JPH10221773A - Photograph producing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To produce a photograph corrective in the individual difference of the skin color or the like of a subject in the photograph producing device whose photographing condition is fixed constant. SOLUTION: A stand-alone photograph producing device is provided with a display 33 and an image processing part 41. Image data picked up by a camera 32 is stored in a frame memory 42 through a controller 40 and the processing part 41. The processing part 41 produces a correction value input screen where the sub frames of a reference image and a corrected image are displayed as a table in addition to gradation correction and density and color correction. By observing the sub frames on the correction value input screen, the sub frame which is finished the best is designated. The image data is corrected by the correction coefficient of the designated sub frame. Based on the corrected data, photosensitive material 54 is scanned and exposed by a laser printer 34. The exposed photosensitive material is heat-developed and transferred to an image receiving sheet 75 by a heat developing and transfer unit 35 so as to produce the photograph 75a.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a stand-alone type (stand-alone) photo production apparatus installed in a store or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A stand-alone photograph production apparatus for producing a photograph for proof such as a passport or a license has become widespread. Such a photo production device is composed of a photography room and a photo production room, and the photographing is started by sitting on a chair arranged in the photography room, adjusting the height thereof, and inputting a fee. And a photo is automatically created.

[0003]

Since the photographing apparatus performs photographing while sitting in a photographing room, photographing is always performed under the same photographing conditions. For this reason, photographing conditions, print conditions, and the like are fixed based on the average subject. Therefore, there is a problem that the photographing conditions are affected by individual differences such as the presence or absence of sunburn and the difference in color density of the clothes worn, and for example, a difference larger than the actual sunburn difference appears in the finished print.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and is intended to produce a photograph in which, under fixed photographing conditions, a photograph in which individual differences such as skin color and clothing of a subject which are problematic are corrected is obtained. It is intended to provide a device.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a photograph producing apparatus, comprising: an imaging unit for imaging a subject; and a printing unit for performing printing based on image data captured by the imaging unit. A photographing apparatus for photographing a subject at a charge to produce a printed photograph, comprising: display means for simulating and displaying the printed photograph based on the image data; and density of the simulated image displayed on the display means. Or a correction value input means for inputting a color correction value, and a correction means for correcting image data or print control data of the printing means based on the correction value input by the correction value input means.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a photograph production apparatus, comprising: a reference simulated image in which a printed photograph is simulated and displayed based on image data; and a correction simulation in which density and color of the reference simulated image are adjusted. Means for displaying an image, means for selecting each of the simulated images, and correction means for correcting image data or print control data of the printing means using a correction value for each of the selected simulated images. It is a thing.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a photo production apparatus, wherein a correction value for correcting the image data or the print control data of the printing means is determined by determining a difference in density or color between a captured image and a predetermined reference image. The correction means is provided based on the above. Preferably, the correction means extracts a face area from the captured image, and obtains a correction value based on the image data of the face area.

[0008]

When a predetermined time elapses after a coin or a bill is inserted, or when a start operation is performed, shooting is started. Then, a correction value is obtained based on a difference in density or color between the preset reference image and the captured image, the image data is corrected based on the correction value, and printing is performed. Further, instead of correcting the image data, the print control data of the printing unit is corrected, so that the density and the color correction are similarly performed. When the subject himself corrects the image, first, a simulated image representing the finished state of the print photograph is displayed on the display based on the captured image data. Then, the user observes the simulated image displayed on the display, and inputs a density or color correction value from the operation panel. The simulated image displayed on the display is corrected based on the correction value, and the corrected image is displayed on the display. If the corrected simulated image is acceptable, a correction value is determined by operating a correction determination key or the like, and the image data is corrected based on the correction value. The printing means performs printing based on the corrected image data.

The display means includes a reference simulated image and a reference simulated image so that even a person new to image processing can easily and properly input an appropriate correction value. And a corrected simulated image obtained by adjusting the density and color of the image. Then, by selecting the most preferable image from the corrected simulated images, the image data is corrected by the correction value of the selected simulated image. This makes it possible to easily correct a captured image to a desired color or density.

[0010]

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the entirety of a photographic apparatus 10 embodying the present invention. Photo production device 1
0 denotes a photographing room 12 and a photo production room 1 with a partition wall 11 interposed therebetween.
It is divided into three. The photographing room 12 is provided with a chair 15 on which a photographed person sits during photographing. The partition wall 11 includes a main light 20, an auxiliary light 21, and a photographing window 22.
, An operation panel 23, a cash slot 24, a change outlet 25, and an FD insertion slot 26. In addition, near the entrance of the photographing room 12, on the outer wall surface of the photo production room 13, an outlet 27 for taking out a print photograph and an FD is arranged. Further, a mirror 28 is arranged on the outer wall surface of the photographing room on the right side of the entrance.

As shown in FIG. 1, a control unit 30, a money unit 31, a camera 32, a display 33, a color laser printer 34, a heat development transfer unit 35, an FD The drive unit 36 is disposed. The control unit 30 includes a control board 37, drivers 38a and 38b, and a power supply unit 3.
9 is provided. The control board 37 includes a controller 40 including a microcomputer, an image processing unit 41, a frame memory 42, and a data memory 43.

The controller 40 includes the money unit 3
1, an operation panel 23, a main illumination 20, an auxiliary illumination 21, a display 33, an FD drive unit 36, a camera 32 via a driver 38b, a laser printer 34 and a thermal development transfer unit 35 via a driver 38a, and a controller 40 controls these in sequence based on a predetermined program. The operation panel 23 includes various keys, and is used when selecting the processing content displayed on the display 33.

The display 33 is composed of a color CRT. Under the control of the controller 40, in addition to displaying a screen for selecting the processing contents, it also displays a simulated image for displaying the finish of a photograph obtained from captured image data. I do. In the manual correction mode, a reference simulated image and a corrected simulated image are displayed. The display 33 is arranged above the half mirror 45, and the half mirror 45 and the photographing window 22 are arranged.
The display screen is observed by the subject via the.

The money unit 31 is arranged between the money input port 24 and the change outlet 25 on the side of the photographing room.
As is well known, the money unit 31 detects the inserted money and sends the inserted amount to the controller 40,
The change is paid out to the change exit 25 according to a change payout signal from the controller 40.

The lights 20 and 21 are always turned on by the controller 40 even when waiting for a customer. Then, at the time of photographing, the subject is illuminated through the diffusion plate. The main illumination 20 is disposed above the partition wall 11 and illuminates the subject from obliquely above. The auxiliary lighting 21 is disposed at the lower center of the partition wall 11 and illuminates the face of the subject from obliquely below.

The photographing window 22 is arranged at the center of the partition wall 11. The half mirror 45 is visually recognized through the photographing window 22, and the display screen of the display 33 reflected on the half mirror can be observed. The face of the subject is displayed on the display screen, and at the same time, a reference line or a reference circle indicating the face position at which the subject is to be located is displayed. The chair 15 is arranged to be able to move up and down on the floor of the photographing room via a screw portion.
By rotating, its height can be adjusted freely. Therefore, the subject can adjust the height of the chair 15 so that his / her face displayed on the display 33 when sitting is in line with the reference line of the display screen, thereby setting the chair 15 at the optimum shooting position. Will be able to

At the position facing the photographing window 22, the photo production room 1
3 is provided with a camera 32. The camera 32 includes an image area sensor 32a and a photographing lens 32b. Then, in response to a photographing signal from the controller 40, the subject light having passed through the photographing window 22 and the half mirror 45 is imaged on the image area sensor 32a by the photographing lens, and the face and upper body of the photographed person are photographed. The captured image data is stored in the frame memory 42 via the controller 40 for each of red, green, and blue. Instead of using the half mirror 45, a movable mirror that moves in and out of the photographing optical axis may be arranged. In this case,
It is inserted into the shooting optical axis when displaying on a display, and is retracted from the shooting optical axis when shooting.

The image processing section 41 reads a video signal from the frame memory 42 and performs well-known gradation correction and density / color correction. This gradation, density, and color correction are performed when the most common standard subject is imaged.
The correction parameter is obtained in advance so that the color is obtained,
This is set in the image processing unit 41. Further, in the case of a subject having, for example, a suntanned flesh color than the standard subject, the image data is corrected with an optimum correction coefficient in the automatic correction mode or the manual correction mode.

In the automatic correction mode, first, a face area is extracted and a characteristic value of the face area is calculated. The face area is extracted by using the position data and the pixel area having the skin color, since the area where the face is located on the screen is set to a certain range by adjusting the height of the chair 15.
As the characteristic value, the average density of each color in the face area is used. Then, a correction coefficient is obtained in accordance with a shift amount between each color average density of the face area of the preset standard image and each color average density of the extracted face area, and the image data is corrected using the correction coefficient. Is done. As a result, even if the photographing is performed with the photographing conditions kept constant, the density and color are corrected so as to be similar to the finished image of the standard subject. In the manual correction mode, the image data is corrected when the subject inputs correction instruction data, and the density and color are corrected according to the preference of the subject.

Further, the image processing section 41 inserts and synthesizes a multi-print image having four 2 × 2 sub-frames by using the corrected image signal for one frame.
The image data of the composite image is sent to the laser printer 34 via the driver 38a.

The FD drive unit 36 includes the partition 11
FD insertion slot 26, and the FD
46 can be inserted. FD drive unit 3
Reference numeral 6 reads and writes image data from the inserted FD 46. The FD 46 that has finished reading and writing is discharged to the outlet 27 by the built-in payout device.

As shown in FIG. 3, the laser printer 34 includes a laser beam exposure unit 50, a sub-scanning and conveying unit 51, and a control unit 52. The laser beam exposure unit 50 emits light having a wavelength and an optical output for coloring each photosensitive layer of cyan (C), magenta (M), and yellow (Y) of the photosensitive material 54. , 55m, and 55y. Also,
Along the traveling direction of the light beams from these LDs 55c, 55m, 55y, the collimator lenses 56c, 56m, 5
6y and cylindrical lenses 57c, 57m, 57y
, A polygon mirror 58, an fθ lens 59, and a cylindrical lens 60, and three light beams are shifted and projected in the width direction of the photosensitive material 54 (main scanning direction). The polygon mirror 58 is rotated at a high speed by a motor 63. As is well known, a laser beam is swung in the main scanning direction of the photosensitive material by this rotation, and one main scan is performed on one surface of the polygon mirror 58. The rotation of the motor 63 is controlled by the control unit 52 via the driver 63a. The imaging optical system including the fθ lens 59 and the cylindrical lens 60 narrows the laser beam deflected by the polygon mirror 58 on the photosensitive material 54 so as to have a beam diameter corresponding to the photosensitive density.

Since the three beams are projected while being shifted in the main scanning direction, modulation circuits 61c, 61m, 61y and drive circuits 62c, 62 for each of the LDs 55c, 55m, 55y.
By controlling the light emission timing of m and 62y by the shift amount, three colors are exposed at the same position based on the image data corresponding to this position. Each LD5
5c, 55m and 55y are modulation circuits 61c, 61m and 6
1y and pulse width modulation based on the image data via the drive circuits 62c, 62m and 62y. Thereby, each of the LDs 55c, 55m, and 5m within one pixel cycle for each pixel.
The time for continuously emitting 5y is changed based on the image data.

As shown in FIG. 4, the photosensitive material 54 is stored in a magazine 65 in the form of a roll.
The print data is sent to the print stage 67 by 6. The feed roller pair 66 is driven by a motor 64. The motor 64 is
The rotation is controlled by the control unit 52 via the driver 64a. Then, in the print stage 67, the image is scanned and exposed on the photosensitive material 54 by the sub-scanning by the feed roller pair 66 and the main scanning of the light beam. When the exposure of the image for the order is completed, the exposed photosensitive material 54 is cut off from the unexposed portion by the cutter 68 to form a sheet. This sheet-shaped photosensitive material 54a is fed to a feed roller pair 69.
Is sent to the thermal development transfer unit 35.

The thermal development transfer unit 35 includes a water application unit 7
1, a thermal developing section 72 and a peeling-out section 73. The exposed sheet-shaped photosensitive material 54a is first sent to a water application section 71, where a small amount of water is applied thereto, and then heat-developed together with a sheet-shaped image receiving sheet 75 sent from an image receiving sheet housing section 74. Sent to the unit 72. In the heat developing section 72, the image of the photosensitive material 54a is thermally developed and transferred to the image receiving sheet 75 by heating the photosensitive material 54a and the image receiving sheet 75 in a state of being in close contact with each other. The peeling-out portion 73 peels off the photosensitive material 54a after the thermal development transfer from the image receiving sheet 75, and the image receiving sheet 7 on which a positive screen appears.
5 is discharged as a photograph 75a to the outlet 27, and the photosensitive material 54a is discarded in a waste box 76.

The controller 40 performs various processes by controlling each part in sequence. 5 to 8 show the controller 4
7 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure in the case of the first embodiment. First, as shown in FIG. 5, the money unit 31 detects the amount of money such as coins and bills, and sends this money amount signal to the controller 40. When the input amount exceeds the processing fee, the controller 40 displays the processing content within the input amount range on the display 33 to urge the subject (user) to select the processing content. When a processing mode is selected by operating a corresponding key of the operation panel 23, the controller 40
Perform processing according to the selected processing mode.

In this embodiment, a manual correction processing mode, an image synthesizing mode, a photographing print / recording mode, and the like are prepared in addition to a photographing print mode which is a general process. The photographing print mode is set by default, and when no operation instruction is input on the operation panel 23, the photographing print mode is automatically selected.

As shown in FIG. 5, in the photographing print mode, the camera 32 takes a picture after a predetermined time has passed after a predetermined amount of money has been inserted, as in the case of a conventional photograph making apparatus. The lights 20 and 21 are always on, and the subject is illuminated. The shooting is done once,
The image data captured by the camera 32 is transmitted to the controller 40.
Is written to the frame memory 42 via the. The image processing unit 41 extracts the face area and calculates the average density of each color in the face area. Then, a correction coefficient is obtained in accordance with a shift amount between each color average density of the face area of the preset standard image and each color average density of the extracted face area, and the image data is corrected using the correction coefficient. . Note that the characteristic value may be calculated including the clothing area in addition to the face area. In this case, a characteristic value of the face area and the clothing area, for example, a weighted average of the average densities of the respective colors, may be used to obtain a correction value emphasizing, for example, the characteristic value of the face area.

The corrected image data is sent to the controller 4
The image is sent to the display 33 via the “0”, and the captured image is displayed on the display 33. The subject observes the display screen of the display 33, and operates the enter key to select this image data if the expression is a favorite expression. If the user is dissatisfied with the expression or the pose, the photographing is performed again and the same selection operation is performed. This re-imaging is limited to a certain number of times, for example, twice. When the number of times reaches the limited number, re-imaging is not performed and printing is performed.

Next, using the selected corrected image data, an image is synthesized so as to have a format of 2 × 2 sub-frames. The composite image is sent to the laser printer 34 via the driver 38a, and the composite image is scanned and exposed on the photosensitive material 54. The exposed photosensitive material 54 is cut into a sheet by a cutter 68, and the sheet-shaped photosensitive material 54 a is sent to the thermal development transfer unit 35. In the thermal development transfer unit 35, the sheet-shaped photosensitive material 5
After the image exposed to 4a is thermally developed and transferred to the image receiving sheet 75, the photosensitive material 54a and the image receiving sheet 75 are separated. Then, the peeled image receiving sheet 75 is discharged to the outlet 27 as a photograph 75a.

As shown in FIG. 6, when the operation panel 23 is operated on the basis of the display on the display 33 and the manual correction mode is selected, in this manual correction mode, the image pickup and image Display and image selection are performed. Then, a correction value input screen 100 as shown in FIG. 9 is created based on the selected image, and this is displayed on the display 33. By allowing the user to select a desired finish on the correction value input screen 100, even a person who has no knowledge of image processing can appropriately and easily perform correction.

FIG. 9 shows an example of the correction value input screen 100. The correction value input screen 100 is composed of nine 3 × 3 simulated images (sub-frames) 101 which are reduced and displayed in a matrix. It is configured. The sub-frame 101 with the frame number 5 at the center is a sub-frame without correction. In contrast to the sub-frame 101 of the frame number 5, the sub-frame of the frame number 1 at the upper left is obtained by shifting only the yellow density in the “+” direction by one step as compared with the frame of the frame number 5. The sub-frame 101 of the frame number 9 at the lower right with respect to the standard finish image is obtained by shifting only the yellow density in the “−” direction by one step from that of the frame number 5. Further, the sub-frame 101 of frame number 2 is obtained by shifting only the magenta density in the “+” direction by one step from that of the frame number 5, and the sub-frame 101 of frame number 8 has only the magenta density for one step. Only in the “−” direction. Further, the sub-frame 101 of frame number 3 is obtained by shifting only the cyan density in the “+” direction by one step from that of the frame number 5, and the sub-frame 101 of frame number 7 has only the cyan density for one step. Only in the “−” direction. The sub-frame 101 of the frame number 4 is obtained by shifting the entire density (each density of yellow, magenta, and cyan) in the “+” direction by one step from that of the frame number 5, and the sub-frame 101 of the frame number 6 The sub-frame 101 is obtained by shifting the entire density by one step in the “−” direction. The step amount of each of these colors is set to such an extent that a substantially satisfactory finish can be obtained in one step. However, if more detailed correction is desired, the step amount is reduced and the correction is performed as described later. The processing may be performed twice or three times.

Therefore, the correction value can be easily and accurately determined by selecting a frame number of the optimum finish from the correction value input screen 100 by key input from the operation panel 23. If there is no image with the optimal finish in these nine sub-frames 101, an image with a slightly better finish is selected, and the re-correction key is operated, so that the selected simulated image is used as a reference. In the same manner as described above, a correction value input screen 100 in which the reference finished image is corrected with a correction value for one step is displayed, and the optimum sub-frame 101 is selected from this screen.

When the sub-frame 101 of the simulated image having the optimum finish is selected and the frame number of the sub-frame 101 is input, the correction coefficient used for the selected frame number is taken into the controller 40 as correction data.
The image processing unit 41 corrects the image data using the correction data of the selected sub-frame 101, and synthesizes an image using the image data so as to have a predetermined print format. The controller 40 sends the synthesized image data to the laser printer 34 via the driver 38a. The laser printer scans and exposes the photosensitive material 54, and the exposed photosensitive material 54 is cut off from the unexposed portion to form a sheet-like photosensitive material 54 a, which is sent to the thermal development transfer unit 35. In the thermal development transfer unit 35, thermal development transfer is performed, a photograph 75 a is created, and the photograph 75 a is discharged to the outlet 27.

When the image synthesis mode is selected, as shown in FIG. 7, first, a plurality of images to be synthesized are displayed, and a desired one is selected from these images. In the present embodiment, the to-be-combined image is a foreground and a background image. However, only the foreground or the background may be used. In addition to the foreground and the background, a celebrity face image or an anime character image may be used. . Then, the selected combined image is displayed on the entire surface of the display 33, and the final confirmation is performed. In the final confirmation, the enter key is operated when the displayed combined image is satisfactory. In addition, when changing, the cancel key is operated. In this case, the screen returns to the previous selection screen and the selection is performed again.

Next, an image is taken, the taken image is displayed on a display, and the expression of the taken image is observed in the same manner as described above. Also,
If you are dissatisfied, operate the cancel key,
The shooting and the display on the display are performed again. And
After the correction processing as necessary, main subject image data is extracted from the image data.

The extraction of the main subject image data is performed as follows. Since the image is taken in the shooting room, the background area is always imaged with a constant density and color. Therefore, the area having the density and color and the surrounding area of the captured image are excluded, and the main subject image data is extracted. You. The extraction of the main subject area is performed in addition to the above, with reference to the density and color of the pixel in the upper corner portion of the imaging screen portion where the main subject, which is the subject, cannot be captured. This may be performed by removing pixels having image data which are continuous.

After the extraction of the main subject image data, the main subject image data and the image data of the selected composite image are image-combined. Printing is performed after the image synthesis, and the print photograph is discharged to the outlet 27.

In the image data recording mode, as shown in FIG. 9, image data is recorded on the FD 46 by the FD drive unit 36 (see FIG. 1) together with the creation of a photograph. Note that the image data may simply be recorded in the FD 46 without performing printing. In addition to the FD 46, a large number of FDs may be stored in the photo production apparatus. In addition to writing image data to the FD, personally created image data is recorded on a recording medium such as an FD, brought into a photo production device, read out by an FD drive unit or the like, and read out. Correction processing, printing processing, data writing processing, and the like may be performed using image data. As a recording medium, an IC memory card, a magnetic cassette tape, a CD, an MO, a DVD, an MD, or the like can be used in addition to the FD.

In the above embodiment, the sub-frame 101 composed of the simulated image without correction is arranged at the center, and an image of the optimum finish is obtained by comparing and observing the central sub-frame with the sub-frame 101 composed of the surrounding simulated corrected image. Can be easily selected. Alternatively, the sub-frames may be arranged at random and a desired sub-frame may be selected. Alternatively, the correction value input screen may be created by standardly correcting only the density and arranging it at the center, and arranging the color-corrected sub-frames around this.

In the above embodiment, nine (3 × 3) sub-frames 101 are arranged in a matrix to form the correction value input screen 100.
May be arranged in a matrix such as 4 × 4 or 5 × 5. In addition to the shift direction of the correction value, the shift direction of the correction value is simply changed by one step in the Y, M, and C directions.
These may be combined and changed. In addition to displaying the sub-frames in reduced size and arranging them in a list, each sub-frame may be sequentially displayed on the display.

Instead of displaying a large number of sub-frames, as shown in FIG.
And the corrected image sub-frame 106 and the correction key display unit 107
Thus, the correction value input screen 110 may be configured. In this case, after selecting the correction key windows 111, 112, and 113 of the correction key display unit 107, the triangular mark 1
14 is slid by key operation to input a correction value. For example, the correction key window 111 for the color white key
Is selected, the triangular mark 114 is slid to the right to position it at “+1”, so that the face area can be turned pale by one step. Similarly, correction key windows 112 and 1 for a pink key, a color black key, and the like.
With the shift of the triangle 13 and the triangular mark 114, it is possible to perform a correction in which the degree of pink and the degree of black and white are changed. Then, the simulated image corrected with the specified correction value is displayed on the sub-frame 106 as a corrected image.
Even a person who has never performed image processing or the like can easily produce a photograph with a finish that is more favorable. Instead of using the correction key display unit 107, a correction key may be arranged on the operation panel 23 and used.

In the above embodiment, a 2 × 2 multi-print was prepared. However, the present invention is not limited to this. It may be. Further, the size of each sub-frame in the multi-print is not limited to one type, but may be a plurality of types.

In the above embodiment, the density / color correction is performed on the face area. Alternatively, the density / color correction may be performed on each part of the person. In this case, a pointer such as an arrow is displayed in the simulated image, the pointer is moved on the screen by operating the keys on the operation panel, and when the designated part is reached, the enter key is operated. Specify the part. With this designation, an area having image data of similar density and color is extracted as a designated area. Then, color correction or the like may be individually performed on the designated area. For example, color correction for dyeing hair in brown, red, gold, or the like is performed. Alternatively, a pupil or the like may be designated and the color of this portion may be changed to gray or blue. Further, the image processing unit 41 may perform photographing magnification conversion and trimming processing in addition to gradation correction and color correction. The input of the correction value and the movement of the pointer may be performed by other input means such as a trackball, a joystick, and a light pen, in addition to the input by the mouse and the keys.

Further, in the above embodiment, when the expression or the pose is not satisfactory, the photographing is performed again to select the favorite one. However, instead of this, the photographing is performed a plurality of times, for example, three times. These may be sequentially displayed on a display, and a desired one may be selected from these.

Although the image data is corrected in the above-described embodiment, density and color correction may be performed by correcting print control data in the laser printer 34, for example, pulse width modulation data.

In the above-described embodiment, a photographic printer of a thermal development transfer system is used. However, in the present invention, a thermal recording system, an ink jet recording system, a silver halide photographic recording system, and the like can also be used. In the thermal recording system, a sublimation thermal transfer recording material, a fusion thermal transfer recording material, and a direct thermal recording material are used. In the silver halide photographic recording system, an instant photographic material, an autopositive paper, or the like can be used in addition to a normal silver halide recording material. Further, in the above embodiment, the display can be observed from the photographing window via the half mirror. However, the display may be provided on a partition wall. Further, in the above-described embodiment, the correction processing and the like are guided by displaying on the display. However, an audio output device may be provided in addition thereto, and the guidance and the like may be output by voice.

[0048]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a display device, a correction value input device, and a correction device are provided in a stand-alone type photo production device, and the display device simulates a printed photograph based on image data. The correction value input means displays the correction value of the density or color of the simulated image displayed on the display means, and the correction means outputs image data or print data based on the correction value input by the correction value input means. Since the print control data is corrected, image processing can be easily performed in a stand-alone type photo production device. Moreover, the photograph can be finished in a color desired by the subject.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the display means displays the reference simulated image and the corrected simulated image obtained by adding and subtracting the density and the color to the reference simulated image. Since the correction value is input by selecting each simulated image on the display means, even if the user does not have knowledge of image processing or the like, it is possible to easily obtain a photograph with the desired correction.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, an image correcting means is provided in a stand-alone type photo production device, and the image correcting means captures a correction value for correcting image data or print control data of a printing means. From the difference between the density or the color of the obtained image and the predetermined reference image,
You can finish standard prints. For example,
Since the photographing conditions are adapted to a standard person, for example, a person who has tanned will be finished darker than before. In such a case, if there is a cameraman, it is possible to make corrections with the aperture. However, in the present invention, photography is always performed under constant conditions, and then correction is performed to finish a standard print. Therefore, the influence of sunburn can be eliminated. In addition, in the conventional photo production apparatus, a person who is fair-skinned compared to a standard person will be finished thinner than it actually is. However, this is also corrected so as to add the density and corrected to a standard finish.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, a face area is extracted from a captured image, and a correction value is obtained based on the image data of the face area. A photograph in which individual differences in the skin color of the subject in question are corrected can be more accurately produced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a photo production apparatus embodying the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view illustrating an appearance of a photo production apparatus.

FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing a laser printer of the photo production apparatus.

FIG. 4 is a schematic view showing a heat development transfer unit of the photo production apparatus.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure in a photographing print mode of the photo production device.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure in a manual correction mode of the photo production device.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure in an image synthesis mode of the photo production device.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure in a photographing print / recording mode of the photo production device.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a correction value input screen in a manual correction mode.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of another correction value input screen in the manual correction mode.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Photo-production apparatus 12 Photo-taking room 13 Photo-production room 20, 21 Lighting 22 Photo-taking window 23 Operation panel 24 Money inlet 25 Change outlet 27 Outlet 30 Control unit 31 Money unit 32 Camera 33 Display 34 Laser printer 35 Thermal development transfer unit 40 Controller 41 Image processing unit 42 Frame memory 43 Data memory 45 Half mirror 50 Laser beam exposure unit 51 Sub-scanning conveyance unit 54 Photosensitive material 54a Sheet-shaped photosensitive material 75 Image receiving sheet 75a Photograph 100, 110 Correction value input screen 101, 105, 106 Sub frame 107 Correction key display section 111, 112, 113 Correction key window

Claims (4)

[Claims] A photographing apparatus for photographing a subject, and a printing means for performing printing based on image data taken by the photographing means, wherein the photographing apparatus captures a subject at a charge to produce a printed photograph; Display means for simulating and displaying a printed photograph based on the image data; correction value input means for inputting a density or color correction value of the simulated image displayed on the display means; and correction value input means. A photographing apparatus comprising: a correcting unit that corrects image data or print control data of the printing unit based on a correction value. 2. A photograph production apparatus, comprising: an imaging unit for imaging a subject; and a printing unit for performing printing based on image data captured by the imaging unit, and imaging a subject for a fee to produce a print photograph. Means for displaying a reference simulated image in which a print photograph is simulated based on the image data, and a corrected simulated image in which the density and color are adjusted with respect to the reference simulated image; and selecting each of the simulated images. And a correction unit for correcting image data or print control data of the printing unit using a correction value of each selected simulated image. 3. A photographic production apparatus, comprising: an imaging unit for imaging a subject; and a printing unit for printing based on image data captured by the imaging unit, wherein the printing device captures a subject for a fee to produce a print photograph. A photograph, comprising: a correction unit that obtains a correction value for correcting the image data or the print control data of the printing unit based on a density or color difference between a captured image and a predetermined reference image. Production equipment. 4. The apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said correcting means extracts a face area from the captured image and calculates a correction value based on the image data of the face area.