JP6974774B2 - Shooting equipment for games - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a game photographing device that transmits a photographed image.

Conventionally, a game shooting device and a game device that can shoot a subject including multiple users multiple times with a camera, output the shot image as a photo print sheet, or send it to an external device via a network. Photography services are known. Many such amusement photography devices have been proposed that can perform the following editing processing, for example, according to the user's preference. First, chroma key processing is performed on the captured subject image to generate a subject image from 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, there is known a technique in which various devices are connected to each other by short-range wireless communication or wireless LAN.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2009-258488

The inventor of the present application has come to recognize that the application of short-range wireless communication and wireless LAN technology in amusement photography equipment and amusement photography services may promote more efficient use of services. ..

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

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the amusement photographing apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention acquires a photographing space in which a user is photographed as a subject and an image in which the user photographed in the photographing space is included in the subject. Wireless between the generation unit, the editing space that receives the user's instructions for the captured image, the editing processing unit that edits the captured image based on the user's instructions in the editing space and acquires the edited image, and the user's mobile terminal. A registration process that establishes a connection via communication, acquires information for identifying the user, and records the correspondence between the information for identifying the mobile terminal with which the connection has been established and the information for identifying the user. A unit and an output processing unit that executes output processing so that at least one of a photographed image and an edited image is transmitted to a portable terminal in which a correspondence relationship is recorded is provided.

Here, the "wireless communication" may be short-range wireless communication such as Bluetooth (trademark) or NFC (Near Field Communication), or wireless network communication such as wireless LAN (Local Area Network). That is, the wireless communication referred to here may mainly assume short-distance or short-distance wireless communication. The "connection establishment" 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, not only the photographed image or the edited image can be directly transmitted to the mobile terminal having established the wireless communication connection, but also the information for identifying the user can be easily obtained from the mobile terminal. , It is possible to make the use of the photography service using the amusement photography device more efficient.

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

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

The registration processing unit acquires information on the member type, which is information including whether or not the user is registered as a member of a predetermined photography service, together with information for identifying the user, and the output processing unit is 1. When information and membership types for identifying users for multiple users are acquired in one shooting opportunity, specific among the shooting images and edited images acquired in the shooting opportunity, among the membership types of multiple users. The range of the image 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 components and the conversion of the expression of the present invention between methods, devices, systems, computer programs, data structures, recording media and the like are also effective as aspects 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 amusement photography service.

It is a figure which shows typically the whole structure of a photography system. It is a perspective view of a game photography device seen from the left front side. FIG. 3 is a plan view of the amusement photography apparatus shown in FIG. 2 as viewed from above. It is a block diagram which shows typically the hardware composition of the game photographing apparatus. It is a functional block diagram schematically showing the functional configuration of a game photographing apparatus. It is a figure which shows typically the data structure of the content data generated by the content data generation part. It is a functional block diagram schematically showing the functional configuration of a management server. It is a figure which shows schematically the table of the user information registered in the management server. It is a functional block diagram which shows the functional composition of a terminal apparatus schematically. It is a figure which shows typically the screen example which is displayed on the upper monitor of a game photographing apparatus in order to establish the pairing of a terminal apparatus and a game photographing apparatus. It is a figure which shows typically the screen example which displays the user list which established the pairing. It is a flowchart which shows the schematic flow of a play in a game shooting apparatus. It is a flowchart which shows the detail of the output processing in S24 of FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the process in the management server which received the instruction of the image transmission from the game shooting apparatus.

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

<Overview of the Photography System> FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically showing the overall configuration of the photography system 600. The photography system 600 includes a game photography 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, a terminal device 500a and a terminal device 500b, are shown, but the number of terminal devices 500 is not limited to two and may be three or more. Hereinafter, in the present specification, unless each terminal device 500 is particularly distinguished, it is simply collectively referred to as "terminal device 500".

The game photographing device 100 is a device including a camera for taking a picture of a subject including a user and an electronic device provided with a user interface for editing the taken photographic image. When a user takes a picture with the game photographing device 100, the game photographing device 100 associates information for identifying the user with a group of photographic images including the user as a subject. The photographic image group refers to a plurality of photographic images created and grouped in a predetermined play. The information for identifying the user is user identification information such as an e-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 users who are not registered in the photography service, the unique identification information issued for each play or the identification information uniquely assigned to the dedicated information presenting application installed in the terminal device 500 may be used. Hereinafter, in the present specification, the data in which the information for identifying the user and the photographic image group including the user as the subject are associated with each other will be referred to as "content data".

The game photographing device 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 board in the form of a short-range wireless communication or a communication module of a wireless LAN. For short-range wireless communication, for example, Bluetooth ™ or NFC is used, and for wireless LAN communication, for example, the standard of IEEE802.11a / b / g / n is used. 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 amusement photography device 100, a usage history of a photography service, and user identification information. The management server 300 can transmit the content access information for accessing the photographic 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 game photographing device 100 and installed in the user's own terminal device 500, and owns the user. A group of photographic images is downloaded to the terminal device 500. The user can also edit the photographic 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 pairing with the game shooting device 100 is established by wireless communication, the photographic image or the edited image is directly received from the game shooting device 100 under the predetermined conditions described later. be able to.

<Appearance of the Game Shooting Device> FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the game shooting device 100 as viewed from the left front side. FIG. 3 is a plan view of the game photographing apparatus 100 shown in FIG. 2 as viewed from above. In the following, other drawings will be described with reference to the front-back and left-right directions shown in FIG. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the game photographing apparatus 100 includes a photographing unit 50 on the front side and an editing unit 51 on the rear side, and exhibits a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape long in the front-rear direction. An output unit 52 for outputting an edited photo or the like is provided at the rear end of the editorial unit 51.

The shooting unit 50 has a shooting housing 11 having a built-in camera for shooting a user, and a background wall portion 12 arranged behind the shooting housing 11 via a shooting space 10. The gap between the side surface of the photographing housing 11 and the side surface of the background wall portion 12 constitutes the first entrances / exits 101a and 101b which are entrances / exits to the photographing space 10. Further, the editing unit 51 has an editing housing 21 arranged adjacent to the back of the background wall unit 12. The editing housing 21 is provided with a pair of operation surfaces facing in the left-right direction. Then, the user can enter the editing spaces 20a and 20b for input work on each operation surface via the second entrances 201a and 201b. Further, the output unit 52 has an output housing 31 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 from the rear end side of the game photographing device 100. 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.

The side surfaces of the upper end portion of the photographing housing 11 and the background wall portion 12 are connected to each other by a ceiling frame 13 extending in the front-rear direction. Inside the frame of the ceiling frame 13, a ceiling lighting unit 14 that covers the shooting space 10 from above and illuminates and irradiates the flash is provided. On the left side surface (or right side surface) of the photographing housing 11, a posting space 15 for posting an explanatory note including how to use the amusement photographing apparatus 100 is provided. Further, a display unit 16 indicating whether or not the photographing housing 11 is in use is provided on the upper part of the left side surface thereof.

The display unit 16 includes an indicator lamp (not shown) that emits light or is turned off. 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 is vacant by turning off the light. The game photographing device 100 is formed in a plan view triangular shape in which the display unit 16 projects outward in the left-right direction, but the shape 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 extends forward from the main body plate 121 facing the front surface of the photographing housing 11 and the left and right ends of the main body plate 121. It has a pair of side plates 122 provided. Therefore, the background wall portion 12 is formed in a U-shape in a plan view as a whole. In the main body plate 121, the surface facing the photographing housing 11 is colored with a single color (for example, blue or green) for chroma key processing. As for coloring, the main body plate 121 may be directly colored with paint or the like, or 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 so as to be continuous with the main body plate 121. Then, as described above, the first entrances / exits 101a and 101b for entering / exiting the photographing space 10 are configured from the rear end edge of the photographing housing 11, the lower end edge of the ceiling frame 13, and the front end edge of the side plate 122. Has been done.

The editing housing 21 is a face-to-face type that can be edited by two sets of users from both the left and right sides at the same time, and an operation surface is provided on each of the left and right sides. Further, 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 front end surface of the editing housing 21 is connected to the central portion of the back surface of the background wall portion 12. The spaces on both the left and right sides of the editing housing 21 are the editing spaces 20a and 20b where two sets of users perform editing work, respectively. Above the editing housing 21, a substantially U-shaped curtain frame 22 is provided in a plan view. 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 the rear ends of the side frames 221. Although not shown, a computer equipped with 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 in a front-rear direction, and the central portion of the rear frame 222 is a support member 23 provided at the rear upper end portion of the editing housing 21. Supported by. The side frame 221 on one of the left and right sides and the half length portion of the rear frame 222 form an upper frame portion of the second entrances 201a and 201b for entering and exiting the editing spaces 20a and 20b. ..

<Hardware Configuration of Game Shooting Device> FIG. 4 is a block diagram schematically showing a hardware configuration of the game shooting device 100. In the game photographing device 100, the control unit 53, the storage unit 54, the photographing 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 entire operation of the game photographing device 100. Further, 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 non-volatile 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 out 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. Further, the ROM of the control unit 53 stores data such as a program such as firmware and setting information, and the RAM temporarily stores the data and program to be processed by the control unit 53. In the following, RAM and ROM may be collectively referred to as 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 media by the external drive 56 is transmitted to the control unit 53, stored in the storage unit 54, or installed as a program.

The shooting unit 50 is composed of a coin processing unit 17, a lighting 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 shooting processing in the shooting space 10.

The upper camera 111 and the lower camera 112 take a picture of a subject according to the control by the control unit 53. The upper camera 111 and the lower camera 112 output the image 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, in each of these cameras 111 and 112, the ideal angle of view, trimming range, and the like are set in advance in order to obtain an optimum image. Each camera 111, 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 a live image based on the image signal. More specifically, the live image by the upper camera 111 is displayed on the upper monitor 113, and the live image by the lower camera 112 is displayed on the lower monitor 114. In reality, the photographed image data saved as a still image (hereinafter, may be simply referred to as “photographed image”) is high-resolution still image data, and the photographed image data for displaying a live image (hereinafter, may be simply referred to as “photographed image”). (Also also referred to as “through image data”) is often low-resolution moving image data, but may be high-resolution moving image data.

The upper monitor 113 is a known touch panel, and as a display device, the upper camera 111 displays a live image being photographed. The upper monitor 113 also displays captured images as still images captured by the upper camera 111 and the lower camera 112. The upper monitor 113 also functions as an input device that accepts an operation of selecting a displayed captured image, a user's operation related to correction of the captured image, and the like. The signal indicating these operations is input to the control unit 53 as an operation signal. On the other hand, the lower monitor 114 displays a live image being photographed 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 configurations, and only the upper camera 111 and the upper monitor 113 may be used.

The coin processing unit 17 detects the insertion of coins into the coin insertion slot. When the coin processing unit 17 detects that a predetermined amount of coins (play fee) required for play has been inserted, the coin processing unit 17 outputs an activation signal indicating that fact 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 lighting control unit 18 controls the flash emitted by the front lighting unit 115 in the photographing space 10 according to the lighting control signal supplied from the control unit 53. Further, the lighting control unit 18 controls the electric lamps (fluorescent lamps and the like) provided inside the ceiling lighting unit 14 and the front lighting unit 115, so that the brightness in the shooting space 10 is adjusted according to the stage of the shooting process by the user. To adjust. The speaker 19 outputs sound according to the stage of the shooting 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 editorial unit 51a and the editorial unit 51b are the same, only the editorial unit 51a will be described below, and the description of the editorial unit 51b will be omitted.

The editing unit 51a is composed of 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 according to the control by the control unit 53, and detects the user's editing operation or the like on the editing screen. That is, when the editing monitor 213 is touched by the touch pens 214A and 214B, it is detected whether the operation and the touch pens 214A or 214B are touched by the user, and the operation signal is transmitted to the control unit 53. As a result, the user edits the composite image to be edited. Specifically, for the image displayed on the editing monitor 213, so-called rakusho such as characters, patterns, and figures are input by an input device such as the touch pens 214A and 214B. As a result, an output image in which the rakusho is superimposed 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 mounted on the printer 34, and discharges it to the sticker paper discharge port 313. do. The non-contact communication unit 312 is a wireless communication unit that receives and transmits data to and from a mobile terminal. For example, a short-range wireless communication module such as Bluetooth (trademark) or NFC, or a wireless network communication module such as wireless LAN may be used. included. The image data created by the editorial unit 51 is transmitted by the communication unit 55 to an external image storage server via the network.

<Functional Configuration of Game Imaging Device> FIG. 5 is a functional block diagram schematically showing the functional configuration of the game imaging device 100. The game photographing device 100 includes an image generation unit 60, an editing 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 this figure, each element described as a functional block that performs various processes can be configured by the hardware shown in FIG. 4, such as a camera, a CPU, a main memory, and another LSI (Large Scale Integrated circuit). Further, 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 hardware only, software only, or a combination thereof, and the present invention is not limited to any of them.

The image generation unit 110 includes an image pickup unit 116 and an image group acquisition unit 130. The imaging unit 116 photographs one or a plurality of users a plurality of times according to an instruction from the registration processing unit 650 to start playing, and generates a plurality of photographic images. The image pickup unit 116 can be realized by using the camera built in the above-mentioned shooting housing 11. Although not limited, the imaging unit 116 takes 6 to 8 photographs and generates about 6 to 8 photographic images. The image group acquisition unit 130 acquires a plurality of photographic images of two or more users generated by the image pickup unit 116 by a plurality of shootings. The image group acquisition unit 130 manages a plurality of acquired photographic images as a group of photographic images. More specifically, the image group acquisition unit 130 assigns the same image group identifier to the acquired plurality of photographic images, and assigns a unique image identifier to each photographic image in order to specify 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 user's terminal device 500, and acquires information for identifying the user. In addition, the correspondence between the information for identifying the terminal device 500 for which the connection has been established and the information for identifying the user is recorded.

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

The connection processing unit 117 records the correspondence between the information for identifying the terminal device 500 for which the connection is established in the play, which is the first shooting opportunity, and the information for identifying the user. Further, the correspondence between the information for identifying the terminal device 500 for which the connection is established and the information for identifying the user in the play which is the second shooting opportunity different from the first shooting opportunity is recorded. In this way, for each play, the correspondence relationship 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 example, when the connection processing unit 117 establishes a wireless LAN communication connection, the connection processing unit 117 stores an IP address for each connected terminal device 500. The IP address for each terminal device 500 is stored in association with the user information described later acquired for each terminal device 500 and the image group identifier for identifying the corresponding play. As a modification, in the case of the specification of maintaining the connection by short-range wireless communication and transmitting the image after shooting, the pairing setting information is stored for each terminal device 500, and the user identification information, application ID, image group identifier, etc. You may memorize it by associating it with.

The connection processing unit 117 cancels the wireless communication connection with the terminal device 500 after the end of the play, and discards the pairing setting. However, since there is a limit to the number of devices that can be paired at the same time, the pairing may be canceled and the pairing setting may be discarded when the pairing is established and the connection is switched to the wireless LAN communication. In addition, 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-range wireless communication modules and wireless LAN communication modules may be built in to increase the upper limit of the number of simultaneous connections. In particular, it is often the case that multiple users use it at the same time in one play, and in one game shooting device 100, a space for pre-customer service processing 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 spaces 20a and 20b and output space 30. Therefore, by increasing the number of wireless communication modules, the number of simultaneous wireless communication connections can be increased, and the operation of the photography service can be made more efficient.

In addition, even if multiple groups of users are playing at the same time, the correspondences such as wireless communication connection setting information, user identification information, application ID, etc. are linked separately for each image group identifier, and image transmission is performed. The terminal device 500 can be easily distinguished and erroneous transmission is prevented.

The user information acquisition unit 140 receives personally identifiable information such as an e-mail address directly input to the game shooting device 100 by the user after the end of play or pre-input via the terminal device 500. If the e-mail address and user information (member type, name, gender, etc. of the photography service) are registered in the management server 300, the user information acquisition unit 140 acquires the registered user information based on the e-mail address. do. If the e-mail address is not registered in the management server 300, the user information acquisition unit 140 determines that the user information acquisition unit is a non-member of the photography service. However, the user information acquisition unit 140 may acquire user information before the start of play. In particular, when acquiring information such as an e-mail address via the terminal device 500, the user does not have to manually input the e-mail address to the game shooting device 100, and if the communication connection is established, the image is displayed. Data can be sent and received immediately after editing. It is also possible for the user information acquisition unit 140 to acquire user information other than the e-mail address from the terminal device 500, and it is also possible to have a specification that does not necessarily access the management server 300 to acquire the user information. However, even in that case, it is preferable to access and confirm whether or not 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 according to coin insertion, establishment of communication connection, and acquisition of user information.

The user information acquired by the user information acquisition unit 140 includes identification information for uniquely identifying an individual, such as an e-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, gender, date of birth, telephone number, and usage history. The user information acquisition unit 140 accepts input of user identification information such as an e-mail address from a keyboard displayed on the touch panel for a user who has not established communication with the terminal device 500, and communication with the terminal device 500 is established. User identification information such as an e-mail address is acquired from the terminal device 500. 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 e-mail address, which was conventionally acquired at the time of output processing after shooting, is acquired at the time of pre-customer service processing before shooting for the user who has established a wireless communication connection. be able to. This avoids the complexity of manually inputting such information and enables smoother and more reliable operation.

The editing processing unit 61 includes a background processing unit 120 and a content data generation unit 150. The background processing unit 120 acquires background information (chroma key mask) for distinguishing the subject in the photographed image from the background area which is a region other than the subject in the photographed image for each of the plurality of photographic images generated by the image generation unit 60. The background processing unit 120 can be realized by using, for example, the above-mentioned known chroma key processing. The background processing unit 120 generates background information as a binarized image, a grayscale image, or compressed data thereof.

The content data generation unit 150 generates content data in which a photographic image group including a plurality of photographic 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 content data including the background information acquired by the background processing unit 120 and the identification information of the game shooting device 100 in the content data. The content data generation unit 150 generates content data each time the image generation unit 110 takes a series of photographic image groups (for each play). The content data can be uniquely specified by 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 displays an image to be printed in the output space 30, contents related to output processing, and instructions on the touch panel type liquid crystal monitor 311 and outputs voice instructions 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 transmits the output image to the terminal device 500 via the non-contact communication unit 312. ..

The communication unit 170 communicates with the management server 300 via a 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 the user identification information such as an email address included in the content data. do. The non-contact 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.

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

FIG. 6 is a diagram schematically showing a data structure of content data generated by the content data generation unit 150. As shown in this figure, the content data includes at least five data fields from the first field 151 to the 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 by, for example, a combination of an identifier uniquely determined for the game photographing device 100 and a date and time when the play is started. As a result, a unique image group identifier can be generated for each game shooting device 100 and for each play. 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 photographic image data generated by the image pickup 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 pickup unit 116 takes a picture. FIG. 6 shows an example in which N images (N is a positive integer) and corresponding N types of IDs 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 user identification information such as an e-mail address of each user acquired by the user information acquisition unit 140. FIG. 6 shows an example in which M types of e-mail addresses (M is a positive integer) are stored. Here, M is the number of e-mail addresses entered in one play. Not all users who have played will input, but usually all will input, so it may be considered to be equivalent to the number of users who have played at the same time. The user identification information is not limited to an e-mail address, and may be a member ID which is identification information uniquely assigned to a user who has registered user information such as an e-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. Further, the fifth field 155 stores the identification information of the game photographing device 100 as the 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 provision unit 380.

This figure shows a functional configuration for realizing the management server 300 according to the embodiment, and other configurations are omitted. In this figure, each element described as a functional block that performs various processes can be configured by a CPU, a main memory, and other LSIs that are hardware. Further, 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 hardware only, software only, or a combination thereof, and the present invention is not limited to any of them.

The content data acquisition unit 310 associates a photographic image group including a plurality of images generated by a plurality of shootings, a photographic image group identifier for identifying the photographic image group, and user identification information such as an e-mail address. The obtained 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 shooting device 100. The content data acquired by the content data acquisition unit 310 is information for determining that at least a photographic image group and a plurality of photographic images included in this photographic image group belong to the same group (image group identifier, e-mail address, etc.). As long as it is associated with, the source does not matter. For example, it may be content data generated by associating an e-mail address with a group of photographic images obtained by a user taking a picture with a smartphone or tablet.

The storage unit 330 stores the content data acquired by the content data acquisition unit 310. The storage unit 330 can be realized by using a known large-capacity storage such as a hard disk drive (HDD), a solid state drive (SSD), and 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. As the user information, in addition to the e-mail address for each user, information such as user name, password, member ID, member type, application ID, application version information, age, gender, date of birth, telephone number, usage history, etc. It will be remembered. As the usage history, information such as the shooting date and time, the identifier of the photographed image group, the installation location or model name of the model used, and the identification information of another user used together is stored. The user information management unit 660 receives user information from the game photographing device 100 or the terminal device 500 via the network 200 and stores it in the storage unit 330. Further, the user information management unit 660 transmits the user information requested from the game photographing device 100 or the terminal device 500 to the game photographing device 100 or the terminal device 500 via the network 200.

The content transmission unit 320 transmits content data to the user's information presenting application. That is, when the content transmission 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 transmitting unit 320 authenticates the information presenting application based on the user identification information, the content data is transmitted to the information presenting application. For the user who does not use the information presenting application, the content access information for accessing the content data stored in the storage unit 330 is sent by e-mail to the e-mail address included as the user identification information in the content data. The mail sent 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 e-mail 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 presenting application is stored in the storage unit 330, and the application providing unit 380 transmits the information presenting application to the terminal device 500 in response to a request from the terminal device 500. However, the information presenting 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 presenting 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 an e-mail address, a user name, a member ID, a member type, a password, an application ID, and application version information. The e-mail address is unique identification information used not only as a destination for notification to the user but also for identifying the user. The user name is a formal user name displayed in the dialogue with the user in the photography service, and is not necessarily unique and can be arbitrarily set by the user. The member ID is information for identifying a user on the database of the management server 300, and this member ID may be used as user identification information instead of an e-mail address. In particular, the member ID is not changed even if the registration of the e-mail address is changed by the user.

Whether the membership type corresponds to "paid member" or "free member" is recorded for each user. However, as shown in the figure, the member type is distinguished by the difference in how to assign the member ID, such as the member ID alphabet is set to "a" for paid members and the member ID alphabet is set to "b" for free members. May be done. As membership types, "paid members" who are charged a membership fee and "free members" who are not charged a membership fee are prepared, and users who are not registered as any member are distinguished as "non-members". The photography service and information presentation application provide services, functions, and information with different values, which are differentiated according to whether the user's membership type is "paid member", "free member", or "non-member". do.

The password is an alphanumerical character string arbitrarily set by the user. The application ID is identification information uniquely assigned to a dedicated information presenting application downloaded and installed on the user's terminal device 500, and is for identifying which terminal the information presenting application is installed on for each user. Used for. The application ID, also called a device token, is issued from a predetermined server when the information presenting application is installed on the terminal device 500, and is particularly the destination information when push-notifying the information presenting application via the push notification server. Used to identify the presentation application. It can also be used to detect the possibility of unauthorized access from a third party when an authentication inquiry is made from a terminal with an application ID different from the previous one. The application version information is the version information of the information presenting application installed in the terminal device 500, and may include information for identifying the model name and the 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 this figure, each element described as a functional block that performs various processes can be configured by a CPU, a main memory, a touch panel, and other LSIs that are hardware. Further, 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 hardware only, software only, or a combination thereof, and the present invention is not limited to any of them. The terminal device 500 can be realized by using an electronic device including a processor, a memory, a touch panel, for example, a smartphone, a tablet PC, a fablet, a mobile phone, an electronic book terminal, a notebook PC, a desktop PC, an electronic dictionary, and the like.

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 by using a wireless communication module, for example, a short-range wireless communication such as Bluetooth ™ or NFC, or a wireless communication module such as a wireless LAN.

The touch panel 510 is a display device that presents the information generated by the terminal device 500 to the user, and at the same time, is an input device that acquires the 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 an e-mail address and a member ID, and information such as a password and a member type registered in association with the user identification information. The information presentation application is a program for realizing each function such as an image display function, an information display function, and a registration information input function in the terminal device 500 by being executed by a processor (not shown) of 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 realizes various functions in the terminal device 500. The terminal device 500 can download and install the information presentation application by requesting the management server 300 or the 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 reads the user information corresponding to the password from the storage unit 540 or via the communication unit 560. Obtained from the management server 300. If the user is a non-member who has not been registered in the photography service, the registration information acquisition unit 530 displays a message on the touch panel 510 that the e-mail address and password to be the user identification information should be set, and the e-mail address and password from the user. Is received, stored as user information in the storage unit 540 to be in the "logged-in state", and the user information is transmitted to the management server 300 via the communication unit 560. With this registration as an opportunity, as long as you are logged in, the treatment of this user can be switched from "non-member" to "free member" or "paid member".

The connection processing unit 550 establishes pairing and connection of wireless communication with the game photographing device 100 via the communication unit 560. For example, when a user performs a predetermined operation on the game shooting device 100 and a search for a nearby device is started, the connection processing unit 550 makes a passcode request and a pairing request including a passcode from the game shooting device 100. Receive. The connection processing unit 550 displays a button on the touch panel 510 to the effect that pairing is permitted together with the device name of the requesting source. At this time, the passcode received from the requesting device may be further displayed to allow the user to confirm the match of the passcode. When the user touches the button to permit pairing on the touch panel 510, the connection processing unit 550 sends a signal to permit pairing to the amusement photography apparatus 100, thereby transmitting Bluetooth ™. The pairing used is established. Next, the connection processing unit 550 establishes an ad hoc communication connection by wireless LAN with the game photographing device 100 for which pairing has been established. At this point, connection and pairing using Bluetooth ™ may be disconnected. Ad hoc communication via wireless LAN with the game shooting device 100 is performed when the connection is disconnected at the end of play, or when the communication is interrupted for a certain period of time, such as when the terminal device 500 and the game shooting device 100 are separated from each other. 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 photographing device 100, and can also access the URL included in the notification or mail received from the management server 300 to download the content data. The content data acquisition unit 520 causes the touch panel 510 to display the content data in response to an instruction from the user via the touch panel 510.

The information presentation application may provide information or functions having different values depending on whether the user is a paid member, a free member, or a non-member. For example, if the user is not logged in, the registration information acquisition unit 530 presumes that the member is not a member and presents a message prompting the member registration to the touch panel 510. If the member is a free member even if he / she is already logged in, the registration information acquisition unit 530 presents a message prompting the user to register as a paid member on the touch panel 510. The information presenting application may determine whether or not the member is registered and the member type by referring to the information such as the e-mail address and the password recorded in the information presenting application as the login history even if the user is not logged in. .. In that case, the management server 300 is accessed based on the information contained in the login history to determine whether or not the member is registered and the member type. If it is determined that the registration is successful, the user may be prompted to register as a member. When the information presentation application provides functions such as image storage and editing functions, browsing functions, posting and sharing functions to SNS, for example, if the user is a paid member, all functions are provided, and even if the user is a free member. For example, it may be provided only for some functions, and all functions may be restricted for non-members.

FIG. 10 schematically shows an example of a screen displayed on the upper monitor 113 of the game photographing device 100 in order to establish a pairing between the terminal device 500 and the game photographing device 100. On the screen 700 of the game photographing device 100, a method of establishing a pairing between the terminal device 500 and the game photographing device 100 is displayed in characters or figures in the explanatory column 702. For example, first, an instruction to start the information presenting application on the terminal device 500 of the user 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 touches the pairing button 704 by hand, the game shooting device 100 searches for surrounding devices via the short-range wireless communication module and sends a predetermined passcode and a reply request with the same passcode. do. The information presentation application on the terminal device 500 that has received the passcode presses a "pairing button" along with a character string such as "Do you want to connect with (model name)?" To confirm the connection with the game shooting device 100. Display on the 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 shooting 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 shooting device 100 is set to ". A message notifying the establishment of pairing, such as "Pairing successful!", Is displayed on the screen 700. When used by a plurality of users, one user can touch the pairing button 704 and the plurality of users operate their own terminal devices 500 to establish a plurality of pairings at one time.

FIG. 11 schematically shows a screen example for displaying a list of users for whom pairing has been established. The game photographing device 100 attempts pairing with the terminal device 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, the model name, user name, e-mail address, member ID, and member type of the terminal device 500 are displayed in a list for each user for whom pairing is established. For example, the first user named "peach" has a model name of the terminal device 500, which is a mobile terminal, "CPhone2", an e-mail address "xxx@aaaa.com", a member ID "a0001", and a member type. It is displayed that you are a "paid member". Similarly, the second and third users also display their respective user information in the user list 752. On the other hand, since the fourth user is a non-member user who is not registered as a member, "non-member" is displayed as the member type, and the model name "BPone4" of the terminal device 500 to be acquired is displayed, but not yet. The registered user name, e-mail address, and member ID are not displayed.

On the side of the user list 752 (on the left side in the example of this figure), a release button 754 is displayed for each user. When the user touches any of the release buttons 754, the game photographing device 100 releases the pairing established with the corresponding user's terminal device 500. As a result, when an unrelated person who happens to be nearby accidentally operates his / her terminal device 500 to establish pairing, or when an unrelated person maliciously establishes pairing. , The user can select and cancel the pairing of the unrelated terminal device 500 by himself / herself.

Below the user list 752, a terminal addition button 756 and an OK button 758 are displayed. When the user is used by a plurality of users and there is a user who has failed in pairing, the user touches the terminal addition button 756 to postpone the user's terminal device 500 that is not displayed in the user list 752. Can be added. The terminal addition button 756 functions in the same manner as 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. Adding a pairing is completed by touching it. When any user touches the OK button 758 when the pairing of all the users is established, the pairing process is completed and the preparation for shooting is started. At this point, the image group identifier is issued, and the image group identifier is associated with the user information such as the user identification information and the application ID and stored in the game photographing device 100. Further, the image group identifier may be transmitted to the information presentation application of the paired terminal device 500, and the information presentation application may store the image group identifier. As a result, for example, even a non-member can easily download an image after the fact based on the image group identifier stored in the information presentation application when the member is registered after the fact.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing a schematic flow of play in the game photographing device 100. Wait until the user inserts a predetermined amount of coins into the coin slot (N in S10), and if a predetermined amount of coins is inserted (Y in S10), the pairing process described in FIGS. 10 and 11 is performed. Execute (S12). After the pairing process is completed, the user selects the image quality of the photograph (S14), selects the angle of view and the angle of the camera (S16), and selects the background to be chroma keyed (S18). As a result, the pre-customer service process is completed, and the process shifts to the shooting process in the shooting space 10 (S20). When the shooting process is completed, the user moves from the shooting space 10 to any 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 processing including printing and image transmission (S24).

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing details of the output process 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 made to wait for the completion of printing, a screen for selecting an image to be transmitted to the terminal device 500 of the user who is a free member is displayed (S32). For users who are paid members, the processing of S32 may be skipped because all the captured images and edited images are transmitted, and the processing of S32 is skipped because the images are not transmitted even for non-member users. May be good. That is, the process of S32 is executed when no paid member user is included and at least one free member user is included. After S32, all the 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). For example, even if a free member or a non-member is registered as a paid member after the fact, all the images are stored in the management server 300 so that the images can be downloaded from the management server 300. The timing of executing the entire image transmission process of S34 is merely defined as this timing for convenience, and may be executed at any timing of the flow in 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 1 Perform different processes depending on whether more than one user includes non-members. First, there is a terminal device 500 in which a wireless communication connection is established (Y in S36), and the user with an established 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 for which the connection is established (S42). In this case, if even one paid member is included in the plurality of users, all the images will be transmitted to the free member as well. After the transmission is completed, the wireless communication connection is canceled and the pairing setting is also discarded (S56), and the terminal device 500 (the terminal whose connection has been disconnected) that was not connected to the wireless communication at the time of output processing. If) exists, an instruction is sent to the management server 300 to send all the images to the user (S58). As an instruction to the management server 300, identification information such as an e-mail address, a member ID, and an application ID of the target user is transmitted together with the image group identifier.

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

In S38, if no paid member is included (N in S38) and no non-member is included (N in S48), all users are free members, so the image selected in S32 is connected. Is transmitted to all the terminal devices 500 established by (S50). After the transmission is completed, the wireless communication connection is canceled and the pairing setting is discarded (S56). Is sent to the management server 300 to send (S58).

In S38, when no paying member is included (N in S38) and non-members are included (Y in S48), the non-member terminal device 500 has an image for the non-member. A message prompting member registration is notified via the information presentation application (S52). The image selected in S32 is transmitted to the free member terminal device 500 to which the connection is established (S54). After the transmission is completed, the wireless communication connection is canceled and the pairing setting is discarded (S56). Is sent to the management server 300 to send (S58).

In S36, if the terminal device 500 to which wireless communication is connected does not exist (N in S36), the processing of S38 to S56 is skipped, and the management server is requested to transmit an image to the terminal device 500 that is not connected. An instruction is sent to 300 (S58). In this case, all images are sent to paid members, but only selected images are sent to free members. However, if paid members are included, all images may be sent to free members as well. In addition, the image is not sent to non-members, but if the member is registered after the fact, the image can be downloaded from the time of registration. 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 plays is completed.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing a process in the management server 300 that has received an image transmission instruction from the game photographing device 100. The management server 300 waits until the instruction for image transmission is received from the amusement photographing apparatus 100 in S58 of FIG. 13 (N in S60), and when the instruction for image transmission is received (Y in S60), the management server 300 A user is searched and specified from the member database based on the identification information such as the e-mail address and the member ID received together with the image group identifier (S62), and the application ID of the user's information presentation application is specified (S64) and specified. An image is transmitted to the information presenting application based on the application ID (S66), and the user is notified of the completion of transmission via the information presenting application (S68). However, various methods can be adopted as the method of transmitting the 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 first by the push type, and the image may be downloaded by the pull type. For example, the management server 300 sends the application ID of the push notification destination to a predetermined push notification server, and the information presenting application side periodically or irregularly sends a packet of the application ID to the push notification server, and the application IDs match. In some cases, a push notification is made to the information presentation application, and the image is downloaded based on the user's operation and instruction. Since the user identification information such as the e-mail address and the member ID is not registered for the non-member, it is the application ID issued when the non-member installs the information presentation application, and it is the application ID issued when the photograph is taken. Notification is made based on the application ID transmitted to the amusement photography 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 embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

In the above embodiment, it is exemplified that a predetermined pairing button is touched at the time of pairing. In the modified example, the pairing may be processed by a predetermined operation detected by using an acceleration sensor such as shaking the terminal device 500 in the vertical direction or an operation such as reading a two-dimensional bar code. good.

At the time of photography, services with different values may be provided depending on whether or not the member is registered and the type of member. For example, provide normal photography to non-member users, allow free member users to retake only once, and pay member users once for every photo. Allow reshooting. When shooting in a group of multiple users, if even one member is included in the group, different services will be provided depending on whether the member is a free member or a paid member. If it is determined that there are no other users waiting to play at the end of the photo shoot, only if the user is a free member or a paid member, the shooting space 10 and the extension of the usage time of the lighting may be permitted. .. In this way, different services can be provided depending on whether or not the member is registered and the member type, because the member type information can be obtained in advance by pairing in the pre-customer service process before the start of play.

Even when editing a photo, services with different values may be provided depending on whether or not the member is registered and the type of member. For example, it provides regular graffiti editing for non-member users, and allows additional use of special motif and background images that are not normally provided for free member users, allowing paid members to use it. On the other hand, not only the use of the special motif image, but also the composition with the past own photographed image is further permitted.

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

As each service 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 a predetermined SNS account. A user who has registered an SNS account in a photography service can expect to post the photographed image to the SNS, and since it is useful for disseminating the service name, it provides added value that meets the expectation. Further, after the photographed image is given, when the user posts the image by 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 that encourages such posting.

As a modification, the amusement photography apparatus 100 and the information presentation application may provide an additional simple photography function after the photography as a privilege for the user who has used the photography by the amusement photography apparatus 100. That is, while waiting for the user to output a photo in the output space 30 of the output unit 52 after shooting, the user can easily take a photo of himself / herself with a terminal device 500 such as a camera-equipped mobile phone against the background of the game shooting device 100. Imagine shooting. For such cases, the information presentation application in the user's terminal device 500 includes a camera function and a material synthesis function. The material composition function is configured so that materials such as stamps and characters corresponding to the model of the game shooting device 100 used by the user can be combined 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 game shooting device.

Claims (4)

In a game shooting system including a game shooting device for creating content and a management server for storing the content acquired from the game shooting device and providing the content to the terminal device.
The amusement photography device is
A user information acquisition unit that acquires user identification information prepared before playing on the game shooting device in order to identify the user from the user's terminal device, and a user information acquisition unit.
An image generator that generates multiple captured images,
A content data generation unit that generates the content including the plurality of captured images, and
Content identification information that identifies the content, the user identification information, and a communication unit that transmits the content to the management server.
The management server
Equipped with a storage unit that stores member information for each user in advance
The user identification information and the content are received from the communication unit, the member information of the user specified by the user identification information is acquired from the storage unit, and the operation of the content identification information via the terminal device. Even if there is no input, the content is provided to the terminal device so that the content generated in the play after the play in the game photographing device can be acquired from the terminal device based on the member information. A photography system that manages. The amusement photography device is
It is equipped with a control unit that controls a shooting process for shooting a user, an editing process for editing a shot image created by the shooting process, and an output process for outputting the edited image created by the editing process.
The user information acquisition unit acquires the member information of the user from an external device, and obtains the member information of the user.
The photography system according to claim 1, wherein the control unit controls at least one of the shooting process, the editing process, and the output process based on the member information. The photography system according to claim 1, wherein the user information acquisition unit is configured to acquire the user identification information from the terminal device based on a two-dimensional code. A game shooting device that creates content, and a management server that stores the content acquired from the game shooting device and provides the content to a user's terminal device.
Content management method in
In the amusement photography device
A step of acquiring user identification information prepared before playing with the game shooting device in order to identify the user from the terminal device of the user, and a step of acquiring the user identification information.
Steps to generate multiple shot images and
The step of generating the content including the plurality of captured images, and
A content identification information that identifies the content, a user identification information, and a step of transmitting the content to the management server.
Equipped with
In the management server
Steps to store member information for each user in advance,
When the user identification information and the content are received from the game photographing device, the user specified by the stored user identification information is stored even if there is no operation input of the content identification information via the terminal device. based on the member information, the so said content generated in the play after play on amusement imaging device can be obtained from the terminal device, a step of managing the provision to the terminal device of the content ,
A content management method.

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