JPH06123917A - Photograph producing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To produce a standardized photograph for certification. CONSTITUTION:An image area sensor 30 for reading a face image is installed on the inner part of a photographing window 17. A face size is obtained by a controller 33 basing on a video signal, and a magnification signal corresponding to the face size is transferred to an image magnification conversion circuit 34. An interpolating, or thinning processing for the video signal is performed by the image magnification conversion circuit 34 in accordance with the magnification signal so as to be stored in a frame memory 37. After image editing is performed by a video controller 38 so that the read video signal may be arranged in 2X2 matrix, the video signal is transferred to a CRT 40. The video image displayed on the CRT 40 is printed on a photosensitive material 20a for a fixed time by actuating a shutter device 43. And the face image is automatically measured, and the image magnification is converted in accordance with the face size so as to print the video, thus, the standardized photograph can be produced.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for producing photographs used for certifying passports, licenses, and the like, and more particularly to an apparatus for producing photographs in which a face image has a standard size. is there.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, with the introduction plan of a machine-readable passport (MRP), a standard for photographs to be submitted at the time of applying for a passport is being considered. According to this new standard, as shown in FIG. 2, the size of the photograph is 45 mm in length A and 35 mm in width B. The size of the face image on the photo (length from the chin to the top of the head) C is 25-
29mm, length D from the left edge of the photo to the center of the face image is 16 ~
19mm, the length E from the top of the photo to the top of the head of the face image
It is 5 to 9 mm.

A conventional photographic production apparatus is disclosed in JP-A-1-193.
As described in Japanese Patent No. 824, it is composed of a photography room and a photo production room. The person to be photographed sits on a chair in the photographing room and adjusts the height of the chair so that the eyes of his / her own face reflected in the photographing window substantially coincide with the eye marks on the photographing window.
After adjusting the height of this chair, insert a specified number of coins,
When the start button is operated, the device in the photo production room is activated and the photo is taken automatically. By this photography, for example, a photograph in which a face image of four frames is recorded by the lens clusters arranged in two rows and two columns is produced.

[0004]

However, since the conventional photographic production apparatus is not designed in consideration of the above-mentioned standard, when the face is too small or too large,
There is a drawback that the size of the face image is all outside the standard.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a photographic production apparatus capable of producing a photograph in which a face image has a predetermined standard.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, in the invention according to claim 1, an image pickup means for picking up the face of the person to be photographed and a face image in accordance with the face size of the picked-up face image are formed. It is provided with a magnification conversion means for converting the image magnification and a recording means for recording the face image with the converted image magnification on a recording medium. As described above, since the size of the face image is automatically adjusted and the printout is performed using the video printer, it is possible to produce a photograph according to the standard regardless of the size of the face.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, a specifying means for specifying a plurality of types of photographic standards, an image pickup means for picking up the face of the photographed person, and a face image corresponding to the face size of the picked-up face image are displayed. The image forming apparatus is provided with a magnification converting means for converting the image magnification so as to meet each of the designated photographic standards, and a recording means for recording a plurality of face images having different image magnifications on a recording medium. According to this, by designating a plurality of types of photographic standards by the designating means, it is possible to produce a photograph in which a face image is imprinted in a size according to each photographic standard.

Further, in the invention according to claim 3, red,
Three laser light sources for emitting green and blue beams respectively, and three modulating means for respectively modulating the intensities of the three color beams in accordance with red, green and blue video signals,
Means for combining these three modulated beams into one beam,
This combined beam is swung in the width direction of the photosensitive material being conveyed at a constant speed to form a line printer of a scanning system including beam scanning means for recording the face image on the photosensitive material line by line.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Referring to FIGS.
Is divided into a photographing room 12 and a photo making room 13 with a partition wall 11 interposed therebetween, and the photographing room 12 is provided with a chair 15 on which a person to be photographed sits during photographing.

A photographing window 17 is provided on the front partition wall 11. Since the photo production room 13 is a dark room,
The photographing window 17 acts as a mirror, on which the face of the photographed person is projected, and on both sides of the photographing window 17, there are lines 18 indicating the positions of the chin of the photographed person in the photographing window 17 when seated. Has been done. The chair 15 can be adjusted in height by rotating the buttocks 15a with respect to the screw cylinder 15b fixed to the photographing room 12. As a result, the person to be photographed adjusts the height when seated so that his or her chin shown in the photographing window 17 is aligned with the line 18. As in the conventional case, a line or mark may be drawn at the position where the eyes are aligned.

The photographic production chamber 13 is provided with a magazine 21 containing a photosensitive material 20 for heat development in a roll form. The roll-shaped photosensitive material 20 includes a pair of drawing rollers 22.
Then, it is pulled out from the magazine 21 by the amount of one shot and cut by the cutter 23. This sheet-shaped photosensitive material 20a
Is conveyed to the video print unit 24 before being photographed. At the time of shooting, the white light source device 26 placed on the shooting window 17
Operates to illuminate the person to be photographed for a certain period of time through the diffusion plate 26a.

On the sheet-shaped photosensitive material 20a, four face images are printed and exposed in the video print section 24. The light-sensitive material 20a after photographing exposure is sent to the heat developing section 51 together with the sheet-shaped image receiving material 50 sent from the image receiving material accommodating section 49 after a small amount of water is applied in the water applying section 48. In the heat developing section 51, the photosensitive material 20a and the image receiving material 50 are heated while being in close contact with each other to heat the photosensitive material 2a.
The image of 0a is transferred to the image receiving material 50. The photosensitive material 20a and the image receiving material 50 after the heat development transfer are separated from each other at the separating and taking-out portion 52, and the image receiving material 50 showing a positive image is discharged to the taking-out port 54 as a photograph 50a.
a is discarded in the waste box 55. Photo 50 taken out
In a, as shown in FIG. 5, face images having the same image magnification are shown in four frames of the same size divided in a matrix.

As shown in FIG. 1, the video print unit 24 is provided with an image forming lens 31 for forming an image of the subject light passing through the photographing window 17 on the image area sensor 30. The image area sensor 30 arranged on the optical axis 31 a of the imaging lens 31 images the face of the seated subject and outputs the captured video signal to the controller 33 and the image magnification conversion circuit 34, respectively.

The controller 33 extracts the contour of the face image from the video signal, reads the reference contour stored in the memory 35 in advance, and compares it with the reference contour. The image magnification is obtained from this comparison result, and a magnification signal corresponding to this is sent to the image magnification conversion circuit 34. The image magnification conversion circuit 34 performs magnification conversion processing such as interpolation or thinning on the video signal according to the magnification signal to adjust the size of the face image. If the face image is appropriate, the video signal is used as it is. The video signal after the magnification conversion processing is sent to the frame memory 37, is phrased here, and when the start signal is input after receiving the coin insertion signal, the controller 33 controls to shoot after a lapse of a certain time. .

The frame memory 37 is for storing a video signal for one frame, and the video signal read from the frame memory 37 is sent to the video controller 38. 2x for video controller 38
Editing is performed by inserting the video signal in each of the four divided areas in the matrix of 2, and the edited video signal is displayed on the CRT4.
It is sent to 0 for a fixed time.

The CRT 40 displays four photographed face images in a matrix. A printing lens 42, a shutter device 43, and an exposure frame 44 are provided on an optical axis 40a passing through the center of the display screen of the CRT 40. CRT40
The video image displayed on is printed on the photosensitive material 20a for a certain period of time through the printing lens 42 by the operation of the shutter device 43.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described.
First, grooming is adjusted by the mirror 14 attached to the entrance of the photographic production apparatus 10 and the photograph room 12 is entered. Shooting room 1
In No. 2, sitting on the chair 15 and then looking at the photographing window 17, it is confirmed whether or not the image of the chin coincides with the line 18. if,
When the image of the chin is higher than the line 18, the backrest 15a is turned to adjust the height of the chair 15.

When a coin is inserted into the coin slot 57,
When a coin insertion signal is sent to the controller 33 and then a start signal is input by operating the start button 58, the white light source device 26 is activated after a certain period of time to illuminate the photographed person. The illuminated face image is captured by the image area sensor 30 and output as a video signal to the controller 33 and the image magnification conversion circuit 34.

The controller 33 performs a process of extracting a face contour from the video signal, compares it with the reference contour read from the memory 35 to obtain a face size, and sends a magnification signal corresponding to the face size to the image magnification conversion circuit 34. . The image magnification conversion circuit 34 interpolates or thins out the video signal according to the magnification signal. For example, when the face size is large, thinning processing is performed to reduce the face image, and when the face size is small, interpolation processing that enlarges the face image is performed. When the face size is appropriate, the video signal is sent as it is.

The video signal subjected to the magnification conversion processing is stored in the frame memory 37. Video controller 3
Reference numeral 8 indicates a video signal stored in the frame memory 37, which is then inserted into four divisions and combined to produce a CR video signal.
Display at T40.

The video print section 24 includes a magazine 21.
The photosensitive material 20 that has been pulled out of the sheet and cut into sheets
Since a is preset, the shutter device 43 is opened for a certain period of time to print a face image on the photosensitive material 20a.
After the addition of water, the photosensitive material 20a is superposed on the image receiving material 50 and thermally developed. This thermally developed image receiving material 50
Is sent to the outlet 54 as the certification photograph 50a. In each frame of the certification photograph 50a, four face images conforming to the standard are shown in each frame of the same size at the same image magnification.

Although four face images having the same image magnification are recorded in the above embodiment, face images having different image magnifications may be imprinted. In this case, the face images of two of these are printed according to the passport standard, and the remaining two are printed as, for example, a driver's license photograph. In this case, the photographing room 12 is provided with a key for designating a certification photograph produced together with the passport photograph. It should be noted that the two types of frames have a size designated according to the use, but they may have the same size. In the case of the same size, for example, it is convenient to print a cropping frame on the driver's license photograph.

In the above-described embodiment, the photograph in which the face image is imprinted in the arrangement of 2 rows and 2 columns is produced, but the photograph in which the face image is imprinted in the arrangement of 4 columns in the vertical direction may be produced. Also, CRT
However, a liquid crystal display can also be used. Further, a color photograph can be produced by using a color CRT, or a combination of a monochrome CRT and a color filter, or a color liquid crystal display.

FIG. 6 shows an embodiment in which a scan type color line printer is used as a video printer. The video controller 59 reads the video signal stored in the frame memory 37, inserts the video signal into four divisions, and synthesizes the video signal, which is sent to the line printer through the printer interface. The line printer is a He-Ne laser 60 that emits red light and an H that emits green light.
An e-Cd laser 61 and an Ar laser 62 that emits blue light are provided. The laser beams from the lasers 60 to 62 are modulated by the optical modulators 63 to 65 based on the video signal from the video controller 59. Before the start of printing, in order to check whether or not the brightness of the laser beam is proper, when each of the laser beams is intensity-modulated with a reference video signal, a part of each laser beam is beam splitter 66.
And is fed back to the optical modulators 63 to 65. A semiconductor laser may be used instead of the gas laser.

Each laser beam modulated based on the video signal is reflected by a mirror 67, a dichroic mirror 68,
The beam is made into one beam by 39, and after being converted into parallel light by a well-known collimating optical system, it is guided to a polygon mirror 71 through a cylindrical lens 70. The polygon mirror 71 is rotated at a high speed by a motor 72, and a laser beam is swung in the width direction of a photosensitive material, for example, a color paper 73 by this rotation, and one main scan is performed on one surface of the polygon mirror 71. The image forming optical system including the fθ lens 74 and the cylindrical lens 75 narrows the laser beam deflected by the polygon mirror 71 on the color paper 73 so that the beam diameter corresponds to the photosensitivity.

The paper feed roller pair 76 feeds the color paper 73 in the sub-scanning direction in synchronization with the main scanning of the laser beam. The paper feed roller pair 76 is rotated by a motor 77. The rotation of each motor 72, 77 is controlled by a controller 80 via drivers 78, 79. The controller 80 controls the rotations of the motors 72 and 77 based on the synchronization signal from the video controller 59. The image is scanned and exposed on the color paper 73 by the sub-scanning by the film feeding and the main scanning by the laser beam.

In the above embodiment, the silver salt photographic recording system is used, but the present invention can also be applied to the thermal recording system, electrophotographic recording system, ink jet recording system and the like. In the thermal recording method, a sublimation type thermal transfer recording material, a fusion type thermal transfer recording material and a thermal recording material are used. Fine paper is used in the electrophotographic recording method and the inkjet recording method. In the case of the silver salt photographic recording system, an instant photographic material, auto positive paper, etc. can be used in addition to the heat development recording material.

[0028]

As described in detail above, according to the present invention, the face of the subject is imaged, the image magnification of the face image is converted according to the face size of the face image, and then the face image is converted. Since the image is recorded on the recording medium, it is possible to produce a photograph according to the standard regardless of the size of the face.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a main part of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing standard dimensions of a face image.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of a photographic production apparatus.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the external appearance of a photographic production apparatus.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a produced photograph.

FIG. 6 is a schematic view showing another embodiment using a scan type line printer.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Photographic Manufacturing Equipment 15 Chair 24 Video Printing Section 30 Image Area Sensor 33 Controller 34 Image Magnification Converter 37 Frame Memory 38 Video Controller 40 CRT 50a Photo

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Toshiaki Aono 210 Naka Nakanuma, Minamiashigara City, Kanagawa Prefecture Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. (72) Nobuyuki Iwasaki Nishiazabu 2-26-30, Minato-ku, Tokyo Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. Within

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An image pickup means for picking up a face of a person to be photographed, a magnification changing means for changing an image magnification of the face image according to a face size of the picked-up face image, and a face image whose image magnification has been changed is recorded. A photographic production apparatus comprising: a recording unit for recording on a medium. 2. A designation means for designating a plurality of types of photographic standards, an imaging means for capturing a face of a subject, and an image magnification of the face image according to the face size of the captured face image. A photographic production apparatus comprising: a magnification conversion means for converting to meet a photographic standard; and a recording means for recording a plurality of face images having different image magnifications on a recording medium. 3. The recording means modulates the intensities of the three laser light sources that emit red, green, and blue beams, respectively, and the intensities of the three-color beams in accordance with the red, green, and blue video signals, respectively. Three modulating means, a means for combining the three modulated beams into one, and the combined beam is shaken at a constant speed in the width direction of the photosensitive material being conveyed so that the face image is one line. 3. A photographic production apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising beam scanning means for recording on the photosensitive material.