JP6741935B2 - Playing image capturing apparatus and image processing method - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a game shooting device for playing, which transmits a shot image.

Conventionally, a shooting device for a game and a game shooting device for amusement that can shoot a subject including a plurality of users with a camera a plurality of times and output the picked-up image as a photo print sheet or send it to an external device via a network Photography services are known. Many of such a game-playing devices that can perform the following editing processing according to the user's preference have been proposed. First, chroma key processing is performed on the captured image of the subject to generate a subject image in which the subject portion is extracted. Then, the background image selected by the user is combined with this subject image to generate a combined image. On the other hand, a technique is known in which various devices are connected to each other by short-range wireless communication or wireless LAN.

JP, 2009-258488, A

The inventor of the present application has come to recognize that more efficient use of services may be promoted by applying short-distance wireless communication or wireless LAN technology in a game shooting device and a game shooting service for games. ..

The present invention has been made in view of these problems, and an object thereof is to provide a technique capable of promoting the use of a more efficient photo shooting service for play.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a game photographing device according to an aspect of the present invention is a photographing space in which photographing is performed with a user as a subject, and an image for obtaining a photographed image including the user photographed in the photographing space as a subject. A generation unit, an edit space that receives a user's instruction for a captured image, an edit processing unit that edits a captured image based on a user instruction in the edit space to obtain an edited image, and a wireless communication between the user's mobile terminal. A registration process for establishing a connection through communication, acquiring information for identifying a user, and recording a correspondence relationship between the information for identifying a mobile terminal to which a connection is established and the information for identifying a user. And an output processing unit that performs an output process so that at least one of the captured image and the edited image is transmitted to the mobile terminal in which the correspondence relationship is recorded.

Here, the “wireless communication” may be short-range wireless communication such as Bluetooth (trademark) or NFC (Near Field Communication), or may be wireless network communication such as a wireless LAN (Local Area Network). That is, the wireless communication here may be mainly assumed to be short-range or short-range wireless communication. The “establishment of connection” may be, for example, a process called pairing, that is, a process of establishing a wireless communication connection after authenticating each other by exchanging the same passcode between the devices. According to this aspect, it is possible not only to directly send the captured image or the edited image to the mobile terminal to which the wireless communication connection has been established, but also to easily obtain the information for identifying the user from the mobile terminal. , It is possible to more efficiently use the photography service using the game photographing device.

In the second shooting opportunity different from the first shooting opportunity, the correspondence relationship between the information for identifying the mobile terminal with which the connection is established in the first shooting opportunity and the information for identifying the user is recorded. A registration processing unit may be further provided that records a correspondence relationship between the information for identifying the mobile terminal with which the connection is established and the information for identifying the user. The output processing unit executes the output processing so that the captured image and the edited image acquired in the first shooting opportunity are transmitted to the mobile terminal in which the correspondence relationship is recorded in the first shooting opportunity, and the second processing. The output processing may be executed so that the captured image and the edited image acquired in the second shooting opportunity are transmitted to the mobile terminal in which the correspondence relationship is recorded in the second shooting opportunity.

The registration processing unit acquires, together with the information for identifying the user, the membership type information, which is information including whether or not the user is registered as a member of a predetermined photography service. Of the image editing functions that can be provided to the user, the function providing range may be determined according to the membership type for each user.

The registration processing unit acquires the information for identifying the user and the member type information that is information including whether or not the user is registered as a member of a predetermined photography service, and the output processing unit When the information for identifying the user and the membership type for a plurality of users are acquired in each shooting opportunity, the specific image is included in the membership types of the plurality of users among the captured images and the edited images acquired in the shooting opportunity. The range of images to be transmitted may be determined depending on whether or not the type is included.

It should be noted that any combination of the above constituent elements, and the expression of the present invention converted between a method, a device, a system, a computer program, a data structure, a recording medium, etc. are also effective as an aspect of the present invention.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a technique capable of promoting the use of a more efficient photo shooting service.

It is a figure which shows typically the whole structure of a photography system. It is the perspective view which looked at the imaging device for games from the left front side. It is the top view which looked at the imaging device for games shown in FIG. 2 from the top. It is a block diagram which shows typically the hardware constitutions of the imaging device for games. It is a functional block diagram which shows typically the functional structure of the imaging device for games. It is a figure which shows typically the data structure of the content data which a content data production|generation part produces|generates. It is a functional block diagram which shows the functional structure of a management server typically. It is a figure which shows typically the table of the user information registered into the management server. It is a functional block diagram which shows the functional structure of a terminal device typically. It is a figure which shows typically the example of a screen displayed on the upper monitor of the imaging device for games for establishing the pairing of a terminal device and the imaging device for games. It is a figure which shows typically the example of a screen which displays the user list by which pairing was materialized. It is a flow chart which shows a schematic flow of a play in a game photographing device. 13 is a flowchart showing details of output processing in S24 of FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the process in the management server which received the image transmission instruction|indication from the imaging device for games.

Hereinafter, a photography system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

<Outline of photography system>
FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically showing the overall configuration of a photography system 600. The photographing system 600 includes a game photographing device 100 connected via a network 200 such as the Internet, a management server 300, an SNS (Social Networking Service) server 400, and a plurality of terminal devices 500. In this figure, two terminal devices, that is, the terminal device 500a and the terminal device 500b are illustrated, but the number of the terminal devices 500 is not limited to two, and may be three or more. Hereinafter, in the present specification, each terminal device 500 will be simply referred to as a “terminal device 500” unless otherwise specified.

The game-playing device 100 is a device including a camera that photographs a subject including a user and an electronic device that includes a user interface for editing the photographed image. When the user takes a picture with the amusement photography device 100, the amusement photography device 100 associates information for identifying the user with a photograph image group including the user as a subject. The photo image group refers to a plurality of photo images created and grouped in one predetermined play. The information for identifying the user is user identification information such as a mail address registered for a user who has already registered as a member of the photography service or a user who is newly registered. For a user who is not registered in the photography service, unique identification information issued for each play or identification information uniquely assigned to a dedicated information presentation application installed in the terminal device 500 may be used. Hereinafter, in the present specification, data in which information for identifying a user and a photo image group including the user as a subject are associated with each other will be referred to as “content data”.

The game shooting device for play 100 is provided with a wireless communication device 610 for short-range wireless communication or wireless LAN communication. The wireless communication device 610 may be mounted inside the game photographing device 100, for example, on a substrate in the form of a short-range wireless communication or wireless LAN communication module. Bluetooth (trademark) or NFC, for example, is used as the short-range wireless communication, and IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n standard is used as the wireless LAN communication. Similarly, the terminal device 500 also has a built-in wireless communication module for short-range wireless communication or wireless LAN communication, and can establish a wireless communication connection by pairing with the game photographing device 100.

The management server 300 is a server that manages user information such as content data acquired from the game shooting device 100 for playing, a usage history of the shooting service, and user identification information. The management server 300 can transmit content access information for accessing the photo image group included in the content data to the terminal device 500 owned by each user based on the user identification information. The content access information includes, for example, a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) for accessing the management server 300.

The user accesses the management server 300 based on the content access information by using a dedicated information presentation application designed for the user of the amusement image capturing apparatus 100 and installed in the user's own terminal device 500, and The photograph image group is downloaded to the terminal device 500. The user can also edit the photo image group on the terminal device 500. The information presentation application can be downloaded from the management server 300 via the network 200. However, while the connection by wireless communication is established with the amusement photographing apparatus 100, the photographic image and the edited image are directly received from the amusement photographing apparatus 100 under a predetermined condition described later. be able to.

<Appearance of the shooting device for play>
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the game shooting device 100 for play as seen from the left front side. FIG. 3 is a plan view of the game photographing device 100 shown in FIG. 2 viewed from above. In the following, other drawings will be described with reference to the front, rear, left, and right directions shown in FIG. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the game-taking device 100 for play includes a front-side shooting unit 50 and a rear-side editing unit 51, and has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape that is long in the front-rear direction. At the rear end of the editing unit 51, an output unit 52 for outputting the edited photo and the like is provided.

The photographing unit 50 includes a photographing casing 11 having a built-in camera for photographing the user, and a background wall 12 arranged behind the photographing casing 11 via a photographing space 10. The gap between the side surface of the photographing housing 11 and the side surface of the background wall portion 12 constitutes first entrances 101a and 101b that are entrances to the photographing space 10. The editing unit 51 also has an editing housing 21 that is arranged adjacent to the rear of the background wall 12. The editing housing 21 is provided with a pair of operation surfaces facing left and right. Then, the user can enter the editing spaces 20a, 20b for inputting work on the respective operation surfaces via the second entrances 201a, 201b. The output unit 52 also includes an output housing 31 that is in contact with the rear end surface of the editing housing 21. The operation surface of the output housing 31 faces the rear end side so that the user operates the game apparatus 100 from the rear end side. Therefore, the space on the rear end side of the output housing 31 becomes the output space 30 for the user to perform the output operation.

Side surfaces of upper ends of the photographing housing 11 and the background wall 12 are connected to each other by a ceiling frame 13 extending in the front-rear direction. A ceiling lighting unit 14 that covers the photographing space 10 from above and illuminates and irradiates a flash is provided inside the ceiling frame 13. On the left side (or right side) of the photographing housing 11, there is provided a bulletin space 15 for posting a description including how to use the game photographing device 100. Further, on the upper part of the left side surface thereof, a display unit 16 is provided which indicates whether or not the photographing housing 11 is in use.

The display unit 16 includes an indicator light (not shown) that emits light or goes out. The display unit 16 indicates to the user that the photographing unit 50 is in use by the light emission of the indicator lamp, and indicates to the user that the photographing unit 50 has become empty by turning off the light. In the game-taking device 100 for play, the display unit 16 is formed in a triangular shape in plan view protruding outward in the left-right direction, but the shape thereof is not particularly limited and may be another shape such as a convex curved shape. ..

The background wall portion 12 is formed of a plate-shaped member having substantially the same width and height as the photographing housing 11, and a main body plate 121 facing the front surface of the photographing housing 11 and extending from the left and right ends of the main body plate 121 to the front. It has a pair of side plates 122 provided. For this reason, the background wall portion 12 is formed in a U shape in a plan view as a whole. A surface of the body plate 121 facing the photographing housing 11 is colored with a single color (for example, blue or green) for chroma key processing. Regarding coloring, in addition to directly painting the main body plate 121 with paint or the like, a colored cloth, plate or the like may be attached. Although not shown, the floor surface of the photographing space 10 is colored with a single color for chroma key processing, similar to the body plate 121, so as to be continuous with the body plate 121. Then, as described above, the rear edge of the photographing housing 11, the lower edge of the ceiling frame 13, and the front edge of the side plate 122 form the first entrances 101a and 101b for entering and exiting the photographing space 10. Has been done.

The edit housing 21 is a face-to-face type that allows two sets of users to edit simultaneously from the left and right sides, and an operation surface is provided on each of the left and right. The length of the editing housing 21 in the left-right direction is shorter than the width of the background wall portion 12 in the same direction. The editing housing 21 has its front end surface connected to the central portion of the back surface of the background wall portion 12. Spaces on the left and right sides of the editing housing 21 become editing spaces 20a and 20b in which two sets of users perform editing work, respectively. A curtain frame 22 having a substantially U shape in a plan view is provided above the editing housing 21. The curtain frame 22 includes a pair of side frames 221 extending in the front-rear direction and a rear frame 222 extending in the left-right direction connecting rear ends of the side frames 221. Although not shown, a computer including a CPU (Central Processing Unit) such as a PC (Personal Computer) is installed inside the editing housing 21.

The front end of each side frame 221 is connected to the rear end of the ceiling frame 13 so as to extend in the front-rear direction, and the central portion of the rear frame 222 has a support member 23 provided at the rear upper end of the editing housing 21. Supported by. The left and right side frames 221 and the substantially half length of the rear frame 222 constitute the upper frame of the second entrances 201a and 201b for entering and exiting the editing spaces 20a and 20b. ..

<Hardware configuration of the shooting device for play>
FIG. 4 is a block diagram schematically showing the hardware configuration of the game shooting device 100 for play. In the game shooting device 100 for play, the control unit 53, the storage unit 54, the shooting unit 50, the editing unit 51, and the output unit 52 are electrically connected via the bus X. The control unit 53 includes a known CPU (Central Processing Unit), ROM (Read Only Memory), and RAM (Random Access Memory). Then, the control unit 53 executes the program stored in the storage unit 54, and controls the overall operation of the game photographing device 100. A communication unit 55 and an external drive 56 are also connected to the bus X. The control unit 53, the storage unit 54, the communication unit 55, and the external drive 56 may be configured by a known computer, and such a computer is built in the control box 211 of the editing housing 21 described above.

The storage unit 54 is composed of a nonvolatile storage medium such as a hard disk or a flash memory, and stores various setting information transmitted from the control unit 53. The information stored in the storage unit 54 is appropriately read by the control unit 53. The storage unit 54 stores various image data used for image editing and data for image processing. For example, background image data that is the background of the captured image is stored. The ROM of the control unit 53 stores programs such as firmware and data such as setting information, and the RAM temporarily stores data and programs to be processed by the control unit 53. Hereinafter, the RAM and the ROM may be collectively referred to as a memory.

The communication unit 55 is an interface for connecting to a network such as the Internet, and communicates with an external device under the control of the control unit 53. The external drive 56 executes reading and writing to removable media such as an optical disk and a semiconductor memory. For example, the computer program or data read from the removable medium by the external drive 56 is transmitted to the control unit 53, stored in the storage unit 54, or installed as a program.

The imaging unit 50 includes a coin processing unit 17, an illumination control unit 18, an upper camera 111, a lower camera 112, an upper monitor 113, a lower monitor 114, and a speaker 19 in order to perform an imaging process in the imaging space 10.

The upper camera 111 and the lower camera 112 shoot an object under the control of the control unit 53. The upper camera 111 and the lower camera 112 output images obtained by shooting to the control unit 53. As described above, the upper camera 111 is for shooting the subject from above, and the lower camera 112 is for shooting the subject from the front. Therefore, each of these cameras 111 and 112 is set in advance with an ideal angle of view, trimming range and the like in order to obtain an optimum image. Each of the cameras 111 and 112 captures an image in real time and outputs an image signal representing the image. The image signals output from the cameras 111 and 112 are input to the control unit 53 and temporarily stored in the internal memory thereof. Further, this image signal is transmitted to the upper monitor 113 and the lower monitor 114, respectively, and the upper monitor 113 and the lower monitor 114 display live video based on the image signal. More specifically, the live image from the upper camera 111 is displayed on the upper monitor 113, and the live image from the lower camera 112 is displayed on the lower monitor 114. In addition, actually, the captured image data (hereinafter, simply referred to as “captured image”) stored as a still image is high-resolution still image data, and the captured image data for displaying a live video ( The “through image data” is often low-resolution moving image data, but may be high-resolution moving image data.

The upper monitor 113 is a well-known touch panel, and as a display device, displays the live image being captured by the upper camera 111. The upper monitor 113 also displays a captured image as a still image captured by the upper camera 111 and the lower camera 112. The upper monitor 113 also functions as an input device that receives an operation of selecting a displayed captured image, a user operation regarding correction of the captured image, and the like. Signals indicating these operations are input to the control unit 53 as operation signals. On the other hand, the lower monitor 114 displays a live image that is being captured by the lower camera 112, and has substantially the same configuration as the upper monitor 113. However, as described above, the lower monitor 114 does not have a function as a touch panel and is used exclusively for displaying an image. The lower camera 112 and the lower monitor 114 are not indispensable components, and only the upper camera 111 and the upper monitor 113 may be used.

The coin processing unit 17 detects insertion of a coin into the coin insertion slot. When the coin processing unit 17 detects that a predetermined amount of coins required for play (play fee) has been inserted, the coin processing unit 17 outputs a start signal indicating this to the control unit 53. The coin processing unit 17 may be configured to accept payment of a play fee by electronic money or a credit card and output the activation signal to the control unit 53.

The illumination control unit 18 controls the flash emitted by the front illumination unit 115 in the imaging space 10 according to the illumination control signal supplied from the control unit 53. In addition, the lighting control unit 18 controls the electric lights (fluorescent lamps and the like) provided inside the ceiling lighting unit 14 and the front lighting unit 115, so that the brightness in the photographing space 10 is changed according to the stage of the photographing process by the user. Adjust. The speaker 19 outputs a sound according to the stage of the photographing process by the user.

The editing units 51a and 51b are for performing editing processing in the editing spaces 20a and 20b, respectively. Since the functions and configurations of the editing unit 51a and the editing unit 51b are the same, only the editing unit 51a will be described below, and the description of the editing unit 51b will be omitted.

The editing unit 51a includes an editing monitor 213 as a tablet built-in monitor, two touch pens 214A and 214B, and a speaker 215. The editing monitor 213 displays the editing screen under the control of the control unit 53, and detects a user's editing operation on the editing screen. That is, when the user touches the edit monitor 213 with the touch pens 214A and 214B, the operation and which of the touch pens 214A and 214B is touched is detected and transmitted to the control unit 53 as an operation signal. As a result, the user edits the composite image to be edited. Specifically, a so-called omission of letters, patterns, figures, etc. is input to the image displayed on the editing monitor 213 with an input device such as the touch pens 214A and 214B. As a result, the output image in which the omission letter is superposed on the composite image is generated. The image data based on the output image thus generated is transmitted to the output unit 52.

The output unit 52 executes output processing in the output space 30. The output unit 52 includes a touch panel type liquid crystal monitor 311, a non-contact communication unit 312, and a speaker 314. In addition, a printer 34 for printing an output image and a sticker paper unit 35 are also provided. The printer 34 prints the composite image or the edited output image obtained by the editing process on the sticker paper stored in the sticker paper unit 35 attached to the printer 34, and discharges it to the sticker paper discharge port 313. To do. The non-contact communication unit 312 is a wireless communication unit that receives and transmits data with a mobile terminal, and includes, for example, a short-range wireless communication module such as Bluetooth (trademark) or NFC, or a wireless network communication module such as a wireless LAN. included. The image data created by the editing unit 51 is transmitted to the external image storage server via the network by the communication unit 55.

<Functional configuration of the shooting device for play>
FIG. 5 is a functional block diagram schematically showing a functional configuration of the game photographing device 100. The game shooting device 100 for play includes an image generation unit 60, an edit processing unit 61, a registration processing unit 62, an output processing unit 63, and a communication unit 170.

This figure shows a functional configuration for realizing the game photographing device 100 according to the embodiment, and other configurations are omitted. In the figure, each element described as a functional block that performs various processes can be configured by a camera, a CPU, a main memory, and other LSI (Large Scale Integrated circuit) that are the hardware illustrated in FIG. 4. In terms of software, it is realized by the CPU executing a program or the like loaded in the RAM. Therefore, it is understood by those skilled in the art that these functional blocks can be realized in various forms by only hardware, only software, or a combination thereof, and the present invention is not limited to them.

The image generation unit 110 includes an imaging unit 116 and an image group acquisition unit 130. The imaging unit 116 captures one or more users a plurality of times in accordance with a play start instruction from the registration processing unit 650, and generates a plurality of photographic images. The image pickup unit 116 can be realized by using the camera built in the above-described photographing housing 11. Although not limited to this, the image capturing unit 116 performs 6 to 8 times of photographing, and generates about 6 to 8 photographic images. The image group acquisition unit 130 acquires a plurality of photographic images of which two or more users are the subjects, which are generated by the imaging unit 116 through a plurality of photographing operations. The image group acquisition unit 130 manages the acquired plurality of photographic images as a group of photographic image groups. More specifically, the image group acquisition unit 130 assigns the same image group identifier to the obtained plurality of photographic images, and also assigns a unique image identifier to each photographic image in order to identify the photographic image.

The registration processing unit 62 includes a connection processing unit 117 and a user information acquisition unit 140. The connection processing unit 117 executes processing necessary for establishing and canceling wireless communication with the terminal device 500 of the user and acquires information for identifying the user. Also, the correspondence between the information for identifying the terminal device 500 with which the connection is established and the information for identifying the user is recorded.

As a wireless communication method, for example, short-range wireless communication such as Bluetooth (trademark) or NFC may be used, or a wireless network such as a wireless LAN may be used. When establishing the connection by Bluetooth (trademark), the pairing may be established first by using NFC, or the user may touch a predetermined button on the screen of the game capturing apparatus 100 for play with the terminal device. The pairing may be established by performing a predetermined operation on 500. When establishing the connection by NFC, the short-distance wireless communication may be established by the user holding the terminal device 500 over the reader/writer as the contactless communication unit 312. When establishing a connection with a wireless LAN, the user may establish wireless communication in the infrastructure mode or the ad hoc mode by setting the SSID and password. Alternatively, the pairing may be established by Bluetooth (trademark) or NFC first, and then the mode may be switched to the ad hoc mode or the infrastructure mode of the wireless LAN to establish the data transmission/reception communication connection.

The connection processing unit 117 records the correspondence relationship between the information for identifying the terminal device 500 to which the connection is established in the play that is the first shooting opportunity and the information for identifying the user. Further, the correspondence relationship between the information for identifying the terminal device 500 to which the connection is established in the play which is the second shooting opportunity different from the first shooting opportunity and the information for identifying the user is recorded. In this way, the correspondence with the information for identifying the play, the information for identifying the terminal device 500, and the information for identifying the user is recorded separately for each play. For example, when the connection for wireless LAN communication is established, the connection processing unit 117 stores an IP address for each connected terminal device 500. The IP address of each terminal device 500 is stored in association with the later-described user information acquired for each terminal device 500 and an image group identifier for identifying the corresponding play. As a modified example, in the case of a specification in which an image is transmitted after shooting while maintaining a connection in short-distance wireless communication, pairing setting information is stored for each terminal device 500, and user identification information, application ID, image group identifier, etc. May be stored in association with.

The connection processing unit 117 disconnects the wireless communication connection with the terminal device 500 after the end of the play, and discards the pairing setting. However, since the number of devices that can be paired at the same time is limited, the pairing may be canceled and the pairing setting may be discarded when the pairing is established and the wireless LAN communication connection is established. Further, there is a limit to the number of simultaneous connections in wireless LAN communication, or at least when the number of simultaneous connections increases, the transfer speed may decrease. Therefore, a plurality of short-distance wireless communication modules and wireless LAN communication modules may be incorporated to increase the maximum number of simultaneous connections. In particular, it is often the case that a plurality of users use the game at the same time in one play, and in addition, in a single game shooting device 100, a space for pre-serving services such as coin insertion and pairing, a shooting space 10, and two edits. A maximum of five groups of users can play at the same time, such as the space being divided into the spaces 20a and 20b and the output space 30. Therefore, by using a plurality of wireless communication modules, it is possible to increase the number of simultaneous wireless communication connections and more efficiently operate the photography service.

Even when a group of a plurality of users are playing at the same time, the correspondence relationship such as the setting information of the wireless communication connection, the user identification information, the application ID, etc. is associated separately for each image group identifier. The previous terminal device 500 can be easily distinguished and erroneous transmission is prevented.

The user information acquisition unit 140 receives information for identifying an individual such as a mail address directly input by the user to the game shooting device 100 after the end of the play or pre-input via the terminal device 500. The user information acquisition unit 140 acquires the registered user information based on the mail address if the mail address and the user information (member type, name, sex, etc. of the photography service) are registered in the management server 300. To do. If the email address is not registered in the management server 300, the user information acquisition unit 140 determines that the user is not a member of the photography service. However, the user information acquisition unit 140 may acquire the user information before starting the play. In particular, when acquiring information such as a mail address via the terminal device 500, the user does not need to manually input the mail address to the game shooting device 100 again, and if the communication connection is established, the image is displayed. Data can be sent and received immediately after editing. It should be noted that the user information acquisition unit 140 can acquire user information other than the mail address from the terminal device 500, and a specification that does not necessarily access the management server 300 to acquire the user information is also possible. However, even in that case, it is preferable to check whether the user information is valid by accessing the management server 300. The registration processing unit 62 instructs the image generation unit 60 to start playing in accordance with coin insertion, communication connection establishment, and user information acquisition.

The user information acquired by the user information acquisition unit 140 includes identification information for uniquely identifying an individual, such as a mail address of each user. The user information may further include information such as a user name, password, member ID, member type, application ID, application version information, age, sex, date of birth, telephone number, and usage history. For a user who has not established communication with the terminal device 500, the user information acquisition unit 140 accepts input of user identification information such as a mail address from the keyboard displayed on the touch panel, and communication with the terminal device 500 is established. The user identification information such as a mail address is acquired from the terminal device 500 for the user who is currently on. Further, in the case of a user who has already registered as a member, more detailed user information is acquired from the management server 300 via the communication unit 170 based on the user identification information acquired from the touch panel or the terminal device 500. In this way, the identification information such as the user's email address, which was conventionally acquired at the time of output processing after shooting, is acquired at the time of pre-service processing before shooting for a user who has established a wireless communication connection. be able to. This avoids the complexity of such manual input of information and enables smoother and more reliable operation.

The edit processing unit 61 includes a background processing unit 120 and a content data generation unit 150. The background processing unit 120 acquires, for each of the plurality of photographic images generated by the image generation unit 60, background information (chroma key mask) for distinguishing the subject in the captured image from the background region that is the other region. The background processing unit 120 can be realized by using, for example, the known chroma key processing described above. The background processing unit 120 generates the background information as a binarized image, a grayscale image, or data obtained by compressing them.

The content data generation unit 150 generates content data in which the photo image group including the plurality of photo images generated by the image group acquisition unit 130 and the user identification information acquired by the user information acquisition unit 140 are associated with each other. The content data generation unit 150 may also generate the content data by including the background information acquired by the background processing unit 120 and the identification information of the game photographing device 100 in the content data. The content data generation unit 150 generates content data every time the image generation unit 110 captures a series of photograph images (for each play). The content data can be uniquely specified using the image group identifier generated by the image group acquisition unit 130.

The output processing unit 63 includes a display processing unit 160, a print processing unit 161, and a data transmission unit 162. The display processing unit 160 causes the touch panel-type liquid crystal monitor 311 to display an image to be printed in the output space 30, contents relating to the output processing, and an instruction, and outputs a voice instruction from the speaker 314. The print processing unit 161 prints the output image edited by the editing processing unit 61 on the sticker paper by the printer 34. The data transmission unit 162 transmits the output image edited by the editing processing unit 61 to the terminal device 500 or the management server 300 via the communication unit 170, and also to the terminal device 500 via the non-contact communication unit 312. ..

The communication unit 170 communicates with the management server 300 via the network 200 such as the Internet and transmits content data. The management server 300 stores the content data received from the communication unit 170. The management server 300 generates a URL (an example of content access information) for accessing the stored content data, and transmits the content access information to the terminal device 500 based on user identification information such as a mail address included in the content data. To do. The contactless communication unit 312 wirelessly communicates with the user's terminal device 500 by ad hoc and transmits the content data or each image included in the content data.

Note that the content access information can also be generated by the content data generation unit 150 when the storage destination in the management server 300 is determined. In this case, the content access information is included in the content data. The communication unit 170 transmits content data including content access information to the management server 300.

FIG. 6 is a diagram schematically showing the data structure of content data generated by the content data generation unit 150. As shown in the figure, the content data includes at least five data fields from a first field 151 to a fifth field 155.

The first field 151 stores the image group identifier generated by the image group acquisition unit 130. The image group identifier is generated, for example, by a combination of an identifier uniquely set in the game shooting device 100 for playing, and the date and time when the play is started. As a result, a unique image group identifier can be generated for each game device 100 for play and for each play. Note that the image group identifier may be generated by a combination of the identifier of the game shooting device 100 and the date and time when the content data generation unit 150 generated the content data.

The second field 152 stores the photo image data generated by the imaging unit 116 and the image identifier generated by the image group acquisition unit 130 in association with each other. The image identifier is, for example, a serial number assigned in the order in which the image capturing unit 116 captured images. FIG. 6 shows an example in which N images (N is a positive integer) and N types of IDs corresponding thereto are stored. Although not limited, N is 6 when 6 captured images are generated, and N is 8 when 8 captured images are generated.

The third field 153 stores at least the user identification information such as the mail address of each user acquired by the user information acquisition unit 140. FIG. 6 shows an example in which M types (M is a positive integer) of mail addresses are stored. Here, M is the number of mail addresses input in one play. Although not all the users who have played the input do, it is usually input by all the users, and therefore it may be considered to be equal to the number of users who have played at the same time. The user identification information is not limited to a mail address, but may be a member ID that is identification information uniquely assigned to a user who has registered user information such as a mail address in advance. The user identification information is stored in the third field 153 in an encrypted state.

The fourth field 154 stores the background information generated by the background processing unit 120. In addition, the fifth field 155 stores identification information of the game photographing device 100 as photographing position information.

<Functional configuration of management server>
FIG. 7 is a functional block diagram schematically showing the functional configuration of the management server 300. The management server 300 includes a content data acquisition unit 310, a content transmission unit 320, a storage unit 330, a user information management unit 660, and an application providing unit 380.

This figure shows a functional configuration for realizing the management server 300 according to the embodiment, and other configurations are omitted. In the figure, each element described as a functional block that performs various processes can be configured by a CPU that is hardware, a main memory, and other LSIs. In terms of software, it is realized by the CPU executing a program or the like loaded in the main memory. Therefore, it is understood by those skilled in the art that these functional blocks can be realized in various forms by only hardware, only software, or a combination thereof, and the present invention is not limited to them.

The content data acquisition unit 310 associates a photograph image group including a plurality of images generated by a plurality of photographing operations, a photograph image group identifier for identifying the photograph image group, and user identification information such as an email address. The acquired content data is acquired via the network 200. Here, the content data acquired by the content data acquisition unit 310 includes, but is not limited to, the data generated by the content data generation unit 150 of the above-mentioned game photographing apparatus 100. The content data acquired by the content data acquisition unit 310 is information for determining that at least a photo image group and a plurality of photo images included in this photo image group belong to the same group (image group identifier, mail address, etc.). The source does not matter as long as it is associated with. For example, the content data may be generated by associating a mail address with a photograph image group obtained by the user taking a photograph with a smartphone or a tablet.

The storage unit 330 stores the content data acquired by the content data acquisition unit 310. The storage unit 330 can be realized using a known large-capacity storage such as a hard disk drive (HDD), a solid state drive (SSD), or a flash memory. The storage unit 330 further holds a member database including user identification information included in a part of the content data and user information registered as a member of the photography service. The user information includes user name, password, member ID, member type, application ID, application version information, age, sex, date of birth, telephone number, usage history, etc. in addition to the email address for each user. Remembered. As the usage history, information such as the shooting date and time, the identifier of the taken photographic image group, the installation location or model name of the model used, the identification information of other users used together, etc. is stored. The user information management unit 660 receives the user information from the game shooting device 100 or the terminal device 500 via the network 200 and stores the user information in the storage unit 330. In addition, the user information management unit 660 transmits the user information requested by the amusement photographing device 100 or the terminal device 500 to the amusement photographing device 100 or the terminal device 500 via the network 200.

The content transmission unit 320 transmits content data to the information presentation application of the user. That is, when the content transmitting unit 320 notifies the information presentation application on the terminal device 500 of the content access information, the information presentation application on the terminal device 500 accesses the management server 300. When the content transmission unit 320 authenticates the information presentation application based on the user identification information, the content data is transmitted to the information presentation application. For users who are not using the information presenting application, the content access information for accessing the content data stored in the storage unit 330 is mail-transmitted to the mail address included as user identification information in the content data. The mail transmitted by the content transmission unit 320 to the user includes a URL for accessing the content data. When the user accesses the URL described in the received email address using a terminal such as the terminal device 500, the content transmission unit 320 transmits the content data stored in the storage unit 330.

The terminal device 500 can execute an information presentation application for editing a photographic image after shooting. This information presentation application is stored in the storage unit 330, and the application providing unit 380 transmits the information presentation application to the terminal device 500 in response to a request from the terminal device 500. However, the information presentation application may be stored in a server different from the management server 300, and in that case, the terminal device 500 may download and install the information presentation application from another server.

FIG. 8 is a diagram schematically showing a table of user information registered in the management server 300. The user information registered in the management server 300 includes a mail address, a user name, a member ID, a member type, a password, an application ID, and application version information. The mail address is unique identification information that is used not only as a destination of notification to the user, but also for identifying the user. The user name is a formal name of the user displayed in the interaction with the user in the photography service, does not necessarily have to be unique, and can be arbitrarily set by the user. The member ID is information for identifying the user on the database of the management server 300, and the member ID may be used as the user identification information instead of the mail address. In particular, the member ID is not changed even if the registration of the mail address is changed by the user.

It is recorded for each user whether the membership type corresponds to "paid member" or "free member". However, as shown in the figure, the member types are distinguished by the way the member IDs are assigned, such as paying members with the member ID alphabet “a” and free members with the member ID alphabet “b”. It may be done. There are two types of membership: “paid members” who are charged a membership fee and “free members” who are not charged a membership fee, and distinguish users who are not registered as any members as “non-members”. The photography service and information presentation application provide services, functions, and information with different values that are differentiated according to whether the user's membership type is "paid member", "free member", or "non-member". To do.

The password is an alphanumeric character string that the user arbitrarily sets. The application ID is identification information uniquely assigned to a dedicated information presenting application downloaded and installed in the user's terminal device 500, and identifies which terminal the information presenting application is installed for for each user. Used for. The application ID, which is also called a device token, is issued from a predetermined server when the information presentation application is installed in the terminal device 500, and in particular, the information of the transmission destination is also used when performing a push notification to the information presentation application via the push notification server. Used to identify the presentation application. In addition, it can be used to detect the possibility of unauthorized access from a third party when an authentication inquiry is made from a terminal having an application ID different from the previous one. The application version information is version information of the information presentation application installed in the terminal device 500, and may include information for identifying the model name or OS name of the terminal device 500.

<Functional configuration of terminal device>
FIG. 9 is a functional block diagram schematically showing the functional configuration of the terminal device 500. The terminal device 500 includes a touch panel 510, a content data acquisition unit 520, a registration information acquisition unit 530, a storage unit 540, a connection processing unit 550, and a communication unit 560.

This figure shows a functional configuration for realizing the terminal device 500 according to the embodiment, and other configurations are omitted. In the figure, each element described as a functional block that performs various processes can be configured with a CPU that is hardware, a main memory, a touch panel, and other LSIs. In terms of software, it is realized by the CPU executing a program or the like loaded in the main memory. Therefore, it is understood by those skilled in the art that these functional blocks can be realized in various forms by only hardware, only software, or a combination thereof, and the present invention is not limited to them. The terminal device 500 can be realized by using an electronic device including, for example, a smartphone, a tablet PC, a phablet, a mobile phone, an electronic book terminal, a notebook PC, a desktop PC, an electronic dictionary, a processor, a memory, and a touch panel.

The communication unit 560 is an interface for the terminal device 500 to exchange information with an external device via wireless communication. The communication unit 560 can be realized using a wireless communication module, for example, a short-range wireless communication module such as Bluetooth (trademark) or NFC or a wireless communication module such as a wireless LAN.

The touch panel 510 is a display device that presents information generated by the terminal device 500 to the user, and at the same time is an input device that acquires a user's operation on the terminal device 500.

The storage unit 540 stores user information and an information presentation application. The user information is user identification information such as a mail address and a member ID, and information such as a password and a member type that are registered in association with the user identification information. The information presentation application is a program that is executed by a processor (not shown) of the terminal device 500 to realize various functions such as an image display function, an information display function, and a registration information input function in the terminal device 500. The content data acquisition unit 520, the registration information acquisition unit 530, and the connection processing unit 550 are realized by the processor of the terminal device 500 executing the information presentation application. The information presentation application is a computer-readable program that causes the terminal device 500 to realize various functions. The terminal device 500 can download and install the information presentation application by requesting the management server 300 or a server of another download site.

The registration information acquisition unit 530 accepts the input of the user identification information and the password through the operation of the touch panel 510 by the user, reads the user information corresponding to the user identification information and the password from the storage unit 540, or the communication unit 560. Acquired from the management server 300. When the user is a non-member who is not registered in the photography service, the registration information acquisition unit 530 displays a message on the touch panel 510 to set the email address and password that will be the user identification information, and the email address and password from the user. Is received and stored in the storage unit 540 as user information to enter the “login state”, and the user information is transmitted to the management server 300 via the communication unit 560. As a result of this registration, the handling of this user can be switched from “non-member” to “free member” or “paid member” as long as the user is logged in.

The connection processing unit 550 establishes wireless communication pairing and connection with the game shooting device 100 via the communication unit 560. For example, when the user performs a predetermined operation on the game playing device 100 to start searching for nearby devices, the connection processing unit 550 sends a passcode request and a pairing request including a passcode from the game playing device 100. To receive. The connection processing unit 550 displays a button for permitting pairing on the touch panel 510 together with the device name of the request source. At this time, the passcode received from the requesting device may be further displayed to allow the user to confirm the passcode match. When the user touches the button for permitting pairing on the touch panel 510 with hand, the connection processing unit 550 transmits a signal for permitting pairing to the game capturing apparatus 100 for amusement, and thereby Bluetooth (trademark) is transmitted. The pairing used is established. Next, the connection processing unit 550 establishes a connection for ad-hoc communication by the wireless LAN with the game playing device 100 for which pairing has been established. At this point, the connection and pairing using Bluetooth (trademark) may be released. When the ad hoc communication with the amusement photographing device 100 by wireless LAN is disconnected at the end of the play, or the communication is interrupted for a certain period of time such as the distance between the terminal device 500 and the amusement photographing device 100 is increased. Is also released.

The content data acquisition unit 520 acquires content data (see FIG. 6) via wireless communication by the communication unit 560 and stores it in the storage unit 540. The content data acquisition unit 520 can directly receive the content data from the game shooting device 100, and can also access the URL included in the notification or the email received from the management server 300 to download the content data. The content data acquisition unit 520 displays the content data on the touch panel 510 according to an instruction from the user via the touch panel 510.

The information presentation application may provide information and functions having different values depending on whether the user is a paying member, a free member, or a non-member. For example, if the user is not logged in, the registration information acquisition unit 530 presents a message on the touch panel 510 that presumes that the user is a nonmember and urges member registration. If the member is a free member even in the logged-in state, the registration information acquisition unit 530 presents on the touch panel 510 a message prompting registration as a paying member. Even if the information presenting application is not logged in, the presence or absence of membership registration and the membership type may be determined by referring to the information such as the mail address and password recorded in the information presenting application as the login history. .. In that case, based on the information included in the login history, the management server 300 is accessed to determine the presence or absence of member registration and the member type. If it is determined that the member has already been registered, the user is prompted to log in, and the member is not registered. The user may be prompted to register as a member when it is determined that the registration is made. When the information presenting application provides functions such as image storage function, editing function, browsing function, and posting and sharing function to SNS, for example, if the user is a paid member, all functions are provided, and if the user is a free member. If you are a non-member, you may limit all functions.

FIG. 10 schematically shows an example of a screen displayed on the upper monitor 113 of the amusement shooting device 100 in order to establish pairing between the terminal device 500 and the amusement shooting device 100. On the screen 700 of the game-playing device 100, a method for establishing pairing between the terminal device 500 and the game-playing device 100 is displayed in the explanation field 702 by characters or figures. For example, first, an instruction to activate the information presentation application on the user's own terminal device 500 and an instruction to touch the pairing button 704, which is a predetermined area on the screen 700, are displayed. When it is detected that the user has touched the pairing button 704 with hands, the game device for amusement machine 100 searches for nearby devices through the short-range wireless communication module and issues a reply request of a predetermined pass code and the same pass code. To do. Upon receiving the passcode, the information presentation application on the terminal device 500 confirms the connection with the game device 100 for amusement, and a character string such as "Do you want to connect with (model name)?" Display on screen. When the user touches the “pairing button” on the screen of the terminal device 500, the terminal device 500 returns the received passcode. Pairing is established when the game capturing device 100 receives the passcode from the terminal device 500 within a predetermined time after the user touches the pairing button 704 on the screen 700, and the game capturing device 100 displays " A message notifying the establishment of pairing, such as “successful pairing!”, is displayed on the screen 700. When used by a plurality of users, one user can touch the pairing button 704 and a plurality of users can operate their own terminal devices 500 to establish a plurality of pairings at one time.

FIG. 11 schematically shows an example of a screen displaying a list of users who have completed pairing. The game-playing device 100 attempts pairing with the terminal devices 500 of a plurality of users and displays a user list 752 in which a plurality of users who have been paired are arranged on the screen 750. In the user list 752, a model name of the terminal device 500, a user name, a mail address, a member ID, and a member type are displayed in a list for each user who has completed pairing. For example, the first user with the user name “peach” has a model name of the terminal device 500, which is a mobile terminal, of “CPphone2”, an email address of “xxx@aaa.com”, a member ID of “a0001”, and a member type of It is displayed that you are a "paid member". Similarly, the user information of each of the second and third users is displayed in the user list 752. On the other hand, since the fourth user is a non-member user who has not been registered as a member, “Non-member” is displayed as the member type, and the model name “BPphone4” of the terminal device 500 to be acquired is displayed, but The registered user name, email address, and member ID are not displayed.

A release button 754 is displayed for each user on the side of the user list 752 (on the left side in the example of the drawing). When the user touches any of the release buttons 754, the game device for playing 100 releases the pairing established with the terminal device 500 of the corresponding user. As a result, when an unrelated person who happened to be nearby accidentally operated the terminal device 500 to establish pairing, or when an unrelated person maliciously established the pairing, The user can select and cancel the pairing of the unrelated terminal device 500 by himself.

Below the user list 752, a terminal addition button 756 and an OK button 758 are displayed. When used by a plurality of users and there is a user who has failed in pairing, the user touches the terminal addition button 756, and the terminal device 500 of the user who is not displayed in the user list 752 is ex post facto. Can be added. The terminal addition button 756 functions similarly to the pairing button 704 of FIG. 10, and within a predetermined time after touching the terminal addition button 756, the user to be added becomes a pairing button displayed on the terminal device 500. Pairing is completed by touching. If any user touches the OK button 758 when the pairing of all the users is established, the pairing process ends and the process shifts to shooting preparation. At this time, the image group identifier is issued, and the image group identifier and the user information such as the user identification information and the application ID are associated with each other and stored in the game photographing device 100 for play. Further, the image group identifier may be transmitted to the information presentation application of the terminal device 500 that has been paired, and the information presentation application may store the image group identifier. Thereby, even for a non-member, for example, it is possible to easily realize the posterior downloading of images based on the image group identifier stored in the information presentation application when the posterior member is registered as a member.

FIG. 12 is a flow chart showing a schematic flow of a play in the game photographing device 100. Wait until the user inserts a predetermined amount of coin into the coin insertion slot (N of S10), and if the predetermined amount of coin is inserted (Y of S10), perform the pairing process described in FIGS. Execute (S12). After the pairing process is completed, the user selects the image quality of the photograph (S14), selects the angle of view and angle of the camera (S16), and selects the background for chroma key composition (S18). With the above, the advance customer service process is completed, and the process proceeds to the shooting process in the shooting space 10 (S20). When the photographing process is completed, the user moves from the photographing space 10 to one of the editing spaces 20a and 20b and shifts to the editing process (S22). When the editing process is completed, the user moves from the editing space 20 to the output space 30, and shifts to the output process including printing and image transmission (S24).

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing details of the output processing in S24 of FIG. First, the printer 34 starts printing an image selected from the captured image and the edited captured image (S30). While the user is waiting for the completion of printing, a screen for selecting an image to be transmitted is displayed on the terminal device 500 of the user who is a free member (S32). Note that the user who is a paying member may skip the process of S32 in order to transmit all captured images and edited images, and the user who is a non-member may also skip the process of S32 because the image is not transmitted. Good. That is, the process of S32 is executed when there is no paying member user included and when there is at least one free member user included. After S32, all images generated in the play are transmitted to the management server 300 regardless of the presence or absence of members and the member type (S34). This is because, for example, all images are stored in the management server 300 so that even free members and non-members can download the images from the management server 300 when they are subsequently registered as paid members. Note that the timing of S34 for executing the all-image transmission process is merely defined as this timing for convenience, and may be performed at any timing in the flow of this figure.

Hereinafter, whether a wireless communication connection is established with the terminal device 500 corresponding to the play to be output, whether one or more users corresponding to the play include a paying member, or 1 corresponding to the play. Different processes are executed depending on whether non-members are included in more than one user. First, there is a terminal device 500 to which a wireless communication connection has been established (Y in S36), and a user who has a connection includes a paying member (Y in S38) and does not include a non-member. In the case (N of S40), all the images are transmitted to all the terminal devices 500 with which the connection is established (S42). In this case, if at least one paying member is included in the plurality of users, all images will be transmitted to the free members. After the transmission is completed, the wireless communication connection is released and the pairing setting is also discarded (S56), and the wireless communication is not connected at the time of the output processing (the terminal device 500 (the terminal that has been disconnected)). (Including) is present, the management server 300 is instructed to send all images to the user (S58). As the instruction to the management server 300, the identification information such as the mail address of the target user, the member ID, and the application ID is transmitted together with the image group identifier.

In S40, when a non-member is included (Y of S40), information is displayed to the non-member terminal device 500 with which the connection is established that the image is not transmitted to the non-member and a message for urging member registration is presented. Notification is made via the application (S44), and all the images are transmitted to the terminal device 500 of the member with which the connection is established (S46). In this case, if at least one paying member is included in the plurality of users, all the images will be transmitted to the free members, but the images will not be transmitted to the non-members. After the transmission is completed, the wireless communication connection is released and the pairing setting is discarded (S56). If there is a member terminal device 500 to which the wireless communication connection has not been made, all images are displayed to the user. An instruction is sent to the management server 300 to send (S58).

In S38, if no paying member is included (N in S38) and no non-member is included (N in S48), all the users are free members, so the image selected in S32 is connected. Is transmitted to all the established terminal devices 500 (S50). After the transmission is completed, the wireless communication connection is released and the pairing setting is discarded (S56). If there is a free member terminal device 500 that was not connected to the wireless communication, the selected image is displayed for that user. An instruction is sent to the management server 300 to send (S58).

In S38, if no paying member is included (N of S38) and a non-member is included (Y of S48), the non-member terminal device 500 to which the connection is established is displayed as an image to the non-member. Is sent via the information presentation application and a message prompting member registration is sent (S52). The image selected in S32 is transmitted to the terminal device 500 of the free member with which the connection is established (S54). After the transmission is completed, the wireless communication connection is released and the pairing setting is discarded (S56). If there is a free member terminal device 500 that was not connected to the wireless communication, the selected image is displayed for that user. An instruction is sent to the management server 300 to send (S58).

In S36, when there is no terminal device 500 to which the wireless communication is connected (N in S36), the processing from S38 to S56 is skipped, and the management server is configured to transmit the image to the unconnected terminal device 500. An instruction is sent to 300 (S58). In this case, all images are sent to paying members, but only selected images are sent to free members. However, if a paid member is included, all images may be transmitted to the free member. Further, although the image is not transmitted to the non-member, the image can be downloaded from the time of registration when the member is subsequently registered as a member. When the printing of the image is completed through the above output processing, the user receives the sticker paper from the sticker paper discharge port 313 provided in the output housing 31, and the series of play ends.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing a process in the management server 300 which receives an image transmission instruction from the game photographing device 100. The management server 300 waits in S58 of FIG. 13 until it receives an image transmission instruction from the game shooting apparatus 100 (N of S60), and when it receives an image transmission instruction (Y of S60), the management server 300 Based on the identification information such as the mail address and the member ID received together with the image group identifier, the user is searched and specified from the member database (S62), and the application ID of the information presentation application of the user is specified (S64) and specified. The image is transmitted to the information presentation application based on the application ID (S66), and the transmission completion is notified to the user via the information presentation application (S68). However, various methods can be adopted as a method of transmitting an image to the information presentation application. For example, a so-called push type transmission method or a pull type transmission method may be used. In the latter case, only the fact that the image is ready to be transmitted may be notified in advance by push and the image may be downloaded in pull. For example, the management server 300 transmits the application ID of the push notification destination to a predetermined push notification server, and the information presentation application side regularly or irregularly transmits a packet of the application ID to the push notification server, and the application IDs match. In this case, a push notification is given to the information presenting application, and the image is downloaded based on the user's operation and instruction. Since the user identification information such as the mail address and the member ID is not registered for the non-member, it is the application ID issued when the non-member installed the information presentation application. The notification is made based on the application ID transmitted to the amusement image capturing apparatus 100 by the pairing.

The photography system 600 according to the embodiment of the present invention has been described above. The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the above embodiment, the case where a predetermined pairing button is touched for pairing is illustrated. In the modification, for example, the pairing process may be performed in response to a predetermined operation detected by using an acceleration sensor or the like such as shaking the terminal device 500 in the vertical direction or an operation such as reading a two-dimensional barcode. Good.

At the time of taking a photograph, services having different values may be provided depending on the presence or absence of member registration and the member type. For example, a non-member user is provided with a normal shooting, a free member user is allowed to re-shoot only once, and a paid member user is allowed to take each photo once. Allow reshooting. When shooting with a group of a plurality of users, if at least one member is included in the group, different services are provided depending on whether the member is a free member or a paid member. When it is determined that there is no other user waiting to play at the time of taking a picture, extension of the use time of the shooting space 10 or the lighting may be permitted only when the user is a free member or a paid member. .. In this way, different services can be provided depending on the presence or absence of member registration and the member type, because the information on the member type can be obtained in advance by performing pairing in the pre-service processing before the start of play.

Even when a photo is edited, services having different values may be provided depending on the presence or absence of member registration and the type of member. For example, non-member users can be provided with normal graffiti editing, and free member users can be allowed to use special motif images and background images that are not normally provided. On the other hand, not only the use of the special motif image but also the composition with the past photographed image is permitted.

Even when a photo is output, services having different values may be provided depending on the presence or absence of member registration and the member type. For example, the present A is given to non-members when accessing the download site, while the present is given directly to the information presentation application to the members (Present B for free members, Present C for paid members). Transfer and give. The present may be content attached to the photography service or a coupon that can be used at another store, and the value of such content or coupon is set to differ depending on the difference between a non-member, a free member, and a paying member. As a present for the user, the right to use the photo output terminal of an external store different from the store in which the game shooting device 100 is installed may be given.

As services at the time of taking a picture, editing a picture, and outputting a picture, services having different values may be provided depending on whether or not the user has registered an account with a predetermined SNS. A user who has already registered an SNS account in the photography service can expect to post the photographed image on the SNS, and is useful for disclosing the name of the service, and thus provides added value corresponding to the expectation. Further, after giving the photographed image, when the user posts the image using the SNS posting function built in the information presenting application, a present may be further given. The information presentation application may present an advertisement prompting such posting.

As a modified example, the game shooting device 100 and the information presentation application may provide an additional simple shooting function after the photo shooting as a privilege to the user who has used the photo shooting by the game shooting device 100. That is, while the user waits for a photo to be output in the output space 30 of the output unit 52 after shooting, the user can easily take a picture of himself or herself with the terminal device 500 such as a mobile phone with a camera against the background of the game device 100 for playing. Suppose you want to shoot. For such a case, the information presentation application in the user's terminal device 500 has a camera function and a material composition function. The material synthesizing function is configured to synthesize a material such as a stamp or a character of a type corresponding to the model of the game photographing device 100 used by the user with the photograph.

10 shooting space, 20 editing space, 60 image generation unit, 61 editing processing unit, 62 registration processing unit, 63 output processing unit, 100 shooting device for play.

Claims (4)

An image generating unit that acquires the captured image including the User chromatography The the subject,
An editing processing unit that acquires an edited image by editing the captured image based on an instruction of the previous SL user,
Information for identifying a mobile terminal to which the connection is established and the user is identified by acquiring information for identifying the user while establishing a connection with the mobile terminal of the user via wireless communication. A registration processing unit that records a correspondence relationship with information for
An output processing unit that executes an output process so that at least one of the captured image and the edited image is transmitted to the mobile terminal whose correspondence is recorded in the registration processing unit;
Equipped with
The registration processing unit acquires, together with information for identifying a user, membership type information that is information including whether or not the user is registered as a member of a predetermined photography service,
When the information for identifying the user and the membership type for a plurality of users are acquired in one shooting opportunity, the output processing unit selects one of the captured image and the edited image acquired in the shooting opportunity. multiple users of membership type specific whether amusement imaging apparatus that determine the range of the image to be transmitted according to the type contains in the. The registration processing unit records the correspondence relationship between the information for identifying the portable terminal with which the connection is established in the first shooting opportunity and the information for identifying the user, and the first shooting opportunity is The correspondence relationship between the information for identifying the portable terminal with which the connection is established at the different second photographing opportunity and the information for identifying the user is recorded,
The output processing unit transmits the captured image and the edited image acquired in the first shooting opportunity to the mobile terminal in which the correspondence relationship is recorded in the registration processing unit in the first shooting opportunity. Output processing is performed as described above, and the captured image and the edited image acquired in the second shooting opportunity are transmitted to the mobile terminal in which the correspondence relationship is recorded in the registration processing unit in the second shooting opportunity. The game-playing device for a game according to claim 1, wherein the output process is executed as described above. The registration processing unit acquires, together with information for identifying a user, membership type information that is information including whether or not the user is registered as a member of a predetermined photography service,
3. The game shooting device for a game according to claim 1, wherein the editing processing unit determines a function providing range according to the member type for each user among the image editing functions that can be provided to the user. Acquiring a user image by a predetermined image acquisition means,
Editing the user image based on a user instruction to obtain an edited image,
Establishing a connection via wireless communication with the user's mobile terminal;
Obtaining information for identifying the user by a predetermined information obtaining means,
Recording a correspondence relationship between information for identifying the portable terminal with which the connection has been established and information for identifying the user,
A step of performing an output process so that at least one of the user image and the edited image is transmitted to the mobile terminal in which the correspondence relationship is recorded in the recording step;
Equipped with
In the step of recording, together with the information for identifying the user, the membership type information, which is information including whether the user is registered as a member of a predetermined photography service, is acquired,
In the step of executing, when the information for identifying a user and the membership type for a plurality of users are acquired in one shooting opportunity, among the user image and the edited image acquired in the shooting opportunity, the image processing method that determine the range of the image to be transmitted depending on whether or not contain specific types in the membership type of the plurality of users.

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