Image information acquisition transmitting apparatus and image information inputting and recording apparatus

• US 20010016820A1
• Filed: 02/16/2001
• Published: 08/23/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 02/22/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: General Electric Company, Konica Corporation (Konica Minolta Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Konica Corporation (Konica Minolta Inc.)
• Inventors: Komamura, Tawara, Tanaka, Shinri, Sawada, Katsutoshi
• Application Number:
  US09/785,930
• Publication Number:
  US 20010016820A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/52
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 17/53 for automatically delivering a finished picture after a signal causing exposure has been given, e.g. by pushing a button, by inserting a coin
• CPC Class Codes: G03D 15/001 Counting; Classifying; Marking

Abstract

A face image information acquiring transmitting apparatus, comprises: a face image information acquiring section to acquire face image information of a customer; a transmitting section to transmit the face image information acquired by the face image information acquiring section to a transmission destination; and a payment receiving section to receive a payment charged to the customer.

Claims

1. A face image information acquiring transmitting apparatus, comprising:

a face image information acquiring section to acquire face image information of a customer;

a transmitting section to transmit the face image information acquired by the face image information acquiring section to a transmission destination; and

a payment receiving section to receive a payment charged to the customer.

2. The face image information acquiring transmitting apparatus of

claim 1

, wherein the transmitting section transmits the face image information acquired by the face image information acquiring section to the transmission destination in response to the receipt of the payment by the payment receiving section.

3. The face image information acquiring transmitting apparatus of

claim 1

, wherein the payment receiving section is allowed to receive the payment in response to the transmission of the face image information acquired by the face image information acquiring section to the transmission destination by the transmitting section.

4. The face image information acquiring transmitting apparatus of

claim 1

, further comprising:

an ID (identification) information providing section to provide ID information to identify the face image of the customer, wherein the transmitting section transmits the face image information acquired by the face image information acquiring section to the transmission destination together with the ID information provided by the ID information providing section.

5. The face image information acquiring transmitting apparatus of

claim 1

, wherein the face image information acquiring section is a face image photographing device to photograph the face image of the customer.

6. The face image information acquiring transmitting apparatus of

claim 1

, wherein the face image information acquiring section is a face image information reader to read the face image information from a recording medium to record the face image information of the customer.

7. The face image information acquiring transmitting apparatus of

claim 1

, further comprising:

a payment charging section to charge a payment for the acquisition of the face image information of the customer by the face image information acquiring section and/or for the transmission of the face image information by the transmitting section.

8. The face image information acquiring transmitting apparatus of

claim 1

, further comprising:

a transmission destination selecting section to select the transmission destination to be transmitted with the face image information by the transmitting section from a plurality of transmission destinations.

9. The face image information acquiring transmitting apparatus of

claim 8

, wherein the face image information acquiring section is a face image photographing device to photograph the face image of the customer based on a photographing condition, and wherein the face image photographing device changes the photographing condition in accordance with the transmission destination selected by the transmission destination selecting section.

10. The face image information acquiring transmitting apparatus of

claim 8

, further comprising:

an image processing section to conduct an image processing to the face image information acquired by the face image information acquiring section based an image processing condition, wherein the image processing section changes the image processing condition in accordance with the transmission destination selected by the transmission destination selecting section.

11. The face image information acquiring transmitting apparatus of

claim 8

, further comprising:

a payment charging section to charge a payment for the acquisition of the face image information of the customer by the face image information acquiring section and/or for the transmission of the face image information by the transmitting section, wherein the payment charging section charges the payment in accordance with the transmission destination selected by the transmission destination selecting section.

12. The face image information acquiring transmitting apparatus of

claim 1

, further comprising:

a transmission permission selecting section to select permitting or not permitting the transmitting section to transmit the face image information acquired by the face image information acquiring section.

13. The face image information acquiring transmitting apparatus of

claim 1

, further comprising:

a printer to print a face image based on the face image information acquired by the face image information acquiring section.

14. The face image information acquiring transmitting apparatus of

claim 1

, further comprising:

a warning section to issue a warning in the case that the payment receiving section does not receive the payment within a predetermined time after the face image information is acquired or after the face image information is transmitted, and an eliminating section to eliminate the face image information in the case that the payment receiving section does not receive the payment within a predetermined time after the warning section issues the warning.

15. The face image information acquiring transmitting apparatus of

claim 1

, further comprising:

a face image information recording section to record the face image information acquired by the face image information acquiring section into an image information recording medium.

16. The face image information acquiring transmitting apparatus of

claim 1

, wherein the transmitting section transmits the face image information in accordance with a comparison result between a reference personal information representing the face image information of a customer and the face image information acquired by the face image information acquiring section.

17. The face image information acquiring transmitting apparatus of

claim 1

, further comprising:

an inputting section to input a personal information, wherein the transmitting section transmits the face image information in accordance with a comparison result between the inputted personal information and a reference personal information to identify the customer.