JPH09113990A - Device for taking photograph for certificate - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device for taking a photograph for a certificate capable of obtaining an excellent-quality photograph for a certificate in a short time. SOLUTION: A photographing camera 14 using peel apart type instant film, a printing photographic processing part 16 which cleaves the developer bag of the instant film exposed by the camera 14 and spreads developer in the developing bag between the photosensitive sheet 40 of the instant film and an image receiving sheet 72, so that a negative image recorded on the photosensitive sheet 0 is transferred on the image receiving sheet 72 as a positive image, and a feeding part 89 feeding the image receiving sheet 12 on which the positive image is transferred to the outside of a photographing unit 10 are housed in the photographing unit 10. The photographing unit 10 is moved up and down with respect to a subject by a driving part 18. Then, the camera 14, the processing part 16 and the driving part 18 are remote-controlled by a remote controller 66 so as to obtain the photograph for a certificate.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an ID photo device, and more particularly to a simple ID photo device used for taking ID photos such as passports and licenses.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when a photograph such as a passport or a license is required, a still picture taken by a photo studio or a personal camera (a print picture by negative / positive) is used, or a shopping building or A simple positive photo-taking box installed in a station building, etc., is used for direct positive prints.

[0003]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, when an attempt is made to obtain an ID photo from a photo studio, a personal camera, or an ID photo box, it takes a lot of time and effort from the shooting to the completion of the still and print pictures. There is.
The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide an identification photograph apparatus that can obtain an identification photograph with good image quality in a short time.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a box body, and a photographing camera which is housed in the box body and photographs a subject using a peel-apart type instant film. The developer bag of the instant film stored in the box and photographed by the photographing camera is cleaved to spread the developer in the developer bag between the photosensitive sheet and the image receiving sheet of the instant film. ,
A print photographic processing unit for transferring a negative image recorded on a photosensitive sheet to an image receiving sheet as a positive image, a sending unit provided in the box, and sending out the image receiving sheet to which the positive image is transferred to the outside of the box, And a drive unit configured to move the box body up and down with respect to the subject to set a photographing position of the subject, a photographing camera, the print photograph processing unit, and a remote control operation unit that remotely controls the drive unit. Characterize.

In the ID photo apparatus of the present invention, among the instant films capable of obtaining a print photo in a short time, a peel apart type instant film having a higher image quality than a mono-sheet type instant film is obtained as an ID photo. When taking a picture, the photographer who wants to obtain an identification photograph is first positioned in front of the box. Then, the photographer operates the remote control operation unit by remote control to move the box body up and down by the drive unit to position the photographing camera in front of his / her face. Then, when the photographer operates the operation unit by remote control to release the shutter of the photographing camera, his / her face is recorded on the peel-apart type instant film. When this recording operation is completed, the developer bag of the instant film is cleaved by the print photo processing section, and the developer in the developer bag is spread between the photosensitive film and the image receiving sheet of the instant film to expose the photosensitive film. The negative image recorded on the sheet is transferred to the image receiving sheet as a positive image. And
The image receiving sheet to which the positive image is transferred, that is, the print photograph is sent out of the box body by the sending unit and provided to the photographer. As a result, in the present invention, it is possible to obtain a high-quality ID photo in a short time.

Further, in the present invention, since at least one taking lens is provided in the taking camera, at least one or more subject images can be recorded on one instant film by releasing the shutter. it can.
Furthermore, in the present invention, since the half mirror is provided in front of the taking lens of the taking camera, the photographer can take a picture while looking at his / her face, and the half mirror is provided with a frame indicating the photographing range of the subject. Since the image is formed, the photographer can obtain the ID photo taken at the correct position simply by positioning his or her face within the frame.

According to the present invention, a storage portion for the peel-apart type instant film and a collection portion for collecting the photosensitive sheet after printing and the carrier tape of the image receiving sheet are detachably attached to the box body. When the instant film stored in the storage unit is used up, the storage unit is removed and a new storage unit storing the unexposed instant film is mounted. Further, when the used photosensitive sheet and the carrier tape are collected in the collecting portion of the photosensitive sheet and the carrier tape, the collecting portion is removed together and an empty collecting portion is attached to the box body. Since the used photosensitive sheet and carrier tape are contaminated with the developing solution, it is possible to prevent the operator from being contaminated with the developing solution by exchanging the collection unit.

Further, according to the present invention, a display unit for displaying the remaining amount of the peel apart type instant film is provided on the box body, and the remaining amount of the instant film, especially the remaining amount is confirmed by the display of this display unit. can do.

[0009]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Preferred embodiments of the ID photo apparatus according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a side sectional view of an ID photo apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. The ID photo apparatus shown in the figure comprises a photographing unit 10 formed in a box shape, and a stand 12 for guiding the photographing unit 10 so as to be vertically movable in the drawing.

The photographing unit 10 includes a photographing camera 1
4, a print photograph processing unit 16 including a plurality of rollers, a drive unit 18 for vertically moving the photographing unit 10, and the like are housed and arranged. As shown in FIG. 2, the side surface (the right side surface portion in FIG. 1) of the photographing unit 10 in front of the photographing camera 14 is
A rectangular window 10A is opened, and in this window 10A, two photographing lenses 20, 20, ... Of the photographing camera 14 are arranged side by side in the vertical direction and two in the horizontal direction. As shown in FIG. 1, a light shielding tube 22 is provided behind the taking lenses 20, 20 ... And a thick sheet 26 is provided at the rear open portion of the light shielding tube 22, that is, behind the exposure aperture 24. In the gap between the exposure aperture 24 and the sheet 26, a photosensitive sheet unit of a peel apart type instant film described later is fed and positioned, and the photosensitive sheet of this photosensitive sheet unit is placed between the exposure aperture 24 and the sheet 26. And is exposed while being held flat. Further, as shown in FIG. 2, a half mirror 28 is fitted in and fixed to the window 10A in front of the taking lenses 20, 20 ...
A frame 28A for displaying a photographing range on a subject is formed in a substantially central portion of the half mirror 28, and the photographing lenses 20, 20 ... Are arranged in the frame 28A.
A strobe light emitting unit 30 is provided on the right side of the half mirror 28 in FIG. 2, and a warning lamp 32 is provided below the strobe light emitting unit 30. The warning lamp 32 is controlled so as to light up when the remaining amount of the peel apart type instant film becomes small.

By the way, the peel apart type instant film is a photosensitive sheet unit 34 shown in FIG.
And an image receiving sheet unit 36 shown in FIG. In FIG. 3, the photosensitive sheet unit 34 is formed into a strip shape by connecting a plurality of photosensitive sheets 40, 40 ... With a connecting sheet 42, 42 ... Has been formed. The connecting sheet 42 is made of black carbon mixed paper or the like in order to prevent surface reflection, and the developing solution pod 44 and the developing solution flowing out from the developing solution pod 44 are placed on the connecting sheet 42. A funnel 46 that guides the toner to a sheet and a skirt 48 that receives the excess developer are attached. A mountain fold line 50 is formed in the width direction at the tip of the connecting sheet 42. The photosensitive sheet unit 34 is stored in the storage box 52 shown in FIG. 1 in a state of being folded along the mountain fold line 50. The storage box 52 is detachably attached to the photographing unit 10.
When the photosensitive sheet unit 34 disappears in the storage box 52,
The new storage box 52 in which the unexposed photosensitive sheet unit 34 is stored is replaced.

When the storage box 52 is attached to the photographing unit 10, the photosensitive sheet unit 34 stored in the storage box 52 has the pull-out sheet 38 shown in FIG. 3 by the pair of feeding rollers 54, 54 shown in FIG. It is sent up. The drawn-out sheet 38 that has been fed out passes through the gap between the sheet 26 and the exposure aperture 24, and then the pair of feeding rollers 56, 56 and the cleaving / deploying rollers 58, 58 of the developer pod 44 (printing). It is sent downward by the photo processing unit 16). The pull-out sheet 38 sent out downward is attached to the winding roller 62 via the roller 60. The winding roller (collection unit) 62 is a motor 6
4, the photosensitive sheet unit 34 stored in the storage box 52 is rotated by the winding roller 62.
It is designed to be wound up. This winding roller 6
Reference numeral 2 is detachably attached to the photographing unit 10.

The motor 64 is driven and controlled by operating a remote controller 66 (see FIGS. 1 and 2) provided on the photographing unit 10 via a cable 118, and when a shutter button 68 of the remote controller 66 is pressed. It is driven by a fixed amount. As a result, the photosensitive sheets 40, 40 ... Of the photosensitive sheet unit 34 are sequentially positioned behind the exposure aperture 24 from the first sheet. In addition, the release of the shutter button 68 records an image of the subject on the photosensitive sheet 40 located behind the exposure aperture 24.

The image receiving sheet unit 36 shown in FIG.
A plurality of image receiving sheets 72, 72 ... Are adhered to a carrier tape 74 with a pull-out sheet 70 formed to have a predetermined length at the beginning to form a strip shape. The image receiving sheet 72,
72 are attached at the same intervals as the attachment intervals of the photosensitive sheets 40, 40 shown in FIG. 3, and the carrier tape 74 at the attachment position of the image receiving sheet 72 has a rectangular opening corresponding to the screen size. The part (mask) 76 is formed. Further, the image receiving sheet unit 36 is stored in the storage box 80 shown in FIG. 1 in a state of being folded along the mountain fold line 78 formed on the carrier tape 74. The storage box 80 is
Removably attached to the photographing unit 10 and the storage box 8
When the image receiving sheet unit 36 disappears in 0, a new storage box 80 in which an unused image receiving sheet unit 36 is stored
Will be replaced.

When the storage box 80 is attached to the photographing unit 10, the pull-out sheet 70 shown in FIG. 4 of the image receiving sheet unit 36 stored in the storage box 80 is sent downward by the feeding roller 82 shown in FIG. . The drawn-out sheet 70 sent out has the tearing / deploying roller 5 described above.
It is sandwiched between 8, 58 and sent out downward, and is attached to the winding roller 86 via the roller 84. The winding roller 86 is rotationally driven by a motor 88, whereby the image receiving sheet unit 3 stored in the storage box 80 is received.
6 is wound up toward the winding roller 86 (collecting section). The winding roller 86 is detachably attached to the photographing unit 10.

The image receiving sheet 72 has a winding roller 86.
During the winding by
The developer in the developer pod 44 (see FIG. 3) cleaved by 8 is spread with a uniform liquid thickness on the overlapping photosensitive sheet 40, and is recorded as a latent image on the photosensitive sheet 40. The negative image is transferred as a positive image. The transferred image receiving sheet (print photograph) 72 is separated from the carrier tape 74 by the roller 82.
The separated carrier tape 74 is the winding roller 86.
The image receiving sheet 72, which has been wound up and separated, is sent downward together with the photosensitive sheet 40 while being attached to the photosensitive sheet 40. Then, the image receiving sheet 72 is separated from the photosensitive sheet 40 by the roller 60, and then is supplied to the receiving tray 92 from the print photo taking-out port 90 of the photographing unit 10 by the pair of sending rollers (sending units) 89, 89.

The motor 88 is drive-controlled by the operation of the remote controller 66, and when the shutter button 68 of the remote controller 66 is pressed, it is rotationally driven by a predetermined amount. As a result, the image receiving sheet 72 of the image receiving sheet unit 36,
72 ... are sequentially transferred from the first sheet. By the way, the drive unit 18 incorporated in the photographing unit 10 has a motor 94 and a pulley 96 rotatably driven by the motor 94. The pulley 96 has a strong belt 9 of a predetermined length.
One end of the belt 98 is fixed, and the other end of the belt 98 is fixed to a fixing member 102 of the stand 12 via a roller 100 pivotally supported on the top of the stand 12. Therefore, when the motor 94 drives the pulley 96 in the clockwise direction from the state of FIG. 1, the belt 98 is rewound from the pulley 96, and the photographing unit 10 moves downward by its own weight. When the pulley 96 is driven counterclockwise,
When the belt 98 is wound around the pulley 96, the photographing unit 10 is pulled by the belt 98 and moves upward. A stopper 104 is provided on the upper portion of the stand 12, and the upper position of the photographing unit 10 is regulated by the upper surface of the photographing unit 10 contacting the stopper 104, and a stopper 106 is also provided on the lower portion of the stand 12. Then, the lower position of the photographing unit 10 is regulated by contacting the lower surface of the photographing unit 10 with the stopper 106. Further, as shown in FIG. 5, sliding members (plastic members such as Delrin) 108 are arranged at several positions on the side surface of the photographing unit 10, and the belt 98 is brought into contact with the sliding members 108 to move the photographing unit 10 up and down. I try to do it smoothly. The sliding member 108
Is fixed by a screw 112 via a spring spring 110, and is supported by the photographing unit 10 in a state in which a predetermined biasing force is applied.

In FIG. 1, the motor 94 of the drive unit 18
Is controlled by operating the up button 114 and the down button 116 of the remote controller 66 (see FIG. 2). When the up button 114 is pressed, the motor 9
4 is driven counterclockwise in FIG. 1, so that the photographing unit 10 is moved upward. Also, the down button 116
When is pressed, the motor 94 is driven in the clockwise direction in FIG. 1, and the photographing unit 10 is moved downward.

A screen 120 is suspended from a ceiling surface 122 in front of the photographing unit 10. The screen 120 is for making the background color of the print photograph uniform. Next, a method of using the ID photo device configured as described above will be described. First, as shown in FIG. 1, a photographer 124 who wants to obtain an ID photo
Stands between the photographing unit 10 and the screen 120, and faces the front of the photographing camera 14.

Next, the photographer 124 operates the up button 114 or the down button 116 (see FIG. 2) of the remote control device 66 to move the photographing unit 10 up and down by the drive unit 18 to move the photographing camera 14 to his or her face. Position it in front. Next, when the photographer presses the shutter button 68 of the remote control device 66 to release the shutter of the photographing camera 14, the strobe light emitting section 30 emits light and the self-sensing sheet 40 of the photosensitive sheet unit 34 positioned behind the exposure aperture 24 is displayed. Is recorded. When this recording operation is completed, the photosensitive sheet unit 34 is wound by the motor 64 and the image receiving sheet unit 36 is wound by the motor 88. Then, the developing solution in the developing solution pod 44 (see FIG. 3) cleaved by the cleaving / developing rollers 58, 58 of the print photograph processing section 16 is applied between the overlapping photosensitive sheet 40 and image receiving sheet 72. A negative image developed as a latent image on the photosensitive sheet 40 by being developed with a uniform liquid thickness is transferred to the image receiving sheet 72 as a positive image.

Then, the transferred image receiving sheet (print photograph) 72 is separated from the carrier tape 74 by the roller 84. The separated print photograph 72 is sent downward together with the photosensitive sheet 40 in a state of being attached to the photosensitive sheet 40, separated from the photosensitive sheet 40 by the roller 60, and then, the printed photograph of the photographing unit 10 by the sending rollers 89 and 89. It is supplied from the outlet 90 to the cradle 92. This allows the photographer to obtain a high-quality ID photo in a short time.

The carrier tape 74 separated from the print photograph 72 is wound around the winding roller 86, and the photosensitive sheet 40 separated by the roller 60 is wound around the winding roller 62. In the ID photo apparatus of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 2, a plurality of taking lenses 20, 20, ... Are arranged side by side in a taking camera 14. Therefore, by releasing the shutters provided on the photographing lenses 20, 20, ... At once or continuously, four subject images can be recorded separately on one photosensitive sheet 40. Four identification photographs are simultaneously printed on one image receiving sheet 72.

Further, in the present invention, since the half mirror 28 is provided in front of the taking lenses 20, 20, ... Of the taking camera 14, the photographer 124 can photograph while looking at his / her face. Since the frame 28A indicating the photographing range of the photographer's face is formed on the mirror 28, the photographer 124 can obtain the certification photograph taken at the correct position by merely positioning his / her face in the frame 28A. You can

Further, in the present invention, when the photosensitive sheet unit 34 stored in the storage box 52 and the image receiving sheet unit 36 stored in the storage box 80 are eliminated, the storage boxes 52, 8 are removed.
0 is removed, and new storage boxes 52 and 80 in which the unexposed photosensitive sheet unit 34 and the unused image receiving sheet unit 36 are stored are attached to the photographing unit 10. As a result, in the present invention, the seat units 34 and 36 can be easily attached to the photographing unit 10.

Further, in the present invention, the photosensitive sheet unit 3
Since the winding roller 62 of No. 4 and the winding roller 86 of the carrier tape 74 of the image receiving sheet unit 36 are detachably attached to the photographing unit 10, the winding roller 62,
When the used photosensitive sheet unit 34 and the carrier tape 74 are collected in 86, the winding rollers 62 and 86 are removed together, and the empty winding rollers 62 and 86 are attached to the photographing unit 10. Since the used photosensitive sheet unit 34 and carrier tape 74 are soiled with the developer,
By exchanging the winding rollers 62 and 86 as described above, it is possible to prevent the developer from being soiled with the developer.

Further, in the present invention, the warning lamp 3 for displaying the remaining amount of the peel apart type instant film is provided.
Since 2 is provided in the photographing unit 10, it is possible to confirm the remaining amount of the instant film, especially the remaining amount thereof, by turning on the warning lamp 32. In the present invention, the ID photographic device using the instant film has been described, but a 35 mm film may be used.

[0027]

As described above, according to the ID photo apparatus according to the present invention, among the instant films capable of obtaining a print photograph in a short time, the peel apart type having better image quality than the mono-sheet type instant film. Since the instant film of was used, it is possible to obtain a high quality ID photo in a short time.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side sectional view of an ID photo apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of a photographing unit of the ID photo device shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a photosensitive sheet unit.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of an image receiving sheet unit.

FIG. 5 is a view of a main part mechanism for smoothly moving the box body up and down.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 ... Photographing unit 12 ... Stand 14 ... Photographing camera 16 ... Print photo processing unit 18 ... Driving unit 20 ... Photographing lens 28 ... Half mirror 34 ... Photosensitive sheet unit 36 ... Image receiving sheet unit 66 ... Remote control device

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A box body, a photographing camera housed in the box body and photographing a subject using a peel-apart type instant film, and an instant camera housed in the box body and photographed by the photographing camera. The developing solution bag of the film is cleaved and the developing solution in the developing solution bag is spread between the instant film photosensitive sheet and the image receiving sheet, and the negative image recorded on the photosensitive sheet is used as a positive image on the image receiving sheet. A print photo processing unit for transferring, a sending unit provided in the box for sending the image receiving sheet to which a positive image is transferred to the outside of the box, and moving the box up and down with respect to the object to shoot the object And a remote controller operating unit for remote-controlling the photographing camera, the print photograph processing unit, and the driving unit. Photographic apparatus. 2. The photographing camera is provided with at least one photographing lens, and at least one subject image is photographed on one instant film by the photographing lens. ID photo equipment. 3. The identification photograph according to claim 1, wherein a half mirror is provided on the front surface of the taking lens of the taking camera, and the half mirror is provided with a frame indicating a photographing range of a subject. apparatus. 4. The box body is provided with a storage section for the peel-apart type instant film, and a collection section for collecting the photosensitive sheet after printing and the carrier tape of the image receiving sheet. The ID photo apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: 5. The storage section for the instant film and the collecting section for collecting the photosensitive sheet after printing and the carrier tape of the image receiving sheet are detachably attached to the box body. The ID photo device according to claim 4. 6. The ID photo apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the box body is provided with a display section for displaying the remaining amount of the peel apart type instant film.