METHOD AND MACHINE FOR AUTOMATIC VENDING OF PHOTOGRAPHIC SEAL

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an automatic vending machine for photographic seal capable of uniformly illuminating an image pickup area where a plurality of persons can pose and further obtaining an optimum picked-up image even when light quantity in stroboscopic illumination is lowered. SOLUTION: In this automatic vending machine for photographic seal, a subject is illuminated by 1st and 2nd illumination means, the image of the subject is picked up, and the picked-up image is displayed on a display means, then the photographic seal is printed and ejected. The 2nd illumination means is formed to be a stroboscopic illumination box illuminating the image pickup area side by a stroboscopic illuminating device housed in a box type housing, a reflector for reflecting stroboscopic light emitted from the illuminating device to the image pickup area side, and a diffusion plate for diffusing the stroboscopic emitted light to the image pickup area side. Furthermore, the machine is equipped with a brightness changing means for changing the brightness of the entire outputted image from the camera and a life detection means for detecting the life of the stroboscopic illuminating device in the stroboscopic illumination box.