JPH09131462A - Game apparatus with object identification function and method for object identification - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable identification of a person preventing the violation of right to one's portrait by a method wherein a background picture is arranged using a mark with the color thereof different from the background, the game is inter rupted to display a message when the mark is put on an image taken and when it not, the game is advanced. SOLUTION: A player enters into a box of a game apparatus 1 and stands with his back on a background plate 8 which has a blue background picture 3 of spring (blue back) with a mark 4 different in color from the background picture. Then, a coin is slotted to start a game. An instruction of 'fit your face on a frame and depress a button' is displayed. When the player operates according to the instruction, a CCD camera 2 photographs the face to be stored. The blue background alone is photographed on a normal image taken and the mark 4 is not taken. But when photographing is made by a player using a picture 6 of a third person or the standing position of the player is deviated, the mark 4 is taken and an error occurs. When the error is determined, the game is interrupted and a message of reshooting is displayed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a game device with a camera, and more particularly to a game device having a function of recognizing an object imaged by a camera and a method thereof.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a person (player) is taken by a camera.
In the game device for playing the game by photographing the face of the player, the game is continued assuming that the face of the player himself is photographed. However, in reality, when the player leaves the shooting location at the moment of shooting and nothing is being shot, or when the player holds a photograph of another person in front of the camera to photograph a third party's face. there were. In the former case, nothing was photographed, so the desired game result could not be obtained, and in the latter case, there was a possibility that portrait right infringement would occur. In order to solve this problem, there is a device provided with an infrared sensor in a game device to detect whether or not an actual person is present at a shooting location.

[0003]

However, in such a game device, only the presence or absence of an actual person is present at the time of shooting, and the image after shooting is checked. Since there is no such thing, there is a case where the infrared sensor cannot detect the image and a photograph of a third party is taken in by an unexpected player's mischief, and sufficient preventive measures cannot be taken against the photographing of the copyrighted work. Further, there is a problem that the manufacturing cost of the game device provided with the infrared sensor becomes high.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a game device with an object recognition function and an object recognition method which can prevent the problem of portrait right infringement and can recognize a person at low cost.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, a game device with an object recognition function of the present invention includes a camera for photographing a predetermined object together with a background, and recognizes whether or not the predetermined object is photographed. In the game device with the object recognition function, a second color different from the first color is provided.
If the background image has a mark of the color marked at a predetermined position, and at least a part of the mark is captured in the captured image, the game is interrupted, a message is displayed, and the mark is captured in the captured image. If not, the game is configured to proceed.

Further, the object recognition method of the game device of the present invention has a predetermined color together with a background image in which a mark of a second color different from the first color is provided at a predetermined position. In the shooting step of shooting the object, and when at least a part of the mark is captured in the captured image, it is determined that the predetermined object is not captured, and when the mark is not captured in the captured image, the predetermined object is captured. And a recognition step of determining that the image has been captured. Further, when it is determined that the predetermined object is not photographed in the recognition step, a step of performing the photographing step and the recognition step again may be further provided.

The first color may be blue and the mark may be provided at a position hidden by the predetermined object when the predetermined object is in the photographing position. This mark may consist of lines extending in at least two directions.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the description,
The same reference numerals are used for the same elements, and duplicate description will be omitted.

FIG. 1 is an external view showing an embodiment of a game device according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of a background image. As shown in FIG. 1, the game device 1 includes a background plate 8 and a reflector support 7
And the like are formed on the housing. A monitor (not shown) is attached in the vicinity of the operation button 11 with the display surface facing upward, and the image of the monitor is reflected on the reflector supported by the reflector support 7 to be displayed to the player. A CCD camera 2 for taking a picture of the player's face or the like is provided behind the reflector support portion 7, and since a half mirror is used for the reflector, the CCD camera 2 from the player is used.
Is not visible.

The background plate 8 has a background image 3 as shown in FIG. 2, and is provided with a mark 4 consisting of a line extending in the vertical direction and a line extending in the horizontal direction with respect to the player. The basic color of the background image 3 is blue (blue background), and the mark 4 has a color different from blue. The mark 4 may be attached to the background plate 8 or may be directly drawn on the background plate 8.

As shown in FIG. 3, the player enters the housing of the game apparatus 1 and stands up against the background plate 8 to play the game. When the player inserts coins and starts the game, "Please put your face on the screen and press the button."
Is displayed on the reflector. At this time, the outline of the face frame, eyes, and mouth is displayed to the player, and at the same time, the face of the player captured by the CCD camera 2 is displayed so as to overlap the outline. While watching this image, the player moves his / her face vertically and horizontally so as to fit within the frame of the face and presses a predetermined operation button 11. The face of the player at this time is captured by the CCD camera 2 and the face image is stored. When the player's face is shot, as shown in Figure 4,
Since the player stands in front of the background image 3 so that the mark is hidden, only the player and the blue background are captured in the image captured by the CCD camera 2, and the mark 4 is not captured.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 5, when the player puts out a photograph 6 of a third person in front of the background image 3 and presses a predetermined operation button 11 to take a photograph with a CCD camera, the mark 4 is displayed. Since all are not hidden, the photograph, the blue background and a part of the mark 4 are photographed in the photographed image. Also, when the player's standing position is displaced or when a part other than the face is photographed, a part of the mark 4 is photographed.

This photographed image is judged by the judgment unit described later whether or not the mark 4 is photographed. Then, if it is determined that the mark 4 is not photographed, it is determined that the player's face is photographed, and the following game process is performed.
When it is determined that the mark 4 is photographed, error processing is performed, a message such as "I will photograph again." Is displayed to the player, and the face of the player is photographed again.

Next, the structure of the processing unit of the game device for performing such photographing processing will be described. FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the control board, and FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the photographing process.

As shown in FIG. 6, the control board 13 is a CPU (central processing unit) for controlling the entire game apparatus 1.
14 and an image synthesizing unit 16 for synthesizing photographed images
A video circuit 15 having the following, a RAM 25 for temporarily storing a captured image, a sample image storage area 18 for storing a sample image to be combined with the captured image, and a color and shape of the mark 4 attached to the background image. And a ROM 17 having a mark image storage area 19 for storing. A face image signal of the player photographed by the CCD camera 2 is input to the control board 13 and stored in the RAM 25 via the data bus. Further, on the control board 13, an instruction signal input by the player via the operation button 11 is input to the CPU 14 via the data bus. Further, the control board 13 is connected with a printer 24 for printing game results and a monitor 5.

In the CPU 14, the photographing processing section 20 outputs an instruction signal for photographing the player, and the CCD camera 2 photographs the player (step 10 in FIG. 7).
0), the photographed image is stored in the RAM 25. Next, the mark recognition unit 21 determines the mark image storage area 19 of the ROM 17.
Is read, and the color and shape of the read mark are compared with the photographed image stored in the RAM 25, and whether even a part of the color and shape of the mark 4 is photographed in this photographed image. Check (step 110 in FIG. 7). Then, the determination unit 22 outputs a signal indicating whether or not the mark 4 is photographed to the determination result processing unit 23 (step 120 in FIG. 7). Judgment result processing unit 23
Performs the following game processing when it receives a signal indicating that the mark 4 is not photographed (step 1 in FIG. 7).
30), if a signal indicating that the mark 4 is photographed is received, error processing is performed (step 14 in FIG. 7).
0), an instruction signal for reshooting is output (step 150 in FIG. 7), and the face of the player is shot again (step 100 in FIG. 7). In FIG. 7, the face of the player is repeatedly photographed while the mark 4 is partially photographed. However, the number of times of re-taking can be set arbitrarily for each game device, and re-taking is not performed. You can also end the game.

As described above, in the game device of the present invention, a mark of a color different from blue is attached to the blue background image, and whether or not the actual face of the player is photographed is determined by whether or not this mark is photographed. Therefore, it is possible to easily and inexpensively solve the problem of portrait right infringement. Further, even when the face of the player is not photographed or the face is displaced, the photographing is performed again, so that a desired image can be obtained and the game result is not hindered.

In the above-described embodiment, the background image is marked as shown in FIG. 2, but the background image is not limited to this, and may be any image that can be hidden when the player stands in the shooting position. The color of the mark can be various colors as long as it is different from the basic color of the background image.

[0019]

As described above in detail, according to the game device of the present invention, a mark of a color different from the background image is attached to the background image of a single color, and it is determined whether or not this mark is photographed. By doing so, it is possible to easily determine whether or not the actual person (player) has been photographed, and it is possible to deal with the problem of portrait right infringement such as using a photograph of a third party.
Further, it is possible to determine whether or not a desired object, for example, the player's face can be photographed at a predetermined position, so that the subsequent game processing can be performed normally. Further, since it is not necessary to provide a special device such as an infrared sensor, the game device can be inexpensively constructed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external view showing an embodiment of a game device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged view showing a background image of the game device according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a state in which a player has entered the game device according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of an image taken by a CCD camera.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of an image taken by a CCD camera.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a control board.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a shooting process of the game device according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 ... Game device 2 ... CCD camera 3 ... Background image 4 ... Mark 5 ... Monitor 6 ... Photo 7 ... Reflector support 8 ... Background plate 11 ... Operation button 13 ... Control board 14 ... CPU 15 ... Video circuit 16 ... Image composition Part 17 ... ROM 18 ... Sample image storage area 19 ... Mark image storage area 20 ... Shooting processing part 21 ... Mark recognition part 22 ... Judgment part 23 ... Judgment result processing part 24 ... Printer 25 ... RAM

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A game device having an object recognition function, comprising a camera for photographing a predetermined object together with a background, and recognizing whether or not the predetermined object is photographed, the game device having a first color and a first color. Has a background image in which a mark of a different second color is provided at a predetermined position, and when at least a part of the mark is photographed in the photographed image, the game is interrupted, a message is displayed, A game device with an object recognition function, which advances a game when the mark is not photographed in a photographed image. 2. The first color is blue, and the mark is provided at a position hidden by the predetermined object when the predetermined object is in a shooting position. A game device with the described object recognition function. 3. The game device with an object recognition function according to claim 1, wherein the mark is a line extending in at least two directions. 4. A photographing step of photographing a predetermined object with a background image having a first color and a mark of a second color different from the first color at a predetermined position, and a photographed image. When at least a part of the mark is photographed, it is determined that the predetermined object is not photographed,
An object recognition method for a game device, comprising: a recognition step of determining that the predetermined object is captured when the mark is not captured in the captured image. 5. The method according to claim 4, further comprising a step of performing the photographing step and the recognition step again when it is determined that the predetermined object is not photographed in the recognition step. Object recognition method for game device. 6. The first color is blue, and the mark is provided at a position hidden by the predetermined object when the predetermined object is at a shooting position. Alternatively, the object recognition method of the game device according to claim 5.