JP2011152328A - Photograph seal putting-out device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve customer gathering performance by improving the satisfaction level of a repeater player in particular without requesting the user (player) to perform a complicated and troublesome procedure or carry an ID card or the like. <P>SOLUTION: A face detection means formed of a main control unit 61 detects the face pattern of a player of this time from an image of a photographic camera 33, and stores the detected face pattern in a hard disk device 613 as a database means. By the face recognition processing of a face retrieval means formed of the main control unit 61, the face pattern corresponding to the face pattern detected by the face detection means is retrieved from the hard disk device 613. When the corresponding pattern exists, it is determined that the player of this time has a usage history. When the corresponding pattern does not exist, the detected face pattern is added to the hard disk device 613. Moreover, a game control means formed of the main control unit 61 changes at least one of guidance or control of the game on the basis of determination that the usage history exists by the face retrieval means, thereby improving the satisfaction level of the repeater player. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a photo sticker dispensing device that executes photographing play and editing play by inserting a game fee, and prints and dispenses a photo sticker on which an image of a photograph taken by a player has been graffitied. The present invention relates to a new configuration that improves customer satisfaction by improving customer satisfaction.

  Conventionally, a photo sticker dispensing device that forms a composite image by grabbing favorite characters or figures on a photograph taken by one person or a plurality of friends and prints and sticks out the sticker of the photograph. However, it is installed in various places including amusement halls.

  This photo sticker payout device is generally configured to be divided into a photographing unit that performs photographing play, an editing unit that performs graffiti play, and a printing unit. Then, when coins as coins are inserted according to the game guide, first, in the photographing unit, the background screen selected by the player from the plurality of background screens prepared in advance by the photographing means such as a digital camera is used as the background. The player is photographed. Furthermore, when moving to the editing section according to the game guide, the photographed player's photographic image is displayed on the screen, and the player has a palette of characters and figures displayed at the corners of the screen, line types and colors, etc. A graffiti item such as a graffiti item is selected with a touch pen or hand, and the selected stamp is pasted on the photographic image, or a character, a figure, or the like is drawn with a desired line type or color. Then, when the graffiti play is completed under a certain time limit, an edited photo in which the player's favorite graffiti is added to the photographed player's photo image is formed. When moving from the editing unit to the printing unit in accordance with the game guide, the edited photo sticker is printed by the printer, and the printed sticker is dispensed from the sticker outlet of the printing unit, thus completing a series of games.

  By the way, in this kind of photo sticker payout device, in order to improve the satisfaction of the user (player) and improve the performance of attracting customers, a bar code sticker of a user ID or magnetic Issuing cards, etc., and distinguishing players who have used before (so-called repeaters) from the player's user ID for the first time, giving benefits to shooting and graffiti for repeaters Has been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  In this kind of photo sticker dispensing device, in order to photograph the player more beautifully, the face of the photographed player's photo image is detected to recognize its eyes and mouth, etc. It has also been proposed to improve the appearance of a player of a photographic image photographed with clean skin and improve the satisfaction of a user (player) (for example, see Patent Document 2). Also, when a player accesses a predetermined WEB site using his / her mobile phone terminal, the image data of the edited photo (so-called standby screen data) can be downloaded to improve the satisfaction of the user (player). It has also been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 3).

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2004-242014 JP 2006-228036 A JP 2009-258251 A

  In this type of photo sticker dispensing device, in order to improve the satisfaction of a so-called repeater player and improve the customer collection performance, as described in Patent Document 1, a bar code sticker of a user ID or a magnetic card is provided to the player. If the player recognizes the player who has been used before from the user ID and distinguishes it from the player who uses the user for the first time, the player issues a procedure for issuing a user ID barcode seal, magnetic card, etc. They must be carried around so that they are not lost, and the bar code sticker or magnetic card must be read each time they are used. Therefore, there is a problem that requires a player to carry out complicated and troublesome procedures, carrying, etc. In some cases, there is a possibility that the issuing procedure of bar code stickers and magnetic cards will be avoided and this privilege may not be used.

  The present invention, in this type of photo sticker dispensing device, improves the customer-collecting performance by improving the satisfaction of repeater players in particular, without requiring users (players) to have cumbersome and cumbersome procedures or carrying them. The purpose is to do.

  In order to achieve the above-described object, the photo sticker payout device of the present invention starts a game by inserting a game fee, shoots a player by shooting play, and displays an image of the player taken by shooting means by editing play. In a photo sticker dispensing device that performs graffiti editing, prints out a photo sticker that has been edited, and dispenses the face detection means for detecting the player's face pattern from the image of the photographing means for photographing the player, and the face The database means for accumulating the player's face pattern detected by the detecting means, and the face pattern corresponding to the face pattern detected by the face detecting means is searched from the database means by face recognition processing, and there is a corresponding face pattern. If the player is judged to have a record of use, and there is no corresponding face pattern, the face pattern detected by the face detection means is used as the database means. It is characterized by comprising a face search means to be added and a game control means for changing at least one of the guidance and control of the game to the player this time based on the determination that the face search means has been used. (Claim 1).

  Further, in the photo sticker dispensing apparatus of the present invention, the face pattern accumulated by the database means is added with usage record data including the number of times of use, and the face search means is provided with the database means when there is a corresponding face pattern. The usage record data of the face pattern is updated (claim 2).

  In the photo sticker dispensing apparatus of the present invention, the image from which the face detecting means detects the face pattern is a monitor image of the photographing means for a certain period after the game fee is charged until the photographing is started by photographing play. In addition, it is preferable that the face search means perform a search after a game fee is inserted and before shooting is started by shooting play.

  In the photo sticker dispensing apparatus of the present invention, the image from which the face detection unit detects a face pattern is an image taken by the shooting unit by shooting play, and the face search unit searches during the shooting play. It is also preferable to carry out (Claim 4).

  Next, in the photographic sticker payout device of the present invention, it is preferable that the game control means changes the game guide from a normal guide to a predetermined special guide based on a determination that the face search means has been used. ).

  In the photo sticker payout device according to the present invention, the game control means may control the player based on the function of controlling the shooting background screen to the background screen selected by the player and the use of the face search means. It is also preferable to have a function of adding a special background screen to a selectable background screen.

  Also, in the photo sticker payout device of the present invention, the game control means increases and changes the number of shootable images based on a function for limiting the number of shootable images by the player and a determination that the face search means has been used. It is also preferable to have a function (Claim 7).

  In the photo sticker payout device of the present invention, the game control means may select the graffiti on the basis of a function for displaying a graffiti item that can be selected in edit play and a use history of the face search means. It is also preferable to have a function of increasing and changing items (claim 8).

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the player's face pattern detected by the face detecting means is stored in the database means, and the current player's face pattern is detected from the image of the photographing means for photographing the player by the face detecting means. Then, a face pattern corresponding to the face pattern detected by the face detection means is searched from the database means by the face recognition process of the face search means, and if there is a corresponding face pattern, the player of this time is determined to have a use record, If there is no corresponding face pattern, the face pattern detected by the face detection means can be added to the database means. Therefore, it does not require users (players) to go through troublesome procedures such as issuing and reading user ID barcode stickers and magnetic cards, etc. Thus, it is possible to distinguish a player who has been used before from a player who uses the player for the first time.

  The player of the repeater who has been used before by the game control means changing at least one of the guidance and control of the game for the current player based on the determination that the face search means has been used. The game guidance, shooting play, and edit play controls for the first player can be changed from the standard ones to the special ones for the first time use, thereby improving the satisfaction of the repeater players and improving the ability to attract customers. Can be improved.

  Therefore, an epoch-making photo sticker dispensing device capable of improving the satisfaction of a repeater player and improving the customer-collecting performance without requiring a user (player) to have a complicated and troublesome procedure or carrying. Can be provided.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, usage history data including the number of times of use is stored together with the face pattern in the database means, and when the corresponding face pattern in the database means is detected by the search of the face search means, the use of the face pattern Since the performance data is updated, based on the usage result data, for example, the game guidance of the game control means, the shooting play, the change of the control of the graffiti play are changed according to the number of use, and the satisfaction of the player of the repeater is increased. This can be further improved.

  According to the invention of claim 3, the detection of the face pattern of the face detection means and the search of the corresponding face pattern of the face search means can be performed after the game fee is inserted and before shooting is started by shooting play. Before entering the shooting play, there is an advantage that a player who has been used before can be recognized and the game guidance and control of the game control means can be changed from the shooting play.

  According to the invention of claim 4, since the detection of the face pattern of the face detecting means is performed using an image (photo image) taken by the photographing means by photographing play, a brighter and clearer image than the monitor image before photographing play. The face pattern can be detected based on the above, and there is an advantage that the face recognition process of the face search means can be performed with higher accuracy.

  According to the invention of claim 5, the game control means can change the game guidance from the normal guidance to the predetermined special guidance by judging that the face retrieval means has been used.

  According to the invention of claim 6, the game control means adds a special background screen to the background screen that can be selected by the player in the shooting play based on the determination that the face search means is used. Can be changed.

  According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, the game control means can change the control of the game so as to increase and change the number of shots of the player in the shooting play based on the determination that the face search means is used.

  According to the invention of claim 8, the game control means can change the control of the game so as to increase and change the selectable graffiti items displayed on the screen in the edit play based on the determination that the face search means has been used. .

It is a perspective view of the appearance which removed the cover etc. of the photograph sticker dispensing device of one embodiment of the present invention. It is a front view of the imaging | photography unit of the imaging | photography part of the photograph sticker dispensing apparatus of FIG. It is a block diagram explaining the circuit structure of the photograph sticker dispensing apparatus of FIG. It is a flowchart explaining the process of the imaging | photography part of the photograph sticker dispensing apparatus of FIG. It is a detailed flowchart of the recognition process of FIG. FIG. 5 is a detailed flowchart of the photographing process of FIG. 4. FIG. It is a flowchart explaining the process of the edit part of the photograph sticker dispensing apparatus of FIG.

  Next, in order to describe the present invention in more detail, an embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the photo sticker dispensing apparatus 1 of the present embodiment with the cover removed. The photo sticker dispensing apparatus 1 is roughly divided into a photographing unit 3, an editing unit 4, and a printing unit 5 by a housing 2. Formed.

  The shooting unit 3 is a shooting play booth that is first used by a user (player), and a curtain (not shown) is attached to the front entrance. A photographing unit (not shown) that executes a series of processing of photographing play is installed on one wall surface inside the photographing unit 3, and a green-back screen is attached to the opposing wall surface. There is a space large enough to accommodate a plurality of players between the shooting unit and the green screen, and the player takes a favorite posture toward the shooting device unit in this space.

  The editing unit 4 next to the photographing unit 3 is divided into two editing booths 4a and 4b by the device unit 41, and the player edits the graffiti on the photographed image in one of the editing booths 4a and 4b. The device unit 41 accommodates a control device 6 and a printer 55, which will be described later, in a foot portion 41a, and a graffiti editing monitor 42 having a touch panel configuration of each of the editing booths 4a and 4b is provided back-to-back on the operation unit 41b. (In FIG. 1, only the graffiti editing monitor 42 of the editing booth 4a is shown). In the vicinity of each graffiti editing monitor 42, an editing unit speaker 43 is provided, and one or a plurality of input pens (touch pens) 44 are provided.

  The printing unit 5 next to the editing unit 4 is provided with a printing unit monitor 52, a printing unit speaker 53, and a sticker outlet (print outlet) 54 in order from the top on the wall surface unit 51, and a printer accommodated in the device unit 41. The edited photo sticker printed by 55 is dispensed from the seal take-out port 54.

  FIG. 2 is a front view of the photographing unit 31 of the photographing unit 3. The photographing unit monitor 32 having a touch panel configuration is provided in the approximate center, and the photographing camera which is the photographing means of the present invention is located above the substantially player's line of sight. 33 is provided. The photographing camera 33 is a so-called digital camera (CCD camera or the like), and enters a monitor photographing state when the power is turned on (power-on). When the shutter is pressed, the front subject (player) is photographed. Furthermore, many fluorescent lamps and strobes are arranged in the photographing space of the photographing unit 3 in order to photograph a person “beautifully” with the photographing camera 33. Specifically, a frame-shaped fluorescent lamp built-in strobe 34 is provided so as to surround the photographing unit monitor 32 and the photographing camera 33, and a plurality of bowl-shaped built-in fluorescent lamps are provided on the outer side (side approaching the player). A strobe 35 is disposed so as to surround the photographing unit monitor 32, the photographing camera 33, and the built-in fluorescent lamp strobe 34. In addition, photographing section speakers 36 are provided on the left and right positions outside the fluorescent lamp built-in strobe 34. Further, a plurality of fluorescent lamp built-in strobes 37 are provided in a lattice frame panel also in the lower front portion (foot portion) of the photographing unit 31. Then, each of the strobes 34, 35, and 37 is lit only in the fluorescent lamp except during photographing, and emits light in synchronization with photographing (shutter operation) of the photographing camera during photographing. In addition, a coin reception unit 38 for inserting a game price is provided at the lower right of the front of the photographing unit 31.

  FIG. 3 shows a block configuration of the control device 6 and the like housed in the foot portion 41 a of the device unit 41, and the control device 6 includes a main control unit 61, an input / output control unit 62, and a communication unit 63.

  The main control unit 61 generally includes a CPU 611 of a microcomputer, a memory 612, a hard disk device (HDD) 613 that is a large-capacity storage device, and a voice control board 614, and operates according to a preset game control program. The photographing unit monitor 32 of the photographing unit 31, the photographing camera 33, each of the strobes 34 and 37, the photographing speaker 36, the easy editing monitor 42 of the editing booths 4 a and 4 b of the editing unit 4, the editing unit speaker 43, the input pen 44, and The printing unit monitor 52 of the printing unit 5, the printing unit speaker 53, the printer 55 of the printing unit 5 accommodated in the foot portion 41a, and the like are controlled through the input / output control unit 62 as necessary. Further, the display image data is sent to each of the monitors 32, 42, 52, the data of the photographic image taken by the photographic camera 33 is taken in, and the printing data is sent to the printer 55. Further, game guidance voice data formed by the voice control board 614 is sent to the speakers 36, 43, 53.

  The input / output control unit 62 has a signal driver function, and converts the weak control signal of the main control unit 61 into a control output of appropriate power and outputs it. The communication unit 63 is for providing edited photographed photo data using a mobile phone terminal as described in Patent Document 3, and is provided between the main control unit 61 and a communication network such as a telephone network. Data is exchanged with a predetermined upper server on the other end of the communication network with an intervening therebetween. The upper server is, for example, a data server of a specific WEB site.

  The software of the main control unit 61 forms face detection means, face search means, and game control means of the present invention, and the hard disk device 613 forms database means of the present invention.

  The face detection means detects the current player's face pattern from the image of the photographing camera 33 by a known face pattern detection method. In the case of the present embodiment, the image from which the face detection unit detects the face pattern is a monitor image before photographing by the photographing camera 33 for a certain period from when the game fee is inserted until photographing is started by photographing play. The time for the face detection means to detect the player's face pattern and the face search means to search is limited to a certain time set in consideration of the time of subsequent shooting play and edit play, and the face pattern during that time If it cannot be detected, the search is omitted. In many cases, there are two or more players, and in this case, the face detection means individually detects the face pattern of each player within a limited time.

  The face search means searches the hard disk device 613 for a face pattern corresponding to the face pattern detected by the face detection means by a known face recognition process described in Patent Document 2 and the like, and if there is a corresponding face pattern, the current game If there is no corresponding face pattern, the face pattern of the new user detected by the face detection means is added to the hard disk device 613. And if there are two or more players, the face search means will search for face patterns corresponding to each player's face patterns individually and improve the player's satisfaction, so even one person will apply If there is a face pattern to be played, it is determined that the current player has a use record. At that time, the remaining players who have no corresponding face pattern are added to the hard disk device 613 as face patterns of new users.

  By the way, the data stored in the hard disk device 613 is not large-capacity image data of a photographed image but small-capacity face pattern data of features such as the mouth and eyes of the face. The player's data can be stored in the hard disk device 613 efficiently.

  Further, only each face pattern may be stored in the hard disk device 613, but usage result data including the number of uses may be added to each face pattern and stored. If the usage frequency is taken into account, the usage record data may include the usage date and time in addition to the usage count, and may include other information. When the usage record data is added to each face pattern and accumulated, when the player is determined to have a use record by the face search means, the use record data of the face pattern in the hard disk device 613 is updated. Count up the number of uses and add or update the use date and time.

  The face patterns in the hard disk device 613 may be stored in the simplest order of detection. However, it is preferable to store the face patterns in the order of frequency of use and frequency of use to shorten the search time of the face search means. .

The game control means controls the operation of the photo sticker dispensing apparatus 1 by performing various controls such as game guidance, shooting play, and edit play. And it has the following functions regarding game guidance, shooting play, and edit play.

  With regard to game guidance, it has a game guidance output control function for controlling the voice control board 614 to output game guidance voice messages and BGM from the speakers 36, 43, 53.

  Regarding the shooting play, the player selects the background screen data selected by the player by touching the shooting unit monitor 32 from the various background screen data stored in the hard disk device 613, and the player selects the shooting background screen. It has a function to control the selected background screen, a control function to shoot a player with a background image selected by image synthesis of chroma key processing, and a function to limit the number of players that can be shot. Has a function of displaying on the graffiti editing monitor 42 the various graffiti items such as a graffiti target photographed image and a selectable stamp.

  By the way, as for the guidance and control of the game, in addition to the conventional standard, a special game for a player who has been used before is prepared and held in the hard disk device 613. When it is determined that the face search means has a record of use for the current user, the game control means provides at least one of guidance and control of the game for the current player with the prepared standard guidance. , Change from control to special guidance, control, give the player a sense of profit, improve the player's satisfaction and improve customer attraction performance.

  More specifically, the game control means, when it is determined that the face search means has a usage record for the current user, any one of the changes (a) to (c) described below. Or, it has a function of executing a plurality. (A) The game guidance is changed from a normal guidance to a predetermined special guidance, for example, a guidance that outputs a special message such as “Thank you for playing again” at the start of shooting play. (B) Regarding the control of the game, a special background screen is added to the background screen that can be selected by the player at the time of shooting play, and / or the number of shots that can be taken is changed by one, for example. (C) During editing play, one or more selectable graffiti items are changed.

  Next, the operation (process) of the photo sticker dispensing apparatus 1 based on the operation of each means described above will be described.

  FIG. 4 shows the processing of the photographing unit 3. When the apparatus power is turned on, the control device 6 executes the initial processing program of the photographing unit 3, displays the title demonstration screen on the photographing unit monitor 32 by the title demonstration display, and shoots. A predetermined demo voice or BGM is output from the speaker 36 (step A1). In this state, when the user (player) enters the photographing unit 3 and inserts a coin of a predetermined fee into the coin receiving unit 38, the insertion is notified to the main control unit 61 of the control device 6 (YES in step A2). ), A series of games (games) starting from shooting play through editing play and printing are started.

  First, it is determined which of the two editing booths 4a and 4b is used, and a graffiti guidance (editing guidance) that conveys the determination result is performed on the screen display of the photographing unit monitor 32 and the voice output of the photographing unit speaker 36 ( Step A3).

  Next, authentication processing is started (step A4), and face authentication processing (step A5) of the main control unit 61 is executed in parallel with the shooting play processing.

  FIG. 5 shows details of the face authentication process, and the face detection means and face search means of the present invention described above are formed by this face recognition process. First, the player's camera video is acquired from the monitor image shot under the fluorescent lamp of the shooting camera 33 for a certain period of time before shooting is started by shooting shooting after the game fee is inserted (step A51). ). Further, the face pattern of the player this time is detected from the image of the photographing camera 33 by the face detection means by a known face pattern detection method (step A52). If a face pattern cannot be detected, step A533 is passed through NO and the process proceeds to step A54, and step A54 is passed through NO until a predetermined time (the set face authentication time) has passed. Return to and repeat face detection.

  Then, when the authentication time has elapsed after a certain time has passed, step A54 is passed through YES, and if no face pattern can be detected at this time, face authentication processing is not performed this time (face authentication NG).

  On the other hand, if even one face pattern is detected, step A54 is passed through YES, database collation is executed by the face search means (step A55), and the face pattern corresponding to the face pattern detected by the face detection means is used as the database means. Search from the hard disk device 613. Then, if there is a face pattern corresponding to the face pattern detected by the face detection means in hard disk device 613 (YES in step A56), it is determined that the current player has a use record and the face authentication process is terminated (face authentication). OK).

  If the face pattern corresponding to the face pattern detected by the face detecting means cannot be searched by executing the database collation in step A55, the player of the face pattern is set as a new user (NO in step A56), The face pattern is added and stored in the hard disk device 613 as a new registered pattern (step A57).

  By doing this, when there are two or more players, the face pattern is searched for each player individually, and if there is a corresponding face pattern, there is a track record of using this player The remaining players who have no corresponding face pattern are added and stored in the hard disk device 613 as face patterns of new users. In addition, when the usage record data including the usage count is added to each face pattern for accumulation, as described above, when it is determined by the face search means that the current player has a usage record, the hard disk device 613 The usage result data of the face pattern is updated to count up the usage count, and the usage date and time are added or updated.

  Returning to FIG. 4, when the face authentication process is started (step A4), in parallel with this process, course selection (step A6) is executed as a shooting play process, and the screen display of the shooting unit monitor 32 and the shooting unit speaker 36 are executed. With this voice output, the player can select whether to make the shooting soft (soft course) or sharp (sharp course) through the screen touch of the shooting unit monitor 32. Next, brightness selection (step S7) is executed, and whether the player is made brighter or darker by touching the screen of the photographing unit monitor 32 to the player by the screen display of the photographing unit monitor 32 and the sound output of the photographing unit speaker 36. Allows selection of Then, the course / brightness is set to the standard or selected course / brightness (step A8), and the prescribed shooting play process is executed (step A9).

  FIG. 6 shows the prescribed shooting play process of step A9. In this process, first, from the result of the recognition process of step A5, whether or not the corresponding face pattern is accumulated, that is, the player of this time It is determined whether it has been used before (whether it has been used) (step A91).

  For a player who has used before (YES in step A91), the standard guidance / control is changed to a special guidance / control, for example, a background that can be selected by the player by a special background setting. A special background screen is added to the screen (step A92). In addition, as a guide for shooting play, guidance for outputting a special message such as “Thank you for playing again” at the start of shooting play is performed (step A93). Further, a predetermined number of background screens are selected from the background screens including the special background screen through the display unit monitor 32 (A94). At this time, the player is displayed on the photographing unit monitor 32 with the selected background screen as a background by image synthesis of the known chroma key processing. Further, the number of images that can be shot (maximum number) is changed from the standard number by, for example, one, and the shooting process is executed (step A95). For new players (NO in step A91), the processing of steps A92 and A93 is omitted, and a standard number of background screens are selected from the standard background screens by standard guidance and control. 32 (A94), and the photographing process is executed with the shootable number (maximum number) set as the standard number (step A95).

  In this photographing process, the strobes 34 and 35 with built-in fluorescent lamps are issued, and the player is usually photographed by three consecutive shots based on the selected three background screens. From step A91, the answer is NO in step A96. This process is repeated, and a total of 6 shots are taken as a standard for new players, and for a player who has been used before, for example, an additional shot is taken. Also, for each photographed image, for example, as described in Patent Document 2, the face is detected and its eyes and mouth are recognized, and according to the selected course, the eyes are sharpened or the skin is removed. Make it look good according to the player's preference for pictures taken neatly. Further, the selected course is filtered.

  In this way, when the prescribed shooting play process in step A9 in FIG. 4 is completed, the presence / absence of the remaining shooting play time is determined (step A10). Then, when there is still enough time to shoot at the time when the prescribed shooting such as the six shots is completed, the background screen is selected again by the shooting background selection (step A11), and one more shot is taken. (Step A12). When the remaining time is short, step A11 is omitted and the background screen is automatically set, only shooting is performed in step A12, and additional shooting is performed by appropriately allocating the background screen and shooting time according to the remaining time. When this photographing is completed, each photographed image is displayed on the photographing unit monitor 32, and the photographed subject photograph is selected by editing play (step A13). If it is determined in step A10 that there is no remaining time, steps A11 and A12 are omitted, and the photographed image is selected in step A13.

  Then, the screen display on the photographing unit monitor 32 and the sound output from the photographing unit speaker 36 inform the player to finish the photographing play and move to the graffiti by the editing play at the editing booth 4a or the editing booth 4b (step A14). ). Thereafter, the display returns to the title demonstration display in step A1.

  FIG. 7 shows the graffiti processing of the editing unit 4, and the control device 6 also executes the initial processing program of the editing unit 4 by turning on the power of the device, etc. A title demo screen is displayed on the editing monitor 42, and predetermined demo sound and BGM are output from the editing unit speaker 43 (step B1).

  Then, when the player moves to the editing booth 4a or the editing booth 4b designated in accordance with the guidance, the control device 6 executes the graffiti processing program of the editing unit 4 according to the start instruction from the photographing unit 3 (in step B2). (YES) First, according to the graffiti start guidance, the editing graffiti will be described with the screen display of the graffiti editing monitor 42 and the voice of the editing unit speaker 43 (step B3). In addition, the main control unit 61 that has received the selection of the course in the photographing unit 3 and the information of the photographed photo prepares for editing graffiti based on the information and prepares a standard stamp or line of the hard disk device 613. Graffiti items such as a palette of seeds and colors are displayed on the graffiti editing monitor 42 (step B4).

  Next, in order to provide the image data of the edited photograph using the mobile phone terminal, the player is instructed to input the mail address to the graffiti editing monitor 42 using the input pen 44 or the like (step B5). . Whether or not to input a mail address in response to this input guidance is up to the player, but the input mail address is held in the memory 612. Next, the process proceeds to print image selection (step B6), and several division patterns of the seal at the time of printing are displayed on the graffiti editing monitor 42. Information on the division pattern selected by the player from the display is also stored in the memory 612. The At this time, if the number of selected photographed photographs is small with respect to the selected division pattern, the division determination (step B7) is passed through YES and the process proceeds to print photograph selection (step B8), and the player edits the graffiti. An insufficient number of photographed photographs are selected from the monitor 42.

  Thereafter, from the result of the recognition process in step A5 of the authentication process in FIG. 4, whether or not the corresponding face pattern has been accumulated, that is, whether or not the player of this time has used it before (has a usage record). It is determined whether or not (step B9). And for repeater players who have used before (YES in step B9), it is possible to select in edit play by changing the standard control of game control for this player to special control. One graffiti item is set to be increased or changed (step B10), and a guidance display to that effect is displayed (step B11).

  Then, the process proceeds to the graffiti process (step B12), and the photograph to be edited (doodle target) is displayed on the editing monitor 42, and the player selects the end of the graffiti such as selection of a stamp or drawing with the input pen 44. Or the set editing time is accepted until the end (NO in step B13). In the case of a new player (NO in Step B9), Steps B10 and B11 are skipped and the process proceeds to graffiti processing (Step B12).

  Further, when the player selects the end or when the set editing time (doodle time) ends, the editing ends (YES in step B13), and the editing end guidance is displayed on the screen of the graffiti edit monitor 42 and the editing unit speaker. The voice of 43 is notified and the player is guided to the printing unit 5 (step B14). Also, the image data of the photographed photograph that has been edited (grafted) is uploaded from the communication unit 63 to the upper server (such as a data server of a specific WEB site) together with the mail address of the player. At the same time, the player's face pattern data and usage record data are also uploaded to the upper server as so-called repeater data (step B15). It should be noted that the host server to which the edited photographed image data or the like has been uploaded sends an email describing the image data access method (user ID, password, etc.) to the mobile phone terminal of the uploaded email address. Then, the player who has received this mail downloads the image data of the photographed photograph that has been edited by the received access method using the mobile phone terminal, and uses it as a so-called standby screen or the like. Thereafter, the graffiti process of the editing unit 4 returns to the title demo display in step B1.

  Note that when the photographing unit 4 is free (the next user is absent), the edit play graffiti process may be performed without a time limit.

  When the edit play is completed, the player moves to the printing unit 5 according to the guidance. The printing unit 5 prints each photographed photo edited by the printer 55 on the sticker board in the division pattern selected by the player based on the notification of the end of the edit play in the editing unit 4. Since this printing takes about several minutes, the remaining printing time is displayed on the printing unit monitor 52 or other information of the game is displayed so that the player is not bored. Then, when printing is completed, the sticker of the printed photograph that has been edited is paid out from the sticker outlet 54, and notification to that effect is given by the screen display of the printing unit monitor 52 and the voice output of the printing unit speaker 53. The printing process is terminated by guiding to the sticker outlet 54, and the printer returns to a standby state in which a predetermined title demonstration screen is displayed on the printing unit monitor 52.

  When the photo sticker dispensing device 1 operates (processes) as described above, the user (player) is requested to perform troublesome procedures such as issuing and reading procedures such as barcode stickers of user IDs and magnetic cards. Therefore, the repeater player who has been used before can be automatically distinguished from the player who is using it for the first time by face detection and face recognition of the image.

  The player of the repeater who has been used before by the game control means changing at least one of the guidance and control of the game for the current player based on the determination that the face search means has been used. The game guidance, shooting play, and graffiti play controls for the first-time player can be changed from the standard ones to special ones, thereby improving the satisfaction of the repeater players and improving the ability to attract customers. Can be improved. Specifically, for repeater players, the game guide may be changed from the normal guide to a predetermined special guide, or a special background screen may be added to the background screen that can be selected by the player in shooting play. , Increase the number of shots that can be taken, increase the number of selectable graffiti items displayed on the screen in edit play, give benefits, improve the satisfaction of repeater players and improve customer attraction performance it can.

  Therefore, groundbreaking photo sticker delivery that can improve repeater player satisfaction and further improve customer collection performance without requiring users (players) to go through complicated procedures and carrying them. A device 1 can be provided.

  In addition, usage record data including the number of uses is stored together with the face pattern in the hard disk device 613 as a database means, and when the corresponding face pattern is detected by the search of the face search means, the use record data of the face pattern is stored. When updated, based on the usage record data, for example, the game guidance of the game control means, the shooting play, the change of the control of graffiti play will be changed according to the number of times of use, and the satisfaction of the player of the repeater will be further improved, etc. Is also possible.

  In the case of the present embodiment, the detection of the face pattern of the face detection means and the search of the corresponding face pattern of the face search means starts shooting by shooting play after the game fee is charged by the recognition processing of FIG. Since it has been done so far, there is also an advantage that it is possible to recognize a player who has been used before entering the shooting play, and to change the game guidance and control of the game control means from the first shooting play .

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications other than those described above can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. For example, the image from which the face detection means detects the face pattern may be an image actually shot by the shooting camera 33 emitting a strobe by shooting play. In this case, the image is brighter and clearer than the monitor image before shooting. There is an advantage that the face pattern can be detected based on the image, and the face recognition process of the face search means can be performed with higher accuracy. Then, the same effect as that of the above embodiment is obtained by changing the control of the edit play for the player of the repeater who has been used before by performing the search during the shooting play by the face search means. Is obtained.

  Next, the configuration and processing procedure of each unit of the present invention are not limited to the configuration and processing procedure of the above-described embodiment. In particular, the detection target location of the face detection unit, the search method of the face detection unit and the search unit, etc. May be selected and executed based on any face recognition process.

  In addition, for example, the number of game backgrounds and contents, the number of shootable images, the number of shootable images, the type and number of graffiti items for editing play, etc. may vary depending on the number of times of use. Good.

  The present invention can be provided for various photographic sticker dispensing devices.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Photo sticker dispensing machine 3 Image pick-up part 4 Editing part 5 Printing part 6 Control apparatus 33 Image | photographing camera 38 Coin reception part 61 Main control unit 613 Hard disk apparatus

Claims (8)

A game is started by inserting a game fee, a player is photographed by shooting play, an image of the player photographed by the photographing means is edited by editing play, a graffiti edit is performed, and an edited photo sticker is printed and paid out. In the seal dispensing device,
A face detecting means for detecting a face pattern of the player this time from an image of a photographing means for photographing the player;
Database means for accumulating the player's face pattern detected by the face detection means;
A face pattern corresponding to the face pattern detected by the face detection means is searched from the database means by face recognition processing, and if there is a corresponding face pattern, it is determined that the player of this time is used, and the corresponding face pattern If there is no face search means for adding the face pattern detected by the face detection means to the database means,
A photo sticker payout device comprising: game control means for changing at least one of guidance and control of a game to a player this time based on a determination that the face search means is used. In the photo sticker dispensing device according to claim 1,
The face pattern accumulated by the database means is added with usage record data including the number of uses,
The photo sticker dispensing apparatus, wherein the face retrieval unit updates the use result data of the face pattern in the database unit when there is a corresponding face pattern. In the photo sticker dispensing device according to claim 1 or 2,
The image from which the face detecting means detects the face pattern is a monitor image of the photographing means for a certain period after the game fee is charged until photographing is started by photographing play.
The photo sticker dispensing device according to claim 1, wherein the face retrieval means performs a retrieval after the game fee is charged and before the photographing is started by photographing play. In the photo sticker dispensing device according to claim 1 or 2,
The image from which the face detecting means detects the face pattern is an image taken by the photographing means by photographing play,
The photo sticker dispensing device characterized in that the face retrieval means performs a retrieval during shooting play. In the photograph sticker dispensing device according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
The game control means has a game guide output control function, and changes the game guide from a normal guide to a predetermined special guide based on a judgment that the face search means has been used. . In the photo sticker dispensing device according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
The game control means is a special background screen that can be selected by the player based on the function of controlling the shooting background screen to the background screen selected by the player and the determination that the face search means has been used. And a function of adding a photo sticker. In the photo sticker dispensing device according to any one of claims 1 to 6,
The game control means has a function of limiting the number of shootable pictures of a player and a function of increasing and changing the number of shootable pictures based on a determination that the face search means has been used. Dispensing device. In the photo sticker dispensing device according to any one of claims 1 to 7,
The game control means has a function of displaying graffiti items that can be selected in an edit play on the screen, and a function of increasing and changing the selectable graffiti items based on a determination that the face search means has been used. Characteristic photo sticker dispensing device.

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