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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2006
Shingo Dote, Tokyo, JP;
Yuka Nakahara, Tokyo, JP;
Shigeru Kanou, Yokohama, JP;
Manabu Ohmizu, Yokohama, JP;
Keiko Morimoto, Yokohama, JP;
Takeshi Matsumoto, Yokohama, JP;
Shingo Dote, Tokyo, JP;
Yuka Nakahara, Tokyo, JP;
Shigeru Kanou, Yokohama, JP;
Manabu Ohmizu, Yokohama, JP;
Keiko Morimoto, Yokohama, JP;
Takeshi Matsumoto, Yokohama, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Sega, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention enables a user to photograph and edit a photograph suiting one's taste slowly and while having fun. The automatic photo studio of this invention has a counter for a person to receive a user, a plurality of satellites having a function of receiving operations of a user and a function of showing various displays to the user, and a plurality of studios for photographing a subject. The automatic photo studio further includes a counter system provided in the vicinity of the counter for performing visitor processing and checkout processing to the user, a printer system provided in the vicinity of the counter for printing images based on subject images photographed in the studio, a satellite system provided to the satellite for enabling the user to edit the subject images photographed in the studio, and a studio system provided to the studio for controlling the photo shooting conditions and photo shoot timing. The satellite system and the studio system determine whether the user is an authorized user based on information written in a player information storage medium as an information storage medium in the possession of the user, and permit the user to use the satellite or the studio when the user is an official user as the authorized user.