JP2002207245A - Photographing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To uniformly illuminate a subject in a photographing box with simple constitution so as to obtain a high-quality image where a dark part or a bright part or the like are not caused on the subject. SOLUTION: This photographing device 1 to photograph the subject 3 located in the photographing box 2 is equipped with at least two indirect illuminators inside the box 2.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for taking a photograph for obtaining a print used for a driver's license, an identification card, a passport, and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In such an ID photographing apparatus, a user enters, for example, a box-shaped photographing box, sits on a chair in the photographing box, and the user himself or an operator presses a photographing button. A print of a plurality of face images recorded on a sheet-shaped recording medium of a predetermined size is obtained by photographing the upper body of the user.

At the time of this photographing, illumination is performed by an illuminating device, and two or one illuminating device is arranged on a front surface in a photographing box, and one is arranged on a rear surface for shadow removal.
Shadows are not generated in the face image of the subject.

[0004]

By the way, in an illuminating device in which two or one lamps are arranged on the front surface in the photographing box and one is arranged on the rear surface for shadow removal, the illuminating light directly hits the object, and the object is illuminated. It was not possible to illuminate uniformly, and a dark portion or a glowing portion was generated, thereby deteriorating the image quality.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and can uniformly illuminate a subject in a photographing box with a simple configuration to obtain a high-quality image in which a dark portion or a glowing portion does not occur in the subject. It is intended to provide a possible photographing device.

[0006]

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above problems and achieve the object, the present invention has the following constitution.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a photographing apparatus for photographing a subject located in a box-shaped photographing box, wherein at least two indirect lighting devices are provided inside the photographing box. Characteristic imaging device. ].

According to the first aspect of the present invention, since at least two indirect lighting devices are provided inside the photographing box, the subject can be uniformly illuminated with a simple configuration using indirect light, and It is possible to obtain a high-quality image in which no dark or shining portions occur.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, at least one of the indirect lighting devices is provided at a position which is one third or less of the ground height at the center of the subject. The imaging device according to claim 1. ].

According to the second aspect of the present invention, at least one of the indirect lighting devices is provided at a position that is one third or less of the ground height at the center of the subject, so that the indirect lighting device from below can be used. Light can illuminate the subject uniformly,
It is possible to obtain a high-quality image in which a dark portion, a glowing portion, or the like does not occur in the subject.

The invention according to claim 3 is characterized in that at least one of the indirect lighting devices is provided so that a ceiling of the photographing box is used as a reflecting surface. Alternatively, the imaging device according to claim 2. ].

According to the third aspect of the present invention, at least one of the indirect lighting devices is provided so that the ceiling of the photographing box is used as a reflecting surface. It is possible to obtain a high quality image in which a dark portion, a glowing portion, or the like does not occur in the subject.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the method according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, wherein at least one of the indirect lighting devices has a guide number of 40 or more. Shooting equipment. ].

According to the present invention, at least one of the indirect lighting devices has a guide number of 40.
As described above, a stable amount of photographing light can be similarly obtained during the daytime or at night.

[0015]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a photographing apparatus according to the present invention. FIG. 1 is a side view of the photographing device, FIG. 2 is a front view showing an indirect lighting device arranged below, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the photographing device.

The photographing apparatus 1 of this embodiment is a photographing apparatus for photographing a subject 3 located in a box-shaped photographing box 2. The inside of the photographing box 2 is divided into a photographing room 5 and a device room 6 by a front panel 4.

In the photographing room 5, a chair 10 is provided on the floor 2a of the photographing box 2. The subject 3 sits on the chair 10 and photographs the face of the subject 3.

In the photographing room 5, indirect lighting devices 11 and 12 are provided.
Are provided on the floor 2a on both left and right sides of the chair 10 and the light emitting units 11a and 12a of the indirect lighting devices 11 and 12
0 is located at a position lower than the seat surface 10a. The light emitting units 11a and 12a of the indirect lighting devices 11 and 12 are located at a position H which is one third or less of the ground height H1 of the subject center O1.
2, H3. This indirect lighting device 11, 1
The two light emitting units 11a and 12a emit light toward the front panel 4, and the front panel 4 serves as a reflection surface so that indirect light hits the subject 3 from the front side.

Above the chair 10 is an indirect lighting device 13.
Are provided on the rear wall 2b of the photographing box 2. The light emitting unit 13a of the indirect lighting device 13 irradiates the ceiling 2c of the imaging box 2 toward the ceiling 2c, and the ceiling 2c serves as a reflection surface, so that indirect light hits the face of the subject 3 from above.

An indirect illumination device 14 is provided on the ceiling 2c at a position in front of the subject center O1. The light emitting portion 14a of the indirect lighting device 14 irradiates the light toward the ceiling 2c, and the ceiling 2c and the entire panel 4 become reflection surfaces,
The indirect light hits the face of the subject 3 from above.

An indirect lighting device 15 is provided on the front panel 4 at a position above the front side of the chair 10. The light emitting section 15a of the indirect lighting device 15 irradiates the light toward the reflecting surface 15b, and the indirect light reflected by the reflecting surface 15b is further reflected by the ceiling 2c and hits the face of the subject 3 from the front. I have.

In the apparatus room 6, a photographing unit 20, a lighting control unit 21, a Bilberry coin mech 22, a user input unit 2
3, a printer unit 24 and a control unit 25 are arranged.

The photographing section 20 is a digital camera
It has a D camera 200, and this CCD camera 200 is provided in a mirror box 201. CCD camera 2
In front of 00, an optical lens 202 and a filter 203 are arranged. In the mirror box 201, the subject 3
A front glass 204 is provided at a position facing the front glass.
Light from the front glass 204 is guided to the CCD camera 200 via the half mirror 205, the filter 203, and the optical lens 202. The CCD camera 200 captures the subject 3 and outputs a face image of the subject 3 as an image signal. .

The filter 203 is controlled by driving a filter rotating mechanism 240 by a filter controller 206. In order to minimize the influence of external light and the like and always obtain a stable image, the indirect lighting devices 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 are used.
The illumination at the time of photographing is performed by a strobe light having an approximate value of GN60. In a normal digital camera, halation occurs when the light amount is too high. In addition, a mirror box 201 is mounted for synthesizing a monitor image, and an image is disturbed by irregularly reflected light inside the mirror box 201. Therefore, an ND / PL filter is mounted as a filter 203. At the time of display, the image is confirmed by the weak light of the fluorescent lamp. Therefore, if the ND / PL filter is attached, the amount of light reduction is too high to confirm the live image. Therefore, the filter controller 206 controls the filter rotation mechanism 240 to rotate the ND / PL filter for each unit, and displays a moving image without a filter when displaying a live image.

An image of the subject 3 captured by the CCD camera 200 is displayed on a television monitor 207, and the image of the subject 3 can be viewed by a user via the half mirror 205. CCD camera 2
00, filter controller 206 and television monitor 2
07 is controlled by the imaging control unit 208.

The illumination control unit 21 includes a strobe unit 21
0, having a synchro unit 211, synchronized with the shutter,
Light-emitting part 1 of indirect lighting devices 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
1a, 12a, 13a, 14a, and 15a emit light.
The light emitting units 11a, 12a, 13a, 14a, and 15a include:
Illumination is performed by strobe light using a xenon flash.

In this embodiment, five indirect lighting devices 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 are provided inside the photographing box 2.
, The subject 3 can be more uniformly illuminated from the front, below, above, and behind the face of the subject 3 with a simple configuration using indirect light. Thus, a high-quality image can be obtained in which no dark or shining portions occur on the face of the subject 3.

The two indirect lighting devices 11 and 12 are:
Position H that is one-third or less than ground height H1 at the center of the subject
2, H3, and the face of the subject 3 can be more uniformly illuminated by indirect light from below. However, at least one indirect lighting device is less than one third of the ground height H1 at the center of the subject. By illuminating at a position, uniform illumination can be achieved.

The two indirect lighting devices 13 and 15 are:
The ceiling portion 2c of the imaging box 2 is provided as a reflecting surface, and the face of the subject 3 can be more uniformly illuminated by indirect light from above. By providing the ceiling 2c as a reflection surface, uniform illumination can be achieved.

The indirect lighting devices 11, 12, 13, 1
Five of 4, 15 have a guide number of 40 or more, and it is possible to obtain a more stable photographing light amount in the daytime or at night, but at least one indirect lighting device obtains a stable photographing light amount of guide number 40 or more. be able to.

The Billbury coin mech 22 is attached to the front panel 4, sends a photographing permission signal to the control unit 25 when a coin is inserted, and collects a preset fee.
If the input amount is large, a change is issued. A receipt is also issued at the Billbury Coin Mech 22.

The user input section 23 is for remotely controlling the apparatus, and is provided with a form selection button 230, a shooting button 231, an image display button 232, and a print button 233. This user input unit 23
Connected to control unit 25.

The printer unit 24 performs printing based on image signals obtained by photographing with the CCD camera 200 under the control of the control unit 25. In this embodiment, by superposing the recording material and the image receiving material and applying heat,
A thermal transfer recording system in which an image is formed by transferring a recording layer of a recording material to an image receiving layer of an image receiving material is used. In this embodiment, a sublimation type video printer is used.

The control unit 25 has a USB (Universal Serial Bus) 250, a DVD 251, an I / O controller 252, a SCSI interface (I / F) 253, and a memory 254.
It controls the Billbury coin mech 22 and the printer unit 24.

The DVD 251 is a recording medium of a digital recording system, and stores moving image information for explaining how to use the photographing apparatus of the present invention. A moving image for explaining how to use is displayed on the video monitor 207 as necessary. CCD camera 200
To photograph the subject 3 and record the image information of the subject image. The I / O controller 252 includes the lighting control unit 2
Information is exchanged among the one strobe unit 210, the Bilberry coin mech 22, the user input unit 23, and the photographing control unit 208, and the control is performed. The SCSI interface (I / F) 253 sends image information to the printer unit 24 at high speed. The memory 254 temporarily stores image information captured by the CCD camera 200.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of the operation of the photographing apparatus.

In this photographing apparatus 1, the user
When a coin is inserted into the Billbury coin mech 22 (step S1), the control unit 25 enables the photographing unit 20, the illumination control unit 21, and the printer unit 24 to be driven.

Next, a form is selected by pressing the form selection button 230 of the user input section 23 (step S).
2) Press the shooting button 231 to shoot (step S)
3).

When the photographing button 231 is operated, the control unit 25
Controls the flash unit 210 and the synchro unit 211 of the illumination control unit 21, and controls the indirect illumination devices 11, 12, 13, and 1.
4, 15 light emitting units 11a, 12a, 13a, 14a, 1
5a is illuminated to illuminate the subject 3, and the CC
The D camera 200 shoots the image, the CCD camera 200 shoots the face of the subject 3 a plurality of times, captures the shot image (step S4), processes the image (step S5), and processes the image (step S5). To temporarily memorize.

Image display button 23 of user input unit 23
By the operation 2, the image stored in the memory 254 is displayed on the television monitor 207. The image displayed on the television monitor 207 can be viewed by the user through the half mirror 205. After confirming the image (step S6), when the user presses the print button 233 of the user input unit 23, the SCSII of the control unit 25 is pressed. The image information is sent to the printer unit 24 at a high speed via / F253.

The printer section 24 prints a plurality of images obtained by photographing the CCD camera 200 a plurality of times on the same recording medium (step S7). By printing a plurality of images obtained by photographing a plurality of times on the same recording medium in this way, for example, even if there is an image of a part in which the direction of the face is bad or a photographing failure with eyes closed, If there is an appropriate image in the rest, for example, it can be used for a driver's license, ID card, passport, etc. , Low cost.

Further, the printer unit 24 transfers the recording layer of the recording material to the image receiving layer of the image receiving material by applying heat by superimposing the recording material and the image receiving material, thereby forming an image. Thus, the cost and size of the device can be reduced. Although a thermal sublimation recording method is used as a recording method of the printer, for example, a thermal melting transition recording method, an induced thermal ablation transition recording method, or the like can also be used. In the induced thermal ablation transition recording method and the thermal melting transition recording method, an image forming method is performed by transferring a layer containing a coloring material.In the induced thermal ablation transition recording method, the coloring material layer itself or the coloring material layer is used. Ablation of the layer formed under the layer by irradiation provides a force necessary for transfer.
On the other hand, the thermal melting transition recording method is a recording method in which a color material layer is thermally melted or softened by irradiation, and the thermal sublimation method is a recording method in which ink particles fly and transfer by thermal sublimation.

When the process from photographing to printing is completed normally, initialization is performed to prepare for the next photographing (step S).
8).

[0044]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, since at least two indirect lighting devices are provided inside the photographing box, the subject can be uniformly illuminated with a simple configuration using indirect light. This makes it possible to obtain a high-quality image in which no dark or shining portions occur in the subject.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, at least one of the indirect lighting devices is provided at a position that is one third or less of the ground height at the center of the subject. Can be uniformly illuminated, and a high-quality image can be obtained in which no dark or shining portions occur in the subject.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, at least one of the indirect lighting devices is provided so that the ceiling of the photographing box is used as a reflecting surface, so that the object is uniformly illuminated by indirect light from above. This makes it possible to obtain a high-quality image in which no dark or shining parts occur in the subject.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, at least one of the indirect lighting devices has a guide number of 40 or more, so that a stable photographing light amount can be obtained in the daytime or at night.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of a photographing device.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing an indirect lighting device arranged below.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a photographing device.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of an operation of the photographing apparatus.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 imaging device 2 imaging box 3 subject 4 front panel 5 imaging room 6 equipment room 10 chairs 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 indirect lighting device

Continued on the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁷ Identification symbol FI Theme coat II (Reference) H04N 5/238 H04N 5/238 Z 5/76 5/76 E (72) Inventor Koichi Iwata 1 Sakuracho, Hino-shi, Tokyo Address Konica Corporation (72) Inventor Shinsuke Funaki 1 Sakuracho, Hino-shi, Tokyo F-term (reference) 2H053 AD06 CA06 DA05 2H054 AA01 2H104 BC48 5C022 AA13 AB15 5C052 AA12 AB02 CC01 DD10

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A photographing apparatus for photographing a subject located in a box-shaped photographing box, comprising at least two indirect lighting devices inside the photographing box. 2. The photographing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the indirect lighting devices is provided at a position that is one third or less of the ground height at the center of the subject. 3. The indirect lighting device according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the indirect lighting devices is provided so that a ceiling of the photographing box is used as a reflecting surface.
An imaging device according to item 1. 4. The photographing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the indirect lighting devices has a guide number of 40 or more.