JP2018026082A - Service provision system, service provision method, image generation device, and service provision device - Google Patents

Abstract

A game shooting apparatus and method for effectively providing a new function or service to a user through an entertaining dialogue between the apparatus and the user. In an imaging device for play 100, an evaluation processing unit 144 determines whether a user's operation content for any of a plurality of types of editing functions provided in editing processing satisfies a plurality of predetermined achievement conditions. It is possible to provide a user with a function to output a predetermined privilege including provision of a predetermined image and sound according to a result of the evaluation. [Selection] Figure 7

Description

  The present invention relates to a game shooting device and a game shooting method, and more particularly to a device and method for providing a service through dialogue between the device and a user.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an imaging device for gaming and a gaming photo that can photograph a subject including a plurality of users with a camera multiple times and print the captured image on sticker paper or send it to an external device via a network. Photography services are known. Many such shooting apparatuses have been proposed that can perform, for example, the following editing process according to the user's preference. First, chroma key processing is performed on a photographed subject image to generate a subject image from which the subject portion is extracted. Then, after combining the subject image with the background image selected by the user, editing processing such as correcting the eye color and size, skin color, face outline, etc., and overlaying characters and patterns (Generally also called “graffiti”), the final print image is generated. Also, by providing such editing functions so that multiple users who photographed together can operate with a touch pen at the same time, friends can enjoy together from shooting to editing, which is gaining popularity.

JP2015-207114A

  While the more popular models are usually crowded with people waiting to shoot, it is necessary to increase the efficiency of play so that the play time of one time is as short as possible, while providing new functions within the limited play time It may be difficult due to time constraints. Even if a new function is provided, the user may not be able to afford the function carefully, or he may hesitate to try a new function or service because he dislikes the loss of time.

  The present invention has been made in view of these problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a game shooting apparatus and method for effectively providing a user with a new function or service through an entertaining dialogue between the apparatus and the user. It is in.

  In order to solve the above problems, an imaging device for a game according to an aspect of the present invention includes an imaging unit that captures an image including a user as a subject, and an image acquisition unit that acquires a captured image of the user captured by the imaging unit. Evaluation of whether the user's operation content for any one of a plurality of types of editing functions provided in the editing processing unit and the editing processing unit that executes the editing processing on the captured image satisfies a plurality of predetermined achievement conditions And a display control unit that displays a captured image on a screen, and the evaluation processing unit includes a predetermined privilege including provision of at least one of a predetermined image and sound according to a result of the evaluation. Can be provided to the user.

  The privilege given to the user as a result of the evaluation may be given after the end of the editing process, or may be given before the end of the editing process. When it is given after the end of the editing process, it may be given by the game shooting device or may be a specification given by a predetermined server. The privilege to be given is not limited to a predetermined image and sound, but may be given a right to receive any of a plurality of types of privilege services. The plurality of types of privilege services may be services that allow an interactive conversation in the progress of the game by the game shooting device, or services that can use a special editing function or a special printing function. The evaluation of whether or not a plurality of achievement conditions are satisfied may be performed by assigning a score every time one achievement condition is satisfied and evaluating the accumulated score.

  According to this aspect, it is possible to receive the benefits of a new service that a privilege is obtained when the achievement condition is satisfied, while using the editing function in the editing process, so that the benefits of the new service can be enjoyed while avoiding time loss.

  The evaluation processing unit issues an operation command to the user to use one of a plurality of types of editing functions, and when the user operates according to the operation command, one of the plurality of achievement conditions You may evaluate that it satisfied. According to this aspect, when a new function is included in the editing function, the use of the new function can be promoted by setting the use as an achievement condition.

  The evaluation processing unit displays on the screen a game process that advances the evaluation of the user's operation content with respect to the operation command in the form of image display and audio output of the character selected by the user among the plurality of types of characters. The selected character outputs an image and sound to which an operation command is issued, the image and sound corresponding to the user's operation are output, and the privilege image and sound related to the selected character according to the evaluation result You may display so that it may give. According to this aspect, the user can enjoy a new way of enjoying the editing process so as to satisfy the achievement condition through an entertaining dialogue with the character selected by the user.

  Another aspect of the present invention is a game shooting method. This method includes a step of acquiring a photographed image of a user as a subject through a predetermined image acquisition unit, a step of displaying a function for editing a photographed image on a screen, and a user operation for the function of editing a predetermined operation. A step of receiving via the means, a step of evaluating whether the received user operation content satisfies a plurality of predetermined achievement conditions, and the result of the evaluation is a predetermined result If it is, information including at least one of the predetermined image and sound is transmitted to the predetermined server via the network together with the captured image.

  According to this aspect, it is possible to receive the benefits of a new service that a privilege is obtained when the achievement condition is satisfied, while using the editing function in the editing process, so that the benefits of the new service can be enjoyed while avoiding time loss.

  The step of displaying may include a step of displaying an operation command for using any one of a plurality of types of editing functions to the user. The step of evaluating may include a step of determining that one of a plurality of achievement conditions is satisfied when the user's operation is in accordance with the operation command.

  The step of displaying may include a step of displaying an operation command in the form of image display and audio output of a character selected by the user from among a plurality of types of characters. The step of accepting may include a step of outputting an image and sound corresponding to the character selected by the user's operation. The step of transmitting includes a step of transmitting, to the predetermined server via the network, information indicating provision of at least one of an image and sound of a privilege related to the selected character when the result of the evaluation is a predetermined result. May be included.

  It should be noted that any combination of the above-described constituent elements and the expression of the present invention converted between a method, an apparatus, a system, a computer program, a data structure, a recording medium, and the like are also effective as an aspect of the present invention.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a game shooting apparatus and method that effectively provide a user with a new function or service through an entertaining dialogue between the apparatus and the user.

It is a figure which shows typically the whole structure of a photography system. It is the perspective view which looked at the imaging device for play from the left front side. It is the top view which looked at the imaging device for play shown in FIG. 2 from the top. It is a perspective view of a photography housing. It is a perspective view of an edit output housing. It is a block diagram which shows typically the hardware constitutions of the imaging device for play. It is a functional block diagram which shows typically the functional structure of the imaging device for play. It is a functional block diagram which shows typically the functional structure of a management server. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the process in the reception stage of play. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the process in an imaging | photography stage. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the process in a graffiti stage. It is a figure which shows typically the example of a screen at the time of reception displayed on the touch panel of a prior setting part. It is a figure which shows typically the example of a screen at the time of a user's name input displayed on the touch panel of a preset part. It is a figure which shows typically the example of a screen of the background image selection screen displayed on the touch panel of a preset part. It is a figure which shows typically the example of a self-introduction screen displayed on the touch panel of a preset part from the end of presetting to the start of imaging. It is a figure which shows typically the example of a screen displayed on a front monitor at the time of imaging | photography. It is a figure of the table which shows the correspondence of the theme of a background image, and a model image. It is a figure which shows a name replacement screen typically. It is a figure which shows the example of a screen of the edit screen displayed on the monitor for edit. It is a table | surface figure which shows typically the relationship between a mission, narration voice, a character's facial expression, a message, and an arrow. It is a figure which shows the example of a screen of an edit screen when providing a privilege image. It is a figure which shows the kind of privilege image typically. It is a figure which shows the example of the selection screen for selecting the image for printing printed on a sticker paper. It is a figure which shows the example of the image for printing typically. It is a figure which shows typically the example of a screen of the screen which selects the image for transmission. It is a figure which shows typically the example of a screen at the time of a user's mail address input displayed on the monitor for edit. It is a figure which shows typically the content of the printed sticker paper and the notification mail. It is a flowchart which shows the process in the imaging | photography apparatus for management, a management server, and a terminal device. It is a figure which shows typically the example of a screen of an image acquisition site. It is a figure which shows typically the example of a screen in the case of moving to the privilege storage page from the top page of an image acquisition site.

  In the present embodiment, in the game of shooting by the shooting device for play, in addition to the “normal course” which is the normal mode, a “prince course” which is a special mode is prepared, and any course is given to the user. Let them choose. The "Prince Course" uses background images, character images, audio, music, printing sheets, etc. prepared in advance using a number of animated characters modeled on a fictional prince as a motif. This is a mode for displaying on the screen and outputting (for example, downloading or printing). In the normal “normal course”, narration voice in a female voice is used. In the case of “Prince course”, narration voice dressed as a prince, that is, a prince character, is used. Many users of the shooting device for play are female, and the character of the opposite sex escorts the entire game using male narration voice that is the opposite sex as seen by most users. In addition, when the user selects “Prince Course”, if it is a normal “Normal Course”, the narration voice of the prince character is emitted instead of the sound effect where the sound effect is generated so as to respond to the user's operation. . The narration voice and image of the prince selected by the user among the plural types of prince characters are used throughout the game. By preparing a large number of voices with different utterance contents as narration voices and outputting them randomly according to the situation, it is possible to inspire the user's desire to collect all kinds of voices. In the game, the game (reception, shooting, editing, printing, etc.) is advanced while directing the interaction between the prince character and the user by effectively outputting the words of the matching hand by the narration voice of the prince.

<Outline of photography system>
FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically showing the overall configuration of a photography system 600. The photo shooting system 600 includes a game shooting device 100, a management server 300, and a plurality of terminal devices 500 connected via a network 200 such as the Internet or a mobile phone communication network. In this figure, although two terminal devices, the terminal device 500a and the terminal device 500b, are illustrated, the number of the terminal devices 500 is not limited to two and may be three or more. Hereinafter, in the present specification, the terminal devices 500 are simply collectively referred to as “terminal devices 500” unless otherwise distinguished.

  The shooting device 100 for play is a device including a camera that takes a photograph of a subject including a user or a moving image, and an electronic device that includes a user interface for editing a taken photographic image. When the user takes a picture with the game shooting device 100, the game shooting device 100 takes a group of shot images including a plurality of shot images with the user as a subject, an image ID, and an email input by the game shooting device 100. Information such as an address is linked to the management server 300 and transmitted. The image ID is identification information uniquely assigned to one play for each user, and is unique identification information for specifying the model, play, and photographed image group in the store where the play was performed. The photographed image group refers to a plurality of photographed images and moving images created and grouped in one predetermined play. Hereinafter, in this specification, data in which an image ID, a captured image group, and information such as an email address are associated is referred to as “play information”. In addition, in this specification, “photographed image” includes not only an image obtained by photographing but also an image that has been corrected or edited after photographing, or has undergone size change or image quality modification for output. There may be. Similarly, “output image” may include an image for screen display, an image for printing, and an image for transmission, depending on the respective specifications such as hardware specifications, software specifications, and communication specifications. You may include everything that has undergone resizing or image quality changes.

  The management server 300 is a server that manages user information such as play information acquired from the shooting apparatus for play 100 and usage history of photography service. The management server 300 transmits content access information for accessing the captured image group included in the play information to an e-mail address included in the play information. Thereby, the terminal device 500 possessed by each user can acquire an email in which the content access information is described. The content access information is, for example, a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) for accessing the management server 300. In this URL, parameters such as an image ID passed to a program operating on the server and an encoded mail address are included. (Argument) is included. The terminal device 500 can acquire a group of photographed images associated with the image ID and the mail address included in the URL by accessing based on the URL of the mail.

  Using a browser application or a dedicated information presentation application that operates on the terminal device 500, the user accesses the management server 300 via the network 200 based on the content access information, and downloads a captured image to the terminal device 500 of the user. It is good also as a specification which a user can edit a picked-up image on the terminal device 500. FIG.

<Appearance of shooting equipment for play>
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the gaming apparatus 100 viewed from the left front side. FIG. 3 is a plan view of the gaming apparatus 100 shown in FIG. 2 as viewed from above. In the following, other drawings will be described with reference to the front, rear, left and right directions shown in FIG. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the gaming apparatus 100 includes a front-side shooting unit 50 and a rear-side editing unit 51 and has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape that is long in the front-rear direction. On the left or right side of the photographing unit 50, a pre-setting unit 40 is provided for presetting the contents of photographing including coin insertion and the number of photographers.

  The photographing unit 50 includes a photographing case 11 in which a camera for photographing a user is incorporated, and a background wall portion 12 disposed behind the photographing case 11 via the 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 pre-setting unit 40 includes a touch panel 41 that displays setting items of shooting contents including the number of photographers and receives instructions from the user, and a coin insertion unit 42 that includes a coin insertion slot and a return slot. Although the figure shows an example in which the housing of the presetting unit 40 is detachably attached to the left side surface of the photographing unit 50, it can be attached to either the left or right side according to the layout of the store where the game photographing device 100 is installed. Good. The user enters the imaging space 10 from the entrance on the side where the presetting unit 40 is attached. The editing unit 51 includes an editing output housing 21 disposed adjacent to the back of the background wall 12. The editing output housing 21 is provided with a pair of operation surfaces facing left and right. The user can enter the editing spaces 20a and 20b for performing input operations on the operation surfaces via the second entrances 201a and 201b. As a modification, the game shooting device 100 may be configured without the presetting unit 40, or the game shooting device 100 may be configured without the editing unit 51 or the editing space 20. Good.

  The side surfaces of the upper end portions of the photographing housing 11 and the background wall portion 12 are connected to each other by a ceiling frame 13 extending in the front-rear direction. Inside the frame of the ceiling frame 13, a ceiling illumination unit 14 that covers the imaging space 10 from above, and illuminates and flashes is provided. On the left side or the right side of the photographic housing 11, a posting space 15 is provided for posting instructions including how to use the game shooting device 100. In the upper part of the posting space 15, a display unit 16 is provided to indicate whether or not the photographing housing 11 is in use.

  The display unit 16 includes an indicator lamp (not shown) that emits light or is turned off. The display unit 16 indicates to the user that the photographing unit 50 is in use by light emission of the indicator lamp, and indicates to the user that the photographing unit 50 has become empty by turning off the light. The shooting device 100 for play is formed in a triangular shape in plan view in which the display unit 16 protrudes outward in the left-right direction, but the shape is not particularly limited, and may be other shapes such as a convex curve shape. .

  The background wall portion 12 is formed by a plate-like member having substantially the same width and height as the photographing housing 11, and extends from the left and right ends of the main body plate 121 to the front. And a pair of side plates 122 provided. For this reason, the background wall part 12 is formed in the planar view U shape as a whole. A single color (for example, blue or green) for chroma key processing is colored on the surface of the main body plate 121 facing the photographing housing 11. Regarding the coloring, in addition to coloring the main body plate 121 directly with paint or the like, a colored fabric, plate or the like may be attached. Although not shown, the floor surface of the imaging space 10 is colored with a single color for chroma key processing in a manner similar to the main body plate 121 so as to be continuous with the main body plate 121. As described above, the first entrances 101 a and 101 b for entering and exiting the imaging space 10 are configured from the rear end edge of the imaging casing 11, the lower end edge of the ceiling frame 13, and the front end edge of the side plate 122. .

  The edit output housing 21 is a face-to-face system that can be edited simultaneously by two sets of users from both the left and right sides, and has an operation surface on each of the left and right sides. The edit output housing 21 has a length in the left-right direction shorter than the width of the background wall 12 in the same direction. The edit output housing 21 is connected at its front end surface to the center of the back surface of the background wall portion 12. The spaces on the left and right sides of the editing output housing 21 are editing spaces 20a and 20b in which two sets of users perform editing operations, respectively. Above the edit output housing 21, a substantially U-shaped curtain frame 22 is provided in 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 connecting the rear ends of the side frames 221. Although not shown, a computer or printer including a CPU (Central Processing Unit) such as a PC (Personal Computer) is installed in the editing output housing 21.

  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 supported by a support member 23 provided at the rear upper end of the editing output housing 21. Supported. The side frames 221 on one side of the left and right sides and the almost 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.

<Shooting case>
FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the photographing housing. A front lighting unit 115 that illuminates the shooting space 10 brightly from the front and irradiates a flash is provided on the indoor side surface of the shooting casing 11. The front illumination unit 115 includes a central upper unit portion 115A and a central lower unit portion 115B. The center upper unit portion 115A and the unit portion 115B are integrally connected and formed in a concave curved shape. A camera 111 is mounted in the center of the unit portion 115A for photographing the subject from the front and photographing the whole body. The camera 111 is installed in a form that can move up and down between an upper position and a lower position. The camera 111 is controlled to a lower position (or an upper position) as shown in the figure when photographing a subject up, and is controlled so that a focal length is set to a standard or telephoto side, and photographs the subject. The camera 111 is controlled to the upper position (or the lower position) when photographing the subject, and is controlled so that the focal length is on the wide angle side, and the subject is photographed. A touch-panel front monitor 113 is provided below the camera 111 to display an image captured by the camera 111 and a guide for a shooting method, and accept a user's touch operation input according to the guide. As a modification, in the case where the presetting unit 40 is not installed outside the shooting space 10, the operation performed by the presetting unit 40 is performed before shooting is started on the front monitor 113. A coin insertion portion 42 is provided below the front monitor 113.

<Edit output housing>
FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the editing output housing. The edit output housing 21 includes a control box 211 on the lower side 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, and this control device controls the overall operation of the game shooting device 100.

  The editing table 212 is formed by a mountain-shaped inclined surface facing in the left-right direction, and an operation surface for performing editing work is 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, and two touch pens 214A and 214B are connected to the left and right sides of each editing monitor 213. The editing monitor 213 is a touch panel, and the user touches the pen tip of the touch pens 214A and 214B with the screen of the editing monitor 213, thereby selecting input for selecting an icon displayed on the screen, and writing characters and drawing doodles. You can input by hand. In FIG. 5, 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. A sticker paper discharge port 216 is provided at a lower portion of the side surface of the control box 211. The sticker paper discharge port 216 discharges sticker paper on which an image created by performing an editing process in the editing unit is printed. Therefore, a printer is built in the control box 211, and the printer prints an image on a sticker sheet. A speaker 215 is provided at the lower front of the control box 211 and outputs sounds such as guidance voice, BGM, and sound effects in the editing process and the output process. In the present embodiment, the editing housing and the output housing are configured as a single unit, but they may be configured as separate housings.

<Hardware configuration of shooting device for play>
FIG. 6 is a block diagram schematically showing a hardware configuration of the game shooting apparatus 100. In the game shooting apparatus 100, the control unit 53, the storage unit 54, the shooting unit 50, the presetting unit 40, the editing unit 51, and the output unit 52 are electrically connected via the bus X. The control unit 53 includes a known central processing unit (CPU), read only memory (ROM), and random access memory (RAM). The control unit 53 executes a program stored in the storage unit 54 and controls the overall operation of the game shooting apparatus 100. A communication unit 55 and an external drive 56 are also connected to the bus X. The control unit 53, the storage unit 54, the communication unit 55, and the external drive 56 may be configured by a known computer, and such a computer is built in the control box 211 of the editing output housing 21 described above.

  The storage unit 54 is configured by a nonvolatile storage medium such as a hard disk or a flash memory, and stores various setting information transmitted from the control unit 53. Information stored in the storage unit 54 is appropriately read out by the control unit 53. The storage unit 54 stores various image data used for image composition and editing and data for image processing. For example, background image data that is the background of the photographed image is stored. The ROM of the control unit 53 stores programs such as firmware and data such as setting information, and the RAM temporarily stores data and programs to be processed by the control unit 53. Hereinafter, the RAM and the ROM may be collectively referred to as a memory.

  The communication unit 55 is an interface for connecting to a network such as the Internet, and communicates with an external device according to control by the control unit 53. The external drive 56 performs reading and writing with respect to a removable medium such as an optical disk and a semiconductor memory. For example, a computer program or data read from a removable medium by the external drive 56 is transmitted to the control unit 53 and stored in the storage unit 54 or installed as a program.

  The pre-setting unit 40 shoots instructions such as narration sound output during play (accepting, shooting, editing, printing, etc.), background images and characters for synthesis, shooting conditions including shooting number, shooting contents, and the like. Is a device for receiving and pre-setting from the user prior to. The presetting unit 40 in the present embodiment receives and presets an instruction to select either “normal course” or “prince course” as the shooting course. When “Prince Course” is selected, a character or narration voice type is preset by receiving an instruction to select a prince character. The presetting unit 40 includes a touch panel 41, a coin insertion unit 42, and a speaker 43. The touch panel 41 is a known touch panel, displays guidance to the user as a display device, and receives an instruction based on a user's touch operation. The coin insertion unit 42 detects the insertion of a coin into the coin insertion slot. When the coin insertion unit 42 detects that a predetermined amount of coins required for play (play fee amount) has been inserted, the coin insertion unit 42 outputs an activation signal indicating that to the control unit 53. Instead of the coin insertion unit 42, a device that accepts payment of a play fee by electronic money or a credit card and outputs the activation signal to the control unit 53 may be provided. The speaker 43 outputs guidance voice, BGM, and sound effects in advance setting.

  The photographing unit 50 includes an illumination control unit 18, a camera 111, a front monitor 113, and a speaker 19 for performing photographing processing in the photographing space 10.

  The camera 111 captures a subject under the control of the control unit 53. The camera 111 outputs a dynamic image of the subject obtained by imaging or a still image of the subject obtained by imaging to the control unit 53. As described above, the camera 111 is for taking a still image and a moving image of a subject from the front or photographing the whole body, and in order to obtain an optimal image, a different camera position and an ideal focal length depending on the number of photographers. The angle of view, the angle of view, the trimming range, etc. are set in advance. The camera 111 outputs the subject image as an image signal in real time. The image signal output from the camera 111 is input to the control unit 53 and temporarily stored in its internal memory.

  The control unit 53 functions as a display control unit, transmits an image signal of a subject video imaged by the camera 111 to the front monitor 113 and receives a user operation input to the front monitor 113 as a touch panel. At this time, the control unit 53 may transmit a video or still image obtained by synthesizing a background image to the subject video by chroma key synthesis to the front monitor 113, or a video or still image that has been subjected to correction processing that changes the size or contour of the eyes. The image may be transmitted to the front monitor 113. Note that captured image data (hereinafter, sometimes simply referred to as “captured image”) stored as a still image is high-resolution still image data, and is captured image data (“through image data”) for displaying a live video. Is often low-resolution video data, but may be high-resolution video data.

  The front monitor 113 displays a live video being captured by the camera 111 in real time. The front monitor 113 also displays a captured image as a still image captured by the camera 111. The illumination control unit 18 controls the flash irradiated by the front illumination unit 115 in the imaging space 10 according to the illumination control signal supplied from the control unit 53. The illumination control unit 18 controls the light (LED, fluorescent lamp, etc.) 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 narration voice and sound effects for guiding shooting play. The speaker 19 outputs narration voice of the selected character (hereinafter also referred to as “selected character”), particularly when “Prince Course” is selected.

  The editing units 51a and 51b are provided for editing processing and output processing in the editing spaces 20a and 20b, respectively. Since the functions and configurations of the editing unit 51a and the editing unit 51b are the same, only the editing unit 51a will be described below, and the description of the editing unit 51b will be omitted.

  The editing unit 51a includes an editing monitor 213 as a tablet built-in monitor, two touch pens 214A and 214B, and a speaker 215. The editing monitor 213 displays an editing screen according to control by the control unit 53, and detects a user's editing operation or the like on the editing screen. That is, when the editing monitor 213 is touched with the touch pens 214A and 214B by the user, it is detected which of the operations and the touch pens 214A and 214B are touched, and transmitted to the control unit 53 as an operation signal. Thereby, the user edits the composite image to be edited. Specifically, for example, so-called graffiti such as characters, patterns, and figures is input to the image displayed on the editing monitor 213 with an input device such as the touch pens 214A and 214B. As a result, an edited image in which graffiti is superimposed on the composite image is generated. In addition, the user selects a desired print image from among a plurality of print images having different layouts and sheet design images of the edited image. Here, the “sheet design image” is an image printed in an area other than the area where the edited image is arranged on the sticker sheet. Image data based on the selected printing image is transmitted to the output unit 52. The speaker 215 outputs sounds such as narration voice, BGM, and sound effects that guide editing processing and output processing. The output unit 52 includes a printer 34 and a sticker paper unit 35 for printing an image for printing. The printer 34 prints a print image based on the composite image or the edited image obtained by the correction process or the edit process on the sticker sheet stored in the sticker unit 35 attached to the printer 34, and the sticker sheet. It discharges to the discharge port 216. The image data created by the editing unit 51 is transmitted to the management server 300 via the network by the communication unit 55.

<Functional configuration of shooting device for play>
FIG. 7 is a functional block diagram schematically showing a functional configuration of the game photographing apparatus 100. As shown in FIG. The game shooting apparatus 100 includes a presetting unit 40, a shooting processing unit 130, a display control unit 135, a data generation unit 140, a data storage unit 150, an output processing unit 160, and a game management unit 170.

  This figure shows a functional configuration for realizing the game photographing apparatus 100, and other configurations are omitted. In this figure, each element described as a functional block for performing various processes can be configured by a camera, a CPU, a main memory, and other LSI (Large Scale Integrated circuit) which are hardware shown in FIG. In terms of software, it is realized by the CPU executing a program or the like loaded in the RAM. Therefore, it is understood by those skilled in the art that these functional blocks can be realized in various forms by hardware only, software only, or a combination thereof, and is not limited to any one.

  Prior to shooting, the presetting unit 40 presets voices such as narration to be output during play and shooting details such as a synthesis background image and characters based on user instructions. Specifically, the presetting unit 40 allows the user to select either “normal course” or “prince course” so that a narration voice, a background image, a character, etc. are set as a normal set and a fictional prince as a motif. Set one of the set. The background image is preset by allowing the user to select from a plurality of types of options corresponding to the course selected by the user. Also, only in the case of the prince course, the user is allowed to select the character type and set it in advance. Prior to shooting, the presetting unit 40 presets shooting contents such as the number of shooting users, names, and group names of the user who is the subject based on user instructions. The number of photographers preset by the presetter 40 is set in such a way that the user selects either “2” or “group” (“group” is assumed to be 3 or more). The contents of the presetting by the presetting unit 40 are stored in the data storage unit 150.

  The imaging processing unit 130 includes an imaging unit 132 and an image acquisition unit 133. The imaging unit 132 images one or a plurality of users as subjects by the camera 111 according to the control by the image acquisition unit 133 based on the play start instruction received from the pre-setting unit 40. The display control unit 135 displays an image being captured by the imaging unit 132 (hereinafter referred to as “live view”) on the screen of the front monitor 113 in real time.

  As a more specific shooting procedure, first, the image acquisition unit 133 sets the vertical position, focal length and angle of view of the imaging unit 132 (that is, the camera 111), the trimming range of an image shot by the imaging unit 132, and the like. Prior to the start of shooting, the display control unit 135 displays on the screen of the front monitor 113 a model image for showing the user a model of the pose being shot. The display control unit 135 switches to the live view of the user's video imaged by the imaging unit 132 and the image acquisition unit 133 after finishing the display of the model image. After switching to the live view, the image acquisition unit 133 captures and acquires a user image of the subject imaged by the imaging unit 132. By repeating the process from the display of the model image to the photographing of the user image five times, five images are acquired. Depending on the model or shooting course, the image acquisition unit 133 acquires a moving image of the subject imaged by the imaging unit 132.

  The image acquisition unit 133 stores the acquired plurality of captured images and moving images in the data storage unit 150 as a group of captured images. More specifically, the image acquisition unit 133 assigns the same image ID to the acquired plurality of captured images, and assigns a unique image identifier to each captured image in order to specify the captured image. Further, in the case of shooting by a plurality of users, an image ID of the shot image group is given to each user. That is, image IDs corresponding to the number of users are associated with one captured image group. For example, when the number of users is two, the first image ID and the second image ID are associated with one captured image group, and the first image ID and the second image ID are generated in the same play. The information indicating the ID is associated. As a modification, one image ID may be assigned to one photographed image group regardless of the number of users, and one image ID may be associated with the mail addresses for the number of users.

  The data generation unit 140 includes a background processing unit 141, a correction processing unit 142, an editing processing unit 143, and an evaluation processing unit 144. The background processing unit 141 combines the subject and the background image for each of the plurality of captured images and the plurality of moving images stored in the data storage unit 150 using a known chroma key combining technique. In other words, the background processing unit 141 converts the background information (chroma key mask) for distinguishing between the subject in the captured image and the background region other than the binarized image or the grayscale image, or data obtained by compressing them. And an image obtained by extracting the subject from the background using the background information. For the captured image, the background processing unit 141 combines an image of only the subject with a preset background image of the user's preference. The composite image synthesized with the subject-only image and the background image is stored in the data storage unit 150. As for the photographed image, a new composite image can be regenerated by synthesizing another background image with the image of only the subject in a later editing process. The background processing unit 141 may perform processing for extracting a subject in real time from the live view video being shot by the imaging unit 132 and combining the background image and causing the display control unit 135 to display them. The background processing unit 141 similarly performs the above-described chroma key composition on the moving image acquired by the image acquisition unit 133 to generate a combined moving image.

  The correction processing unit 142 performs correction on the captured image. The correction for the photographed image is a process for changing the color and size of the eyes, the contour of the face, the color of the skin, the texture, and the like. This is executed by a correction method using an average correction amount. The correction processing method may differ depending on the number of photographers, and may differ depending on whether the image is an up-shot image or a whole-body image. The size of the part of the eye and other parts of the image in the up-shot image and the whole-body image is different, and the proportion of the eye impression that affects the impression of the face or the whole body is also different. It may be slightly different.

  The editing processing unit 143 executes editing processing called graffiti, and also includes information such as a photographed image group including a plurality of edited images and an image ID and an email address that are uniquely issued for each user in one play. Play information that associates the accompanying information for one play is generated. The data of the captured image group includes a plurality of (for example, 5 to 8) captured images, edited images obtained by editing the captured images, and moving images. The accompanying information is information generated at the time of play by the shooting device 100 for play, and includes image IDs for specifying a shot image group and user email addresses for the number of users. However, when the user does not input the e-mail address, the e-mail address of the user is not included in the accompanying information. The accompanying information includes the name of the user (if the user inputs it), the type of shooting course (normal course or prince course), the type of selected character, privilege ID, game result information of “favorite game” described later, play Or information including time information indicating the date and time of shooting, model ID for specifying the model, position information indicating the position of the store, shooting position, region, etc., acquired image selection information for free members, user terminal ID, etc. But you can. The image ID may be composed of a predetermined number of digits or letters such as alphabets, and the model ID and shooting course information may be included in the image ID. The model ID and shooting course information may be included in the accompanying information as information separate from the image ID. The privilege ID indicates the type of privilege acquired by the user as a result of a “favorite game” described later. The game result information is information indicating the result of the game, including the rate at which the user has achieved the clear condition and whether or not a privilege has been acquired in a “favorite game” to be described later. As the time information, any of play start time, shooting time, editing time, printing time, image transmission time, and image reception time may be used. The location information may be latitude and longitude information based on GPS information or the like, or information indicating the store name, location, region, etc. of the store where the device is installed. The acquired image selection information for free members is information indicating which photographed image the free member has selected for download. The user's e-mail address may include e-mail addresses of a plurality of people who played together. The accompanying information may include the name of the user, the type of the shooting course, the type of the selected character, the privilege ID, etc. Different data will be used. Further, the number of user IDs assigned to the number of users is assigned to the image ID, and the contents of the accompanying information associated with each image ID are different. For example, the first image ID for the first user and the second image ID for the second user have different images, user names, and e-mail addresses indicated by the acquired image selection information for the free member. Also, for example, the first image ID is associated with the privilege ID acquired by the first user in the “favorable game”, whereas the second image ID is cleared by the “favorable game” in the second user. There may be cases where game result information indicating that the condition has not been achieved is associated and the privilege ID is not associated. Details of the editing process called graffiti will be described later.

  The editing processing unit 143 sets the captured image that has been subjected to the synthesis of the background image by the background processing unit 141 and the correction processing by the correction processing unit 142 as an editing target image, and executes editing processing on the editing target image. The editing process is executed individually for a plurality of editing target images, and can be executed simultaneously for a plurality of editing target images based on respective instructions from a plurality of users.

  Specifically, the editing processing unit 143 displays an editing screen including the composite image corrected by the correction processing unit 142 and editing tools such as characters, patterns, figures, and stamp images that can be superimposed on the composite image as decorations. The image is displayed on the editing monitor 213 and an instruction for editing processing for the composite image is received. The editing processing unit 143 initially displays an editing tool corresponding to the prince character received by the presetting unit 40 on the editing screen, particularly when the Prince course is selected. The instruction of the editing process is input by a user editing operation on the editing monitor 213 using the touch pen 214, for example, a selection operation for selecting an editing tool or an input operation for specifying a position for an image to be edited (composite image). . The editing processing unit 143 performs editing corresponding to the editing tool selected by the user on the editing target image to generate a plurality of edited images, and stores them in the data storage unit 150. The editing processing unit 143 displays a selection screen for determining a printing image to be printed on the sheet paper on the editing monitor 213 and accepts the selection of the printing image.

  The evaluation processing unit 144 executes a “favorite game” in the editing process when the Prince course is selected. The “favorable game” is a kind of game element that is developed in such a manner that a selected character is displayed on the screen in an editing process and issues an operation command for an editing function to the user. Then, as the user uses the editing function in accordance with the operation command, the “favorability” of the selected character with respect to the user increases. When the “favorability” reaches 100%, a privilege image and a privilege voice are given to the user. . The evaluation processing unit 144 evaluates whether or not the user's operation content for any one of a plurality of types of editing functions satisfies a plurality of predetermined achievement conditions, and the result of the evaluation is expressed in the form of “favorability”. Display on the screen. The evaluation processing unit 144 sequentially presents a plurality of types of operation commands, and performs evaluation on the plurality of operation commands.

  The evaluation processing unit 144 presents to the user an operation command to use any one of a plurality of types of editing functions in the form of an image display of the selected character and an audio output of the selected character. It is evaluated that one of a plurality of achievement conditions is satisfied when the user operates as described above. A plurality of types of privilege images and a plurality of types of privilege sound that can be given to the user as a result of the likability game are stored in the data storage unit 150 in a state of being associated with each other. The same data is also stored in the management server 300 for the plurality of types of privilege images and the plurality of types of privilege audio. Not only a state where all the achievement conditions are satisfied, that is, a state where “favorability” has reached 100%, but also a specification that gives some privilege to the user even when a part of the achievement conditions is satisfied. For example, each time an achievement condition is satisfied, an image or sound of the selected character may be output with a content that is a privilege. Specifically, each time the condition is achieved, the expression of the selected character is changed or the voice of the selected character is output.

  The output processing unit 160 includes a print processing unit 161 and a transmission output unit 163. The print processing unit 161 prints a printing image based on a plurality of edited images stored in the data storage unit 150 on a sticker sheet by the printer 34. The transmission output unit 163 transmits play information including the edited image to the management server 300 via the network. The transmission output unit 163 receives identification information for identifying an individual such as an e-mail address input by the user on a keyboard displayed on the touch panel after the play ends. The transmission output unit 163 receives the data of the photographed image group including the edited image and the moving image as input email address and image ID, user name, photographing course type, selected character type, privilege ID, and game result information. It is possible to upload it to the management server 300 as play information in association with accompanying information such as, and to download an edited image or the like later by the user. The privilege ID is an ID of a privilege image given to the user or an ID of a privilege voice reproduced in association with the provision of the privilege image. The transmission output unit 163 may transmit a plurality of edited images to the user terminal via non-contact wireless communication. The game management unit 170 manages game information. For example, the number of plays executed on a day is counted and managed, and the play date and time is acquired and managed by a timer means or the like.

  FIG. 8 is a functional block diagram schematically showing the functional configuration of the management server 300. The management server 300 is a server that manages user information such as play information acquired from the shooting apparatus for play 100 and usage history of photography service. The management server 300 includes a data storage unit 310, a communication processing unit 320, a data setting unit 325, a page control unit 330, and an authentication processing unit 340. The data storage unit 310 stores user data. The communication processing unit 320 communicates with the terminal device 500 and the game shooting device 100 via the network 200. The data setting unit 325 sets image and user registration based on the play information received from the game shooting device 100. The page control unit 330 controls an image acquisition site where the captured image group can be downloaded. The authentication processing unit 340 authenticates the user.

  The data storage unit 310 includes a member information storage unit 311, a temporary image storage unit 313, a permanent image storage unit 314, and a privilege storage unit 315. The member information storage unit 311 is a database that stores a user's e-mail address as identification information for each registered user in association with the user's registration information and image ID. The user registration information is member type information for a user who has already registered as a member. There are two types of membership: free members and paid members. The services that can be received differ depending on the difference between non-member users, paid member users, and free member users, and free member users do not charge a membership fee. Billing process. As user registration information, in addition to a password for logging in to a member-specific image acquisition site, personal information such as gender, date of birth, and residential area entered by the user at the time of member registration may be further stored.

  The temporary image storage unit 313 is a database that stores a captured image group for one play transmitted from the game imaging apparatus 100 in association with incidental information (information such as an image ID and an email address) for the number of users. . The temporary image storage unit 313 is an image storage area in which a captured image group for one play transmitted from the management server 300 is temporarily stored until a predetermined time limit. The permanent image storage unit 314 is an image storage area in which an image group saved by a paying member user is stored indefinitely. The privilege storage unit 315 is a database that stores privilege images and privilege sounds in association with privilege IDs.

  The data setting unit 325 stores the captured image group included in the play information received from the game shooting device 100 in association with the accompanying information for each user in the temporary image storage unit 313, and deletes them from the temporary storage area. For example, the date and time one week after storage. When the e-mail address is included in the play information received from the game shooting device 100, the data setting unit 325 checks whether or not the e-mail address is registered in the member information storage unit 311. If the e-mail address included in the received play information is registered in the member information storage unit 311 as a paying member user or a free member user, the image ID of the photographed image group included in the play information (members above) If the privilege ID is associated with the image ID corresponding to the e-mail address for which registration has been confirmed, the data setting unit 325 determines that the user with the image ID has acquired the privilege, and stores it in the member information storage unit 311. The privilege ID is registered in the member information including the registered e-mail address. The data setting unit 325 generates content access information (URL) to link to the image acquisition site based on the image storage position, mail address, and image ID in the temporary image storage unit 313. The data setting unit 325 generates an electronic mail (hereinafter referred to as “notification mail”) describing the content access information and transmits it to the mail address. If it is determined that the user has selected the “Prince Course” based on information indicating the type of shooting course among the accompanying information included in the play information, the user name, the type of the selected character, and the game included in the accompanying information A notification mail is generated based on information such as result information. For example, the name of the user is written as an address, and is generated with a text that is sent from the selected character to the user. The means for notifying the user of the content access information is not limited to an electronic mail, but may be an SNS application or a message application such as LINE (registered trademark) or twitter (registered trademark). A stamp and a voice message based on the user name, selected character type, and game result information can be transmitted together with the content access information.

  When the user accesses the URL of the photographed image group of his / her image ID based on the content access information and logs in to the image acquisition site, the data setting unit 325 sets the correspondence between the email address used for login and the image ID as a member. The information is stored in the information storage unit 311. In addition, the data setting unit 325 determines that the e-mail address included in the received play information is not registered as a member in the member information storage unit 311 or if the e-mail address is not included in the play information in the first place (the user sends e-mail Member information (member information storage unit) including an e-mail address used for logging in when the user accesses the captured image group of his / her image ID and logs in based on the content access information The privilege ID is registered in (member information stored in 311).

  On the other hand, when the user accesses the photographed image group by logging in to the image acquisition site and manually entering his / her image ID instead of based on the content access information described in the notification email, the data setting unit 325 The correspondence relationship between the email address used for the login and the image ID is stored in the member information storage unit 311. In addition, the data setting unit 325 determines that the e-mail address included in the received play information is not registered as a member in the member information storage unit 311 or if the e-mail address is not included in the play information in the first place (the user sends e-mail When the user logs in to the image acquisition site and enters the image ID, the member information (member information stored in the member information storage unit 311) including the mail address used for the login is used. Register privilege ID.

  In the case of a paying member user, the data setting unit 325 stores the captured image group of the user in the permanent image storage unit 314 in association with the image ID, and sets the user so that the user can access it indefinitely. Moreover, since privilege ID is memorize | stored in the member information storage part 311, and a privilege image and a privilege sound are memorize | stored in the privilege memory | storage part 315 indefinitely, it is related with the time limit which can access the temporary image memory | storage part 313 based on image ID. In addition, both the paying member and the free member can access the privilege image and the privilege sound corresponding to the privilege ID indefinitely.

  The page control unit 330 provides the user with an image included in the captured image group by executing a program on a web server for displaying an image acquisition site that allows the user to acquire an image. The program executed by the page control unit 330 is a program that dynamically generates HTML data to be a page constituting the image acquisition site, and dynamically responds to a display request from the terminal device 500 operated by the user. Generate and display data. The display request from the terminal device 500 is a display request transmitted from the terminal device 500 by the user based on the URL of the image acquisition site included in the content access information described in the notification mail, for example. Information such as e-mail address and image ID. At this time, the authentication processing unit 340 requests the user to log in to the image acquisition site (my page), and requests a new member registration and login for a user who has not completed membership registration. The authentication processing unit 340 accepts input of an email address and password as login information, and performs authentication based on information stored in the member information storage unit 311. In the case of new member registration, the authentication processing unit 340 registers the input mail address and password as login information in the member information storage unit 311 and processes login. The page control unit 330 generates a photographed image group page corresponding to the image ID of the user who has logged in, and transmits it to the terminal device 500. At this time, when the privilege ID is associated with the image ID and stored in the member information storage unit 311, the page control unit 330 generates a captured image group page including the privilege image corresponding to the privilege ID. .

  The user can access the target photographed image group by accessing the top page based on the bookmark of the URL of the image acquisition site and inputting his / her image ID. Also in this case, the authentication processing unit 340 requests the user to log in to the image acquisition site, and requests a new member registration and login for a user who has not completed membership registration. The page control unit 330 generates a photographed image group page corresponding to the image ID of the user who has logged in, and transmits it to the terminal device 500. At this time, when the privilege ID is associated with the image ID and stored in the member information storage unit 311, the page control unit 330 generates a captured image group page including the privilege image corresponding to the privilege ID. .

  When the user requests to display a privilege storage page screen that displays a list of privilege images and privilege sounds on the image acquisition site, the page control unit 330 stores the privilege image and the privilege corresponding to the model stored in the privilege storage unit 315. A page including a list of voices is generated and transmitted to the terminal device 500. Also, on the privilege storage page screen, as a privilege that has been acquired by the user, a privilege image and privilege audio corresponding to the privilege ID associated with the user's email address and stored in the member information storage unit 311 can be displayed or reproduced. Special benefits are included in the list, and unacquired benefits are included in the list in such a way that only the image frame is displayed and the benefits themselves cannot be displayed and played back.

<Play process>
FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing in the play acceptance stage. First, a demo screen is displayed on the touch panel 41 of the presetting unit 40 (S100), and when a play fee coin is inserted by the user (S101), a start screen is displayed (S102). After the user presses the start button, as a shooting course selection, an operation for selecting either a “normal course” in which a conventional game is provided or a “prince course” realized by this embodiment is performed. (S103). Note that the narration voice of the prince character is output as a greeting welcoming the user at any timing of S100 to S103. In addition to basic narration voices, the welcome narration voices include special narration voices that are output a predetermined number of times, for example, 10 games, since the game shooting device 100 is turned on. Thus, a special narration voice may be used for outputting only during a predetermined time period such as at night when the game is relatively less. Information on the number of times of play and information on the date and time of play are acquired and managed by the game management unit 170.

  When the “normal course” is selected by the user, the screen is switched to the selection screen for the number of players as it is (S105), and when the “prince course” is selected, it appears during play (displays on the screen or outputs a sound). The prince character is selected by the user (S104), and the screen is switched to the selection screen for the number of players (S105). On the selection screen for the number of players, the user selects either “2” or “group” as the number of players (S105). This number of players is information necessary for adjusting the focal length of the camera depending on whether it is “two” or “group” and setting an angle of view suitable for each number. When “2” is selected as the number of players, each of the two users has their own name (the “name” here is a name displayed on the screen, read out by the voice of the character, or a stamp image. (Name used in an editing tool) is entered in characters (S106). When “Group” is selected as the number of players, only one group name is entered in characters.

  The name input in S106 is displayed on the screen in subsequent games, used as a design of an editing tool such as a stamp image in the editing process, and used as a part of the print design. In the case of Prince Course, it is used not only as part of the design in screen display, editing processing, and printing, but also as part of the narration voice, such as a character reading out its name and speaking to the user. The specification may be advantageous in the “favorite game” simply by inputting his / her name on the name input screen 670 of FIG. 13. In addition, in the “favorite game”, it may be a specification in which the name is changed every time the favorable feeling is increased. For example, what was originally called “Mr. XX” is gradually changed to a method of calling familiar relationships such as “Mr. XX” and “Mr. XX”. Such audio is also streamed on the image acquisition site. Therefore, game result information indicating the user's name and liking is transmitted to the management server 300 as a part of the accompanying information, and a narration voice that reads the name is also generated on the management server 300. Favorability information and selected character information may be encoded and included in a part of the privilege ID. As a modification, the specification may be such that the sound itself read out by the game shooting device 100 is transmitted to the management server 300.

  After the name is input, a background image selection screen is displayed to allow the user to select a background image (S107). In the case of a specification for taking five photos, the user may select five background images or a background image set including five background images. When the user has selected “normal course” (S108), the course selection screen is displayed, and the user is allowed to select either “smooth movie” or “plus shot” course, and “plus shot”. Is selected, the user is further made to select one of “up-shooting” and “whole-body shooting” (S109). After that, a “normal shooting standby demonstration” screen is displayed during the shooting standby time (S110), a moving guide is displayed when the shooting order has come (S111), and the user moves to the shooting space 10 (S115).

  If the user has selected “Prince Course” (S112), the introduction of the selected character is displayed as the “Prince Shooting Demo” screen (S113). Here, both self-introduction with relatively short time and self-introduction with relatively long time are prepared in advance as self-introduction audio and video, and the previous user has not finished shooting and waits for a while The short self-introduction and the long self-introduction may be used separately depending on the necessity and the case where there is no waiting for photographing or when the photographing space 10 becomes empty and the order of photographing starts. Further, as a modification, one long self-introduction data may be prepared, and the self-introduction data may be trimmed and used according to the length of the shooting standby time. Alternatively, one long self-introduction data may be prepared, and the length for reproducing the self-introduction data may be changed according to the length of the photographing standby time. For example, when the shooting standby time is less than the first threshold value, the self-introduction data is reproduced only for the reproduction time A that is short and the shortest. If the shooting standby time is less than the second threshold value that is greater than the first threshold value and greater than or equal to the first threshold value, the self-introduction data is reproduced only for the reproduction time B that is longer than the reproduction time A and has a long duration. If the shooting standby time is equal to or greater than the second threshold, the self-introduction data is looped and reproduced. As long self-introduction data, for example, detailed profile information for each prince, information on hobbies, and the like may be included in audio, video, text, and the like. When the shooting order has come, a moving guide using the selected character is displayed (S114), and the user moves to the shooting space 10 (S115).

  FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing in the photographing stage. The game starts when the user touches the start screen according to the narration voice that guides the shooting. When “normal course” is selected (S120), contents explaining the ideal standing position and the like for up-shooting are displayed on the screen (S121), the camera is set to the lower position, and the focal length is set to the telephoto side. The up-angle shooting is repeated three times with the angle of view being increased (S122). Next, the contents explaining the ideal standing position and the like for whole body photography are displayed on the screen (S123), moved to the upper position of the camera, and the whole body photography is repeated twice with the focal length widened and the angle of view widened. (S124). If the user has selected “a prosperous movie” in the course selection of S109 in the previous figure, an explanation regarding movie shooting is displayed on the screen (S125), and movie shooting is repeated three times (S126). If the user has selected “plus shot” (S127), and if the user has selected up shooting, the up shooting is executed twice (S128). If the user has selected “plus shot” (S127), and has selected whole body imaging, the whole body imaging is executed twice (S129).

  When the user has selected “Prince course” (S130), the ideal standing position and the like for up-shooting are displayed on the screen with the guidance of the prince character selected by the user in advance (S131). The camera is set to the lower position, and the up-shooting is repeated three times with the focal length set to the telephoto side and the angle of view increased (S132). Next, the ideal standing position for the whole body photography is displayed on the screen with the guidance of the prince character selected by the user in advance (S133), moved to the upper position of the camera, and the focal length is set to the wide angle side. The whole body photographing is repeated twice with the corners widened (S134). In the case of “Prince Course”, the processing of S125 to S129 is skipped.

  If the remaining time (S135) is equal to or longer than the predetermined time (S136), the bonus shot shooting is repeated (S137). At this time, whole body shooting is executed when the immediately preceding camera position is the upper position, and up shooting is executed when the camera position is the lower position. This is because there is no time to re-set the focal length by changing the height of the camera, so that the user can take as many bonus shots as possible to save time for such setting changes. It is. If there is no remaining time (S138), S137 is skipped.

  In the case of “normal course”, a normal movement guide is displayed on the screen (S139), and in the case of “Prince course”, a screen for guiding the movement of the selected character is displayed (S140). The user moves to the editing space 20 according to the guidance (S141).

  FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing in the graffiti stage. In both the normal course and the prince course, when the user touches one of the editing screens divided into left and right, the graffiti on the normal course (S150) or the graffiti on the prince course (S151) is started. . First, a screen including a character string for guiding graffiti processing such as “Next is a graffiti!” Is displayed (S152). In the case of “Prince course”, the guidance screen guides by voice-over of the selected character. Next, the names input in S106 at the reception stage (FIG. 9) such as “Mr. A” and “Mr. B” are displayed in the respective areas of the edit screen divided into left and right. For example, “Mr. A” is displayed in the left area, “Mr. B” is displayed in the right area, and the display of the name is changed when the standing positions of the two users actually standing in front of the editing screen are opposite. A “name replacement button” to be instructed and a “confirm button” when the left and right names are correct are displayed on the screen. When the user presses the “name change button”, the name display is switched between the left and right, and “Mr. B” is displayed in the left area and “Mr. A” is displayed in the right area. When the user presses the “confirm button”, the names displayed on the left and right at that time are stored in association with either of the left and right editing areas.

  Next, a transition is made to the main graffiti, and editing processing is executed in accordance with a user instruction (S154). At this time, if the user selects “Prince course”, the “favorite game” is executed. When the “normal course” is selected, the “favorite game” is not executed. After the editing process, the normal course seal layout selection screen description is displayed for the normal course (S155), and the Prince course seal layout selection screen description is displayed for the Prince course (S156). ). After the user selects the seal layout, the user selects an image to be displayed larger than the other images along the seal layout (S157). At this time, in the case of the Prince course, a predetermined seal layout as a privilege given to the user as a result of the “favorable game” in S154 may be displayed. If the user is a free member, an image provided free of charge is selected from a plurality of photographed images (S158). In the case of the normal course, a movie is selected (S159) or a plus shot is selected (S160), and the screen shifts to a mail address input screen (S161). In the case of the Prince course in S158, S159 and S160 are skipped and the screen shifts to a mail address input screen (S161).

  After allowing the user to input an e-mail address (S161), a print preparation guide screen is displayed (S162), and in the case of a normal course, the sticker paper outlet is guided on the normal course guide screen (S163). In the case of the prince course, the sticker sheet take-out port is guided on the Prince course guide screen (S164), and the user can receive the sticker sheet from the take-out port according to the guidance (S165).

<Explanation of screen example>
FIG. 12 is a diagram schematically illustrating a screen example at the time of reception displayed on the touch panel 41 of the presetting unit 40. FIG. 12 (a) shows that the user selects either “normal course”, which is the first mode (normal mode), or “prince course”, which is the second mode (special performance mode), as the voice mode of the play guidance narration. A mode selection screen 650 to be selected is shown. When the user touches and selects the normal course button 651 indicating “normal course” by hand, it is determined that a transition is made to a user number selection screen (not shown) and that the game is progressed together with normal narration voice. If the user touches and selects the Prince Course button 652 indicating “Prince Course” by hand, the screen transitions to the character selection screen 660 in FIG. 12B, and the game is played with the narration voice of the Prince's guide character. It is decided that

  FIG. 12B shows a character selection screen 660 that allows the user to select one of a plurality of guide character characters prepared in the Prince course. The character selection screen 660 is provided with an area where four prince guide characters can be displayed. However, in the example of the screen in this figure, the first character 661a, the second character 661b, and the third character 661c are displayed, and the fourth character 661d is not displayed. The fourth character 661d is an undisclosed character at the time of release of the model, and is scheduled to be released to the public at a later date by being installed at the time of software update of the model. It is a character. At this time, the user can select any one of the first character 661a to the third character 661c, and when the user touches and selects any of the three characters, the selected character is centered. The character is displayed in an enlarged manner, and the character reaches the touch area 662 and spreads his palm to display an escort. Instead of providing a simple character selection button on the screen, the character touches the extended hand instead of the selection button. In this screen example, the third character 661c is enlarged and displayed at the center. When the user touches the touch area 662 with his hand in this state, the selection of the character displayed at the center is confirmed, and the number of users (not shown) is determined. Transition to the selection screen. Thereafter, in this play, voices prepared in advance as voices of the third character 661c are all reproduced, and the character selected by the user guides the game while escorting. In addition to the narration voice, the character image selected by the user is appropriately used in the background image and the privilege image selected at a predetermined timing. Even if there are a plurality of users, only one character can be selected for convenience. As a modification, a plurality of users may select different characters.

  FIG. 13 is a diagram schematically illustrating an example of a screen displayed on the touch panel 41 of the presetting unit 40 when a user name is input. The name input screen 670 shown in FIG. 13A includes a left input area 671 and a right input area 672, and a user standing on the left side of the screen touches the button displayed in the left input area 671 with his / her hand. Enter the name. The user standing on the right side of the screen touches the button displayed in the right input area 672 with his / her hand and inputs his / her name. This screen is displayed when the user selects “2” on the user number selection screen (not shown). When the user selects “Group”, only one name input screen is displayed in the center. Appears.

  Here, when keys such as alphabets (or hiragana or katakana) are displayed on the name input screen 670, each key is relatively small because the number of keys is large, and the user touches the key with a finger. Sometimes the character notation written on the keys is hidden behind the fingers and disappears. If the character notation is not visible, it becomes difficult for the user to know which key is touched at the moment of touching with a finger, which may cause an erroneous input. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 13B, at the moment when the key 680a is touched with a finger, an extended display 681a is displayed in the vicinity of the key 680a such as a position outside the key 680a. Since the character input by the key is displayed on the extended display 681a, even if the key 680a itself is hidden by a finger, the user can easily determine which character key is currently touching by looking at the extended display 681a. I can grasp. Even if you make a mistake, it becomes easy to notice immediately. Also, if you notice the incorrect input by looking at the character notation on the extended display 681a, the character will not be input unless you remove your finger from the key 680a. When the finger is moved to 680b and the finger is released from the screen on the correct key 680b, the character is input. At this time, when the finger leaves the key 680a, the extended display 681a is deleted. When a finger is placed on another key 680b while keeping the finger touching the screen, an extended display 681b corresponding to the key 680b is displayed near the key 680b on which the finger is placed. Is done.

  FIG. 14 is a diagram schematically illustrating a screen example of a background image selection screen displayed on the touch panel 41 of the presetting unit 40. On the background selection screen 690, as shown in the drawing, a character string “Please select the background you want to shoot” is displayed that prompts the user to select a background image. The user can select and designate separate background images in advance, assuming that five images will be taken. In the upper part of the background selection screen 690, a first selected background area 691a, a second selected background area 691b, a third selected background area 691c, a fourth selected background area 691d, and a fifth selection are displayed as areas for displaying the background selected by the user. A background area 691e is provided. Each time the user selects one of a plurality of background candidates displayed in the lower background candidate display field 692 from the first to the fifth one, the selected background image is the first selected background area 691a, second The selected background area 691b, the third selected background area 691c, the fourth selected background area 691d, and the fifth selected background area 691e are displayed in order. The first selected background area 691a, the second selected background area 691b, and the third selected background area 691c are areas for displaying three background images selected for up shooting (hereinafter referred to as “up background images”). is there. The fourth selected background area 691d and the fifth selected background area 691e are areas for displaying two background images selected for whole body imaging (hereinafter referred to as “whole body background images”).

  In the figure, the image frame of the first selected background area 691a for the first sheet is highlighted, and this indicates that the first background image is currently selected. Each time one background image is selected, The highlighted image frame moves in the order of the first selected background area 691a, the second selected background area 691b, the third selected background area 691c, the fourth selected background area 691d, and the fifth selected background area 691e. If you want to cancel one of the selected background images and reselect another background image, the user can select the background image by touching the “Cancel” button below the selected background area you want to select again. The background can be canceled and any one of the plurality of background candidates displayed in the lower background candidate display field 692 can be selected again. When the “Cancel” button is touched, the image frame of the selected background area is highlighted, the background image is erased from the selected background area, and the “cancel” character string is switched to the “return” character string. When the user touches the “Return” button, the background image once erased by “Cancel” is returned to the selected background area.

  In the background candidate display column 692, the displayed contents are switched depending on which of the four tabs of the first tab 693a, the second tab 693b, the third tab 693c, and the fourth tab 693d is selected. Three types of themes “simple”, “cool”, and “lovely” are displayed on the first tab 693a, the second tab 693b, and the third tab 693c, respectively. As shown in FIG. 14A, initially, the first tab 693a is displayed in a selected state, and each time one of the first tab 693a, the second tab 693b, and the third tab 693c is selected, The display contents are switched so that a plurality of background image candidates having a design according to the theme are displayed in the background candidate display field 692. The user selects a favorite background image one by one from the plurality of background image candidates displayed in the background candidate display field 692. On the other hand, “set” is displayed in the fourth tab 693d. As shown in FIG. 14B, when the fourth tab 693d is selected, the display contents are displayed such that a plurality of background image set candidates for selecting five background images as a set are displayed in the background candidate display field 692. Switch. When the user selects a favorite background image set candidate, five background images included in the set are selected at once.

  When the user has selected “normal course”, a predetermined color or pattern is displayed on the background of the area displaying the plurality of background image candidates in the background candidate display field 692. On the other hand, when the user selects “Prince Course”, an image designed for “Prince Course” is displayed in the background of the area in which a plurality of background image candidates are displayed. When the background image candidate is selected or canceled, the narration voice of the selected character is output in response words such as “I understand”. For example, the selected character image may be displayed, or the narration voice at the time of selecting or canceling the background image candidate may have different voices and contents depending on the selected character. In a plurality of background image candidates, a favorite image of the character is set for each selected character in advance, and when the user selects the favorite background image, in a favorable game executed later The specification may provide an advantageous result.

  A confirmation button 694 written “OK” is displayed to the right of the fifth selected background area 691e as shown in FIG. 14A when all five background images are selected one by one. Is done. That is, until the five selected background images are displayed in the first selected background area 691a, the second selected background area 691b, the third selected background area 691c, the fourth selected background area 691d, and the fifth selected background area 691e. The confirmation button 694 is not displayed on the screen. When the user touches the confirm button 694, the selection of the five background images selected so far is confirmed. On the other hand, when the user selects the fourth tab 693d and selects any one of the plurality of background image set candidates, a dialog for displaying the five background images included in the selected set is displayed. When the “OK” button is touched, the selection of these five background images is confirmed. In this case, the five selected background images are displayed in the first selected background area 691a, the second selected background area 691b, the third selected background area 691c, the fourth selected background area 691d, and the fifth selected background area 691e. Is not required. The types of the five background images whose selection has been confirmed are stored in the data storage unit 150.

  FIG. 15 is a diagram schematically illustrating a screen example of a self-introduction screen displayed on the touch panel 41 of the presetting unit 40 after the presetting is completed and before the start of shooting. On the self-introduction screen 700, information such as the name and profile set for the selected character and an image of the character are displayed. At this time, the text that the prince character asks the user to wait until the shooting order comes around is displayed, such as "Please wait for a while because we are preparing a shooting corner", but already In the situation where the shooting space 10 is present and shooting can be started immediately, this sentence may not be displayed.

  Along with the display of the self-introduction screen 700, a narration voice that the selected character introduces himself / herself is output. The display of the self-introduction screen 700 and the output of the self-introduction narration voice are basically the time until shooting, that is, if there is another user playing in the previous order, the shooting ends and the turn of his / her turn It is performed during the waiting time until it comes. Since the waiting time varies depending on the congestion situation and the like, a plurality of types of narration voices of different lengths are prepared as self-introducing narration voices so that the screen display and the voice output can be finished together with the waiting time. If there is a shooting space 10 from the beginning and shooting can be started immediately, select a short narration voice that is kept to the minimum necessary self-introduction, and select a long narration voice when waiting for the shooting order. . There may be a specification in which a plurality of lengths of voices are prepared as long narration voices and the narration voices are selected according to the estimated waiting time. Or it is good also as a specification which prepares only one long narration sound, sets a plurality of ending points on the time axis of the sound beforehand, and ends the output of the narration sound at the ending point immediately after the end of standby. . The self-introducing screen 700 may display a self-introducing moving image. In that case, as in the case of the narration voice, a plurality of types of moving images are provided so that the moving image can be terminated at a timing according to the length of the standby time. An image is prepared or a plurality of end points are set.

  When the order of shooting comes, a screen that prompts the user to move to the shooting space 10 is displayed and a narration voice that guides the shooting space 10 is output. For example, since the position of the entrance to the shooting space 10 may be on the right side or the left side when facing the touch panel 41 of the presetting unit 40, the moving direction to the shooting space 10 is either in accordance with the positional relationship. I will guide you through the screen and narration voice.

  FIG. 16 is a diagram schematically illustrating an example of a screen displayed on the front monitor during shooting. Prior to shooting, a model image showing a pose as a model for the first shooting is displayed in the center of the screen, and in the case of “Prince Course”, a narration voice that is the voice of the selected prince is output. The model image may be an image in which two models take a model pose, or an image in which two prince characters take a model pose. As the narration voice of the prince, content that prompts a pose of the model, such as “Please take this pose” may be output. After a few seconds, the model image is switched to the live view video, and the live view video with the user in the shooting space 10 as the subject is displayed in real time. Immediately thereafter, the screen is switched to the shooting screen 710 shown in FIG. 16 while the live view video is left in the center of the screen. On the shooting screen 710, a first image area 711a, a second image area 711b, a third image area 711c, a fourth image area 711d, and a fifth image area 711e are displayed on the left side of the screen, and an image display area 712 is displayed in the center of the screen. Is displayed. When “normal course” is selected, a predetermined color or pattern is displayed on the background of the screen (excluding the image area 711 and the image display area 712 of the shooting screen 710), and “Prince course” is selected. As shown in FIG. 16, the image of the selected character is displayed in the background, and the narration voice of the character is output.

  When shooting has never been performed, a model image for shooting is displayed in all the image areas 711. In the first image area 711a, a model image for the first shooting is displayed in a thumbnail format. In the second image area 711b, the third image area 711c, the fourth image area 711d, and the fifth image area 711e, model images for the second to fifth shooting are displayed in a thumbnail format. When performing the first shooting, a model image displayed in the first image area 711 a is displayed in a large size in the image display area 712. A few seconds after the model image is displayed in the image display area 712, a live view is displayed in the image display area 712 instead of the model image. At this time, the user may output a narration voice that emphasizes the user's action, such as “It feels good” when the user poses. Such narration voices are prepared in plural for one prince character, and are selected and output at random each time. Accordingly, it is possible to give the user a pleasure that shooting is performed under fresh consideration every time shooting is performed. When the first shooting timing approaches, the countdown display area 713 at the upper right of the screen sequentially displays countdown numbers up to the shooting timing, such as “3”, “2”, “1”, and shooting is performed at the timing of “0”. Made. The captured image is once displayed in the image display area 712, and then displayed in the first image area 711a in a thumbnail format instead of the model image displayed in the first image area 711a. Similarly, the second to fifth shootings are repeated, and the model image is switched to the shot image every time shooting is performed. It should be noted that at the timing when the photographed image is displayed in the image display area 712, a narration voice that raises the user's tension, such as “I photographed like this.

  In addition, in bonus shot shooting shown in S137 of FIG. 10, a screen similar to the shooting screen 710 is displayed. However, unlike normal shooting, a model image and a shot image in the first image area 711a to the fifth image area 711e. After the model image is displayed in the image display area 712, the live view video is displayed, and the countdown until the shooting timing is displayed in the countdown display area 713 at the upper right of the screen. At this time, the angle of view of the live view video displayed in the image display area 712 also differs depending on the angle of view of the shooting performed immediately before. Bonus shot shooting is only a shooting opportunity given as a bonus when there is a time until the shooting end time, and sufficient shooting time is not originally prepared. Therefore, there is not enough time to switch the shooting type, so if the up shot was taken immediately before, the bonus shot was also taken up, and if the whole body shot was taken immediately before, the bonus shot was also Full body photography. This eliminates the need to adjust the angle of view by moving the vertical position of the camera 111 or changing the focal length, thereby improving efficiency. Since shooting with different angles of view is performed according to the shooting angle of view immediately before the bonus shot, the type of model image to be displayed is changed by up-shooting and whole-body shooting.

  When shooting is finished, if there is a user who plays in both the editing space 20a and the editing space 20b and the processing of editing or the like has not been completed, any editing space 20 will be "preparing graffiti corner for a while" A text prompting the standby such as “Tene” is displayed on the screen, and in the case of “Prince Course”, the standby is also guided by the narration voice of the selected prince. If any editing space 20 is present, the direction of the editing space 20 on the opposite side is displayed on the screen, and the direction is also guided by narration voice to prompt the user to move to the editing space 20.

  FIG. 17 is a table showing the correspondence between the theme of the background image and the model image. The model image displayed on the screen of FIG. 16 at the time of shooting corresponds to the background image selected by the user on the background selection screen 690 of FIG. The user selects five background images in the presetting, but the presetting unit 40 determines the type of the model image according to which theme background image is selected the most among the four background themes. In principle. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 17A, when “three or more sheets from the simple tab”, that is, three or more background image candidates included in the theme “simple” are selected, it is called “simple set”. A model image is randomly selected from the set of model images. Similarly, when three or more images are selected from the background image candidates included in the theme “cool” from “three or more images from the cool tab”, model images are randomly selected from a set of model images “cool set”. . Similarly, when 3 or more images are selected from the background image candidates included in the theme “Lovely”, “3 or more images from the Lovely tab”, a model image is randomly selected from the set of model images “Lovely set”. The On the other hand, when “set tab” is selected, a model image is selected at random from a set of model images associated with “set”.

  FIG. 17B shows the correspondence between each set and a model image. The “simple set” is associated with nine types of example images for up-shooting and six types of model images for whole-body shooting. If three up shots and two whole body shots are considered as one set, “simple set” corresponds to three sets of model images. Similarly, the “cool set” and the “lovely set” are associated with nine types of model images for up-shooting and six types of model images for whole-body shooting, respectively. If three up shots and two whole body shots are considered as one set, the “cool set” and the “lovely set” correspond to the three sets of model images, respectively.

  Note that the condition shown in FIG. 17A is that the selection of a model image is determined by selecting three or more backgrounds from any theme, but three or more images from the same theme are selected. Even if no background is selected, a model image corresponding to the theme may be selected if there is the most selection from a certain theme. For example, if you have selected one from “Simple”, two from “Cool”, and two from “Lovely”, you can choose either “Cool” or “Lovely”, which has more choices, at random, A model image may be selected from the determined theme.

  FIG. 18 is a diagram schematically showing a name replacement screen. Prior to the graffiti, a name replacement screen 720 is displayed on the editing monitor 213. In the name replacement screen 720, the entire area is divided into left and right parts. For example, the name “Mr. A” is displayed in the first name display field 721a on the left side, and “ The name “Mr. B” is displayed. These names are names input by the user in the presetting, and it may be determined randomly whether to display each name on the left or right, or whether the name is input to the left or right of the touch panel 41 in the presetting. You may decide on the same side. Two users standing in front of the name replacement screen 720 touch the replacement button 722 if an incorrect name is displayed on the side (left side or right side) on which they stand. When the replacement button 722 is touched, the left and right name displays are switched, and “Mr. B” is displayed in the first name display field 721a and “Mr. A” is displayed in the second name display field 721b. If your name is correctly displayed on the side where you stand (left side or right side), touch the confirm button 723 to confirm the name. Thereafter, on the graffiti screen, each name is displayed on the determined side.

  FIG. 19 shows an example of an editing screen displayed on the editing monitor 213. The screen example in this figure is an example of a screen displayed when the user selects “Prince course”. The editing screen is divided into a pair of left and right editing spaces, so that two users can use them simultaneously. A name display field 830 is provided in each of the upper left and right corners. For example, the name display field 830 on the left side displays the name “Mr. A” displayed and confirmed in the first name display field 721a on the left side in FIG. 18, and the name display field 830 on the right side displays the name on the right side in FIG. The name “Mr. B” displayed and confirmed in the second name display field 721b is displayed. However, if the user's name is not input in advance, the name is not displayed in the name display field 830. In the editing space on the left side of the editing monitor 213, input can be received by the left touch pen 214A. Similarly, in the right editing space, it is possible to accept input with the right touch pen 214B. In the upper center of each editing space, a rectangular drawing region 810 that displays an editing target image and allows editing is provided. Above each drawing area 810, thumbnails 812 of five images to be edited are displayed, and one image to be edited selected therefrom is displayed in the drawing area 810. The five images to be edited here are based on three up-shot images and two whole-body shot images. More specifically, an image obtained by synthesizing three up-captured images with three types of up-background images selected in advance, and two whole-body-captured images with two types of whole-body background images. Is equivalent to the image synthesized. Note that the editing performed by the user in the drawing area 810 is also reflected in the corresponding thumbnail 812.

  In FIG. 19, one of five thumbnails 812 of the image to be edited is highlighted by being surrounded by a thick selection frame 812 ′, and the image to be edited corresponding to the thumbnail is displayed in the drawing area 810. The The user can change the editing target image displayed in the drawing area 810 by selecting any one thumbnail among the thumbnails 812 of the editing target image using the touch pens 214A and 214B. The user can also change the edit target image displayed in the drawing area 810 by moving the selection frame 812 ′ by dragging using the touch pens 214 </ b> A and 214 </ b> B. In this case, an image to be edited corresponding to the thumbnail 812 surrounded by the selected frame 812 ′ after movement is displayed in the drawing area 810.

  An “end” button 814 is arranged at the upper center of the editing screen. Also, an eraser button 816, a “forward” button 818, and a “return” button 820 are arranged from the top in the center of the editing screen. An “end” button 814 is a button for ending editing. When the “end” button 814 is pressed, the editing process ends spontaneously and the process proceeds to an output process. Four types of eraser buttons 816 are arranged, and three types of eraser buttons and an “all erase” button for erasing all written letters are arranged. For example, when an eraser button of any size is pressed with the touch pens 214A and 214B, the eraser of that size is set. Is done. Further, when the “delete all” button is pressed, all the written notes made to the image to be edited displayed in the drawing area 810 are deleted.

  The “return” button 820 is a so-called “undo” button for canceling and returning the written-off processing performed immediately before. On the other hand, the “forward” button 818 is a so-called redo button for restoring the letter-writing process immediately before the “return” button 820 is pressed.

  A countdown timer 822 is provided below the “END” button 814 at the upper center of the editing screen. The timer 822 can be set in various ways. For example, a basic time limit (e.g., 300 seconds) during which a written message can be edited is set in advance. It can be configured such that when it reaches zero, the written document editing is forcibly terminated and the process proceeds to output processing. Alternatively, when there is no user in the photographing unit 50, that is, when there is no subsequent user waiting for the editing work, the editing work may be performed without limitation without being counted down, or the maximum time limit (for example, 20 minutes). May be set so that editing can be performed up to the maximum time limit. However, in such a state, when a shooting process by a new user is started in a state where there is a subsequent user in the other editing unit 51, a preset time is set in accordance with the start of the shooting process. It is preferable to start counting down from a time (for example, 60 seconds). The timer 822 is common to the left and right users, and the editing processing time for both users is managed by one timer 822.

  Below the drawing area 810, a palette area 828 for selecting an editing tool for editing the image to be edited is arranged. The palette area 828 is divided into a plurality of areas. A category selection area 824 in which a plurality of categories are displayed is arranged above the palette area 828, and an editing tool display area 826 is arranged below the category selection area 824. In the example shown in the figure, in the category selection area 824, “Prince Palette” is selected as the upper category, and the prince character name “Emperial Rack” is selected as the lower category of “Prince Palette”.

  The user writes a letter until the remaining time of the timer 822 reaches zero (or the user voluntarily ends). When the remaining time of the timer becomes 0 or when the user touches the “END” button 814 to spontaneously end the written message, the editing monitor 213 displays a message of “completion of written message”. At that time, the image to be edited edited on the editing screen is set as an edited image, the edited image is stored in the data storage unit 150, and the editing process ends. As described above, when the user voluntarily touches the “END” button 814, the editing performed on the editing target image by the user is confirmed. In this sense, the drawing area 810 and the thumbnail 812 described above are previews for editing.

  When the user on the right selects the second thumbnail from the left among the five thumbnails 812 arranged on the upper right with the touch pen 214B, the thumbnail is highlighted and surrounded by a thick frame selection frame 812 ′. The user is in the process of editing. The image to be edited of the up-captured image corresponding to the thumbnail is displayed in the drawing area 810 on the right side. At this time, among the five thumbnails 812 arranged at the upper part of the editing space on the left side, a character string such as “The right person is expanding” is displayed on the second thumbnail from the left being edited by the right user. Then, it may be indicated that the editing process is currently being performed by the right user. When the left user selects the leftmost thumbnail from among the five thumbnails 812 arranged at the upper left with the touch pen 214A, the thumbnail is highlighted by being surrounded by a thick selection frame 812 ′ and edited by the user on the left side at present. Indicates that processing is in progress. The image to be edited of the up-captured image corresponding to the thumbnail is displayed in the drawing area 810 on the left side. Among the five thumbnails 812 arranged at the upper part of the editing space on the right side, a character string such as “The person on the left is expanding” is displayed on the leftmost thumbnail being edited by the user on the left side. The user may indicate that editing processing is being performed.

  A favorable game area 832 is arranged outside the drawing area 810 and the palette area 828. A heart-shaped gauge 833 and a message field 834 are displayed in the favorable game area 832 together with the selected character image 831, and are used to display the game situation in the positive game. Even if there are a plurality of users, only one character is selected, and the selected character image 831 displayed in the left favorable game area 832 and the selected character image 831 displayed in the right favorable game area 832 are the same selected character. is there. However, in a modified example, a specification may be made in which a plurality of users select different characters and display different selected characters on the left and right to play a favorable game. In this case, in the name display field 830, not only the name of the user but also the name of each selected character may be associated and written. In addition, since the favorable game proceeds separately on the left and right, it is preferable to separately provide the speakers 215 for the left screen and the right screen, and to output different sounds respectively. Furthermore, the left screen speaker and the right screen speaker may be configured to have directivity in the output so that only one speaker output can be easily heard by the left and right users. On the other hand, it is good also as a specification which advances a common favorable game on right and left irrespective of the number of speakers. Note that the favorable game area 832 is an area that is displayed only when the user selects “Prince Course”. If “Normal Course” is selected, another game is displayed instead of this favorable game area 832. An image of the design is displayed.

  A favorable game is a function having a kind of game element provided to a user during editing. For example, a clear condition (hereinafter also referred to as “mission”) such as an operation command or an operation task using various editing functions is given to the user, and the user uses the editing function according to the command or the task to respond to it. It is a game that grants some privilege when the mission conditions are cleared. The mission is given to the user in the form of text displayed in the message field 834 or the output of narration voice. Providing missions in the form of tutorials involving editing functions introduces or alerts users to new editing functions, functions that are difficult for users to notice, and new types of options, and promotes the active use of those functions. You can also Each time you clear multiple missions given to the user, the scale of the heart-shaped gauge 833 is filled from the bottom, and when you clear all the missions, all the scales are filled and the whole is pink Light up in color. The scale of the heart-shaped gauge 833 has four stages. When all the scales are satisfied, the mission is 100%, and a privilege image is given to the user as a reward.

  The favorable game is progressed as a separate game in the editing space on the left side and the editing space on the right side, and the achievement of the mission is determined separately for the left and right users. Therefore, the privilege image is also given separately to the left and right users, and only one user may be given, both users may be given, or both may not be given. As a privilege when the mission is cleared, a new option such as an editing function or a stamp image that is not normally displayed may be displayed so that the user can use it for editing.

  As an example of the mission, on the left side, while outputting a narration voice saying “Mr. A (name associated with the left screen in FIG. 18), please ask?” A message that the selected character speaks to the user is displayed. On the right side, while outputting a narration voice saying “Mr. B (name associated with the screen on the right side in FIG. 18), please?” In the message field 834, “Mr. B, please ask me? The message that the selected character speaks to the user is displayed. However, if the user does not enter a name in advance, the user's name is not reflected in the narration voice or message. An on / off button 829 is displayed below the message text. The on / off button 829 is a button that is displayed regardless of the mission clear condition. The on / off button 829 is initially displayed with the “ON” portion selected, and the “OFF” portion is selected when the user touches it. Then, the message field 834 is deleted and the progress of the favorable game is stopped. That is, when the user does not play the favorable game, the user can touch the on / off button 829 to stop the positive game. The on / off button 829 is displayed until all missions are cleared, and during that time, the user can select not to play the favorable game.

  The first mission, which is the first mission, is an operation command for displaying the message “Tell me your name” and a name input button 839 to input the user's name, as shown in the message column 834 on the right side. In this case, a first arrow 960 for making the user aware that the first mission is displayed is displayed toward the name input button 839, and the first arrow 960 is blinked or moved up and down or left and right. By displaying, the user is caused to pay attention to the message text and the name input button 839 in the message field 834. However, if the user has already input a name in advance, it is determined that the mission is cleared immediately at the timing when the graffiti is started or the display of the first mission is started, and the scale of the heart-shaped gauge 833 is increased by one level. . If the name has already been entered, the first mission may be to display the entered name and confirm it. In that case, the mission is cleared when the name is confirmed. According to the specification that the mission is determined to be cleared at the start of graffiti, the message field 834 does not display the message, the name input button 839, and the first arrow 960 from the beginning, but starts to display from the second mission. If the user has not entered a name in advance judgment and the user touches the name input button 839, the screen of the left half or the right half of FIG. 13 is displayed, and the user enters the name there and decides When the operation is performed, it is determined that the first mission is clear, and the scale of the heart-shaped gauge 833 is raised by one step. The heart-shaped gauge 833 in the left editing space illustrates a state in which the bottom scale is raised and lit. When the user clears the first mission by inputting a name, the name is displayed in the name display field 830 and is reflected in the narration voice and message by the selected character.

  When the first mission is cleared, the second arrow 961 is displayed toward the makeup palette button 827 displayed below the name display field 830, and the display of the second mission is started. The clear condition of the second mission includes an operation of touching the makeup palette button 827 and confirming the contents of the makeup palette. On the other hand, when the user touches makeup palette button 827, makeup palette button 827 displayed as a cover covering makeup palette disappears and a makeup palette appears. The makeup palette is, for example, selection of eye size, selection of outline size, selection of cheek image to be combined with the cheek portion, selection of lip image to be combined with the lip portion. As described above, when the user touches makeup palette button 827, it is determined that the second mission is cleared, and the scale of heart-shaped gauge 833 is increased by one level. The first arrow 960 is written with a character “1”, and the second arrow 961 is written with a character “2”. The number written on each arrow indicates the order or number of missions that the user touches. The mission clear condition is not satisfied even if the user touches the function indicated by the user in an order different from the numerical order. Further, even if the functions indicated by the arrows such as the first arrow 960 and the second arrow 961 are not displayed, the mission clear condition is not satisfied. By setting such operation conditions and maintaining a certain level of difficulty, the game performance of the favorable game is enhanced.

  When the second mission is cleared, the third arrow 962 is displayed toward “Prince Palette” which is one of the category tabs in the pallet area 828, and the display of the third mission is started. The category tab of “Prince Palette” indicates that the category can be selected only when “Prince Course” is selected. In this category tab, three prince character names are displayed, and a tool palette for each prince character, for example, a palette provided with a plurality of types of stamp images as options, is displayed. The clear condition of the third mission and the fourth mission includes an operation using the stamp image of the selected character. When the user uses the stamp image of the selected character once, it is determined that the third mission is cleared, the scale of the heart-shaped gauge 833 is increased by one level, the third arrow 962 is replaced with a fourth arrow (not shown), and the fourth mission is performed. Display starts. When the user uses the stamp image of the selected character once more, it is determined that the fourth mission is cleared, the scale of the heart-shaped gauge 833 is raised by one step, and the scale becomes full.

  The user can use the stamp image not only from the palette corresponding to the character selected by the user but also from the palette corresponding to other characters. When the character name of the selected prince is switched, the displayed stamp image palette is also switched to the palette corresponding to the prince character. In this case, a voice response or narration voice of the character corresponding to the used stamp image is output. For example, when the selected character is Prince A and a stamp image is used from the palette of Prince B, the narration voice of Prince B is output. The category tab of the “Prince Palette” is a tab and editing tool that is displayed only when the user selects “Prince Course”. Is this tab not displayed when “Normal Course” is selected? , Another tab and editing tools will be displayed in place of that tab.

  FIG. 20 is a table that schematically shows the relationship between missions, narration voice, character facial expressions, messages, and arrows. In this table, item number 940 indicates the number (1 to 17) of each item. Numbers 1 to 13 are basically in the order of appearance in the mission, and numbers 14 to 17 are not necessarily in the order of appearance, and may appear at any time. The item name 941 indicates a name (“Doodle start”, “Favorite game guidance”, etc.) given to each item for convenience. Hereinafter, an example will be described in which the prince character has three types: “A Prince”, “B Prince”, and “C Prince”. The A Prince voice 942 indicates the contents of narration voices (“Doodle start!”, “Thank you for using”, etc.) that are output when the Prince A is selected or when an operation related to the Prince A is performed. A prince facial expression 943 indicates the type of facial expression of prince A displayed during the mission (such as “normal” and “smile”). The B prince voice 944 indicates the contents of the narration voice that is output when the B prince is selected or when an operation related to the B prince is performed. Prince B facial expression 945 indicates the type of facial expression of Prince B displayed during the mission. The C prince voice 946 indicates the content of the narration voice that is output when the C prince is selected or when an operation related to the C prince is performed. Prince C facial expression 947 indicates the type of facial expression of Prince C displayed during the mission. The post-expression change action 948 indicates the action content after changing the expression of the prince character (such as “no change”, “return to normal”, etc.). The message window 949 shows the contents (“Please ask me?”, “I'm happy”, etc.) to be displayed in the message field 834 as a message to be spoken to the user in order to advance the mission. Depending on which of the three types of princes is chosen, the content of the message can be changed. An arrow 950 indicates whether or not to display an arrow on an edit function button or the like designated by the mission. The appearance condition 951 indicates a condition for causing this item to appear (“Doodle start screen display”, “Clear mission 1”, etc.). The arrow control 952 indicates the control contents (“display arrow 1 indicating the position of the name input button”, “delete arrow 2”, etc.) when the arrow is controlled at the appearance timing of this item.

  Next, each item of item numbers 1 to 13 will be described in chronological order. The explanation will be made assuming that Prince C has been selected. The item No. 1 displays a message “Please ask me?” At the timing of “Doodle start screen display” as an appearance condition, and outputs a voice of “Draft start!” In the voice of Prince C. The expression of Prince C at this time remains unchanged and remains “normal”. At the timing of “countdown start of graffiti limit time”, the C prince voice 946 of “I want you to ask me, are you sure?” Is output as the item number 2 item “Guidance on good sensitivity game”.

  At the timing of “end of likability game guidance”, the prince voice 946 of “name, tell me?” Is output as “guidance of mission 1” which is the item of item number 3. At this time, a message “Tell me your name” and a name input button are displayed in the message field 834, and a first arrow is displayed as the first arrow indicating the position of the name input button. For this mission, when the user touches the name input button, enters a name on the name input screen, and touches the OK button, the item number 4 is the item “Mission 1 Clear” and “It ’s a good name” The prince's voice 946 is output, a message “It's a good name” is also displayed in the message field 834, the prince's facial expression is changed to “smile”, and then returned to “normal”. In this case, when the user touches the OK button, the first arrow is deleted together with the deletion of the name input screen. On the other hand, if the user touches the name input button and then touches the “do not input” button on the name input screen, the item number 5 appears, and “Could you tell me later?” Prince C Audio 946 is output and the name input screen is closed, but the first arrow remains displayed. Change the expression of the prince to “sorry” and then return to “normal”. The first mission is processed as described above.

  When the 1st mission is cleared, the item No. 6 “Mission 2 guidance” “If you want to be more perfect, you should use the sensation palette” C Prince voice 946 output “ Message is displayed in the message field 834, and a second arrow indicating the position of the makeup palette is displayed. When the user touches the makeup palette, the prince voice 946 of “I can do it” is output as “Mission 2 clear” which is the item of item number 7 and a message “I can do it” is displayed in the message field 834. And change the expression of the prince to “smile 2”, then return to “normal” and erase the second arrow. The second mission is processed as described above.

  When the 2nd mission is cleared, the item number 8 item “Guidance of Mission 3” is “Stamp supervised by me. Is displayed in the message field 834, and a third arrow indicating the position of the Prince palette tab is displayed. When the user places the prince stamp of the selected character in the drawing area 810, the C Prince voice 946 of “Thank you” is output as “Mission 3 clear”, which is the item of item number 9, and the message “Thank you” is displayed in the message field 834. Display, change the expression of the prince to “smile 3”, then return to “normal” and erase the third arrow. The third mission is processed as described above.

  When the 3rd mission is cleared, the message “I ask you?” With the output of the prince voice 946 of “I like it? Is displayed in the message field 834, and a fourth arrow indicating the position of the Prince palette tab is displayed. When the user places the prince stamp of the selected character in the drawing area 810 again, the C-prince voice 946 is output as “Mission 4 clear”, which is the item number 11 item, “is this feeling because of you?” At the same time, the message “I'm happy” is displayed in the message field 834, the expression of the prince is changed to “smile 4”, and the fourth arrow is erased. As described above, the fourth mission is processed.

  When the 4th mission is cleared, as the item number 12 “Reward Pre-button Appearance”, “Thank you. I think I was able to create a perfect pre. Along with the output of the sound 946, a message “See our pre?” And a “see” button are displayed in the message field 834, and the expression of the prince is changed to “shout”. When the user touches the “view” button, the privilege voice of the prince voice 946 is output as the “reward pre-display” item of the item number 13 and the “close” button is displayed in the message field 834.

  On the other hand, if the user does not touch the name input button or selects the likability game OFF button for 60 seconds after the start of the graffiti, the item number 14 item “Can I leave it alone?” C A message of “Samishina” is displayed in the message field 834 together with the output of the prince voice 946, the prince's facial expression is changed to “sad”, and then returned to “normal”. When the user touches any one of the first arrow to the fourth arrow, the C prince voice 946 of “Touch the button” is output as the item of item number 15. In addition, when the Prince Prince other than the selected character is used five times in succession, the message “What are you doing?” Is displayed together with the output of the Prince C voice 946 of “I ’m so close” as the item of item number 16. The message is displayed in the message field 834 and the expression of the prince is changed to “sad”, and then the expression before the change is restored. When the character image portion (including the heart-shaped gauge 833) of the favorable game area 832 is touched five times continuously, “N?” Is output together with the output of the C prince voice 946 of “What?” As the item of item number 17. Is displayed in the message field 834, and the expression of the prince is changed to “Embling 2”, and then the expression before the change is restored. As described above, various voices are output from the presentation of the four stages of missions to the granting of privileges, and messages, buttons, and arrows are displayed.

  FIG. 21 shows a screen example of an editing screen when a privilege image is given. As illustrated in the editing space on the left side, when an image is displayed in which the scale of the heart-shaped gauge 833 is filled with 100% of the mission, a message such as “My pre-watch?” A button with a sentence and "See" written is displayed, and the narration voice of the same message sentence is output. When the user touches the “view” button, a privilege image 835 is displayed as a reward as illustrated in the editing space on the right side. The privilege image 835 is displayed at a position so as to cover the drawing area 810, and the favorable game area in the right editing space including the drawing area 810, the thumbnail 812, the category selection area 824, the editing tool display area 826, and the like. The area excluding 832 is grayed out and switched to a state in which the operation of the area is not accepted, and the privilege image 835 is displayed prominently. In the upper right of the privilege image 835, the privilege image 835 is closed, that is, a close button 836 for instructing the end of display of the privilege image 835 is displayed, and in the message field 834, the close button for instructing the end of display of the privilege image 835 is displayed. 837 is displayed, and only the close button 836 and the close button 837 are touched. When the user touches the close button 836 or the close button 837, the privilege image 835 is closed and the entire editing space on the right side is returned from the grayed-out state to the original explicit state, or is left grayed out and edited by the right-side user. Indicates end status.

  The privilege image 835 is an image in which a plurality of prince characters are captured by one or two people, and a plurality of types of images with different combinations and arrangement orders are prepared, and are randomly assigned every time the mission is achieved 100%. The Since the favorable game is separately executed by the left and right users, different privilege images can be randomly assigned to the left and right users.

  FIG. 22 is a diagram schematically showing the types of privilege images. Here, description will be made assuming that there are three types of prince characters: “A Prince”, “B Prince”, and “C Prince”. The privilege image 835 is an image in which one or two of the three persons A to C are captured, and the combinations of the princes that are captured for each type are different. Further, as the privilege image 835, only an image including the selected character is randomly selected and given. For example, if the selected character is A Prince and the mission is 100% clear, images are arranged in the order of Prince A and Prince B from the left (indicated as “AB” in the figure), and in order of Prince B and Prince A from the left Image (indicated as “BA” in the figure), image from the left in the order of Prince A and Prince C (indicated in the figure as “AC”), image from the left in order of Prince C and Prince A (in the figure “ CA) and an image of A alone (indicated by “A only” in the figure), any one is randomly selected. In this case, the selection probability of the “A only” image is relatively lower than the selection probability of “AB”, “BA”, “AC”, and “CA” in order to give rarity to the “A only” image. Set to. When these five types of privilege images 835 are given, even if a prince other than the selected character “A Prince” is shown in the image, the voice of “A Prince” speaks about the photograph as a privilege voice. Is output. Here, the specification that the voice to be reproduced at the time of grant as the bonus voice may be only a part of the bonus voice that is actually given. As shown in FIG. 21, since the user cannot perform graffiti while the privilege image and the privilege voice are given, the longer the time for which the privilege voice is reproduced, the shorter the time for which the doodle can be performed. Moreover, it is because only a part of the privilege voice is played back, and the continuation thereof can be played back by accessing the image acquisition site. In particular, a user who wants to listen to all of the privilege voice is an opportunity to access the image acquisition site.

  Similarly, when the selected character is B Prince, only the image of B is taken as a privilege object, and any one of five types “AB”, “BA”, “BC”, “CB”, and “B” is randomly selected. . Even when these five types of privilege images 835 are given, even if a prince other than “B Prince”, which is the selected character, is shown in the image, the voice of “B Prince” speaks of the photograph as a privilege voice. Is output. Similarly, when the selected character is Prince C, only the image in which C is shown is targeted, and one of five types of “AC”, “CA”, “BC”, “CB”, and “C” is randomly selected. . Even when these five types of privilege images 835 are given, even if a prince other than the selected character “C Prince” is reflected in the image, a narration voice that speaks about the photograph with the voice of “C Prince” as the privilege voice Is output. As described above, the privilege sound for two people is associated with the privilege image in which two princes are photographed, and the privilege sound for one person is associated with the privilege image in which only one prince is photographed. In such a correspondence relationship, the privilege image and the privilege sound are stored in advance in the data storage unit 150, and the same data is also stored in the management server 300 in advance. In addition, when using a voice whose content reads the user's name as the privilege voice, a voice that reads the user's name is generated in both the game shooting device 100 and the management server 300. In the management server 300, the narration voices for the two princes are stored in association with the privilege image showing the two princes, and the narration voice corresponding to the user's selected character is reproduced. .

  FIG. 23 shows an example of a selection screen for selecting a printing image to be printed on sticker paper. Tabs 910 (four types of first tab 910a, second tab 910b, third tab 910c, and fourth tab 910d) are displayed at the top of the selection screen, and depending on the selection of this tab 910, FIG. One of (d) is displayed. In the case of the first tab 910a and the second tab 910b, the selection screen is divided into a pair of left and right areas so that two users can select printing images in parallel. A printing image display area 912 is arranged below each area. In the print image display area 912, a plurality of print images are displayed for each tab. Each of the plurality of printing images is obtained by arranging a plurality of edited images (grafted photographed images) generated by correction and editing on the sheet design image. A photographed image that has not been edited can also be arranged according to the sheet design image. For example, the pre-edited and post-edited captured images may be mixed, such that the up-captured image uses a doodled image and the whole-body captured image uses a pre-grafted captured image. The plurality of print images in the same tab 910 have different edited image layouts. Various layouts are available for the edited image layout, from those that can be easily shared by two people to those that can be easily shared by a large number of people. In addition, the sheet design images in a plurality of printing images in the same tab 910 have different designs. When the user selects any one of the tabs 910 and selects any one of the plurality of print images displayed in the print image display area 912 of the tab 910 being selected, the selected print image Is displayed in the preview area 914. When an “OK” button 916 is touched, the print image displayed in the preview area 914 is determined to be printed.

  Here, only when “Prince Course” is selected, in the print image display area 912 of the first tab 910a, the lower left image frame becomes the first specific frame 917a and is not displayed in “Normal Course”. The print layout of the sheet design dedicated to “Prince Course” is displayed. The sheet design includes an image of the selected character as a background. Further, the image frame on the right side of the first specific frame 917a (lower center in the print image display area 912 of the first tab 910a) can be the second specific frame 917b. However, the second specific frame 917b appears only on the side of the user who has completed 100% of the mission in the favorable game. In the example of the figure, the second specific frame 917b is displayed because the left user has cleared the mission 100%, whereas the second specific frame 917b is not displayed because the right user has not cleared the mission. Is illustrated. Similarly to the first specific frame 917a, the second specific frame 917b displays a print layout of a sheet design dedicated to “Prince course” that is not displayed in the “normal course”, and a privilege image 835 is included in the print layout. Is arranged.

  FIG. 24 schematically shows an example of an image for printing. FIG. 24A shows five images of a first image 851a, a second image 851b, a third image 851c, a fourth image 851d, and a fifth image 851e as a print layout, and a logo with “Logo” written in the lower right. Region 852 is included. In the “Logo” area, a logo such as the model name of the shooting apparatus 100 for play is displayed. The print layout of FIG. 24A is used when a “normal course” is selected or a user who has selected “Prince course” but failed to clear 100% of the mission of a good game.

  FIG. 24B includes five images of a first image 851a, a second image 851b, a third image 851c, a fourth image 851d, and a fifth image 851e as a print layout, and a privilege image area 853 at the lower right. A privilege image 835 is displayed in the privilege image area 853. The print layout of FIG. 24B is used by a user who selects “Prince Course” and who has successfully completed 100% of the good game mission.

  FIG. 25 schematically shows a screen example of a screen for selecting an image for transmission. On the transmission image selection screen 860, five images (a first image 861a, a second image 861b, a third image 861c, a fourth image 861d, and a fifth image 861e) are arranged, and a privilege image 862 is displayed on the lower right. Is placed. The user can select one image from the first image 861a, the second image 861b, the third image 861c, the fourth image 861d, and the fifth image 861e that can be transmitted to and stored in his / her mobile terminal. On the other hand, since the privilege image 862 is an image that is surely sent to the user without being selected, it is not included in the selection by the user on the transmission image selection screen 860. When the determination button 863 is touched in a state where any image is selected, the selection of the image to be transmitted is confirmed.

  FIG. 26 is a diagram schematically illustrating an example of a screen displayed on the editing monitor 213 when a user's mail address is input. The mail address input screen 870 in FIG. 26A is composed of a left input area 871 and a right input area 872, and the user standing on the left side of the screen touches the button displayed in the left input area 871 and Enter your email address. The user standing on the right side of the screen touches a button displayed in the right input area 872 and inputs his / her mail address. This screen allows up to two users to enter their e-mail addresses at the same time. If there are more than three users, the e-mail address input screen 870 is repeatedly displayed and the e-mail address is entered only if the remaining time is left. Let The e-mail address and edited image input on the e-mail address input screen 870 are transmitted to the management server 300 as play information. A notification mail in which the content access information is described will be sent later to the mail address entered here.

  Here, when keys such as alphabets are displayed on the mail address input screen 870, the number of keys is large, so that each key is small, and the character notation written on the key when the user touches the key with a touch pen. Disappears behind the touch pen. If the character notation cannot be seen, it becomes difficult for the user to understand which key is touched at the moment of touching with the touch pen, which may cause an erroneous input. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 26B, at the moment when the key 880a is touched with the touch pen, the extended display 881a is displayed in the vicinity of the key 880a such as the position outside the key 880a, such as the upper part of the key. Since the character input by the key is written on the extended display 881a, even if the key 880a itself is hidden behind the touch pen, the user can see which character key is currently touching by looking at the extended display 881a. It can be easily grasped, and even if you make a mistake, it becomes easy to notice immediately. Also, if you notice the incorrect input by looking at the character notation on the extended display 881a, the character will not be input unless the touch pen is released from the key 880a. When the touch pen is moved to 880b and the touch pen is released from the screen on the correct key 880b, the character is input. At this time, when the touch pen moves away from the key 880a, the extended display 881a is erased. If the pen tip is placed on another key 880b while keeping the touch pen from being released from the screen, an extended display 881b corresponding to the key 880b is located near the key 880b where the pen tip is placed. Is displayed.

  FIG. 27 schematically shows the contents of a printed sticker sheet and a notification mail. As shown in FIG. 27A, a privileged image is printed on the printed sticker sheet 920 together with the first image 851a to the fifth image 851e. At the end of the printed sticker sheet 920, the URL of the top page of the image acquisition site is described as the site URL 921, and the image ID 922 is described. The user accesses the top page of the image acquisition site on the basis of the site URL 921 and inputs the image ID 922, so that his / her photographed image can be downloaded. Accordingly, even if the user does not input his / her mail address on the mail address input screen 870 in FIG. 24, his / her photographed image can be downloaded from the image acquisition site.

  In addition to the site URL 921 and the image ID 922, the printed sticker sheet 920 may further describe shooting date / time information, the name of the store, the model name, the shooting course name, and the like. Instead of the URL of the image acquisition site, a mail address that is a destination of a so-called blank mail may be written on the printed sticker sheet 920. In that case, when the user sends an e-mail to the e-mail address with the subject line and body being blank, a notification e-mail describing the link URL of the image acquisition site is sent to the e-mail address. However, unlike the notification mail 930 in FIG. 27B, the URL described in the notification mail in this case does not include the image ID in the URL, so it is necessary to manually input the image ID at the image acquisition site. There is.

  FIG. 27B shows the contents of the notification mail 930. Content access information 931 is described in the mail body, and an image ID 932 and an encoded mail address 933 are included as parameters of the URL. The user who has received the notification mail 930 can access the captured image page of the image acquisition site simply by clicking the link portion of the content access information 931. Here, the content of the notification mail 930 is the content that is sent from the selected character when the Prince course is selected. For example, the name of the selected character is written to the sender, and the text is also a tone that makes the selected character speak to the user. This content is generated based on information such as the name of the user, the type of the selected character, and game result information included in the play information transmitted to the management server 300.

  FIG. 28 is a flowchart showing the processing steps among the shooting device for play 100, the management server 300, and the terminal device 500. First, processing from shooting to printing is executed in the game shooting device 100 (S200), and the game shooting device 100 obtains an e-mail address input by the user during the printing process (S202). Play information in which incidental information including information such as an ID, an e-mail address, a name, and a privilege ID is associated with a photographed image group is generated and transmitted to the management server 300 (S204). When printing is finished, the sticker paper is discharged (S206).

  The management server 300 receives the play information transmitted from the game photographing apparatus 100 in S204 (S208), stores the photographed image group included in the play information in the temporary image storage unit 313, and the image included in the play information. Correspondence with accompanying information such as ID and mail address is set (S210). The management server 300 generates content access information based on information such as the storage location of the photographed image group, the image ID, and the mail address, generates a notification mail describing the generated content access information, and includes the received play information in the received play information. It is transmitted to the included mail address (S212). The management server 300 checks whether or not the email address included in the received play information is registered as member information, and if the member information of the matching email address can be specified (Y in S216), the member information In the play information, the privilege ID associated with the e-mail address is registered in association (S218), and if the member information cannot be specified, S218 is skipped (N in S216).

  The terminal device 500 of the user who is the destination of the notification mail receives the notification mail (S214), the terminal device 500 accesses the image acquisition site of the management server 300 based on the content access information described in the notification mail, and logs in When the login request based on the information (email address and password) and the page display request for the photographed image group based on the image ID are transmitted (S220), the management server 300 determines whether to permit login and page display based on the login information and the image ID. Determination is made (S222). Here, the member information of the user is specified from the login information transmitted from the portable terminal 500 in S220 (S223), and the privilege ID associated with the same image ID as the image ID transmitted from the terminal device 500 in S220 is selected. The temporary image storage unit 313 is searched (S224). When the privilege ID is not registered in the identified member information (Y in S224), the privilege ID is registered in the member information storage unit 311 in association with the identified member information (S225). If the privilege ID has already been registered, that is, if the privilege ID has already been registered in the member information in S216 or the like, S225 is skipped (N in S224). Based on the determination result of access permission in S222, a privileged image corresponding to the privilege ID associated with the captured image group corresponding to the image ID requested to be displayed or the image ID for the user permitted to access, A page including the privilege voice is generated and transmitted to the terminal device 500 (S226). For a user whose access is not permitted, a page indicating that the access is not permitted is generated and transmitted to the terminal device 500 (S226). The terminal device 500 displays the page transmitted in S226 on the screen (S227). Note that the processing order of S224 and S225 is assumed to be before S226 for the sake of convenience, but may be executed after S226. Similarly, the processing order of S216 and S218 is also after S212, but may be executed before S212. As described above, according to S216 and S218, if the e-mail address input in the game shooting device 100 and the e-mail address used for member registration are the same, each time a privilege is given in a favorable game, it is automatically performed. The privilege ID is registered in the member information of the user. In addition, according to S224 and S225, the image acquisition of the management server 300 can be performed even for a user whose e-mail address input in the shooting device for play 100 is different from the e-mail address used for membership registration, or is used properly with different e-mail addresses. Each time the user logs in to the site and transmits an image ID, the privilege ID is registered in the member information of the user. In this way, the privilege IDs acquired by the user are accumulated as a collection in the member information of the predetermined user (member) and increase, and the user accesses, displays, and reproduces among all types prepared as privileges. You will be able to increase the number of possible types.

  FIG. 29 schematically shows a screen example of the image acquisition site. When an image acquisition site based on the URL described in the notification mail 930 in FIG. 27B is accessed, it is determined whether or not the mail address included in the URL is a registered mail address. If logged in, the image list page 890 page is displayed. If the user is registered and not logged in, the login page 902 opens. When the user logs in by entering an email address and password, the image list page 890 is displayed. If you have not registered as a member, log in after registering as a new member and move to the image list page 890 page. In addition, the login page 902 may prompt a user to register a new member of an unregistered user by displaying a thumbnail of the user's image below to show the merit of login or new registration.

  In the image list page 890, if the user has acquired a privilege (if a privilege ID is registered in the user's member information), a privilege image 891 (stored in the privilege storage unit 315) given to the user. A privilege image corresponding to the privilege ID). When the user touches and selects the privilege image 891, the screen is switched to an enlarged display screen 894. On the enlarged display screen 894, the privilege image 891 selected by the user on the image list page 890 is enlarged and displayed as an enlarged privilege image 893, and a voice button 895 is displayed below it, and the user touches the voice button 895. The narration voice of the selected character (the narration voice corresponding to the privilege ID) is output. This narration voice is the same voice as the narration voice reproduced when a privilege is given to the user in the likability game. As a result, the user can hear the narration voice and clearly remember the scene in which the reward was received from the selected character in the favorable game. In addition, for example, when a narration voice including the user's name is played when a privilege is given in the likability game, the management server 300 also uses the same narration voice based on the user's name included in the play information. To reproduce the privilege granting scene. Also, for example, if the shooting date and time information included in the play information indicates today, a voice saying "Thank you for today" is output, and if the shooting date and time indicates yesterday, a voice saying "Thank you for yesterday" is output. Different voices may be selected based on the time information. For example, the language of the narration voice may be selected based on the position information included in the play information.

  In this state, when the user touches and presses the enlarged privilege image 893, the enlarged privilege image 893 can be stored in the terminal device 500 of the user. When the user touches the backward button 897, the image enlarged and displayed as the enlarged privilege image 893 is switched to the previous image on the image list page 890. When the user touches the progress button 898, the image enlarged and displayed as the enlarged privilege image 893 is switched to the next image on the image list page 890. When the image to be enlarged is switched from the privilege image to another image, that is, an image of the user himself / herself, the voice button 895 is not displayed since the voice of the privilege is not supported. Is displayed. When the user touches the “Doodle Graffiti” button, it is possible to switch between the photo before graffiti and the photo after graffiti. When the user touches a page move button 896 written “Prince Room”, the screen is switched to the privilege storage page screen 900.

  The privilege storage page screen 900 is a page for storing the privilege images acquired by the user, and the acquired privilege images are classified and stored for each prince character. In the example of the figure, with the “A Prince” tab selected, the bonus images of “A Prince” that have already been acquired are displayed in the bonus display frame 901 and are also prepared as “A Prince” bonus images. For the unacquired ones, only the image frame is displayed together with the “?” Mark, and the privilege image is not displayed. The “?” Mark indicating unacquired is reduced by newly acquiring a privilege and increasing the collection. An audio playback button is displayed near the image frame, and the audio associated with the privilege image can be streamed. This narration voice is also the same voice as the narration voice played in the privilege granting scene in the favorable game, and the user can hear the narration voice and clearly remember the scene where the reward was received from the selected character it can. Moreover, you may produce | generate the narration audio | voice of the content containing the user's name based on the user's name contained in play information. In addition, for example, the voice associated with the unacquired privilege image is a narration of content that informs the user that the privilege image can be acquired if the achievement condition is satisfied in the favorable game when the next play is played and the user is prompted to acquire the privilege. Voice may be used. In this way, the user can be made aware of the existence and number of types of unacquired privilege images, and the user's desire to collect can be stimulated. The privilege storage page screen 900 not only allows the user to grasp the number of types of prince characters, but also allows the user to grasp the presence of unpublished characters scheduled to be announced at a later date. Even if many of the privilege images of the character have been collected, it is possible to prevent the user from getting bored by adding a new type. Also, the percentage of bonus images acquired by the user with respect to the total number of bonus images, that is, a so-called complete rate is displayed on the bonus storage page screen 900, and the achievement rate of the game of collecting bonus images of all types is shown to the user. You can keep track of it and not get bored. In the above description, “Prince A” has been described as an example. However, when viewing a privilege image or playing a corresponding narration voice for other prince characters “Prince B” or “Prince C”, the user can The same operation as the prince example may be performed.

  FIG. 30 schematically shows a screen example when moving from the top page of the image acquisition site to the privilege storage page. A user who has not received the notification mail or a user who wants to access from the top page such as bookmarking the URL of the image acquisition site in the browser can access the privilege image in the process as shown in the figure. First, when the user accesses the top page URL of the image acquisition site with the terminal device 500, an image ID input field is displayed. If not logged in, a new member registration button and a login button are displayed as shown in the figure. Is done. If you are a paid member or free member registered user, log in by entering your email address and password, and if you are not a registered member, log in by registering a new member, and link to the model-specific page Click to move to the model-specific page 903. Also, when an image ID is entered on the login page 902, the screen moves to the image list page 890 of FIG. If an image ID is entered without logging in, new member registration or login is prompted.

  When a link button 904 to a prince room (privilege storage page) written as “room” in the menu of the model dedicated page 903 is touched, the privilege storage page is opened. The privilege storage page screen 900 is the same as the privilege storage page screen 900 of FIG. When the play information is transmitted to the management server 300 and associated with the image ID or mail address and stored in the temporary image storage unit 313, the mail address that matches the mail address is used as member information in the member information storage unit 311. If the registration is verified, the privilege ID corresponding to the mail address is also registered in the member information storage unit 311. Therefore, even in the example of FIG. 30 after the user logs in, the privilege ID already acquired from the privilege image of “A Prince” with the “A Prince” tab selected is extracted from the information in the member information storage unit 311. Then, the privilege image is displayed in the privilege display frame 901. When the user touches the privilege display frame 901, the screen is switched to an enlarged display screen 894. On the enlarged display screen 894, the image of the privilege display frame 901 touched by the user on the privilege storage page screen 900 is enlarged and displayed as an enlarged privilege image 893. Below that, a voice button 895 is displayed. When the user touches the voice button 895, the narration voice of the selected character is output. In this state, when the user touches and presses the enlarged privilege image 893, the enlarged privilege image 893 can be stored in the terminal device 500 of the user. When the user touches the back button 897, the image enlarged and displayed as the enlarged privilege image 893 is switched to the previous privilege image on the privilege storage page screen 900. When the user touches the progress button 898, the image enlarged and displayed as the enlarged privilege image 893 is switched to the next privilege image on the privilege storage page screen 900. When the user touches a page movement button 896 written as “Prince Room”, the user returns to the privilege storage page screen 900.

  Heretofore, the photography system 600 according to the embodiment of the present invention has been described. The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

  In the above embodiment, the favorable game is a game that gives a user a mission in the form of operation commands for various functions in the editing process. In a modified example, it may be realized as a game that gives a command or a problem in shooting processing instead of an editing function. For example, a suitable shooting condition may be set as a mission so that a more preferable shot image that can be easily corrected and edited can be obtained. Specifically, if the user stands in front of or behind the ideal standing position, the user's face is not well illuminated and the image quality deteriorates. Therefore, the user's standing position may be estimated from the size of the face shown in the image, and it may be determined that the clear condition has been achieved when it is determined that the standing position is within a predetermined range.

  In the above-described embodiment, the specification has been described in which the user inputs a mail address while waiting for printing at the end of play, that is, the image for printing is determined. In a modification, it is good also as a specification which makes a user input a mail address in the stage of a preset, or makes a user's identification information input via communication with the terminal device 500. FIG. In that case, the presence / absence of member registration of the user and the shooting history, in particular, the play history and privilege acquisition history of the model can be inquired to the management server 300 and specified at the pre-setting stage. In this case, based on such play history or privilege acquisition history, the privilege acquisition difficulty level is adjusted, or privileges already acquired by the user are excluded by excluding the privileges already acquired. It is good also as a specification to do.

  In the above embodiment, a configuration has been described in which a privilege is either granted or not given depending on whether or not all achievement conditions in a favorable game are satisfied. In the modified example, not only whether or not the condition for granting the privilege is satisfied, but also on the premise that a plurality of grades are given, the grade of the privilege to be given according to the grade may be different. For example, according to the results of the favorable game, the grades such as the type of privilege image, the content of the privilege voice, the text of the notification mail, and the like are different. Since the results of the favorable game are included in the play information as game result information and transmitted from the game shooting device 100 to the management server 300, the management server 300 can also determine the type of privilege to be displayed or reproduced by the user. You can control the contents of the notification mail.

  In the above embodiment, an example has been described in which whether or not a specific user (member) can access a privilege image or a privilege sound by using the privilege ID has been described. In the modification, the same function may be realized without using the privilege ID. For example, it is realized by including a privileged image and privileged audio in the captured image group and transmitting them from the game shooting device 100 to the management server 300, and treating the privileged image and privileged audio as part of the captured image group and providing them to the portable terminal 500. it can.

  100 gaming device, 132 imaging unit, 133 image acquisition unit, 135 display control unit, 143 editing processing unit, 144 evaluation processing unit, 200 network, 300 management server.

Claims (8)

An image generation apparatus that provides an image generation game to a user; and a service providing apparatus that is communicatively connected to the image generation apparatus via a network and provides an information presentation service accompanying the image generation game to the user. Service providing system,
The image generation device includes:
Means for obtaining privilege information for granting a privilege including at least sound according to a condition achieved during execution of the image generation game;
Means for generating a processed image based on the photographed image;
Means for transmitting the privilege information that can be specified by identification information and the processed image to the service providing device;
Have
The service providing apparatus includes:
Means for storing the privilege information and the processed image transmitted from the image generation device in association with identification information;
When the identification information transmitted from the predetermined information presentation function in the information terminal of the user is received, at least of the privilege information corresponding to the received identification information and the predetermined information presentation service corresponding to the privilege information Means for providing either to the information presentation function in the information terminal;
A service providing system comprising: The image generation device further includes means for setting one of a plurality of types of characters based on a user operation as a character for guiding the progress of the image generation game on the screen,
The service providing system according to claim 1, wherein the means for obtaining the privilege information obtains the privilege information according to a character type set by the setting means. The image generation apparatus further includes means for acquiring destination information that is a transmission destination of a message to a user,
The means for transmitting transmits the destination information to the service providing apparatus,
3. The information providing service according to claim 2, wherein the providing means transmits information including at least the message corresponding to the character set by the setting means as the information presentation service based on the destination information. Service provision system.   When the image generation game is being executed by a plurality of users in one image generation device, the means for obtaining the privilege information determines whether or not the condition has been achieved for each user, and provides individual privilege information for each user. The service providing system according to claim 1, wherein:   When the providing means receives the identification information transmitted from the predetermined information presentation function in the user's information terminal, the privilege information corresponding to the identification information and the predetermined information presentation corresponding to the privilege information 2. At least one of services is provided to the information presentation function in the information terminal, and the processed image corresponding to the identification information is provided to the information presentation function in the information terminal. 4. The service providing system according to any one of 4 above. Executed in an image generation device that provides an image generation game to a user, and a service providing device that is connected to the image generation device via a network so as to be communicable and provides an information presentation service accompanying the image generation game to the user Service providing method, comprising:
A step of generating a processed image based on the photographed image in the image generating device;
Obtaining privilege information for granting a privilege including at least sound according to a condition achieved during execution of the image generation game;
Transmitting the privilege information that can be specified by identification information and the processed image to the service providing device via a network;
In the service providing device, receiving the privilege information and the processed image transmitted from the image generating device via a network;
Storing the privilege information and the processed image in association with identification information;
Receiving the identification information transmitted from the predetermined information presentation function in the information terminal of the user via the network;
Reading the privilege information corresponding to the received identification information;
Transmitting at least one of the privilege information corresponding to the received identification information and a predetermined information presentation service corresponding to the privilege information to the information presentation function in the information terminal via a network;
A service providing method comprising the steps of: An image generation apparatus that is connected to a service providing apparatus that provides a user with an information presentation service that accompanies an image generation game via a network, and that provides the image generation game to the user,
Means for obtaining privilege information for granting a privilege including at least sound according to a condition achieved during execution of the image generation game;
Means for generating a processed image based on the photographed image;
The service provision that provides the information terminal with at least one of the privilege information corresponding to the identification information and a predetermined information presentation service corresponding to the privilege information when the identification information is received from the information terminal of the user Means for transmitting the privilege information and the processed image that can be specified by identification information to the device;
An image generation apparatus comprising: A service providing device that is connected to an image generation device that provides an image generation game to a user so as to be communicable via a network and provides an information presentation service accompanying the image generation game to the user,
The privilege information that can be specified by identification information by generating privileged information for generating a processed image based on a photographed image and granting a privilege including at least sound according to a condition achieved during execution of the image generation game And means for transmitting the processed image to the service providing device, receiving the privilege information and the processed image from the image generating device,
Means for storing the received privilege information and the processed image in association with identification information;
When the identification information transmitted from the predetermined information presentation function in the information terminal of the user is received, at least one of the privilege information corresponding to the identification information and the predetermined information presentation service corresponding to the privilege information Providing the information presentation function in the information terminal;
A service providing apparatus comprising:

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