JP6254400B2 - Photo sticker dispensing device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention shoots a player by a still image shooting means as a shooting play in a shooting booth provided in the apparatus housing, and plays a game by a still image shooting means by a display means as an editing play in an editing booth provided in the apparatus housing. The present invention relates to a photographic sticker dispensing apparatus that displays a still image of a person and combines an edited image according to an editing input operation by an input unit with respect to the still image displayed on a display unit, and a control method thereof.

  Conventionally, this type of photo sticker dispensing device called a photo booth is operated by computer control, and when a player inserts a coin of a predetermined price, a time-limited game is started and the shooting play stored in the storage means is started. Then, the edit play program is executed in order.

  In shooting play, a player (one person or a plurality of friends, etc.) posing in front of a shooting camera such as a digital camera is shot as a subject, and by this shooting, a color photograph of the subject is taken. Is obtained, the edit play is performed at a place different from the place where the shooting play is performed (booth).

  In this editing play, the photographed image obtained in the shooting play is edited by drawing input, stamping, sticker pasting, etc. by an editing input operation such as a touch pen, and the edited photograph formed by this editing is put on the sticker mount. It is printed and paid out, and the use efficiency is improved by executing the shooting play and the graffiti play in different booths provided at different positions of one housing. (See Patent Document 1).

Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2003-304474 (paragraphs 0002 to 0005, FIG. 16)

  By the way, coupled with recent advances in the functions of mobile terminals such as mobile phones, middle and high school students who use photo sticker dispensing devices most often exchange videos that were shot using a mobile terminal and taken using a communication network. However, the above-mentioned conventional photo sticker dispensing device can only shoot and print still images, and has no function to shoot movies, so use the photo sticker dispensing device to shoot videos. I can not enjoy the game. Therefore, it is conceivable to simply divert the video shooting function of the mobile terminal to the photo sticker dispensing device, but in what manner the video shooting service is provided as a game form unique to the photo sticker dispensing device as a gaming machine Is a problem.

  The present invention can provide a video shooting play as a game form unique to the photo sticker payout device, and can combine a handwritten foreground or the like with a video shot in a predetermined shooting scene to give a unique message that a player emits. In this way, it is an object to improve the playability of the photo sticker dispensing device.

In order to achieve the above-described object, the photo sticker dispensing device according to the present invention shoots a player with a still image shooting means as a shooting play in a shooting booth provided in the device housing, and edits provided in the device housing. As an edit play in the booth, a player's still image is displayed by the display means on the display means, and an edit image corresponding to the edit input operation by the input means for the still image displayed on the display means is displayed by the combining means. In the photo sticker dispensing device to be combined, setting means for setting a moving image shooting play as a special shooting in the shooting play based on a predetermined operation by a player, and a plurality of types are prepared in advance for moving image shooting in the moving image shooting play. Selection means for selecting a desired shooting scene from a selected shooting scene by a player's selection operation, and the plurality of types Shooting condition holding means for holding a selection freely selectable by a player's selection operation from a plurality of candidates of background, BGM, and illumination as shooting conditions for each shooting scene, and the shooting conditions for each of the plurality of types of shooting scenes Foreground holding means for holding a desired set foreground among a plurality of types of set foregrounds including moving pictures and moving characters that are set in advance in a moving image and selectable by a player's selection operation, and holding the shooting conditions The shooting including a combination of the desired background, BGM, and lighting selected based on a player's selection operation for the shooting scene selected by the selection unit from the plurality of candidates held by the unit. and video imaging means for forming a video with plot by shooting only photographing time of defining the player under the condition, the moving image capturing means Based on a read instruction from the terminal owned by the player and a moving picture storage means for storing the video of each player taken by the player, the player's moving picture is read from the moving picture storage means and output to the terminal. Output means, and control means for controlling the respective means, wherein the input means is a handwritten character or figure to be combined with the moving picture of the player photographed by the moving picture photographing means as the editing input operation of the player The handwriting foreground is allowed to be input, and the control means controls the display means to display the beginning of the shooting scene selected by the selection means and inform the player of the shooting scene, and the selection means Controlling the moving image shooting means to shoot a moving image of the player under the shooting conditions of the selected shooting scene, and controlling the moving image shooting means, the input means and the combining means; Then, the combining means combines the set foreground selected by the selection means and the handwritten foreground input by the input means with the combining means by the combining means to the moving image of the player photographed by the moving image photographing means. A composite video having a unique message property is generated, and the video storage means is controlled to identify the composite video of the player and can be downloaded based on a download command from a terminal owned by the player Are written in the moving image storage means (claim 1).

  In addition, a communication unit that accesses a predetermined server device having a moving image storage unit via a network and uploads the moving image for each player photographed by the moving image photographing unit so as to identify the player, The control means may control the communication means to upload and store the moving picture for each player shot by the moving picture shooting means to the moving picture storage means on the server device side (claim). Item 2).

In addition, a person correction item holding unit that holds a desired person correction item from a plurality of types of person correction items such as a player's eye size, skin color, and contour prepared in advance, The selection means selects a desired person correction item from the person correction item holding means by a player's selection operation, and the control means selects the person correction item selected by the selection means by the moving image shooting means. You may make it control the said synthetic | combination means to synthesize | combine with the said video image | photographed player's moving image (Claim 3 ).

Further, it comprises disguise item holding means for selectively holding a desired disguise item from a plurality of kinds of disguise items such as glasses, beards, and hats prepared in advance, and the selection means includes the above-described selection operation by a player's selection operation. The desired disguise item is selected from the disguise item holding means, and the control means combines the disguise item selected by the selection means with the moving image of the player photographed by the moving image photographing means. The means may be controlled (claim 4 ).

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a video shooting play is set based on a predetermined operation by a player, and the player is selected as a video shooting play at least in a shooting scene with a predetermined background, BGM, and lighting shooting conditions. A video with a story is created by shooting with the video shooting means for the specified shooting time, and the obtained video of the player can be identified and downloaded based on a download command from the terminal owned by the player Are written and stored in the moving image storage means. At this time, the player's terminal corresponds to a personal computer in addition to a mobile phone or a portable information terminal.

Therefore, a player creates a story-like video shot in a predetermined shooting scene, so that the player can receive daily greeting messages, congratulatory messages such as birthdays and marriages, and message messages to friends. A video with a unique message can be formed, and a player can download a video with a unique message to a self-owned terminal and distribute it to friends, etc. Photo sticker payout as a gaming machine As a game form unique to the device, unlike a video shot with a normal mobile terminal, it is possible for a player to easily obtain a video with a story taken in a predetermined shooting scene, which improves the game playability. The illustrated photo sticker dispensing device can be provided. In addition, as a shooting scene for moving image shooting in the moving image shooting play, it is possible to select from a plurality of types prepared in advance, and a plurality of backgrounds, BGMs, and illuminations as shooting conditions for each of the plurality of types of shooting scenes. Since it is possible to select freely from among the candidates, it is possible for players to create original synthesized videos with unique message characteristics and easily obtain them, and to further improve the playability of the photo sticker dispensing device can do. Further, the player selects a desired set foreground from a plurality of types of set foregrounds including moving pictures and moving characters held in the foreground holding means, and sets the selected set foreground and videos for each type of shooting scene. Since it is possible to form a composite video that combines handwritten foregrounds of handwritten characters and figures, it is possible to obtain a variety of composite videos that are even more original. In addition, in order to display the beginning of the shooting scene selected by the selection means on the display means and notify the player of the shooting scene, the player can be notified in advance of what shooting scene the video shooting will be performed. it can.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, the control means uploads and stores the moving picture of each player shot by the moving picture shooting means to the moving picture storage means on the server device side by the communication means. Can download a video with a unique message created by him / herself to his / her own mobile terminal even if he / she is away from the photo sticker dispenser, further expanding the game form of the photo sticker dispenser as a gaming machine Can be spread.

According to the invention of claim 3 , the player can select a desired person correction item from a plurality of types of person correction items such as eye size, skin color, and contour held in the person correction item holding means. Can be combined with the moving image shot by the moving image shooting means, so that the player can enjoy simple editing of the moving image according to his / her preference, and can obtain a more original combined moving image.

According to the invention of claim 4 , the player selects a desired disguise item from among a plurality of disguise items such as glasses, beards, and hats held by the disguise item holding means, and the moving image photographing means Therefore, the player can easily enjoy various video editing, and can obtain a synthesized video that is more original.

1 is an external perspective view of an embodiment of a photographic sticker dispensing apparatus according to the present invention. It is a block diagram of FIG. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing of the video recording of one Embodiment. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing of the video recording of one Embodiment. It is a flowchart for operation | movement description in the reception booth of FIG. It is a flowchart for operation | movement description in the imaging | photography booth of FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of moving image shooting in FIG. 2. It is a flowchart for operation | movement description in the editing booth of FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining operations in the printing booth of FIG. 2.

  One embodiment of a photographic sticker dispensing apparatus according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.

(Constitution)
First, the configuration of the photo sticker dispensing apparatus 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the photograph sticker dispensing apparatus 1 includes a shooting booth 3a for performing shooting play, two editing booths 3b arranged for face-to-face editing, a reception booth 3c, and a printing booth 3d. ing.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the photographing booth 3a is formed in the apparatus main body 2 by a partition member such as a curtain. In this photographing booth 3a, the still image photographing means and the moving picture photographing means in the present invention such as a color CCD video camera are placed at an appropriate height in front of the user (player) entering the booth 3a. A corresponding camera 5 (see FIG. 2) is provided, and a photographing touch panel 7 (see FIG. 2) such as a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel is provided below the camera 5, and a photographing monitor image of the camera 5 and photographing are taken. Various operation buttons are displayed on the screen.

  Further, in the photographing booth 3a, in addition to a fluorescent lamp, an illumination unit 8 (see FIG. 2) including an upper strobe and a lower strobe for illuminating the user from above and below, photographing procedure guidance, BGM output, and the like are performed. In addition to being provided with a speaker 9 (see FIG. 2) and a curtain 10 for background at the time of shooting, in this shooting booth 3a, a normal shooting play for shooting still images can be performed, According to the player's selection, a moving image shooting play can be performed in which a moving image is shot as a special shooting.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the two editing booths 3 b are outwardly T-shaped on one side wall of the apparatus main body 2 by a curtain (not shown) attached to a rail member 4 protruding in a U-shape. It is formed on both sides of the projecting portion 2a so as to cover the projecting portion 2a projecting to the two, so that two sets of users (players) can perform editing play in parallel.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the editing booth 3b is provided with an editing touch panel 12 ("display means" in the present invention) for displaying a photographed image to be edited, for example, on a table with an appropriate height. The editing touch panel 12 has a touch pen 13 ("input means" in the present invention) for editing input operation on the left side of the editing touch panel 12, and a pair of editing guides for editing procedure, BGM output, and the like on the left and right sides of the editing touch panel 12. A speaker 14 is provided. The editing touch panel 12 employs a cathode ray tube type, liquid crystal display, and rear projection type screen display panel in addition to the LCD panel as with the photographing touch panel 7 so that the operation position of the touch pen 13 is detected by the digitizer. As the digitizer, various methods such as an infrared method and a capacitive coupling method are conceivable. However, in this embodiment, the digitizer is transparent to visible light and can be used in combination with the touch pen 13. Any method can be used as long as it can identify a plurality of inputs.

  In FIG. 1, only the appearance of one editing booth 3b is shown, but the appearance configuration of the editing booth 3b on the opposite side of the projecting portion 2a is the same as that shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the reception booth 3c is a side wall different from the formation wall of the editing booth 3b of the apparatus main body 2, and is formed in the vicinity of the entrance of the photographing booth 3a. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the reception booth 3c includes a predetermined demonstration movie (demonstration movie) and advertisement, as well as a reception monitor 17 for displaying the occupation status of the shooting booth 3a, and the entire game. A speaker 18 for outputting guidance on the method and the like is provided, and a coin insertion slot 19 for inserting coins of a predetermined game fee (for example, 300 yen) is disposed in the vicinity of the reception monitor 17.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the printing booth 3d is formed on the outer surface of the protruding portion 2a in which both editing booths 3b are formed. Further, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the print booth 3d is provided with a print touch panel 21 that displays an image to be printed, a message to the user, and the like, and a speaker 22 that performs printing procedure guidance, BGM output, and the like. Is provided, and a full-color printer 23 (“printing means” in the present invention) for printing a photograph on a photo sticker mount is provided. The print touch panel 21 is configured in the same manner as the photographing touch panel 7 and the edit touch panel 12 described above.

  And each part of each booth 3a-3d operate | moves by what is called microcomputer control of the controller part 100. FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the controller unit 100 includes a CPU 101 that is a control unit that executes a preset game program, and a reception program for reception before photographing, which is executed by the CPU 101, Holds a shooting program for shooting images, a shooting program for shooting movies, an editing program for various editing, a printing program for printing still images, and various items for editing described later A plurality of players who have a ROM 102 and a non-volatile memory such as a flash memory that holds necessary image data in a rewritable manner, and a memory unit 102 that includes a RAM that temporarily stores various data and edits still images by editing play. The composite video data for each of the multiple players who edited the video with each edited image and edit play. Is stored in a large-capacity storage unit 103 such as a hard disk device (HDD) that can be called by identifying the player and can be transferred (including download) to a predetermined external storage device. Means "), and a timer 104 for measuring the play time in each of photographing, editing, and printing, and the game time of the whole game in which these play times are totaled. Here, the game time of the entire game is constant, and a predetermined time is allocated for each play of shooting, editing, and printing for still image shooting and moving image shooting.

  For example, in addition to a portable terminal such as a mobile phone or a portable information terminal held by a player, a database (“moving image storage means” in the present invention) of an accessible server device (not shown) on the WEB, a player Storage data of the large-capacity storage unit 103 can be output to an external storage device such as an SD card or a USB memory brought by the user, and communication control to be described later for a database of a portable terminal or a server device And communication means, the stored data is uploaded via a communication network such as the Internet or by infrared communication, and downloaded to the terminal based on a download command from the player's terminal, and is stored in an SD card or USB memory. Are connected directly to the dedicated connection of the mass storage unit 103, Data is transferred.

  Furthermore, the controller unit 100 includes a coin detection unit 105 that detects the insertion of a predetermined game fee (300 yen) into the coin insertion slot 19 of the reception booth 3c, and each part of the reception booth 3c by executing a program of the CPU 101. A reception processing unit 107 that controls the image processing unit 108 that controls each unit of the imaging booth 3a, an editing processing unit 109 that controls each unit of the editing booth 3b, and a print processing unit 110 that controls each unit of the printing booth 3d. By connecting a portable terminal such as a mobile phone or a portable information terminal held by a player via a communication network such as the Internet and the controller unit 100, edited images of a large number of players stored in the large-capacity storage unit 103, Selected data from the composite video data is stored in the database of the specified mobile terminal or server device. And a communication control unit 111 and the communication unit 112 transfers the force.

  Here, as will be described in detail later, the CPU 101 and the shooting process are performed at the predetermined shooting time allocated on the condition that the coin detection unit 105 detects the coin insertion of the predetermined game fee into the coin insertion slot 19. “Perspective shooting” / still image that performs still image shooting with a sense of perspective as a special shooting following a still image shooting play for shooting a prescribed number of still images by each unit of the shooting booth 3a based on the control of the unit 108 In addition to “collage shooting” for collage processing, one of “video shooting” for shooting a player's video can be selected, and these selections are made by selecting a selection screen displayed on the shooting touch panel 7. Can be selected by touching. When moving image shooting is selected, the shooting processing unit 108 sets the moving image shooting play so that the CPU 101 executes the moving image shooting program. Thus, the setting of the moving image shooting play by the CPU 101 based on the touch operation of the shooting touch panel 7 corresponds to the setting means in the present invention.

  When the video shooting play is set based on the player's operation, the CPU 101 controls the camera 5 and only the prescribed video shooting time (for example, a maximum of 10 seconds) of the shooting time allocated to the shooting play. The player is photographed in a photographing scene (for example, a greeting scene) under preset default background, BGM, and lighting photographing conditions, and a story-like moving image such as a greeting scene for a friend is formed, for example. Controls the shooting processing unit 108, and the video of the player is transferred to and displayed on the editing processing unit 109 of the editing booth 3b, and the editing processing unit 109 is controlled by the CPU 101 to watch the video displayed on the editing touch panel 12. For example, “Hi, ** Chan !!!! Let ’s go play together with the touch pen 13 etc. When a handwritten foreground such as a handwritten character or a figure such as “!” Is written in a moving image, the editing processing unit 109 combines the handwritten foreground written in the moving image of the player and has a message property that the player emits. A composite video is formed.

  At this time, multiple types of shooting scenes are prepared. For example, in addition to the default greeting scene, a party invitation scene, a birthday celebration scene, a wedding celebration scene, an entrance celebration scene, a graduation celebration scene, a message scene for friends, etc. A large number of images are prepared, and the default background, BGM, and illumination shooting conditions for each shooting scene are stored in the memory unit 102 in advance. A shooting scene selection screen is displayed on the shooting touch panel 7 and the player touches a favorite one. As a result, the CPU 101 determines which shooting scene is touch-selected, and the shooting scene is selected. In this case, the CPU 101 selection processing for selecting a photographic scene corresponds to the selection means in the present invention.

  Further, under the control of the CPU 101, the formed synthesized video is stored in the large-capacity storage unit 103 so that the player can be identified based on the mobile mail address, mobile phone number, etc. of the player, and the communication control unit. 111 and the communication means 112, and when a download command is issued from a terminal such as a mobile phone, a personal digital assistant, or a personal computer owned by the player, the player's mobile mail The player is identified based on the address, mobile phone number, etc., the synthesized video of the identified player is read from the database of the server device, and the data of the read synthetic video is the terminal of the player The player downloads his composite video, loads it into the terminal and distributes it to friends, etc. Can. Note that the player can also directly capture the composite moving image data from the large-capacity storage unit 103 into a USB memory or the like.

  More specifically, in the editing booth 3b, an editing screen as shown in FIG. 3 is displayed on the editing touch panel 12, a captured video is displayed in the moving image display area, and the remaining editing time allocated to the editing play is displayed. "Background editing" that counts down and is digitally displayed (for example, 100 seconds), and changes the default background used for video recording to the desired background titled Happy, Live, Jump, Party, In addition to the handwritten foreground input with the touch pen 13, "Foreground editing" for selecting a desired one from a plurality of types of set foreground such as moving characters and moving pictures set in advance, monotone, sepia, colorful, software, etc. "Filter editing" to select the image quality, the size of the player's eyes prepared in advance is natural, slightly larger, larger Select a desired person correction item from among multiple types of person correction items to make the skin color natural, slightly brighter, whiten, etc., or to change it to thin outline or slightly plump, etc. "Person edit" to select desired disguise items from multiple types of disguise items such as glasses, beards, hats, bow ties, collars, lock tones other than the default BGM used for video shooting, classic tones Each of the “BGM editing” tabs for selecting an original BGM brought in by the player is displayed on the editing touch panel 12, and the player can edit any video by touching each of the displayed tabs. You can enjoy editing play by selecting the appropriate.

  At this time, by touching each tab of “background editing”, “foreground editing”, “filter editing”, “person editing”, and “BGM editing”, the respective details as shown in FIGS. A selection screen is displayed on the editing touch panel 12, and the player touches and selects a desired item to select a desired item from the respective editing items. The default shooting conditions of the shooting scene selected in the shooting booth 3a In addition to the handwriting foreground such as handwritten characters by the touch pen 13 of the editing booth 3b, a plurality of set foregrounds such as moving characters and moving pictures prepared in advance can be changed. You can select and add your favorite items (see Fig. 4 (b)) to the player (person) in the video. It can be subjected to editing such as adding a disguise or corrected.

  These various editing items are stored in advance in the memory unit 102, and the memory unit 102 corresponds to the foreground holding unit, the photographing condition holding unit, the person correction item holding unit, and the disguise item holding unit in the present invention.

  Next, the control processing procedure of the CPU 101 of the controller unit 100 will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. In the following, a still image that is a concept for a moving image may be simply referred to as a still image, a still image photograph, or a photograph.

(Reception control)
First, the operation of the CPU 101 that performs the reception control process for the player in the reception booth 3c will be described. As shown in FIG. 5, in the reception booth 3c, the reception monitor 17 is controlled by the CPU 101 and the reception processing unit 107, a predetermined demonstration movie prepared in advance is displayed on the screen of the reception monitor 17 (step S1), and coin detection is performed. The unit 105 determines whether or not the first coin out of a predetermined game fee (for example, 300 yen) to the coin insertion slot 19 by the player has been inserted (step S2). If so, the process returns to step S1, and the determination is repeated until the determination in step S2 is YES.

  Then, if the player inserts the first coin of the predetermined game fee and there is an intention to start the game by the player, and passes step S2 with YES, a brief explanation of a series of game operations will be given on the reception monitor 17. At the same time, a guidance voice is output from the speaker 18 (step S3), and a state of waiting for completion of coin insertion of the remaining 200 yen of the predetermined game fee is entered (step S4).

  When the player completes coin insertion of the game fee of 300 yen in total, the process proceeds to step S5, and the CPU 101 and the reception processing unit 107 determine whether each part of the shooting booth 3a is operating from the operating state of the shooting processing unit 108. It is determined whether or not the previous player is shooting in the shooting booth 3a (step S5). If the previous user is shooting and the determination result in step S5 is NO, the reception monitor 17 The advertisement prepared in advance is displayed (step S6), and the advertisement display in step S6 is continued until the previous player finishes shooting and the determination result in step S5 becomes YES.

  If the previous user finishes shooting and the determination result in step S5 is YES, the CPU 101 and the reception processing unit 107 control the reception monitor 17 to display guidance for prompting the player to move to the shooting booth 3a. At the same time, the speaker 18 outputs a sound indicating the movement “Please move to the shooting booth” (step S7), and the reception control is finished.

(Shooting control)
Next, the operation of the CPU 101 that performs the shooting control process for the player in the shooting booth 3a will be described. As shown in FIG. 6, in the photographing booth 3a, the photographing touch panel 7 is controlled by the CPU 101 and the photographing processing unit 108, and a predetermined demo movie prepared in advance is displayed on the screen of the photographing touch panel 7 (step S11). The imaging processing unit 108 receives a movement notification (processing in step S7) from the reception processing unit 107 that triggers the start of imaging, and determines whether or not imaging can be started (step S12). If the determination result is NO, the process returns to step S11 described above, and this determination is repeated until the determination in step S12 is YES.

  When the photographing processing unit 108 receives the movement notification completion signal from the reception processing unit 107 and passes the determination in step S12 with YES, the photographing touch panel 7 is controlled by the CPU 101 and the photographing processing unit 108, and the photographing touch panel 7 On the screen, a message “start shooting” and the editing booth 3b to be moved after shooting is displayed out of the two editing booths 3b are displayed, and a sound informing the start of shooting is output from the speaker 9 (step S13). ).

  Subsequently, the photographing touch panel 7 is controlled by the CPU 101 and the photographing processing unit 108, a still image photographing image selection screen is displayed (step S14), and a desired photographing image is obtained by a touch operation on the photographing image selection screen by the player. After the selection, the strobes 8a and 8b of the camera 5 and the illumination unit 8 are controlled by the CPU 101 and the shooting processing unit 108 to the still image shooting state based on the image shot by the background curtain 10 selected by the player. Then, up-shooting of the player who takes a desired pose while watching the monitor image displayed on the shooting touch panel 7 is performed four times (step S15), and then the whole-body shooting of the player is performed twice (step S16).

  Subsequently, special shooting is permitted as a service that gives the player a sense of satisfaction (step S17), and the player is asked to select one of the three from “perspective shooting”, “collage shooting”, and “video shooting”. A selection screen is displayed for selection. When “Perspective Shooting” is selected, still image shooting processing with a sense of perspective is performed (step S18). When “Collage Shooting” is selected, the captured still image is selected. A process for collage-processing the image is performed (step S19), and when “movie shooting” is selected, a movie shooting process described in detail later is performed (step S20).

  Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 6, an elapsed time check from the start of the shooting play timed by the timer unit 104 is performed, and an elapsed time T1 from the start of shooting is set as a shooting time in advance. It is determined whether or not (T1 <Ts) is shorter than the time Ts (step S21). If the elapsed time T1 has already exceeded the set time Ts (T1 ≧ Ts), and the fixed result in step S21 is NO, step If the elapsed time T1 has not yet exceeded the set time Ts and the determination result in step S21 is YES, at least one extra still image shooting is performed as a further service that gives satisfaction to the user. (Step S23), and then the process proceeds to step S22, where the photographing touch panel 7 is controlled by the CPU 101 and the photographing processing unit 108, so With Chipaneru 7 imaging end of the guide message, sound is output to indicate the end of shooting the speaker 9 (step S22), and the photographing control is terminated by notification of the end of shooting.

(Video shooting)
As described above, when “moving image shooting” is selected as the special shooting, the moving image shooting play is set, and the moving image shooting process is executed. That is, as shown in FIG. 7, a predetermined demonstration movie prepared in advance is displayed on the screen of the shooting touch panel 7 (step S31), and a desired shooting scene should be selected from a plurality of types instead of the default shooting scene. When the shooting scene selection screen is displayed on the shooting touch panel 7 and the player selects a desired shooting scene (step S32), the default shooting conditions (background, BGM, lighting) of the selected shooting scene are selected. Preparation for moving image shooting is performed (step S33).

  Next, as shown in FIG. 7, in order to inform the player in which shooting scene the movie shooting is performed, for example, the beginning of the shooting scene under shooting conditions is displayed on the shooting touch panel 7 (step S34). In the prepared shooting scene, the player's moving image shooting is executed for 8 to 10 seconds (10 seconds at the maximum) (step S35), and the shot moving image is stored in the player's mobile phone number, e-mail address or By inputting and registering an identification code such as a password, the player is identified and stored in a predetermined address of the large-capacity storage unit 103, and the photographing touch panel 7 is controlled by the CPU 101 and the photographing processing unit 108. A guidance message informing the end of shooting is displayed, and a sound informing the end of moving image shooting is output from the speaker 9. (Step S36), control of movie shooting is completed.

(Edit control)
Next, the operation of the CPU 101 that performs editing control processing based on the user's editing input operation in the editing booth 3b will be described. The editing control in the two editing booths 3b is the same. As shown in FIG. 8, in the editing booth 3b, the editing touch panel 12 is controlled by the CPU 101 and the editing processing unit 109, and a predetermined demo movie prepared in advance is displayed on the screen of the editing touch panel 12 (step S41). The editing processing unit 109 receives the completion signal of the shooting end notification (the processing in step S22) from the shooting processing unit 108 that triggers the editing start, and determines whether or not the editing processing can be started (step S22). S42) If this determination result is NO, the process returns to step S41 described above, and this determination is repeated until the determination in step S42 is YES.

  Then, when the editing processing unit 109 receives the shooting completion notification completion signal from the shooting processing unit 108 and passes the determination of step S42 with YES, the editing touch panel 12 is controlled by the CPU 101 and the editing processing unit 109, and the editing touch panel 12. A message “edit editing start” is displayed on the screen and a sound notifying the start of editing is output from the speaker 14 (step S43), the eye size and eyelash volume are increased, and the face contour is changed. A makeup screen is displayed in a predetermined display area of the editing touch panel 12 to select a makeup image such as changing the color of the hair (step S44), and a predetermined number of still images obtained by photographing at the photographing booth 3a The photo is displayed in the photographed photo display area of the editing touch panel 12 and displayed. When the user selects 4 to 6 (up to 6) photos to be edited (step S45), the user selects a desired makeup image or touch pen 13 for the selected photographed image. The edited image is synthesized with the still image based on the editing input operation of characters, symbols, etc. (step S46).

  The image data of the edited image synthesized in this way is a large number corresponding to a predetermined identification code consisting of a user-owned mobile phone number or e-mail address or a combination of these and a password entered and registered by the player. Stored / stored in the storage address of the capacity storage unit 103. Therefore, when the user wants to call his / her composite image, the user can freely call it from the large-capacity storage unit 103 by inputting an identification code such as a registered mobile phone number, mail address or password.

  Thereafter, it is determined whether or not a moving image has been shot at the shooting booth 3a (step S47). If this determination result is NO, the process proceeds to step S49 described later. If the determination result is YES, a predetermined shooting scene is detected. Desired editing is further performed on the photographed moving image with story characteristics, and moving image editing processing is performed to form an original rich synthetic moving image having a unique message property issued by the player (step S48).

  Specifically, as described above, the editing screen as shown in FIG. 3 is displayed on the editing touch panel 12, the moving image shot in the moving image display area is displayed, and the remaining editing time allocated to the editing play is displayed. Is counted down and digitally displayed (for example, 100 seconds), and “background editing”, “foreground editing”, “filter editing”, “person editing” as shown in FIGS. , Tabs for detailed display of each item of “Edit BGM” are displayed, and by selecting each tab, various items for editing are displayed in detail, and the player selects a desired item to shoot. The background and BGM, which are the default shooting conditions of the shooting scene selected in the booth 3a, are changed to the desired ones, and handwritten characters by the touch pen 13 in the editing booth 3b In addition to the handwritten foreground of, the favorite one selected from multiple types of set foreground items such as moving characters and moving pictures prepared in advance is added, the video quality of the video is changed to the desired image quality, and in the video Video editing is performed in which a synthesized video with high originality is created by correcting the face (eye, skin color, etc.) and adding disguise such as glasses and a hat to the player (person). Here, the composition processing of the still image edited image by the CPU 101 and the above-described moving image editing processing correspond to the composition means in the present invention.

  Then, as shown in FIG. 8, after the processing in step S48 described above, the process proceeds to step S49, where the editing touch panel 12 is controlled by the CPU 101 and the editing processing unit 109 to edit the still image photograph printed on the sticker. A selection screen for selecting a print image is displayed (step S49). After that, an editing end guidance message is displayed on the editing touch panel 12, and a sound informing the end of editing is output from the speaker 14 (step S50). ), The editing control is ended by this editing end notification.

(Print control)
Next, the operation of the CPU 101 that performs print control processing in the print booth 3d will be described. As shown in FIG. 9, in the print booth 3d, the print touch panel 21 is controlled by the CPU 101 and the print processing unit 110, and a predetermined demo movie prepared in advance is displayed on the screen of the print touch panel 21 (step S61). The print processing unit 110 receives a completion signal of the editing end notification (the processing in step S50) from the editing processing unit 109 that triggers the start of printing, and determines whether or not the printing process can be started (step S50). S62) If this determination result is NO, the process returns to step S61 described above, and this determination is repeated until the determination in step S62 is YES.

  When the print processing unit 110 receives the editing completion notification completion signal from the editing processing unit 109 and passes the determination of step S62 with YES, the print touch panel 21 is controlled by the CPU 101 and the print processing unit 110, and the print touch panel 21 is reached. Is displayed on the screen, and a sound informing the start of printing is output from the speaker 22 (step S63).

  Subsequently, the edited image of the edited still image photograph starts to be printed on the sticker mount with a predetermined print pattern (step S64), and the CPU 101 and the print processing unit 110 cause the print touch panel 21 to operate. A screen that prompts the player to input player information (such as a mobile phone number, mail address, and password owned by the player) is displayed on the print touch panel 21 (step S65). A screen for selecting an edited image of a still image that the player desires to transfer to a mobile phone or the like, and an instruction screen for transferring a composite video having a unique message issued by the player are displayed on the print touch panel 21. (Step S66).

  If there is a request for selection of an edited image of a still image and acquisition (including transfer) of a synthesized moving image, a guidance message for the method of acquiring the edited image or synthesized movie is displayed on the print touch panel 21 (step S67). The edited image data of the still image photograph and / or the data of the synthesized moving image are transferred to the large-capacity storage unit 103 or the terminal designated by the player and transferred (uploaded) to the database of the server device (step) S68). Therefore, the player downloads and retrieves the player's synthesized video from the server device where the player's synthesized video is uploaded using a portable terminal such as a mobile phone or a personal computer, or data of the player's synthetic video to the cellular phone by infrared communication or the like. Can be directly captured from the large-capacity storage unit 103, or data can be directly captured from the large-capacity storage unit 103 to a USB memory or the like that is brought.

  Thereafter, the print processing unit 110 determines whether or not the printer 23 is operating and printing (step S69). If the determination result is YES, the CPU 101 and the print processing unit 110 control the print touch panel 21. A predetermined printing demo screen prepared in advance to prevent the user from being bored during the printing waiting time that occupies most of the print play is displayed on the printing touch panel 21 (step S70), and then the determination result of step S69 is NO. In some cases, the process proceeds to step S71. Under the control of the CPU 101 and the print processing unit 110, a game end guidance message is displayed on the print touch panel 21 and a sound informing the game end is output from the speaker 14 (step S71). After notification of the game end, the print control ends and everything The game is finished.

  In this way, in addition to printing and transferring the edited image after editing the still image of the player, as a video shooting play, in a predetermined shooting scene with the default background, BGM and lighting shooting conditions, The player is photographed by the camera 5 to create a video with a certain story, and the player's video is combined with the handwritten foreground of handwritten characters and figures input by the player and emitted by the player. An original composite video with unique message characteristics is formed, and the obtained composite video of the player is stored in the large-capacity storage unit 103 so that the player can be identified and downloaded. If there is a download command from the terminal owned by the player uploaded to the database of the device, the synthesized video of the player based on the command Downloaded is read from the database of the server apparatus to the terminal of the player, or taken from the mass storage unit 103 directly to a mobile phone or the like of the player.

  Therefore, according to the above-described embodiment, the player combines a handwritten foreground such as a desired handwritten character with the touch pen 13 with a story-like video shot by the camera 5 in a predetermined shooting scene. In addition to congratulatory messages such as marriage, message messages to friends, etc., it is possible to form original synthesized video with message characteristics unique to the player, and the player owns the synthesized video with unique message characteristics It can be downloaded to a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone or a personal computer and distributed to friends, etc. As a game form unique to a photo sticker dispensing device as a gaming machine, what is a video shot with a normal mobile terminal? In contrast, a player synthesizes a handwritten foreground such as handwritten characters with a story-like video shot in a predetermined shooting scene. It is possible to obtain with ease a highly original composite image which gave a message of the Rukoto.

  In addition, since the synthesized video of the player can be uploaded to a database on the server device side and downloaded from the database, the player has a unique message property created by himself even if he is away from the photo sticker dispensing device 1. An image can be downloaded to a self-owned portable terminal, and the game form of the photo sticker dispensing apparatus 1 as a gaming machine can be further expanded.

  In addition, since a shooting scene for moving image shooting in the moving image shooting play can be selected from a plurality of types prepared in advance, when a player forms a composite video full of originality with unique message characteristics, A variety of synthesized videos can be obtained, and the degree of freedom of gameplay can be expanded.

  Further, the player can freely select a combination of background, BGM, and illumination as shooting conditions for each of a plurality of types of shooting scenes from a plurality of candidates, and includes a plurality of moving pictures and moving characters held in the memory unit 102. A desired set foreground can be selected from among the various types of set foregrounds, and a desired person correction item can be selected from a plurality of types of person correction items such as eye size, skin color, and contour held in the memory unit 102. In addition, since a desired disguise item can be selected from a plurality of disguise items such as glasses, beards, and hats held in the memory unit 102 and can be combined with a video photographed by the camera 5, the player can perform various video editing operations. It can be easily enjoyed, and it is possible to obtain a synthesized video with a richer originality.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications other than those described above can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. For example, in the above-described embodiment, an example of creating a composite movie in which a handwritten foreground or the like is added to a player's movie shot by the camera 5 has been described, but there is a story characteristic that is not edited by the camera 5. The moving image may be stored in the large-capacity storage unit 103 so that the player can be identified, and further uploaded to the database of the server device and stored so as to be downloadable based on a download command from the player. Not too long.

  The selectable shooting scenes are not limited to the party invitation scenes, birthday celebration scenes, wedding celebration scenes, entrance celebration scenes, graduation celebration scenes and message scenes for friends as described above. .

  Also, the editing of the moving image shot by the camera 5 is not limited to the above-described “background editing”, “foreground editing”, “filter editing”, “person editing”, and “BGM editing”. Based on the above, it may be possible to perform moving image editing by CG (computer graphics) processing under the control of the CPU 101.

  Of course, the methods and procedures of reception control, photographing control, editing control, and print control may be different from those in the above embodiment, and the left new seal that does not include the reception booth 3c or reception control therefor. The present invention can also be applied to a dispensing device.

  Further, the photo sticker dispensing apparatus 1 may have a configuration in which three or more editing booths 3b are provided.

1 ... Photo sticker dispensing device 5 ... Camera (still image photographing means, moving image photographing means)
7 ... Shooting touch panel (selection means)
12 ... Editing touch panel (display means)
13. Touch pen (input means)
23 ... Printer (printing means)
101 CPU (control means, synthesis means)
102: Memory unit (photographing condition holding means, foreground holding means, person correction item holding means, disguise item holding means)
103 ... Mass storage unit (moving image storage means)
111 ... Communication control unit (output means)
112: Communication means

Claims (4)

As a shooting play in the shooting booth provided in the apparatus housing, the player is photographed by the still image shooting means, and as an editing play in the editing booth provided in the apparatus housing, the player's shooting by the still image shooting means is performed by the display means. In a photo sticker dispensing apparatus for displaying a still image and combining an edited image according to an editing input operation by an input unit for the still image displayed on the display unit by a combining unit,
Setting means for setting a video shooting play as special shooting in the shooting play based on a predetermined operation by a player;
A selection means for selecting a desired shooting scene by a player's selection operation from a plurality of types of shooting scenes prepared in advance for moving image shooting in the moving image shooting play;
Shooting condition holding means for holding a selection freely selectable by a player's selection operation from a plurality of candidates for background, BGM, and illumination as shooting conditions for each of the plurality of types of shooting scenes;
The desired set foreground is held by a player's selection operation from among a plurality of types of set foregrounds including preset moving pictures and moving characters combined with the moving picture for each of the plurality of types of shooting scenes. Foreground holding means;
A desired combination of the background, BGM, and lighting selected based on a player's selection operation for the shooting scene selected by the selection unit from among the plurality of candidates held in the shooting condition holding unit. Video shooting means for shooting a player for a predetermined shooting time under the shooting conditions, and forming a video with a story,
Movie storage means for storing a movie for each player shot by the movie shooting means,
Based on a readout command from a terminal owned by the player, an output means for reading out the video of the player from the video storage means and outputting it to the terminal;
Control means for controlling each means,
The input means allows input of handwritten foreground of handwritten characters and figures to be combined with the video of the player photographed by the video photographing means as the player's editing input operation,
The control means includes
Controlling the display means to display the beginning of the shooting scene selected by the selection means to inform the player of the shooting scene;
Controlling the moving image shooting means to shoot a player's moving image under shooting conditions of the shooting scene selected by the selection means;
The moving picture photographing means, the input means and the synthesizing means are controlled, and the player's moving picture photographed by the moving picture photographing means is inputted by the set foreground selected by the selecting means and the input means. Combining the handwritten foreground by the combining means to form a composite moving image having a unique message issued by the player;
A photograph characterized by controlling the moving image storage means to identify the synthesized moving image of the player and writing to the moving image storage means so as to be downloadable based on a download command from a terminal owned by the player Seal dispensing device. A communication unit that accesses a predetermined server device having a moving image storage unit via a network and uploads the synthesized moving image for each of the formed players so that the player can be identified;
2. The photo sticker payout according to claim 1, wherein the control unit controls the communication unit to upload and store the composite video for each player in the video storage unit on the server device side. apparatus. Person correction item holding means for holding a desired person correction item selectable from a plurality of types of person correction items such as a player's eye size, skin color, and contour prepared in advance,
The selection means selects a desired person correction item from the person correction item holding means by a player's selection operation,
Said control means, said person correction items selected by the selection unit, according to claim 1, characterized in that for controlling said combining means so as to synthesize the video player captured by the video capturing device or 2. The photo sticker dispensing device according to 2. Disguise item holding means for selectively holding a desired disguise item from a plurality of disguise items such as glasses, beards, and hats prepared in advance,
The selection means selects a desired disguise item from the disguise item holding means by a player's selection operation,
Said control means, said disguise items selected by the selection unit, claims 1 and controls the synthesizing means to be combined with the video player captured by the video recording means 3 The photo sticker dispensing device according to any one of the above.

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