JPH06324670A - Graphic display - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Object] To provide a graphic display device capable of matching a background represented by background data with a graphic to be combined with the background. [Structure] A portrait is created (step S12), and background data is selected (step S14). The background gender parameter Sn corresponding to the selected background data is set to the portrait gender parameter SN set in the portrait synthesis process.
When it is equal to, it is decided to use this background data, the face synthesis result data is synthesized at the position indicated by the position parameter Cn on the background data, and the synthesized display data is displayed on the TV display (step S18, step S2).
0). As a result, the picture face picture can be easily matched with the contents of the background data, and the size of each figure can be appropriately adjusted.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a graphic display device, and more particularly to a graphic display device which synthesizes and displays a specific graphic on a background on which characters, graphics, etc. are displayed.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been known a device for embedding specific graphic data into background data, synthesizing them, and displaying them. For example, when displaying a manga consisting of multiple frames, this involves preparing multiple types of background images and portraits, and switching and combining multiple types of portraits with one still background image. Creating.

[0003]

However, in the case of the conventional graphic display device, if the graphic data showing the portrait and the background image are not well matched, the cartoon or the like will be inconsistent. There was a problem. For example, the position of the graphic data to be combined may not match the content of the background data, or the size may not match, or graphic data that does not match the background at all may be selected. It was

As one of the methods for solving these problems, for example, it is conceivable to have many pieces of graphic data representing the same person whose display positions are different, but this would increase the capacity of the storage device too much. There is a drawback that it will end up.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a graphic display device capable of matching a background represented by background data with a graphic to be combined with the background.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, a graphic display device according to the present invention has background data storage means for storing a plurality of types of background data representing a background, and attribute data for each of them. It has graphic storage means for storing a plurality of types of graphic data to be displayed, first selection means for selecting desired graphic data from the graphic storage means, and graphic data selected by the first selection means. Second selecting means for selecting background data having an attribute matching the attribute data, synthesizing means for synthesizing the graphic data and background data selected by the first and second selecting means, and synthesizing by this synthesizing means. And a display unit for displaying the captured image.

In a preferred embodiment, the graphic data may be a combination of a plurality of part graphics. The part graphic may be a part representing a face. There may be a plurality of types of each of the face parts. Each face part may include a plurality of face parts having different facial expressions. The graphic display device may further include enlarging / reducing means for enlarging / reducing the graphic data selected by the first selecting means.

[0008]

In the present invention, a plurality of background data each have attribute data (eg, classification by gender) in advance, and when desired graphic data is selected, the background of the attribute that matches the attribute data of the selected graphic data is selected. Data is selected, and these graphic data and background data are combined and displayed. Therefore, the graphic data can easily match the content of the background data, and the size of the graphic data can be matched, and the background represented by the background data and the graphic synthesized with the background can be matched. Further, for example, it is not necessary to have any number of different graphic data representing the same person, and the capacity of the storage device does not increase.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing a first embodiment of a graphic display device according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, the graphic display device is roughly divided into a CPU 1, an operator 2, a ROM 3, and a VRA.
M4, image signal generation circuit (Video Display Prosseser:
Hereinafter referred to as VDP) 5, RGB converter 6 and TV
It is composed of the display 7. The CPU 1 controls the entire apparatus. When the operator 2 selects a part or a background, a graphic is displayed while reading corresponding data from the ROM 3 according to a program stored in the ROM 3 according to the operation information. Performs the necessary arithmetic processing to synthesize and display the data and background data, and VDP5
Output the display data to. Further, the CPU 1 performs a process of enlarging / reducing the graphic data selected by the operator 2. In this embodiment, when the process of matching the graphic data with the contents of the background data is performed, the process of enlarging / reducing the size of the graphic data is performed as necessary in order to match the size of the graphic data.

The operator 2 is operated by an operator and has a function of inputting a selection command for selecting a part or a background. For example, a switch board or a keyboard including a plurality of switches is used. Operator 2 is the (+) key,
It has a (-) key and an ENTER key. In addition, operator 2
As the device, a mouse or the like may be used instead of the switch board. The ROM 3 stores background data representing a background, graphic data representing a portrait, and a program executed by the CPU 1. In this case, multiple types of background data are stored. Similarly, a plurality of types of graphic data representing a portrait are also stored, and each graphic data has its own attribute data.

The attribute data includes, for example, a portrait gender parameter SN for distinguishing the figure data into male or female when creating a portrait as a portrait. The sex parameter SN is [0] for men and [1] for women. The VDP 5 exchanges data with the VRAM 4 based on the data provided from the CPU 1, while generating an image based on the graphic data, an image based on the background data, and an image RGB signal corresponding to a composite image of these, and the RGB converter 6 Output to. A semiconductor memory, for example, is used as the VRAM 4, and an image to be displayed is
Store in screen units.

The image RGB signal separates the three primary colors of light of red (R), green (G), and blue (B), the vertical synchronizing signal, and the horizontal synchronizing signal, and outputs them. It should be noted that in RGB digital, only turning on / off the elements of the three primary colors can produce only eight colors, but with RGB analog, each color element can be output in several stages and the combination thereof can be obtained. The number of intermediate colors can be made. Therefore, RGB analog output is used in order to speed up image processing and obtain more natural colors.

The RGB converter 6 receives the input image RG
The B signal is converted into a composite signal and output to the TV display 7. The TV display 7 displays an image based on the composite signal. A composite signal is one of a luminance signal that represents the brightness of an image, a color signal (color difference signal) that represents color information, a synchronization signal when assembling a screen, a burst signal for correctly reproducing colors, an audio signal, etc. It is summarized in. The ROM 3 constitutes background data storage means and graphic storage means. Note that each storage unit may be configured by one ROM 3, but not limited to this, for example, the background data storage unit and the graphic storage unit may be configured by independent memories.

The operator 2 and the CPU 1 constitute a first selecting means 21 and a second selecting means 22, and C
PU1 independently constitutes an enlarging / reducing means. VRAM
4 and VDP5 form a synthesizing means 23. Also, RGB
The converter 6 and the TV display 7 are display means 24.
Make up.

Next, the operation will be described. FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing the main program of the graphic display processing. When this program starts, first, in step S10, initialization is performed. Various registers and VRAM by default
4 is cleared, the subroutine is initialized, and the flag is reset. Next, in step S12, a portrait synthesizing process (details will be described later in a subroutine) is performed.
In the portrait synthesis process, a process for creating a portrait is performed. Specifically, the face part type, the part number. And the setting of the portrait sex parameter SN. In addition, the selection of each part is (+) key, (-) key
Use the TER key etc. This also applies to the selection of background data described below.

Next, in step S14, background data selection processing is performed. Specifically, a figure (portrait) in the background
A position parameter Cn indicating a position for inserting is selected, and a sex parameter (hereinafter, referred to as background sex parameter) S for distinguishing the sex of a figure suitable for the background.
Select n. Then, each selected parameter is set in the parameter register. Next, in step S16, it is determined whether or not the background gender parameter Sn corresponding to the background data selected this time is equal to the portrait gender parameter SN set in the portrait synthesis process. If they are not equal, the process returns to step S14 and the same process is repeated.
As a result, the process of step S14 is repeated until the background data suitable for the portrait created by the portrait synthesis process is set.

When the background gender parameter Sn = the portrait gender parameter SN, that is, when the background data suitable for the portrait created by the portrait synthesis process is set, it is decided to use this background data and the process proceeds to step S18. In step S18, the face synthesis result data (that is, the portrait made by the portrait synthesis process) is synthesized at the position indicated by the position parameter Cn on the background data,
The composite display data is output to VDP5. Next, in step S20, the VDP 5 generates an image RGB signal corresponding to the combined display data, and the RGB converter 6 converts the image RGB signal into a composite signal and outputs the composite signal to the TV display 7. As a result, the TV display 7 displays a composite image of the background and the figure (portrait) based on the composite signal.

FIG. 3 is a portrait synthesizing process (step S12).
3 is a flowchart showing a subroutine of. In this subroutine, the face part type (N) is selected in step S30. As the face part type (N), as shown in FIG. 4, there are various face parts. In this case, as the face part type (N), (N) = 1 is hair,
(N) = 2 is eyebrow, (N) = 3 is eye, (N) = 4 is nose,
A plurality of types are prepared such that (N) = 5 is a mouth, (N) = 6 is a face contour, and so on. The part type (N) is not limited to the example of FIG. 4, and other types may be prepared. For the face part type (N) selected in this routine, the selection result is stored in the register N.

Then, for the face part type (N) selected in step S32, an arbitrary part number. Select. As shown in FIG. 4, each part type (N) has a plurality of part numbers. Is prepared. For example, when focusing on the hair of (N) = 1 as the face part type (N), the part number. P = 1 is a certain type of hair for men, and part no. P = 2 has a certain type of female hair. Less than,
Similarly, after P = 3, various hairs are prepared as parts.

Similarly, for the eyebrows, eyes, nose, mouth and face contour, various types are prepared as parts. Parts Parts No. (P) is not limited to the example of FIG.
Others may be prepared. Part No. selected in this routine. (P) stores the selection result in the register P. In addition, face part type (N) and part N
O. (P) is the content of the TV
Displayed on the display 7. Therefore, the operator sees the content displayed on the TV display 7 and selects the desired part type (N) and the desired part number. (P) can be selected.

Next, in step S34, each selected part data is set in the face synthesis result register in the CPU 1. Next, in step S36, it is determined whether or not the selection of each part data has been completed. If not completed, the process returns to step S30 and the same loop is repeated. Then, for each part data forming the face, the part type (N) and the part number. When the selection of (P) is completed, the process proceeds to step S38. The end of selection of each part data is judged by the operator pressing (turning on) the creation end key. As a result, one piece of target portrait data is prepared according to each selected part data.

In step S38, the portrait gender parameter SN (male = 0, female = 1) is input. This allows
The value of the portrait gender parameter SN is set in the gender register of the CPU 1. For example, the portrait created this time is shown in Figure 4.
As shown in, if a woman, enter SN = 1. This completes the input work for each part.

By executing the above program, for example, as shown in FIG. 4, as the face part type (N),
(N) = 1 hair is part no. The eyebrows with P = 2 and (N) = 2 are part numbers. P = 1, (N) = 3 is the part number.
The nose with P = 1 and (N) = 4 is part no. P = 2, (N)
= 5 is the part no. The contour of P = 2, (N) = 6 is the part number. When P = 1 is selected, the face composition result of each part becomes a female face portrait as shown in FIG.
Further, at this time, since the portrait (that is, the graphic data) is female, by inputting female = 1 as the portrait gender parameter SN, SN = 1 is set in the gender register.

As described above, in this embodiment, a plurality of background data are provided with attribute parameters (eg, classification according to sex) in advance, and the part type (N) and the part No. of the female face are formed. By selecting (P) to create a portrait and adding an attribute parameter of gender to the portrait, matching the attribute parameter (portrait gender parameter SN) of the selected female portrait The background data having the attribute to be selected is selected, and these picture face and background are combined and displayed.

Here, FIG. 5 is an example of a plurality of background data, of which FIG. 5 (a) shows that the background sex parameter Sn corresponds to female, and FIG. 5 (b) shows that the background sex parameter Sn shows male. Corresponding. Further, the position parameter Cn indicating the insertion position C of the portrait of the person is a range surrounded by hatching in the figure. Therefore, by inputting SN = 1 as the portrait gender parameter SN, FIG.
The background data of (a) is selected. If SN = 0 is input as the portrait gender parameter SN, FIG.
Background data of is selected.

In the present embodiment, the result of face synthesis by each part is a portrait of a woman as shown in FIG. 4. Since this is a portrait of a woman, if woman = 1 is input as the portrait gender parameter SN, the portrait and the background data are obtained. The result of synthesizing becomes a display screen as shown in FIG. 6, and the portrait of FIG. 4 and FIG.
It is the content that is combined with the background data of. Therefore, the portrait can be easily matched with the contents of the background data, and the size of each figure can be appropriately adjusted. As a result, the background represented by the background data and the figure (portrait in this case) to be combined with the background can be matched. In particular, as an application field, graphic data such as comics can be naturally combined with other background image data. Further, for example, it is not necessary to have several portraits (graphic data) representing the same different person, and the capacity of the storage device does not increase.

7 to 12 are views showing a second embodiment of the present invention. In this second embodiment, each part of the portrait is automatically changed with respect to the background data including the character information. It is the one. The hardware configuration of the second embodiment is shown in FIG.
The description is the same as above, and the overlapping description will be omitted and the different parts will be described starting with the control program. FIG. 7 is a flow chart showing the main program of the graphic display processing.
When this program starts, first step S50
Initialize with. Initial setting is various registers, VRA
M4 is cleared, a subroutine is initialized, and flags are reset. Next, in step S52, background data selection processing is performed.

Specifically, a position parameter Cn indicating a position where a figure (portrait) is inserted in the background is selected, and the text type T corresponding to the facial expression of the portrait and the voice (ie, The type of occurrence D corresponding to (voice) is selected. Then, each selected parameter is set in the parameter register. Each parameter is selected by using the (+) key, (-) key, the ENTER key of the operator 2. Here, the text type T includes basic patterns and patterns corresponding to facial expressions of human figures such as shouting. Also,
The utterance type D has characters suitable for a basic pattern, a screaming pattern, etc. (for example, a speech bubble of a cartoon) as described later, and these are included in the background data as character information and synthesized.

Then, in step S54, a portrait synthesizing process (details will be described later in a subroutine) is performed. In the portrait synthesis process, a process for creating a portrait is performed. Specifically, the face part type, the part number. And the type of text utterance are selected.

Next, in step S56, the face synthesis result data (that is, the portrait made by the portrait synthesis process) is synthesized at the position indicated by the position parameter Cn on the background data, and the synthesized display data is output to the VDP5. Then
In step S58, the VDP 5 generates an image RGB signal corresponding to the composite display data, and the RGB converter 6 converts the image RGB signal into a composite signal and outputs the composite signal to the TV display 7. This allows
The TV display 7 displays a composite image of the background and the figure (portrait) based on the composite signal.

FIG. 8 is a portrait synthesis process (step S54).
3 is a flowchart showing a subroutine of. In this subroutine, the face part type (N) is selected in step S80. As the face part type (N), as shown in FIG. 9, there are various face parts. In this case, as the face part type (N), (N) = 1 is hair,
(N) = 2 is eyebrow, (N) = 3 is eye, (N) = 4 is nose,
A plurality of types are prepared such that (N) = 5 is a mouth, (N) = 6 is a face contour, and so on. The type of parts (N) is not limited to the example of FIG. 9, and other types may be prepared. For the face part type (N) selected in this routine, the selection result is stored in the register N.

Next, for the face part type (N) selected in step S82, an arbitrary part number. Select. For each part type (N), as shown in FIG. Is prepared. For example, when focusing on the hair of (N) = 1 as the face part type (N), the part number. P = 1 is a certain type of hair for men, and part no. P = 2 has a certain type of female hair. Less than,
Similarly, after P = 3, various hairs are prepared as parts.

Similarly, for the eyebrows, eyes, nose, mouth and face contour, various types are prepared as parts. Parts Parts No. (P) is not limited to the example of FIG.
Others may be prepared. Part No. selected in this routine. (P) stores the selection result in the register P. In addition, face part type (N) and part N
O. (P) is the content of the TV
Displayed on the display 7. Therefore, the operator sees the content displayed on the TV display 7 and selects the desired part type (N) and the desired part number. (P) can be selected.

Next, in step S84, it is determined whether or not the selection of each part data has been completed. If not completed, the process returns to step S80 to repeat the same loop. And for each part data that makes up the face,
The part type (N) and the part number. When the selection of (P) is completed, the process proceeds to step S86. The end of selection of each part data is judged by the operator pressing (turning on) the creation end key. As a result, one desired caricature data is prepared according to each selected part data, and the basic composition result is, for example, a male caricature as shown in FIG. Note that this portrait is normal (that is, a normal expression).

In step S86, the text generation type d suitable for the background data is set, and this is used as the text generation type parameter D. Text generation type d
Is character information corresponding to facial expressions of a person's drawing such as a normal (basic) and a cry. For example, the text generation type d1 is a normal word, and the text generation type d2 is a word corresponding to a cry (for example, "Wow!"). Hereinafter, similarly, various words are prepared like a speech bubble of a manga and each is set as a text generation type d.

Next, steps S88 to S92.
Then, the conversion operation is performed according to the text generation type d set by background selection. First, in step S88, C
Initial value = 1 is set in the register N of PU1, and ROM3
Parts type (N), parts NO. (P), access each address indicated by the text generation type d,
In step S90, each part data read from the ROM 3 is set in the face synthesis result register in the CPU 1. The relationship between this address and the data determined by the text generation type parameter D corresponding to the text generation type d is shown in FIG. In FIG. 10, D = 0 is each basic normal part, and when a face is combined only with these normal parts, the combined result becomes a portrait of the normal automatic combined result, as shown in FIG. Further, D = 1 is each part of the face corresponding to the scream, and when the faces are combined by these parts of the scream, the combined result is a caricature of the automatic combined result as if screaming as shown in the figure. .

Then, in step S92, it is determined whether or not the selection is completed. This is to increment the value of the register N of the CPU 1 and repeat the processes of steps S88 and S90 to determine whether or not the access to each of the addresses indicated by (N), (P), and d has been completed. To do. If NO in step S92, the processes of steps S88 and S90 are repeated, and when the selection is completed in step S92, the routine of this time is ended.

As described above, in the second embodiment, the attribute parameters (for example, the text generation type parameter D) indicating the generation type in the text portions of the plurality of background data are respectively set in advance.
, Each part of the caricature is automatically changed based on the text generation type parameter D, and finally the background data of the attribute that matches the text generation type parameter D is selected, and these face portrait and background are combined. Is displayed.

Here, FIG. 11 is an example of background data of the text type T = 1 (screaming), in which the word "Waah" corresponding to the scream is inserted in advance in the text portion. When a portrait as shown in FIG. 10 is combined with such background data, the combined result is as shown in FIG. Therefore, it is possible to easily match the contents of the background data having the expression like the screaming balloon of the scream with the portrait of the screaming, and moreover, the size of each figure can be appropriately adjusted. As a result, it is possible to match the background represented by the background data with the figure (here, face-drawing picture) to be combined with the background. In particular, as an application field, it is possible to perform natural composition of speech data of comics and the like and portraits. In addition, similarly, it is not necessary to have many face pictures (graphic data) having different facial expressions, and the capacity of the storage device does not increase.

In each of the above-described embodiments, a face-drawing picture is used as the graphic data, but the graphic data may be other data. Further, the display means is not limited to the TV display, and may be, for example, one having a dedicated monitor device or a CRT and displaying an image by liquid crystal such as LCD. Alternatively, one that is also used for other purposes may be used.

[0041]

According to the present invention, a plurality of background data are provided with attribute data in advance, respectively, and when desired graphic data is selected, background data having an attribute that matches the attribute data of the selected graphic data is selected. However, since the graphic data and the background data are combined and displayed, the graphic data can be easily matched with the content of the background data, and the size can be matched. Therefore, it is possible to match the background represented by the background data and the figure combined with the background. Further, for example, it is not necessary to have any number of different graphic data representing the same person, and the capacity of the storage device does not increase.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a first embodiment of a graphic display device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a main program of graphic display processing of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a subroutine of portrait synthesizing processing of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing types of face parts of the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a plurality of background data of the same embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a result of synthesizing a face painting and background data in the same example.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a main program of a graphic display process of a second embodiment of the graphic display device according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a subroutine of portrait synthesizing processing of the embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing types of face parts of the embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing types of face parts corresponding to the text generation type parameter D of the embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of screaming background data of the example.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a result of synthesizing a face painting and background data in the same example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 CPU 1 (enlargement / reduction means) 2 Operator 3 ROM (background data storage means, graphic storage means) 4 VRAM 5 image signal generation circuit (VDP) 6 RGB converter 7 TV display 21 first selection means 22 second selection Means 23 Compositing Means 24 Display Means

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A background data storage means for storing a plurality of types of background data representing a background, and a graphic storage means for storing attribute data and storing a plurality of types of graphic data for displaying a predetermined graphic. First selection of desired graphic data from graphic storage means
Selection means, second selection means for selecting background data having an attribute that matches the attribute data of the graphic data selected by the first selection means, and selected by the first and second selection means. A graphic display device comprising: a synthesizing means for synthesizing the graphic data and the background data, and a display means for displaying an image synthesized by the synthesizing means. 2. The graphic display device according to claim 1, wherein the graphic data is a combination of a plurality of part graphics. 3. The graphic display device according to claim 2, wherein the part graphic is a part representing a face. 4. The graphic display device according to claim 3, wherein each of the face parts is present in a plurality of types. 5. The graphic display device according to claim 4, wherein each face part includes a plurality of face parts having different facial expressions. 6. The graphic display device according to claim 1, further comprising an enlarging / reducing unit for enlarging / reducing the graphic data selected by the first selecting unit.