JP2021048450A - Imaging apparatus and imaging system - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide an imaging device which allows a user to use a desired image as a background image, and an imaging system.SOLUTION: An imaging device comprises: an imaging unit for taking an image of a user and creating a photograph image; a communication unit for receiving a background image from a user terminal or server; an image-processing unit for cutting out a person image from the photograph image, and synthesizing the person image and the background image to create a composite image; and an instruction-receiving unit for receiving instructions about the size and position of the person image on the background image.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

The present invention relates to a photographing device and a photographing system.

In recent years, image printing devices (for example, Purikura (registered trademark)) that take a picture of a user, print it on a medium such as a special photographic paper or a sticker, and output it have been installed in a game center, an event facility, or the like. In a conventional image printing device, a person who poses in a shooting box is photographed with a camera, the background is deleted from the obtained image, and only the photographed person is extracted, and the background image and the extracted person image are extracted. And are combined, and the combined image is printed out.

However, in the conventional image printing device, it is necessary to select a background image from the images prepared in advance, and there is a case that a favorite composite image cannot be created.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2011-77856 Japanese Patent No. 5299203

An object of the present invention is to provide a photographing device and a photographing system that can use an image that a user likes as a background image.

The photographing device of the present invention captures a user, generates a photographed image, a communication unit that receives a background image from a user terminal or a server, cuts out a person image from the photographed image, and cuts out the person image and the background. It includes an image processing unit that synthesizes an image and generates a composite image, and an instruction receiving unit that receives an instruction on the size and position of the person image on the background image.

In one aspect of the present invention, the communication unit receives a foreground image from a user terminal or a server, and the image processing unit synthesizes the person image, the background image, and the foreground image to generate a composite image.

The photographing system of the present invention receives an image from the photographing device of the present invention and a user terminal, generates an identification code for identifying the image, transmits the identification code to the user terminal, and transmits the identification code and the image. The photographing device includes a server that stores the image in association with the above, and the photographing apparatus receives an input of the identification code, transmits the input identification code to the server, and acquires an image corresponding to the identification code from the server. , The acquired image is used as the background image.

According to the present invention, a user-favorite image can be used as a background image to obtain a highly satisfying composite image.

It is the schematic of the photographing system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. (A) is a diagram showing an example of a user image, and (b) and (c) are diagrams showing an example of a composite image. It is a functional block diagram of a server. It is a schematic block diagram of a photographing apparatus. It is a functional block diagram of an arithmetic control device. It is a flowchart explaining the composition image creation method which concerns on this embodiment.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a photographing system according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the photographing system includes a server 1 and a photographing device 2 that are communicably connected via a network such as the Internet.

The photographing device 2 photographs the user P, cuts out a person image from the photographed image, and creates a composite image in which the person image and the background image are combined. In this photographing system, an image (user image) prepared by the user P can be used as the background image. For example, an image taken by a user terminal 3 such as a smartphone or an image created by oneself using drawing software can be used as a background image.

The user image may be directly transferred from the user terminal 3 to the photographing device 2, or may be transmitted from the user terminal 3 to the photographing device 2 via the server 1. When going through the server 1, first, the user image is transmitted from the user terminal 3 to the server 1. When the server 1 receives the user image, it generates an identification code and transmits it to the user terminal 3. The identification code is, for example, a multi-digit alphanumeric character, and may be converted into a two-dimensional code and transmitted to the user terminal 3.

The user P inputs the identification code received from the server 1 by the photographing device 2. For example, the touch panel may be operated to manually input the identification code, or the two-dimensional code may be read. The photographing device 2 transmits the input identification code to the server 1.

When the server 1 receives the identification code from the photographing device 2, the server 1 transmits the user image corresponding to the identification code to the photographing device 2.

The photographing device 2 uses the user image received from the server 1 as a background image, synthesizes a person image cut out from the photographed image of the user P, and displays the live view. User P adjusts the size and composite position of the person image and shoots.

For example, the user P uses an image taken at a travel destination as shown in FIG. 2A as a background image. Then, the person image of the user P photographed and cut out by the photographing device 2 is combined with this background image to create a combined image as shown in FIG. 2 (b). Since the size and position of the person image can be adjusted, it is possible to create a unique composite image as shown in FIG. 2 (c).

The composite image is printed out by the photographing apparatus 2.

The composite image data may be made available for download from the server 1. In this case, when the photographing device 2 transmits the composite image to the server 1, the server 1 notifies the photographing device 2 of the URL and the passcode for downloading the image. The photographing device 2 prints out the URL and the passcode notified from the server 1. The user P uses the user terminal 3 to access the download site indicated by the URL printed on the printed matter, inputs the passcode, and downloads the composite image data.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, since the favorite image prepared by the user P can be used as the background image to be combined with the person image, the user P can obtain a highly satisfying composite image.

Next, the configuration of the server 1 will be described. As shown in FIG. 3, the server 1 is a computer having a storage unit 10 composed of a hard disk, a semiconductor memory, or the like, and a central processing unit (CPU) that controls the entire server 1 stores the storage unit 10 in the storage unit 10. By reading and executing the operating system (OS) and application program, the functions of the image receiving unit 11, the identification code generation unit 12, the identification code transmission unit 13, the collation unit 14, and the image transmission unit 15 are realized. ..

The image receiving unit 11 receives the image data of the user image from the user terminal 3 and stores it in the storage unit 10.

The identification code generation unit 12 generates an identification code that uniquely identifies the user image, associates the identification code with the image data, and stores the identification code in the storage unit 10. For example, the identification code consists of multiple digits of alphanumeric characters.

The identification code transmission unit 13 transmits the generated identification code to the user terminal 3. The identification code transmission unit 13 may convert the identification code into a two-dimensional code and transmit it to the user terminal 3.

The collating unit 14 compares and collates the identification code received from the photographing device 2 with the identification code stored in the storage unit 10.

The image transmission unit 15 transmits the image data associated with the identification code that matches the identification code received from the photographing device 2 to the photographing device 2.

As shown in FIG. 4, the photographing device 2 has a photographing unit 21 that photographs the user P and generates photographed image data, and a touch panel (instruction receiving) that receives various instructions from the user P and displays a preview image and various information. Unit and display unit) 22, a reading unit 23 that reads a two-dimensional code indicating an identification code presented by user P, a speaker 24 that outputs voice guidance, a lighting unit 25, a printer 26, and a communication unit 27. , Equipped with.

For example, the photographing device 2 is a box-type photography device having a photographing space for photographing the user P, and the wallpaper on the back side of the user P is blue or green suitable for chroma key processing. The photographing device 2 does not have to be a box type, and in that case, a blue or green screen is installed on the back side of the user P.

The photographing unit 21 is, for example, a digital camera, and outputs captured image data to the arithmetic control device 20.

The touch panel 22 displays an operation button, and when the operation button is pressed, the touch panel 22 receives an operation instruction corresponding to the operation button. For example, the touch panel 22 receives a selection instruction of a method for acquiring a background image from the user P. When the method of acquiring from the server is selected on the image acquisition method selection screen, the reading unit 23 becomes able to read the code. When the method of acquiring from the user terminal 3 is selected on the image acquisition method selection screen, the connection establishment process between the communication unit 27 and the user terminal 3 is performed.

Further, the touch panel 22 displays the person image synthesized with the background image in the live view, and receives an instruction of the position and size of the person image on the background image.

As the printer 26, a printer such as an inkjet method, a sublimation type thermal transfer method, or a molten type thermal transfer method can be used.

The communication unit 27 communicates with the server 1 and communicates with the user terminal 3. The communication method with the user terminal 3 is not particularly limited, and may be wired or wireless.

The arithmetic control device 20 is a computer that controls each part of the photographing device 2 and transfers data. By executing the photographing program stored in the storage unit (both not shown), the CPU of the arithmetic control device 20 executes the image acquisition method selection unit 200, the identification code acquisition unit 201, and the identification code transmission as shown in FIG. A unit 202, an image acquisition unit 203, an imaging processing unit 204, an image processing unit 205, and a print processing unit 206 are realized. The processing of each part will be described later.

Next, a composite image creation method will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

When the user P enters the photographing device 2, the image acquisition method selection unit 200 displays the background image acquisition method selection screen on the touch panel 22 (step S1). When the user image is registered in the server 1 from the user terminal 3 in advance, the user P selects "acquire from the server". The user P displays the identification code (two-dimensional code) on the user terminal 3 and holds it over the reading unit 23. The identification code acquisition unit 201 reads and acquires the identification code using the reading unit 23 (step S2).

The identification code transmission unit 202 transmits the identification code to the server 1 using the communication unit 27 (step S3). The image acquisition unit 203 acquires the image data corresponding to the transmitted identification code from the server 1 (step S4). The image acquired from the server 1 is used as the background image.

When the user image stored in the user terminal 3 is used without registering the image in the server 1 in advance, the user P operates the touch panel 22 and selects "acquire from the user terminal". The communication unit 27 establishes communication with the user terminal 3. When the user P selects an image in the user terminal 3, the user terminal 3 transmits the selected image to the photographing device 2. The image acquisition unit 203 acquires an image from the user terminal 3 (step S5). The image acquired from the user terminal 3 is used as the background image.

The shooting processing unit 204 controls the shooting unit 21 and starts shooting by the user P. The image processing unit 205 performs chroma key processing on the photographed image generated by the photographing unit 21 and cuts out a person image. The image processing unit 205 synthesizes the person image and the background image and displays them on the touch panel 22. The image processing unit 205 displays the person image in live view, and receives an instruction for adjusting the position and size of the person image on the background image from the user P via the touch panel 22 (step S6).

After a predetermined time has elapsed from the start of shooting, or based on an instruction from the user P, the shooting unit 21 shoots (still image shooting) (step S7). The image processing unit 205 cuts out a person image from the captured image, synthesizes the person image on the background image based on the size and position instructed by the user P in step S6, and generates a composite image (step S8).

The print processing unit 206 controls the printer 26 to print out the composite image (step S9).

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the image that the user likes can be used as the background image. Further, since the size and position of the person image to be combined with the background image can be freely adjusted, a highly satisfying composite image can be obtained.

In the above embodiment, the example of using the image prepared by the user as the background image has been described, but the user may prepare a plurality of images and use them as the background image and the foreground image. For example, when the photographing device 2 acquires a plurality of images from the server 1 or the user terminal 3, the plurality of images are displayed on the touch panel 22. The user P selects an image to be used as the background image and an image to be used as the foreground image from the displayed images.

In the above embodiment, an example of synthesizing a person image with a still image provided by a user has been described, but the data provided by the user may be a moving image.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment as it is, and at the implementation stage, the components can be modified and embodied within a range that does not deviate from the gist thereof. In addition, various inventions can be formed by an appropriate combination of the plurality of components disclosed in the above-described embodiment. For example, some components may be removed from all the components shown in the embodiments. In addition, components across different embodiments may be combined as appropriate.

1 Server 2 Imaging device 3 User terminal 10 Storage unit 11 Image reception unit 12 Identification code generation unit 13 Identification code transmission unit 14 Verification unit 15 Image transmission unit 21 Arithmetic control device 22 Touch panel 23 Reading unit 24 Speaker 25 Lighting unit 26 Printer 27 Communication Department

Claims (3)

A shooting unit that shoots the user and generates a shot image,
A communication unit that receives a background image from a user terminal or server,
An image processing unit that cuts out a person image from the captured image, synthesizes the person image and the background image, and generates a composite image.
An instruction receiving unit that receives instructions on the size and position of the person image on the background image, and
A shooting device equipped with. The communication unit receives the foreground image from the user terminal or server, and receives the foreground image.
The photographing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image processing unit synthesizes the person image, the background image, and the foreground image to generate a composite image. The photographing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, and
A server that receives an image from a user terminal, generates an identification code for identifying the image, transmits the identification code to the user terminal, and stores the identification code and the image in association with each other.
With
The photographing device accepts the input of the identification code, transmits the input identification code to the server, acquires an image corresponding to the identification code from the server, and uses the acquired image as the background image. A featured shooting system.

Images