JP7227525B2 - game camera - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a game photographing device for transmitting photographed images.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a photographing device for amusement and a photographing device for amusement capable of photographing a subject including a plurality of users a plurality of times with a camera and outputting the photographed image as a photo print sheet or transmitting it to an external device via a network. Photography services are known. As for such amusement photographing devices, there have been proposed many devices that can perform, for example, the following editing processing in accordance with the user's preference. First, a photographed image of a subject is subjected to chromakey processing to generate a subject image in which the subject portion is extracted. Then, the background image selected by the user is combined with this subject image to generate a combined image. On the other hand, there are known techniques for connecting various devices to each other by short-range wireless communication or wireless LAN.

JP 2009-258488 A

The inventors of the present application have come to recognize that there is a possibility that more efficient use of services can be promoted by applying short-range wireless communication and wireless LAN technology to amusement photography devices and amusement photography services. .

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of these problems, and its object is to provide a technique capable of promoting the use of a more efficient play photography service.

In order to solve the above-described problems, an image-taking device for amusement according to one aspect of the present invention provides a shooting space in which a user is shot as a subject, and an image for obtaining a shot image including the user shot in the shooting space. A generation unit, an editing space that accepts user's instructions for a captured image, an editing processing unit that edits the captured image based on the user's instructions in the editing space to obtain an edited image, and a user's portable terminal are connected wirelessly. A registration process that establishes a connection through communication, acquires information for identifying a user, and records the correspondence relationship between the information for identifying the mobile terminal with which the connection has been established and the information for identifying the user. and an output processing unit that executes output processing so that at least one of the captured image and the edited image is transmitted to the portable terminal in which the correspondence relationship is recorded.

Here, “wireless communication” may be short-range wireless communication such as Bluetooth (trademark) or NFC (Near Field Communication), or may be wireless network communication such as wireless LAN (Local Area Network). That is, the wireless communication referred to here may mainly be assumed to be short-distance or short-distance wireless communication. "Establishing a connection" may be, for example, a process called pairing, that is, a process of establishing a wireless communication connection after mutually authenticating the devices by exchanging the same passcode. According to this aspect, not only can a captured image or an edited image be directly transmitted to a mobile terminal with which a wireless communication connection has been established, but also information for identifying the user can be easily obtained from the mobile terminal. , it is possible to more efficiently use the photographing service using the photographing device for play.

recording a correspondence relationship between information for identifying a mobile terminal with which a connection is established at a first photographing opportunity and information for identifying the user thereof, and at a second photographing opportunity different from the first photographing opportunity; It may further include a registration processing unit that records a correspondence relationship between information for identifying the mobile terminal with which connection has been established and information for identifying the user. The output processing unit executes output processing so that the captured image and the edited image acquired at the first photography opportunity are transmitted to the mobile terminal in which the correspondence relationship is recorded at the first photography opportunity, and the second For the captured image and the edited image acquired at the second shooting opportunity, output processing may be performed so as to be transmitted to the mobile terminal in which the correspondence relationship is recorded at the second shooting opportunity.

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

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

Any combination of the above-described components, and expressions of the present invention converted into methods, devices, systems, computer programs, data structures, recording media, etc. are also effective as aspects of the present invention.

ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the technique which can aim at utilization promotion of the more efficient photography service for amusement can be provided.

It is a figure which shows typically the whole structure of a photography system. It is the perspective view which looked at the imaging device for play from the left front side. FIG. 3 is a top plan view of the game imaging device shown in FIG. 2 ; It is a block diagram which shows typically the hardware constitutions of the imaging device for play. It is a functional block diagram which shows typically the functional structure of the imaging device for play. FIG. 4 is a diagram schematically showing the data structure of content data generated by a content data generation unit; 3 is a functional block diagram schematically showing the functional configuration of a management server; FIG. FIG. 4 is a diagram schematically showing a table of user information registered in a management server; FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram schematically showing the functional configuration of a terminal device; FIG. FIG. 10 is a diagram schematically showing an example of a screen displayed on the upper monitor of the game photography device to establish pairing between the terminal device and the game photography device. FIG. 10 is a diagram schematically showing an example of a screen displaying a list of users with whom pairing has been established; It is a flowchart which shows the schematic flow of the play in the imaging device for play. FIG. 13 is a flow chart showing details of output processing in S24 of FIG. 12; FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the process in the management server which received the instruction|indication of image transmission from the imaging device for play.

A photography system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

<Overview of photography system>
FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically showing the overall configuration of a photography system 600. As shown in FIG. The photography system 600 includes a game photography device 100, a management server 300, an SNS (Social Networking Service) server 400, and a plurality of terminal devices 500 connected via a network 200 such as the Internet. Although two terminal devices, ie, a terminal device 500a and a terminal device 500b are illustrated in this figure, the number of terminal devices 500 is not limited to two, and may be three or more. Hereinafter, in this specification, except for the case where each terminal device 500 is particularly distinguished, they are simply referred to collectively as "terminal device 500".

The game photographing device 100 is a device including electronic equipment having a camera for photographing a subject including a user and a user interface for editing photographed images. When the user takes a picture with the game photography device 100, the game photography device 100 associates information for identifying the user with a photographic image group including the user as a subject. A photographic image group refers to a plurality of photographic images created and grouped in one predetermined play. Information for identifying a user is user identification information such as an e-mail address registered with respect to a user who has already registered as a member of the photography service or a user who newly registers. For users who have not registered for the photography service, unique identification information issued for each play or identification information uniquely assigned to a dedicated information presentation application installed in the terminal device 500 may be used. Hereinafter, in this specification, data in which information for identifying a user and a group of photographic images including the user as a subject are linked is 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 imaging device 100, for example, on a substrate in the form of a short-range wireless communication or wireless LAN communication module. Bluetooth (trademark) or NFC, for example, is used for short-range wireless communication, and IEEE802.11a/b/g/n standards, for example, are used for wireless LAN communication. Similarly, the terminal device 500 incorporates a wireless communication module for short-range wireless communication or wireless LAN communication, and can establish a wireless communication connection with the game imaging device 100 by pairing.

The management server 300 is a server that manages user information such as content data acquired from the game photography device 100, usage history of photography service, and user identification information. The management server 300 can transmit content access information for accessing the photo image group included in the content data to the terminal device 500 possessed 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 using a dedicated information presentation application designed for the user of the game photography device 100 and installed in the terminal device 500 of the user himself/herself. A photo image group 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 management server 300 via network 200 . However, while the wireless pairing connection is established with the game photography device 100, photographic images and edited images are received directly from the game photography device 100 under predetermined conditions to be described later. be able to.

<Appearance of game photography device>
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the game photographing device 100 as seen from the front left side. FIG. 3 is a top plan view of the game photographing device 100 shown in FIG. Other drawings will be described below with reference to the front, rear, left, and right directions shown in FIG. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the game photographing device 100 includes a photographing section 50 on the front side and an editing section 51 on the rear side, and has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape elongated in the front-rear direction. At the rear end of the editing section 51, an output section 52 for outputting the photograph after editing is provided.

The photographing unit 50 has a photographing housing 11 containing a camera for photographing a user, and a background wall 12 arranged behind the photographing housing 11 via the photographing space 10 . A gap between the side surface of the imaging housing 11 and the side surface of the background wall portion 12 forms first entrances 101 a and 101 b that are entrances to the imaging space 10 . The editing section 51 also has an editing housing 21 arranged adjacent to the rear of the background wall section 12 . The editing housing 21 is provided with a pair of operation surfaces facing left and right. Then, the user can enter the editing spaces 20a and 20b through the second entrances 201a and 201b in which input work is performed on each operation surface. The output unit 52 also has an output housing 31 that contacts the rear end surface of the editing housing 21 . The operation surface of the output housing 31 faces the rear end side so that the user operates the game camera 100 from the rear end side. Therefore, the space on the rear end side of the output housing 31 becomes the output space 30 for the user to perform the output operation.

Side surfaces of upper ends of the photographing housing 11 and the background wall portion 12 are connected to each other by a ceiling frame 13 extending in the front-rear direction. A ceiling lighting unit 14 is provided inside the frame of the ceiling frame 13 to cover the photographing space 10 from above and to provide lighting and flash irradiation. On the left side (or the right side) of the photographing housing 11, a notice space 15 is provided for posting instructions including how to use the game photographing device 100. As shown in FIG. A display unit 16 is provided on the upper left side of the camera housing 11 to indicate whether the camera housing 11 is in use.

The display unit 16 includes an indicator lamp (not shown) that emits light or goes out. The display unit 16 indicates to the user that the photographing unit 50 is in use by emitting light from the indicator lamp, and indicates to the user that the photographing unit 50 is vacant by extinguishing the indicator lamp. The amusement photographing device 100 is formed in a triangular shape in plan view with the display portion 16 projecting outward in the left-right direction, but the shape is not particularly limited, and other shapes such as a convex curve may be used. .

The background wall portion 12 is formed of a plate-like member having substantially the same width and height as the camera housing 11, and includes a main body plate 121 facing the front of the camera housing 11 and extending forward from both left and right ends of the main body plate 121. A pair of side plates 122 are provided. For this reason, the background wall portion 12 is formed in a U shape as a whole when viewed from above. The surface of the main body plate 121 facing the imaging housing 11 is colored with a single color (for example, blue or green) for chromakey processing. As for coloring, in addition to directly coloring the body plate 121 with paint or the like, a colored cloth, plate, or the like may be attached. Although not shown, the floor surface of the imaging space 10 is colored with a single color for chromakey processing in the same manner as the body plate 121 so as to be continuous with the body plate 121 . As described above, the rear edge of the imaging housing 11, the lower edge of the ceiling frame 13, and the front edge of the side plate 122 form the first entrances 101a and 101b for entering and exiting the imaging space 10. It is

The editing cabinet 21 is a face-to-face type that allows two sets of users to edit simultaneously from both the left and right sides, and is provided with operation surfaces on the left and right respectively. In addition, the editing cabinet 21 has a length in the left-right direction that is shorter than the width of the background wall portion 12 in the same direction. The editing housing 21 has its front end surface connected to the central portion of the rear surface of the background wall portion 12 . The spaces on both the left and right sides of the editing housing 21 become editing spaces 20a and 20b in which two sets of users perform editing operations, respectively. A substantially U-shaped curtain frame 22 is provided above the editing housing 21 in plan view. The curtain frame 22 is composed of 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 to each other. Although not shown, a computer having a CPU (Central Processing Unit) such as a PC (Personal Computer) is installed inside the editing cabinet 21 .

The front end of each side frame 221 is connected to the rear end of the ceiling frame 13 so as to extend in the front-rear direction. supported by The upper frames of the second entrances 201a and 201b for entering and exiting the editing spaces 20a and 20b are composed of the side frame 221 on one of the left and right sides and the rear frame 222, which is about half the length. .

<Hardware Configuration of Game Camera>
FIG. 4 is a block diagram schematically showing the hardware configuration of the game imaging device 100. As shown in FIG. In the game photographing device 100, the control section 53, the storage section 54, the photographing section 50, the editing section 51, and the output section 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). The control unit 53 executes the program stored in the storage unit 54 to control the overall operation of the game photographing device 100 . A communication unit 55 and an external drive 56 are also connected to the bus X. FIG. 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 flash memory, and stores various setting information transmitted from the control unit 53 . Information stored in the storage unit 54 is read by the control unit 53 as appropriate. The storage unit 54 stores various image data used for image editing and data for image processing. For example, background image data, which is the background of the captured image, is stored. The ROM of the control unit 53 stores programs such as firmware and data such as setting information, and the RAM temporarily stores data and programs to be processed in the control unit 53 . Hereinafter, RAM and ROM may be collectively referred to as memory.

A 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 reads from and writes to removable media such as optical discs and semiconductor memories. For example, computer programs and data read from removable media by the external drive 56 are sent to the control unit 53 and stored in the storage unit 54 or installed as programs.

The photographing unit 50 is composed of the coin processing unit 17 , the lighting control unit 18 , the upper camera 111 , the lower camera 112 , the upper monitor 113 , the lower monitor 114 , and the speaker 19 in order to perform photographing processing in the photographing space 10 .

Upper camera 111 and lower camera 112 photograph a subject under the control of control unit 53 . Upper camera 111 and lower camera 112 output captured images to control unit 53 . As described above, the upper camera 111 is for photographing the subject from above, and the lower camera 112 is for photographing the subject from the front. For this reason, each of these cameras 111 and 112 is preset with an ideal angle of view, a trimming range, and the like 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. Image signals output from the cameras 111 and 112 are input to the control unit 53 and temporarily stored in the internal memory. This image signal is also transmitted to upper monitor 113 and lower monitor 114, respectively, and upper monitor 113 and lower monitor 114 display live video based on the image signal. More specifically, live video from upper camera 111 is displayed on upper monitor 113 , and live video from lower camera 112 is displayed on lower monitor 114 . Note that in reality, the captured image data that is saved as a still image (hereinafter sometimes simply referred to as the “captured image”) is high-resolution still image data, and the captured image data for displaying live video ( Also called “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 serves as a display device to display live images being captured by the upper camera 111 . Upper monitor 113 also displays captured images as still images captured by upper camera 111 and lower camera 112 . The upper monitor 113 also functions as an input device that receives an operation for selecting a displayed photographed image, a user's operation for correcting a photographed image, and the like. Signals indicating these operations are input to the control unit 53 as operation signals. On the other hand, the lower monitor 114 displays a live image being captured by the lower camera 112 and has substantially the same configuration as the upper monitor 113 . However, as described above, the lower monitor 114 does not have a function as a touch panel, and is used exclusively for displaying images. Note that the lower camera 112 and the lower monitor 114 are not essential components, and only the upper camera 111 and the upper monitor 113 may be used.

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

The lighting control section 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 section 53 . In addition, the lighting control unit 18 controls the lights (such as fluorescent lights) provided inside the ceiling lighting unit 14 and the front lighting unit 115 to adjust the brightness in the shooting space 10 according to the stage of the shooting process by the user. to adjust. The speaker 19 outputs a sound according to the stage of photographing processing by the user.

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

The editing unit 51 a is composed of an editing monitor 213 as a tablet built-in monitor, two touch pens 214 A and 214 B, and a speaker 215 . The editing monitor 213 displays an editing screen under the control of the control unit 53 and detects a user's editing operation on the editing screen. That is, when the user touches the editing monitor 213 with the touch pens 214A and 214B, the operation and which of the touch pens 214A and 214B was touched are detected and transmitted to the control unit 53 as an operation signal. Thereby, the user edits the composite image to be edited. Specifically, so-called doodles such as characters, patterns, and figures are input to the image displayed on the editing monitor 213 with input devices such as the touch pens 214A and 214B. As a result, an output image is generated in which graffiti is superimposed on the synthesized image. Image data based on the image for output generated in this manner 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 images for output and a sticker paper unit 35 are also provided. The printer 34 prints the synthesized image or the edited output image obtained by the editing process on sticker paper stored in the sticker paper unit 35 attached to the printer 34 and discharges it to the sticker paper outlet 313 . do. The non-contact communication unit 312 is a wireless communication unit that transmits and receives data to and from a mobile terminal. included. The image data created by the editing unit 51 is transmitted by the communication unit 55 to an external image storage server through the network.

<Functional Configuration of Game Camera>
FIG. 5 is a functional block diagram schematically showing the functional configuration of the game imaging device 100. As shown in FIG. The game photographing device 100 includes an image generating section 60 , an editing processing section 61 , a registration processing section 62 , an output processing section 63 and a communication section 170 .

This figure shows a functional configuration for realizing the amusement imaging 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 is the hardware shown in FIG.
circuit). In terms of software, it is implemented by the CPU executing a program or the like loaded into the RAM. Therefore, those skilled in the art will understand that these functional blocks can be realized in various forms by hardware only, software only, or a combination thereof, and are not limited to either one.

Image generator 110 includes imaging unit 116 and image group acquisition unit 130 . The imaging unit 116 photographs one or more users multiple times according to the play start instruction from the registration processing unit 650 to generate multiple photographic images. The imaging unit 116 can be implemented using a camera built into the imaging housing 11 described above. Although not limited, the imaging unit 116 performs six to eight photographing operations to generate about six to eight photograph images. The image group acquiring unit 130 acquires a plurality of photographic images of two or more users generated by the imaging unit 116 through multiple shots. The image group acquisition unit 130 manages the acquired plurality of photographic images as a group of photographic images. More specifically, the image group acquiring unit 130 assigns the same image group identifier to the plurality of acquired photographic images, and also assigns a unique image identifier to each photographic image in order to specify the photographic image.

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

As 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 using Bluetooth (trademark), pairing may be established using NFC first, or the user may touch a predetermined button on the screen of the game photography device 100 with the terminal device. Pairing may be established by performing a predetermined operation on 500 . When establishing a connection using NFC, the user may hold the terminal device 500 over the reader/writer as the contactless communication unit 312 to establish near field wireless communication. When establishing a connection with a wireless LAN, the user may set an SSID and password to establish wireless communication in infrastructure mode or ad-hoc mode. Alternatively, pairing may be established by Bluetooth (trademark) or NFC first, and then switching to wireless LAN ad-hoc mode or infrastructure mode to establish communication connection for data transmission/reception.

The connection processing unit 117 records the correspondence relationship between the information for identifying the terminal device 500 with which the connection is established in the play, which is the first photography opportunity, and the information for identifying the user. Also, the correspondence relationship between the information for identifying the terminal device 500 with which the connection is established in the play, which is the second photography opportunity different from the first photography opportunity, and the information for identifying the user is recorded. In this way, for each play, the correspondence between 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 establishing a wireless LAN communication connection, the connection processing unit 117 stores an IP address for each connected terminal device 500 . The IP address of each terminal device 500 is stored in association with user information (to be described later) acquired for each terminal device 500 and an image group identifier for identifying the corresponding play. As a modification, in the case of a specification that maintains a connection in short-range wireless communication and transmits an image after shooting, pairing setting information is stored for each terminal device 500, and user identification information, an application ID, an image group identifier, and the like are stored. may be associated with and stored.

After the play ends, the connection processing unit 117 disconnects the wireless communication connection with the terminal device 500 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 settings discarded when the pairing is established and the wireless LAN communication connection is established. Also, 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 incorporated to increase the upper limit of the number of simultaneous connections. In particular, it is often the case that a plurality of users use the same play in one play, and moreover, in one game photographing device 100, there is a space for pre-service processing such as coin insertion and pairing, a photographing space 10, and two editing functions. A maximum of 5 groups of users can play at the same time, such as by dividing the space into spaces 20a, 20b, output space 30, and so on. Therefore, by providing a plurality 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.

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

The user information acquisition unit 140 accepts information that identifies an individual, such as an e-mail address, which is input directly to the game imaging device 100 by the user after the end of play or pre-input via the terminal device 500 . The user information acquisition unit 140 acquires the registered user information based on the email address if the email address and user information (membership type, name, gender, etc. of the photography service) are registered in the management server 300. do. If the user's e-mail address is not registered in the management server 300, the user information acquisition unit 140 determines that the user 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 information such as a mail address is acquired via the terminal device 500, the user does not have to manually input the mail address to the game photographing device 100 again. Data can be sent and received immediately after editing. Note that the user information acquisition unit 140 can also acquire user information other than the email address from the terminal device 500, and a specification that does not necessarily access the management server 300 to acquire user information is also possible. However, even in that case, it is preferable to access the management server 300 and confirm whether or not the user information is valid. 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 each user's email address. The user information may further include information such as user name, password, member ID, member type, application ID, application version information, age, gender, date of birth, telephone number, and usage history. For a user who has not established communication with the terminal device 500, the user information acquisition unit 140 accepts input of user identification information such as a mail address from the keyboard displayed on the touch panel, and confirms communication with the terminal device 500. User identification information such as an e-mail address is acquired from the terminal device 500 for a user who has Further, in the case of a user who has already been registered as a member, more detailed user information is obtained from the management server 300 via the communication unit 170 based on the user identification information obtained from the touch panel or the terminal device 500 . In this way, identification information such as a user's e-mail address, which was conventionally acquired at the time of output processing after shooting, is acquired at the time of pre-service processing before shooting for a user who has established a wireless communication connection. be able to. This avoids the troublesome manual input of such information and enables smoother and more reliable operation.

Edit processing unit 61 includes background processing unit 120 and content data generation unit 150 . The background processing unit 120 acquires background information (chroma key mask) for each of the plurality of photographic images generated by the image generating unit 60 for distinguishing between the subject in the captured image and the background area other than the subject. The background processing unit 120 can be implemented using, for example, the known chromakey processing described above. The background processing unit 120 generates background information as a binary image, a grayscale image, or data obtained by compressing them.

The content data generation unit 150 generates content data by associating the photo image group including a plurality of photo images generated by the image group acquisition unit 130 with the user identification information acquired by the user information acquisition unit 140 . 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 imaging device 100 in the content data. The content data generation unit 150 generates content data each time the image generation unit 110 captures a series of photographic images (per play). Content data can be uniquely identified using the image group identifier generated by the image group acquisition unit 130 .

The output processing portion 63 includes a display processing portion 160 , a print processing portion 161 and a data transmission portion 162 . The display processing unit 160 displays an image to be printed in the output space 30 , contents and instructions regarding output processing on the touch panel type liquid crystal monitor 311 , and outputs audio 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 edit processing unit 61 to the terminal device 500 or the management server 300 via the communication unit 170 and to the terminal device 500 via the contactless communication unit 312. .

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

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

FIG. 6 is a diagram schematically showing the data structure of content data generated by the content data generation unit 150. As shown in FIG. As shown in this figure, the content data comprises at least five data fields from first field 151 to 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 combining, for example, an identifier unique to the game photography device 100 and the date and time when the play was started. Thereby, a unique image group identifier can be generated for each play imaging device 100 and for each play. The image group identifier may be generated by combining the identifier of the game photography device 100 and the date and time when the content data generating section 150 generated the content data.

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

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

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

<Functional configuration of management server>
FIG. 7 is a functional block diagram schematically showing the functional configuration of the management server 300. As shown in FIG. Management server 300 includes content data acquisition section 310 , content transmission section 320 , storage section 330 , user information management section 660 and application provision section 380 .

This diagram 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 composed of hardware such as a CPU, a main memory, and other LSIs. In terms of software, it is implemented by the CPU executing a program or the like loaded into the main memory. Therefore, those skilled in the art will understand that these functional blocks can be realized in various forms by hardware only, software only, or a combination thereof, and are not limited to either one.

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

Storage unit 330 stores the content data acquired by content data acquisition unit 310 . The storage unit 330 can be realized using a known large-capacity storage such as a hard disk drive (HDD), a solid state drive (SSD), flash memory, or the like. The storage unit 330 further holds a member database including user identification information included in a part of the content data and user information registered as a member of the photography service. The user information includes, in addition to the email 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, and usage history. remembered. As the usage history, information such as the date and time of photography, the identifier of the photographed image group, the installation location or model name of the model used, and the identification information of other users who used the device together is stored. The user information management unit 660 receives user information from the game imaging device 100 or the terminal device 500 via the network 200 and stores it in the storage unit 330 . The user information management unit 660 also transmits the user information requested by the game camera 100 or the terminal device 500 to the game camera 100 or the terminal device 500 via the network 200 .

The content transmission unit 320 transmits content data to the user's information presentation 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 transmission unit 320 authenticates the information presentation application based on the user identification information, content data is transmitted to the information presentation application. For users who do not use the information presentation application, 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 user identification information in the content data. The mail sent by the content sending unit 320 to the user contains a URL for accessing the content data. When the user accesses the URL described in the received mail address using a terminal such as the terminal device 500 , the content transmission section 320 transmits the content data stored in the storage section 330 .

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

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

Whether the member type corresponds to "paying member" or "free member" is recorded for each user. However, as shown in the figure, membership types are differentiated by different ways of assigning member IDs. may be made. As membership types, a ``paying member'' charged with a membership fee and a ``free member'' not charged with a membership fee are prepared, and a user who is not registered with any member is distinguished as a ``non-member''. The photography service and information presentation application provide differentiated services, functions, and information according to whether the user's membership type is "paying member," "free member," or "non-member." do.

The password is an alphanumeric string arbitrarily set by each user. The application ID is identification information uniquely assigned to a dedicated information presentation application downloaded and installed on the terminal device 500 of the user, and is used to identify which terminal the information presentation application is installed for each user. used for The application ID, also called a device token, is issued from a predetermined server when an information presentation application is installed on the terminal device 500. In particular, when a push notification is sent to the information presentation application via the push notification server, the destination information is also used. 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 received from a terminal with an application ID different from that before. The application version information is version information of the information presentation application installed in the terminal device 500 and may include information identifying the model name and OS name of the terminal device 500 .

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FIG. 9 is a functional block diagram schematically showing the functional configuration of the terminal device 500. As shown in FIG. Terminal device 500 includes touch panel 510 , content data acquisition section 520 , registration information acquisition section 530 , storage section 540 , connection processing section 550 and communication section 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 composed of hardware such as a CPU, a main memory, a touch panel, and other LSIs. In terms of software, it is implemented by the CPU executing a program or the like loaded into the main memory. Therefore, those skilled in the art will understand that these functional blocks can be realized in various forms by hardware only, software only, or a combination thereof, and are not limited to either one. The terminal device 500 can be realized using an electronic device including a processor, a memory, and a touch panel, such as a smart phone, tablet PC, phablet, mobile phone, electronic book terminal, notebook PC, desktop PC, and electronic dictionary.

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

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

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

Registered information acquisition unit 530 accepts input of user identification information and a password via the user's operation of touch panel 510, and reads out user information corresponding to the user identification information and password from storage unit 540, or through communication unit 560. to obtain from the management server 300 . If the user is a non-member who has not yet registered for the photography service, registration information acquisition unit 530 displays a message on touch panel 510 to the effect that an email address and password, which serve as user identification information, should be set. , and stores it in the storage unit 540 as user information to enter a “login state”, and transmits the user information to the management server 300 via the communication unit 560 . With this registration as a trigger, the handling of this user is switched from "non-member" to "free member" or "paid member" as long as the user remains logged in.

The connection processing unit 550 establishes wireless communication pairing and connection with the game imaging device 100 via the communication unit 560 . For example, when the user performs a predetermined operation on the game camera 100 to start searching for nearby devices, the connection processing unit 550 sends a passcode request and a pairing request including the passcode from the game camera 100 . receive. Connection processing unit 550 displays on touch panel 510 a button indicating that pairing is permitted together with the device name of the request source. At this time, the passcode received from the requesting device may be further displayed to allow the user to confirm that the passcode matches. When the user touches a button for permitting pairing on the touch panel 510, the connection processing unit 550 transmits a signal for permitting pairing to the game imaging device 100, thereby enabling Bluetooth (trademark). pairing is established. Next, the connection processing unit 550 establishes a connection for ad-hoc communication via a wireless LAN with the amusement imaging device 100 with which the pairing has been established. At this point, the connection and pairing using Bluetooth(TM) may be released. Ad-hoc communication with the game photography device 100 via wireless LAN is terminated at the end of the play, or when the terminal device 500 and the game photography device 100 are separated from each other and the communication is interrupted for a certain period of time. is also canceled.

The content data acquisition unit 520 acquires content data (see FIG. 6) through 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 photography device 100, and can access the URL included in the notification or mail received from the management server 300 to download the content data. Content data acquisition unit 520 causes touch panel 510 to display content data in accordance with an instruction from the user via touch panel 510 .

The information presentation application may provide information and functions of different value depending on whether the user is a paying member, a non-member, or a non-member. For example, if the user has not yet logged in, the registration information acquisition unit 530 estimates that the user is a non-member and presents a message on the touch panel 510 prompting the user to register as a member. If the user is a non-paying member even after logging in, the registration information acquiring unit 530 presents a message on the touch panel 510 prompting the user to register as a paying member. Note that the information presentation application may refer to information such as an e-mail address and password recorded in the information presentation application as a login history to determine the presence or absence of member registration and the member type even if the user has not yet logged in. . In that case, the management server 300 is accessed based on the information included in the login history to determine the presence or absence of member registration and the member type. The user may be prompted to register as a member when it is determined that registration is required. When the information presentation application provides functions such as image storage function, editing function, browsing function, posting function to SNS and sharing function, for example, if the user is a paid member, all functions are provided, and if the user is a free member For example, only some functions may be provided, and for non-members, all functions may be restricted.

FIG. 10 schematically shows an example of a screen displayed on the upper monitor 113 of the game photography device 100 to establish pairing between the terminal device 500 and the game photography device 100 . On the screen 700 of the game photography device 100 , a method for establishing pairing between the terminal device 500 and the game photography device 100 is displayed in an explanation column 702 using characters and diagrams. For example, first, an instruction to start an information presentation application on the user's own terminal device 500 and an instruction to touch a pairing button 704 that is a predetermined area on the screen 700 are displayed. When it is detected that the user has touched the pairing button 704, the amusement imaging device 100 searches for surrounding devices via the short-range wireless communication module and transmits a predetermined passcode and a return request for the same passcode. do. The information presentation application on the terminal device 500 that has received the passcode presses the “pairing button” along with the character string “Do you want to connect with (model name)?” 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 photography 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 photography device 100 says " Pairing successful!” is displayed on the screen 700 to notify that the pairing has been established. In the case of use by multiple users, multiple pairings can be established at once by one user touching the pairing button 704 and multiple users operating their own terminal devices 500 .

FIG. 11 schematically shows an example of a screen displaying a list of users with whom pairing has been established. The game imaging device 100 attempts pairing with the terminal devices 500 of a plurality of users, and displays on the screen 750 a user list 752 in which the plurality of users for whom pairing has been established is arranged. The user list 752 displays a list of the model name, user name, email address, member ID, and member type of the terminal device 500 for each paired user. For example, the first user with the user name "peach" has a model name of the terminal device 500, which is a portable terminal, "CPhone2", an e-mail address of "xxx@aaa.com", a member ID of "a0001", and a member type of It is displayed that you are a "paid member". Similarly, user information for the second and third users is displayed in the user list 752 . On the other hand, since the fourth user is a non-member user who is not registered as a member, "non-member" is displayed as the member type, and the model name of the acquired terminal device 500 is displayed as "BPhone4". The registered user name, email address, and member ID are not displayed.

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

A terminal addition button 756 and an OK button 758 are displayed below the user list 752 . In the case of use by a plurality of users, if there is a user for whom pairing has failed, the terminal device 500 of the user not displayed in the user list 752 can be added ex post facto by touching the terminal addition button 756 . can be added. The add terminal button 756 functions in the same manner as the pairing button 704 in FIG. Addition of pairing is completed by touching. When one of the users touches the OK button 758 when the pairing of all users is established, the pairing process ends and the process shifts to shooting preparation. At this point, an image group identifier is issued, and the image group identifier is associated with user information such as user identification information and an application ID and stored in the game imaging device 100 . Alternatively, the image group identifier may be transmitted to the information presentation application of the paired terminal device 500 and stored by the information presentation application. As a result, for example, even a non-member can easily download images after the fact based on the image group identifier stored in the information presentation application when registering as a member after the fact.

FIG. 12 is a flow chart showing a schematic flow of play in the game photography device 100. As shown in FIG. Wait until the user inserts a predetermined amount of coins into the coin slot (N of S10), and if the predetermined amount of coins is inserted (Y of S10), the pairing process described in FIGS. Execute (S12). After the pairing process is completed, the user selects the image quality of the picture (S14), selects the field angle and angle of the camera (S16), and selects the background for chromakey synthesis (S18). As described above, the preliminary customer service processing is completed, and the process proceeds to the photographing processing in the photographing space 10 (S20). After completing the shooting process, the user moves from the shooting space 10 to one of the editing spaces 20a and 20b, and shifts to the editing process (S22). After completing the editing process, the user moves from the editing space 20 to the output space 30 and shifts to the output process including printing and image transmission (S24).

FIG. 13 is a flow chart showing the details of the output process in S24 of FIG. First, the printer 34 starts printing an image selected from a photographed image or an edited photographed image (S30). While the user is waiting for the completion of printing, a screen for selecting an image to be transmitted is displayed on the terminal device 500 of the user who is a non-paying member (S32). Note that users who are paid members may skip the processing of S32 because all captured images and edited images are transmitted, and users who are non-members may skip the processing of S32 because they do not transmit images. good too. In other words, the processing of S32 is executed when there is no paying member user and at least one non-paying member user is included. After S32, all images generated during the play are transmitted to the management server 300 regardless of the presence or absence of a member and the type of membership (S34). For example, even if the user is a free member or a non-member, all images are stored in the management server 300 so that the images can be downloaded from the management server 300 when the user registers as a paid member after the fact. It should be noted that the timing of S34 for executing the all-image transmission process is merely defined as this timing for convenience, and may be executed at any timing in the flow of this figure.

Below, whether a wireless communication connection has been established with the terminal device 500 corresponding to the play to be output, whether one or more users corresponding to the play include paid members, or 1 corresponding to the play Different processing is performed depending on whether one or more users include non-members. First, there is a terminal device 500 to which a wireless communication connection has been established (Y of S36), and the users with which the connection has been established include paid members (Y of S38) and do not include non-members. If so (N in S40), all images are transmitted to all terminal devices 500 with which connections have been established (S42). In this case, if even one of the users is a paying member, all images are sent to the non-paying member as well. After the transmission is completed, the wireless communication connection is canceled and the pairing setting is also discarded (S56). ) exists, an instruction is sent to the management server 300 to transmit all images to the user (S58). As an instruction to the management server 300, identification information such as a target user's e-mail address, member ID, and application ID is transmitted together with the image group identifier.

In S40, if a non-member is included (Y in S40), information is presented to the terminal device 500 of the non-member with which connection has been established to the effect that images will not be sent to the non-member and a message prompting member registration. Notification is made via the application (S44), and all images are transmitted to the member's terminal device 500 with which the connection has been established (S46). In this case, if even one of the users is a paying member, all images are sent to the non-members as well, while no images are sent to non-members. After the transmission is completed, the wireless communication connection is canceled and the pairing setting is discarded (S56). An instruction is sent to the management server 300 to transmit (S58).

In S38, if there is no paid member (N of S38) and no non-member (N of S48), all the users are free members, so the image selected in S32 is connected. is established to all terminal devices 500 (S50). After the transmission is completed, the wireless communication connection is canceled and the pairing setting is discarded (S56), and if there is a terminal device 500 of a free member that has not been connected to the wireless communication, a selection image is displayed for that user. is sent to the management server 300 (S58).

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

In S36, if there is no terminal device 500 to which wireless communication is connected (N in S36), the management server skips the processing from S38 to S56 and transmits an image to the terminal device 500 that is not connected. An instruction is sent to 300 (S58). In this case, all images are transmitted to paying members, but only selected images are transmitted to non-paying members. However, if paid members are included, all images may be sent to non-paying members as well. Also, images are not transmitted to non-members, but when they are registered as members after the fact, images can be downloaded from the point of registration. After the above output processing, when the printing of the image is completed, the user receives the seal paper from the seal paper outlet 313 provided in the output housing 31, and the series of plays is completed.

FIG. 14 is a flow chart showing the processing in the management server 300 that has received an image transmission instruction from the game photography device 100 . The management server 300 waits until it receives an image transmission instruction from the play imaging device 100 in S58 of FIG. Based on the identification information such as the email address and member ID received together with the image group identifier, the user is searched and identified from the member database (S62), the application ID of the information presentation application of the user is identified (S64), and identified. The image is transmitted to the information presentation application based on the application ID (S66), and the completion of transmission is notified to the user via the information presentation application (S68). However, various methods can be used to transmit 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 image transmission preparations have been completed may be notified first by push type, and the image may be downloaded by pull type. For example, the management server 300 transmits the application ID of the push notification destination to a predetermined push notification server, and the information presentation application periodically or irregularly transmits a packet of the application ID to the push notification server, and the application ID matches. In this case, a push notification is sent to the information presentation application, and the image is downloaded based on the user's operation and instruction. For non-members, since user identification information such as e-mail addresses and member IDs is not registered, the application ID issued when the non-member installed the information presentation application, The notification is made based on the application ID transmitted to the game photographing device 100 by the pairing.

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

In the above embodiment, an example of touching a predetermined pairing button is exemplified for pairing. In the modified example, for example, the pairing process is triggered by a predetermined action detected using an acceleration sensor, such as shaking the terminal device 500 in the vertical direction, or by an operation such as reading a two-dimensional barcode. good.

At the time of photographing, services with different values may be provided depending on whether or not membership is registered and on the type of membership. For example, non-member users are provided with normal photography, non-member users are permitted to re-take only one photograph, and paid member users are permitted to re-take all photographs once. Allow reshoots. When photographing in a group of a plurality of users, if even one member is included in the group, different services are provided depending on whether the member is a free member or a paid member. When it is determined that there are no other users waiting to play when the photography is finished, extension of the usage time of the photography space 10 and lighting may be permitted only if the user is a free member or a paid member. . The reason why different services can be provided in accordance with membership registration status and membership type is that member type information can be obtained in advance by performing pairing in preliminary customer service processing before the start of play.

Even at the time of photo editing, services with different values may be provided depending on whether or not membership is registered and on the type of membership. For example, we provide normal graffiti editing for non-member users, allow additional use of special motif images and background images that are not normally provided for free member users, and allow paid member users to use In addition to the use of the special motif image, it is further permitted to synthesize it with the image taken by himself in the past.

Even when outputting photographs, services with different values may be provided depending on whether or not membership is registered and on the type of membership. For example, non-members are given a gift A when they access the download site, whereas members are given a gift directly to the information presentation application (gift B for free members, gift C for paid members). to be transferred and granted. The gift may be content accompanying the photography service, or may be a coupon that can be used at other stores, and the value of such content or coupon is set differently depending on whether the member is a non-member, a free member, or a paying member. As a gift to the user, the right to use a photo output terminal of an external store different from the store where the game photography device 100 is installed may be granted.

As each of the services for photographing, photograph editing, and photograph output, services having different values may be provided depending on whether or not the user is registered with a predetermined SNS account. A user whose SNS account has been registered in a photographing service can expect to post a photographed image to the SNS, and the name of the service will be well known, so that the added value corresponding to the expectation is provided. Further, after giving the photographed image, when the user posts the image using the SNS posting function built in the information presentation application, the present may be further given. The information presentation application may present an advertisement that prompts such posting.

As a modification, the game photography device 100 and the information presentation application may provide an additional simple photography function after taking a picture as a privilege for the user who has taken a picture with the game photography device 100 . In other words, while the user is waiting for the photo to be output in the output space 30 of the output unit 52 after the photo is taken, the user can easily capture his or her own photo with the terminal device 500 such as a mobile phone with a camera against the background of the shooting device 100 for play. Consider shooting. For such a case, the information presentation application on the user's terminal device 500 has a camera function and a material synthesizing function. The material synthesizing function is configured so that materials such as stamps and characters of a type corresponding to the model of the photographing device 100 used by the user can be synthesized with the photograph.

10 Shooting space 20 Editing space 60 Image generating unit 61 Editing processing unit 62 Registration processing unit 63 Output processing unit 100 Game photography device.

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In a game photography system comprising: a game photography device for creating content; and a management server for storing the content acquired from the game photography device and providing the content to a terminal device, wherein the game photography device is , a user information acquisition unit that acquires user identification information prepared in advance in order to identify the user from the user's terminal device; an image generation unit that generates a plurality of captured images; and the plurality of captured images. a content data generation unit that generates the content including an image; a specific information addition unit that adds content identification information that identifies the content; and a communication unit that transmits the user identification information and the content to the management server. The management server includes a storage unit that stores member information for each user in advance, receives the user identification information and the content from the communication unit, and identifies the member of the user specified by the user identification information. Information is acquired from the storage unit, and the content generated in the play after the play on the game photography device based on the member information even without the operation input of the content identification information via the terminal device a photography system that manages the provision of the content to the terminal device so that the content can be obtained from the terminal device. The amusement photographing device controls photographing processing for photographing the user, editing processing for editing the photographed image created by the photographing processing, and output processing for outputting the edited image created by the editing processing. wherein the user information acquisition unit acquires the member information of the user from an external device, and the control unit performs the photographing process, the editing process, and the output process based on the member information The photography system of claim 1, wherein the photography system controls at least one of: 2. The photography system according to claim 1, wherein said user information acquisition unit is configured to acquire said user identification information from said terminal device based on a two-dimensional code. A content management method in a game photography device that creates content and a management server that stores the content acquired from the game photography device and provides the content to a terminal device of a user, comprising: In the imaging device, acquiring user identification information separately prepared for identifying the user from the terminal device of the user; generating a plurality of captured images; and the plurality of captured images. a step of providing content identification information for specifying the content; and a step of transmitting the user identification information and the content to the management server; a step of pre-storing member information for each user in a server; , based on the stored member information of the user specified by the user identification information, after playing with the game photography device, the content generated by the play can be acquired from the terminal device. and a step of managing provision of said content to said terminal device.

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