KR20050047195A - Service system for print a photograph using a sticker photograph vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a photo printing service system using a sticker photo vending machine, which outputs commercials in a normal manner, receives an image through an input means directly from a mobile phone or a digital camera by a user login, or receives an album photo of a user from a server system. At least one sticker photo vending machine installed in an arbitrary place to import and edit an image and print out and directly transmit the edited image to a phone mail; It is connected through a network of sticker photo vending machines and a network, and downloads commercials periodically to sticker photo vending machines to control commercials, and manages user information management and user albums from the sticker photo vending machine. It is characterized in that it consists of a service server system for providing a web service.

Description

Service system for print a photograph using a sticker photograph vending machine}

The present invention relates to a photo printing service using a sticker photo vending machine, and in particular, a photo printing service using a sticker photo vending machine to directly print a photograph taken using a portable digital camera or a mobile phone. It's about the system.

In general, a sticker photo vending machine is a device for synthesizing a photograph of a user's face taken with a digital camera installed in the sticker photo vending machine with a pre-stored background image and outputting it as a sticker type.

By the way, the sticker photo vending machine prints the image photographed by the digital camera installed in the vending machine itself on the background of decorating, and has to go to the place where the vending machine is installed and take a picture with the limited space. Only limited video was available.

In addition, the number of background images provided by the vending machine is extremely limited, and there is no means to store and manage the image once taken, so there is no way to reuse it, and other external devices (eg mobile phones, digital cameras, etc.) There is no means to receive the image taken in the process or the means to process it is used only as a sticker photo vending machine taken in the field.

On the other hand, in recent years, as the function of the mobile phone is expanded, the camera function is given to the mobile phone, taking pictures and exchanging with others using phone mail. However, there was no means to print out photographs taken using such mobile phones, and they could be inputted to a computer and printed through the computer.

In addition, since the characters and photographic images collected in the computer are stored in their own personal computers, they cannot be used externally or printed.

The present invention is to provide a photo printing service system using a sticker photo vending machine to be able to print out any time by directly input the photo taken from an external device through a sticker photo vending machine in view of such a problem.

In addition, the present invention stores and manages the images input through the sticker photo vending machine for each individual member, so that the individual can be directly managed through the general Internet so that you can easily print the desired photo or character images as well as cyber album function It is to.

In addition, the present invention is to enable a variety of remote advertising services to utilize the sticker photo vending machine in the sales marketing of general stores.

In addition, the present invention is to provide a service that can be directly sent to the phone mail image edited in the sticker vending machine.

Such the present invention,

Output commercials normally, receive images directly from the mobile phone or digital camera by user login, via cable, or import and edit your images by importing your album photos from the server system, and send the edited images to phonemail. At least one sticker photographic vending machine configured to be directly transmitted and installed at any place;

It is connected through a network of sticker photo vending machines and a network, and downloads commercials periodically to sticker photo vending machines to control commercials, and manages user information management and user albums from the sticker photo vending machine. It consists of a service server system that provides web services.

The sticker photo vending machine,

Serial communication and USB communication input means for directly inputting an image by connecting a memory card such as a mobile phone or a digital camera directly to a sticker photo vending machine; Interface means for receiving an image through the input means; Image processing means for compositing the image input through the interface means with a background image for photo editing; Background image storage means for storing a background image; A commercial means for downloading commercials and automatically controlling the commercials by a broadcast scheduler; Phonemail transmission means for directly transmitting the edited image to phonemail; Communication means for communicating with the Internet and a wireless communication network; Main control means for controlling each unit and controlling the user login, downloading of commercials, loading photo albums, storing albums, controlling phone mail transmission and printing of images by communicating with the server system through a communication network. and; Characterized in that it consists of a single system including a monitor, a speaker, a keypad, a digital camera, billing means, printers.

The service server system,

Communication means for communicating with a plurality of sticker photographic vending machines, user information management means for managing login information by managing user information; Photo album management means for storing and managing photo albums for each user, commercial management means for storing commercials and downloading commercials by regularly upgrading the commercials to each sticker vending machine by the broadcast scheduler, and each sticker photo vending machine. It includes a background image management means for storing and managing the background image to be used for, and a web service means for providing a web service through the website and the user accesses through each client computer to manage their own photo album management. It features.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram of a photo printing service system using a sticker photo vending machine of the present invention.

It consists of a plurality of sticker vending machine 100 and one service server system 200, which are physically connected through a network communication network.

The sticker photographic vending machine 100 normally outputs a commercial, connects a mobile phone through a connection cable by a user login, or directly inserts a memory card such as a digital camera into an input means to receive an image or a server system. The user can import the album photo from the user, edit and print the image, and send the edited image directly to the phone mail.

The sticker photo vending machine 100 has a cable connected to the serial communication and USB communication port is installed to be connected directly to the mobile phone 10 and the digital camera 20 to receive a photo image, the Internet 30 and It is also configured to communicate with the wireless communication network 50 to provide an online service.

The service server system 200 is connected to a plurality of sticker photo vending machines 100 through a network to periodically download the commercials to the sticker photo vending machine 100 to control the commercials, and to manage user information. It is configured to receive an image for each user from the sticker photo vending machine 100, manage the photo album, and provide a web service.

Figure 2 is a block diagram of a sticker photographic vending machine according to the present invention, Figure 3 is an external configuration diagram of a sticker photographic vending machine according to the present invention, as shown in the sticker photograph vending machine 100,

Keypads 111; 111a-111c for the user to input various operations and information,

Serial communication and USB communication input means (112; 112a, 112b) for receiving images by connecting a mobile phone or digital camera directly to a sticker photographic vending machine,

An interface module 113 for receiving an image through the input means 112;

An image processing module 114 for synthesizing the image inputted through the interface module 113 to a background image for photo editing;

A background image storage unit 115 for downloading and storing a background image from the service server system 200;

A commercial module 116 for downloading commercials and automatically controlling the commercials by the broadcast scheduler;

Phonemail transmission module 123 for directly sending the edited image to the phonemail,

A communication module 122 for communicating with the Internet and a wireless communication network;

In addition to controlling the respective parts, and to communicate with the server system 200 through a communication network to control the user login, download of commercials, import of photo albums, storage of albums, phone mail transmission control and print output of images, etc. The main control module 121,

The digital camera 118, the monitor 119 (119a, 119b), the speaker 120, the billing device 117, the printer 124 and the like is configured as a single system.

As shown in FIG. 3, the monitor is provided with two monitors 119: 119a and 119b, and the upper monitor 119b is used as an advertisement-only monitor, and the monitor 119a in the center of the device is used for image editing and It is a monitor that displays images and also displays advertisements during image loading time. In addition, the keypad 111 includes various editing function buttons, a character and numeric input keypad for phone mail, and a keypad for printing mode selection, and the like. The input means 112; A cable port 112a for direct connection with the data communication port of (10) is provided, and various types of memory cards such as SD, MMC, CF, microdrive, memory stick, smart media, USB memory stick, and XD card are provided. The memory card connection means 112b of various kinds which can be inserted and read is provided.

The printer 124 allows various division outputs to be selected by the print mode, and the photo paper may use a sticker type photo paper having an adhesive part on the back side.

4 is a configuration diagram of a service server system according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4, the service server system 200 communicates with a plurality of sticker photographic vending machines and performs a communication connection for an Internet web service. The communication module 211, the user information management unit 212 to manage the user information to control the login, the photo album management unit 213 for storing and managing user albums for each user, and broadcast schedules to store the commercial broadcast The commercial image management unit 214 for periodically upgrading and downloading commercials to each sticker photo vending machine 100 by the user, and the background image management unit for storing and managing the background image used for each sticker photo vending machine 100 ( 215, and a web service through a website while managing the user information to access the user through each client computer (40) It is configured to include a database 217 for storing and managing the web service provider 216 and the data of the service parts to their photo albums.

According to the present invention configured as described above, a user is assigned as a member of the user information management unit 212 of the service server system 200 through the sticker photo vending machine 100 and the client computer 40 to be assigned his own photo album area. To manage them.

In addition, each photo sticker vending machine 100 controls the commercial downloaded periodically from the service server system 200 to send the commercial through the monitor and the speaker. In the commercial method, the commercials using the first monitor 119a can perform commercials when the user is not in use, and the user can perform commercials during the image loading time because the user takes time to load the image. do. In addition, for each sticker photo vending machine (100), broadcasts that fit the characteristics of the installation place may be separately inserted and advertised. This is to provide a service for each desired phrase or guide according to the characteristics of the sticker photo vending machine installation place, which is a broadcast scheduler (broadcast order and broadcast time and broadcast list of each sticker vending machine) of the commercial management unit 214 Control the commercial of each sticker vending machine (100) based on the internal application program.

In addition to the advertisement through the first monitor, the commercial may also continuously send the commercial as an advertisement system through the second monitor. In this way, commercials can provide free or discounted service charges for the sticker photo vending machine according to the advertising charges. Therefore, the application scope of the sticker photo vending machine can be installed for sales promotion or store service. It becomes possible.

As described above, the sticker photo vending machine 100 normally outputs commercials, and when the user logs in through the keypad 111, the user is controlled as a user mode.

First, a user may pay a fee and input a photo (image) taken by the mobile phone 10 or the digital camera 20. This can be directly connected to the mobile phone 10 using the connection cable 112a, or insert a memory card such as a digital camera 20 into the memory card connection means 112b to receive an image. As a memory card, various types of memory cards such as SD, MMC, CF, microdrive, memory stick, smart media, USB memory stick, and XD card can be used to interface with each size.

The image input receives the corresponding image from the interface module 113, displays the image on the monitor 119a, and temporarily stores the image as a file name to process the image in the image processing module 114. In addition, the user can be loaded from his album by a web search. In this case, after the user is logged in and authenticated, his sticker photo album stored in the server 200 is loaded to select a desired image.

At this time, the commercial is output through the monitor (119a) during the time to load the photographic image to further enhance the advertising effect. And the bill payment method allows you to choose cash payment and mobile phone payment.

The image processing module 114 synthesizes the input image into a background screen stored in the background storage unit 115, which allows a user to search for a background, select a desired background, and edit and synthesize the image.

The edited image can be printed and output through the printer 124 by the user's selection, and is transmitted to the service server system 200 through the communication module 122 and is automatically controlled under the control of the photo album manager 213. It is added to your own photo album and stored.

On the other hand, the user can retrieve the desired photo by importing his photo album stored in the service server system 200 in the sticker photo vending machine 100, it is also possible to print out the retrieved picture through the printer 124 have. When printing with a printer, a sticker-only printer and photo paper can be used to provide a beautiful sticker photo without discoloration. Meanwhile, different types of print photo papers may be provided to enable various types of split output.

In addition, the user can create a photo edited by input through the mobile phone 10 or the digital camera 20, or retrieved from the service server system 200 to the phone mail to send to the mobile phone, which is a phone mail It is controlled by the transmission module 123. The phonemail transmission module 123 may control the payment of the phonemail fee to the sender's mobile phone number by authenticating the correspondence between the user's mobile phone number and the subscriber's social security number by the user login and the user authentication process. The phonemail transmission module 123 is connected to a wireless communication network, that is, a host of a communication service provider, undergoes user authentication, and transmits a corresponding picture image to phonemail.

The billing device 117 is a device for paying the usage fee of the sticker photographic vending machine, and is configured to process all of cash payment, card payment, mobile phone payment, and the like.

In addition, the present invention can be taken by using a digital camera 118 directly installed on the sticker photo vending machine 100 to take a photo of the sticker while taking a picture of the face while taking a background picture, such as a normal sticker photo, this sticker photo is also an image processing module Editing by the image synthesizing process of 114 can be performed by printing through the printer 124 or album management in the service server system 200, and can also be transmitted by phone mail.

The service server system 200 performs user membership registration and login management by the user information management unit 212, and manages the photo album for each member in the photo album management unit 213 to store the album in the sticker photo vending machine 100. Search and store and edit the edited photo image in the sticker photo vending machine 100. In addition, the user can log in using a web service through the general client computer 40 so that the user can search or use the photo album. The advertisement management unit 214 creates an advertisement scheduler in consideration of the installation time of each sticker photo vending machine 100, etc., and transmits the corresponding advertisement broadcast to each sticker photo vending machine 100 automatically. This control can be made, and by giving the ID for each sticker photo vending machine (100) to receive the individual ad text through the web service, edit it and process it also makes it easy to produce a local commercial.

This is provided through the web service to edit the ad text, the form and size of the text effect background image, etc., and synthesize the sound effects and voice messages together to produce a commercial for each sticker photo vending machine (100) Service for broadcasting. In addition, an advertisement service is provided by processing an advertisement fee and a royalty fee for each commercial.

The background image manager 215 stores and upgrades various background images, and provides a function of searching for a background image in each sticker photo vending machine 100 and using the same to edit a photo.

If the sticker photo vending machine using the above service is installed in a general restaurant or in a store, if the user takes a souvenir picture with a digital camera and provides the sticker photo with a free service through a sticker photo vending machine immediately, The service to the customers of the store can be taken to the next level, and customers will be able to receive a picture of the sticker. Moreover, once the sticker photo is taken and stored as a unique sticker photo album on the server system by the customer's membership registration, it can be reprinted anytime later. You can also secure a lot of paying customers as a free service initially.

In particular, if the installation in the same place as the beauty salon, the customer's initial photo and post-beauty photographs, such as photographed and stored as a sticker photo image to be displayed and output, and if you manage this photo information as an album, the customer's hair You can compare style changes by yourself, and also have a variety of hairstyle images as background images, which can be edited and reviewed in the customer's photographs to increase their utilization and secure additional customers. There is also.

In addition, the utilization of the sticker photo vending machine of the present invention can be used in various ways, it is also possible to variously modify the editing of the background image, the provision of advertisements, the album management, etc. Such use or modification is according to the claims of the present invention It can be regarded as falling within the scope of the right.

As described above, according to the present invention, the sticker vending machine can be used not only as a sticker photograph output device but also as a device for providing commercials, improving its use efficiency, and free or discounting sticker photograph output and usage fee. Since the service can be provided, there is an effect that can be used as a promotion and service purposes of each installation place.

Images taken using a mobile phone or digital camera can be edited on a sticker photo vending machine and printed directly as a sticker photo, which is very convenient.

In addition, the present invention can manage the images edited in the sticker photo vending machine as its own photo album in the service server system can be used to search and print later using the sticker photo vending machine at any time.

In addition, the present invention can be directly sent to the phone mail image edited on the sticker vending machine has an effect that can be used more effectively the sticker image photo.

1 is a block diagram of a photo printing service system using a sticker photo vending machine according to the present invention.

Figure 2 is a detailed block diagram of a sticker photographic vending machine according to the present invention.

Figure 3 is an external configuration of the sticker photographic vending machine according to the present invention.

4 is a configuration diagram of a service server system according to the present invention.

<Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

10, 60: mobile phone 20: digital camera

30: Internet 40: Client Computers

50: wireless communication network 100: sticker vending machine

111 (111a-111c): keypad 112 (112a, 112b): input means

113: interface module 114: image processing module

115: background storage unit 116: advertisement processing module

117: Billing device 118: Digital camera

119 (119a, 119b): Monitor 120: Speaker

121: main control module 122: communication module

123: phone mail transmission module 124: printer

200: service server system 211: communication module

212: user information management unit 213: photo album management unit

214: commercial management unit 215: background image management unit

216: Web service provider 217: Database

Claims (4)

Usually output commercials, receive images directly from mobile phones or digital cameras by user login, input images from the server system, edit and print images by importing album images from the server system, and phonemail the edited images. At least one sticker photo vending machine installed at an arbitrary place and configured to be directly transmitted to the camera; It is connected through a network of sticker photo vending machines and a network, and downloads commercials periodically to sticker photo vending machines to control commercials, and manages user information management and user albums from the sticker photo vending machine. Photo printing service system using a sticker photo vending machine, characterized in that consisting of a service server system for providing a web service. According to claim 1, The sticker photographic vending machine, Serial communication and USB communication input means for directly inputting an image by directly connecting a mobile phone to a sticker photo vending machine or directly inserting various memory cards such as a digital camera; Interface means for receiving an image through the input means; Image processing means for retrieving the image input through the interface means and the sticker photo image of the customer from the server system and composing it to a background image for photo editing; Background image storage means for storing a background image; A commercial means for downloading commercials and automatically controlling the commercials by a broadcast scheduler; Phonemail transmission means for directly transmitting the edited image to phonemail; Communication means for communicating with the Internet and a wireless communication network; Main control means for controlling each unit and controlling the user login, downloading of commercials, loading photo albums, storing albums, controlling phone mail transmission and printing of images by communicating with the server system through a communication network. and; A photo printing service system using a sticker photo vending machine, comprising a single system including a monitor, a speaker, a keypad, a payment method, a printer, and the like. The method of claim 2, wherein the monitor, It is equipped with two monitors, one monitor displays the user's photographic image, edits the photo, and displays the commercial during image downloading, and the other monitor is configured to control the display as a commercial-only monitor. Photo printing service system using a sticker photo vending machine. The method of claim 1, wherein the service server system, Communication means for communicating with a plurality of sticker photo vending machines, User information management means for managing user information and controlling login; Photo album management means for storing and managing user-specific photo albums, A commercial management means for storing commercials and downloading the commercials by periodically upgrading the commercials to each sticker vending machine by a broadcast scheduler; Background image management means for storing and managing the background image used for each sticker photo vending machine, And a web service means for providing a web service through a web site and accessing a user's own photo album management through a client computer.