JP2002032306A - Mail transmission system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To accurately transmit the feeling of a person preparing, to a destination due to character movements and the melody change of a BGM. SOLUTION: When a passage is prepared, a phrase showing feelings is detected from the prepared passage, and movement control information and melody control information related to the detected phrase are generated. The generated movement control information and melody control information are assigned to the phrase. When the passage with the movement control information and the melody control information assigned thereto is transmitted to the destination, the passage and characters are displayed on the display 22 of the destination, the BGM is outputted from a loudspeaker 26 and the reading of the passage is started. The character movement and the BGM melody change, according to the movement control information and the melody control information, when the phrase showing the feelings are read.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mail transmission system and, more particularly, to a mail transmission system for transmitting a mail including an arbitrarily created text to a destination via a transmission path.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional mail transmission system of this type, only a sentence is simply displayed on a destination display.

[0003]

However, in the prior art, the sentiment of the creator of the text appears only in the characters, and the creator's feeling may not be accurately transmitted to the destination (the other party).

[0004] Therefore, a main object of the present invention is to provide a mail transmission system that can accurately convey the creator's feelings to the other party.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a sentence creating means for creating a sentence displayed on a display of a destination.
Detecting means for detecting a phrase indicating an emotion from a sentence, generating means for generating, based on the phrase, motion control information for controlling the movement of a character displayed on the display of the destination, first allocating means for allocating the motion control information to the phrase, A mail transmission system including transmission means for transmitting a mail including text and motion control information to a destination via a transmission path.

A second invention is a sentence creating means for creating a sentence displayed on a display of a destination, a detecting means for detecting a phrase indicating an emotion from the sentence, and a tune for controlling the tune of music output from a speaker of the destination. A mail transmission system comprising: a generation unit that generates control information based on a phrase; an allocation unit that allocates tune control information to a phrase; and a transmission unit that transmits a mail including text and tune control information to a destination via a transmission path. is there.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a procedure for creating a sentence displayed on a destination display, a procedure for detecting a phrase indicating an emotion from the sentence, and converting motion control information for controlling the movement of a character displayed on the display into a phrase. Computer-readable recording which records a program for causing a computer to execute a procedure of generating based on the above, a procedure of assigning motion control information to a phrase, and a procedure of transmitting a mail including text and motion control information to a destination via a transmission path. Medium.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a procedure for creating a sentence displayed on a destination display, a procedure for detecting a phrase indicating an emotion from a sentence, and music tone control information for controlling the tone of music output from a speaker of a destination. Computer readable recording a program for causing a computer to execute a procedure for generating based on a phrase, a procedure for assigning tune control information to a phrase, and a procedure for transmitting a mail including text and tune control information to a destination via a transmission path Recording medium.

[0009]

In the first invention, when a sentence displayed on the display of the destination is created by the sentence creating means, the phrase detecting means detects a phrase indicating an emotion from the created sentence. The generation means generates movement control information for controlling the movement of the character displayed on the display of the destination based on the detected phrase, and the generated movement control information is allocated to the above-mentioned phrase by the first allocation means. . The transmission means transmits the mail including the text and the motion control information to the destination via the transmission path. For this reason,
The creator's feelings are conveyed to the destination by sentences and character movements.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the type of emotion of the phrase is determined by the determining means. At this time, the generation unit generates motion control information corresponding to the determined type of emotion.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the motion control information comprises:
Preferably, the information includes at least one of facial expression control information for controlling the facial expression of the character and behavior control information for controlling the behavior of the character. For this reason, the character displayed on the display of the destination expresses a facial expression according to the facial expression control information and behaves according to the behavior control information.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the frequency of use of the phrase in the past is detected by the use frequency detecting means. The motion control information is corrected by the first correction unit according to the detected use frequency. Here, the first correction means preferably corrects the movement control information so that the degree of movement of the character is increased.

In still another example of the present invention, a phrase that modifies a phrase indicating an emotion is detected by a modified phrase detecting unit. The motion control information is corrected by the second correction unit according to the detected decoration phrase. Here, the second correction means preferably corrects the movement control information so that the degree of movement of the character is increased.

In still another example of the present invention, an arbitrary phrase included in a sentence can be specified by the specifying means,
Arbitrary motion control information can be assigned to this phrase by the third assigning means.

In the second invention, when a sentence displayed on the display of the destination is created, a phrase included in the sentence and indicating an emotion is detected by the detecting means. The generating means generates tune control information for controlling the tune of the music output from the destination speaker based on the detected phrase, and the generated tune control information is assigned to the phrase by the assigning means. The transmission means transmits the mail including the text and the tune control information to the destination via the transmission path. Thus, the creator's feelings are conveyed to the destination by text and music.

In the third invention, when a sentence displayed on the display of the destination is created, a phrase indicating an emotion is detected from the sentence. When the phrase is detected, the motion control information of the character displayed on the destination display is generated based on the detected phrase, and the generated motion control information is assigned to the phrase. The text and the motion control information are stored in the mail and transmitted to the destination via the transmission path. A program that causes a computer to execute such a procedure is recorded on a computer-readable recording medium.

In the fourth invention, when a sentence displayed on the display of the destination is created, a phrase indicating an emotion is detected from the sentence. When a phrase is detected, tune control information of music output from the destination speaker is generated based on the detected phrase, and the generated tune control information is assigned to this phrase. The text and tune control information are stored in the mail and transmitted to the destination via the transmission path. A program that causes a computer to execute such a procedure is recorded on a computer-readable recording medium.

[0018]

According to the first and third aspects of the present invention, character motion control information is assigned to the emotion phrase included in the text, and the creator's feeling is transmitted to the destination through the text and the character's motion. That is, the creator's feelings can be accurately conveyed to the other party.

According to the second and fourth aspects of the present invention, musical tone control information is assigned to emotional phrases included in a sentence. Thus, the creator's feelings are accurately conveyed to the destination through text and music.

The above objects, other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description of embodiments with reference to the drawings.

[0021]

Referring to FIG. 1, a mailing apparatus 10 of this embodiment is connected to another mailing apparatus 10 via the Internet 100. Each mailing device 10
Includes a CPU 12 as shown in FIG. CPU 12
Is connected to the memory 14 and the disk drive 16 by a bus 18, and is connected to a display 22, a keyboard 24, a speaker 26, a mouse 28, and the Internet 100 via the bus 18 and an I / F circuit 20.

The disk drive 16 accesses a recording medium 30 such as a CD-ROM in response to a command from the CPU 12 and installs mailing software (mailing program) recorded on the recording medium 30 in the memory 14.
The installed mailing software displays a predetermined character in addition to the text on the display 22 of the destination,
In addition, it has a function of outputting a predetermined BGM from the destination speaker 26. When the operator creates a mail text, emotion phrase data is detected from the generated text data, and character movement control information and BGM tune control information are assigned to the detected emotion phrase data. For this reason, the mail transmitted to the destination includes character motion control information and BGM tune control information in addition to the text data. Note that the motion control information includes face expression control information for controlling the facial expression of the character, and behavior control information for controlling the behavior of the character.

The transmitted mail is sent to the Internet 10
0 reaches the destination mailing apparatus 10. The above-described mailing software is also installed in the memory 14 on the receiving side, and the CPU 12 on the receiving side outputs information related to the received mail from the display 22 and the speaker 26 according to the mailing software. Specifically, the sentence corresponding to the received sentence data and the character corresponding to the character data prepared in the memory 14 by the installation of the mailing software are displayed on the display 22, and are prepared in the memory 14 by the installation of the mailing software. The BGM corresponding to the BGM data is output from the speaker 26.

Further, a voice for reading the sentence displayed on the display 22 is output from the speaker 26. Here, when the emotion phrase is read, the expression and behavior of the character and the tune of the BGM are changed according to the facial expression control information, the behavior control information, and the melody control information assigned to the emotion phrase. In other words, if the emotion phrase to be read is a phrase that expresses joy, such as, for example, “joy”, the character shows a palm with a smile and the BGM is changed to a bright tune.

A default emotion phrase table 14a shown in FIG. 3 is formed in the memory 14 by installing mailing software. Default emotion table 1
4a is classified into, for example, ten kinds of emotions (appreciation, abduction, sorrow, friendship, anger, teasing, affection, surprise, fear, and joy), and a related default emotion phrase is set for each classification. The default emotion phrase is a phrase that any operator would use, and a plurality of phrases are prepared from the beginning. Each of the default emotion phrases includes parameters X and Y, which are face expression control information, a parameter α, which is behavior control information, a parameter β, which is tune control information, the total number of times used when creating the mail, and the past one week. Is assigned the number of times used when creating the mail.

Of the parameters X and Y for determining the facial expression of the character, X indicates the pleasantness or discomfort of the emotion, and Y indicates the strength of the emotion. A parameter sheet 14c having X as the horizontal axis and Y as the vertical axis as shown in FIG. 5 is formed in the memory 14 by installing the mailing software.
The above ten kinds of emotions are distributed on the parameter sheet 14c in the manner shown in FIG. In other words, “joy”, “surprise” and “thank” are distributed in the first quadrant,
“Angry” and “Lovely” are distributed in the second quadrant.
“Sorrow” is distributed in the third quadrant, and “fear”, “teasing” and “friendship” are distributed in the fourth quadrant.

The parameters X and Y assigned to each default emotion phrase shown in FIG. 3 indicate coordinate values included in the range of the emotion distribution on the parameter sheet 14c. For example, since "thank you" is an emotion phrase indicating appreciation, parameters X and Y assigned to this emotion phrase are, for example, "2" and "7".
Becomes In addition, since “collar” is an emotion phrase indicating anger, parameters X and Y assigned to this emotion phrase are, for example, “−9” and “9”. When the emotion phrase to which the parameter (X, Y) = (2, 7) is assigned is read at the destination, the character's face shows a gratitude expression. Also, (X, Y) = (− 9,
When the emotion phrase to which the parameter of 9) is assigned is read aloud at the destination, the face of the character shows an expression of anger.

Character behavior (animation)
Is determined by a two-digit number. An animation table 14d shown in FIG. 6 is formed in the memory 14 by installing mailing software. According to FIG. 6, this table 14d is also classified into ten kinds of emotions, and each category is assigned a level 1 to 3 indicating the degree of emotion. The upper digit of the two-digit number representing the parameter α indicates the emotion category, and the lower digit indicates the degree of emotion (level).

Returning to FIG. 3, for example, "kora" is an emotion phrase indicating anger, and the parameter α assigned to it is "43". When the emotion phrase to which the parameter α = 43 is assigned is read, the character behaves quite angry. Further, “joy” is an emotion phrase indicating joy, and the parameter α assigned to the phrase is “92”. When the emotion phrase to which the parameter of α = 92 is assigned is read, the character behaves moderately happy. Furthermore, "sorry" is an emotional phrase that indicates apology,
The parameter α assigned to this is “11”.
When the emotion phrase to which the parameter of α = 11 is assigned is read, the character behaves slightly apologized.

The parameter β for determining the tone of the BGM is also represented by a two-digit number. In the memory 14, a BGM table 14e related to the parameter β is formed by installing the mailing software. The BGM table 14e is formed as shown in FIG. 7, and according to FIG. 7, each of the ten types of emotions has a level 1 indicating the degree of tune.
~ 3 are assigned. The upper digit of the number representing the parameter β indicates the category of emotion, and the lower digit indicates the degree (level) of the musical tone.

Referring to FIG. 3, "Uo-oo" is an emotion phrase showing surprise, and the parameter β assigned to it is "72". When the emotion phrase to which the parameter of β = 72 is assigned is read, the speaker 26 outputs a BGM having a music tone that is slightly surprised.
“Goodbye” is an emotional phrase indicating sorrow, and the parameter β assigned to it is “21”. When the emotion phrase to which the parameter of β = 21 is assigned is read, the speaker 26 outputs BGM having a slightly sad tune. Furthermore, "Barca"
Is an emotion phrase indicating teasing, and the parameter β assigned to this is “53”. When the emotion phrase to which the parameter of β = 53 is assigned is read aloud, the tune BGM having a rather playful tone is output from the speaker 26.
Is output.

The memory 14 further stores an original emotion phrase table 14b shown in FIG. This table 14b is formed similarly to the default emotion phrase table 14a shown in FIG. That is, an emotion phrase is set for each of the ten types of emotions, and the set emotion phrases include parameters X and Y that are face expression control information, a parameter α that is behavior control information, a parameter β that is tune control information, The total number of uses and the number of uses for the past week are assigned. The difference from the default emotion phrase table 14a is that the emotion phrase set for each emotion is created independently by the operator, and parameters X, Y, α and β having arbitrary values are assigned to each emotion phrase. . Which emotion is classified as such an original emotion phrase is determined based on the values indicated by the parameters X and Y.

According to FIG. 4, an original emotion phrase “I'm very grateful” is created independently,
The parameter (X, Y, α, β) = (4, 9, 03, 02) is assigned to this. According to FIG. 5, (X,
Y) Since the emotion indicating “thank you” is distributed on the coordinates indicated by (4, 9), “very grateful” is classified as “thank you”. Also, since the parameters assigned to the original emotion phrase “I can cry” are (X, Y, α, β) = (− 9, −9, 23, 21), this phrase is classified as “sorrow”. You. Further, the parameters assigned to the original emotion phrase “Thank you very much” are (X, Y, α, β) =
Since (10, 10, 92, 92), this phrase is classified as “joy”.

The mailing software installed in the memory 14 corresponds to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 8 to 14 and FIG. The CPU 12 processes the flow charts shown in FIGS. 8 to 14 when the mail creation mode is selected, and processes the flow charts shown in FIG. 17 when the mail reception mode is selected.

First, referring to FIGS. 8 to 14, in step S1, a mail creation screen is formed on the display 22.
In a succeeding step S3, a sentence input process is performed. When the operator operates the keyboard 24 to input a desired sentence, the input sentence (creation sentence) is displayed on the mail creation screen in the manner shown in FIG. When the operator gives a processing command (a processing command for assigning parameters to emotion phrase data) after completing the creation of the text, step S5
It is determined that there is an instruction, and in step S7, any original emotion phrase data is read from the original emotion phrase table 14b shown in FIG. Subsequently, it is determined in step S whether or not the same phrase data as the read original emotion phrase data exists in the created sentence data.
The determination is made in step 9.

Here, when matching phrase data (original emotion phrase data) is detected from the created sentence data, the process proceeds to step S11, where the parameters X, Y, and
α and β are read from the original emotion phrase table 14b. In step S13, the read parameters X, Y, α, and β are assigned to the original emotion phrase data detected in step S9, and in step S1
In step 5, an underline is drawn on the same original emotion phrase displayed on the mail creation screen. Upon completion of the drawing process, the flow proceeds to step S17. On the other hand, if NO is determined in the step S9, the process directly proceeds to the step S17. In step S17, it is determined whether or not the verification in step S9 has been performed for all the original emotion phrase data set in the original emotion phrase table 14b.
Until the determination result of S is obtained, steps S7 to S15
Is repeated.

By such processing, the same phrase as the set original emotional phrase is detected from the created sentence, and the detected phrase data includes the parameters X and
Y, α and β (movement control information and tune control information) are assigned, and phrases on the mail creation screen are underlined.

The sentence shown in FIG.
Is included in the original emotion phrase table 14b. Therefore, the corresponding parameter X (= −
9), Y (= -9), α (= 23) and β (= 21)
Is read from the original emotion phrase table 14b, and is assigned to the emotion phrase data of "I can cry." Furthermore, "I can cry" on the mail creation screen
Phrase is underlined.

If YES is determined in the step S17,
As shown in FIG. 9, in step S19, other emotion phrase data is extracted from the created sentence data, and the subsequent step S19 is executed.
In step 21, the same phrase data as the extracted emotion phrase data is retrieved from the default emotion phrase table 14a. If the same phrase data is found from the default emotion phrase table 14a, YE is determined in step S23.
S is determined, and the parameters X, Y, α, and β associated with the found phrase data are detected from the default emotion phrase table 14. In a succeeding step S27, today's date is associated with the found phrase. The date association is used to calculate the number of times of use for the past week in the next mail creation process.

In step S29, the number of uses for the past week is detected. In step S31, a weighting amount is determined according to the detected number of uses. In step S33, the parameter X, Y, α or β is determined according to the determined weighting amount. Is weighted. For example, if the number of uses detected is three or more
If the number is five, "1" is added to each of the parameters X and Y. If the detected number of uses is six to eight, "1" is further added to the value of the lower digit of the parameter α. If the detected number of times of use is 9 or more, “1” is further added to the value of the lower digit of the parameter β.

However, when the lower digit of the parameter α or β is “3”, the addition process is not performed. If the number of uses detected is two or less, the weighting amount (value to be added) is “0”.

Returning to step S23, if the same phrase data as the emotion phrase data extracted from the created sentence data does not exist in the default emotion phrase table 14a, the process proceeds from this step to step S35. In step S35, the category of the extracted emotion phrase data is analyzed, and when the category is analyzed, step S3
At 7, the parameters X and Y are detected with reference to the parameter sheet 14c. That is, the coordinate values within the range in which the analyzed category is distributed are arbitrarily detected from the parameter sheet 14c, and the detected coordinate values are set as the parameters X and Y. Further, in each of steps S39 and S41, parameters α and β at arbitrary levels corresponding to the analyzed category are set in animation tables 14d and BG
It is detected from the M table 14e.

For example, the emotion phrase "sai-ara" in the prepared sentence shown in FIG. 15 is not set in the default emotion phrase table 14a. When this "sai-nara" is analyzed as an emotion expressing familiarity, the parameter X
And Y are determined, for example, as “11” and “−1”, and parameters α and β are determined as, for example, “32” and “31”. "Step S33 or S41
Is completed, phrase data for modifying the emotion phrase data of interest is detected in step S43, and in subsequent step S45, a weighting amount is determined according to the detection result. The weighting amount increases as the number of modifier phrases increases. For example, “very” or “really” is added before the emotion phrase, or “!” Follows the emotion phrase.
, The weighting amount increases. In addition, when not only phrases exaggerating such emotions but also expressions in consideration of the other party's position, such as honorific words, humble words, and polite words, are added, the weighting amount increases. In the creation sentence shown in FIG. 15, since "!" Is added after "Koniwa", the parameters X, Y, α or β assigned to "Koniwa" are weighted. When the weighting amount is determined, the parameters X, Y,
Weight α or β.

In step S49, the weighted parameters X, Y, α, and β are assigned to the emotion phrase data of interest, and in step S51, the emotion phrase of interest displayed on the text creation screen is underlined. In step S53, it is determined whether or not the emotion phrase extraction processing has been completed. If there is an unextracted emotion phrase, the processing from step S19 is executed again. by this,
Parameters X, Y, α, and β are assigned to each emotion phrase data included in the created sentence data, and each emotion phrase on the creation screen is underlined each time the assignment is completed.

Since the assignment of the parameters X, Y, α and β to the registered original emotion phrase data has been completed, such original emotion phrase data is excluded from the processing targets in steps S19 to S51. .

When the processing of steps S19 to S51 for all emotion phrase data is completed, step S53
Is determined as YES, and step S55, S59 or S6 is performed.
At step 3, the operation of the operator is determined. If any one of the underlined emotion phrases is selected by the mouse 28, a preview process is performed in step S57.
When the original emotion phrase (phrase not underlined) included in the created text is designated by the mouse 28, registration processing is performed in step S61. Further, when a transmission operation is performed with the mouse 28, a transmission process is performed in step S65. In the transmission processing, a mail including text data in which the parameters X, Y, α and β are assigned to the respective emotion phrase data is created and transmitted to the destination via the Internet 100. When the transmission process is completed, the mail creation screen is closed in step S67, and the process ends.

The preview process in step S57 complies with a subroutine shown in FIGS. First, a preview screen is formed in step S71, and in each of steps S73, S75, S77 and S79, a parameter sheet, an animation menu, a BGM menu, and a character are displayed on the preview screen. In step S81, the coordinates indicated by the parameters X and Y of the selected emotion phrase are pointed on the parameter sheet. In step S83, the level indicated by the parameter α of the selected emotion phrase is pointed on the animation menu. In step S85, the selection is made. The level indicated by the parameter β of the emotion phrase is pointed on the BGM menu. When the operator selects an emotion phrase of "What is it?" For the created sentence shown in FIG.
Is displayed on the display 22.

In a step S87, it is determined whether or not a preview operation is performed, and in a step S93, it is determined whether or not a parameter value changing operation is performed. Step S
In step 97, it is determined whether or not a registration operation has been performed.
At 1, it is determined whether or not an end operation has been performed. When the operator performs a preview operation with the mouse 28, YES is determined in the step S87, the character is moved in accordance with the parameters X, Y and α in a step S89, and the BG of the tune corresponding to the parameter β is determined in a step S91.
M is output from the speaker 26. The parameter assigned to “what is” is (X, Y, α, β) = (− 1)
In the case of (2, 3, 62, 62), the character raises both hands with an unclear expression, and the tune BGM is output from the speaker 26.

When the operator performs a parameter value changing operation with the mouse 28, the process proceeds from step S93 to step S95, and changes the parameter X, Y, α or β of the selected emotion phrase data according to the operation. For example, "level 2" in the animation menu
When "level 3" is selected by the mouse 28 when is pointed, the parameter α is changed from "62" to "63". When the preview operation is performed after the change operation, the movement of the character and the tune of the BGM become
According to the changed parameters X, Y, α and β.

When the operator performs a registration operation, the process proceeds from step S97 to S99, where the parameters X, Y, and
Default emotion phrase table 1 by α and β
4a or the parameters X, Y, α and β of the original emotion phrase table 14b are updated. For example,
The parameters assigned to the emotion phrase of “what is it?” Are (X, Y, α, β) = (− 11, 3, 63, 6)
When the registration operation is performed after the change to 1), the parameter assigned to “what is it?” In the default emotion phrase table 14a is (X, Y, α, β) = (− 1).
1, 2, 62, 62) to (-11, 3, 63, 61)
Will be updated to

It should be noted that "saisai" of the prepared sentence shown in FIG. 15 is not registered in either the default emotion phrase table 14a or the original emotion phrase table 14b. For this reason, if the registration operation is performed while the preview screen of “sai-sai” is displayed, the emotion phrase data of “sai-sai” and the parameters X, Y, α and β assigned to the same are displayed in the original emotion. This is set to the familiarity classification in the phrase table 14b.

When the operator performs an end operation, YES is determined in the step S101, and the process returns to the upper hierarchy routine after the preview screen is closed in the step S103.

The registration processing of the original emotion phrase in step S61 follows the subroutine shown in FIG. 13 and FIG. First, in step S111, a parameter X, which indicates an initial value for the designated original emotion phrase,
Assign Y, α and β. Subsequent steps S113-
In S127, the same processing as in steps S71 to S85 shown in FIG. 11 is performed. Therefore, a preview screen similar to that of FIG. 16 is displayed on the display 22, and the origin (0, 0) on the parameter sheet and the level 1 of the animation menu and the BGM menu are pointed.

In a step S129, it is determined whether or not an arbitrary coordinate on the parameter sheet is selected. In a step S135, it is determined whether or not an arbitrary level on the animation menu is selected, and in a step S141, B is determined.
It is determined whether any level on the GM menu has been selected. In step S147, it is determined whether a preview operation has been performed, and in step S149, it is determined whether a registration operation has been performed.

When the operator selects an arbitrary coordinate on the parameter sheet by using the mouse 28, step S12 is performed.
9 is determined as YES, the position of the pointer on the parameter sheet is updated in step S131, and the values of the parameters X and Y are updated in step S133. When the operator selects an arbitrary level on the animation menu by using the mouse 28, YE is determined in step S135.
S, the position of the pointer on the animation sheet is updated in step S137, and in step S1
At 39, the value indicated by the parameter α is updated. When the operator selects an arbitrary level on the BGM menu with the mouse 28, YES is determined in step S141, the position of the pointer on the BGM menu is updated in step S143, and the value of the parameter β is updated in step S145.

When the operator performs a preview operation with the mouse 28, YES is determined in step S147, the character is moved in step S149 according to the current parameter values X, Y, and α, and the current parameter β is changed in step S149. BGM of the tune according to
Is output from the speaker 26. Operator 28
When the registration operation is performed by using
S, and the parameters X and Y are determined in step S155.
Analyzes emotions based on Further, step S157
Is set in the original emotion phrase table 14b, and the current parameters X, Y, α and β are assigned to this phrase. Here, the classification of the setting destination of the original emotion phrase follows the analysis result in step S155. Upon completion of the process in the step S157, the preview screen is closed in a step S159, and the process returns to an upper hierarchical routine.

For example, when the operator designates "Let's go drinking again" in the creation sentence shown in FIG. 15, a preview screen is formed, and a parameter sheet, an animation menu,
A BGM menu and a character are displayed. Here, the operator sets (10, 0) on the parameter sheet.
When you point to, point to level 2 on the animation menu and BGM menu, and perform the registration operation,
Based on the coordinates on the parameter sheet, the emotion of this phrase is determined to be “friendly”, and the original emotion phrase “let's go drinking again” is registered in the classification of “friendly” in the original emotion phrase table 14b in FIG. Is done. Further, (X, Y, α, β) = (10, 0,
32, 32) are assigned to this original emotion phrase.

When the mail receiving mode is selected, the CPU
12 processes the flowchart shown in FIG. First, in step S201, a mail reception screen is formed on the display 22, and in step S203, the text included in the received mail is displayed at the center of the mail reception screen.
At 205, the character is displayed at the lower right of the same mail reception screen. Further, in step S207, the BGM is transmitted to the speaker 2
6 to output.

When a mail including the text shown in FIG. 15 is received, the text is displayed on the mail reception screen in the manner shown in FIG. Further, the character displayed at the lower right of the screen autonomously performs a predetermined movement (for example, a gentle dance with a slight smile), and B output from the speaker 26.
The GM plays a predetermined music tone (for example, a light rhythm).

Here, when the operator performs a reproducing operation (sentence reading operation of a sentence) by using the mouse 28, step S2 is performed.
From 09, the process proceeds to step S211 to start reading a sentence. In step S213, it is determined whether the reading position has reached the beginning of the emotion phrase, and if YES is determined,
In step S215, the parameters X, Y, α, and β assigned to the emotion phrase are detected. Step S
In 217, the character is moved according to the detected parameters X, Y and α, and in step S219, the tune of the BGM is changed in accordance with the detected parameter β. Upon completion of the process in step S219, it is determined in step S221 whether the reading of the sentence is completed. If NO, the processes in steps S213 to S219 are repeated. If YES, the process returns to step S209.

Therefore, when reading a sentence, the movement of the character and the tune of the BGM are changed every time the head of the emotion phrase is detected. In other words, while the emotion phrase is not read, the character dances gently with a slight smile, and the BGM plays a light tune. For example, when the character “cry” shown in FIG. Turns into a sad expression, with both hands covering this sad expression. Also, the BGM changes to a sad tone.

After the reading of the sentence is completed, if the operator performs an end operation, YES is determined in step S223,
The process ends after the mail receiving screen is closed in step S225.

As can be understood from the above description, when a sentence to be displayed on the display 22 of the destination is created, a phrase indicating an emotion is detected from the created sentence, and motion control information and tune control related to the detected phrase are detected. Information is generated. That is, if the detected phrase is the registered original emotion phrase or the default emotion phrase, the motion control information and the melody control information are generated by reading from the original emotion phrase table 14a or the default emotion phrase table 14b. If the phrase is not registered, motion control information and tune control information are generated by emotion analysis.

The generated motion control information and tune control information are corrected (weighted) according to the frequency of use of the above-mentioned phrase in the past. In other words, the motion control information and the tune control information are corrected such that the more frequently the character is used, the more intense the movement of the character and the tune of the music become. When such correction is completed, the motion control information and the tune control information are assigned to the corresponding phrases. Therefore, the creator's feeling is transmitted to the destination by the sentence and the movement of the character.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an illustrative view showing an entire configuration of an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of each mailing device.

FIG. 3 is an illustrative view showing one example of a default emotion phrase table;

FIG. 4 is an illustrative view showing one example of an original emotion phrase table;

FIG. 5 is an illustrative view showing one example of a parameter sheet;

FIG. 6 is an illustrative view showing one example of an animation table;

FIG. 7 is an illustrative view showing one example of a BGM table;

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing of the CPU in the mail creation mode.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing another part of the processing by the CPU in the mail creation mode.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing another portion of the processing by the CPU in the mail creation mode.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a part of preview processing by the CPU.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing another part of the preview processing by the CPU.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a part of an original emotion phrase registration process by the CPU.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing another part of the original emotion phrase registration process by the CPU.

FIG. 15 is an illustrative view showing one example of a mail creation screen;

FIG. 16 is an illustrative view showing one example of a preview screen;

FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing of the CPU in the mail reception mode.

FIG. 18 is an illustrative view showing one example of a mail reception screen;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Mailing apparatus 12 ... CPU 14 ... Memory 16 ... Disk drive 22 ... Display 24 ... Keyboard 26 ... Speaker 28 ... Mouse 30 ... Recording medium

Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A sentence creating means for creating a sentence displayed on a destination display, a phrase detecting means for detecting a phrase indicating an emotion from the sentence, and a movement control information for controlling a movement of a character displayed on the display. Generating means for generating based on the phrase; first allocating means for allocating the motion control information to the phrase; and transmitting means for transmitting a mail including the text and the motion control information to the destination via a transmission path. , Mail transmission system. 2. The mail transmission system according to claim 1, further comprising a determination unit configured to determine an emotion type of the phrase, wherein the generation unit generates the motion control information corresponding to the emotion type. 3. The mail according to claim 1, wherein the movement control information includes at least one of face expression control information for controlling a facial expression of the character, and behavior control information for controlling the behavior of the character. Transmission system. 4. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising use frequency detecting means for detecting a use frequency of said phrase in the past, and first correction means for correcting said motion control information in accordance with said use frequency. The mail transmission system described in 1. 5. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a modified phrase detecting unit that detects a phrase that modifies the phrase indicating the emotion, and a second correcting unit that corrects the motion control information according to the modified phrase. The mail transmission system according to any of the above. 6. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a designating means for designating an arbitrary phrase contained in said sentence, and a second allocating means for allocating arbitrary said motion control information to said arbitrary phrase. The described mail transmission system. 7. A sentence creating means for creating a sentence displayed on a display of a destination, a detecting means for detecting a phrase indicating an emotion from the sentence, and tune control information for controlling a tune of music output from a speaker of the destination. Generating means for generating based on the phrase, allocating means for allocating the tune control information to the phrase, and transmitting means for transmitting a mail including the text and the tune control information to the destination via a transmission path. Mail transmission system. 8. A step of creating a sentence displayed on a display of a destination, a step of detecting a phrase indicating an emotion from the sentence, and motion control information for controlling the movement of a character displayed on the display based on the phrase. Recording a program that causes a computer to execute the following steps: a procedure of generating the motion control information; a procedure of assigning the motion control information to the phrase; and a procedure of transmitting the mail including the text and the motion control information to the destination via a transmission path. Computer readable recording medium. 9. A step of creating a sentence displayed on a display of a destination, a step of detecting a phrase indicating an emotion from the sentence, and transmitting the tune control information for controlling the tune of music output from a speaker of the destination to the phrase. Recording a program that causes a computer to execute the following steps: a step of generating based on the above, a step of allocating the tune control information to the phrase, and a step of transmitting a mail including the text and the tune control information to the destination via a transmission path. Computer-readable recording medium.