JP6939329B2 - Image providing system - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an image providing system that photographs a user with a plurality of photographing devices installed at various places in a tourist spot, a theme park, or the like, and provides a printed matter or data of the photographed image.

At theme parks, etc., staff members take pictures of visitors in order, paste the printed pictures on the original mount, and sell them to the visitors.

In Patent Document 1, when a plurality of automatic photographing devices are installed in a theme park and a customer pays a fee for each installation location of the automatic photographing device and takes a picture, the photographed image data is sent to a printing system in an image output center. An image capture output system is disclosed in which a photographic print is produced. Customers can receive photo prints at the window of the image output center. However, it was troublesome because it was necessary to pay for each shooting.

Japanese Patent No. 3913453

An object of the present invention is to provide an image providing system that performs a photo rally in which a user is photographed at a plurality of places in a tourist spot, a leisure facility, or the like, and provides the photographed image to the user after the rally is completed.

The image providing system according to the present invention can communicate with a plurality of photographing systems for photographing a user, an image selling device for selling images photographed by the photographing system, the plurality of photographing systems, and the image selling device. Each photographing system is provided with a server connected to, and each photographing system generates identification information, issues a ticket printed with the identification information, or reads identification information from a ticket presented to the user, and causes the user. The photographed image data and the generated identification information or the identification information read from the ticket are transmitted to the server, and the server stores the photographed image data received from the photography system and the identification information in association with each other. Then, the image selling device reads the identification information from the ticket presented to the user, acquires the image data corresponding to the read identification information from the server, and obtains the image data and / or the printed matter of the image data. The purchase order is accepted, the image data for which the purchase order for the printed matter is accepted is printed on paper and output, and the image for which the purchase order for the image data is accepted is notified to the server.

In one aspect of the present invention, the photographing system generates image data for printing and preview image data having a data size smaller than that of the image data for printing when the user photographs the image for printing. The data and the preview image data are transmitted to the server, and the image sales device prints the preview image data corresponding to the identification information read from the ticket and the image for which the purchase order of the printed matter is received from the server. For image data and acquisition.

In one aspect of the present invention, the image sales device reads identification information from a plurality of tickets presented to the user, and acquires image data corresponding to the read plurality of identification information from the server.

In one aspect of the present invention, when the server notifies the image of the image data for which the purchase order has been received from the image selling device, the server sets the image data of the notified image as downloadable data.

In one aspect of the present invention, the photographing system issues a ticket printed with a code image in which the URL of the image data download site provided by the server is encoded, and the URL includes the identification information.

In one aspect of the present invention, when the server is accessed from the user terminal that has read the code image of the ticket, the server acquires the identification information of the accessing user, and the same identification information as the identification information is associated with the identification information. Of the image data provided, the image data that can be downloaded is transmitted to the user terminal.

According to the present invention, a photo rally in which a user is photographed at a plurality of places in a tourist spot, a leisure facility, or the like is performed, and the photographed image is provided after the rally is completed. After the rally is over, the image sales device accepts orders for image data and printed materials from users and performs billing processing, so there is no need to pay for each shot.

It is a figure which shows the installation example of the image providing system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the ticket used in a photo rally. It is a block block diagram of the image providing system which concerns on this embodiment. It is a schematic external view of the photographing system which concerns on the same embodiment. It is a block block diagram of the photographing system which concerns on the same embodiment. It is a flowchart explaining the shooting process in the shooting system which concerns on the same embodiment. It is a perspective view of the image sales apparatus which concerns on the same embodiment. It is a block block diagram of the image sales apparatus which concerns on the same embodiment. It is a functional block diagram realized by executing an image sales program. It is a flowchart explaining the image selling method which concerns on this embodiment.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

The image providing system according to the present embodiment is installed in a tourist spot, a leisure facility, or the like, and the shooting system is installed in various places, and the user (tourist) takes a picture of the place where the shooting system is installed. Perform a photo rally to shoot. After the photo rally is completed, the captured image data is printed out and provided to the user. In addition, the user can download the image data.

FIG. 1 shows an example in which an image providing system is installed in a theme park. FIG. 2 shows a ticket T used for a photo rally. FIG. 3 shows a block configuration of an image providing system. The image providing system includes an image selling device 5, a server 10, and a plurality of photographing systems 40. The image sales device 5 is provided in the management center 1 where the entrance / exit gate of the theme park is located. The shooting system 40 is installed at various shooting spots in the theme park.

At the shooting spot, it is confirmed whether or not the ticket T is owned. When the user does not own the ticket T, the photographing system 40 photographs the user with the camera 41 (see FIGS. 4 and 5), and then generates identification information that uniquely identifies the user, and this identification information is generated. A ticket T on which the two-dimensional code Q indicating the above is printed is issued.

The two-dimensional code Q indicates a URL for accessing a download site for captured image data, and a part of this URL is identification information. The passcode P for logging in to the download site is also generated by the photographing system 40 and printed on the ticket T.

The photographing system 40 transmits the generated identification information and passcode and the photographed image data to the server 10.

The user can receive the ticket T when shooting at the first shooting spot. At the subsequent shooting spots, the user holds the ticket T over the reader 44 (see FIGS. 4 and 5) of the shooting system 40. When the reader 44 reads the two-dimensional code Q of the ticket T, the photographing system 40 photographs the user. The photographing system 40 transmits the identification information acquired by reading the two-dimensional code Q and the photographed image data to the server 10.

The server 10 stores the image data transmitted from the plurality of photographing systems 40 in the park in association with the identification information.

After the photo rally is completed, the user holds the ticket T over the image sales device 5. The reading unit 53 (see FIGS. 7 and 8) provided in the image sales device 5 reads the two-dimensional code Q of the ticket T and notifies the server 10 of the identification information.

The server 10 transmits the image data corresponding to the notified identification information to the image sales device 5. The image sales device 5 displays a list of images received from the server 10. The user selects an image to be purchased and puts the price into the image sales device 5. The image sales device 5 prints the selected image on photographic paper to produce a printed matter.

Further, the image sales device 5 notifies the server 10 of the purchased image. The server 10 sets the notified purchase image to be downloadable. When the user reads the two-dimensional code Q of the ticket T with a user terminal such as a smartphone to access the download site and inputs the passcode P, the data of the purchased image can be downloaded.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the user can obtain prints and image data of images taken at a plurality of shooting spots. When the camera 41 is installed in the upper part of a tall building or the like, the image has a special shooting angle that cannot be taken even if the user brings a tripod or the like. In addition, since the ticket T can be issued at each shooting spot, the user can participate in the photo rally at any time.

A user may issue a ticket T at a plurality of shooting spots and own a plurality of ticket Ts. For example, if one group (for example, a family member) temporarily divides into a plurality of people in the park and acts differently and issues tickets T separately at a shooting spot, one group owns a plurality of ticket Ts.

In such a case, a plurality of tickets T are continuously held over the image selling device 5. The image sales device 5 reads the two-dimensional codes Q of the plurality of tickets T and notifies the server 10 of the plurality of identification information. The server 10 transmits the image data corresponding to the plurality of notified identification information to the image selling device 5. As a result, even if one group owns a plurality of tickets T, the captured images can be viewed, selected, and purchased at one time, which is efficient.

The server 10 associates a plurality of identification information belonging to the same group with one image data. As a result, the user can download the data of the purchased image regardless of reading the two-dimensional code Q of any ticket T and accessing the download site using the user terminal. Become.

Next, the configuration of each part of the image providing system will be described. As shown in FIG. 2, the server 10 includes a communication processing unit 11, a search unit 12, a download enable / disable setting unit 13, a download site providing unit 14, and a storage unit 15. The server 10 is composed of a computer including an auxiliary storage device such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a RAM (Random Access Memory), a communication module, and a semiconductor memory, and each function is realized by the CPU executing a program.

The communication processing unit 11 performs communication processing with the image sales device 5 and each photographing system 40. For example, the communication processing unit 11 receives the identification information and the image data from the photographing system 40. The communication processing unit 11 stores the identification information and the image data in the storage unit 15 in association with each other. The image data includes a large-sized image data for printing and a small-sized image data for previewing.

The communication processing unit 11 receives the identification information and the image data as well as the passcode for logging in to the download site from the photographing system 40 that issued the ticket T (generated the identification information), and stores the identification information in association with the identification information. Store in 15.

When the image sales device 5 notifies the identification information, the search unit 12 searches and retrieves the corresponding preview image data from the storage unit 15. The extracted preview image data is transmitted to the image sales device 5 by the communication processing unit 11.

When the image sales device 5 notifies the purchased image, the search unit 12 retrieves the corresponding print image data from the storage unit 15. The extracted image data for printing is transmitted to the image sales device 5 by the communication processing unit 11.

When the image selling device 5 notifies the purchased image, the downloadability setting unit 13 sets a flag indicating that the image data corresponding to the purchased image can be downloaded and sets that the data can be downloaded.

The download site providing unit 14 provides a website for downloading image data. The download site providing unit 14 requests the user terminal that has read and accessed the two-dimensional code Q of the ticket T to input the passcode. Since the URL indicated by the two-dimensional code Q contains the identification information, the download site providing unit 14 compares the passcode corresponding to the identification information with the input passcode and authenticates the user.

If the entered passcode is correct, the download site providing unit 14 transmits a flagged downloadable image data list screen among the image data corresponding to this identification information to the user terminal. The download site providing unit 14 transmits the image data for printing of the image selected on the list screen to the user terminal.

FIG. 4 is a schematic external view of the photographing system 40, and FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the photographing system 40. The photographing system 40 includes a camera (photographing unit) 41, a touch panel 42, a speaker 43, a reader 44, a ticket issuing machine 45, and a control device 46. The control device 46 includes an image processing unit 401, an input processing unit 402, an output processing unit 403, a code generation unit 404, and a communication unit 405. The control device 46 is composed of a computer having a CPU, a RAM, a communication module, an auxiliary storage device, and the like, and each function of the control device 45 is realized by executing a program by the CPU.

The camera 41 is, for example, a digital camera, which photographs a user and generates captured image data. FIG. 4 shows an example in which the camera 41 is installed on the touch panel 42, but the installation location of the camera 41 is not limited to this, and the camera 41 is installed at the upper part of the building so that the user can be photographed from above. You may.

The image processing unit 401 receives captured image data from the camera 41 and generates print image data and preview image data.

The touch panel 42 displays information that can be visually recognized by the user. The output processing unit 403 performs data processing necessary for displaying information on the touch panel 42. In addition, the touch panel 42 detects the user's operation. The input processing unit 402 performs data processing according to the user operation. Instead of the touch panel 42, a display for displaying information, an operation button for receiving the operation of the user, and the like may be provided.

The speaker 43 outputs voice guidance and the like. The output processing unit 403 performs data processing for generating the sound emitted by the speaker 43.

The reader 44 reads the two-dimensional code Q printed on the ticket T possessed by the user and acquires the identification information.

The output processing unit 403 displays a screen asking the possession of the ticket T on the touch panel 42. When the user inputs an answer that he / she does not have the ticket T via the touch panel 42, the code generation unit 404 generates the identification information.

For example, the code generation unit 404 generates identification information by combining information indicating a shooting spot, a machine number of the camera 41, a date and time, and the like. The code generation unit 404 generates a two-dimensional code indicating the URL of the download site including the identification information.

In addition, the code generation unit 404 generates a passcode for logging in to the download site.

The ticket issuing machine 45 prints the two-dimensional code and the passcode generated by the code generation unit 404 on a sheet of paper, and issues the ticket T as shown in FIG.

The communication unit 405 transmits the identification information and passcode generated by the code generation unit 404, or the identification information read by the reader 44, and the print image data and the preview image data to the server 10.

When the camera 41 is installed at a distant position such as a high place, the photographing system 40 informs the user of the position of the camera 41 by voice or display of the touch panel 42, and instructs the user to face the camera 41. May be good

The photographing system 40 may display the image captured by the camera 41 on the touch panel 42 and ask the user whether to retake the image.

The photographing system 40 may be any as long as it can photograph the user, read the two-dimensional code Q of the ticket T, and issue the ticket T, and is not limited to the configurations shown in FIGS. 4 and 5. For example, the camera 41 may be operated by a cameraman. Further, a robot equipped with a camera 41, a touch panel 42, a reader 44, and the like and capable of having a conversation with a user may be used.

The processing of the photographing system 40 at the photographing spot will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

When the user walks around the park, finds a shooting spot, and approaches, a question screen asking whether or not he / she owns the ticket T is displayed on the touch panel 42. When the user has already taken a picture at another shooting spot and owns the ticket T (step S1_Yes), the shooting system 40 uses the touch panel 42 and the speaker 43 to hold the ticket T over the reader 44. Instruct.

When the user holds the ticket T over the reader 44, the reader 44 reads the two-dimensional code Q and acquires the identification information (step S2). The photographing system 40 photographs the user using the camera 41 (step S3).

When the user does not own the ticket T (step S1_No), the photographing system 40 photographs the user using the camera 41 (step S4). After shooting, the code generation unit 404 generates identification information and a passcode (step S5), and the ticket issuing machine 45 issues the ticket T (step S6). The user can take a picture at another shooting spot with the issued ticket T.

The image processing unit 401 receives the captured image data from the camera 41 captured in steps S3 or S4, and generates print image data and preview image data (step S7).

The communication unit 405 transmits the print image data, the preview image data, and the identification information (and the passcode) to the server 10 (step S8).

In this way, the photographing system 40 reads or issues the ticket T, photographs the user, transfers the captured image data to the server 10, and the like.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the image sales device 5, and FIG. 8 is a block configuration diagram of the image sales device 5. The image sales device 5 includes a first touch panel 51A, a second touch panel 51B, a billing unit 52, a reading unit 53, a CPU 54, a storage unit 55, a communication processing unit 56, and a printer 57.

The first touch panel 51A is provided on the top plate 50A portion of the housing 50, and the second touch panel 51B is provided on the upper portion of the housing 50. The screens of the top plate 50A and the first touch panel 51A are slightly tilted so that the front side is low and the back side is high so that the input operation to the first touch panel 51A can be easily performed. The display screen of the second touch panel 51B is in a state of standing substantially vertically. The display screens of the first touch panel 51A and the second touch panel 51B are about the same size. The number of touch panels is not limited to two, and may be one or three or more.

The first touch panel 51A and the second touch panel 51B display information including an image and accept input of various instructions from the user. For example, the first touch panel 51A or the second touch panel 51B displays an order screen for accepting selection of an image to be purchased.

The billing unit 52 has a coin slot 52A, a bill slot 52B, and a change return port 52C provided on the front side of the housing 50, and identifies and counts the coins inserted from the coin slot 52A and the bill slot 52B. Then, the change is discharged from the change return port 52C. Further, the billing unit 52 may have a payment function using electronic money. Further, the billing unit 52 may have a receipt printer that prints and outputs the order details, the billing amount, the input amount, the change amount, and the like on the receipt.

The reading unit 53 reads the identification information from the two-dimensional code Q printed on the ticket T.

The communication processing unit 56 communicates with the server 10, transmits the identification information read by the reading unit 53 to the server 10, and receives the image data corresponding to the identification information.

The printer 57 is a high-resolution color printer such as a sublimation type or an inkjet type, and prints image data on photographic paper and outputs the image data based on the order contents. The printer 57 is housed in the housing 50. A plurality of printers 57 may be installed. As shown in FIG. 7, a transparent opening / closing door 50B is provided on the front side of the housing 50 so as to be openable / closable. On the back side of the opening / closing door 50B, an accumulation portion (not shown) for accumulating the printed matter printed by the printer 57 is provided, and when the opening / closing door 50B is opened, the printed matter accumulated in the accumulating portion can be taken out. It has become like.

The storage unit 55 includes a main memory and a hard disk drive for storing a control program and an image sales program. The CPU 54 functions as a control unit 54A that controls the operation of each unit of the image sales device 5 by executing a control program.

Further, when the CPU 54 executes the image sales program, the image acquisition unit 501, the order processing unit 502, the purchase image notification unit 503, and the print processing unit 504 are realized as shown in FIG.

The image acquisition unit 501 transmits the identification information read by the reading unit 53 to the server 10 and acquires the preview image data corresponding to the identification information. Further, the image acquisition unit 501 acquires print image data corresponding to the purchased image from the server 10.

The order processing unit 502 creates an order screen using the preview image data, displays it on the first touch panel 51A or the like, accepts a purchase order for the image, and makes a payment using the billing unit 52.

The purchase image notification unit 503 notifies the server 10 of the purchased image (image file name, etc.) to the user by using the communication processing unit 56.

The print processing unit 504 controls the printer 57 and prints out the print image data acquired from the server 10.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating a flow in which a user purchases an image using the image sales device 5.

When the user finishes the photo rally, he / she returns to the management center 1 and holds the ticket T over the reading unit 53 of the image sales device 5 to read the two-dimensional code Q (step S10). The reading unit 53 reads the two-dimensional code Q and acquires the identification information. When the user owns a plurality of tickets T, the two-dimensional code Q of all the tickets T is read (step S11).

The communication processing unit 56 notifies the server 10 of the identification information acquired in step S10 (step S12).

When the server 10 receives the identification information from the image sales device 5, the server 10 searches the storage unit 15, takes out the preview image data corresponding to the identification information, and transmits the preview image data to the image sales device 5. When the image sales device 5 acquires the preview image (step S13), the image sales device 5 creates an order screen and displays the image on the first touch panel 51A (or the second touch panel 51B) so as to be selectable (step S14).

The image sales device 5 accepts an image purchase order via the order screen (step S15).

When the user completes the order, the billing process is performed, the input money is counted, the change is withdrawn, the receipt is printed, and the like (step S16).

The purchase image notification unit 503 notifies the server 10 of the purchased image to the user by using the communication processing unit 56 (step S17). The server 10 transmits the print image data corresponding to the notified purchased image to the image sales device 5. The server 10 sets a flag in the print image data in the storage unit 15 for the notified purchased image and sets it as downloadable data.

The print processing unit 504 transfers the print image data received from the server 10 to the printer 57 and executes printing (step S19). The user receives the output printed matter.

After the image purchase process, the user reads the two-dimensional code Q of the ticket T using a user terminal such as a smartphone, and accesses the server 10 using the URL information. Since the URL includes the identification information, the server 10 can acquire the identification information of the accessing user.

The server 10 searches the storage unit 15 and extracts the image data that can be downloaded from the image data of the accessing user. The server 10 creates an image data download screen. When the user instructs the download from the download screen, the server 10 transfers the image data (print image data) to the user terminal.

In this way, the image sales device 5 can purchase a printed matter of an image taken by a photo rally and purchase image data.

In each shooting system 40, shooting can be performed each time the ticket T is held up and the two-dimensional code Q is read. Therefore, the user can perform a plurality of times of shooting with one (one place) shooting system 40. The server 10 may store the image data received from the photographing system 40 in the storage unit 15 in association with the information for identifying the photographing system 40 (photographing spot) together with the user's identification information.

In the above embodiment, an example in which the printed matter and the image data are sold as a set and both the printed matter and the image data can be purchased by selecting the image has been described, but the printed matter of at least one image is purchased. Then, all the image data may be downloaded.

All image data taken by the same shooting system 40 (shooting spot) as the purchased image of the printed matter may be made available for download. Further, the printed matter may not be purchased, but only the image data may be purchased.

In the above embodiment, a ticket issuing machine 45 for issuing a ticket T may be provided at an entrance gate or the like, and the ticket T may be distributed at the time of admission. In the above embodiment, when the user does not have the ticket T, the ticket T is issued after the shooting, but the ticket T is issued before the shooting, and the ticket T is held over the reader 44 to shoot. May be good.

In the above embodiment, the identification information is generated by each photographing system 40, but even if the server 10 generates the identification information in response to the request from the photographing system 40 and notifies the generated identification information to the photographing system 40. good.

In the above embodiment, image processing such as generation of a preview image is performed by each photographing system 40, but it may be performed by the server 10. However, considering the processing load of the server 10, it is preferable that the image processing is performed by each photographing system 40.

At tourist spots and theme parks, different photo rallies may be held at a plurality of event venues, and image sales devices 5 with different selling price settings may be installed at each event venue. For example, the image sales device 5A installed in the first venue where event A is held costs 100 yen per print, and the image sales device 5B installed in the second venue where event B is held costs 200 yen per print. Set. In order to prevent a user who has performed a photo rally at the second venue from purchasing an image at a low cost with the image sales device 5A installed at the first venue, it is preferable to incorporate the event ID in the identification information.

The identification information generated by the photographing system 40 in the first venue includes an ID indicating event A. The identification information generated by the photographing system 40 at the second venue includes an ID indicating event B. If the image sales device 5A installed in the first venue reads the two-dimensional code Q of the ticket T and the event ID in the acquired identification information does not indicate the event A, the image sales device 5A displays an error and places an order. Do not accept.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment as it is, and at the implementation stage, the components can be modified and embodied within a range that does not deviate from the gist thereof. In addition, various inventions can be formed by an appropriate combination of the plurality of components disclosed in the above-described embodiment. For example, some components may be removed from all the components shown in the embodiments. In addition, components across different embodiments may be combined as appropriate.

1 Management center 5 Image sales device 10 Server 40 Shooting system

Claims (6)

Multiple shooting systems that shoot users and
An image sales device that sells images taken by the shooting system, and
A server communicatively connected to the plurality of photographing systems and the image selling device,
With
Each photographing system generates identification information, issues a ticket printed with the identification information, or reads the identification information from the ticket presented to the user, and captures the photographed image data of the user and the generated identification. The information or the identification information read from the ticket is transmitted to the server,
The server stores the photographed image data received from the photographing system in association with the identification information.
The image selling device reads the identification information from the ticket presented to the user, acquires the image data corresponding to the read identification information from the server, and purchases the image data and / or the printed matter of the image data. Is received, the image data for which the purchase order for the printed matter is accepted is printed on paper and output, and the image for which the purchase order for the image data is accepted is notified to the server.
The imaging system is an image providing system characterized in that when a user is photographed without reading the identification information from the ticket, the identification information is generated and a ticket printed with the generated identification information is issued. .. When the user takes a picture, the shooting system generates print image data and preview image data having a data size smaller than that of the print image data, and the print image data and the preview image data. To the server
The image sales device is characterized in that it acquires preview image data corresponding to identification information read from a ticket and print image data of an image for which a purchase order for a printed matter has been received from the server. The image providing system according to 1. The first or second aspect of the present invention, wherein the image selling device reads identification information from a plurality of tickets presented to the user, and acquires image data corresponding to the read plurality of identification information from the server. Image providing system. The server according to claims 1 to 3, wherein when the image selling device notifies the image of receiving the purchase order of the image data, the server sets the image data of the notified image as downloadable data. The image providing system described in either. The image according to claim 4, wherein the photographing system issues a ticket printed with a code image in which a URL of an image data download site provided by the server is encoded, and the URL includes the identification information. Offering system. When the server is accessed from the user terminal that has read the code image of the ticket, the server acquires the identification information of the accessing user, and among the image data to which the same identification information as the identification information is associated. The image providing system according to claim 5, wherein the image data that can be downloaded is transmitted to the user terminal.

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