JP2000307687A - Data storage system for displaying animation and telephone device adapting the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a telephone set that the expression of a portrait is changed with time to display an animation by means of a small quantity of data storage capacity, emotions are conveyed and an operability is improved. SOLUTION: An animation table 7D storing animations that the same expression of the basic portrait is changed into several ones is generated for every different expression, the combination of the designation numbers of respective portrait elements for generating the animations is stored in accordance with the animations to generate an element number group designating table 7E. Then an element number correspondence table 7F is generated, where portrait element numbers for displaying the basic portrait by animation are replaced with those by which the basic portrait is generated and are stored in accordance with the designation numbers.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a telephone device,
In particular, the present invention relates to a data storage method for displaying a moving image that displays a portrait together with a telephone number and a name, and a telephone apparatus to which the data storage method is applied.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, multifunctional telephone devices have been widely used, and in addition to names and telephone numbers, icons and portraits symbolizing a partner identified by a name are stored in a memory dial. 2. Description of the Related Art A telephone device has been developed which has a function of making it easy to visually search by displaying it at the time of searching, and enabling even a child who cannot read characters to search.

[0003] As described above, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 9-83630 discloses a conventional portrait, but the present applicant has previously reduced the amount of image data for displaying a portrait. Telephone device was proposed. FIG.
3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the telephone device. In the following description, a case where the telephone device is a mobile communication terminal will be described as an example.

In FIG. 13, reference numeral 101 denotes an antenna, 10
2 is a wireless unit, 103 is a portrait image synthesis unit that creates a portrait image according to a portrait element number selected by the user or a registered portrait element number, and 104 is a CPU.
And a control unit 105 for making a call or selecting a portrait element number to register a portrait of the other party. FIG. 14 shows the input device 105.
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing key types and key layouts of FIG.

Reference numeral 106 denotes an image display device (display device) capable of displaying a telephone number, name, portrait, etc., 107 a storage unit,
Reference numeral 107A denotes a storage table in which registration numbers, telephone numbers, names, and portrait (elements of hair, eyebrows, eyes, nose, mouth, face contour) numbers are associated with each other as shown in FIG. Reference numeral 107B denotes a caricature element image data storage unit that stores image data of caricature elements obtained by dividing a caricature into a plurality of elements, for each element, and includes a hair, eyebrow, eyes, nose, mouth, face contour, and other elements. The registration number is associated with the image data, and FIG.
(F). Reference numeral 107C denotes a temporary storage area for temporarily storing the telephone number / portrait selected at the time of registering the telephone number / portrait and retrieving as shown in FIG.

Next, the operation will be described. First, the registration of a portrait, the procedure of making a search based on the registered portrait and making a call, and the procedure at the time of an incoming call will be described using an example in which the input device 105 having the key type and key arrangement shown in FIG. 14 is used. I do.

FIGS. 18 and 19 are flowcharts showing the operation of registering a portrait. Phone number using input device 105
When the name is input, these input data are temporarily stored in the temporary storage area 107C via the control unit 104 (steps ST101 and ST102). When the input of the telephone number and name is completed, the temporary storage area 107C
The initial value is set to the portrait element number of (step ST1)
03), the portrait image synthesis section 103 synthesizes a portrait according to the initial value. The composition of the portrait is performed by using the image data of the portrait element corresponding to the initial value of the portrait element number, and the synthesized portrait image is stored in the temporary storage area 107C by the control unit 104. The combined portrait image is displayed on image display device 106 (steps ST116 and ST117).

For example, if the initial values of the portrait element numbers are all “1”, the portrait element image data storage unit 107
The hair of the image data of the portrait element corresponding to “No. 1” of B,
The portrait image synthesis unit 103 synthesizes a portrait using each element such as the eyebrows, eyes, nose, mouth, and face outline (step ST1).
16) The control unit 104 stores the obtained portrait image data in the temporary storage area 107C. Then, the portrait image data stored in the temporary storage area 107C is displayed by the control unit 104 on the image display device 106 when the portrait is displayed (step ST117). According to such a procedure, the portrait image with the portrait element number initial value is displayed on the image display device 106 when the portrait is registered, as shown in FIG.

Next, the user selects a favorite portrait element using the keys of the input device 105. In this case, first, FIG.
By selecting and operating one of the keys "1" and "3" shown in FIG. 4, the portrait element of the hairstyle is changed. in this case,
For example, the key of “3” to select has a function for incrementing the portrait element number of the portrait element of the hairstyle, and the key of “1” to select the portrait element number of the portrait element of the hairstyle is −.
1 is provided. Next, "4" and "6"
The eyebrow and eye caricature elements are changed by selecting one of the keys. In this case, the functions of the keys are the same as the functions of the keys “1” and “3”. Next, by selecting and operating one of the keys “7” and “9”, the portrait elements of the mouth and nose are changed. The function of each key in this case is “1” or “3”.
The function is the same as that of the key. Next, one of the “*” and “#” keys is selected and operated to change the facial caricature element of the face outline.

As described above, when the user requests the change of the portrait element by the key operation of the input device 105, the control unit 1
04, the portrait element number of the temporary storage area 107C is changed. After the change, the portrait image synthesis unit 103 performs the portrait synthesis process again in accordance with the portrait element number, and the synthesized image is stored in the temporary storage area 107C.
04 is displayed on the image display device 106.

For example, the portrait element number of the hairstyle is 20,
If the portrait element number of the eyebrows / eyes is 5, the portrait element number of the mouth / nose is 9, and the portrait element number of the contour of the face is 13, pressing the “3” key of the input device 105 will temporarily The portrait element number of the hairstyle in the storage area 107C is increased by one to 21 (steps ST105 and ST1).
06).

Next, a portrait is synthesized by the portrait image synthesis unit 103 according to the portrait element number of the temporary storage area 107C and stored in the temporary storage area 107C (step S).
T116), the image is displayed on the image display device 106 (step ST117). The display screen at this time is shown in FIG.
It will be like 0. As described above, each time the portrait element number is changed, the above-described processing is performed.
At 06, a composite image according to the portrait element number selected by the user is immediately displayed.

[0013] When the user performs the above selection operation and the caricature desired to be registered is completed, the user presses the "memory" key of the input device 105 as an input indicating a decision (step ST).
113). Then, the registration number is input by key operation of the input device 105 (step ST114), and the input registration number and the name, telephone number, and each portrait element number stored in the temporary storage area 107C have the registration number. 1
Table 107 as one memory dial table
A is stored in order (step ST115). This storage result is as shown in FIG.

FIG. 21 is a flowchart showing a search / transmission operation by a memory dial. After pressing the “call” key of the input device 105, pressing the scroll “の” key starts a search operation in the order of registration numbers of the memory dial. First, the one with the smaller registration number of the memory dial table in the storage table 107A is copied to the temporary storage area 107C via the control unit 104 (step ST201).

Next, a portrait image is created by the portrait image composition section 103 in accordance with the value of the portrait element number in the temporary storage area 107C (step ST202). The synthesizing method is the same as the procedure of the portrait registration process. The created portrait image is stored in temporary storage area 107C (step ST203). Next, the content of the memory dial search is displayed on the screen of the image display device 106 according to the value of the portrait element number in the temporary storage area 107C (step S).
T204). FIG. 22 shows an example of display on the image display device 106 in this manner.

Here, when the user presses the scroll "キ ー" key to search, the contents of the memory dial table next to or before the registration number stored in the temporary storage area 107C are read from the storage table 107A to the control unit 1.
04 to the temporary storage area 107C (step ST206, step ST207), and the above procedure (step ST202, step ST203, step ST2)
The image display device 1 creates and stores a portrait in the same manner as in 04).
06 is displayed.

When the user presses the "send" key of the input device 105 while the memory dial to be called is displayed, a screen showing "calling" displaying a portrait as shown in FIG. It is displayed (step ST209), and a call is made to the telephone number stored in the temporary storage area 107C (step ST210).
After that, when the other party accepts the call, "calling" is displayed instead of "calling" in FIG. 23, and processing during the call is performed (steps ST211 and ST213).
By displaying a portrait at the time of calling or during a call in this way, it is possible to create a sense of reality when talking with the partner of the displayed portrait.

Whether the call ends (step ST214,
(Step ST215) or when the "end" key is pressed when the other party does not answer the phone (step ST212).
Displays the original standby screen on image display device 106 (step ST216).

Operation at the time of incoming call (when there is a calling number notification at the time of incoming call) In this case, the storing table 107A is used with the calling number as a key.
Search the memory dial table for. As a result, if there is a matching telephone number, the name and the portrait element number corresponding to the telephone number are copied to the temporary storage area 107C, and the portrait image combining unit 10 is copied based on the portrait element number.
3, a portrait is created, and the portrait image is stored in the temporary storage area 10
After being stored in 7C, it is displayed on the image display device 106. At this time, the screen display is changed to “incoming” instead of “ringing” in FIG. 23, and the name, telephone number, and portrait image are displayed in the temporary storage area 107C. With this operation, it is possible to intuitively confirm not only the name or telephone number but also a portrait at the time of the incoming call, so that the incoming call can be dealt with reliably and quickly without making a mistake in the other party.

[0020]

Since the conventional telephone device is configured as described above, the image of the other party can be intuitively identified by displaying a portrait along with the name and telephone number, but the problem that the emotion is difficult to be transmitted. there were.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems. With a small data storage capacity, a facial expression of a portrait is changed over time to display a moving image, and emotions of emotions and emotions are transmitted to improve operability. It is an object of the present invention to provide a telephone device that can realize the above.

[0022]

According to a data storage method for displaying a moving image according to the present invention, image data of a caricature element obtained by dividing a caricature into a plurality of elements is stored in a caricature element image data storage unit, and the caricature element is stored in the caricature element image data storage unit. A basic portrait is created by synthesizing each element read from the image data storage unit, and an animation table storing an animation in which the expression of the basic portrait is changed into several is created for each different emotional expression. The combination of the designation numbers of each portrait element to be created is stored in correspondence with the animation to create an element number group designation table, and the element number correspondence table is replaced with the portrait element number that created the basic portrait, and the basic portrait is animated. The portrait element numbers to be displayed are stored in association with the designated numbers.

A telephone apparatus according to the present invention has a portrait element image data storage unit for storing a plurality of portrait image element image data obtained by dividing a portrait into a plurality of elements, and each one element read from the portrait element image data storage unit. A caricature image synthesizing unit that synthesizes each of the facial caricatures to create a basic caricature, an animation table that stores animations in which the facial expressions of the basic caricatures are changed into several expressions for different emotional expressions, An element number group designation table in which a combination of designated numbers is stored in correspondence with the animation of the animation table, and a portrait element number for displaying the basic portrait as a moving image by using the basic portrait instead of the created portrait element number. And an element number correspondence table stored in correspondence with the number. The display device combines the elements of the element numbers read from the element number correspondence table in accordance with the designated number in the portrait image combining section to display a portrait of the moving image, and the storage table stores the basic portrait and the destination telephone number. This is stored in association with the name.

In the telephone apparatus according to the present invention, the facial expression change changes the eyebrows, eyes, and mouth elements of the portrait.

The telephone apparatus according to the present invention changes the facial expression of a portrait by changing the selection of the animation table according to a predetermined elapsed time at the time of an incoming or outgoing call.

In the telephone device according to the present invention, the expression of the portrait is changed at random by changing the selection of the animation table according to the random number from the random number generator.

[0027]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below. Embodiment 1 FIG. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a telephone device according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. In FIG. 1, 1 is an antenna, 2 is a wireless unit, 3 is a portrait image synthesis unit that creates a portrait image according to a portrait element number selected by the user or a registered portrait element number,
4 is a control unit such as a CPU, 5 is an input device for making a call or selecting a portrait element number and registering a portrait of the other party, and 6 is an image capable of displaying a telephone number, a name, a portrait, etc. A display device (display device) is substantially the same as the conventional device shown in FIG. 13 and will not be described in detail.

Reference numeral 7 denotes a storage unit. 7A is a storage table in which a registration number, a telephone number, a name, and a portrait element number are associated with each other and stored in the same manner as in FIG. 15, and 7B divides the portrait into a plurality of elements. A portrait element image data storage unit 7A stores image data of portrait elements in the same manner as in FIG. 16 for each element. As shown in FIG. This is a temporary storage area for temporarily storing a portrait element for creating a basic portrait, and in particular, when displaying a moving image, an element number to be replaced with the portrait element corresponding to each portrait element for creating a basic portrait as shown in FIG. Is stored in

7D is an animation table which stores an animation in which the expression is changed into several expressions. This animation table 7D is a different emotion expression, for example, FIG.
, Laughs (laugh 1, laugh 2, smile 1, smile 2, bitter smile 1, bitter smile 2), anger (anger 1, anger 2), cry (cry 1, cry 2), surprise (surprise 1, surprise 2) ), Sleeping (sleeping 1, sleeping 2), praying, palpitation, BT / out of service area. FIG.
One laugh animation table 7D is shown.

Reference numeral 7E denotes an element number group designation table in which combinations of designation numbers of portrait elements for creating animations are stored in correspondence with the animations in the animation table 7D. FIG. 6 shows elements corresponding to the animations of laughter and anger. 9 shows a number group designation table 7E. 7
F is an element number correspondence table in which the original caricature is replaced with the created caricature element number and the caricature element number to be used is stored in association with the designated number.
As shown in (b) and (c), eyebrows, eyes, and mouths of portrait elements contributing to the display of a moving image are created.
Reference numeral 7G denotes an elapsed time storage unit for storing an elapsed time from the start of displaying a moving image. Reference numeral 8 denotes a clock unit, and 9 denotes a random number generation unit.

Next, the operation will be described. The registration operation of the portrait and the memory dial search / transmission operation are described in FIG.
21 is the same as that of the conventional device shown in FIG. 21, and the description thereof will be omitted.

When an incoming call is started (step ST1),
It is determined whether there is a memory dial with the same calling number (step ST2). If NO, the normal incoming call display shown in FIG. 9 is performed (step ST3), and then it is determined whether the incoming call is terminated (step ST4), and if YES, it is determined. If the operation ends.
On the other hand, if the decision result in the step ST2 is YES, it is determined whether a portrait is registered in the memory dial (step ST5). If NO, a named incoming call display is performed as shown in FIG. Step ST6),
Thereafter, it is determined whether the incoming call is terminated (step ST7), and YES
If so, the operation ends.

If the result of the determination in step ST5 is YES, the animation count and elapsed time storage section 7G is initialized (step ST8), and then the elapsed time count is started based on the clock signal from the clock section 8. Then, whether the elapsed time is smaller than a predetermined value is determined by comparing the elapsed time with a value stored in the elapsed time storage unit 7G (step ST10), and if YES, an animation is selected from the animation table 7D.

The combination of the designated numbers corresponding to the selected animation is read from the element number group designation table 7E. Then, for example, the designated number of the portrait element for creating the laugh 1 and the portrait element numbers corresponding to the eyebrows-1, the eyes-3, and the mouth-4 are read from the element number correspondence table 7F, and the portrait element numbers are shown in FIG. As shown, it is read from the storage table 7A and stored in the temporary storage area 7C in association with the element number of the basic portrait.

Then, the element corresponding to the element number of the basic portrait is synthesized by the portrait image synthesizing section 3 to create a basic portrait (step ST11), and the basic portrait is transmitted to the image display device 6 via the control section 4. It is displayed as shown in FIG. 11 (step ST12). Next, the animation scene count is increased (step ST13). Thereafter, it is determined whether the incoming call has ended within a predetermined value (step ST1).
4) If NO, the process returns to step ST10 and repeats the above-described operation. Every time the increment is made, the element corresponding to the portrait element number of 1-laugh 2-laugh 3 is replaced with the element of the basic portrait, and the portrait image synthesis unit 3, a portrait is created with an animation of laughing, and the portrait whose facial expression is sequentially changed as shown in FIG. 12 is displayed on the image display device 6 as a moving image.
Then, if the decision result in the step ST14 becomes YES, the operation is ended.

On the other hand, if the decision result in the step ST10 is NO, that is, if the incoming call continues for a predetermined value or more, an angry animation is selected from the animation table 7D, and the data corresponding to this anger animation is the element number. It is read from the group designation table 7E. Then, for example, the portrait element numbers corresponding to the eyebrows-5, eyes-6, and mouth-5, which are the combination of the designated numbers of the portrait elements for creating angry 1, are read from the element number correspondence table 7F, and the portrait element numbers are read. Instead of the laughing portrait element number, it is stored in the temporary storage area 7C in correspondence with the element number of the basic portrait.

Then, an element corresponding to the portrait element number of angry 1-angry 2-angry 3-angry 4 is given to the portrait image synthesizing section 3 from the temporary storage area 7C at a certain time interval to create a portrait with an angry animation. (Step ST15),
As shown in FIG. 12, the portraits whose facial expressions are sequentially changed are displayed on the image display device 6 as moving images. While performing this display, it is determined whether the incoming call has been completed (step ST14).
If YES, the operation ends.

Each time the elapsed time from the incoming call exceeds a predetermined value, the selection of the animation table 7D is switched, and the portrait element number of the animation read from the selected animation table 7D is temporarily stored. The facial image is stored in the area 7C, and the element corresponding to the portrait element number is given to the portrait image synthesizing unit 3, and the facial expression whose facial expression is sequentially changed as shown in FIG. 4 is displayed on the image display device 6 as a moving image.

As described above, according to the first embodiment, a portrait of a call partner can be displayed as a moving image with a small storage capacity, the call partner can be intuitively identified, and a call from the incoming call can be identified. According to the elapsed time, the emotion of emotion, anger and sorrow of the other party can be transmitted, and the operability can be improved.

Embodiment 2 In the first embodiment, the animation table 7D is selected in a predetermined order and read out from the selected animation table every time the elapsed time from the start of the moving image display exceeds the time stored in the elapsed time storage unit 7G. In the second embodiment, the animation table is selected by a random number from the random number generation unit 9.

According to the second embodiment, since the animation table to be selected is random, the switching of the portraits displayed is rich in changes, giving the viewer a fresh feeling and further improving the operability. be able to.

[0042]

According to the present invention, the image data of the portrait elements obtained by dividing the portrait into a plurality of elements is stored in the portrait element image data storage section, and each one of the elements read from the portrait element image data storage section is stored. To create a basic portrait, and create an animation table storing animations in which the facial expressions of the basic portrait are changed into several for each different emotional expression, and a combination of designated numbers of the portrait elements for creating the animation. In correspondence with the animation to create an element number group designation table, and the element number correspondence table replaces the basic portrait with the created portrait element number, and the portrait element number for displaying the basic portrait as a moving image corresponds to the designated number. And memorized it, so we can share the elements for displaying a caricature as a video, There is an effect that it is possible to reduce the over data storage capacity.

According to the present invention, since the portrait is configured to be displayed as a moving image, it is possible to intuitively identify the other party and to convey the emotions of the other party over time. And the operability can be improved.

According to the present invention, the facial expression of the portrait changes:
Since the eyebrows, eyes, and mouth elements of the portrait are changed, there is an effect that a moving image can be displayed with a small amount of data.

According to the present invention, when an incoming call or an outgoing call is made,
Since the facial expression of the portrait is changed according to the predetermined elapsed time, the facial expression of the portrait changes during a call, and there is an effect that the emotion of emotion, emotion and pleasure of the other party can be efficiently transmitted.

According to the present invention, the facial expression of the portrait is randomly changed by the random number from the random number generator.
There is an effect that the caricature to be displayed is full of changes, the viewer can have fresh emotions, and the operability can be further improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a telephone device according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a display data diagram of a basic portrait stored in a temporary storage area of the telephone device.

FIG. 3 is a moving image display data diagram of a portrait stored in a temporary storage area of the telephone device.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing various animations for displaying a portrait as a moving image.

FIG. 5 is an animation table that stores an animation for changing one facial expression of a portrait into several expressions.

FIG. 6 is an element number group designation table stored corresponding to the animation of the animation table.

FIG. 7 is an element number correspondence table in which a portrait element number is stored in correspondence with a combination number of an element number group designation table.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the telephone device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a normal incoming call display of the telephone device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a named incoming call display state of the telephone device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a display diagram of a temporary storage screen of the telephone device.

FIG. 12 is a drawing showing a state of displaying an incoming call with a portrait of the telephone device according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a conventional telephone device.

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram showing key types and key arrangements of the input device of the telephone device.

FIG. 15 is a storage table in which a registration number, a telephone number, a name, and a portrait element number of the telephone device are associated with each other.

FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram illustrating portrait element image data in which image data of each portrait element and a registration number are stored in association with each other.

FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram showing a temporary storage area for temporarily storing a telephone number, a portrait, and the like selected at the time of registering a telephone number and a portrait in the telephone device and at the time of searching;

FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing a portrait registration operation of the telephone device.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing a portrait registration operation of the telephone device.

FIG. 20 is an explanatory diagram showing a portrait image displayed when a portrait is synthesized, and elements such as hair, eyebrows, eyes, nose, mouth, face outline, and the like.

FIG. 21 is a flowchart showing a search and transmission operation of the telephone device by a memory dial.

FIG. 22 is an explanatory diagram showing the contents at the time of memory dial search displayed on the screen of the image display device.

FIG. 23 is an explanatory diagram showing a screen of the image display device showing “calling” on which a portrait is displayed.

[Description of Signs] 3 portrait image synthesis section, 6 image display device, 7A storage table, 7B portrait element image data storage section, 7D
Animation table, 7E element number group designation table, 7F element number correspondence table, 9 random number generator.

Claims (5)

[Claims] An image data of a portrait element obtained by dividing a portrait into a plurality of elements is stored in a portrait element image data storage unit, and each element read from the portrait element image data storage unit is combined to form a basic portrait image. Is created, and an animation table storing an animation in which the expression of the basic portrait is changed into several is created for each different emotional expression, and the combination of the designated number of each portrait element for creating the animation is stored corresponding to the animation. An element number group designation table was created, and a portrait number corresponding to the designated number was stored in correspondence with the designated element number, which replaces the basic portrait with the created portrait element number and displays the basic portrait as a moving image. A data storage method for displaying moving images, characterized in that: 2. A caricature element image data storage unit for storing a plurality of caricature element image data obtained by dividing a caricature into a plurality of elements, and combining each one element read from the caricature element image data storage unit. A caricature image synthesizing unit for creating a caricature, an animation table storing an animation in which the expression of the basic caricature has been changed into several expressions for different emotional expressions, and a combination of a designated number of each caricature element for creating the animation. An element number group designation table stored corresponding to the animation of the animation table, and a portrait element number for displaying the basic portrait as a moving image by using the basic portrait instead of the created portrait element number is stored in association with the designation number. Element number correspondence table and the element number correspondence table according to the designated number. An image display device that combines the elements of the element numbers read from the table with the portrait image combining unit to display a portrait as a moving image, and a storage table that stores the basic portrait, the destination telephone number, and the name in association with each other. Telephone device. 3. The facial expression change of the portrait, the eyebrows, eyes,
3. The method according to claim 2, wherein each element of the mouth is changed.
The telephone device as described. 4. The telephone device according to claim 2, wherein at the time of incoming call or outgoing call, the expression of the portrait is changed by changing the selection of the animation table according to a predetermined elapsed time. 5. The telephone device according to claim 2, wherein the facial expression of the portrait is randomly changed by changing the selection of the animation table according to a random number from the random number generator.