Card manufacturing machine, a card vending machine, and methods therefor
AssigneeMake Software Co., Ltd.
InventorAkihiro Akamatsu
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Abstract
A card vending machine for vending a card, responsive to the taste of a user, such as a playing card, a karuta or a tarot card employed for a game synthesizes an image (300) obtained by photographing an object (particularly the user) and an image (100a to 100d) such as a mark of a playing card or a numeral and vends the same as a card.
Claims8
A card manufacturing machine for manufacturing a card such as a playing card, a karuta or a tarot card employed for a game, comprising:
- a photographing part for photographing an object;
- a print part for printing an image obtained by said photographing;
- and
- a game image necessary for a game selected by a user on said card, wherein said card includes;
- a storage part for rewritably storing information, and
- said card manufacturing machine comprises a writing part for writing information in said storage part.
A card vending machine for vending a card such as a playing card, a karuta or a tarot card employed for a game, comprising:
- a card manufacturing machine;
- a print part printing an image responsive to the taste of a user and a game image necessary for a game selected by the user on said card, wherein said card include a storage part for rewritably storing information, and said card manufacturing machine comprises a writing part for writing information in said storage part.
A card manufacturing method utilizing a card manufacturing machine for manufacturing a card such as a playing card, a karuta or a tarot card employed for a game, comprising the steps of:
- photographing an object;
- selecting a desired image from a plurality of images;
- and
- printing an image obtained by said photographing and a game image selected by a user on one surface of said card;
- wherein said card includes a storage part for rewritably storing information, and
- a writing step of writing information in said storage part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.