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This project is planned as a photobooth where a computer takes your picture and then draws it with a robot in a separate kiosk. The booth and kiosk are being designed in an Art Nouveau (primarily Paris Metro) styling with the goal of these being attractive objects on their own.

There are two overall parts to this poject, for now they are called the Système and the Boites.

Système

The Système is the design, development, testing, and installation of the system of hardware and software that will capture an image, process it, and plot it.

The expected process is:

1. A booth operator removes the previous image from the plotting robot(s) and places a clean drawing plate under it
2. A person steps into the booth (the booth is already lit properly and an intercom is running)
3. They stand on a marked spot and face an indicated direction
4. They adjust the height of the camera
5. They make a face and press the "Press this to take a photo" button
   1. any questions the person has are answered via intercom
6. A booth operator verifies the photo and requests the person step out, via intercom
7. A booth operator, at the operator workstation, adjusts the image and sends it to the plotting robot kiosk
8. A plotting robot plots until it has finished plotting
   1. If additional robots are being used and are available to print another person can start the photo process.
9. The finished drawing is given their image
   1. Hopefully the person saw the "donations for photos accepted", and puts some money in the kiosk

Boites

The Boites are the booth and kiosk which will contain the Part One systems, provide the controlled environments in which they operate, and catch the eyes and interest of people.

Here is the initial idea for the two parts together.

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And here is the concept for the styling of the photo booth