JPH0651396A - Photograph producing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To produce a photograph in which the size of a face picture is regulated. CONSTITUTION:In a photographing room, a chair whose height can be adjusted and the input buttons 16-18 of face size fitted to a side wall are provided. Then, a person to be photographed selects and operates the buttons 16-18 according to the face size. The signals of the buttons 16-18 are inputted to a control part 42. By the control part 42, the rotating direction and the rotating quantity of a motor 41 are controlled and a feed screw 39 is rotated through a gear 43. Besides, a lens cluster 36 supported by a camera housing 37 is moved forward and backward in optical axis directions L1 and L4. Then, an object distance is adjusted according to the face size.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a photographic image producing apparatus for producing a photograph used for certifying a passport, a driver's license, etc., and more particularly to an apparatus for producing a photograph having a face image of 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 inside the photo production room is activated to automatically take a photo. 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, in the conventional photographic production apparatus, since the specifications of the lens cluster are defined, if the face is too small or too large,
There was a drawback that all the produced face images of the photograph were out of the standard size.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above problems, and it is possible to make a photograph in which all face images have a predetermined standard regardless of the size of the face of the photographed person. The purpose is to provide a device.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the invention of claim 1, a face size input means for inputting the face size of the subject and a signal from the face size input means Adjustment means for moving the photographing lens in the optical axis direction and adjusting the subject distance within the depth of field of the lens are provided. In this way, by specifying the face size, the subject distance is automatically adjusted, so that the face image can have a standard size.

According to the second aspect of the invention, the focal length of the photographing lens is automatically adjusted by the face size input means. The focal length adjusting means selects any one of a plurality of types of photographing lenses having different focal lengths, or
Set the selected converter lens. in this way,
Since the image magnification is determined by selecting and inputting the face size, a photograph of the standard size face image is created.

[0008]

[Example] In order to make a face image satisfy the passport photo standard, the image magnification on the photo may be changed according to the face size. When we studied the adjustment of this image magnification, the focal length of the lens cluster currently in use f = 117 mm, the lens magnification
In the case of 0.11 times, as shown in FIG. 3, it was found that the distance from the reference position to about 10 cm forward and about 15 cm behind was within the depth of field. If you change the subject distance within this depth of field,
Up to 21 cm-29 cm face size, you can get pictures according to the standard,
I was able to confirm that I was able to shoot with the subject in focus.

FIG. 4 shows a photographic making apparatus which adjusts the object distance by moving the taking optical system according to the face size. The interior of the photo production device 9 is divided into a photography room 11 and a photo production room 12 with a partition wall 10 therebetween, and a cosmetic mirror for confirming personal appearance is provided on the outer wall next to the entrance of the photography room 11. 13 is attached. Shooting room 1
1, there is a height adjustable chair 14 as shown in FIG.
And the input buttons 16 to 1 attached to the side wall 15
And 8 are provided. Characters 19 such as “S”, “M”, and “L” indicating the face size are written on the input buttons 16 to 18.

The person to be photographed selects and operates any of the input buttons 16 to 18 according to the face size. For example, since the average face size of Japanese is 24.5 cm, "M" when the face size is almost the same as the average, "L" when the face size is larger than the average, and when the face size is smaller than the average. Is "S"
Select the input button of. By the selection operation of these input buttons 16 to 18, the control unit 42, which will be described in detail later, controls the motor 41 to move the photographing exposure unit 33 in the directions of the optical axes L1 to L4. It should be noted that it is preferable to display a table on the side wall 15 in which the numerical values for the ranks of face sizes are described.

Since the photo-making room 12 is a dark room,
The photographing window 27 provided on the partition wall 10 acts as a mirror, and the face of the person to be photographed is projected on the photographing window 27.
A line 28 (see FIG. 4) indicating the position of the chin of the photographed person in the photographing window 27 when the person is seated is written on both sides of the line.

The photographic production chamber 12 is provided with a magazine 29 containing a photosensitive material 30 for heat development in a roll form. The roll-shaped photosensitive material 30 includes a pair of drawing rollers 31.
Then, it is pulled out from the magazine 29 by the amount of one shot and cut by the cutter 32. This sheet-shaped photosensitive material 30a
Is set in the photographing exposure unit 33 before photographing. At the time of photographing, the strobe device 34 arranged on the photographing window 27 operates to illuminate the person to be photographed through the diffusion plate 34a.

As shown in FIG. 1, the photographic exposure section 33 is such that an exposure frame 33a, a shutter device 33b, a lens cluster 36, etc. are integrally provided in a camera housing 37, and the sheet-shaped photosensitive material 30a is provided. Expose the face image. The lens clusters 36 are arranged vertically and horizontally in two rows,
And four small lenses 36a to 36 having the same focal length
d, and a lens board 38 that holds the small lenses 36a to 36d so that these optical axes L1 to L4 are parallel to each other.

This camera housing 37 has a feed screw 3
9 and a guide rod 40, the motor 41 rotates the feed screw 39. The feed screw 39 and the guide rod 40 are arranged in parallel along the optical axes L1 to L4. When any one of the input buttons 16 to 18 is pressed, a signal is input to the control unit 42. This control unit 42
Controls the rotation direction and rotation amount of the motor 41,
The feed screw 39 is rotated via 3 to move the housing 37 in the direction of the optical axes L1 to L4. As described above, the camera housing 37, together with the lens cluster 36 and the photosensitive material 30a, is controlled by the face size designation so that the optical axes L1 to L4.
The size of the face image can be changed within the depth of field because it moves in the direction of.

The light-sensitive material 30a after the photographic exposure is coated with a small amount of water in the water coating section 44, and then the image receiving material accommodation section 45.
It is sent to the heat developing section 47 together with the sheet-shaped image receiving material 46 sent from. In the heat developing section 47, the photosensitive material 3
The image on the photosensitive material 30a is transferred to the image receiving material 46 by heating the image receiving material 0a and the image receiving material 46 in close contact with each other.
The photosensitive material 30a and the image receiving material 46 after the heat development and transfer are separated from each other at the separating and taking-out portion 48, and the image receiving material 46 showing a positive image is supplied to the taking-out port 49 as a photograph 46a, and the photosensitive material 30a is disposed in a waste box. Discarded in 50. As shown in FIG. 6, in the taken-out photograph 46a, a face image having the same image magnification is shown in four frames of the same size divided into a matrix, and the face has the standard size shown in FIG. Has become.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described.
First, when any one of the input buttons 16 to 18 is pressed according to the face size, a signal is input to the control unit 42. The control unit 42 controls the rotation direction and the rotation amount of the motor 41, and rotates the feed screw 39 via the gear 43. The rotation of the feed screw 39 causes the camera housing 37 to move back and forth. By the movement of the camera housing 39, the lens cluster 36 supported thereby moves back and forth in the direction along the optical axes L1 to L4.

The person to be photographed sits on the chair 14 and looks at the photographing window 27 to check whether or not the image of the jaw matches the line 28. If the jaw image is higher than the line 28, the height of the chair 14 is adjusted by turning the buttocks 14a.

A coin is inserted into the coin slot 51 and the start button 52 is operated. The photo production device 10 is activated by inserting a coin, and photography is started after a lapse of a predetermined time after receiving a signal from the start button 52. Since the photosensitive material 30a which is pulled out from the magazine 29 and cut into a sheet shape is preset in the photographing exposure section 33, when the photographing is started, the photosensitive material 30a is set to 4 in this photosensitive material 30a.
Individual face images are captured. After the addition of water, the photosensitive material 30a is superposed on the image receiving material 46 and thermally developed. The heat-developable image-receiving material 46 is taken out from the take-out port 4 as a certification photograph.
Sent to 9.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 7, according to the face size,
The lens clusters 70 to 72 of three types are selected and used. Three types of lens cluster 70-
The specification of 72 is that each small lens 70a of the lens cluster 70
.About.70d has a focal length f = 117 mm, each small lens 71a-71d of the lens cluster 71 has a focal length f = 128.6 mm, and each small lens 72a-72d of the lens cluster 72 has a focal length f = 104.71 mm. These three types of lens cluster 7
When 0 to 72 are used, as can be seen from the graph shown in FIG. 8, it is possible to imprint a face having a size of 19 to 30 cm in a standard size.

The lens clusters 70 to 72 are attached to a plate 73. This plate 73 is attached to the optical axis L1 by a feed screw 74 and two guide rods 75.
It is movably supported in a direction orthogonal to L4. When the motor 76 is rotated by a signal from the control unit 42, the plate 73 is moved in the direction of the arrow by the feed screw 74, and the desired lens clusters are arranged on the optical axes L1 to L4 according to the face size. Selected to be located at, the face image is exposed on the photosensitive material 30a by this lens cluster. It should be noted that the types of lens clusters having different focal lengths are not limited to three types.
It is also possible to use four types of lens clusters to which a lens cluster having a focal length f = 139.63 mm is added as shown by the alternate long and short dash line. In this case, a face with a size of 18.5 to 30 cm can be imprinted according to the standard.
For example, 4 with "SS", "S", "M", and "L"
It is sufficient to divide it into four and prepare four input buttons corresponding to these.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 9, two types of converter lens clusters 81 and 82 are provided behind the master lens cluster 80 having the optical axes L1 to L4.
4 in and out, master lens clusters 80 and 2
One of the three types of converter lens clusters 81 and 82 is combined to form three photographing optical systems having different focal lengths. These converter lens clusters 81 and 82 are provided on the panel 83, and move in a direction orthogonal to the optical axes L1 to L4 by the rotation of the motor 86. Reference numeral 83a is an aperture, which is set on the optical axes L1 to L4 when only the master lens cluster 80 is used. Alternatively, each small lens of the lens cluster may be a zoom lens, and these zoom lenses may be driven by one motor to convert the focal length according to the face size.

When the face size is judged based on the subjectivity of the photographed person, a judgment error is likely to occur. Therefore, it is desirable to make an accurate judgment using a device for judging the face size. Figure 10
Shows an example of determining a face size using a mirror. The mirror 90 is used instead of the makeup mirror 13 shown in FIG. On the mirror 90, an index 91 for the photographed person to judge the size of his / her face is provided at the center of the mirror surface 90a. This index 91 is
A reference horizontal line 91a for aligning one's own chin on the mirror surface 90a and four horizontal lines 91 provided above the reference horizontal line 91a.
b to 91e. Four horizontal lines 91b-
Characters “S”, “M”, and “L” indicating the size range of the face are written in order from the bottom in the three vertical regions partitioned by 92 e.

The horizontal line 91b is drawn so that the image of the top of the head is located when the face size is 19 cm. The horizontal line 91c corresponds to 22 cm, the horizontal line 91d corresponds to 27 cm, and the horizontal line 91e corresponds to 30 cm. Therefore, in the case of “S”, the face size is 19 to less than 22 cm, in the case of “M”, the face size is less than 22 to 27 cm, and in the case of “L”, the face size is 27 to less than 27 cm.
It is less than 30 cm. Here, since the image of the face becomes 1/2 regardless of the distance from the mirror 90, each of the horizontal lines 91b to 9b
1e is drawn with a reduction ratio of 1/2.

In this way, the range of face size can be known from the position of the image of the top of the face with the chin aligned with the reference horizontal line 91a. In the case of this mirror 90, since the measurement can be performed regardless of the distance from the mirror 90, there are few measurement errors. In the example of FIG. 10, the image of the top of the head is the horizontal line 91b.
, 91c, it can be seen that the face size is “S”. In addition, the characters 92 of "S", "M", and "L"
Instead of, the dimensional scale representing the length of the face may be written next to each of the horizontal lines 91b to 91e. Further, the face size is determined from the position of the top of the head with the position of the chin as the reference, but conversely, the top of the head may be used as the reference.

Further, although the photograph producing apparatus described in the above embodiment produces a photograph in which face images are imprinted in an arrangement of 2 rows and 2 columns, a photograph in which face images are imprinted in 4 columns is produced. You may do it.

[0026]

As described in detail above, according to the present invention, face size input means for inputting the face size of the subject is provided, and the adjusting means responds to the signal from the face size input means. Is moved in the optical axis direction to adjust the subject distance within the depth of field, so that it is possible to produce a photograph in which the face image has a predetermined standard regardless of the face size of the subject. In another invention, since the focal length adjusting means adjusts the focal length of the taking lens according to the signal from the face size input means, it is possible to take an image in an optimum focus state.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic explanatory view showing a mechanism for moving a camera housing according to a face size input button.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing standard dimensions of a passport photograph.

FIG. 3 is a graph showing the correlation between the size of the face of the person to be photographed and the size of the face image.

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

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of a photographic production apparatus.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory view showing a photograph produced by a photograph producing apparatus.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing an embodiment in which a plurality of lens clusters are selected to change the image magnification.

FIG. 8 is a graph showing a correlation between a focal length of each lens cluster, a face size, and a face image.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing an embodiment using a converter lens cluster.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a mirror with an index that determines a face size.

[Explanation of symbols]

9 Photographing apparatus 11 Photographing room 12 Photographing room 14 Chairs 16, 17, 18 Input buttons 36, 70, 71, 72, 80, 81, 82 Lens cluster 39, 74 Feed screw 42 Control unit 41, 76, 86 Motor 46a Photo

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[Procedure amendment]

[Submission date] November 2, 1992

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[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the invention of claim 1, a face size input means for inputting the face size of the subject and a signal from the face size input means Adjustment means for moving the photographing lens in the optical axis direction and adjusting the subject distance within the depth of focus of the lens are provided. In this way, by specifying the face size, the subject distance is automatically adjusted, so that the face image can have a standard size.

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[0008]

[Example] In order to make a face image satisfy the passport photo standard, the image magnification on the photo may be changed according to the face size. When we studied the adjustment of this image magnification, the focal length of the lens cluster currently in use f = 117 mm, the lens magnification
In the case of 0.11 times, as shown in FIG. 3, it was found that about 10 cm forward and about 15 cm backward from the reference position fall within the depth of focus . If you change the subject distance within this depth of focus , it will be approximately 21 cm.
I was able to obtain the standard photographs up to a face size of ~ 29 cm, and I was able to confirm that I could shoot with the subject in focus.

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As shown in FIG. 1, the photographic exposure section 33 is such that an exposure frame 33a, a shutter device 33b, a lens cluster 36, etc. are integrally provided in a camera housing 37, and the sheet-shaped photosensitive material 30a is provided. Expose the face image. The lens clusters 36 are arranged vertically and horizontally in two rows,
Four lenses 36a~36d of and became the same focal length
When, a lens board 38. These optical axis L1~L4 holds the lenses 36a~36d in parallel.

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This camera housing 37 has a feed screw 3
9 and a guide rod 40, the motor 41 rotates the feed screw 39. The feed screw 39 and the guide rod 40 are arranged in parallel along the optical axes L1 to L4. When any one of the input buttons 16 to 18 is pressed, a signal is input to the control unit 42. This control unit 42
Controls the rotation direction and rotation amount of the motor 41,
The feed screw 39 is rotated via 3 to move the housing 37 in the direction of the optical axes L1 to L4. As described above, the camera housing 37, together with the lens cluster 36 and the photosensitive material 30a, is controlled by the face size designation so that the optical axes L1 to L4.
Since it moves in the direction of, the size of the face image can be changed within the depth of focus .

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In the embodiment shown in FIG. 7, according to the face size,
The lens clusters 70 to 72 of three types are selected and used. Three types of lens cluster 70-
72 specifications, each lenses 70a~ of lens cluster 70
70d is the focal length f = 117 mm, each of the lens cluster 71
Lenses 71a~71d focal length f = 128.6Mm, the lenses 72a~72d focus lens cluster 72 a distance f =
It is 104.71 mm. These three types of lens clusters 70-7
As shown in the graph of FIG.
It is possible to imprint in a standard size on a face of ~ 30 cm.

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The lens clusters 70 to 72 are attached to a plate 73. This plate 73 is attached to the optical axis L1 by a feed screw 74 and two guide rods 75.
It is movably supported in a direction orthogonal to L4. When the motor 76 by a signal from the control unit 42 rotates, the plate 73 is moved in the arrow direction by a feed screw 74, the lenses desired lens cluster it in accordance with the face size is on the optical axis L1~L4 Selected to be located at, the face image is exposed on the photosensitive material 30a by this lens cluster. The types of lens clusters having different focal lengths are not limited to three types, and for example, four types of lens clusters with a focal length f = 139.63 mm are added as shown by the chain line in FIG. A cluster may be used. In this case, a face having a size of 18.5 to 30 cm can be imprinted according to the standard, so that the range of face sizes is, for example, “SS”, “S”, “M”, and “L”. It is sufficient to divide it into four and prepare four input buttons corresponding to these.

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In the embodiment shown in FIG. 9, two types of converter lens clusters 81 and 82 are provided behind the master lens cluster 80 having the optical axes L1 to L4.
4 in and out, master lens clusters 80 and 2
One of the three types of converter lens clusters 81 and 82 is combined to form three photographing optical systems having different focal lengths. These converter lens clusters 81 and 82 are provided on the panel 83, and move in a direction orthogonal to the optical axes L1 to L4 by the rotation of the motor 86. Reference numeral 83a is an aperture, which is set on the optical axes L1 to L4 when only the master lens cluster 80 is used. Further, each lenses of the lens cluster and a zoom lens, and drives the zoom lens in one motor may be converted to the focal length corresponding to the face size.

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As described in detail above, according to the present invention, face size input means for inputting the face size of the subject is provided, and the adjusting means responds to the signal from the face size input means. Is moved in the direction of the optical axis to adjust the subject distance within the depth of focus of the taking lens, so that it is possible to create a photograph in which the face image has a predetermined standard regardless of the face size of the subject. . In another invention, since the focal length adjusting means adjusts the focal length of the taking lens according to the signal from the face size input means, it is possible to take an image in an optimum focus state.

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Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A face size input means for inputting a face size of a person to be photographed, and a photographing lens is moved in an optical axis direction in accordance with a signal from the face size input means so as to be within a depth of field of the photographing lens. An apparatus for producing photographs, which is provided with adjusting means for adjusting a subject distance. 2. A face size input means for inputting a face size of a subject, and a focal length adjusting means for adjusting a focal length of a photographing lens according to a signal from the face size input means. Photo production equipment. 3. The photograph producing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the focal length adjusting means selects one of a plurality of types of photographing lenses having different focal lengths. 4. The photograph producing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the focal length adjusting means inserts one selected from a plurality of converter lenses in front of or after the master lens.