermined period) is set as a heavy user member is set as a heavy user member. A service different from a normal member (a member whose number of games is a predetermined number or less) may be provided.

  In addition, when the user is a paying member, the management server 4 may allow the user to save data other than the photographed image of the photo sticker creation apparatus 1 in the image database 424.

  For example, the management server 4 may allow a paying member of the image providing site to upload image data such as photographs and illustrations taken with his / her mobile terminal 6 to the image providing site. In other words, the management server 4 may allow a paying member's user to use the user's image storage area of the image database 424 as data storage.

  In the photographed image management system 10 according to the present embodiment, the management server 4 provides a campaign member and a coupon that can be used for a specific product, service, or game of the photo sticker creation device 1 for a paying member user. You may distribute.

(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 image data created in the game of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1. The image database 424 is provided with an image storage area that is distinguished for each user registered as a member in the member database 422, and each image data is stored in the image storage area.

  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.

(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 (portable image receiving means), a storage unit 602, a communication unit 603, an input unit 604, a display unit 605, and an output unit 606. .

  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.

  The storage unit 602 stores various data used in the mobile terminal 6. More specifically, the storage unit 602 includes application data 602A and member information 602B.

  The application data 602A indicates a series of data such as an authentication application software program and a display image. Here, the “authentication application” is a predetermined application for performing member authentication, and is an application installed on the mobile terminal 6 by the user. The application data 602A is read by the control unit 601, and the authentication application is activated.

  The member information 602B is data indicating member information of the user of the mobile terminal 6. The member information 602B only needs to include at least member identification information, and may have the same data configuration as the member information stored in the member database 422 of the management server 4 or a different configuration. The member information 602B is read from the storage unit 602 to the control unit 601 by the authentication application activated by the control unit 201.

  The output unit 606 is a speaker that outputs an audio signal generated by an output control unit 614 described later.

  The control unit 601 performs overall control of each member provided in the mobile terminal 6. The control unit 201 also appropriately reads application data 602A, which will be described later, in response to a user instruction operation on the input unit 604, and activates the authentication application. Further, the control unit 601 reads the member information 602B from the storage unit 602 according to the processing of the authentication application, and adds authentication information in which various pieces of information related to authentication are added to the member information 602B (at least the member specifying information in the member information 602B). Generate. Here, the various information refers to information other than member information such as an expiration date of authentication information (time limit when performing member authentication) and an ID of the mobile terminal 6.

  Note that the mobile terminal 6 may store only the member specifying information of the user of the mobile terminal 6 instead of storing the member information 602B in the storage unit 602. In this case, the control unit 601 (authentication application activated by the control unit 601) may create authentication information by adding various pieces of information related to authentication to the member specifying information, and manage the member specifying information. By transmitting to the server 4, member information of the member (that is, the user of the mobile terminal 6) indicated by the member specifying information may be requested and acquired, and authentication information may be generated using this.

(Details of control unit 601)
As shown in FIG. 12, the control unit 601 includes a communication control unit 611, an input control unit 612, a display control unit 613, and an output control unit 614 (signal generation means).

  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.

  The output control unit 614 encodes the authentication information generated by the control unit 601 into an audio signal and causes the output unit 606 to output it.

(Member registration process flow)
In the above, each structure of the photograph sticker production apparatus 1, the management server 4, and the portable terminal 6 contained in the picked-up image management system 10 shown in FIG. 2 was demonstrated. Next, a member registration procedure for the image providing site will be described with reference to FIG.

  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. Therefore, the user registers himself / herself in advance in the image providing site according to a predetermined procedure before the game. 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 for identifying a user who is registered as a free member (ie, member specifying information), and a link image for transmitting the input member specifying information to the management server 4. 1013 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 or 1014 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 member specifying information transmitted from the mobile terminal 6 through the communication unit 403. The communication control unit 411 outputs the received member 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 member specifying 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 member specifying information in the account area. At this time, the management server 4 also stores information indicating that the user's membership type is a free member. 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 inputting a member ID and a password after registering a free member and following a predetermined procedure. After this registration is completed, information indicating that the user's membership type is a paying member is stored in the user's account area.

(Flow of member authentication processing)
Next, a process (member authentication process) of performing member authentication for a user who plays a game in the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 (that is, a user of the mobile terminal 6) will be described with reference to FIGS. In the following description, an example will be described in which the member authentication process is performed at the timing from the start of the photo sticker creation game (after coins are inserted) to the start of the shooting process. However, the member authentication process may be performed before the start of the game, other than the above timing during the game, or after the game ends.

≪Start of member authentication≫
FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating transition of images displayed on the touch panel monitor 93 of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 in the member authentication process. When the play of the game is started in the photo sticker creating apparatus 1, the photographing control unit 312 displays on the touch panel monitor 93 an image 2000 that prompts the user who plays the game to perform member authentication ((a) of FIG. 14). Note that the imaging control unit 312 may display an image that guides the operation related to member authentication as the image 2000 in order to cause the user to appropriately perform the operation related to member authentication. That is, in the image 2000, it is only necessary to prompt the user to activate the authentication application of the mobile terminal 6 and install the mobile terminal 6 on the voice acquisition device 91A.

  When the mobile terminal 6 in a state where the authentication application is activated is placed on the voice acquisition device 91A, a member authentication process described below is started. FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing the flow of member authentication processing.

≪Member authentication process≫
When the user operates the mobile terminal 6 according to the guidance of the image 2000 and the activation of the authentication application is instructed, the control unit 601 of the mobile terminal 6 reads the application data 602A in the storage unit 602 and executes the authentication application program. As a result, the authentication application is activated (S102). When the authentication application is activated, the control unit 601 generates authentication information from the member information 602B stored in the storage unit 602 based on processing included in the authentication application. The generated authentication information is converted (encoded) into an audio signal by the output control unit 614 (S104). The encoded audio signal is output via the output control unit 614 and the output unit 606 (S106).

  When the portable terminal 6 outputting the audio signal in this manner is installed at a predetermined position of the audio acquisition device 91A, the audio acquisition device 91A detects and acquires the audio signal (S108), and the decoding unit of the authentication control unit 316 To 316A. When receiving the audio signal, the decoding unit 316A reconverts (decodes) the audio signal into authentication information (S110). The re-converted authentication information is transmitted to 316B. The authentication request unit 316B transmits the received authentication information and a member authentication request to the management server 4 via the communication unit 203 (S112).

  When the audio acquisition device 91A detects a magnetic force change when outputting the audio signal instead of the audio signal, the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 detects and acquires the magnetic force change in S108, and authenticates from the magnetic force change. What is necessary is just to specify information. In other words, the “voice signal” in the processing of S108 to S110 in FIG.

  The authentication unit 415 of the management server 4 receives the authentication information and the member authentication request via the communication control unit 411 (S114). Then, the verification unit 415A of the authentication unit 415 searches the member database 422 using the user identification information included in the received authentication information as a search key, so that the user identification information is included in any member information in the member database 422. It is determined whether or not it matches the member information (S116). In other words, the collation unit 415A determines whether or not the output source of the audio signal received by the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 in S108 is the mobile terminal 6 of the member user.

  If the user identification information (that is, the member identification information of the user) matches the member identification information included in any member information in the member database 422 (YES in S116), an audio signal (encoded authentication information) ) Is the member user's mobile terminal 6. In this case, the authentication unit 415 notifies the photograph sticker creation apparatus 1 of successful authentication via the communication control unit 411 (S120). Further, in this case, the authentication unit 415 may read the member information including the member specifying information matched in S118 from the member database 422 and transmit it to the photo sticker creating apparatus 1. By transmitting the member information stored in the member database 422 to the photo sticker creating apparatus 1, the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 for the user who has succeeded in the authentication, the member information included in the authentication information received from the mobile terminal 6 ( If there is user information not included in the member information 602B), it can be supplemented.

  On the other hand, when the user specifying information does not match the member specifying information included in any member information in the member database 422 (NO in S118), the authentication unit 415 gives an authentication failure to the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 via the communication control unit 411. Notification is made (S124).

  The authentication result receiving unit 316C of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 receives the authentication result (success / failure of authentication) from the management server 4 (S126). The authentication result receiving unit 316C may also receive member information from the management server 4 when authentication is successful. The authentication result receiving unit 316C causes the storage unit 202 to store the received authentication result (and member information).

  When the member authentication process is completed by the above process, the photographing control unit 312 of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 displays the success or failure of the member authentication on the touch panel monitor 93. Specifically, if the authentication result is authentication success, the imaging control unit 312 displays an image 2010 indicating authentication success on the touch panel monitor 93 ((b) of FIG. 14).

  At this time, the imaging control unit 312 may display the image 2010 including the nickname of the user who has succeeded in authentication using the member information stored in the storage unit 202. In addition, the image 2010 is a button or the like for letting the user select whether to perform member authentication for another user in the group (continue the member authentication process) or to end the member authentication process and start the photography process. Options may be displayed together (buttons 2011 and 2012).

  On the other hand, if the authentication result is an authentication failure, the imaging control unit 312 displays an image 2020 indicating the authentication failure on the touch panel monitor 93 ((c) in FIG. 14). Note that the image 2020 also displays options for allowing the user to select whether to continue member authentication for other users in the group, or to end the member authentication process and start the photography process, as with the image 2010. (Buttons 2011 and 2012).

  The photo sticker creating apparatus 1 may change various services in the game using the user member information stored in the storage unit 202 when the user member authentication is successful. For example, in the game editing process, a nickname of a user who has succeeded in member authentication may be specified from member information, and a stamp or the like describing the nickname may be made available to the user. If the user's birthday is specified from the member information stored in the storage unit 202 and matches the current date (that is, if the user can specify that the user is playing a game on the birthday) A special anniversary stamp may be made available to the user in the game editing process.

  In this way, by using the member information of the user who has been successfully authenticated in the game, it is not necessary for the user to input the information each time, so the operation (input) burden on the user can be reduced.

(Service flow)
Finally, details of the flow of services provided by the captured image management system 10 will be described below with reference to FIGS. 16 and 17. FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing a flow of a series of processes from photography to image storage in the photographed image management system 10.

(photography)
As shown in FIG. 16, the user starts playing the game in the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 (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.

  When it is determined that a predetermined amount of coins has been inserted, the imaging control unit 312 notifies the authentication control unit 316 of the start of member authentication. Upon receiving the notification, the authentication control unit 316 performs member authentication processing among the photo sticker creating apparatus 1, the management server 4, and the portable terminal 6 (S100). The result of the member authentication (success / failure of authentication) is held in the storage unit 202 at least until the end of the game (until the image sticker creating device 1 transmits the image data created during the game to the management server 4). When the member authentication is completed, the authentication control unit 316 notifies the imaging control unit 312 of the start of the imaging process. Upon receiving the notification, the imaging control unit 312 controls the imaging unit 21 to display a moving image of the subject captured by the camera 91 on the touch panel monitor 93 and display a user in the imaging space A1 according to the imaging control by the user. Shoot as a subject (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.

  When shooting by the camera 91 is completed, the shooting control unit 312 guides the user in the shooting 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 (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 (S4). When printing is completed, the customer service control unit 315 displays that the printing is completed on the tablet built-in monitor 161, and the printer 241 displays the sticker paper on which the selected image is printed in the center part as a sticker paper discharge port 164. To discharge. It should be noted that this sticker paper has a sticker ID created in the photo sticker creation device 1 and image acquisition information (URL of image acquisition site or acquisition so that an image can be acquired from the management server 4 to the portable terminal 6. E-mail address etc.) may be printed out of the box.

(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 waiting for the completion of printing (S5). Specifically, the post-service customer control unit 315 transmits the image data (including edited image data) created by the photo sticker creation game to the management server 4 as processing related to the post-service by the post-service customer unit 13. Process.

  Here, the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 performs the customer service for each user in the group who has played the game. In addition, after-sales service may be performed sequentially for each user in the group, for example, by dividing the display screen of the tablet built-in monitor 161, for example, after-sales service described below for several users. You may go together.

  The post-service customer control unit 315 of the photo sticker creation apparatus 1 first refers to the result of the member authentication (S100) stored in the storage unit 202, and determines whether the user who played the photo sticker creation game is a member user (for member authentication). It is determined whether or not (S51).

  When the user is a member (YES in S51), the post-service customer control unit 315 reads member information from the storage unit 202 (S52). Then, the post-service customer control unit 315 displays an image selection screen to be transmitted to the management server 4. At this time, the e-mail address included in the read member information is displayed on the screen.

  If the user is a paying member, all the image data created during the game can be stored in the management server 4 as described above. Therefore, when the member type indicated by the read member information is a paying member, that is, when the user is a paying member, the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 does not allow the user to select image data to be transmitted, and transmits all image data. Image data to be used may be used.

  On the other hand, if the user is not a member (if member authentication fails, NO in S51), the post-service control unit 315 displays an input screen for an email address for inputting the user's email address, and a selection screen for an image to be transmitted. Is displayed on the tablet built-in monitor 161 (S53). 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. The post-service customer control unit 315 acquires the input mail address (S54).

(Image transmission to the management server)
Finally, the post-service customer control unit 315 transmits the image data to the management server 4 (S6). At this time, if the user is a member, the post-service customer control unit 315 performs communication in a state in which the member specifying information included in the member information of the user read from the storage unit 202 is associated with the selected image data. The data is transmitted to the management server 4 via the control unit 311 and the communication unit 203. On the other hand, if the user is not a member, the post-service control unit 315 transmits the input mail address and the selected image data to the management server 4.

  The post-service customer control unit 315 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.

(Saving image data of member users)
When receiving the image data via the communication unit 403 (S7), the control unit 401 of the management server 4 determines whether member specifying information is associated with the image data (S71). When the member specifying information is associated with the received image data (YES in S71), the image data is the image data of the member indicated by the member specifying information. Therefore, the control unit 401 sends the image data and member specifying information to the image management unit 414. The image management unit 414 stores the received image data in the image storage area in the image database 424 of the member indicated by the member specifying information (S17).

(Downloading image data of member users)
Furthermore, the image management unit 414 stores the mail address stored in the member information indicated by the member specifying information among the member specifying information associated with the received image data or the member information included in the member database 422. The received image data may be transmitted toward (step S72). That is, the image management unit 414 may automatically transmit the image data created by the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 to the portable terminal 6 of the user who is the creator of the image data (game player).

  When the image management unit 414 transmits image data to the mobile terminal 6, the mail creation unit 412 may transmit a notification or mail indicating that the image has been transmitted to the mobile terminal 6.

  In order to perform the above notification, for example, an authentication application or another application (for example, an application for using an image providing site) in the mobile terminal 6 is sent to the management server 4 at a predetermined time interval. May have been queried. If an image is transmitted from the management server 4 as a result of the inquiry, the management server 4 notifies the inquiry source application that the image has been transmitted. Then, the inquiry source application notifies the user that the image has been received from the management server 4 by displaying a pop-up or the like on the mobile terminal 6 or the startup screen of the application.

  Thus, the user can automatically obtain (download) the created image data without performing a special instruction operation to the image management service (management server) after the game. Therefore, the management server 4 can simplify the user's operation related to the downloading of the image data to the portable terminal 6.

(Saving image data of non-member users)
On the other hand, when the received image data is associated not with the member identification information but with the email address that is simply input in the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 (NO in S71), the image data is a non-member (or authentication failed) Member) image data. The control unit 401 stores such non-member image data in the temporary storage database 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.

  If the user is a non-member at the time of playing the game, or if the user is a member but the member authentication has failed or the member authentication has not been performed, the user performs the procedure of S8 to 16 described below. By stepping on, the management server 4 can store the image data stored in the temporary storage database in the image providing site (the image storage area of the user of the image database 424). As described above, the image data can be stored in the image providing site only by the member of the image providing site. Therefore, a user who is a non-member at the time of playing the game performs the following operation after completing the member registration described in FIG.

(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 (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 (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 (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 (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 (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 (S13).

(Save image)
The portable terminal 6 receives the web page 1103 through the communication unit 603 (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 (S15).

  The communication control unit 411 receives the transmitted storage instruction through the communication unit 403 (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 member ID of the user (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.

(Downloading image data of non-member users)
In addition, if the user is a non-member at the time of playing the game, or if the user is a member but the member authentication has failed or the member authentication has not been performed, the user takes the steps described below, Image data can be downloaded from the management server 4 to the portable terminal 6. As described above, the image data can be downloaded only by members of the image providing site. Therefore, a user who is a non-member at the time of playing the game performs the following operation after completing the member registration described in FIG.

  The user accesses the image providing site in order to log in to the image providing site. As a result, the communication control unit 611 reads the user's member ID and password from the storage unit 602, transmits the user ID and password to the management server 4 through the communication unit 603, and requests the management server 4 to log in to the image providing site. The communication control unit 411 of the management server 4 receives this request through the communication unit 403, and the authentication unit 415 performs login authentication. The login authentication here may be performed in the same manner as the member authentication process S118. That is, whether or not login is possible is determined by determining whether or not the member identification information (member ID and password) transmitted from the portable terminal 6 exists in the member database 422.

  When the authentication unit 415 determines that the authentication is successful, the control unit 401 instructs the web page creation unit 413 to create a member top page. The web page creation unit 413 reads data necessary for creating the member top page from the web page database 423 and creates a member top page. The created member top page is transmitted to the display control unit 613 of the portable terminal 6 via the communication unit 603 and output to the display unit 605.

  The user operates the input unit 604 to input a transmission instruction for the web page of the image list screen stored in the management server 4 from the member top page. The portable terminal 6 transmits a request for an image list page to the management server 4 according to the input.

  The control unit 401 of the management server 4 instructs the web page creation unit 413 to generate an image list page that accepts the transmitted request. The web page creation unit 413 acquires data for generating an image list page from the web page database 423. The web page creation unit 413 generates an image list page by using the data and referring to all the images of the user stored in the image database 424, and transmits the image list page to the mobile terminal 6.

  The display control unit 615 of the portable terminal 6 receives the image list page and causes the display unit 605 to output the page. The user operates the input unit 604 of the mobile terminal 6 to input an instruction for selecting image data to be downloaded to the mobile terminal 6 from the image list page. In accordance with the input, the portable terminal 6 requests the management server 4 to download the selected image data. When the control unit 401 of the management server 4 receives the request, the image management unit 414 reads the selected image data stored in the image storage area of the user, and sends it to the mobile terminal 6 via the communication unit 403. Send. The communication unit 611 of the portable terminal 6 receives the selected image data and stores it in the storage unit 602. Thus, the download of the image data to the mobile terminal 6 is completed.

  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 out of all images specified by the seal ID may be displayed in a list so that the user can select it. 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.

  As described above, according to the flow of the member authentication process and the photo sticker creation game shown in the present embodiment, the photo sticker creation device 1 only allows the user to perform a simple operation of simply placing the mobile terminal 6 on the sound acquisition device 91A. Authentication information can be acquired from the portable terminal 6 and member authentication processing can be performed. In other words, the captured image management system 10 can simplify the user operation related to the authentication process.

  Moreover, since the photo sticker creation apparatus 1 can obtain the member information of the member user who plays the game by the member authentication process, the user who uses the own apparatus (plays the game) can be identified. Therefore, the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 can identify which member is the image data created by the image data to be transmitted to the management server 4 in the subsequent customer service process.

  Then, the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 transmits the image data to the management server 4 in association with the member specifying information of the member user. As a result, the management server 4 can recognize which member the received image data is the image data created by, so that the image data can be obtained even if there is no access for image storage from the mobile terminal 6 of the member user. Can be saved for each user.

  As a result, the captured image management system 10 can eliminate the need for a series of user operations such as “accessing the image providing site using the mobile terminal 6, specifying image data and storing the image data in the image providing site”. Therefore, the captured image management system 10 can simplify the user's instruction operation related to the image management service (storage of image data).

  In addition, even if a conventional photo sticker creating apparatus communicates with a mobile terminal (infrared communication or the like), for example, the ID of the mobile terminal itself is stored in a medium such as the mobile terminal or an IC chip incorporated in the mobile terminal in advance. Only specific information could be obtained. In other words, the conventional photo sticker creation device cannot acquire information managed by the authentication application (store and update of data) from the portable terminal.

  On the other hand, the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 according to the present invention acquires member information (authentication information including) under the management of the authentication application from the portable terminal 6 only by allowing the user to perform a simple operation. be able to.

  The photo sticker creating apparatus can recognize which user the image data created during the game is based on the member information, so that the image data can be transmitted to the user via the management server immediately after the game.

  Furthermore, the user can automatically obtain (download) the created image data without performing a special instruction operation to the image management service (management server) after the game. Therefore, the management server 4 can simplify the user's operation related to the downloading of the image data to the portable terminal 6.

[Embodiment 2]
In the above-described embodiment, the example in which the audio signal output from the mobile terminal 6 is acquired (sound collection) in a state where the mobile terminal 6 is in contact with or close to the audio acquisition device 91A has been described. However, the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 according to the present invention may connect the portable terminal 6 and the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 by wire using a connector or the like instead of using the sound acquisition device 91A.

  In this case, the mobile terminal 6 includes an audio signal output terminal such as an earphone jack instead of the output unit 606, and the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 acquires the audio signal as an electrical signal in the decoding unit 316A instead of the audio acquisition apparatus 91A. It is only necessary to have an input terminal for this purpose.

  In the present embodiment, the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 guides the user to connect the audio signal output terminal of the portable terminal 6 and the input terminal of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 with a connector when the play of the game is started. When the user makes the connection according to the guidance, the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 receives the audio signal output from the portable terminal 6 via the audio signal output terminal, the connector, and the input terminal, and sends it to the decoding unit 316A. The subsequent processing is the same as in the first embodiment.

  Note that the authentication control unit 316 or the imaging control unit 312 of the photo sticker creation apparatus 1 may display an image for guiding the connector to be removed on the touch panel monitor 93 or the like when the member authentication is completed. Further, the authentication control unit 316 may display the progress of the member authentication process on the touch panel monitor 93 such as the completion of reading of the authentication information and the completion of the member authentication during the reading of the authentication information. The user may be notified by an attached lamp or the like. Further, the authentication control unit 316 or the shooting control unit 312 of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 may start the shooting process of the game after the connector is detached from the photo sticker creating apparatus 1.

  According to the above configuration, the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 can more reliably acquire the audio signal output from the mobile terminal 6. For example, even when the output level of the audio signal from the portable terminal 6 is low, or when the audio signal is mixed with a lot of noise due to the influence of ambient noise or magnetic change, the photo sticker is created using the connector as described above. By connecting the apparatus 1 and the portable terminal 6, it is possible to acquire a voice signal with high accuracy and perform member authentication.

[Embodiment 3]
In the above embodiment, an example has been described in which the management server 4 collates the user specifying information included in the authentication information with the member specifying information included in the member database. However, the photographed image management system 10 according to the present invention may cause the photo sticker creation apparatus 1 to perform the above collation. In other words, the captured image management system 10 may perform the member authentication process described with reference to FIG. 15 between the mobile terminal 6 and the photo sticker creation apparatus 1. Hereinafter, the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 18 is a diagram showing an outline of the captured image management system 20 according to the present invention. The photographed image management system 20 includes a photo sticker creation device 2, a management server 5, and a mobile terminal 6 as illustrated. The photo sticker creating apparatus 2 does not transmit authentication information to the management server 5 and performs member authentication in its own apparatus. More specifically, the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 does not perform S112 of FIG. Further, the management server 5 may not include the authentication unit 415 like the management server 4.

  FIG. 19 is a block diagram showing the main configuration of the photographic sticker creating apparatus 2. The photo sticker creating apparatus 2 is different from the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 in that it includes a device authenticating unit 316D (device authenticating means) instead of the authentication requesting unit 316B and stores the member information 202A in the storage unit 202.

  The member information 202 </ b> A has the same data configuration as the member information stored in the member database 422 of the management server 4. The photo sticker creating apparatus 2 obtains the latest member information from the member database 422 by accessing the management server 5 at the time of startup (starting up) of the photo sticker creating apparatus 2 or at a predetermined time of the day, and acquires the member information 202A. Is stored in the storage unit 202. The member information is preferably acquired in the morning or at night when the communication load is relatively low.

  The device authentication unit 316D verifies whether or not the user specifying information included in the authentication information decoded by the decoding unit 316A matches the member specifying information included in any member information 202A. If the user identification information matches the member identification information included in any member information as a result of the verification, the device authentication unit 316D notifies the authentication result reception unit 316C of the authentication success and the member identification of the member user who has succeeded in the authentication. Send information and. On the other hand, if it does not match the member identification information included in any member information, the device authentication unit 316D transmits an authentication failure notification to the authentication result receiving unit 316C.

  Then, the post-service control unit 315 associates the image data of the image taken and edited in the photo sticker creation game with the user member specifying information stored in the authentication result receiving unit 316C, and the image data and the member The specific information is transmitted to the management server 5. When the image management unit 414 of the management server 5 receives the image data and the member identification information, the image management unit 414 stores the image data in the member image storage area indicated by the member identification information.

  According to the above configuration, since the photo sticker creating apparatus 2 performs the member authentication process within the own apparatus, it is not necessary to communicate with the management server 5 at the time of the member authentication process. In other words, the member authentication process performed by the photo sticker creating apparatus 2 does not depend on the communication speed with the management server 5. Further, the photo sticker creating apparatus 2 does not need to confirm whether or not the communication with the management server 5 for authentication is successful.

  Therefore, the photo sticker creating apparatus 2 reliably performs the member authentication process without delay even when the communication environment is bad, such as when the communication speed with the management server 5 is slow or the communication with the management server 5 tends to be interrupted. It can be performed. More specifically, it is possible to prevent the user from waiting for a long time until the end of the member authentication due to a communication trouble or the abnormal end of the member authentication.

[Embodiment 4]
In the photographed image management system 10 or 20 according to the present invention, the photo sticker creating device 1 or 2 and the mobile terminal 6 are not only audio signals indicating authentication information, but also a game play fee in the photo sticker creating device 1 or 2. An audio signal indicating payment information, which is information for payment, may be transmitted and received.

  Specifically, the control unit 601 of the mobile terminal 6 reads the payment information stored in the storage unit 602 in response to the activation of the authentication application or the user's predetermined instruction operation. Then, the control unit 601 encodes the read settlement information into an audio signal (settlement signal), and outputs it from the output unit 606 via the output control unit 614.

  The photo sticker creating apparatus 1 or 2 acquires the audio signal output from the output unit 606 of the mobile terminal 6 by the audio acquisition device 91 </ b> A and transmits the audio signal to the control unit 201. The control unit 201 acquires payment information by decoding the audio signal. The control unit 201 transmits the acquired settlement information to the management server 4 or 5 or a server that performs a settlement process other than the management server 4 or 5 to cause settlement of the game play fee. When the control unit 201 receives a payment completion notification (completion notification) from the management server 4 or 5 or the server that performs the payment process, the control unit 201 starts a photo sticker creation game (S1 in FIG. 16).

  Through the above processing, the photographed image management system 10 or 20 responds to the user's one operation “place the mobile terminal 6 on the voice acquisition device 91A”, and the member authentication processing and the settlement of the game play fee. Processing. In other words, since the user can perform the member authentication process for the image providing site and the payment of the game fee with a simple operation, the labor of the operation can be saved.

  The photo sticker creating apparatus 1 or 2 connects the main body of the sound acquisition apparatus 91A or the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 (or 2) and a predetermined card reader, and a prepaid card or credit card corresponding to the card reader is connected to the user. Or the like may be scanned by the card reader to settle the game play fee.

  Specifically, the “predetermined card reader” is a card reader that reads settlement information held by a card by scanning and converts it into an audio signal. By reading the settlement information from the card using such a card reader and transmitting it to the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 or 2, the settlement information is acquired by the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 or 2 as an audio signal like the authentication information.

  Therefore, the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 or 2 can settle a game play fee as described above in the present embodiment.

  In the case where the payment of the play fee is performed with the card in this way, the member authentication during the game may be performed separately from the user's portable terminal 6, or the authentication information is stored in the card and the fee settlement is performed. At the same time, the authentication information stored in the card may be read by the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 to authenticate the member.

[Embodiment 5]
The photographed image management system 10 or 20 according to the present invention may perform member registration processing using the touch panel monitor 93 of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 or 2. Furthermore, the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 or 2 displays an image for guiding the member registration to the image providing site on the touch panel monitor 93 according to the result of the member authentication process (S100 in FIG. 16), and the authentication has failed. That is, a member who is not a member may be registered as a member.

  Hereinafter, a member registration method using the touch panel monitor 93 of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 or 2 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 20 is a diagram illustrating an example of an image relating to member registration displayed on the touch panel monitor 93 of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 or 2.

  When the member authentication process (S100 in FIG. 16) is completed, the authentication control unit 316 refers to the authentication result of each user stored in the storage unit 202, so that there is a user who has failed the member authentication in the group. Determine whether or not. Here, when all the users in the group are successfully authenticated, the authentication control unit 316 notifies the photographing control unit 312 of the end of the member authentication process, as in the first or third embodiment.

  On the other hand, when there is a user who has failed authentication in the group, the authentication control unit 316 displays an image 2020 of the member registration guidance screen for the user who has failed authentication on the touch panel monitor 93 ((a) of FIG. 20). . The image 2020 includes a button 2021 for instructing to perform member registration processing and a button 2022 for instructing to start photographing without performing member registration. If the user instructs to start shooting (the button 2022 is selected), the authentication control unit 316 notifies the shooting control unit 312 of the end of the member authentication process.

  On the other hand, when the user instructs to perform the member registration process (the button 2021 is selected), the authentication control unit 316 receives the instruction and causes the touch panel monitor 93 to display the image 2030 of the registration content input screen (see FIG. 20 (b)).

  The registration content input screen image 2030 includes input fields 2031 to 2033 for inputting items necessary for member registration. In this embodiment, as an example, the input fields 2031 to 2033 are fields for inputting a nickname, an email address, and an arbitrary password, respectively. However, the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 or 2 only needs to allow the user to input at least member specifying information, and the necessity of inputting other member information is not particularly specified.

  The image 2030 also includes a button 2034 for instructing free membership registration. Furthermore, the image 2030 may include a button 2035 for instructing to register a paying member.

  The user inputs necessary items into the input fields 2031 to 2033 displayed on the touch panel monitor 93. Then, by selecting either the button 2034 or 2035, the member type (free member or paid member) is selected to instruct member registration.

  Upon receiving the member registration instruction, the authentication control unit 316 acquires the member information (member identification information) input in the input fields 2031 to 2033 and sends the member information and the member registration request to the management server 4 or 5. Send to. The management server 4 or 5 receives the request and completes member registration (free member registration or paid member registration). Specifically, the control unit 401 of the management server 4 or 5 creates an account area for a user (a storage area for storing member-specific data) in the member database 422, and the photo sticker creation apparatus 1 is created in the account area. Alternatively, the member information received from 2 is stored. When the member information is stored, the control unit 401 transmits a notification indicating that the member registration is completed to the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 or 2.

  Upon receipt of the notification, the authentication control unit 316 of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 or 2 displays an image 2040 of a registration completion screen on the touch panel monitor 93 ((c) in FIG. 20). The image 2040 includes a button 2041 for instructing another non-member user to register as a member (continuing member registration), and a button 2042 for instructing to end the member registration and start shooting. The user selects one of the buttons 2041 and 2042 to select whether to perform the member registration process again or to proceed to the photographing process.

  Note that the authentication control unit 316 of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 or 2 displays the touch panel monitor 93 when there is a free member user (a user whose authentication is successful and the membership type indicated by the member information is a free member) in the group. An image 2050 of a screen that prompts the free member to register for a paying member may be displayed ((d) of FIG. 20). The image 2050 includes a button 2035 for instructing paid member registration and a button 2053 for instructing to start the photographing process without performing member registration. Here, when the user performs an operation for selecting the button 2052 on the touch panel monitor 93, the authentication control unit 316 receives the operation, and only the button 2034 on the registration screen similar to the image 2030 shown in FIG. The deleted screen is displayed on the touch panel monitor 93.

  Further, in this case, the authentication control unit 316 may acquire information related to the user by referring to the member information of the free member user stored in the storage unit 202 and display the information according to the image 2050. For example, the authentication control unit 316 may specify the number of times of playing the game from the member information of the free member user and display the number of times played and a comment on the number of times played on the touch panel monitor 93. Specifically, the authentication control unit 316 indicates that a user who is still a free member despite having a large number of cumulative play counts, “If you play games frequently, it will be more advantageous to become a paid member”. A message to be explained may be displayed on the touch panel monitor 93.

  According to the above configuration, the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 or 2 receives the user's instruction operation on the touch panel monitor 93, and transmits the information acquired via the touch panel monitor 93 to the management server 4 or 5 to thereby change the membership of the user. Registration can be completed. In other words, the user can register as a member by performing an input operation on the touch panel monitor 93 which has a larger screen than the portable terminal 6. That is, the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 or 2 has an effect of allowing the user to perform a member registration operation on a large and easy-to-operate screen.

[Embodiment 6]
Further, in the photographed image management systems 10 and 20 according to the present invention, the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 or 2 determines that if there is a user who has been successfully authenticated in the group as a result of the member authentication process (S100 in FIG. 16), The user may be allowed to input accompanying player information. Here, “accompanying player” refers to a non-member user (or a user who is a member user but does not perform member authentication) who plays a game together with the member user.

  Further, when there is a companion player, the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 or 2 may display an image prompting member registration on the touch panel monitor 93 or the like for the companion player. Hereinafter, with reference to FIG. 21, description will be given on the information input of the accompanying player and the member registration guidance for the accompanying player.

  FIG. 21 is a diagram illustrating an example of an image relating to information input of a companion player displayed on the touch panel monitor 93 of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 or 2 and member registration guidance displayed after the information is input.

  When the member authentication process (S100 in FIG. 16) is completed, the authentication control unit 316 refers to the authentication result of each user stored in the storage unit 202, so that there is a user who has succeeded in the member authentication in the group. Determine whether or not. When there is a user who has been successfully authenticated in the group, the authentication control unit 316 displays an image 2060 of the accompanying player's information input screen on the touch panel monitor 93 toward the user who has been successfully authenticated ((a) of FIG. 21). ). The image 2060 includes a button 2061 for instructing to input accompanying player information, and a button 2062 for instructing to start shooting without performing the input.

  If the user instructs to start shooting (the button 2022 is selected), the authentication control unit 316 notifies the shooting control unit 312 of the end of the member authentication process. On the other hand, when the user gives an instruction to input accompanying player information (the button 2061 is selected), the authentication control unit 316 receives the instruction, and the touch panel monitor 93 displays the accompanying person information input screen image 2070. Is displayed ((b) of FIG. 21).

  The image 2070 includes an input field 2071 for inputting the accompanying nickname. The image 2030 also includes a button 2072 for ending the accompanying player's information input, a button 2073 for selecting to add a nickname for the accompanying player, and a button 2074 for deleting the input nickname of the accompanying player. . The user selects any of buttons 2072 to 2074.

  When the user completes information input for the accompanying player (the button 2072 is selected), the authentication control unit 316 causes the touch panel monitor 93 to display an image 2080 of the confirmation screen for the member configuration of the group including the accompanying player ( (C) of FIG. The image 2080 includes a button 2081 for determining the member configuration and a button 2082 for changing the member configuration. When the button 2082 is selected by the user, the authentication control unit 316 displays the image 2070 shown in FIG. 21B again, and allows the user to input the accompanying player's information.

  On the other hand, when the button 2081 is selected by the user, the authentication control unit 316 displays a member registration guidance screen image 2090 for the accompanying player ((d) of FIG. 21). The image 2090 includes a nickname of the accompanying player, a QR code 2091 for performing membership registration on the mobile terminal 6, a button 2092 for instructing membership registration, and a photographing process without performing membership registration. And a button 2093 for instructing to start.

  When the user selects the button 2092, the authentication control unit 316 executes the member registration process described with reference to FIG. On the other hand, when the button 2093 is selected by the user, the authentication control unit 316 notifies the start of the shooting process to the shooting control unit 312 without performing the member registration process.

  According to the above configuration, the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 or 2 identifies the presence or absence of a companion player by inputting to the touch panel monitor 93 of the user, and if the companion player exists, the member registration is performed for the companion player. Guidance can be provided. Therefore, the possibility that the accompanying player registers as a member can be increased. In other words, the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 or 2 can increase the enrollment rate of the user who played the game to the image management service.

  The control unit 201 of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 or 2 specifies the number of persons included in the live view video acquired from the camera 91, so that the user who is in the space photographed by the camera 91, that is, in the photographing space. May be determined as the number of accompanying players by subtracting the number of successful member authentications from the specified number of persons (total number of groups). When it is determined that there is one or more accompanying players, the control unit 201 may display the image 2070 shown in FIG. 21B on the touch panel monitor 93 and allow the member users to input the accompanying player information. Good.

  In addition, the control unit 201 of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 or 2 does not specify the number of accompanying players, and if the member authentication fails even once in the member authentication process, there is a user who tried authentication but failed. And the image 2090 of the member registration screen shown in (d) of FIG. 21 may be displayed. In this case, the accompanying player information may not be displayed on the image 2090.

[Modification]
The photo sticker creating apparatus 1 or 2 may use the member information obtained by the above-described member authentication process in various steps of the game. More specifically, the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 or 2 specifies, for example, the game play history or the member specifying information of the user designated as the friend relationship from the member information, and displays the information on the touch panel monitor 93 or the like. May be.

  For example, the shooting course previously selected may be displayed on the touch panel monitor 93 at the start of the shooting process. Moreover, you may display the image image | photographed with the user who is designated as friend relation by the said member information on the touch panel monitor 93 at the time of the start of an imaging | photography process. Thereby, the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 or 2 can provide a more entertaining game suitable for each user.

  The portable terminal 6 shown in each embodiment may be an electronic device that can generate an audio signal or magnetic force change that can be acquired by the audio acquisition device 91A, and the type thereof is not particularly limited. For example, a mobile phone, a smartphone, a tablet PC, or the like can be used as the mobile terminal 6.

  Further, the management server 4 or 5 in each embodiment may not be a single server. More specifically, the management server 4 or 5 may be realized by an authentication server that performs processing related to member authentication and a site server that performs processing related to an image providing site communicating with each other. Further, the management server 4 or 5 communicates with other applications or website servers through the network, and the image data stored in the image providing site is converted into an SNS (Social Network Service), a short text posting site, or the like. It may be possible to post to.

[Example of software implementation]
The control blocks (particularly the control unit 201, the control unit 401, and the control unit 601) of the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 or 2, the management server 4 or 5, and the portable terminal 6 are logic circuits formed in an integrated circuit (IC chip) or the like. (Hardware) or software using a CPU (Central Processing Unit).

  In the latter case, the photo sticker creating apparatus 1 or 2, the management server 4 or 5, and the mobile terminal 6 include a CPU that executes instructions of a program that is software for realizing each function, and the program and various data are stored in 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 (photographing and editing device)
4 Management Server 6 Mobile Terminal 11 Imaging Unit 12 Editing Unit 13 Subsequent Customer Service Unit 21 Imaging Unit 20 Captured Image Management System 91 Camera 91A Voice Acquisition Device (Authentication Information Acquisition Unit)
201 control unit (game providing means, settlement result receiving means)
311 Communication control unit 312 Shooting control unit 313 Edit control unit 314 Print control unit 315 Post-service customer control unit (image transmission means)
316 Authentication control unit 316A Decoding unit (decoding means)
316B Authentication request unit 316C Authentication result reception unit (authentication result acquisition means)
316D Device authentication unit (device authentication means)
401 Control unit (image receiving means)
402 storage unit 403 communication unit 411 communication control unit 412 mail creation unit 413 web page creation unit 414 image management unit (image storage means, portable image transmission means)
415 Authentication unit (authentication information receiving means, authentication result transmitting means)
415A verification unit (authentication means)
422 Member database 601 control unit (portable image receiving means)
602 Storage unit 602A Application data 602B Authentication information 603 Communication unit 604 Input unit 605 Display unit 606 Output unit 611 Communication control unit 612 Input control unit 613 Display control unit 614 Output control unit (signal generation means)

Claims (14)

A photography editing apparatus that transmits created image data to a management server that provides an image management service for managing image data,
This is information acquired by the operation of a predetermined application installed as a software program on the user's mobile terminal, and indicates authentication information that is information for authenticating whether or not the user is a member of the image management service. An authentication information acquisition unit for acquiring a signal from the mobile terminal;
Decoding means for decoding the authentication information from the signal acquired by the authentication information acquisition unit;
Authentication result acquisition means for acquiring a result of authentication performed using the authentication information obtained by the decryption of the decryption means,
The signal is an audio signal indicating the authentication information,
The authentication information acquisition unit acquires the audio signal output from the mobile terminal,
The decoding means decodes the authentication information from the audio signal ,
The authentication information acquisition unit acquires an audio signal output from a speaker of the mobile terminal that is in contact with or close to a specific part of the photography editing apparatus by detecting a change in magnetic force of the speaker. , Photo editing device. When the authentication result acquired by the authentication result acquisition means indicates that the authentication is successful, the management server is provided with user specifying information that is information for specifying the user included in the authentication information, the image data, characterized in that and an image transmitting means for transmitting in association with, photography editing apparatus according to claim 1. A payment result receiving means for receiving a notification of completion of payment of a game usage fee including at least the step of creating the image data;
Game providing means for providing the game when the settlement result receiving means receives the completion notification, and
The authentication information acquisition unit acquires a payment signal indicating payment information, which is information acquired by the operation of a predetermined application installed as a software program in the mobile terminal of the user, and is information for performing the payment. And
The decoding means decodes the payment signal into the payment information,
3. The photography editing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the settlement result receiving unit receives a completion notification of the settlement using the settlement information. A storage unit for storing member specifying information that is information for specifying a member of the image management service;
The authentication is performed by determining whether or not the user specifying information, which is information for uniquely specifying the user included in the authentication information obtained by decoding by the decoding means, matches the member specifying information. Device authentication means,
The authentication result obtaining means, as a result of the authentication, and obtains the result of the determination of the device authentication means, photography editing apparatus according to any one of claims 1-3. A management server that provides the image management service for managing image data created by the photography editing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4 ,
A storage unit for storing the image data in a storage area for each user;
Image receiving means for receiving user specifying information which is information for specifying the user included in at least the authentication information and the image data;
A management server comprising: image storage means for storing the image data received by the image receiving means in a user storage area indicated by the user specifying information of the storage unit. A management server for providing the image management service for managing image data created by the photography editing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3 ,
A storage unit that stores the image data in a storage area for each user and stores member specifying information that is information for specifying a member of the image management service;
Authentication information receiving means for receiving the authentication information from the photography editing apparatus;
Authentication means for performing the authentication by determining whether or not the authentication information received by the authentication information receiving means matches the member specifying information;
Authentication result transmission means for transmitting the authentication result of the authentication means to the photography editing apparatus;
Image receiving means for receiving user specifying information, which is information for specifying the user included in at least the authentication information, and the image data, from the photography editing apparatus;
A management server comprising: image storage means for storing the image data received by the image receiving means in a user storage area indicated by the user specifying information of the storage unit. Mobile image transmission means for transmitting the image data to the mobile terminal of the member;
The storage unit stores a destination of the mobile terminal of the member of the image management service,
The portable image transmitting means transmits the image data to a destination of a user's portable terminal indicated by the user specifying information received by the image receiving means and stored in the storage unit. Item 7. The management server according to item 5 or 6 . It is a user's portable terminal which creates the said image data in the photography edit device of any one of Claims 1-4 ,
Signal generating means for generating the signal indicating the authentication information;
An output unit that outputs the signal generated by the signal generation means. The signal generation means generates a payment signal indicating payment information, which is information related to payment of a game usage fee including at least a step of creating the image data,
9. The portable terminal according to claim 8 , wherein the output unit outputs the payment signal. A portable terminal comprising portable image receiving means for receiving the image data from the management server according to claim 7 . A control program for causing a computer to function as the photography editing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, a control program for causing a computer to function as each means described above. A control program for causing a computer to function as the management server according to any one of claims 5-7, a control program for causing a computer to function as each means described above. A control program for causing a computer to function as the portable terminal according to any one of claims 8 to 10 , wherein the control program causes the computer to function as each of the means. A computer-readable recording medium a control program according to any one of claims 11 to 13.

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