JP2018018450A - Image edition device, image edition method, and computer program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate edition processing of a composite image such as a stamp image.SOLUTION: An image edition device (a game-purposed imaging device) includes: a storage unit 5 which stores an image to be edited including a user in a subject and a composite image which is to be composited into the image to be edited; a display unit (an edition monitor 213) which displays the image to be edited and the composite image; and a control unit which composites the composite image into the image to be edited. The control unit 4 causes the display unit to display operation input units (operation buttons B1, B2) for adjusting the position, size and rotation angle of the composite image in an overlapped state of the composite image on the image to be edited, and changes tone of the composite image during the adjustment by the operation input units.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 10

Description

  The present invention relates to an image editing apparatus, an image editing method, and a computer program that are suitable for a game shooting apparatus that are installed in, for example, a game center and provide a user with a play photography service.

2. Description of the Related Art A game shooting device (also referred to as a “photo creation device”) that captures a subject including a user with a camera and outputs the shot image as a photo sticker or a photo card is already known.
Since such a shooting device for play is highly playable or entertaining, an image to be combined with the shot image can be selected from a variety of background images and foreground images prepared in advance according to the user's preference, It is configured to be able to draw freely using a touch pen. Such image editing work by the user is called “graffiti” or the like for a photographed image.

For example, in Patent Document 1, as one aspect of editing processing for a photographed image, a plurality of pre-stored stamp images are displayed on an editing tool selection unit on an editing screen, and the user can use any one of the stamp images with a touch pen. A technique is disclosed in which, after selection, a stamp image is synthesized at the position by touching an editing area on which a captured image is displayed with a touch pen.
Further, in Patent Document 1, a selection unit for the degree of the element such as the size of the stamp image and the density is displayed on the editing screen, and the degree of the element of the stamp image is changed by selecting a desired element degree with a touch pen. Techniques for doing this are also disclosed.

JP 2007-212478 A

In the image processing of Patent Document 1, a default stamp image is directly pasted in the editing area of a captured image. Therefore, for example, when a plurality of the same stamp images are arranged, it is difficult to determine which stamp image is being adjusted, and it is difficult to adjust the size of the stamp image after pasting.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-described conventional problems, and it is an object of the present invention to make it easy to edit a composite image such as a stamp image.

  (1) The image editing apparatus according to the present invention includes a storage unit that stores an edit target image included in a subject by a user and a composite image to be combined with the edit target image, the edit target image, and the composite image. An image editing apparatus comprising: a display unit that displays the image; and a control unit that synthesizes the composite image with the edit target image, wherein the control unit superimposes the composite image on the edit target image. In the state, an operation input unit for adjusting the position, size, and rotation angle of the synthesized image is displayed on the display unit, and the color tone of the synthesized image is changed during the adjustment by the operation input unit. It is characterized by.

According to the image editing apparatus of the present invention, the control unit displays an operation input unit for adjusting the position, size, and rotation angle of the synthesized image in a state where the synthesized image is superimposed on the editing target image. The color tone of the synthesized image is changed during adjustment by the operation input unit.
For this reason, even when a plurality of the same composite images are arranged, it is possible to easily determine which composite image is being adjusted. Therefore, it is easy to adjust the size of the synthesized image after pasting, and the synthesized image can be easily edited.

(2) In the image editing apparatus according to the present invention, the storage unit further stores a dummy image having a portion having substantially the same shape as the combined image and having a different color tone, and the control unit stores the combined image The process of changing the color tone of the image is preferably a process of displaying the dummy image on the display unit instead of the synthesized image.
In this case, the control unit can change the color tone of the synthesized image by displaying the dummy image on the display unit instead of the synthesized image during the adjustment by the operation input unit.

(3) In the image editing apparatus of the present invention, the process in which the control unit changes the color tone of the synthesized image may be a process of performing predetermined image processing on the synthesized image.
In this case, since it is not necessary for the storage unit to store the dummy image, a storage unit with a small storage capacity can be employed.

(4) In the image editing apparatus of the present invention, the control unit is configured to make an image (for example, the peripheral image D2b, FIG. It is preferred to further display D4b).
In this way, the synthesized image can be made more conspicuous than when the above image is not displayed. Therefore, it becomes easier to adjust the size of the synthesized image after pasting, and it becomes easier to edit the synthesized image.

(5) In the image editing apparatus of the present invention, the control unit arranges an image to be arranged in a confirmed layer to which the synthesized image whose adjustment is confirmed is pasted, a lower layer of the confirmed layer, and an upper layer of the confirmed layer. The operation input unit includes an operation button for switching a layer on which the composite image that can be moved, enlarged, reduced, and rotated is placed to either the lower layer or the upper layer. It is preferred that
In this way, the synthesized image can be synthesized on both the back surface side and the front surface side of the deterministic layer, and the composition processing variation of the synthesized image can be increased.

(6) In the image editing apparatus of the present invention, when the operation input unit includes a plurality of operation buttons for adjusting the size and angle of the composite image and operation buttons other than the operation buttons. The control unit preferably omits display of some of the plurality of operation buttons during the adjustment of the composite image.
In this way, it is possible to prevent the presence of the operation button from becoming an obstacle during the adjustment of the composite image, and it becomes easier to edit the composite image.

(7) In the image editing apparatus according to the aspect of the invention, the control unit determines an adjustment to the synthesized image by a touch operation on a screen portion other than the synthesized image and the operation input unit in the display unit, and When the touch-operated position is on the editing target screen, the display unit is preferably controlled to display the composite image at the touch-operated position.
In this way, when the same composite image is repeatedly combined with the image to be edited, it is not necessary to select the composite image each time, and the work of repeatedly combining the same composite image is simplified.

(8) The image editing method of the present invention relates to an image editing method executed by the image editing apparatus described in the above (1) to (7).
Therefore, the image editing method of the present invention has the same effects as the image editing apparatus described in the above (1) to (7).

(9) The computer program of the present invention relates to a computer program for causing a computer to function as the image editing apparatus described in (1) to (7) above.
Therefore, the computer program of the present invention has the same effects as the image editing apparatus described in the above (1) to (7).

(10) The photo creating apparatus of the present invention is characterized in that the degree of a predetermined element with respect to the editing image is changed in a state where a dummy image having a different color tone corresponding to the editing image is displayed by the display means. To do.
For this reason, even when a plurality of the same composite images are arranged, it is possible to easily determine which composite image is being adjusted. Therefore, it is easy to adjust the size of the synthesized image after pasting, and the synthesized image can be easily edited.

  As described above, according to the present invention, it becomes easy to edit a composite image such as a stamp image.

It is the perspective view which looked at the imaging device for play concerning the embodiment of the present invention from the left front side. It is the top view which looked at the imaging device for play of FIG. 1 from the top. It is a perspective view of a photography housing. It is a perspective view of an edit housing | casing. It is a front view of an output housing | casing. It is a block diagram which shows the functional structure inside the imaging | photography device for play. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the edit screen displayed on the monitor for edit. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the layer structure of a synthesized image. It is a state transition diagram of a plurality of operation buttons arranged in a button layer. It is explanatory drawing which shows the operation procedure of the edit process with respect to the synthetic | combination image of a character lower layer. It is explanatory drawing which shows the confirmation procedure of the edit process with respect to the to-be-synthesized image of a character lower layer. It is explanatory drawing which shows the operation procedure of the edit process with respect to the synthesized image of a character upper layer. It is explanatory drawing which shows the confirmation procedure of the edit process with respect to the to-be-synthesized image of a character upper layer.

Hereinafter, shooting for play according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
The imaging device for play of this embodiment performs graffiti editing on image data generated by photography and then prints it as sticker paper or as image data to an external device (such as a portable terminal or an image storage server). Output.
The game shooting apparatus of the present embodiment includes an editing unit that performs editing processing of a shot image based on a user's operation input, and thus can be said to be an image editing apparatus for a shot image.

<Overall structure>
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a gaming apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention as viewed from the left front side.
FIG. 2 is a plan view of the gaming apparatus of FIG. 1 viewed from above. In the following, the device structure will be described with reference to the front, rear, left, and right directions shown in FIG.
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the game shooting apparatus of the present embodiment includes a front-side shooting unit 1 and a rear-side editing unit 2, and has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape that is long in the front-rear direction. ing. At the rear end of the editing unit 2, an output unit 3 is provided for outputting the edited photo.

  As shown in phantom lines in FIG. 1, in the game shooting device of the present embodiment (also referred to as “photographing device” in the present specification), the left side surface (or right side surface) of the shooting unit 1 may be used. A pre-setting unit 40 having a coin slot, a touch panel for pre-setting shooting contents including the number of shooting persons, and the like may be provided.

The photographing unit 1 includes a photographing case 11 in which a camera for photographing a user (user) is incorporated, and a background wall portion 12 disposed behind the photographing case 11 via a photographing space 10. A gap between the side surface of the imaging housing 11 and the side surface of the background wall portion 12 constitutes first entrances 101 a and 101 b that are entrances to the imaging space 10.
The editing unit 2 has an editing case 21 disposed adjacent to the back of the background wall 12, and the editing case 21 is provided with a pair of operation surfaces facing the left side and the right side. It has been.

The editing spaces 20a and 20b for performing input operations on the operation surfaces can be entered via the second entrances 201a and 201b.
The output unit 3 includes an output housing 31 that is in contact with the rear end surface of the editing housing 21, and the output housing 31 has an operation surface that is operated from the rear end side of the game shooting device. Is facing the back. Therefore, the space on the rear end side of the output housing 31 becomes an output space 30 for performing an output operation.

The side surfaces of the photographing housing 11 and the upper end of the background wall 12 are connected to each other by a ceiling frame 13 extending in the front-rear direction. Inside the ceiling frame 13 is provided a ceiling lighting unit 14 that covers the imaging space 10 from above and can illuminate and flash.
On the left side (or right side) of the photographic housing 11, there is provided a posting space 15 for posting explanatory notes including how to use the game shooting apparatus. In addition, a display unit 16 that indicates whether or not the photographing housing 11 is in use is provided on the upper left side.

The display unit 16 includes an indicator lamp that emits light or is turned off by a control device (not shown) provided in the control box 211 (see FIG. 4) of the editing housing 21. The display unit 16 is used to indicate to the user that the photographing unit 1 is in use by the light emission, and to indicate to the user that the photographing unit 1 has become empty by turning off the light.
In the present embodiment, the display unit 16 is formed in a triangular shape in plan view protruding outward in the left-right direction, but the shape is not particularly limited, and may be other shapes such as a convex curve shape.

As shown in FIG. 1, the background wall portion 12 is formed by a plate-like member having substantially the same width and height as the photographing housing 11. The background wall portion 12 includes a main body plate 121 facing the front surface of the photographing housing 11 and a pair of side plates 122 extending forward from both left and right ends of the main body plate 121.
The background wall portion 12 is formed in a U-shape in plan view as a whole by joining side plates 122 to the left and right end edges of the main body plate 121.

The inner surface of the main body plate 121 facing the photographing housing 11 is colored with a single color (for example, blue or green) for chroma key processing. This coloring is performed by directly painting the main body plate 121 or attaching a colored fabric or plate.
The first entrances 101 a and 101 b described above for entering and exiting the imaging space 10 are configured from the rear edge of the imaging housing 11, the lower edge of the ceiling frame 13, and the front edge of the side plate 122. .

The editing case 21 employs a face-to-face method in which two sets of users can edit simultaneously from the left and right sides. Therefore, the editing housing 21 is composed of a housing having an operation surface on each of the left and right sides and a length in the left-right direction smaller than the width in the same direction of the background wall portion 12.
The front end surface of the editing housing 21 is connected to the center of the back surface of the background wall portion 12, and the space behind the background wall portion 12 and on the left and right sides of the editing housing 21 is set by two sets of users. The editing spaces 20a and 20b are respectively used for editing work.

As shown in FIG. 1, a substantially U-shaped curtain frame 22 is provided above the editing housing 21 in a plan view.
The curtain frame 22 includes a pair of side frames 221 extending in the front-rear direction and a rear frame 222 extending in the left-right direction that connects the rear ends of the side frames 221.

The front end of each side frame 221 is connected to the rear end of the ceiling frame 13 so as to extend in the front-rear direction, and the central portion of the rear frame 222 is a support member 23 provided at the rear upper end of the editing casing 21. Is supported by.
The left and right side frames 221 and the substantially half length of the rear frame 222 constitute upper frame portions of the second entrances 201a and 201b for entering and exiting the editing spaces 20a and 20b. .

<Structure of the shooting housing>
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the photographing housing 11.
As shown in FIG. 3, the photographing housing 11 has a front panel portion on the indoor side formed in a concave curved shape. Inside the photographing housing 11, an upper camera 111 for taking a photograph of the upper body centered on the face (hereinafter referred to as “face-up image”) and a whole-body photograph (hereinafter referred to as “whole body image”). ) Is mounted.

Below the upper camera 111, there is provided an upper monitor 113 made up of a touch panel type liquid crystal monitor capable of input operations such as photographing conditions. On the upper monitor 113, an image photographed by the upper camera 111 is displayed.
Below the lower camera 112, a lower monitor 114 on which an image taken by the camera 112 is displayed is provided. The lower monitor 114 is not provided with a touch panel, and only performs display.

A front illumination unit 115 that illuminates the photographing space 10 from the front and irradiates the flash is provided on the indoor side surface of the photographing housing 11.
The front illumination unit 115 is composed of four portions, that is, a central upper unit portion 115A, a central lower unit portion 115B, a left unit portion 115C, and a right unit portion 115D. In addition, a cash box 116 having a coin insertion slot and a coin return slot is provided in the lower right portion of the photographing casing 11.

<Structure of editing enclosure>
FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the editing housing 21.
As shown in FIG. 4, the editing housing 21 includes a lower control box 211 and an editing stand 212 provided on the control box 211.
Various control devices such as a main computer unit and an I / O controller are built in the control box 211. These control devices function as a control unit 4 that controls the operation of the entire game photographing apparatus of the present embodiment.

The editing stand 212 has a mountain-shaped inclined surface in which the top ridge line faces in the front-rear direction, and operation surfaces for two sets of users to perform editing operations are installed on each inclined surface.
Specifically, each operation surface is provided with an editing monitor 213 composed of a liquid crystal monitor with a built-in tablet. Two touch pens 214 </ b> A and 214 </ b> B are connected to the left and right sides of each editing monitor 213.

By making the pen tips of the touch pens 214A and 214B contact the screen of the editing monitor 213, selection input for selecting an icon displayed on the screen and handwriting input for performing a character or drawing doodle can be performed.
In FIG. 4, the left editing monitor 213 is shown, but the right editing monitor 213 has the same structure as the left side. In addition, the control device of the control box 211 can individually process in parallel the processing corresponding to the input information to the editing monitors 213 on the left and right sides.

<Output housing structure>
FIG. 5 is a front view of the output housing 31.
As shown in FIG. 5, the output housing 31 is a rectangular housing that is in contact with the rear end of the editing housing 21, and an operation surface is provided on the surface facing the rear end.
A touch panel type liquid crystal monitor 311 is provided at the upper center of the operation surface, and an explanation of output is displayed on the monitor 311.

A non-contact communication unit 312 is provided below the liquid crystal monitor 311. The communication unit 312 performs data reading from the non-contact type IC and data writing to the non-contact type IC by communicating with the non-contact type IC.
As the non-contact type communication means, for example, Bluetooth (registered trademark), FeliCa (registered trademark), or the like can be used.

A seal paper discharge port 313 is provided below the non-contact communication unit 312. A sticker sheet on which an edited image created by editing processing in the editing unit is printed is discharged to the sticker sheet discharge port 313. For this reason, the output housing 31 has a built-in printer, and the sticker paper is printed by the printer. A speaker 314 is provided below the sticker paper discharge port 313 and outputs sounds such as guidance voice, BGM, and sound effects in the output process.
In the present embodiment, the output housing 31 is configured separately from the editing housing 21, but these can also be configured as an integral housing.

<Functional structure of shooting device for play>
FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing an internal functional configuration of the game photographing apparatus.
As shown in FIG. 6, the game shooting apparatus includes a control unit 4, a storage unit 5, a shooting unit 1, an editing unit 2, and an output unit 3 that are communicably connected via a bus B. In the type of apparatus having the above-described presetting unit, the presetting unit is also connected to the bus B.
The control unit 4 includes a known CPU (Central Processing Unit), ROM (Read Only Memory), RAM (Random Access Memory), and the like.

The control unit 4 reads out and executes the computer program stored in the storage unit 5 and controls the overall operation of the game shooting apparatus.
For example, when performing image processing such as correction processing or editing processing on a captured image (hereinafter, also referred to as “edit target image”) with the user as a subject, the control unit 4 functions as the image processing unit. A communication unit 6 and an external drive 7 are also connected to the bus B. The control unit 4, the storage unit 5, the communication unit 6, and the external drive 7 can be configured by a known computer device, and such a computer is built in the control box 211 of the editing casing 21 described above.

The storage unit 5 is composed of a nonvolatile storage medium such as a hard disk or a flash memory. The storage unit 5 stores various setting information transmitted from the control unit 4.
Information stored in the storage unit 5 is appropriately read out by the control unit 4. The storage unit 5 stores various image data used for image editing, data such as background image data serving as a background of a captured image, and the like.

The ROM of the control unit 4 stores a computer program executed by the control unit 4 and data for operating this program.
The RAM of the control unit 4 temporarily stores data to be processed by the control unit 4 and computer programs. Hereinafter, the RAM and the ROM may be collectively referred to as a memory. The storage unit 5 stores image data arranged in a plurality of layers L0 to L6 shown in FIG.

The communication unit 6 includes a communication interface for connecting to a public line such as the Internet. The communication unit 6 communicates with an external device according to communication control by the control unit 4.
The external drive 7 reads / writes from / to a removable medium such as an optical disk or a semiconductor memory. For example, a computer program or data read from a removable medium by the external drive 7 is transmitted to the control unit 4 and stored in the storage unit 5 or installed as a control program.

The photographing unit 1 includes a coin processing unit 17, an illumination control unit 18, an upper camera 111, a lower camera 112, an upper monitor 113, a lower monitor 114, and a speaker 19 as functional units necessary for photographing processing in the photographing space 10. . In the case of an apparatus having a presetting unit, the coin processing unit 17 is provided in the presetting unit.
The upper camera 111 and the lower camera 112 perform predetermined shooting in accordance with control by the control unit 4 and output an image obtained by the shooting to the control unit 4.

As described above, the upper camera 111 is for photographing a face-up image, and the lower camera 112 is for photographing a whole body image. For this reason, the cameras 111 and 112 are each set in advance with an ideal angle of view and trimming range in order to obtain a face-up image and a whole body image.
Each camera 111 and 112 captures an image in real time and outputs an image signal representing the image data.

Image signals output from the cameras 111 and 112 are input to the control unit 4 and temporarily stored in the internal memory thereof, and transmitted to the upper monitor 113 and the lower monitor 114, respectively, and live video based on the image signals. Is displayed.
That is, live video from the upper camera 111 is displayed on the upper monitor 113, and live video from the lower camera 112 is displayed on the lower monitor 114.

The captured image data stored as a still image is still image data with a higher resolution. Captured image data (also referred to as “through image data”) for performing live video display is often moving image data with a lower resolution, but the through image data may be high resolution moving image data.
The control unit 4 also functions as an image processing unit that performs image processing on these image data, and can perform extraction of a captured image displayed on the upper monitor 113, correction processing of the captured image, and the like.

The upper monitor 113 includes a touch panel that can be touched by the user, and also functions as a display device that displays a live video being shot by the upper camera 111.
The upper monitor 113 can display a captured image captured by the upper camera 111 and a GUI (Graphical User Interface) screen. That is, the upper monitor 113 also functions as an input device for the GUI screen, and accepts an operation input for selecting a captured image, an operation input for correction processing on the captured image, and the like. Signals indicating these operation inputs are transmitted to the control unit 4 as operation signals.

  On the other hand, the lower monitor 114 displays a live image being shot by the lower camera 112 and has substantially the same configuration as the upper monitor 113. However, as described above, it does not have a function as a touch panel, and is used exclusively for displaying an image.

The coin processing unit 17 detects the insertion of a coin into the coin insertion slot. The coin processing unit 17 outputs an activation signal to the control unit 4 when detecting that the amount of coins required for play (play fee) has been inserted.
Note that the coin processing unit 17 may output an activation signal to the control unit 4 when payment of a play fee by electronic money or a credit card is accepted.

The illumination control unit 18 controls the flash emitted from the front illumination unit 115 in the imaging space 10 according to the illumination control signal supplied from the control unit 4.
In addition, the illumination control unit 18 controls the light (fluorescent lamp or the like) provided inside the ceiling illumination unit 14 and the front illumination unit 115, so that the brightness in the imaging space 10 according to the stage of the imaging process by the user. Adjust. The speaker 19 outputs sound corresponding to the stage of shooting processing by the user.

The editing units 2a and 2b are for the user to perform editing processing in the editing spaces 20a and 20b, respectively. Since the functional configurations of the editing unit 2a and the editing unit 2 are the same, only the functional configuration of the editing unit 2a will be described below, and the description of the functional configuration of the editing unit 2b will be omitted.
The editing unit 2a includes an editing monitor 213 that displays various GUI screens (hereinafter also referred to as “editing screens”) for editing graffiti and the like of a captured image, and two touch pens that are input units for the editing screen. 214A and 214B and a speaker 215 are provided.

The editing monitor 213 displays an editing screen according to control by the control unit 4 and detects a user's editing input on the editing screen.
In other words, when the user touches the editing pen 213 of the touch pen 214A, 214B on the editing monitor 213, it is detected whether the operation input or the touch pen 214A, 214B is touched, and is transmitted to the control unit 4 as an operation signal. As a result, the photographed image to be edited is edited.

Specifically, the user applies so-called graffiti such as characters, patterns, and graphics to the captured image displayed on the editing monitor 213, and touch pens 214A and 214B or other input devices (may be fingertips). Can be used to input.
Thereby, image data of an edited image in which an image for editing such as a graffiti image or a stamp image is superimposed on the photographed image is generated. The image data of the edited image generated in this way is transmitted to the output unit 3.

The output unit 3 includes a touch panel type liquid crystal monitor 311 that is configured to perform output processing in the output space 30, a non-contact communication unit 312, and a speaker 314. The output unit 3 also includes a printer 34 and a sticker paper unit 35 for performing printing.
The printer 34 prints the photographed image or the edited image obtained by the editing process on the sticker paper stored in the sticker paper unit 35 attached to the printer 34 and discharges it to the sticker paper discharge port 313.

  The non-contact communication unit 312 performs data transmission / reception with the mobile terminal. The image data created by the editing unit 2 is transmitted by the communication unit 6 to an external image storage server through the network.

<Flow of play in the shooting device for play>
As described above, the photographing unit 1 performs the photographing process of the subject including the user, the editing unit 2 performs the editing process on the captured image, and the output unit 3 performs the edited image output process.
These processes are performed by the control unit 4 executing a computer program stored in the storage unit 5 or the drive 7 or an installed computer program. Hereinafter, with reference to FIG. 2, a flow of play in the shooting apparatus for play will be described.

As shown in FIG. 2, as indicated by an arrow X, the user enters the imaging space 10 through the first entrances 101 a and 101 b and uses the cameras 111 and 112 and monitors 113 and 114 provided in the imaging unit 1. Perform shooting processing.
Then, as shown by an arrow Y, the user who has finished the photographing process once exits the apparatus from the photographing space 10 through the first entrances 101a and 101b, and then moves to one of the editing spaces 20a and 20b.

At this time, the upper monitor 113 and the speaker 19 of the photographing housing 11 display and notify the user to move to the editing spaces 20a and 20b. For example, when neither of the editing spaces 20a and 20b is used by the user, a display that prompts the user to move to one of the editing spaces 20a and 20b is performed.
When there is a user in any one of the editing spaces 20a and 20b, a display that prompts the user to move to an empty editing space is displayed. When any editing space 20a, 20b is used by the user, a display for waiting for movement to the editing space 20a, 20b is performed.

The user who has moved to the editing spaces 20a and 20b starts editing processing. The users of the editing spaces 20a and 20b can perform editing processing at the same time.
When the editing process ends, printing of an image selected from the captured image and the edited captured image is started. Then, the editing monitor 213 of the editing housing 21 is displayed to urge the user to move to the output space 30 and is also notified by the speaker 215 of a sound urging to move to the output space 30.

Accordingly, the user who has finished the editing process moves from one of the editing spaces 20a and 20b to the output space 30 as indicated by the arrow C, and performs the output process.
When another user is performing output processing in the output space 30, the editing monitor 213 and the speaker 215 display and notify the user of waiting for movement to the output space 30.

In the output space 30, while waiting for the user to print an image, an operation (for example, input of an e-mail address) for allowing the user to obtain an image generated by the play is performed on the monitor 311. Let me do it.
When the printing of the image is finished, the user receives the sticker paper from the sticker paper discharge port 313 provided in the output housing 31 and finishes a series of play. The display for prompting the user to move as described above is performed by the control unit 4.

<Example of edit screen>
FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the editing screen 400 displayed on the editing monitor 213.
An editing screen 400 shown in FIG. 7 is a GUI screen for editing operation displayed on the left side of the editing monitor 213 (see FIG. 4). The editing monitor 213 displays a GUI screen having substantially the same layout separately on the left and right. Thus, two users can simultaneously perform operation inputs for editing processing on the editing monitor 213.

The editing monitor 213 receives an operation input from the left touch pen 214 </ b> A for the left editing screen 400. Similarly, the editing monitor 213 receives an operation input from the right touch pen 214B for the right editing screen (not shown).
The right operation screen has substantially the same configuration as that of the left editing screen 400 except that the layout is bilaterally symmetric. The operation content performed with the right touch pen 214B is the same as the operation content performed with the left touch pen 214A.

Therefore, in the following, the left and right touch pens 214A and 214B are collectively referred to as “touch pen TP”, and the operation content on the editing screen 400 using the touch pen TP will be described.
In the following, “pen down” and “pen up” of the touch pen TP are defined as follows.

“Pen down”: In the case of the infrared or pressure-sensitive editing monitor 213, the pen tip of the touch pen TP is brought into contact with the editing screen 400. In the case of a touch pen TP made of a digitizer, the button on the tip of the touch pen TP is being pressed.
“Pen-up”: In the case of an infrared or pressure-sensitive editing monitor 213, the pen tip of the touch pen TP is moved away from the editing screen 400. In the case of a touch pen TP made of a digitizer, the button attached to the tip of the touch pen TP is not pressed.

Furthermore, an image synthesized with the image to be edited in the editing area 401 by the operation of the touch pen TP is referred to as an “editing image”, and an image composed of the image to be edited and the editing image superimposed on the image. , “Synthesized image” or “edited image”.
The “editing image” includes “a graffiti image” input by handwriting with the pen tip of the touch pen TP, and various “composite images” displayed in the palette area 408. The synthesized image is displayed in the editing tool display area 410 of the editing screen 400 and includes a stamp image, a message image, a name / date image, a one-touch image, and the like that can be selected with the touch pen TP.

As shown in FIG. 7, a rectangular editing area 401 is provided in the almost central portion of the editing screen 400. The editing area 401 is an area where display of the selected editing target image (captured image) and reception of operation input with the touch pen TP for the editing target image are performed.
Above the editing area 401, thumbnails 402 including a plurality of images (5 in the example) to be edited are arranged. When one image to be edited in the thumbnail 402 is touched with the touch pen TP, the image to be edited is displayed in the editing area 401.

The plurality of editing target images included in the thumbnail 402 are composed of, for example, three face-up images and two whole-body images.
The user can change an image to be edited to be displayed in the editing area 401 by selecting any one of the images included in the thumbnail 402 with the touch pen TP. Various editing processes performed by the user in the editing area 401 are also reflected in corresponding captured images included in the thumbnail 402.

On the right side of the editing area 401, an end button 403, a plurality of eraser buttons 404, a forward button 405, and a back button 406 are arranged in order from the top.
An end button 403 is a button for ending the editing process for the editing area 401 halfway. By operating the end button 403 with the touch pen TP, the user can spontaneously end the editing process for the editing screen 400. In this case, the control unit 4 shifts play to output processing.

The eraser button 404 includes a “partial erase icon” of three types of thickness and a “full erase icon” for resetting all edits.
For example, when the partial erase icon is operated, the pen tip of the touch pen TP becomes the selected thickness eraser. If the editing image in the editing area 401 is traced with the pen tip in this state, the editing image of the traced portion is erased. When the all-erase icon is pen-downed, all editing images combined with the editing target image displayed in the editing area 401 are deleted.

A return button 406 is a so-called “Undo” button for canceling the editing process performed immediately before and returning it to the original state. The forward button 405 is a so-called “redo” button for restoring the editing process immediately before the return button 406 is touched.
Specifically, the erasing process by the eraser button 404 and the processes by the forward button 405 and the forward button 406 are specifically editing processes executed on image data arranged in a confirmed layer L3 (see FIG. 8) to be described later. is there.

In the upper right corner of the edit screen 400, a timer 407 for countdown is arranged. In the game shooting apparatus of the present embodiment, a basic time limit (for example, 300 seconds) for performing the editing process is set in advance.
For this reason, the timer 407 starts counting down simultaneously with the start of the editing process. When the remaining time of the timer 407 becomes zero, the control unit 4 forcibly ends the editing process by the editing screen 400 and shifts the play to the output process.

However, when there is no subsequent user in the photographing unit 1, the editing process may be performed without time limit without performing countdown. Alternatively, a maximum time limit (for example, 20 minutes) may be set so that the editing operation can be performed up to the maximum time limit.
However, when a shooting process by a new user is started in a state where there is a subsequent user in the other editing unit 2b, from a preset time (for example, 60 seconds) in accordance with the start of the shooting process. It is preferable to start the countdown.

Below the editing area 401, a palette area 408 for selecting a composite image (editing tool) for the image to be edited is arranged.
The palette area 408 includes a category selection area 409 in which a plurality of categories are displayed, and an editing tool display area 410 positioned below the category selection area 409. FIG. 7 illustrates a case where “SPECIALDAY” is selected as the upper category and “stamp” is selected as the lower category in the category selection area 409.

“Stamp” is a tab for displaying in the editing tool display area 410 a stamp image that is a kind of composite image that can be selected with the touch pen TP. In FIG. 7, a heart mark, a smile mark, a mustache, a star mark, and the like are displayed as examples of the stamp image.
On the left side of the editing area 401, a pen palette area 411 is arranged. In the pen palette area 411, various operation buttons used for selecting the line type, thickness, and color of the graffiti image input by handwriting with the touch pen TP are displayed.

The pen palette area 411 includes a lower character button 412 and an upper character button 413. The graffiti image input by handwriting in the editing area 401 after touching the character lower button 412 with the touch pen TP is temporarily arranged in the character lower layer L2 (see FIG. 8) described later.
Thereafter, when the touch pen TP is pushed up, the graffiti image is confirmed, and the graffiti image temporarily arranged in the lower character layer L2 is pasted on the back side of the confirmed layer L3 (see FIG. 8). At this time, the graffiti image is erased from the lower character layer L2, but is temporarily stored for use in undo / redo.

The graffiti image input by handwriting in the editing area 401 after touching the upper character button 413 with the touch pen TP is temporarily arranged in the upper character layer L4 (see FIG. 8) described later.
Thereafter, when the touch pen TP is pushed up, the graffiti image is confirmed, and the graffiti image temporarily arranged on the upper character layer L4 is pasted on the surface side of the confirmed layer L3 (see FIG. 8). At this time, the graffiti image is erased from the upper character layer L4, but is temporarily stored for use in undo / redo.

The user can perform editing work (so-called graffiti) using the editing screen 400 until the remaining time of the timer 407 becomes zero (or ends spontaneously).
When the remaining time of the timer 407 runs out or when the end button 404 is voluntarily terminated, the editing monitor 213 displays a “doodle end” message. At this point, the edited image being displayed on the editing screen 400 is confirmed as output image data, and the confirmed image data is stored in the storage unit 5. Thereby, the editing process ends.

<Layer structure of composite image>
FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a layer structure of a composite image.
As shown in FIG. 8, the composite image (edited image) displayed in the editing area 401 has a multilayer structure in which image data of a plurality of layers L0 to L6 are superimposed.
Specifically, the layer structure of the composite image includes, in order from the bottom, a background layer L0, a subject layer L1, a character lower layer L2, a confirmed layer L3, an upper character layer L4, a frame layer L5, and a button layer L6. .

The background layer L0 is a layer in which a background image selected by the user before (or in some cases after) shooting is arranged. In the background layer L0, image data based on editing input by the touch pen TP is not arranged.
The subject layer L1 is a layer into which an image of a subject (user) extracted from a captured image using a chroma key mask is input. Also in the subject layer L1, image data based on editing input by the touch pen TP is not arranged.

The lower character layer L2 is a layer in which the editing image is temporarily arranged, and is a layer positioned immediately below the confirmed layer L3. When the editing image of the lower layer L2 is confirmed by a predetermined confirming operation, the editing image is pasted on the back side of the confirmed layer L3. At this time, the editing image is erased from the lower character layer L2, but is temporarily stored for use in undo / redo.
For example, when the composite image H2 being edited (diamond mark in FIG. 8) is confirmed in the lower layer L2, the image H2 is below the existing editing image H3 (“Hello!” In FIG. 8) of the confirmed layer L3. The image data of the confirmed layer L3 is updated. The synthesized image H2 is erased from the lower character layer L2 and temporarily stored in the storage unit 5.

  Note that when an image is “temporarily” arranged in a layer, it means that elements such as the position, size, and rotation angle of the image arranged in the layer are in an adjustable state.

The upper character layer L4 is a layer in which the editing image is temporarily arranged, and is a layer positioned one above the confirmed layer L3. When the editing image on the upper layer L4 is confirmed by a predetermined confirmation operation, the editing image is pasted on the surface side of the confirmed layer L3. At this time, the editing image is erased from the lower character layer L2, but is temporarily stored for use in undo / redo.
For example, when the composite image H4 being edited (heart mark in FIG. 8) is confirmed in the upper character layer L4, the image H4 is above the existing editing image H3 (“Hello!” In FIG. 8) of the confirmed layer L3. And the image data of the confirmed layer L3 is updated. The synthesized image H4 is erased from the upper character layer L4 and temporarily stored in the storage unit 5.

The confirmation layer L3 is an editing image such as a graffiti image or a composite image input to the lower character layer L2 and upper character layer L4, and the editing image on which a predetermined confirmation operation has been performed is definitely arranged. Is the layer to be played. When the editing image in the lower character layer L2 or the upper character layer L4 is combined with this fixed layer L3, the editing image in the state immediately before combining (the edits input to the fixed layer L3 immediately before combining) Image) is temporarily stored for use in Ando Redo.
The “determining operation” is executed by, for example, pen-down an area outside the guide frame G (see FIG. 10) in the edit area 401 or pen-down an area other than the edit area 401 on the edit screen 400. Operation.

Therefore, when a confirmation operation is performed on the combined images H2 and H4 temporarily arranged in the lower character layer L2 and the upper character layer L4, and the images H2 and H4 are combined with the fixed layer L3, the combined image Movement, scaling, rotation, etc. for H2 and H4 cannot be executed.
However, when an undo operation for touching the return button 406 is performed immediately after the confirmation operation, the editing image of the confirmation layer L3 is replaced with the immediately previous editing image and the editing image temporarily stored. (The synthesized image H2 or the synthesized image H4) is pasted on the lower character layer L2 or the upper character layer L4.

As a result, movement, enlargement / reduction, rotation, and the like on the combined images H2 and H4 can be executed again. The same applies when undoing is performed twice immediately after the confirmation operation and then redoing.
It should be noted that the process of deleting part or all of the editing target image (for example, an image in which a plurality of combined images H2 and H4 are combined) arranged in the confirmed layer L3 can be performed by the above-described eraser button 404. .

As shown in FIG. 8, the display modes of the combined images H2 and H4 in the lower character layer L2 and the upper character layer L4 differ depending on whether the touch pen TP is in “pen down” or “pen up” state.
Specifically, the composite image H2 (diamond mark in the example) of the lower layer L2 is also referred to as a pen-down (hereinafter referred to as “adjustment pen-down”) for adjustment (movement, enlargement / reduction, rotation, etc.) of the composite image H2. In the middle of the above, the dummy image D2 including the main body portion D2a and the peripheral portion D2b is obtained, and the default composite image H2 is restored by subsequent pen-up.

The main body portion D2a of the dummy image D2 is made of an image having the same shape as the synthesized image H2 but having a different color tone. For the coloring of the main body portion D2a, for example, a similar color, gray scale, or negative inversion color having higher transparency than the combined image H2 is adopted.
The peripheral portion D2b of the dummy image D2 is an image having the same rectangular shape as a guide frame G described later and having a color tone different from that of the combined image H2. For the coloring of the peripheral portion D2b, for example, an opposite color, gray scale, or negative inversion color having higher transparency than the combined image H2 is employed.

For the peripheral portion D2b, in order to make the main body portion D2a stand out, for example, a color opposite to that of the main body portion D2b is adopted.
When the peripheral part D2b has two colors, the peripheral part D2b is a white color when the main body part D2a is dark, and the peripheral part D2a is a black color when the main body part D2a is a light color. Good.

  Similarly, the combined image H4 (heart mark in the example) of the upper character layer L4 is a dummy including the main body portion D4a and the peripheral portion D4b during adjustment pen-down when adjusting the combined image H4. It becomes an image D4, and returns to the default composite image H4 by subsequent pen-up.

The main body portion D4a of the dummy image D4 is made of an image having the same shape as the synthesized image H2 but having a different color tone. For the coloring of the main body portion D4a, for example, a similar color, gray scale, or negative inversion color having higher transparency than the combined image H2 is employed.
The peripheral portion D4b of the dummy image D4 is an image having the same rectangular shape as a guide frame G described later and having a color tone different from that of the combined image H4. For the coloring of the peripheral portion D4b, for example, an opposite color, a gray scale, or a negative inversion color having higher transparency than the combined image H4 is employed.

For the peripheral portion D4b, in order to make the main body portion D4a stand out, for example, a color opposite to that of the main body portion D4b is adopted.
When the peripheral portion D4b has two colors, the peripheral portion D4b is a white color when the main body portion D4a is a dark color, and the peripheral portion D4a is a black color when the main body portion D4a is a light color. Good.

The dummy images D2 and D4 are stored in advance in the storage unit 5 separately from the combined images H2 and H4, in an image file (resource) different from the combined images H2 and H4, which is a kind of editing image. realizable.
The dummy images D2 and D4 may be generated by performing predetermined image processing (such as filter processing) on the combined images H2 and H4, which are a kind of editing image.

  The dummy images D2 and D4 are displayed in the case of the adjustment pen-down of the combined images D2 and H4, and in the case of other pen-downs such as the pen-down operation of the palette area 408 of the editing screen 400, the dummy image is displayed. D2 and D4 are not displayed.

The frame layer L5 is a layer in which a rectangular guide frame G is temporarily arranged. The shape and size of the guide frame G remain unchanged even when the pen-down and pen-up states change, and the aspect ratio and line thickness of the guide frame G are also constant.
However, the shape and size of the guide frame G change in accordance with the shapes and sizes of the selected composite images H2 and H4. For this reason, the shape of the guide frame G is not limited to a square, but may be a vertically long rectangle or a horizontally long rectangle.

The position, size, and inclination of the guide frame G change according to operation signals for movement, enlargement / reduction, and rotation that are input through an operation on each operation button in the button layer L6 by the touch pen TP. When the operation signal generated by the operation of each button in the button layer L6 is deleted, each operation button, the guide frame G, and the images H2 and H4 therein are deleted.
When the position, size, and inclination of the combined images H2, H4 of the lower character layer L2 or the upper character layer L4 change, the position, size, and inclination of the guide frame G corresponding to the images change.

The button layer L6 is a layer in which a plurality of operation buttons B1 to B7 for changing the elements of the combined images H2 and H4 surrounded by the guide frame G are temporarily arranged.
FIG. 9 is a state transition diagram of the plurality of operation buttons B1 to B7 arranged in the button layer L6. As shown in FIG. 9, the types of the operation buttons B1 to B7 temporarily arranged in the button layer L6 change depending on whether the touch pen TP is in “pen down” or “pen up” state.

Specifically, the operation button B1 and the operation button B2 are temporarily arranged on the button layer L6 during the pen-down.
In the example of FIG. 9, one operation button B1 is arranged at a position corresponding to the upper left corner of the guide frame G, and three operation buttons B2 are arranged at the lower left corner, the upper right corner, and the lower right corner of the guide frame G, respectively. Has been.

The operation button B1 is an operation button for deleting the undetermined synthesized images H2 and H4 that are temporarily arranged in the layers L2 and L4.
When the operation button B1 is touched with the touch pen TP, the operation buttons B1 to B7 are deleted from the button layer L6, the guide frame G is deleted from the frame layer L5, and the combined image H2 (or H4) corresponding to the guide frame G is displayed. ) Is deleted from the layer L2 (or L4).

The operation button B2 is an operation button B2 for enlarging / reducing and rotating the combined images H2 and H4 surrounded by the guide frame G.
When the operation button B2 is touched with the touch pen TP and the pen tip is moved on the surface of the editing area 401, the combined image H2 (or H4) is scaled or rotated, and the guide frame G is scaled or rotated accordingly. . Depending on the movement direction of the pen tip, the combined image H2 (or H4) can be scaled and rotated simultaneously.

With respect to the operation button B2, the control unit 4 enlarges / reduces the image by detecting a component (arrow direction component) in a direction (arrow direction) parallel to the direction of the arrow in the movement direction of the pen tip. For example, movement in the direction away from the combined images H2 and H4 is enlargement, and movement in the approaching direction is reduction. Limits are set for enlargement and reduction.
Regarding the operation button B2, the control unit 4 rotates the image by detecting a component (vertical component) perpendicular to the direction of the arrow of the pen tip movement direction. Depending on the movement direction of the pen tip, left rotation or right rotation is executed.

The center of enlargement / reduction and rotation by the operation button B2 is set to the center of the combined images H2 and H4.
When both the arrow direction component and the vertical direction component are detected, the control unit 4 basically performs enlargement / reduction and rotation at the same time, but may perform only one of enlargement / reduction and rotation. For example, the control unit 4 may perform scaling when the arrow direction component is stronger than the vertical direction component, and may perform rotation when the arrow direction component is stronger than the vertical direction component.

Note that the movement (parallel movement) of the guide frame G and the combined images H2 and H4 is performed by touching the inner area of the guide frame G (specifically, the dummy images D2 and D4 in FIG. 8) with the touch pen TP. Can be executed on the surface of the editing area 401.
Therefore, the inner area of the guide frame G functions as an operation input unit for adjusting the positions of the combined images H2 and H4 surrounded by the guide frame G.

During pen-up, in addition to the two types of operation buttons B1 and B2, operation buttons B3 to B7 are temporarily arranged in the button layer L6.
In the example of FIG. 9, the operation button B3 is disposed at a position corresponding to the center of the left side of the guide frame G, the operation button B4 is disposed at a position corresponding to the center of the right side of the guide frame G, and the operation button B5 is Arranged on the upper right side of the upper side, the operation button B6 (or B7) is arranged on the upper left side of the upper side of the guide frame G.

The operation button B3 is an operation button for changing the displayed combined images H2 and H4 to another combined image on the left side included in the editing tool display area 410.
When the operation button B <b> 3 is touched with the touch pen TP, the combined images H <b> 2 and H <b> 4 inside the guide frame G can be switched to the combined image adjacent to the left side included in the editing tool display area 410. If there is no composite image adjacent to the left side, the image is switched to the composite image at the right end of the upper stage. If there is no synthesized image in the upper stage, it is switched to the synthesized image at the right end of the lowest stage.

The operation button B4 is an operation button for changing the displayed combined image H2, H4 to another combined image on the right side included in the editing tool display area 410.
When the operation button B4 is touched with the touch pen TP, the combined images H2 and H4 inside the guide frame G can be switched to the combined image adjacent to the right side included in the editing tool display area 410. If there is no composite image adjacent on the right side, the image is switched to the composite image in the lower stage. If there is no composite image in the lower stage, it is switched to the composite image at the left end of the uppermost stage.

With respect to the operation buttons B3 and B4, the control unit 4 determines the position, size, rotation angle, layer hierarchy (on the characters, set in the combined images H2 and H4 immediately before the operation buttons B3 and B4 are operated. Under the character), the composite image is switched while maintaining the inverted / non-inverted state.
The operation button B5 is an operation button B2 for inverting the displayed combined images H2 and H4. When the operation button B5 is touched with the touch pen TP, the combined images H2 and H4 inside the guide frame G can be reversed line-symmetrically like a mirror image.

The operation button B6 is an operation button for moving the composite image H2 (diamond mark in the example of FIG. 8) of the lower character layer L2 included in the guide frame G to the upper character layer L4.
The operation button B7 is an operation button for moving the combined image H4 (the heart mark in the example of FIG. 8) of the upper character layer L4 included in the guide frame G to the lower character layer L2.

The control unit 4 displays the operation button B7 by default. For this reason, for example, when a lower-letter scribble is performed on a stamp image A which is an example of a composite image, and another stamp image B is selected from the editing tool display area 410 and the editing area 401 is touched, The operation button B7 is displayed as an upward graffiti.
However, the control unit 4 does not select another stamp image B after the character image of the stamp image A has been scribbled, and when the editing area 401 is touched while the same stamp image A is selected. , The setting of the lower graffiti is held, and the operation button B6 is displayed in the editing area 401.

  In addition, the control unit 4 performs the movement between the combined images H2 and H4 while maintaining the position, size, and rotation angle being set in the lower character layer L2 and the upper character layer L4. Yes.

  Either one of the operation buttons B6 and B7 is not displayed at the same time. That is, when the image included in the guide frame G is a composite image H2 (diamond mark in the example of FIG. 8) of the lower character layer L2, the operation button B6 is displayed, and the image included in the guide frame G is the upper character layer. In the case of the synthesized image H4 of L4 (heart mark in the example of FIG. 8), the operation button B7 is displayed.

The positions of the operation buttons B <b> 1 to B <b> 7 change according to the movement, enlargement / reduction, and rotation of the guide frame G using the touch pen TP, and the position after the change depends on the state of the guide frame G. For example, the operation button B1 for deletion and the operation button B2 for enlargement / reduction and rotation are arranged at positions corresponding to the four corners of the guide frame G.
When the operation buttons B1 to B7 are reduced, it is difficult to perform subsequent operation inputs. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the operation buttons B1 to B7 are provided in the upper layer L6 of the frame layer L5 in order to make the sizes of the operation buttons B1 to B7 unchanged.

  That is, when the operation buttons B1 to B7 are arranged on the same layer L5 as the guide frame G, the sizes of the operation buttons B1 to B7 also vary depending on the enlargement / reduction operation. Accordingly, when the operation buttons B1 to B7 are reduced by the reduction operation, it is difficult to perform a pen down aiming at the operation buttons B1 to B7. In this regard, in this embodiment, since the operation buttons B1 to B7 are arranged in the upper layer L6, the size of the operation buttons B1 to B7 is not affected by the enlargement / reduction, and the operation button B1 is changed even after the reduction operation. Access to pen down to ~ B7 is easier.

<Edit processing for composite image in lower layer>
FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing the operation procedure of the editing process for the composite image H2 in the lower character layer L2.
FIG. 10A shows a state where the touch pen TP is pen-downed in the editing area 401. FIG. 10B shows a state in which the touch pen TP is pen-up after pen-down. FIG. 10C shows a state in which the rotation operation by the operation button B2 is performed after the pen up (pen down state for performing the rotation operation).

When the synthesized image H2 (diamond mark in the example) is selected, if the pen TP is moved down to a predetermined position and moved up to a predetermined position in the editing area 401, the synthesized image H2 is pen-up in the upper layer L4. It is arranged at the position.
Thereafter, the synthesized image H2 is moved to the lower character layer L2 by the operation button B7 (see FIG. 9) (at this time, the state is once in the state of FIG. 10B), and when the inside of the guide frame G is penned down, FIG. As shown in (a), the guide frame G and the operation buttons B1 and B2 located at the four corners thereof are displayed in the editing area 401.
While pen-down continues, a dummy image D2 including a main body portion D2a having the same shape as the combined image H2 and a peripheral portion D2b thereof is displayed inside the guide frame G.

Next, as shown in FIG. 10B, when the touch pen TP is pen-up from the editing area 401, operation buttons B3 to B6 are further displayed in addition to the operation buttons B1 and B2, and an image inside the guide frame G is displayed. It switches to the synthesized image H2.
In the pen-up state of FIG. 10B, the synthesized image H2 is a temporarily confirmed state temporarily arranged in the lower character layer L2, and can be moved, scaled and rotated with respect to the lower character layer L2. it can.

For example, when the pen is lowered from the pen-up state in FIG. 10B to the inner region of the guide frame G, the pen-down state in FIG.
In this case, the image inside the guide frame G is switched to the dummy image D2, the operation buttons B3 to B6 disappear, and only the two operation buttons B1 and B2 are displayed. In this state, when the pen tip of the touch pen TP is moved on the surface of the editing area 401, the guide frame G and the operation buttons B1 and B2 can be moved together with the dummy image D2.

From the pen-up state of FIG. 10B, for example, when the pen-down operation is performed on the enlargement / reduction and rotation operation button B2 in the upper right corner, the pen-down state of FIG.
In this case, the inside of the guide frame G is switched to the dummy image D2, the operation buttons B3 to B6 disappear, and only the two operation buttons B1 and B2 are displayed. In this state, when the pen tip of the touch pen TP is rotated clockwise on the surface of the editing area 401, the guide frame G and the operation buttons B1, B2 are rotated to the right together with the dummy image D2, and the operation buttons B1, B2 are rotated. To the four corners of the guide frame G.

Next, when pen-up is performed from the pen-down state of FIG. 10C, the rotated dummy image D2 is switched to the composite image H2 corresponding to the position, size, and rotation angle of the dummy image D2. Thereby, the synthesized image H2 can be rotated in a desired direction.
In the example of FIG. 10C, the case where the dummy image D2 is rotated by the operation button B2 and the rotation angle of the combined image H2 is changed is illustrated, but the dummy image D2 is enlarged or reduced by the operation button B2. It is also possible to change the size of the synthesized image H2.

When the operation button B1 is touched from the pen-up state of FIG. 10B, the guide frame G and the operation buttons B1 to B6 can be deleted from the editing area 401 together with the composite image H2.
Similarly, when the operation buttons B3 and B4 are touched from the pen-up state of FIG. 10B, the composite image H2 can be switched to another image, and the composite image H2 can be reversed by the operation button B5. The synthesized image H2 can be moved to the upper character layer L4 by B6.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing a procedure for confirming the editing process for the composite image H2 in the lower character layer L2.
FIG. 11A shows a state in which the touch pen TP is pen-up after the pen-down in the editing area 401. FIG. 11B shows a state in which the touch pen TP is pen-down at another place away from the guide frame G in the editing area 401.

As shown in FIG. 11A, in a state where the touch pen TP is pen-up from the editing area 401, operation buttons B3 to B6 are further displayed in addition to the operation buttons B1 and B2, and the composition is performed inside the guide frame G. An image H2 is displayed.
When the pen-down state from the pen-up state of FIG. 11A to another location away from the guide frame G in the editing area 401 is performed, the composite image H2 temporarily arranged in the lower layer L2 is displayed on the definite layer L3. Affixed to the back side.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 11B, when the existing editing image H3 (“Hello!” In FIG. 11) exists in the confirmed layer L3, the composite image H2 is an existing editing image. Affixed to the background side of H3.
Further, in this embodiment, when the adjustment to the composite image H2 is confirmed by pen-down to another place, the dummy image D2, the operation buttons B1, B2, and the guide frame corresponding to the same composite image H2 are placed at the pen-down position. G is displayed.

  In this case, the size of the dummy image D2, the rotation angle, the character upper / lower character setting (below the character in the example of FIG. 11), and the inversion / non-inversion setting are the same as the previously determined settings. That is, this operation is an operation for creating a copy of the confirmed composite image H2.

In this way, when the same composite image H2 is repeatedly combined with the image to be edited, it is not necessary to select the composite image H2 from the editing tool display area 410 each time, and the same composite image H2 is repeated. This makes it easy to synthesize.
Note that the trigger (trigger) for moving the combined image H2 to the confirmed layer L3 may employ not only pen-down to another place in the editing area 401 but also pen-up next to pen-down.

In addition, pen-down to an area other than the editing area 401 can be a trigger for confirmation. For example, this is the case when another composite image is selected in the editing tool display area 410. In this case, unlike the above example, only the determination of the previous combined image H2 is executed.
If the dummy image D2 is moved, scaled, or rotated, or if the dummy image D2 or the combined image H2 and the editing image H3 overlap at the time of pen-up, the dummy image is due to the layer structure. D2 or the combined image H2 is hidden and displayed under the editing image H3. On the other hand, the guide frame G and the operation buttons B1 to B7 are displayed on the editing image H3.

  Even if the operation for moving the composite image H2 or the operation buttons B1 to B7 are not operated during a predetermined time after the composite image H2 is arranged on the image to be edited, the determination is also triggered. Also, when the remaining time of the timer 407 becomes zero, it becomes a trigger for confirmation.

<Editing process for composite image of upper layer of character>
FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram showing an operation procedure of editing processing for the synthesized image H4 in the upper character layer L4.
FIG. 12A shows a state where the touch pen TP is pen-downed in the editing area 401. FIG. 12B shows a state where the touch pen TP is pen-up after pen-down. FIG. 12C shows a state in which an enlargement operation by the operation button B2 is performed after pen-up (a pen-down state for performing the enlargement operation).

When the synthesized image H4 (heart mark in the example) is selected, when the touch pen TP is penned down in the editing area 401, a dummy image D4 corresponding to the synthesized image H4 is arranged on the upper character layer L4, and FIG. As shown in (a), the guide frame G and the operation buttons B1 and B2 located at the four corners thereof are displayed in the editing area 401.
While pen-down continues, a dummy image D4 including a main body portion D4a having the same shape as the combined image H4 and a peripheral portion D4b thereof is displayed inside the guide frame G.

Next, as shown in FIG. 12B, when the touch pen TP is pen-up from the editing area 401, operation buttons B3 to B5 and B7 are further displayed in addition to the operation buttons B1 and B2, and the inside of the guide frame G is displayed. The image is switched to the combined image H4.
In the pen-up state of FIG. 12B, the synthesized image H4 is a temporarily confirmed state temporarily placed in the upper character layer L4, and can be moved, scaled and rotated with respect to the upper character layer L4. it can.

For example, when the pen is lowered from the pen-up state in FIG. 12B to the inner region of the guide frame G, the pen-down state in FIG.
In this case, the image inside the guide frame G is switched to the dummy image D4, and the operation buttons B3 to B5 and B7 disappear and only the two operation buttons B1 and B2 are displayed. In this state, when the pen tip of the touch pen TP is moved on the surface of the editing area 401, the guide frame G and the operation buttons B1 and B2 can be moved together with the dummy image D4.

From the pen-up state of FIG. 12B, for example, when the pen-down is performed on the enlargement / reduction and rotation operation button B2 in the upper right corner, the pen-down state of FIG.
In this case, the inside of the guide frame G is switched to the dummy image D4, the operation buttons B3 to B5 and B7 disappear, and only the two operation buttons B1 and B2 are displayed. In this state, when the pen tip of the touch pen TP is moved to the upper right on the surface of the editing area 401, the guide frame G is enlarged together with the dummy image D4, and the operation buttons B1 and B2 are moved to the four corners of the enlarged guide frame G. To do.

Next, when pen-up is performed from the pen-down state of FIG. 12C, the enlarged dummy image D4 is switched to the composite image H4 corresponding to the position, size, and rotation angle of the dummy image D4. Thereby, the synthesized image H4 can be enlarged to a desired size.
In the example of FIG. 12C, the dummy image D4 is enlarged by the operation button B2 and the composite image H4 is enlarged. However, the composite image is obtained by reducing or rotating the dummy image D4 by the operation button B2. H4 may be reduced or rotated.

When the operation button B1 is touched from the pen-up state in FIG. 12B, the guide frame G and the operation buttons B1 to B5 and B7 can be deleted from the editing area 401 together with the composite image H4.
Similarly, when the operation buttons B3 and B4 are touched from the pen-up state of FIG. 12B, the synthesized image H4 can be switched to another image, and the synthesized image H4 can be inverted by the operation button B5, and the operation button The combined image H4 can be moved to the lower character layer L2 by B7.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram showing a procedure for confirming the editing process for the composite image H4 in the upper character layer L4.
FIG. 13A shows a state in which the touch pen TP is pen-up after the pen-down in the editing area 401. FIG. 13B shows a state in which the touch pen TP is pen-down at another location away from the guide frame G in the editing area 401.

As shown in FIG. 13A, when the touch pen TP is pen-up from the editing area 401, operation buttons B3 to B5 and B7 are further displayed in addition to the operation buttons B1 and B2, and the guide frame G is displayed inside. A synthesized image H4 is displayed.
When the touch pen TP is pen-downed to another place away from the guide frame G in the editing area 401 from the pen-up state of FIG. 13A, the composite image H4 temporarily arranged in the upper character layer L4 is confirmed. Affixed to the front side of the layer L3.

For this reason, as shown in FIG. 13B, when the existing editing image H3 (“Hello!” In FIG. 13) exists in the confirmed layer L3, the combined image H4 is an existing editing image. Affixed to the front side of H3.
Further, in this embodiment, when the adjustment for the composite image H4 is confirmed by pen-down to another place, the dummy image D4 corresponding to the same composite image H4, the operation buttons B1 and B2, and the guide frame are placed at the pen-down position. G is displayed.

  In this case, the size of the dummy image D4, the rotation angle, the character upper / lower character setting (in the example of FIG. 13 the character upper), and the inversion / non-inversion setting are the same as the previously determined settings. That is, this operation is an operation for creating a copy of the confirmed composite image H4.

In this way, when the same composite image H4 is repeatedly combined with the image to be edited, it is not necessary to select the composite image H4 from the editing tool display area 410 each time, and the same composite image H4 is repeatedly displayed. This makes it easy to synthesize.
In addition, the trigger (trigger) which moves the to-be-combined image H4 to the definite layer L3 may employ | adopt not only the pen down to the other place in the edit screen 400 but the pen up next to a pen down.

In addition, pen-down to an area other than the editing area 401 can be a trigger for confirmation. For example, this is the case when another composite image is selected in the editing tool display area 410. In this case, unlike the above example, only the determination of the previous combined image H4 is executed.
If the dummy image D4 is moved, scaled, or rotated, or if the dummy image D4 or the combined image H4 and the editing image H3 overlap at the time of pen-up, the dummy image may be used due to the layer structure. D4 or the synthesized image H4 is displayed on the editing image H3. The guide frame G and the operation buttons B1 to B7 are also displayed on the editing image H3.

  Even when the operation for moving the combined image H4 and the operation buttons B1 to B7 are not operated during a predetermined time after the combined image H4 is arranged on the image to be edited, the determination is also triggered. Also, when the remaining time of the timer 407 becomes zero, it becomes a trigger for confirmation.

<Modification>
In the above-described embodiment, the editing monitor 213 is controlled so as not to display the portions of the operation buttons B1 to B7, the guide frame G, the combined images H2 and H4, and the dummy images D2 and D4 that protrude from the editing area 401. Is preferred.
The reason is that when the above-mentioned protruding portion is displayed on the editing screen 400, it overlaps the display of palettes, thumbnails, erasers, etc., and the usability of the editing screen 400 is reduced.

In the above-described embodiment, the operation button B2 may be further provided in place of the operation button B1 at the position of the operation button B1 for deletion (the position of the upper left corner of the guide frame G in FIG. 13).
According to this configuration, even when a part of the image included in the guide frame G protrudes from the editing area 401, one of the operation buttons B2 is always displayed on the editing area 401 (edit target image). For example, even in a situation where only the upper left portion of the guide frame G is visible in the editing area 401, the size of the stamp can be adjusted.

  In such a modification, the basic position of the operation button B1 is set near, for example, the lower side of the guide frame G, and the operation button B1 is always changed so that the position of the operation button B1 is automatically changed depending on how the image protrudes. It is preferable to be displayed in the editing area 401.

In the above-described embodiment, all the operation buttons B1 to B7 may be hidden during image movement. This is because the operation buttons B1 to B7 may become an obstacle during the movement of the image.
In the above-described embodiment, all buttons other than the currently operated button may be hidden during the image enlargement / reduction or rotation operation. The reason is that other operation buttons may become an obstacle during the enlargement / reduction or rotation of the image.

In the above-described embodiment, the dummy images D2 and D4 are configured by the main body portions D2a and D4a and the peripheral portions D2b and D4b. However, the dummy images D2 and D4 may be configured by only the main body portion. For example, it can be realized by making the peripheral portion transparent.
The shapes of the main body portions D2a and D4a of the dummy images D2 and D4 are the same as the shapes of the combined images H2 and H4, but are not completely the same as long as the user can recognize them as the same. There may be minor differences. That is, both may be substantially the same. Not only the shape but also the design may be substantially the same.

<Other variations>
The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.
For example, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the combined images H2 and H4 are stamp images is illustrated. However, if the combined images H2 and H4 are predetermined images that can be selected from the editing tool display area 410, stamps are used. It may be image data other than images.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Image pick-up part 2 Edit part 2a Edit part 2b Edit part 3 Output part 4 Control part 5 Storage part 6 Communication part 7 External drive 10 Shooting space 11 Shooting housing | casing 12 Background wall part 13 Ceiling frame 14 Ceiling lighting unit 15 Display space 16 Display Unit 17 Coin processing unit 18 Illumination control unit 19 Speaker 20a Editing space 20b Editing space 21 Editing housing 22 Curtain frame 23 Support member 30 Output space 31 Output housing 34 Printer 35 Sticker paper unit 40 Pre-setting unit 101a, 101b First entrance / exit 111 Upper Camera 112 Lower Camera 113 Upper Monitor 114 Lower Monitor 115 Illumination Unit 115A Unit Part 115B Unit Part 115C Unit Part 115D Unit Part 116 Cash Box 121 Body Plate 122 Side View 201a, 201b 2nd entrance / exit 211 Control box 212 Editing stand section 213 Editing monitor 214A Touch pen 214B Touch pen 215 Speaker 221 Side frame 222 Rear frame 311 Liquid crystal monitor 312 Non-contact communication section 313 Discharge port 314 Speaker 400 Editing screen 401 Editing Area 402 Thumbnail 403 End button 404 Eraser button 404 End button 405 Forward button 406 Back button 407 Timer 408 Palette area 409 Category selection area 410 Editing tool display area 411 Pen palette area 412 Lower character button 413 Upper character button TP Touch pen

Claims (10)

A storage unit for storing an image to be edited included in a subject by the user and a synthesized image to be synthesized with the image to be edited;
A display unit for displaying the image to be edited and the composite image;
A control unit that synthesizes the image to be combined with the image to be edited,
The control unit causes the display unit to display an operation input unit for adjusting a position, a size, and a rotation angle of the synthesized image in a state where the synthesized image is superimposed on the editing target image. An image editing apparatus, wherein the color tone of the composite image is changed during adjustment by an operation input unit. The storage unit further stores a dummy image having a substantially different shape as the synthesized image and having a different tone.
The image editing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the process of changing the color tone of the synthesized image by the control unit is a process of displaying the dummy image on the display unit instead of the synthesized image.   The image editing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the process of changing the color tone of the synthesized image by the control unit is a process of performing predetermined image processing on the synthesized image.   4. The image editing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit further displays an image for conspicuously showing the synthesized image after the color change during the adjustment by the operation input unit. 5. The control unit is capable of executing control on a confirmed layer to which the synthesized image whose adjustment is confirmed is pasted, a lower layer of the confirmed layer, and an image arranged in an upper layer of the confirmed layer,
The operation input unit includes an operation button for switching a layer on which the composite image that can be moved, enlarged, reduced, and rotated is arranged to either the lower layer or the upper layer. The image editing apparatus according to claim 1. The operation input unit includes a plurality of operation buttons for adjusting the size and angle of the combined image, and operation buttons other than the operation buttons.
The image editing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit omits display of some of the plurality of operation buttons during adjustment of the composite image.   The control unit determines an adjustment to the synthesized image by a touch operation on a screen portion other than the synthesized image and the operation input unit on the display unit, and the position where the touch operation is performed is displayed on the editing target screen. The image editing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display unit is controlled to display the synthesized image at the touch-operated position. A storage unit that stores an editing target image included in a subject and a composite image to be combined with the editing target image; a display unit that displays the stored editing target image and the combined image; An image editing method executed by an image editing apparatus comprising: a control unit that controls each unit;
Displaying on the display unit an operation input unit for adjusting the position, size, and rotation angle of the synthesized image in a state where the synthesized image is superimposed on the editing target image;
And a step of changing a color tone of the synthesized image during the adjustment by the operation input unit. A storage unit that stores an editing target image included in a subject and a composite image to be combined with the editing target image; a display unit that displays the stored editing target image and the combined image; A computer program for causing a computer to function as an image editing apparatus comprising: a control unit that controls each unit;
Displaying on the display unit an operation input unit for adjusting the position, size, and rotation angle of the synthesized image in a state where the synthesized image is superimposed on the editing target image;
And a step of changing a color tone of the synthesized image during the adjustment by the operation input unit. In a photo creation device that allows a user to perform a shooting operation and an editing operation of an image obtained by the shooting operation, and prints and provides an edited image obtained by the editing operation.
Of the images obtained by the shooting operation, editing target image display means for displaying an editing target image to be edited;
First selection unit display means for displaying a first selection unit for selecting an editing image used for editing;
Second selection unit display means for displaying a second selection unit for selecting a degree of a predetermined element of the editing image selected by the first selection unit;
Designating means for designating a position on the image to be edited where the image for editing is combined;
Editing image display means for displaying the editing image selected by the first selection unit at the position on the editing target image designated by the designation means;
A dummy image having a different color tone corresponding to the editing image selected by the first selection unit is displayed by the editing image display unit at the position on the editing target image specified by the specifying unit. In the state, the specified time on the edit target image is determined until a predetermined time elapses from when the position on the edit target image is specified or until an operation other than the second selection unit is performed. Changing means for changing the degree of the predetermined element of the image for editing corresponding to the dummy image displayed at the position that is displayed according to the selection by the second selection unit;
Generating means for combining the image for editing whose degree of the predetermined element has been changed by the changing means at the position on the image to be edited, and generating the edited image;
A photo creation device comprising:

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