JP2003108285A - Apparatus and system for image display - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To achieve an apparatus and system for image display easy to grasp sensuously a tendency of change of time-series data such as stock information and weather information. SOLUTION: In the apparatus for image display, image data on facial parts of persons, animals, animation characters, etc., is displayed while changing expressions of the facial parts in conjunction with the time-series data. A cellular phone 100 is configured as the apparatus by comprising a memory storing the image data, a display part and a CPU controlling both of the memory and display part. The time-series data is acquired and the image data is changed (more specifically, changed to 'a smiling face' with ascending of the time-series data and 'a crying face' with descending of the time-series data) to display on the display part. The cellular phone 100 acquires the time-series data from a stock price server 300, and acquires application softwares combining stock- price fluctuations with image processing from an image processing server 200.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to mobile phones and PDs.
An image display device for displaying an image on a portable information terminal such as A (Personal Digital Assistant) or an information terminal such as a personal computer (hereinafter referred to as PC), and an image on the information terminal via a communication network. The present invention relates to an image display system for displaying.

[0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION A user of an information terminal such as a mobile phone or a PC uses a communication network such as the Internet so that time-varying data such as stock price information and weather information (time-series data) can be transmitted through the information terminal. ) Can be received.

However, these time series data are
On the information terminal, it is generally displayed as a numerical value or a character or as a graph having a time axis. Such a display has an advantage that it is accurate, but has a drawback that it is difficult to grasp the tendency of the change with a glance. In the case of a graphic display, some of its drawbacks are compensated, but it cannot be said that the display is easy for everyone to understand.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to realize an image display device and an image display system in which the tendency of changes in time series data such as stock price information and weather information can be easily perceived.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a storage unit for storing image data of a face portion, a display unit, and a control unit for controlling the storage unit and the display unit. The control unit acquires time-series data that changes with time from the outside, and displays a face image having an expression corresponding to the content of the time-series data on the display unit based on the image data. Is.

The invention according to claim 2 is the image display device according to claim 1, wherein the control section is an image display device which periodically acquires the time-series data from the outside.

Preferably, in the image display device according to the second aspect, the time series data is any one of stock price information, weather information, and fortune telling information.

Preferably, in the image display device according to claim 1, the control unit selects one of an angry face, a crying face, and a laughing face when changing the facial expression of the facial portion from a standard facial expression. And display it on the display unit.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the image display apparatus according to the first aspect, the correspondence between the content of the image data of the face portion displayed on the display unit and the content of the time-series data. Is an image display device that can be arbitrarily set.

The invention according to claim 4 is the first server capable of communicating with the image display device according to any one of claims 1 to 3 and the image display device via a network. And the time series data is generated in the first server, and the control unit is an image display system that acquires the time series data from the first server.

The invention according to claim 5 is the image display system according to claim 4, further comprising a second server capable of communicating with the image display device via a network, The second server is provided with reference image data corresponding to a specific facial expression of the face portion, and the second server performs a process of changing the reference image data in advance to obtain another face image. The transformed image data corresponding to the facial expression is generated and the transformed image data is transmitted to the image display device, and the image display device causes the storage unit to store the transformed image data from the second server, The image display system uses the deformed image data when displaying an expression other than the specific expression on the display unit.

Preferably, in the image display system according to claim 5, the deformed image data is image data of a difference from the specific facial expression, and the image display device displays an facial expression other than the specific facial expression. When displaying on the display unit, the difference image data and the reference image data are used together.

[0013]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment according to the present invention comprises a storage unit for storing image data of a face portion, a display unit, and a control unit for controlling the storage unit and the display unit. An image display system including an image display device that acquires time-series data that changes with time from the outside and displays a face image having an expression corresponding to the content of the time-series data on a display unit based on the image data.

According to this system, the control unit of the image display device displays a face image having a facial expression according to the contents of the time-series data on the display unit, so that the face portion of a person, an animal, an animation character, or the like can be displayed. If the image data is stored in the storage unit and the control unit acquires time series data such as stock price information and weather information, the facial expression is changed according to the contents of the time series data and displayed on the display unit. You can As a result, it is possible to realize an image display device and an image display system in which the tendency of time-series data can be easily grasped.

<1. Structure> FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of an image display system according to an embodiment of the present invention. This image display system includes a mobile phone 100 capable of acquiring time series data (stock price information as an example here) and a mobile phone 10.
PC 400 owned by 0 users and image processing server 200 capable of changing the image data of the face part
And a stock price server 300 that generates stock price information. Then, the mobile phone 100 and the image processing server 20
0, the stock price server 300, and each unit of the PC 400 are connected to each other by a communication network NT such as the Internet, and communication can be performed via the communication network NT.
Here, the mobile phone 100 is an image display device that changes the image data of the face portion according to the content of the change in the time-series data and displays the image data on the display unit.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the mobile phone 100. As shown in FIG.
Is a memory 100a as a storage unit and a CPU as a control unit
(Central Processing Unit) 100b, handset 100c including a speaker, and display unit 10 such as a liquid crystal panel
0d, a dial unit 100e which is an input interface including operation buttons, and a microphone 10 including a microphone.
0f and. Further, the mobile phone 100 has a mobile phone antenna 100 for making a call and transmitting / receiving data.
j and the transmission process and the reception process for the mobile phone antenna 10
The transmission / reception unit 100i that discriminates the transmission signal and the reception signal for sharing with 0j, the transmitter 100h that is connected to the transmission / reception unit 100i and performs the transmission process, and the reception process that is connected to the transmission / reception unit 100i. Receiver 100g
And have.

The CPU 100b controls each of the memory 100a, the receiver 100c, the display unit 100d, the dial unit 100e, the transmitter 100f, the receiver 100g, and the transmitter 100h according to a program preinstalled in the memory 100a. It also exchanges data with these units.

<2. Operation> Now, the operation of the image display system having the above configuration will be described. First, the outline is shown below.

The user of the mobile phone 100 is required to use the PC 4 in advance.
By operating 00, for example, the image data in which the image of the face portion of oneself is recorded is transmitted to the image processing server 200. In addition, the image data is stored in the image processing server 20.
It is also transmitted from 0 to the mobile phone 100.

The image processing server 200 performs a process of changing the image data of the face portion (adding a facial expression), and also transmits the processed image data to the mobile phone 100. This is performed in order to let the image processing server 200, which has a high calculation capability, handle the change process of the face image, which has a complicated calculation, not the mobile phone 100, which has a low calculation capability. In addition,
The mobile phone 100 stores face image data before and after processing in the memory 100a.

Then, the mobile phone 100 periodically acquires the stock price information generated by the stock price server 300. Then, when the value of the acquired stock price is lower than the value when it was acquired last time, for example, a crying face or an angry face is displayed, when it rises, for example, a smiling face is displayed, and when it is not different from the previous time, for example, before processing. Display the image data as it is.

In this way, according to the acquired stock price information,
If the mobile phone 100 changes its facial expression and displays a facial image, the image display system can easily grasp the tendency of changes in stock price information.

Next, the details of the case where the user uses the above-mentioned image display system by using the mobile phone 100 will be described while explaining the operation of each part of the above-mentioned configuration.

<2-1. Setting Distribution Data Using Web Browser> FIGS. 3 to 7 show information of face image data and stock portfolio information held by the mobile phone 1.
10 is an example of a display screen of a Web browser when a user of 00 uses his / her PC 400 to make settings.

The image processing server 200 is a CPU
It is a general server that includes a memory, a hard disk, etc. and can communicate with each terminal.

<2-1-1. User login> First,
When the user of the mobile phone 100 uses the image display system according to the present embodiment for the first time, the user uses the PC 4
00 to access the image processing server 200 via the network NT. Specifically, the URL of the “delivery data setting site” provided by the image processing server 200 is displayed by the Web browser installed on the PC 400.
The user inputs the (Uniform Resource Locator) to access the "distribution data setting site". At this time,
The image processing server 200 displays a user login screen S01 as shown in FIG. 3 on the PC 400.

In the user login screen S01,
The user is required to enter the user ID and password. Here, if the user's access is the first time,
Since the user has not acquired the user ID, he / she selects the “user registration” button B2. "user registration"
When the button B2 is selected, the image processing server 200
Displays the user registration screen S02 as shown in FIG.
00 is displayed.

If the user ID has already been acquired, the user selects the "Go" button B1 after inputting the user ID and password. "Go"
When the button B1 is selected, the image processing server 200
Displays the photographic image Box screen S03 as shown in FIG.
Display on 400.

<2-1-2. User registration> The user, for example, on the user registration screen S02,
Mobile phone email address, desired user I
D, enter the desired password in the corresponding fields, and select the "User Registration" button B2. When the "user registration" button B2 is selected, the image processing server 200
The above user information is recorded in a recording medium (hard disk or the like) incorporated therein. After that, the image processing server 200 displays the photograph image Box screen S03 as shown in FIG.
Is displayed on the PC 400.

If the same user ID has already been registered, or if the necessary input items are missing, the image processing server 200 warns of that and displays the user registration screen S02 again on the PC 400. Prompt the user to re-enter.

<2-1-3. Photo Image Box> Photo Image Box On the screen S03, a list of image data uploaded by the user up to that time as image data of the face portion to be displayed on the mobile phone 100 is displayed in the thumbnail format. In FIG. 5, image data P1 to P3 are shown as an example. The uploaded image data need not be a portrait photo, but may be an animal photo or animated character.

Each image data displayed in the thumbnail format has a file name of the image data and a check box for the user to select. If the user's access is the first time, there is no image data from the user, so the photo image Box
A list of image data is not displayed on the screen S03.

To start uploading image data, the user selects the "upload" button B3 on the photograph image Box screen S03. When the "Upload" button B3 is selected, the image processing server 20
0 displays the image upload screen S04 as shown in FIG. 6 on the PC 400.

When the user selects the "Delete" button B4 on the photo image Box screen S03, the image processing server 200 deletes the image data whose check box is checked.

When the user selects the "delivery setting" button B5 on the photo image Box screen S03,
The image processing server 200 displays the distribution setting screen S05 as shown in FIG. 7 on the PC 400.

<2-1-4. Image Upload> In the image upload screen S04, the user inputs the directory in the PC 400 of the image data of the face part which is acquired in advance using a digital camera or the like. Then, in order to start uploading the image data, the user selects the “upload” button B6.

When the "upload" button B6 is selected, the image processing server 200 controls the PC 400 to transfer the image data existing in the designated directory. The transferred image data is the photo image Box screen S0.
3 is added to the list display.

The uploaded image data is
In the image processing server 200, the image data is stored as it is, and, for example, facial expression changing processing for a plurality of patterns is added. Then, the processed image data is also stored in the image processing server 200.

As a technique for changing the facial expression, for example, the technique described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-357221 may be used. According to this technique, it is possible to synthesize another face image having a different expression from a reference face image that is one piece of two-dimensional face image data. Therefore, here, as an example, "crying face" from the uploaded image data,
Four types of processed images (transformed image data) are created: an "angry face", a "smile", and a "laughing face" (a face having a higher degree of joy than the "smile" above).

The expressions of angry face, crying face, and laughing face are very easy for the user to understand, and the tendency of the stock price change can be easily grasped when displayed on the mobile phone 100. .

<2-1-5. Stock price information distribution setting> On the distribution setting screen S05, the user inputs the stock of which the stock price information is desired to be distributed, the number of shares held, and the market price at the time of input. The number of stocks may be plural, and in that case, the portfolio of the stocks held is displayed on the distribution setting screen S05.

To add a stock, the user must
The "add" button B7 is selected on the distribution setting screen S05. When the "add" button B7 is selected, the image processing server 200 displays the stock price portfolio addition screen S06 on the PC 400.

In the stock price portfolio addition screen S06,
The user inputs the stock of the stock to be added (added), the number of shares held, and the market price at the time of input. And "add"
When the user selects the button B12, the image processing server 200 updates the portfolio data of the holding issue and additionally displays the holding issue on the distribution setting screen S05.

When the user selects the "cancel" button B13 on the stock price portfolio addition screen S06, the stock price portfolio addition screen S06 is terminated without adding a new issue and the distribution setting screen S05 is returned to again.

Further, in order to correct the information of the stocks held,
The user selects the "correct" button B9 on the distribution setting screen S05. When the “correction” button B9 is selected, the image processing server 200 displays the stock price portfolio correction screen S07 on the PC 400.

In the stock price portfolio correction screen S07,
The user inputs the stock of the stock to be corrected, the number of shares held, and the market price at the time of input. Then, the "correct" button B1
When the user selects 4, the image processing server 200
Updates the portfolio data of the holding issue and corrects the holding issue on the distribution setting screen S05.

When the user selects the "cancel" button B15 on the stock price portfolio modification screen S07, the stock price portfolio modification screen S07 is terminated without modifying the information on the stock, and the distribution setting screen S05 is returned to again.

In addition, in order to delete the stocks, the user has to press the "Delete" button B8 on the distribution setting screen S05.
Select. When the "Delete" button B8 is selected, the image processing server 200 deletes the information on the holding issue selected on the distribution setting screen S05 from the data of the portfolio, and displays the correction of the holding issue on the distribution setting screen S05. I do.

Further, from the distribution setting screen S05, the photograph image B is displayed.
To return to the ox screen S03, the user selects the "return" button B10 on the distribution setting screen S05. When the "Return" button B10 is selected, the image processing server 2
00 causes the photographic image Box screen S03 to be displayed on the PC 400.

When the user selects the "Distribution" button B11 on the distribution setting screen S05, the image processing server 200 generates "face image application software with stock price display function". "Face image application software with stock price display function"
It is software that operates on the computer 0 and is downloaded from the image processing server 200 by the mobile phone 100 as described later.

The image processing server 200 sends an e-mail describing the URL for downloading the "face image application software with stock price display function" to the e-mail address of the mobile phone entered in the user registration screen S02 on the network NT. To send via.

The state transition diagram of FIG. 8 is a summary of the transitions of the display screens of FIGS.

<2-2. Receive distribution data> Cellular phone 1
00 receives the electronic mail transmitted from the image processing server 200 described above. The user accesses the URL described in the e-mail and downloads the above-mentioned “face image application software with stock price display function” to the mobile phone 100. The downloaded software is stored in the memory 100a of the mobile phone 100, and the CPU 100b executes the software based on the procedure recorded in the software.

By operating the above software on the mobile phone 100, the mobile phone 100 receives the stock price distribution data from the stock price server 300, and changes the facial expression of the registered face image data according to the acquired stock price information. Display face image.

<2-2-1. Face image application software with stock price display function> Face image application software with stock price display function is as shown in FIG.
It consists of the following three modules (a group of programs that perform certain functions).

That is, the above software uses the stock price data set on the distribution setting screen S05 to send stock price data of stocks in the portfolio from the stock price server 300 to the mobile phone 100 via the network NT.
A stock price data receiving module, a stock price total value calculation module that calculates the total asset value of the stock price portfolio, and a display unit that changes the face image data according to the calculation result of the stock portfolio total asset value. It is composed of a "facial expression image selection module" displayed on 100d.

The manner in which the above three modules function in the mobile phone 100 will be described below.

First, the stock price data receiving module MD1
Controls the CPU 100b of the mobile phone 100 so as to obtain the stock price data DT1 from the stock price server 300. The CPU 100b includes a network NT, a mobile phone antenna 100j, a duplexer 100i, and a receiver 100g.
The stock price data DT1 is acquired via the, and stored in the memory 100a.

The stock price data DT1 may be periodically acquired, for example, every 20 minutes. If stock price data is regularly acquired in this way, stock price information that is regularly updated is acquired in real time, and the tendency of changes in stock price data is immediately reflected in the facial expression displayed on the display unit 100b. be able to.

Of course, the information may be acquired periodically over a relatively long span, such as the daily closing price information being acquired, or the user may wish to acquire the information. Sometimes, stock price data DT1
May be obtained. In the latter case, for example, both the current stock price information and the stock price information of the closing price on the previous day may be acquired and displayed on the display unit 100d.

The time-series data may be data that is transmitted irregularly regardless of the user's desire to acquire it.

The stock price data DT1 acquired here
Is data of each issue in the stock price portfolio set on the distribution setting screen S05. The stock price data receiving module MD1 refers to the stock price portfolio data DT2 recorded in the software to select the stock price data of the issue to be acquired.

Next, the stock price calculation module MD2
While referring to the stock price data DT1 and the stock price portfolio data DT2, the total number of stock price portfolios is calculated by multiplying the number of shares held by each issue by the stock price per share and taking the sum. Note that the total stock price calculation module MD2 records not only the total stock price portfolio calculated from the currently acquired stock price data but also the total stock price portfolio calculated at the previous acquisition of the stock price data in the memory 100a. And the stock price calculation module MD2
Calculates how much the total stock price portfolio value has changed between the previous time and this time, and the difference between them.

Then, the facial expression image selection module MD3
Is the change in the total stock price portfolio and the facial expression image data DT3 (in this
There are 5 types of uploaded image data (reference image data) and 4 types of deformed image data with changed facial expressions: "crying face", "angry face", "smile", and "laughing face". (Included), and by selectively displaying any of the above-mentioned five types of image data, the tendency of the change in the total amount of the stock price portfolio is shown.

That is, as shown in FIG. 10, the facial expression image selection module MD3 displays the above "crying face" image data when the change in the total value of the stock price portfolio is, for example, -1 million yen or more. The image data of the above "angry face" is displayed on the display unit 100d when the value is displayed on the unit 100d and the negative value does not exceed -1,000,000 yen. Further, when the change in the total amount of the stock price portfolio is increased by, for example, +1 million yen or more, the image data of the above "laughing face" is displayed on the display unit 100d, and, for example, +
When the plus value does not exceed 1 million yen, the image data of "smile" is displayed on the display unit 100d. Also,
If the change in the total amount of the stock price portfolio is 0, the uploaded image data that has not been changed is displayed as it is.

The correspondence between the change contents of the image data of the face portion and the change contents of the time series data can be set arbitrarily.

That is, in the above, since it is considered that the increase in the total stock price portfolio is usually pleasing, "smile" and "laughing face" are associated with a positive change, and "angry face" and "smiley face" with a negative change. It corresponded to "crying face".

However, depending on the user, for example, when a so-called “short sale” is performed, “smile” and “laughing face” are associated with a negative change, and “angry face” and “crying face” are associated with a positive change. It may be possible to correspond to. Further, the values such as "-1 million yen" and "+1 million yen" described above may be set by various users.

Therefore, if the correspondence between the change contents of the face image data and the change contents of the time series data can be set arbitrarily, for example, even if the changes of the time series data are the same, the user's preference To change the facial expression to a smile,
You can change to an angry face. Further, these correspondences can be set for each issue.

It should be noted that the four types of post-processing image data whose facial expressions have been changed, which are included in the facial expression image data DT3, do not necessarily need to have all the changed image data.

That is, in the processed image data,
Of the uploaded image data, for example, 3
Processing such as lowering by mm and keeping both eyes closed is added. On the other hand, for example, the hair and other parts hardly change, so no change processing is added.

Therefore, the image data of only the changed portion is recorded in the software, and the image data of such a change (difference image data) is superposed on the original upload image data. You can leave it.

As described above, the image data after the change processing is the image data of only the portion that has changed before and after the change, and the image data after the processing and the image data before the processing are used together in the mobile phone 100. By doing so, the image data that needs to be stored in the mobile phone 100 is only the image data before processing (reference image data) and the image data of only the portion that has changed before and after the change (image data of the difference). Therefore, the amount of data to be stored in the memory 100a can be small.

<3. Summary> As described above, according to the image processing system of the present embodiment, the mobile phone 100, which is an image display device, has the memory 100a that stores the image data of the face portion, the display unit 100d, and the CP that controls them.
U100b is provided, CPU100b acquires stock price data which changes with time, changes the image data of a face part according to the content of the change of stock price data, and displays it on the display part 100d.

Therefore, if the image data of the face portion of the person is stored in the memory 100a and the CPU 100b obtains the stock price data, the facial expression is changed according to the content of the change in the stock price data and displayed on the display unit 100d. It is possible to realize an image display device that can be displayed and can easily grasp the tendency of changes in time series data.

Further, the image processing system according to the present embodiment includes the mobile phone 100 and the stock price server 300, and the CPU 100b of the mobile phone 100 acquires the stock price data generated by the stock price server 300 from the stock price server 300. To do.

Therefore, the mobile phone 100 which is an image display device.
In the above, the facial expression can be changed and displayed on the display unit 100d according to the content of the change in the stock price data, and an image display system in which the tendency of the change in the stock price data can be easily captured can be realized.

Further, the image processing system according to the present embodiment has the image processing server 20 to which the face image data is given.
Further, the image processing server 200 performs a process of changing face image data in advance, and transmits the processed image data to the mobile phone 100 as an image display device. And
The mobile phone 100 stores the processed image data from the image processing server 200 in the memory 100a, and uses the processed image data when the facial expression is changed and displayed on the display unit 100d.

Therefore, even if the process of changing the image data of the face portion is complicated, a computer having excellent computing power is adopted as the image processing server 200, and the image processing server 200 is in charge of the complicated changing process. Can be made. As a result, even if the mobile phone 100 does not have a high computing capability, it is possible to display on the mobile phone 100 the image data of the face portion that has undergone the precise change processing.

11 to 15 are flow charts summarizing the flow in the above image display system.

In FIG. 11, the “face image application software with stock price display function” is the image processing server 200.
6 is a flowchart showing a process from the delivery to the mobile phone 100 and executed there. As shown in FIG. 11, the user first sets <2-1. Setting Distribution Data Using Web Browser> As described above, the image data is set, and the distribution data such as the stock price desired to be distributed is set (step ST1). And <2-2. Reception of distribution data>, the software is executed on the mobile phone 100 (step ST2).

FIG. 12 is a flow chart showing the distribution data setting process. As shown in FIG. 12, the user first sets the image processing server 2 via the PC 400.
00 to access the distribution data setting site (step ST101). Then, it is determined whether or not the user ID has been acquired (step ST102), and if not acquired, user registration is performed on the user registration screen as shown in FIG. 4 (step ST103).

After registration or when the user ID has already been acquired, login is performed (step ST104), and the photographic image Box screen of FIG. 5 is displayed (step ST1).
05). When the image data has not yet been transmitted to the photographic image Box, the user uploads the image via the PC 400 (step ST106). On the other hand, when there is an uploaded image, the image data to be distributed to the mobile phone 100 is selected (step ST107).

Next, the stock price portfolio information desired to be distributed is set (step ST108), and "face image application software with stock price display function" is generated in the image processing server 200 (step ST).
109). Then, the image processing server 200 transmits an e-mail describing the URL for downloading the software to the mobile phone 100 (step ST
110).

FIG. 13 is a flow chart showing the process of receiving the distribution data. As shown in FIG. 13, the user first causes the mobile phone 100 to receive an e-mail from the distribution setting site (step ST201). Then, the URL described in the e-mail is accessed to download the software (step ST20).
2). Then, the downloaded software is executed (step ST203).

14 and 15 are flowcharts showing the execution processing of the software. 14
As shown in FIG. 15 and FIG. 15, the mobile phone 100 first accesses the stock price server 300 (step ST203).
b). Then, in the mobile phone 100, for example, the data of both the current stock price information and the stock price information of the closing price on the previous day are compared to determine whether the total stock price portfolio is increasing or decreasing.

Therefore, first, it is judged whether or not the data of the total stock price of the previous day is recorded in the mobile phone 100 (step ST203c), and if it is not recorded, the data of the stock price of the previous day is acquired from the stock price server 300, and the data of the previous day is acquired. Total stock price portfolio total (step ST2
03d).

After totaling or when the data of the total stock price of the previous day is recorded, the data of the current stock price is acquired (step ST203e) and the total stock price portfolio is totaled (step ST203f).

If the total stock price portfolio calculated from the closing price on the previous day is equal to the current total stock price portfolio (step ST203g), the upload image selected as the distribution image is directly used in the mobile phone 10.
0 is displayed (step ST203h).

On the other hand, the current total value of the stock price portfolio is higher than the total value of the stock price portfolio calculated from the closing price on the previous day (step ST203i), and the amount of increase is more than a certain value (for example, +1 million yen). If there is (step ST203j), the expression on the face is "laughter".
The converted image data is displayed on the mobile phone 100 (step ST203h). If the amount of increase does not exceed a certain value, the mobile phone 100 is caused to display image data with the facial expression "smiling" (step ST2).
03l).

Further, the current total value of the stock price portfolio is lower than the total value of the stock price portfolio calculated from the closing price on the previous day (step ST203i), and the amount of decrease is more than a fixed value (eg, -1,000,000 yen). If so (step ST203m), the facial expression is "crying face".
The converted image data is displayed on the mobile phone 100 (step ST203n). If the amount of fall does not exceed a certain value, the mobile phone 100 is caused to display image data in which the facial expression is "angry" (step ST).
203o).

Then, the display update is awaited until the next update time comes (steps ST203p, ST203).
q). When the update time arrives, step ST203 is executed again.
Returning to c, the same processing as above is repeated.

<Others> In the above embodiment, the stock price information is taken as an example of the time series data.
The time-series data is not limited to this, of course, and may be, for example, weather information or fortune-telling information.

In the case of weather information, a change series of symbolic messages, such as sunny, rainy, cloudy, or a combination thereof (rainy and cloudy, rainy and sometimes sunny, etc.) may be used as the time series data. Also, numerical information such as precipitation probability, temperature, and humidity may be used as time series data.

Also, in the case of fortune telling information, the change series of symbolic messages such as Daikichi, Kichi, Kokichi, and Kyou may be used as time series data. Numerical information such as the index and the probability of rising morale may be used as the time series data.

In this way, the time-series data is the stock price information,
By using either the weather information or the fortune-telling information, it is possible to realize an image display device in which the tendency of the stock price, the weather, or the fortune-telling information can be easily perceived.

Further, in the above description, since it is assumed that the information communication amount and the computing capacity of the mobile phone 100 are low, the PC 40
However, when the information communication amount and the computing capacity of the mobile phone improve in the future, the mobile phone alone acquires image data from a digital camera or the like, and obtains the image data and stock price portfolio information. It may be sent directly to the distribution data setting site.

If the mobile phone 100 has a high computing capability, the face image data changing process may be performed independently on the mobile phone 100 side. In that case, the above-mentioned JP 20
The technique described in Japanese Patent Publication No. 00-357221 is applied to the mobile phone 10.
0 may be used.

Further, even if it is not the technique described in the above publication,
For any uploaded image, relatively simple image processing may be performed, for example, by uniformly raising both end portions of the lip by 3 mm. Further, as the image data to be uploaded, image data of a plurality of facial expressions such as “angry face” and “smiley face” may be sent from the beginning. Then, the mobile phone 100 may perform a process of selecting one from the plurality of pieces of image data.

In the above embodiment, the PC 4
Although the upload image data from 00 is sent to the image processing server 200 and then sent to the mobile phone 100, for example, the mobile phone 100 is directly sent from the PC 400.
It may be configured to be sent to.

In the above embodiment, the case where the face image is displayed on the mobile phone 100 has been described. Of course, the face image corresponding to the stock price information is displayed on the PC 400 or other information terminals even if the mobile phone is not used. You may allow it.

In addition, the mobile phone 100 may be used as a stand-alone image display device without acquiring the time series data from the server via the network.
That is, for example, a thermometer may be added to the mobile phone 100, temperature information of the thermometer may be acquired as time-series data, and the face image to be displayed may be classified as uncomfortable, normal, or comfortable according to the temperature.

[0103]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the control unit produces a face image having an expression corresponding to the contents of the time series data,
It is displayed on the display unit based on the image data. Therefore, if the image data of faces such as people, animals, and animated characters are stored in the storage unit and the control unit acquires time-series data such as stock price information and weather information, the time-series data can be stored according to the contents. It is possible to change the facial expression and display it on the display unit, and it is possible to realize an image display device in which the tendency of time-series data can be easily sensed.

According to the second aspect of the invention, the control unit periodically acquires the time series data from the outside. Therefore, time series data such as stock price information and weather information that are regularly updated can be acquired in real time, and the tendency of the time series data can be immediately reflected in the facial expression displayed on the display unit.

If the time-series data is any of stock price information, weather information, and fortune-telling information, it is possible to realize an image display device in which the tendency of changes in stock price, weather or fortune-telling information can be easily grasped.

When the control unit changes the facial expression of the face portion from the standard facial expression, if any one of an angry face, a crying face, and a laughing face is selected and displayed on the display unit, the time-series data can be displayed. The tendency can be easily perceived with an angry face, a crying face, or a laughing face.

According to the third aspect of the invention, the correspondence between the contents of the image data of the face portion displayed on the display unit and the contents of the time series data can be arbitrarily set. Therefore, for example, even if the contents of the time-series data are the same, the facial expression can be changed to a smiling face or an angry face depending on the user's preference.

According to the invention described in claim 4, the time series data is generated in the first server, and the control unit acquires the time series data from the first server. Therefore, in the image display device, the facial expression can be changed and displayed on the display unit according to the content of the time-series data, and an image display system in which the tendency of the time-series data can be easily captured can be realized.

According to the fifth aspect of the invention, the second server performs the process of changing the reference image data in advance,
Deformed image data corresponding to another facial expression of the face portion is generated, and the deformed image data is transmitted to the image display device.
Then, the image display device uses the transmitted deformed image data when displaying an expression other than the specific expression on the display unit. Therefore, even if the process of changing the image data of the face portion is complicated, it is possible to employ a computer having excellent computing power for the second server and make the second server in charge of the complicated changing process. it can. This makes it possible to display on the image display device the image data of the face portion that has been subjected to the precise change processing, even if the image display device does not have excellent computing ability.

The modified image data is the image data of the difference from the specific facial expression, and when the image display device displays the facial expression other than the specific facial expression on the display unit, the difference image data and the reference image data are displayed. If both are used together, the image data that needs to be stored in the image display device is only the difference image data and the reference image data, and the amount of data to be stored in the storage unit can be small.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an image display system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a mobile phone 100 which is an image display device.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a user login screen.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a user registration screen.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a photographic image Box screen.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an image upload screen.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a distribution setting screen.

FIG. 8 is a state transition diagram in which transitions of the display screens of FIGS. 3 to 7 are summarized.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a module configuration of face image application software with a stock price display function.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of facial expression changes in the mobile phone 100.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a process until “face image application software with stock price display function” is distributed from the image processing server 200 to the mobile phone 100 and executed there.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing a distribution data setting process.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a process of receiving distribution data.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing an execution process of “face image application software with stock price display function”.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing an execution process of “face image application software with stock price display function”.

[Explanation of symbols]

100 mobile phones 200 image processing server 300 Stock Price Server 400 PC 100a memory 100b CPU 100d display

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Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A storage unit for storing image data of a face portion, a display unit, and a control unit for controlling the storage unit and the display unit, wherein the control unit is time-series data that changes with time. Is externally acquired, and a face image having an expression corresponding to the contents of the time-series data is displayed on the display unit based on the image data. 2. The image display device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit periodically acquires the time series data from the outside. 3. The image display device according to claim 1, wherein the correspondence between the content of the image data of the face portion displayed on the display unit and the content of the time-series data can be set arbitrarily. Image display device. 4. The image display device according to claim 1, and a first server capable of communicating with the image display device via a network. The data is generated in the first server, and the control unit acquires the time-series data from the first server. 5. The image display system according to claim 4, further comprising a second server capable of communicating with the image display device via a network, wherein the second server includes: Reference image data corresponding to a particular facial expression of the face portion is given, and the second server performs a process of changing the reference image data in advance to obtain modified image data corresponding to another facial expression of the face portion. And transmitting the modified image data to the image display device, the image display device stores the modified image data from the second server in the storage unit, and expresses a facial expression other than the specific facial expression. An image display system that uses the modified image data when displaying the image on the display unit.