Automatic photograph booth for forming sketches

Claim 2

An automatic photography booth which contains a microprocessor, said booth comprising: (a) a housing comprising an apparatus compartment and an adjoining studio compartment, said studio compartment having at least one opening for providing ingress and egress therein; (b) a video camera mounted within said housing for receiving at least one real-time image of at least one subject-user, said camera having circuitry connected to said microprocessor for operating the photographic functions thereof and for receiving said real-time image, said microprocessor containing a memory having a plurality of stored images and a software program for converting at least one real-time image into a sketched image; (c) means for automatically positioning a real-time image of said subject-user inside a lens of said camera; (d) actuating means positioned in said studio compartment for enabling said subject-user to start operation of said booth; and (e) control means positioned in said studio compartment and operably connected to said microprocessor for enabling said subject-user to control operation thereof, said control means being adapted for actuation by said subject-user to select one or more of said stored images for display on said monitor and to effect operation of said camera to focus upon said subject-user to obtain said real-time image, said control means being further adapted upon the command of said subject-user to fix the selected real-time image and to effect operation of said microprocessor to produce a composite sketch.

Claim 3

The booth of claim 1 further including: means for instructing said subject-user as to the manner and sequence in which said control means are actuable; means for informing said subject-user as to when said sketched image is to be captured; means for recording and printing said sketched image; and a main control board interconnected to said microprocessor for coordinating control of the operation of said booth.

Claim 4

The booth according to claim 2, wherein said recording and printing means comprise a video printer interconnected to said microprocessor, said printer having at least one paper tray and paper.

Claim 5

The booth according to claim 1, wherein said stored image comprises a sketched image selected from the group consisting of geographical sights, animals, humans, and works of art.

Claim 6

An automatic photography booth which contains a microprocessor, said booth comprising: (a) a housing comprising an apparatus compartment and an adjoining studio compartment, said studio compartment having at least one opening for providing ingress and egress therein; (b) a video camera mounted within said housing for receiving at least one real-time image of at least one subject-user, said camera having circuitry connected to said microprocessor for operating the photographic functions thereof and for receiving said real-time image, said microprocessor containing a memory having a plurality of stored images and a software program for converting at least one real-time image into a sketched image, said software program comprising at least two subprograms, one program including means for converting said real-time image into said sketched image, a further program includes means for converting said real-time image and sketched background sight images into a composite sketched image; (c) means for automatically positioning a real-time image of said subject-user inside a lens of said camera; (d) actuating means positioned in said studio compartment for enabling said subject-user to start operation of said booth; and (e) control means positioned in said studio compartment and operably connected to said microprocessor for enabling said subject-user to control operation thereof, said control means being adapted for actuation by said subject-user to select one or more of said stored images for display on said monitor and to effect operation of said camera to focus upon said subject-user to obtain said real-time image, said control means being further adapted upon the command of said subject-user to fix the selected real-time image and to effect operation of said microprocessor to produce a sketch of said real-time image.

Claim 7

An automatic photography booth which contains a microprocessor, said booth comprising: (a) a housing comprising an apparatus compartment and an adjoining studio compartment, said studio compartment having at least one opening for providing ingress and egress therein; (b) a video camera mounted within said housing for receiving at least one real-time image of at least one subject-user, said camera having circuitry connected to said microprocessor for operating the photographic functions thereof and for receiving said real-time image, said microprocessor containing a memory having a plurality of stored images and a software program for converting at least one real-time image into a sketched image, said software program comprising at least two subprograms, one program including means for converting said real-time image into said sketched image, a further program includes means for converting said real-time image and sketched background sight images into a composite sketched image; (c) means for automatically positioning a real-time image of said subject-user inside a lens of said camera; (d) actuating means positioned in said studio compartment for enabling said subject-user to start operation of said booth; and (e) control means positioned in said studio compartment and operably connected to said microprocessor for enabling said subject-user to control operation thereof, said control means being adapted for actuation by said subject-user to select one or more of said stored images for display on said monitor and to effect operation of said camera to focus upon said subject-user to obtain said real-time image, said control means being further adapted upon the command of said subject-user to fix the selected real-time image and to effect operation of said microprocessor to produce a sketch of said real-time image.