JP2014154927A - Photograph shooting play machine and control program of the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a photograph shooting play machine that can create a photograph image of each player at one time shooting, avoiding the overlap of the players at shooting while allowing them to pose freely.SOLUTION: A photograph shooting play machine according to the embodiment of the present invention comprises shooting means, live image display means, and generation means. The shooting means is capable of obtaining an image in a shooting range 360, and the shooting range 360 is a landscape-oriented rectangular. The live image display means displays, in the shooting object image caught in the shooting range 360, shooting object image portions displayed in focal areas 361 and 362 which are lined side by side within the shooting range 360. The generation means captures respective images of the shooting images from the object image portions in the focal areas 361 and 362, and generates different photographic images respectively.

Description

  The present invention relates to a photography game machine and a control program thereof, and more particularly to a photography game machine that generates a photographic image including a subject and a control program thereof.

  In a photographic game machine, a player inputs an edited image such as a graffiti image with a touch pen on a photographic image generated by camera photography. A photography game machine prints a composite image obtained by combining a photographic image and an edited image on sticker paper. The sticker paper is divided into a plurality of sections, and one composite image is printed in each section, thereby completing a photographic sticker. The player divides and distributes the photo sticker into segments (for each composite image) using scissors and a cutter. Such a photography game machine is installed in a game center or the like, and is mainly popular among junior and senior high school girls.

  Usually, one play of a photography game machine is performed by a plurality of players. Therefore, a plurality of players are shown as subjects in each generated composite image.

  Recently, there has been a demand for further novelty and novelty in the design of photo stickers. In order to meet such a demand, in Japanese Patent No. 5045842 (Patent Document 1) and Japanese Patent No. 5062501 (Patent Document 2), each player plays a single shot, although they are played by a plurality of players. An image providing apparatus capable of generating a photographic image has been proposed.

  In Patent Document 1, when a player selects “corde album” which is one of a plurality of uses as a use of a composite image, as shown in FIG. 34 of Patent Document 1, the shooting range is a vertical rectangle. Each of two subjects displayed side by side in a certain captured image is trimmed, and each subject image is displayed in a separate live view display area. Specifically, the image is divided at the center of the width of the vertically long rectangular captured image in which two subjects are photographed, and each subject image in each divided region is trimmed and displayed. Then, a photographic image of each subject is generated (see paragraphs [0219] to [0228] and FIGS. 34 to 37 of Patent Document 1).

  Patent Document 2 describes that two people photograph at the same time, and the resulting images are different one by one (see paragraph [0147] of Patent Document 2 and FIG. 19).

Japanese Patent No. 5045842 Japanese Patent No. 5062501

  Indeed, in Patent Literature 1 and Patent Literature 2, even when a plurality of players play, an image of each subject can be obtained by one shooting. However, in Patent Document 1, a vertically captured image is further divided to generate an image of each player. Accordingly, the shooting area of each player is narrow, and there is a possibility that a part of the body overlaps with another player. In addition, a part of another player's body may enter the shooting area of the player. Furthermore, since it is necessary to pose within a narrow range while avoiding overlapping with other players, the degree of freedom of the pose is limited. Patent Document 2 does not disclose a specific photographing method.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a photographic amusement machine that can generate a photographic image of each player by one shooting, and that the players are unlikely to overlap each other at the time of shooting, and the freedom of posing is high.

  The photography game machine according to the present embodiment includes photographing means, live video display means, and generation means. The photographing means can acquire an image within the photographing range. The live video display means displays each subject video portion in each pin area lined up horizontally in the shooting range, out of the subject video shown in the horizontally long shooting range. The generation unit generates images in each pin area acquired from each subject video portion in each pin area as different photographic images by one shooting.

  In this case, it is possible to generate different photographic images for each pin area by one shooting, and it is difficult for players to overlap each other at the time of shooting, and the pose freedom increases.

  Preferably, the generation means can generate a photographic image of the whole body of the subject. The shooting means can use a horizontally long shooting range and a vertically long shooting range, and when generating a photographic image of the whole body of the subject, the shooting means uses the vertically long shooting range, and a photographic image for each pin area. When generating, the photographing means uses a horizontally long photographing range. Here, the “subject's whole body” refers to a portion including at least half of the subject, for example, the subject may include everything from the head to the tip of the foot, or the portion from the subject's head to the knee. It may be a part including the upper body part of the subject and a part of the lower body.

  If a whole body image of a subject is shot in a horizontally long shooting range, the subject in the shooting range becomes too small compared to a vertically long shooting range. According to the present embodiment, the photographing unit uses a vertically long photographing range for the photographic image of the whole body of the subject, and uses a horizontally long photographing range for the photographic image for each pin area. Therefore, the quality of any photographic image can be improved.

  Preferably, the photographing unit includes first and second cameras. The first camera has a horizontally long shooting range, and the second camera has a vertically long shooting range.

  In this case, by switching the camera to be used, it is possible to easily switch between the vertically long shooting range and the horizontally long shooting range. Therefore, it does not take time to switch the shooting range, and it is possible to suppress the switching of the shooting range from limiting the play time.

  Preferably, each pin area is arranged away from each other and is arranged inside the outer edge of the imaging range.

  In this case, the freedom degree of the outer edge (frame) shape of a pin area | region increases.

  Preferably, the photographic game machine further includes a composing unit that edits the photographic image to generate a composite image.

  In this case, the freedom degree of the image design produced | generated increases.

  The control program according to the present embodiment realizes each means of the photography game machine.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a photography amusement machine as seen from the photography booth side. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the pre-service booth and the front case included in the shooting booth of the photo shooting machine in FIG. FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the rear housing in the photographing booth in FIG. FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the editing apparatus in FIG. FIG. 5 is a functional block diagram of the photography game machine 1. FIG. 6A is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a normal up composite image generated by the photography game machine of FIG. FIG. 6B is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a normal whole body composite image generated by the photography game machine of FIG. FIG. 6C is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a pin-up image generated by the photography game machine of FIG. FIG. 6D is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of another pin-up image different from FIG. 6C. FIG. 6E is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of another pin-up image different from FIGS. 6C and 6D. FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram for explaining a conventional method for photographing a pin image. FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram for explaining a problem of a conventional pin image photographing method. FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram for explaining a method of taking a photographic image for a pin-up image in the photographic game machine of FIG. FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram for explaining a method for taking a photographic image for a pin-up image following FIG. FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram when a whole body image is generated in a horizontally long imaging range. FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram when a whole body image is generated in a vertically long photographing range. FIG. 13 is a flowchart of the pre-service process of the photography amusement machine shown in FIG. FIG. 14 is a flowchart of the photographing process of the photography amusement machine shown in FIG. FIG. 15 is a flowchart of the photography process in FIG. FIG. 16 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a screen displayed on the display in FIG. FIG. 17 is a schematic diagram showing another example of the screen displayed on the display in FIG. FIG. 18 is a flowchart of the image editing process of the photography amusement machine shown in FIG. FIG. 19 is a flowchart of the graffiti process in FIG. FIG. 20 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a screen displayed on the display in FIG.

[table of contents]
1. Structure of photo shooting game machine 1.1. Overall configuration 1.2. Structure of pre-service booth 1.3. Configuration of the photography booth 1.3.1. Configuration of front camera and front display 1.3.2. Configuration of upper camera and upper display 1.3.3. Configuration of lighting device 1.4. Composition of editing booth 1.5. Functional configuration of photography game machine 1.5.1. Functions that operate during shooting processing 1.5.2. Functions that operate during image editing processing 1.5.3. Functions that operate during pre-service processing 1.5.4. Functions that operate when communicating with the server 1.5.5. Functions that operate during print processing 1.5.6. Other functions Overview of photography game machines 2.1. Composite image generated by a photography game machine 2.1.1. Normal composite image 2.1.2. Pin-up image 2.2. 2. Characteristics of photography game machines Operation of photo shooting game machine 3.1. Outline of operation 3.2. Pre-service processing 3.3. Shooting process 3.3.1. Photo shooting process [Upper shooting]
[Normal shooting]
[Full body photography]
3.3.2. Pin-up shooting 3.3.3. Processing after pin-up photography 3.4. Image editing process 3.4.1. Graffiti processing 3.4.2. Image transmission processing Other embodiments

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In the drawings, the same or corresponding parts are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof will not be repeated.

<< 1. Structure of photography game machine >>
<1.1. Overall configuration>
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a photography amusement machine 1 as seen from the photography booth 2 side. Referring to FIG. 1, a photography game machine 1 includes a photography booth 2, an editing booth 3, and a pre-service customer booth 4. In the shooting booth 2, a photographic image with the player as the subject is generated. In the editing booth 3, the generated photographic image is edited. The pre-service booth 4 accepts setting conditions for generating a photographic image before taking and generating the photographic image.

<1.2. Pre-service booth configuration>
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the pre-service booth 4 and the front housing 20A included in the photography booth 2 in the photography game machine 1 in FIG. In the pre-service booth 4, the composite image generation conditions are determined by the player's selection.

  With reference to FIG. 2, a reception device 40 is arranged in the pre-service booth 4. The accepting device 40 is disposed on the side surface of the photographic game machine 1 (the side surface of the front housing 20A). The accepting device 40 includes a display 41, a coin insertion slot 42, and a speaker 43. A touch panel (not shown) is attached to the surface of the display 41. The accepting device 40 accepts a player's selection operation via the touch panel of the display 41. The touch panel employs a multi-touch method capable of simultaneously accepting operations of a plurality of persons (for example, two persons). The receiving device 40 can be arranged on the side opposite to the arrangement position shown in FIG.

  The player inserts coins into the coin insertion slot 42 before shooting at the shooting booth. Thereafter, the player selects a setting condition for generating a photographic image in accordance with a selection screen displayed on the display 41. By this operation, conditions for the generated photographic image and composite image are determined.

<1.3. Composition of the photography booth>
The photography booth 2 includes a front case 20A shown in FIG. 2 and a back case 20B shown in FIG. The front housing 20A is disposed opposite to the back housing 20B with a gap. The front housing 20A and the back housing 20B are connected by a frame material or the like. In the photography booth 2, a space is formed inside by the front housing 20A and the back housing 20B, and a gap formed between the side surface of the front housing 20A and the side surface of the back housing 20B is within the photography booth 2. It becomes the doorway to. A curtain or the like (not shown) is disposed at the doorway. Hereinafter, in the photographing booth 2, the front housing 20A side is referred to as “front side”, and the back housing 20B side is referred to as “back side”.

  The shooting booth 2 includes a shooting device 20. The imaging device 20 is disposed on the front side of the front housing 20A.

  With reference to FIG. 2, the imaging device 20 includes an imaging device, a front display 22A, an upper display 22B, and illumination devices 23A to 23J. The photographing machine includes a front camera 21A and an upper camera 21B.

<1.3.1. Configuration of front camera and front display>
The front camera 21A is arranged so as to face the back side of the photographing booth 2, and generates a photographic image obtained by photographing the player from the front.

  The front display 22A is a monitor for the player to check his / her shooting pose when shooting the player with the front camera 21A. Specifically, the front display 22A is disposed so as to face the back side of the photographing booth 2 in the same manner as the front camera 21A. The front display 22A reverses the video of the player (subject) captured by the front camera 21A and displays it as a live video (moving image) in real time. Therefore, the player can take a picture while looking at himself / herself, which appears like a mirror on the front display 22A, when taking a picture with the front camera 21A.

  A touch panel is affixed to the front display 22A, and an input operation by the player can be accepted.

  In the present embodiment, the front camera 21A has a vertically long imaging surface. That is, the shooting range of the front camera 21A is vertically long, more specifically, a vertically long rectangle. Therefore, the front camera 21A is suitable not only for the up image of the player but also for the whole body image.

<1.3.2. Configuration of upper camera and upper display>
The upper camera 21 </ b> B is disposed above the front camera 21 </ b> A and faces obliquely downward toward the back side of the photographing booth 2. The upper camera 21B generates a photographic image obtained by photographing the player from above. Since the upper camera 21B shoots the player from an angle different from that of the front camera 21A, it can generate a photographic image different from the photographic image generated by the front camera 21A.

  In the present embodiment, the upper camera 21B has a horizontally-long rectangular imaging surface. That is, the shooting range of the upper camera 21B is horizontally long, more specifically, a horizontally long rectangle. The upper camera 21B is suitable not only for generating an up image of the player but also for generating a photographic image of each player alone, and particularly suitable for generating an up photographic image of each player as described later.

  The upper display 22B is disposed directly below the upper camera 21B, and is directed obliquely downward toward the back side of the photographing booth 2 in the same manner as the upper camera 21B. The upper display 22B can display a live video (subject video) of the player captured by the upper camera 21B in real time. The player confirms his / her appearance on the upper display 22B when photographing with the upper camera 21B.

  As described above, the photographing apparatus 20 includes the front camera 21A having a vertically long photographing range and the upper camera 21B having a horizontally long photographing range. Therefore, the photographing device 20 can photograph a subject with two types of angles of view, that is, a vertically long photographing range and a horizontally long photographing range.

<1.3.3. Configuration of lighting device>
The illumination devices 23A to 23J are all arranged facing the back side of the photography booth. These lighting devices 23A to 23J emit light at the moment when the front camera 21A and the upper camera 21B take a picture (that is, the moment when the captured live video is captured as a still image), and strongly illuminate the player (subject).

  The illuminating device 23D is disposed between the front camera 21A and the upper camera 21B, and suppresses the formation of a dark part between the front camera 21A and the upper camera 21B. Furthermore, it has the effect of highlighting the nose of the subject. The illuminating devices 23A to 23G are arranged at the center of the front width of the front housing 20A. That is, the illuminating devices 23A to 23G are arranged in a concentrated manner at the front width central portion of the front housing 20A. With such an arrangement, the photographed subject can easily be seen in three dimensions.

  Referring to FIG. 3, lighting devices 23K to 23M are also arranged on rear housing 20B. The lighting devices 23K to 23M are arranged facing the front side of the shooting booth 2, and, like the lighting devices 23A to 23J, emit light and irradiate the player.

  A back panel 24 is disposed on the back surface of the back housing 20B. The back panel 24 may be a chroma key composition panel or a chroma key composition curtain.

<1.4. Composition of editing booth>
In the editing booth 3, an editing process is performed in which an edited image such as a graffiti image is arranged on the photographic image of the subject (player) generated in the shooting booth 2. By synthesizing the photographic image and the edited image, a later-described normal synthesized image is generated.

  Referring to FIG. 1, an editing device 30 is arranged in the editing booth 3. FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the editing device 30. With reference to FIG. 4, the editing device 30 includes two image editing devices 31, a sticker sheet discharging device 32, and a housing 33. The two image editing devices 31 are arranged on the front surface and the back surface of the housing 33 so as to be back to back with each other.

  Each image editing device 31 includes an editing display 311, two touch pens 312, and a speaker 313. The display 311 is provided in the center of the image editing apparatus 31 and displays a plurality of photographic images generated by the photographing process. Further, a transparent touch panel is pasted on the display screen of the display 311. The image editing device 31 receives a user's editing operation via the touch panel. The two touch pens 312 are provided on both sides of the editing display 311. The touch pen 312 is used to arrange an edited image (graffiti image) such as a pen image or a stamp image in a photographic image on the display 311. That is, the player edits the photographic image using the touch pen 312. In the present embodiment, the touch pen 312 is used for image editing, but the player may directly touch the touch panel of the display 311 with the player's finger instead of the touch pen 312.

  The speaker 313 outputs guidance such as an operation method for editing play, BGM, and the like. After the editing is completed, the photographic game machine 1 combines the photographic image and the edited image to generate a combined image.

  The sticker paper discharge device 32 is disposed on the lower side of the side surface of the housing 33. The sticker paper discharge device 32 accommodates a printer 650 (see FIG. 5). The printer 650 prints the composite image on a sticker sheet that is a print sheet. The sticker paper discharge device 32 discharges the sticker paper printed by the printer 650 to the discharge port 321.

<1.5. Functional configuration of photo game machine>
FIG. 5 is a functional block diagram of the photography game machine 1. Referring to FIG. 5, the photography game machine 1 receives a computer device 101 that controls the entire photography game machine 1 and instructions from the computer device 101 that is operating, and controls various devices that are connected. A control board 102 and a chroma key capture board 17 are provided. These function as the control device 100 of the photographic game machine 1. The control device 100 may be mounted on the photographing device 20 or may be mounted on the editing device 30.

  The computer apparatus 101 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 103, an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) 104, a memory 105, and a communication unit 106. The CPU 103 controls the computer apparatus 101 by executing a program stored in the memory 105 that is a main memory. The HDD 104 is a control program for causing the apparatus to execute a predetermined process, graphic data necessary for the process, audio data, photographed photographic images, a plurality of background images prepared in advance, and a plurality of frame images prepared in advance. And edit images such as a plurality of stamp images are stored. The control program is stored in the HDD 104 by being installed in the computer apparatus 101. A memory 105 is a main memory of the computer apparatus 101 and is used as a temporary work area for a control program executed by the CPU 103. The communication unit 106 communicates with a server (not shown) via a network such as the Internet.

<1.5.1. Functions that work during shooting processing>
The computer apparatus 101 executes a shooting process at the shooting booth 2. Specifically, the computer apparatus 101 executes a control program and transmits a control signal to the control board 102 in accordance with a user operation input via the front display 22A as necessary. The computer apparatus 101 is also connected to and controls the front camera 21A, the upper camera 21B, the front display 22A, the upper display 22B, the speaker 450, and the control board 102. The speaker 450 outputs guidance such as an operation method for photographing play, BGM, and the like based on an instruction signal given from the computer apparatus 101.

  The chroma key capture board 17 captures video (subject video) captured by the front camera 21A and the upper camera 21B as digital data (still image) at a predetermined time interval (for example, 30 frames / second). The chroma key capture board 17 detects an area other than the subject from the captured still image by using the chroma key technique, and synthesizes a desired background image selected in the detected area. The computer apparatus 101 further trims the subject video as necessary.

<1.5.2. Functions that work during image editing processing>
The computer apparatus 101 further executes image editing processing at the editing booth 3. Specifically, the computer apparatus 101 executes a control program and transmits a control signal to the control board 102 in response to an input operation on the editing display 311. The computer apparatus 101 is connected to the printer 650 and the display 311 and controls them.

  The touch panel of the display 311 detects contact of the touch pen 312 or the like, and transmits an instruction signal corresponding to the contact to the computer apparatus 101. The display 311 displays the edited image (graffitied image) transmitted from the computer apparatus 101 so as to overlap the photographic image. The speaker 313 outputs guidance such as an operation method for editing play, BGM, and the like based on an instruction signal given from the computer apparatus 101.

<1.5.3. Functions that work during pre-service processing>
The computer apparatus 101 further executes a pre-service process at the pre-service booth 4. Specifically, the computer apparatus 101 executes a control program and displays a demonstration video, a name input screen, and the like on the reception display 41. The computer apparatus 101 is connected to the display 41 and the speaker 43 via the control board 102. The touch panel of the display 41 detects the touch of the user's finger and transmits an instruction signal corresponding to the contact to the computer apparatus 101. The speaker 43 outputs guidance voice, BGM, and the like based on an instruction signal given from the computer apparatus 101.

<1.5.4. Functions that operate when communicating with the server>
The computer apparatus 101 further communicates with a server SV (not shown) via a network such as the Internet by the communication unit 106. And the image produced | generated with the photography game machine 1 can be provided to a user's portable terminal via a server. Thereby, the user can acquire a photographic image and a composite image in the user terminal.

  The computer apparatus 101 may transmit access information (for example, URL) necessary to acquire a photographic image and a composite image generated in response to a user request to the user's portable terminal via the non-contact communication apparatus 97. Good.

<1.5.5. Functions that operate during print processing>
The computer apparatus 101 transmits a print instruction to the printer 650 and transmits a composite image to be printed. When the printer 650 completes reception of the composite image to be printed, it starts printing in response to the print instruction.

<1.5.6. Other functions>
In addition to the computer apparatus 101, the control board 102 is further connected to a strobe control unit 110, a strobe 15, a fluorescent lamp 14, a service panel 113, and a coin control unit 112.

<< 2. Overview of photography game machines >>
<2.1. Composite image generated with photo game machine>
The photography game machine 1 generates a composite image shown in FIGS. 6A to 6E. More specifically, the normal composite image shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B and the pin-up image shown in FIGS. 6C to 6E are generated.

<2.1.1. Normal composite image>
A normal composite image 310 illustrated in FIG. 6A includes a photographic image 300 of an object and an edited image 303. The photographic image 300 includes only a subject image or a subject image and a background image. The edited image 303 is a character string, a frame, a graffiti image, or the like, and is arranged in the photographic image 300 by image editing processing. The normal composite image 310 in FIG. 6A has a square shape, which is suitable for displaying the upper body portion or the face of the subject and the peripheral portion thereof. In this specification, an image in which the upper body part of the subject is displayed and the lower body part is not displayed, or an image in which the face and its peripheral part (or hand part) are displayed and no other subject part is displayed is an “up image”. That's it. Then, as shown in FIG. 6A, a normal composite image including a square up image is also referred to as an “up composite image”.

  The normal composite image 320 shown in FIG. 6B also includes a photographic image 300 and a plurality of edited images 303. However, the shape of the composite image 320 is generally rectangular, and is suitable for displaying the entire body of the subject (a portion including at least a part of the upper body and a part of the lower body). In this specification, a rectangular image in which a whole body part of a subject is displayed is referred to as a “whole body image”, and a normal composite image 320 including a whole body image is also referred to as a “whole body composite image” as illustrated in FIG. 6B.

  The normal composite images 310 and 320 shown in FIG. 6A and FIG. 6B are obtained by generating the photographic image 300 by the photographing process and then arranging the edited image 303 by the image editing process to synthesize the photographic image 300 and the edited image 303. Is generated by

<2.1.2. Pin-up image>
Referring to FIG. 6C, the pin-up image 330 includes a photographic image 301 of a subject and a circular frame image 302. Similar to the photographic image 300, the photographic image 301 of the subject includes only the subject image or includes the subject image and the background image. The photographic image 301 is an up image.

  There is only one subject (player) in the pin-up image 330. As will be described later, the photographic game machine 1 shoots a plurality of players in one shooting, generates a photographic image 301 of each subject, and generates a pin-up image 330. In FIG. 6C, for example, a frame image 302 is added to a rectangular transmissive png photographic image including a subject. FIG. 6C may be other types of data. As will be described later, the pin-up image 330 is transmitted to the terminal owned by the player via the server, for example, as data obtained by adding the frame image 302 to the transparent png format photographic image 301.

  The pin-up image 330 can be designed as shown in FIG. 6D by image processing set in advance or image editing processing by a player's operation. 6D includes a photographic image 301 of the subject and edited images 303A and 303B. The edited image 303A is generated by performing image processing on the photographic image 301. The edited image 303B is, for example, a character image with the name of the player in the photographic image 301. The pin-up image 330 in FIG. 6D is generated by, for example, generating a copy image of the photographic image 301 of the subject to generate the edited image 303B, and arranging the edited image 303B on the background image.

  The frame image 302 is not limited to a circle, and may be a star shape as shown in FIG. 6E, a rectangle such as a rectangle or a square, or another shape. The pin-up image 330 generated in the present embodiment is easy to set the shape of the frame image 302 unlike a conventional pin image in order to devise a shooting method.

  For example, the pin-up image 330 is transmitted to a player-owned terminal (such as a portable terminal) via a server. Recently, users often use composite images for social networking services (SNS) and blogs. Since the pin-up image 330 is an image of one person composed of the frame image 302 having a shape different from the conventional one, the pin-up image 330 can be easily used as a material for an SNS or a blog (hereinafter referred to as a blog). As shown in FIG. 6D, the pin-up image 330 that has been subjected to image processing is further processed by image processing, and the appearance of the subject is somewhat deformed. Therefore, compared with the case where the user's own photograph is displayed as it is as shown in FIG.

<2.2. Features of photo game machines>
As shown in FIG. 7, conventionally, using a rectangular camera with a shooting range 350 that is vertically long, the shooting range 350 is divided into two at the center of the width of the shooting range to define pin areas 351 and 352 (patents). Literature 1 etc.). And while displaying each pin area | region 351 and 352 on the display for imaging | photography with a live image, each player was encouraged to pose within a corresponding pin area | region, and the pin image was produced | generated. In the case of such a conventional photographing method, the pin regions 351 and 352 are narrow and adjacent to each other. Therefore, if each player poses freely in each pin area 351 and 352, a part of each other's body will overlap. Therefore, the poses that each player can take are limited.

  For example, when a pin-up image is generated by a conventional method, the following problem occurs. As shown in FIG. 8, if an up image of each player is to be generated using a vertically long rectangular shooting range 350, the upper portions 351A and 352A of the pin areas 351 and 352 must be trimmed. In this case, each player moves closer to the camera side than the case of taking a pin image of the whole body image as shown in FIG. 7, and sets the standing position so that his / her face appears as large as possible in the upper portions 351A and 352A. adjust. In this case, the upper body portions 355 and 356 of the upper body of each player protrude from the upper portions 351A and 352A. That is, these body parts 355 and 356 are not included in the pin-up image. Furthermore, a part 357 of the upper body of the player in the pin area 352 may enter the pin area 351 of another player.

  In short, in the conventional method, since the horizontal width of the pin areas 351 and 352 that can be used by each player is narrow, the freedom of the player's pose when shooting a pin-up image is limited. Furthermore, each player must determine a standing position without touching each other and not being too far away. As a result, the range of the upper body that can be included in the pin-up image is also limited.

  Further, when a pin-up image is generated in the conventional vertically long shooting range 350, the face portion of each subject in the shooting range 350 is limited to the upper portions 351A and 352A of the pin regions 351 and 352. That is, in the case of the vertically long shooting range 350, the ratio of the face portion in the shooting range is inevitably small. Therefore, when a pin-up image is generated in the shooting range 350, the regions 351A and 352A including the face portion must be trimmed and generated, and only a part of the shooting range 350 can be used. For this reason, the image quality is inevitably deteriorated.

  The photography game machine of the present embodiment improves such a conventional problem. The reason for this will be described below. In the following description, a case in which the pinup image 330 is generated by the upper camera 21B among the two cameras 21A and 21B will be described.

  As shown in FIG. 9, unlike the vertically long shooting range 350 of the front camera 21A, the shooting range 360 of the upper camera 21B is a horizontally long rectangle. The pin areas 361 and 362 are sectioned at the center of the width of the shooting range 360 and are arranged side by side within the shooting range 360. In this case, the aspect ratio (vertical length / horizontal length) of the pin areas 361 and 362 is smaller than that of the pin areas 351 and 352.

  When the pin-up image 330 of each player is generated using such pin areas 361 and 362, as shown in FIG. 9, each player has a standing position so that his / her upper body can be seen in the pin areas 361 and 362. Decide. In this case, a gap D can be formed between the players. This gap D can be made larger than in the case of using a vertically long photographing range 350 as shown in FIG. That is, each player can pose away from each other as compared with the case of FIG. Therefore, the degree of freedom of each player's pose increases, and the player can pose more freely than before.

  Further, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 8, a pin-up image is not generated using a part of the pin regions 351 and 352 (upper portions 351A and 351B), but rather than in the case of FIG. A pin-up image is generated using many portions of the image in the pin areas 361 and 362. Therefore, the ratio of the face portion of the subject in the shooting range 360 can be made larger than in the case of the shooting range 350 described above (see FIG. 8). Since many portions in the shooting range 360 can be used for pin-up images, the image quality of the pin-up image is not likely to be rough, and a pin-up image with high resolution can be obtained. Furthermore, when the shooting range is horizontally long, a face portion is more easily arranged at the center of the shooting range than when the shooting range is vertically long. Usually, the focus of the camera is arranged at the center position of the shooting range. Therefore, if a pin-up photograph is taken in the horizontally long photographing range 360, the face portion is easily focused as compared with the case of the vertically long photographing range 350. Therefore, a pin-up image with a better image quality of the face portion is obtained in the horizontally long shooting range 360 than in the case of the vertically long shooting range 350.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, each pin region 361 and 362 has a margin, so that the shape of the outer edges of the pin regions 361 and 362 can be matched with the frame shape 302 as shown in FIG. In FIG. 10, unlike the conventional pin areas 351 and 352, the pin areas 361 and 362 are arranged apart from each other and are also arranged away from the outer edge 360 </ b> A of the imaging range 360.

  In FIG. 10, each pin area 361 and 362 is aligned with a circular frame image 302. Even in such a case, each player can fit his / her upper body in the circular pin areas 361 and 362 without overlapping with other neighboring players.

  Although the circular pin regions 361 and 362 are shown in FIG. 10, the pin regions 361 and 362 may have a shape other than a circle or a rectangle. By making the shooting range 360 a horizontally long rectangle, the pin areas 361 and 362 are arranged apart from each other, and even if the pin areas 361 and 362 are arranged away from the outer edge of the shooting range 360, the player's upper body is placed in the pin areas 361 and 362. Can be included. Therefore, the shape of the pin areas 361 and 362 can be set more freely than in the past.

  As described above, the horizontally long shooting range 360 is suitable for the pin-up image 330. On the other hand, when a whole body image of a subject is shot in the horizontally long shooting range 360, the ratio of the subject shown in the shooting range is small as shown in FIG. In this case, the whole body image is generated by trimming the subject portion. However, since the subject portion is only a part of the shooting range 360, the image quality is inevitably deteriorated.

The photography game machine 1 of the present embodiment includes the two cameras 21A and 21B as described above, the front camera 21A has a vertically long shooting range 350, and the upper camera 21B has a horizontally long shooting range 360. Therefore, the photography game machine 1 can use both a vertically long and a horizontally long shooting range. Therefore, when generating a whole body image, if the vertically long shooting range of the front camera 21A is used, as shown in FIG. 12, the ratio of the subject to the shooting range 350 is larger than that in the shooting range 360 (FIG. 11). Become. Therefore, a whole-body image with high image quality can be obtained.
Thus, since the photography amusement machine 1 can use two types of photographing ranges 350 and 360, the whole body image and the pin-up image 330 are generated in one play, and any image ( The image quality of the whole body image and the pin-up image 330) can be maintained.

<< 3. Operation of photography game machine >>
<3.1. Overview of operation>
First, the photography amusement machine 1 according to the present embodiment receives a generation condition of a composite image to be generated in the pre-service booth 4 (pre-service process). Subsequently, the photography game machine 1 shoots the player as a subject in the shooting booth 2 to generate a photographic image (shooting process). After the photographing process, the photography amusement machine 1 arranges the edited image on the photographic image according to the player's operation in the editing booth 3, generates a normal composite image, and further, for the photographic image for the pin-up image. Also perform the editing process. The photography game machine 1 further prints the generated normal composite image (image editing process). The photography game machine 1 further transmits the pin-up image to the terminal owned by the player via the server (image transmission processing). Hereinafter, each process is explained in full detail.

<3.2. Advance customer service>
FIG. 13 is a flowchart of the pre-service process executed by the photography game machine 1. The CPU 103 executes pre-service processing based on the control program.

  The CPU 103 displays a demonstration screen urging use of the photography amusement machine 1 on the reception display 41 (S101). When the coin control unit 112 accepts the insertion of coins for one play during the display of the demonstration screen (Yes in S102), the CPU 103 displays an explanation screen on the display 41 and 1 of the photography game machine 1 is displayed. The contents of the play will be described (S103). For example, the CPU 103 can generate a pin-up image in addition to the normal composite image, and displays guidance on the display 41 that the pin-up image is transmitted to the player's terminal.

  Next, the CPU 103 accepts selection of an image course (S104). In this embodiment, three types of courses are prepared: an “outing” course, a “daily” course, and a “everyone” course. A plurality of selectable background images are prepared for each course, and image processing relating to different color tones is performed for each course. That is, different normal composite images 310 and 320 are generated for each course.

  The “Odekake” course is based on the premise that the player wears formal clothes, and multiple background images that match the formal clothes are prepared. Including image processing such as the above).

  The “Daily” course is based on the assumption that the player is wearing casual clothes or school uniforms, and multiple background images that match the casual clothes are prepared. Processing is performed.

  The “outing” course and the “daily” course are selectable courses when there are two players to play. On the other hand, the “everyone” course is a course assuming that there are three or more players to play, and a background image suitable for shooting by a large number of people is prepared and image processing is performed.

  CPU103 displays the selection button of each course on the display 41, and receives selection of a course (S104). The player taps one of the displayed selection buttons. By the player's tap, the CPU 103 specifies the selected course.

  Next, the CPU 103 accepts selection of a shooting method (S105). Step S105 is performed only when the player selects either the “outing” course or the “daily” course in step S104. That is, when the “everyone” course is selected, step S105 is not performed.

  As shown in FIG. 6A and FIG. 6B described above, there are two types of imaging methods, a normal composite image, an up composite image 310 and a whole-body composite image 320. In step S105, the CPU 103 displays an up composite image course button that generates only the up composite image 310, and an up and whole body composite image course button that generates both the up composite image 310 and the whole body composite image 320. 41 and accepts the player's selection. By tapping the player's button, the CPU 103 specifies the selected course.

  In the present embodiment, when the player selects “up composite image course”, the CPU 103 shoots and generates six photographic images 300 (up images of the subject) for the up composite image. When the player selects the “up and whole body composite image course”, the CPU 103 generates four photographic images 300 for the up composite image and two photographic images 300 (whole body images of the subject) for the whole composite image. To do.

  When the “everyone” course is selected, the CPU 103 shoots and generates six photographic images 300 (up images of the subject) for the up composite image 310.

  Subsequently, regardless of which course is selected in step S104, the CPU 103 accepts input of the player's name (S106). The CPU 103 displays a name input screen on the display 41. When either the “Odekake” or “Daily” course is selected, there are two players. Therefore, the display 41 displays two name input screens arranged side by side. A Roman character input button and a hiragana input button are displayed on the name input screen, and the user inputs his / her name. As a result, the CPU 103 stores the input user name (Hiragana, Romaji) in the memory 105. The input user name is used to generate an edited image used in the image editing process, or used as an edited image for the pin-up image 330 (a character image 303B of “AYA”) as shown in FIG. 6D. .

  When the “all together” course is selected in step S104, the CPU 103 displays a name input screen for the number of players and accepts input of the names of the players.

  Next, the CPU 103 displays a selection screen for the background image corresponding to the course selected in steps S104 and S105 on the display 41, and accepts selection by the player of the background image used for generating the normal composite image (S107).

  When the player selects the “outing” course in step S104, the CPU 103 displays a plurality of background images associated with the outing course on the display 41, and accepts the player's selection. At this time, when the player selects “up composite image course” in step S <b> 105, only the background image for the up composite image 310 is displayed on the display 41. On the other hand, when “up and whole body composite image course” is selected, the background image for the up composite image 310 and the background image for the whole body composite image 320 are displayed on the display 41, and the selection of the player is accepted.

  Similarly, when the player selects the “daily” course in step S <b> 104, the CPU 103 similarly displays a background image associated with the “daily” course on the display 41. The same applies when the player selects the course “all together” in step S104.

  When the process of step S107 is completed, the CPU 103 determines whether or not the shooting booth 2 is empty (S108). When the photography booth 2 is not empty (No in S108), the CPU 103 displays a standby screen for instructing standby on the display 41 (S109). At this time, an advertisement or the like may be displayed so that the player stays on the spot.

  On the other hand, when the photography booth 2 is vacant (Yes in S108), the CPU 103 displays a guide screen that prompts the player to move to the photography booth 2 on the display 41 (S110), and ends the pre-service process for the player. The CPU 103 returns to the demonstration screen display for waiting for the next player to start playing while the power of the photography amusement machine 1 is turned on, and repeatedly executes the pre-service process.

<3.3. Shooting process>
After the prior customer service process, the photographic game machine 1 performs a photographic process to generate a photographic image 300 that is the basis of the normal composite images 310 and 320. The photography game machine 1 further generates a photographic image 301 for the pin-up image 330.

  FIG. 14 is a flowchart of the photographing process executed by the photography game machine 1. The CPU 103 executes photographing processing based on the control program.

  The CPU 103 displays a shooting process start screen on the front display 22A for shooting (S201). For example, a shooting process start button and a message notifying that shooting is started by touching the shooting process start button are displayed in the shooting start screen. When the player touches the shooting process start button, the CPU 103 executes processes in and after step S202.

  First, the CPU 103 executes a photography process (S202). In the photographic processing, the CPU 103 causes the photographic image 300 for the up composite image 310 (up image of the subject) and the photographic image 300 for the whole body composite image 320 (the whole body of the subject) according to the course selected in steps S104 and S105. Image).

<3.3.1. Photo shooting process>
FIG. 15 is a flowchart of the photographing process in FIG. Referring to FIG. 15, in the photo shooting process (S202), in any course selected in step S104, first, two photo images 300 for up composite image 310 are taken using upper camera 21B. Next, two photographic images 300 for the up composite image 310 are taken using the front camera 21A. Hereinafter, these photographic images 300 are also referred to as “up photographic images” 300.

  The types of the fifth and sixth photographic images 300 differ depending on the selection in steps S104 and S105. Specifically, when the player selects either “Odekake” or “Daily” in step S104, and also selects “Up composite image course” in step S105, the CPU 103 determines whether the fifth and sixth images. As a photographic image, an up-photo image 300 using the front camera 21A is generated. When the player selects either “Odekake” or “Daily” in step S104, and selects “Up and whole body composite image course” in step S105, the CPU 103 causes the fifth and sixth photographic images to be displayed. As a result, a photographic image 300 (hereinafter also referred to as a whole body photographic image 300) using the front camera 21A is generated. When the player selects the “everyone” course in step S104, an up photo image 300 using the front camera 21A is generated as the fifth and sixth photo images.

  With reference to FIG. 15, first, the CPU 103 specifies the course selected by the player in steps S104 and S105, and specifies the photographic images 300 to be generated on the fifth and sixth sheets (S2021). Subsequently, the first photo image (up photo image 300) is taken.

[Upper shooting]
As described above, in the present embodiment, the first and second photo images are the up photo images 300 using the upper camera 21B. Therefore, the CPU 103 recognizes that the first shooting is the shooting of the up-photo image 300 by the upper camera 21B (hereinafter referred to as “up-up shooting”) (Yes in S2023), and displays the upper-up shooting guidance screen on the front display. It is displayed on 22A (S2024). At this time, the front display 22A displays a screen explaining that the upper camera 21B captures the up photo image 300 and that the live video is displayed on the upper display 22B.

  After the guidance display ends, the CPU 103 captures and generates the up-photo image 300 (S2025 to S2029). First, the CPU 103 instructs the player to pause (S2025). For example, a message instructing a pose such as “put your hand on your chest!” Is displayed on the front display 22A together with the model image. Further, CPU 103 outputs a voice pause instruction from speaker 450. The player poses according to the instruction.

  The CPU 103 displays live video (hereinafter referred to as “subject video”) showing the subject on the upper display 22B instead of the front display 22A (S2026). As described above, the subject image of the player imaged by the upper camera 21B is displayed on the upper display 22B in real time.

  The shooting range of the upper camera 21B is a horizontally long rectangle. Therefore, only the subject video portion that appears in the square area used for the up-photo image 300 is trimmed and displayed on the upper display 22B.

  The upper display 22B is disposed directly below the upper camera 21B. Therefore, the player can check his / her pose by looking at the subject video displayed on the upper display 22B while facing his face toward the upper camera 21B.

  The CPU 103 starts a countdown (S2027), and performs photographing by performing a shutter operation after a predetermined time has elapsed (S2028). Thereby, the up photograph image 300 is generated. The CPU 103 displays the generated up-photo image 300 on the front display 22A as a preview (S2029).

  Subsequently, the CPU 103 performs the second shooting. Since the second shooting is also an up shooting (YES in S2023), the CPU 103 executes the up shooting. At this time, the guidance in step S2024 is omitted. This is because the guide has already been provided for the first shooting. The up shooting operation (S2025 to S2029) is the same as the first time.

[Normal shooting]
Subsequently, the CPU 103 performs the third shooting. In the third shooting, shooting for generating the up-photo image 300 by the front camera 21A (hereinafter referred to as normal up shooting) is performed. Therefore, the CPU 103 recognizes that normal up shooting is performed (No in S2023, Yes in S2030). The CPU 103 displays a normal up shooting guide screen on the front display 22A (S2031). The front display 22A displays an image for explaining that the up-photo image 300 is captured by the front camera 21A and that the subject video is displayed on the front display 22A.

  After the guidance display ends, the CPU 103 executes normal up shooting (S2025 to S2029). The CPU 103 instructs the player to pause using the front display 22A and the speaker 450 (S2025). The CPU 103 further displays the subject video on the front display 22A (S2026).

  The shooting range of the front camera 21A is a vertically long rectangular shape. Therefore, only the subject video portion that appears in the square area used for the up-photo image 300 out of the subject video in the shooting range is trimmed and displayed on the front display 22A. In normal up shooting, since the front camera 21A is used, the subject image is displayed on the front display 22A directly below the front camera 21A.

  The CPU 103 starts a countdown (S2027), and performs photographing by performing a shutter operation after a predetermined time has elapsed (S2028). Thereby, the up photograph image 300 is generated. The CPU 103 displays the generated up-photo image 300 on the front display 22A as a preview (S2029). The fourth shooting is the same as the third shooting.

  As described in the above operation, in the present embodiment, the up-camera image 300 from two types of angles is generated by the front camera 21A and the upper camera 21B. Thus, by generating the up photo image 300 having different angles, the design of the up composite image 310 can be improved, and the player's preference for play can be further improved.

[Full body photography]
The CPU 103 further performs the fifth and sixth photographing. Based on the recognition in step S2021, if the fifth and sixth shots are shots of the up-photo image 300, the CPU 103 recognizes that normal up-shooting is performed in the fifth and sixth shots (No in S2023). , Yes at S2030). Therefore, in this case, the same shooting operation as the third and fourth shooting is performed (S2031, S2025 to S2029). In this case, the guidance in S2031 may be omitted.

  On the other hand, when the fifth and sixth shootings are whole body shootings that generate the whole body photographic image 300 for the whole body composite image, the CPU 103 recognizes that the whole body shooting is performed at the fifth time and the sixth time (No in S2023, S2030). No, yes in S2032). In this case, the CPU 103 displays a whole body photographing guidance screen on the front display 22A (S2033). At this time, the front display 22A displays an image explaining that the whole body photo image is taken by the front camera 21A and that the subject video is displayed on the front display 22A.

  After the guidance display is completed, the CPU 103 executes whole body imaging (S2025 to S2029). The CPU 103 instructs the player to pause using the front display 22A and the speaker 450 (S2025), and displays the subject video on the front display 22A (S2026).

  As described above, since the shooting range of the front camera 21A is a vertically long rectangular shape, the entire image or most of the shooting range corresponds to the size of the whole body photographic image. Therefore, the CPU 103 displays most or all of the subject video within the shooting range on the front display 22A as a live video.

  The CPU 103 starts a countdown (S2027) and performs photographing (step S2028). Thereby, a whole body photographic image is generated. The sixth shooting is the same as the fifth shooting.

  After the first to sixth shootings are completed (Yes in S2022), the photo shooting process is temporarily ended.

<3.3.2. Pin-up shooting>
Returning to FIG. 14, the CPU 103 continues to take a photographic image 301 for the pin-up composite image 330 (hereinafter referred to as a pin-up photographic image 301) (S 203 to S 204 and S 202). Hereinafter, this shooting is referred to as pin-up shooting. For example, the CPU 103 displays a pin-up shooting guide screen as shown in FIG. 16 on the front display 22A (S203). In FIG. 16, various pin-up images 330 are displayed, and it is explained that the pin-up image is an up image of each player.

  Subsequently, the CPU 103 receives a design selection of the pin-up image 330 (S204). At this time, the CPU 103 displays a plurality of design sample images of the pin-up image 330 on the front display 22A. For example, the CPU 103 displays sample images of a plurality of types of pin-up images 330 having different frame images 302 as shown in FIG. 6C or 6E. The CPU 103 further displays sample images of a plurality of types of pin-up images 330 that have been subjected to different image processing, as shown in FIG. 6D. The player taps a sample image of a desired design. The CPU 103 determines the design of the pin-up image 330 to be generated based on the sample image tapped by the player.

  After the design is determined, the CPU 103 performs pin-up shooting (S202). Referring to FIG. 15, CPU 103 recognizes that the next shooting is pin-up shooting (No in S2022, S2023, S2030, and S2032). At this time, the CPU 103 displays pin-up shooting guidance on the front display 22A (S2034). The main display contents at this time are that the pin-up image 330 is captured using the upper camera 21B, the subject image as a live image is displayed on the upper display 22B, and the like. The upper camera 21B is used because the shooting range of the upper camera 21B is a horizontally long rectangle.

  After the guidance in step S2034, the CPU 103 performs pin-up shooting (S2025 to S2029). At this time, the upper display 22B displays a screen as shown in FIG. Referring to FIG. 17, the upper display 22B has subject images in the pin areas 361 and 362 in the subject image 370 (the solid line and broken line portions of the subject in the drawing) within the shooting range 360 (broken line in the drawing). Portions 371 and 372 (solid line portions of the subject in the figure) are displayed as live video. The outer edges of the pin areas 361 and 362 correspond to the shape of the frame image 302 of the design selected in step S204. On the upper display 22B, a guidance display for instructing each player to enter the pin areas 361 and 362 is displayed. This guidance may be guided by voice.

  As described above, in this embodiment, a photographic image (pin-up photographic image) 301 for a pin-up image is photographed and generated using the upper camera 21B having a horizontally-long rectangular photographing range. Therefore, the problem that it is difficult to pose because the pin areas are close to each other and the width is narrow as in the conventional pin image is solved. As shown in FIG. 17, there is a gap D between the two players who entered the pin areas 361 and 362, and each player can pose more freely than before. Furthermore, since the horizontal rectangular shooting range 360 is used, the image quality of the pin-up image 330 (pin-up photo image) is less likely to be lower than when a vertical rectangular shooting range is used.

  The CPU 103 starts a countdown (S2027), and performs photographing by performing a shutter operation after a predetermined time has elapsed (S2028). At this time, a pin-up photographic image 301 of the subject for each pin region 361, 362 is generated from each subject video portion in each pin region 361, 362. As a result, a pin-up photo image 301 is generated for each pin area 361 and 362 in one shooting. That is, the photographic image 301 of each player is generated by one shooting. The generated photographic image 301 is previewed on the front display 22A (S2029).

<3.3.3. Processing after pin-up shooting>
Returning to FIG. 14, after the pin-up shooting process is completed, the CPU 103 displays the eye shot selection screen for selecting the eye shot (size) of the photographic image on the front display 22A (S205). Let the player select a picture. Depending on the selected process, the image of the eye in the image is processed. Further, the CPU 103 displays a brightness selection screen for selecting the brightness of the photographic image on the front display 22A (S206). The CPU 103 adjusts the brightness of the photographic image by image processing according to the selection.

  Through the above processing, six normal composite images (310, or 310 and 320) photographic images 300 and one pin-up image 330 photographic image 301 are generated.

  Next, the CPU 103 determines whether or not the editing booth 3 is free (S207). When the editing booth 3 is not available (No in S207), the CPU 103 displays a standby screen for instructing standby until the editing booth 3 is available on the front display 22A (S208). When the editing booth 3 is vacant (Yes in S207), the CPU 103 displays a guidance screen for instructing movement to the editing booth 3 on the front display 22A (step S209). Thereby, the photographing process for this player is completed.

  The CPU 103 returns to a demonstration screen display (not shown) for waiting for the next player to start shooting while the power of the photo game machine 1 is turned on, and repeatedly executes the shooting process.

<3.4. Image editing process>
The photography game machine 1 executes an image editing process after completing the photographing process. The CPU 103 executes image editing processing based on the control program. In the image editing process, the CPU 103 executes a graffiti process, synthesizes the edited image generated by the graffiti process and the photographic image, and generates normal composite images 310 and 320. Also, a pin-up image is generated based on the design selected in step S204 of the shooting process. The CPU 103 prints the normal composite images 310 and 320 on sticker paper. The CPU 103 further transmits a pin-up image to the player's terminal.

  In the graffiti process, the player can make a graffiti on the photographic images 300 and 301 generated by the shooting process. An edited image is generated based on the doodled content. A photograph image (up photograph image, whole body photograph image) 300 for a normal composite image is a graffiti object and an edited image is generated. The pin-up photo image 301 for the pin-up image 330 may or may not be a graffiti target.

  FIG. 18 is a flowchart of the image editing process executed by the photography game machine 1. The CPU 103 displays a moving waiting image screen that prompts the start of the image editing process on the editing display 311 (S301). When the user touches the display 311 with the touch pen 312, the remaining editing time starts to be counted down (S302).

<3.4.1. Graffiti processing>
Next, the CPU 103 performs graffiti processing (S303). FIG. 19 is a flowchart of the graffiti process executed by the photography game machine 1. FIG. 20 is a diagram showing an editing screen displayed on the editing display 311 during the graffiti process.

  Referring to FIG. 19, CPU 103 displays the edit screen shown in FIG. 20 on display 311 (S402). Referring to FIG. 18, two editing areas 60L and 60R are displayed on the left and right on the editing screen. The two players can edit the photographic images in the editing areas 60L and 60R, respectively. Also, a photographic image is displayed on the graffiti replacement 75 and is assigned to one of the editing areas 60L and 60R by the selection operation of the left and right users. Thereby, different photographic images can be edited in each of the editing areas 60L and 60R.

  The editing screen further displays an editing tool selection button 61 for selecting an editing tool such as My Essence, Special, Stamp, Twirl, Message, and Pen.

  When the desired editing tool selection button 61 is touched with the touch pen 312, a palette 67 corresponding to the touched editing tool is displayed below the editing areas 60 </ b> L and 60 </ b> R. In the present embodiment, the top image tool for “blog graffiti” is selected in the left palette 67, and the special tool for “normal graffiti” is selected in the right palette 67. In each palette 67, a plurality of selection buttons 64 on which edit images of designs that can be used with the selected editing tool are displayed are arranged. For example, a plurality of selection buttons 64 displaying a plurality of edited images of a stamp image, a kurukuru image, a message image, and a pen image are displayed on the right pallet 67 from which the special tool is selected.

  When the “My Essence” tool in the edit tool selection button 61R is selected, a plurality of edit images (character string images) created according to the character string input in the name input process (see S106 in FIG. 11) are palettes. It is displayed in 67 selection buttons 64. For example, when a character string “Aya” and a character string “Saori” are input as the user's name, the CPU 103 creates various edited images based on “Aya” and “Saori”. Thus, the character string input on the name input screen displayed in step S106 is used as an edited image.

  The continuation of the graffiti process will be described with reference to FIG. 19 again. After the editing screen is displayed (S402), the CPU 103 is selected until the graffiti time reaches the time limit (Yes in S404) or until the END button 68 is touched with the touch pen 312 (Yes in S405). An input of an edited image corresponding to a photographic image is accepted. Specifically, when the CPU 103 detects the touch of the desired selection button 64 in the palette 67 (Yes in S403, Yes in S406), the design tool displayed on the touched selection button 64 is set (S407). ). Then, when the editing area 60 is touched (Yes in S403, No in S406), an edited image of the selected design is input to the touched position (S408). The input edited image is stored in the memory 105 in association with the photographic image.

  When the graffiti time reaches the time limit (Yes in S404) or when a touch on the END button 68 is detected (Yes in S405), the CPU 103 ends the graffiti process.

  Referring to FIG. 18, after the graffiti process (S303), the CPU 103 generates the up photograph image 300 and the whole body photograph image 300 for the normal composite images 310 and 320 obtained by the photographing process by the graffiti process. The edited image is synthesized to generate a normal synthesized image (up synthesized image 310, whole body synthesized image 320) (S304).

  The CPU 103 further edits the pin-up photo image 301 to generate a pin-up image 330 that is a composite image. Specifically, the CPU 103 edits the photo image 301 based on the design selected in step S204 or based on the input edit image when the graffiti process S303 is executed on the photo image 301. Then, a pin-up image is generated (S305).

  Subsequently, the CPU 103 generates a sheet image for printing the generated normal composite images 310 and 320 on one sheet based on the sheet layout selected by the player (S306). Further, the CPU 103 transmits the generated sheet image to the printer 650 and starts printing. The printer 650 prints the transmitted sheet image (step S307). When printing is completed, the printer 650 discharges the photographic sticker paper on which the sheet image is printed to the discharge port 321. The process so far (a series of processes from the pre-customer service process to the discharge of the photo sticker paper) corresponds to one play provided by the photography game machine 1 to a set of users.

<3.4.2. Image transmission processing>
When the above printing (S307) is started, the CPU 103 performs an image transmission process (S308). In the image transmission process (S308), the CPU 103 transmits the generated pin-up image 330 to a server (not shown). A player acquires a pin-up image from a server using his / her terminal (for example, a portable terminal). Thereby, the player can use the pin-up image as a material image such as a blog.

  The CPU 103 may be able to acquire the normal composite images 310 and 320 generated in step S304 to the player's terminal via the server. In this case, the player can acquire and use not only the pin-up image 330 but also the normal composite images 310 and 320 in the terminal.

<< 4. Other embodiments >>
In the above-described embodiment, the shooting range of the front camera 21A is a vertically long rectangle, but the shooting range of the front camera 21A may be a horizontally long rectangle (that is, the imaging surface of the front camera 21A is a horizontally long rectangle). In this case, the photographic image 301 for the pin-up image 330 can be taken using the front camera 21A.

  In the embodiment described above, the player can select the design of the pin-up image 330 (see S204 in FIG. 12). However, the design selection by the player may be omitted, and the CPU 103 may arbitrarily determine the design of the pin-up image 330. In this case, the design of the pin-up image 330 generated for each play is different, and the pin-up image 330 having a design unexpected by the player is generated. Therefore, the play preference is increased.

  As described in the above-described embodiment, the shapes of the pin regions 361 and 362 can be freely set. The shape of the pin regions 361 and 362 may be a rectangular shape that contacts each other as shown in FIG. 9, or may be a shape that is arranged apart from each other as shown in FIG. The shape of the pin region 361 and the shape of the pin region 362 may be different from each other. The shape of the pin regions 361 and 362 may be a polygonal shape or a shape having a plurality of curvatures.

  In the above-described embodiment, the synthetic image generation conditions such as selection of the background image of the synthetic image are set during the pre-service process. However, the setting of the synthetic image generation conditions such as selection of the background image may be performed during the photographing process or may be performed during the image editing process.

  In the above-described embodiment, an up image of a subject is generated as a pin image. However, a pin image other than the up image may be generated by the photographing method of the present embodiment. In this case, the image quality is likely to be lower than that of the up image, but since the gap D is formed between the players, the degree of freedom of the player's pose is higher than before.

  In the above-described embodiment, the photography game machine 1 uses two cameras (the front camera 21A and the upper camera 21B) to provide two types of shooting ranges (the vertically long shooting range 350 and the horizontally long shooting range 360). Switch. However, the method of using the two types of shooting ranges and the switching method are not limited to this. For example, the photography amusement machine 1 includes one camera, and the camera can rotate around the optical axis around the optical axis of the lens. By rotating the camera, the vertically long shooting range 350 and the horizontally long You may switch to any of the imaging ranges 360.

  While the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the above-described embodiments are merely examples for carrying out the present invention. Therefore, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be implemented by appropriately modifying the above-described embodiment without departing from the spirit thereof.

1 Photo shooting machine 21A, 21B Camera 22A, 22B Shooting display 330 Pin-up image 350, 360 Shooting range

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Photographing means capable of acquiring an image within the photographing range;
Live video display means for displaying each subject video portion in each pin area horizontally aligned with each other in the shooting range among the subject video displayed in the horizontally long shooting range;
A photographic game machine comprising: generating means for generating images in each pin area acquired from each subject video portion in each pin area as different photographic images by one shooting. A photography game machine according to claim 1,
The generation means can generate a photographic image of the whole body of the subject,
The photographing means can use the horizontally long photographing range and the vertically long photographing range,
When generating a photographic image of the whole body of the subject, the shooting means uses the vertically long shooting range, and when generating a photographic image for each pin area, the shooting means uses the horizontally long shooting range. A photography game machine. A photography game machine according to claim 2,
The photographing means includes
A first camera having the horizontally long shooting range;
A photography game machine comprising: a second camera having the vertically long shooting range. A photography game machine according to claim 1,
Each said pin area | region is arrange | positioned mutually apart, and is a photography game machine which is arrange | positioned inside the outer edge of the said imaging | photography range. To a computer in a photography game machine equipped with a photographing means capable of acquiring an image within the photographing range and a display,
A step of displaying on the display each subject video portion in each pin area horizontally aligned with each other within the shooting range of the subject video displayed in the horizontally long shooting range;
A control program for executing a step of generating, as a different photographic image, an image in each pin area captured from each subject video portion in each pin area by one shooting.

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