JPH0651397A - 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 11, a chair 14 whose height can be adjusted and the input buttons 16-18 of face size fitted to a side wall 15 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 20. By the control part 20, the rotating direction and the rotating quantity of a motor 21 are controlled and a screw shaft 23 is rotated through a gear 22. Besides, the chair 14 supported by the shaft 23 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 adjusting the subject position within the depth of field of the taking lens are provided. As the adjusting means, a chair or a headrest is moved back and forth along the optical axis direction of the taking lens. In this way, by specifying the face size, the subject distance is automatically adjusted, so that the face image can have a standard size.

[0007]

[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. 1 and FIG. 4 show a photograph making apparatus for automatically moving a chair according to a face size to adjust a subject distance. The interior of the photographic production device 9 is the partition wall 1.
It is divided into a photography room 11 and a photo production room 12 with a space of 0, and a makeup mirror 13 for confirming personal appearance is attached to the outer wall next to the entrance of the photography room 11. The photographing room 11 is provided with a height-adjustable chair 14 and input buttons 16 to 18 attached to a side wall 15 thereof. Above the input buttons 16 to 18, characters 19 indicating the face size, such as "S", "M", and "L", are displayed.
Is written.

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. It should be noted that it is preferable to display on the side wall 21 a table in which the numerical values for the ranks of face sizes are described.

When any one of the input buttons 16 to 18 is pressed, a signal is input to the control unit 20. This control unit 20
Controls the rotation direction and rotation amount of the motor 21,
The screw shaft 23 is rotated via 2. The chair 14 is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, the height is adjusted by rotation, and it is composed of a tail portion 14a and a screw cylinder portion 14b, and a horizontal mounting plate 24 is fixed to the lower end of the screw cylinder portion 14b.
At both ends of the mounting plate 24, a nut 25 and a sleeve 26 are provided.
And are stuck. A screw shaft 23 is screwed onto the nut 25, and a guide rod 27 that slidably holds the screw shaft 23 is fitted onto the sleeve 26. The sleeve 26 and the screw shaft 23 are arranged in parallel along the optical axes L1 to L4.

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 25 operates to illuminate the person to be photographed through the diffusion plate 34a. The photographing exposure section 33 is provided with an exposure frame 33a, a shutter device 33b, and a lens cluster 36, and exposes a face image on the sheet-shaped photosensitive material 30a. Lens cluster 36
Consists of four small lenses arranged vertically and horizontally in two rows and having the same focal length, and a lens board 37 that holds the small lenses so that these optical axes L1 to L4 are parallel to each other.

The light-sensitive material 30a after the photographic exposure is coated with a small amount of water in the water coating portion 38, and then the image receiving material storage portion 39.
It is sent to the heat developing section 41 together with the sheet-shaped image receiving material 40 sent from. In the heat developing section 41, the photosensitive material 3
The image on the photosensitive material 30a is transferred to the image receiving material 40 by heating the image receiving material 40a and the image receiving material 40 in close contact with each other.
The photosensitive material 30a and the image receiving material 40 after the heat development transfer are separated from each other at the separating and taking out portion 43, and the image receiving material 40 showing a positive image is supplied to the taking-out port 44 as a photograph 40a, and the photosensitive material 30a is disposed in a waste box. Discarded in 45. As shown in FIG. 6, in the photograph 40a taken out, a face image having the same image magnification is shown in four frames of the same size divided in 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 20. The control unit 20 controls the rotation direction and the rotation amount of the motor 21, and rotates the screw shaft 23 via the gear 22. Rotation of the screw shaft 23 causes the nut 25 to move back and forth. By the movement of the nut 25, the chair 14 supported by the screw shaft 23 and the guide rod 27 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 47 and the start button 48 is operated. The photo production device 10 is activated by inserting a coin, and photography is started after a lapse of a certain period of time after receiving a signal from the start button 48. 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, four face images are displayed on the photosensitive material 30a. It After the addition of water, the photosensitive material 30a is superposed on the image receiving material 40 and thermally developed. The heat-developable image-receiving material 40 is sent to the take-out port 44 as a certification photograph.

FIG. 7 shows an embodiment in which a headrest instead of a chair is moved in the optical axis direction according to the face size. Behind the headrest 50, a tip of a screw shaft 51 is rotatably attached, and a slide rod 52
Is fixed. The screw shaft 51 is screwed into a nut 54 fixed to the wall 53, and is rotated by a motor 56 via a gear 55 fixed to the rear end. The slide bar 52 for preventing the headrest 50 from rotating is slidably fitted in the hole of the wall 57. The chair 49 has a screw tube portion 49b fixed to the floor, and the height is adjusted by turning the backrest portion 49a as in the example shown in FIG.

In this embodiment, the motor 56 rotates according to the face size designated by the input buttons 16 to 18 and the position of the headrest 50 is adjusted. The size of can be made standard. Where the headrest 50
Needs to be a size that does not appear in the picture. If the same color as the wall 53 is used, there is no problem even if the headrest 50 slightly protrudes from the head.

When the face size is judged by the subjectivity of the photographed person, a judgment error is likely to occur. Therefore, it is desirable to use the device for judging the face size accurately. Figure 8
It 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. The index 91 is a reference horizontal line 91a for aligning one's own chin on the mirror surface 90a and four horizontal lines 91b provided above the reference horizontal line 91a.
.About.91e. Four horizontal lines 91b-9
Characters 92 of “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 2e.

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, with the chin aligned with the reference horizontal line 91a, the range of face size can be known from the position of the image of the top of the face. 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. 8, since the image of the top of the head is between the horizontal lines 91b and 91c, it can be seen that the face size is “S”. Note that, instead of the letters 92 of “S”, “M”, and “L”, a dimensional scale indicating the length of the face may be written next to each horizontal line 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.

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

[0023]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, the face size input means for inputting the face size of the photographed person is provided, and the adjusting means responds to the signal from the face size input means. Since the subject distance is adjusted within the depth of field, it is possible to produce a photograph in which the face image has a predetermined standard regardless of the face size of the subject.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing an example of a photographic production apparatus of the present invention.

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 perspective view showing a main part of a chair.

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

FIG. 7 is a sectional view showing an embodiment in which the position of the headrest is automatically changed.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing an example in which an index is used for a mirror.

[Explanation of symbols]

 9 photo production equipment 11 photography room 12 photo production room 14,49 chair 21,56 motor 23,51 screw shaft 25,54 nut 40a photo 50 headrest

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[Procedure amendment]

[Submission date] November 2, 1992

[Procedure Amendment 1]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Name of item to be corrected] Claim 1

[Correction method] Change

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[Procedure Amendment 2]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0006

[Correction method] Change

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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 adjusting the subject position within the depth of focus of the taking lens are provided. As the adjusting means, a chair or a headrest is moved back and forth along the optical axis direction of the taking lens. In this way, by specifying the face size, the subject distance is automatically adjusted, so that the face image can have a standard size.

[Procedure 3]

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[Correction target item name] 0007

[Correction method] Change

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[0007]

[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.

[Procedure amendment 4]

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[Correction method] Change

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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 25 operates to illuminate the person to be photographed through the diffusion plate 34a. The photographing exposure section 33 is provided with an exposure frame 33a, a shutter device 33b, and a lens cluster 36, and exposes a face image on the sheet-shaped photosensitive material 30a. Lens cluster 36
Are arranged in 2 rows and 2 columns and have the same focal length.
And lenses of, so that these optical axes L1~L4 is parallel
A lens board 37 for holding the lenses in.

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[0023]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, the face size input means for inputting the face size of the person to be photographed is provided, and the adjusting means adjusts the depth of focus in accordance with the signal from the face size input means. Since the subject distance is adjusted inside, it is possible to produce a photograph in which the face image has a predetermined standard regardless of the face size of the subject.

[Procedure correction 6]

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[Correction method] Change

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[Figure 3]

Front page continuation (72) Inventor Toshiaki Aono 210 Nakanuma, Minamiashigara City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Nobuyuki Iwasaki 2-26-30, Nishiazabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A face size input means for inputting a face size of a person to be photographed and an adjusting means for adjusting a subject position within a depth of field of a photographing lens in accordance with a signal from the face size input means. Photographic equipment characterized by the above. 2. The photograph producing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the adjusting means moves the chair or the headrest back and forth along the optical axis direction of the taking lens.