JP7067244B2 - Imprint production device and imprint production system - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a print making device and a print making system for making a print with a face image printed on it.

Conventionally, a box-type photography device for taking an ID photo or the like to be attached to a driver's license, a passport, a resume or the like is known. For example, the photography apparatus converts the photographed face image into a plurality of image frames, prints them on one printing paper, and outputs the images.

Further, a photography device has been proposed in which an advertisement (commercial advertisement) is printed at an empty frame position of the print paper when the user specifies the number of image frames to be printed on one sheet of print paper (for example, Patent Document). See 1).

However, since such a conventional photography device automatically prints an advertisement at an empty frame position on the printing paper, the advertisement is also applied to users who do not need the advertisement (do not want to print the advertisement). There was a problem of outputting the printed paper.

The photography device is provided with a display (touch panel) that accepts the selection of a photograph size from the user and previews the photographed image. Conventional photography devices use displays only for these purposes, and further effective utilization is desired.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2003-173471

It is an object of the present invention to provide a printed matter making apparatus and a printed matter making system whose fee varies depending on viewing an advertisement or answering a questionnaire.

The imprint production device according to the present invention has a storage unit for storing advertisement data, a first selection unit for accepting selection of whether or not to view an advertisement, and a display unit when viewing an advertisement is selected. An advertisement reproduction unit that uses the advertisement to reproduce the advertisement data, and a charge processing unit that performs a normal charge billing process when it is selected not to view the advertisement and a discount charge charge process when the advertisement data is reproduced. A shooting unit that shoots the user after the billing process and generates the shot image data, an image processing unit that generates print image data using the shot image data, and a printing object based on the print image data. It is equipped with a printer for printing.

In one aspect of the present invention, the advertisement data to be reproduced is selected from the advertisement data of a plurality of companies stored in the storage unit based on the second selection unit that accepts the selection of the photo size and the selected photo size. A third selection unit is further provided.

In one aspect of the invention, an input of the user's gender and / or age is accepted, and the third selection unit receives advertising data based on the input gender and / or age and the selected photo size. Select.

In one aspect of the present invention, the image processing unit generates print image data including the advertisement image when the advertisement data is reproduced.

In one aspect of the present invention, the printer prints a photographed image and an advertisement image on different papers and outputs them.

In one aspect of the present invention, the remaining number of stamps that can be produced at the discounted rate is displayed.

The imprint production system according to the present invention includes the imprint production apparatus of the present invention and a server that distributes advertisement data to the imprint production apparatus.

The imprint production device according to the present invention has a storage unit for storing questionnaire data, a first selection unit for accepting selection of whether or not to answer a questionnaire, and a display unit when it is selected to answer a questionnaire. The questionnaire execution unit that displays the questionnaire screen and accepts questionnaire responses via the operation unit, and the normal charge billing process when it is selected not to answer the questionnaire, and the discount charge billing process when the questionnaire response is accepted. A billing processing unit that performs a charging process, a shooting unit that shoots a user after the billing processing and generates captured image data, an image processing unit that generates print image data using the captured image data, and the print image data. It is provided with a printer for printing a printed matter based on the above.

In one aspect of the present invention, a second selection unit that accepts selection of a photo size and a questionnaire displayed on a questionnaire screen from questionnaire data from a plurality of companies stored in the storage unit based on the selected photo size. It further includes a third selection unit for selecting data.

In one aspect of the present invention, when the image processing unit receives a questionnaire response, it generates image data for printing including an advertisement image of a company corresponding to the questionnaire.

The imprint production system according to the present invention includes the imprint production apparatus of the present invention and a server that distributes questionnaire data to the imprint production apparatus and collects questionnaire results.

According to the present invention, the fee for producing a printed matter fluctuates by viewing an advertisement or answering a questionnaire.

It is a schematic block diagram of the printed matter production apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a hardware block diagram of the arithmetic control part which concerns on the same embodiment. It is a functional block diagram realized by executing the print production program which concerns on the same embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen of a touch panel. (A) and (b) are diagrams showing an example of a printed matter to be printed out. It is a flowchart explaining the method of making a printed matter which concerns on the same embodiment. It is a functional block diagram realized by executing the image processing program which concerns on another embodiment. It is a schematic block diagram of the imprint production system which concerns on the same embodiment.

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

FIG. 1 shows a schematic configuration of a printed matter producing apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The imprint production device 100 includes a calculation control unit 1, a photographing unit 2 that photographs the face of the photographed person P and generates face image data, a printer 5 that prints an imprint (photograph), and a photographing unit 2. It includes a strobe 6 that irradiates the photographed person P with light when the photographed person P's face is photographed.

The photographing unit 2 is, for example, a digital camera, and includes a lens, a shutter, a CMOS sensor, an A / D converter, and the like. The face image data generated by the photographing unit 2 photographing the face of the photographed person P is transferred to the arithmetic control unit 1.

The imprint production device 100 has an operation unit that accepts a user (photographed person P) to select whether or not to view an advertisement, reproduces (displays) the advertisement, and displays a preview of the captured image. A display unit is provided, and for example, the touch panel 3 has those functions. Instead of the touch panel 3, a display, buttons, or the like without a touch function may be provided.

The touch panel 3 displays an operation button, and when the operation button is pressed, the touch panel 3 receives an operation instruction corresponding to the operation button. For example, the touch panel 3 receives from the user an instruction of the photo size to be printed on the printed matter by the printer 5. The photo size corresponds to, for example, a driver's license, a passport, a resume, and the like.

Further, the imprint making device 100 is provided with a billing unit (not shown) for accepting money paid by the photographed person P as the price of the imprint and paying out the change.

The arithmetic control unit 1 is connected to a shooting unit 2, a touch panel 3, a printer 5, a strobe 6, and a billing unit, and controls each unit and transfers data.

FIG. 2 shows the hardware configuration of the arithmetic control unit 1. The arithmetic control unit 1 includes a CPU (central processing unit) 11, a main memory 12, a disk device 13, and an input / output unit 14.

The disk device 13 stores a printed matter production program executed by the CPU 11. Further, the disk device 13 stores a plurality of advertisement data. The advertisement data is, for example, advertisement data of a plurality of companies, and includes video data, still image data, audio data, and the like.

By executing the print production program, as shown in FIG. 3, the photo size selection unit 21, the advertisement viewing selection unit 22, the advertisement selection unit 23, the advertisement reproduction unit 24, the billing processing unit 25, the shooting processing unit 26, and the image processing unit 27 and the print processing unit 28 are realized.

The photo size selection unit 21 displays the size selection screen on the touch panel 3 and accepts the selection of the photo size.

The advertisement viewing selection unit 22 displays a selection screen for selecting whether or not to view the advertisement on the touch panel 3 and accepts the selection from the user. For example, the selection screen as shown in FIG. 4 is displayed on the touch panel 3. In the present embodiment, the user views the advertisement and discounts the fee for producing the printed matter. The discounted rate is borne by the company that placed the advertisement viewed by the user.

When the user chooses to view the advertisement, the advertisement selection unit 23 selects the advertisement data to be played from the plurality of advertisement data. The advertisement selection unit 23 selects an advertisement based on the photo size selected by the user.

For example, when the photo size selected by the user corresponds to the driver's license, the advertisement selection unit 23 selects advertisement data of a car sales company, an insurance company that handles car insurance, and the like. When the photo size selected by the user corresponds to the passport, the advertisement selection unit 23 selects advertisement data of a travel agency, a suitcase rental company, an insurance company handling overseas travel insurance, and the like. When the photo size selected by the user corresponds to the resume, the advertisement selection unit 23 selects advertisement data of a prep school, a suit sales company, or the like.

The advertisement reproduction unit 24 reproduces the advertisement data selected by the advertisement selection unit 23. For example, the touch panel 3 is used to reproduce the moving image data of the advertisement.

The billing processing unit 25 bills the amount of money according to whether or not the advertisement is viewed, accepts money, pays change, and the like.

The photographing processing unit 26 controls the photographing unit 2 to take a picture of the photographed person P.

The image processing unit 27 reduces the image data generated by the photographing unit 2 to a size corresponding to the photo size to be printed by the printer 5, and generates image data for printing. When the user views the advertisement, the image (still image) corresponding to the viewed advertisement may be included in the image data for printing.

The print processing unit 28 transfers the image data for printing to the printer 5.

The printer 5 prints a print image received from the arithmetic control unit 1 on paper and outputs the image. The printing method of the printer 5 is not particularly limited, and an inkjet method, a sublimation type thermal transfer method, a melt type thermal transfer method, or the like can be used.

When the advertisement image is included in the image data for printing, for example, from the printer 5, as shown in FIG. 5A, a printed matter in which a plurality of frames of face images and advertisement images are printed on one sheet of paper. Is output. Further, as shown in FIG. 5B, the paper on which the face images of a plurality of frames are printed and the paper on which the advertisement image or the coupon is printed may be output separately.

Next, a method for producing a printed matter using such a printed matter producing apparatus 100 will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

The touch panel 3 accepts the selection of the photo size to be printed from the user (step S1).

A selection screen for whether or not to view the advertisement is displayed on the touch panel 3 (step S2). When the user chooses to view the advertisement (step S2_Yes), the imprint production apparatus 100 reproduces the advertisement of the company corresponding to the photo size selected in step S1 on the touch panel 3 (steps S3 to S6).

For example, when the photo size corresponding to the driver's license is selected, the advertisement of company A (automobile sales company) is reproduced (step S4). When the photo size corresponding to the passport is selected, the advertisement of company B (travel agency) is played (step S5). When the photo size corresponding to the resume is selected, the advertisement of company C (suit sales company) is played (step S6).

After the advertisement is reproduced, the printed matter producing device 100 performs a billing process for the discounted fee (step S7).

When the user chooses not to view the advertisement (step S2_No), the imprint production apparatus 100 performs a normal charge billing process (step S8).

After the billing process, the photographing unit 2 photographs the user P (step S9). The captured image may be displayed on the touch panel 3 so that the photographed image can be retaken a predetermined number of times.

The printer 5 prints the captured image of the user P on paper and outputs it (step S10). When the user P is watching the advertisement, the advertisement image may be printed on the paper together with the photographed image. The paper on which the advertisement image is printed may be the same as the paper on which the photographed image is printed, or may be another paper.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the advertisement can be reproduced by utilizing the touch panel 3. The user can select whether or not to watch the advertisement, and when the user watches the advertisement, the self-pay amount for creating the ID photo can be suppressed. Since the advertisement to be reproduced is a corporate advertisement according to the photo size (use) selected by the user, a high advertising effect can be expected for the user.

In the above embodiment, an example of changing the charge depending on whether or not the advertisement is viewed has been described, but the charge change (discount) action is not limited to the advertisement viewing, and may be, for example, a response to a questionnaire.

In this case, the disk device 13 stores questionnaire data from a plurality of companies. Questionnaire data includes questionnaire questions and the like. By executing the print production program, as shown in FIG. 7, the photo size selection unit 31, the questionnaire execution selection unit 32, the questionnaire selection unit 33, the questionnaire execution unit 34, the billing processing unit 35, the shooting processing unit 36, and the image processing unit 37 and the print processing unit 38 are realized. The photo size selection unit 31, billing processing unit 35, shooting processing unit 36, image processing unit 37, and print processing unit 38 include the photo size selection unit 21, billing processing unit 25, shooting processing unit 26, and image processing unit shown in FIG. Since the same processing as in 27 and the print processing unit 28 is performed, the description thereof will be omitted.

The questionnaire implementation selection unit 32 displays a selection screen for selecting whether or not to answer the questionnaire on the touch panel 3 and accepts the selection from the user.

When the user chooses to answer the questionnaire, the questionnaire selection unit 33 selects the questionnaire data to be performed from the plurality of questionnaire data. The questionnaire selection unit 33 selects a questionnaire based on the photo size selected by the user.

The questionnaire execution unit 34 displays the questionnaire screen on the touch panel 3 and accepts the questionnaire response from the user. The questionnaire execution unit 34 stores the questionnaire result including the questionnaire answer in the disk device 13.

In this way, the ID photo may be discounted by answering the questionnaire.

When the questionnaire is conducted, the advertisement of the company corresponding to the answered questionnaire may be printed on the printed matter printed from the printer 5. In addition, the advertisement to be printed may be changed depending on the answer to the questionnaire. For example, if the photo size selected by the user corresponds to the passport, a questionnaire from the travel agency is conducted. When the user answers the area of interest in the questionnaire, the advertisement of the travel plan corresponding to the area is printed together with the ID photo.

As shown in FIG. 8, the printed matter producing apparatus 100 may be communicably connected to the server S via a network such as the Internet or a LAN. The server S distributes the advertisement data and the questionnaire data to the imprint production apparatus 100. The print production device 100 transmits the number of advertisement reproductions for each company and the questionnaire totaling result to the server S.

The photographing unit 2 may photograph the user, estimate the age and gender of the user, and select the advertisement to be reproduced or the questionnaire to be conducted based on the estimation result and the selected photograph size. When the user chooses to view the advertisement or conduct the questionnaire, an input screen for inputting the age and gender may be displayed, and the input result from the user may be used for selecting the advertisement or the questionnaire. Further, the advertisement or the questionnaire may be selected in consideration of the installation place and the usage time zone of the printed matter producing apparatus 100.

You may set an upper limit per day for ID photos that can be taken at a discounted rate. A display that can be visually recognized from the outside may be installed in the housing of the printed matter producing apparatus 100, and the remaining number of times that the image can be taken at a discounted rate may be displayed on the display.

In the above embodiment, an example of printing a photographed image on paper and outputting the image has been described, but the printing object producing apparatus 100 owns the image data of the photographed image together with the print output or without the print output. Data may be sold to be transferred to a user terminal such as a smartphone. Further, the printed matter producing apparatus 100 may receive image data from the user terminal and perform reprint printing of the image.

You may discount the price of data sales and reprints by watching advertisements and answering questionnaires. In addition, by viewing advertisements and answering questionnaires at the time of shooting, reprint printing may be performed multiple times at a discounted rate. In this case, the user terminal counts the number of times the image data is transmitted to the print making apparatus 100 for reprint printing, and also transmits the count value when transmitting the image data to the print making apparatus 100. When the count value is equal to or less than a predetermined value, the printed matter producing apparatus 100 performs reprint printing at a discounted rate, and when the count value exceeds the predetermined value, reprint printing is performed at a normal fee.

When the count value exceeds a predetermined value, the printed matter producing apparatus 100 may newly view an advertisement or answer a questionnaire so that it can be selected whether or not to perform reprint printing at a discounted rate.

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above 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 Arithmetic control unit 2 Imaging unit 3 Touch panel 5 Printer 6 Strobe 11 CPU
12 Main memory 13 Disk device 14 Input / output unit 100 Imprint production device

Claims (2)

A storage unit that stores questionnaire data,
The first selection section that accepts the choice of whether to answer the questionnaire,
When it is selected to answer the questionnaire, the questionnaire screen is displayed on the display unit and the questionnaire execution unit accepts the questionnaire response via the operation unit.
A billing processing unit that performs normal charge billing processing when it is selected not to answer the questionnaire, and performs discount charge billing processing when the questionnaire response is accepted.
A shooting unit that shoots the user after billing processing and generates captured image data,
An image processing unit that generates image data for printing using the captured image data,
A printer that prints printed matter based on the image data for printing,
The second selection section that accepts the selection of photo size,
A third selection unit that selects questionnaire data to be displayed on the questionnaire screen from questionnaire data from multiple companies stored in the storage unit based on the selected photo size.
Equipped with
When the image processing unit receives the questionnaire response, it generates print image data including the advertisement image of the company corresponding to the questionnaire, and changes the advertisement image to be included in the print image data according to the response content of the questionnaire. Imprint making equipment. The printed matter producing apparatus according to claim 1 ,
A server that distributes questionnaire data to the imprint making device and collects questionnaire results,
A print making system equipped with.

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