JP2014063277A - Information selection device, information selection method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To select a control point group suitable to make the movement of a character image to be subjected to display control even though the character image of any shape is selected.SOLUTION: An information selection device 1 includes a character image selection part 41, a control point data selection part 42, and a control point coordinate determination part 43. The character image selection part 41 selects a character image 81 in accordance with an instruction from a user. The control point data selection part 42 selects a control point group being a coordinate data group for making the movement of the selected character image 81 to be subjected to display control among a plurality of prescribed coordinate data groups that respectively correspond to a plurality of prescribed shapes. The control point coordinate determination part 43 determines the position coordinates of the selected control point group in accordance with the shape of the selected character image 81.

Description

  The present invention relates to an information selection device, an information selection method, and a program.

  Conventionally, a technique for controlling display of a character image has been known (see Patent Document 1). Further, in order to control the movement of a character image having a human body shape for animation, a technique is known in which a display control control group that matches the shape of the character image is arranged in association with the character image. It is assumed that such a human body shape for animation has a size of about 8 heads and bodies.

JP 2002-282553 A

  However, when a character image having a shape of three heads or the like, which is different from the shape of the eight heads and bodies such as the human body shape, is selected, the character image is displayed and controlled when a conventional control point group is arranged in the character image. Since a control point group that is completely different from the control point group necessary for the display is arranged, the character image cannot be displayed properly. Therefore, no matter what shape of the character image is selected, the control point group is selected accurately, so that the control point group suitable for the display control of the action of the character image is selected. It was sought to be done.

  An object of the present invention is to select a control point group suitable for display control of the action of a character image, regardless of the shape of the character image selected.

In order to achieve the above object, an information selection device according to an aspect of the present invention includes:
Image selecting means for selecting a character image in accordance with an instruction from the user;
A control point group, which is a coordinate data group for controlling display of the action of the selected character image in a predetermined display area, is selected from a plurality of predetermined coordinate data groups respectively corresponding to a plurality of predetermined shapes. Control point group selection means;
Control point group coordinate determining means for determining the position coordinates of the selected control point group according to the shape of the selected character image;
Is provided.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to select a control point group suitable for display control of the action of the character image, regardless of the shape of the character image selected.

It is a block diagram which shows the hardware constitutions of the information selection apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a functional block diagram which shows the functional structure for performing a control point automatic selection process among the functional structures of the information selection apparatus of FIG. It is the figure which showed the relationship between the reference | standard coordinate of a character image, the reference | standard coordinate of 8 head-and-body control point group, and the reference | standard coordinate of 3 head-and-body control point group. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the flow of the control point automatic selection process which the information selection apparatus of FIG. 1 which has the function structure of FIG. 2 performs. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the flow of the shape automatic selection process which the information selection apparatus of FIG. 1 which has the function structure of FIG. 2 performs. It is a functional block diagram which shows the functional structure for performing the control point manual selection process which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention among the functional structures of the information selection apparatus shown in FIG. It is the figure which showed the data structure of the control point data storage part. It is a figure which shows the example of the image by which the dialog box for a user to select the data of a control point group was displayed. It is a figure which shows a mode that the control point coordinate is arrange | positioned with respect to the character image. It is a figure which shows the control point coordinate corresponding to the character image of a sample. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the flow of the control point manual selection process which the information selection apparatus 1 of FIG. 1 which has the function structure of FIG. 6 performs. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the flow of the shape automatic selection process which the information selection apparatus 1 of FIG. 1 which has the function structure of FIG. 6 performs. It is a figure which shows an example of the image for registering a new shape. It is the figure which showed the data structure of flash ROM when a new shape is registered. It is a figure which shows the example of the image by which the dialog box for a user to select the data of a control point group was displayed.

  Hereinafter, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

[Hardware configuration]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of an information selection device according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The information selection device 1 is configured as a personal computer or a smartphone, for example.

  The information selection device 1 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 11, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 12, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 13, a bus 14, an input / output interface 15, an input unit 16, and an output unit. 17, a storage unit 18, a communication unit 19, and a drive 20.

The CPU 11 executes various processes according to a program recorded in the ROM 12 or a program loaded from the storage unit 18 to the RAM 13.
The RAM 13 appropriately stores data necessary for the CPU 11 to execute various processes.

  The CPU 11, ROM 12, and RAM 13 are connected to each other via a bus 14. An input / output interface 15 is also connected to the bus 14. An input unit 16, an output unit 17, a storage unit 18, a communication unit 19, and a drive 20 are connected to the input / output interface 15.

The input unit 16 includes a touch panel, a keyboard, a mouse, and the like, and inputs various types of information according to user instruction operations.
The output unit 17 includes a display, a speaker, and the like, and outputs images and sounds.
The storage unit 18 is configured by a flash ROM, a hard disk, a DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory), or the like, and stores various data.
The communication unit 19 controls communication with other devices (not shown) via a network including the Internet.

  A removable medium 31 made of a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, a semiconductor memory, or the like is appropriately attached to the drive 20. The program read from the removable medium 31 by the drive 20 is installed in the storage unit 18 as necessary. The removable medium 31 can also store various data such as image data stored in the storage unit 18 in the same manner as the storage unit 18.

[Function block diagram]
FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram showing a functional configuration for executing the control point automatic selection process among the functional configurations of the information selecting apparatus 1.
The control point automatic selection process is a process of automatically selecting a control point group, which is a coordinate data group for display control of a character image in a predetermined display area, from a plurality of control point groups.

  When the control point automatic selection process is executed, as shown in FIG. 2, in the CPU 11, the character image selection unit 41, the control point data selection unit 42, the first reference coordinate calculation unit 421, and the control point data Acquisition unit 422, second reference coordinate calculation unit 423, inter-reference coordinate distance calculation unit 424, temporary control point coordinate determination unit 425, control point coordinate determination unit 43, character image setting unit 44, and character image storage The control unit 45 functions.

When the control point automatic selection process is executed, a character image storage unit 61 and a control point data storage unit 62 provided as one area of the storage unit 18 are used.
The character image storage unit 61 stores a plurality of character images to be selected by the user.
The control point data storage unit 62 stores data of a control point group that is a coordinate data group corresponding to a plurality of shapes such as two heads and three heads.

  The character image selection unit 41 acquires character image data from the character image storage unit 61 according to a signal output by the operation of the input unit 16 for selecting a character image by the user.

  The control point data selection unit 42 includes a first reference coordinate calculation unit 421, a control point data acquisition unit 422, a second reference coordinate calculation unit 423, a reference coordinate distance calculation unit 424, and a control point coordinate provisional determination unit 425. And comprising.

The first reference coordinate calculation unit 421 calculates the reference coordinates of the character image selected by the character image selection unit 41. Specifically, for the character image 81 displayed in the predetermined display area 71 of the output unit 17, the first reference coordinate calculation unit 421 has the coordinates (top) of the top of the character, the coordinates of the tip of the right hand ( right) and the coordinates (left) of the tip of the left hand. In calculating these coordinates, the first reference coordinate calculation unit displays the character image 81 by detecting opaque pixels based on the α value that is information indicating the transparency provided in each pixel. By specifying the region and analyzing the specified image, “top”, “right”, and “left” are calculated.
Further, the first reference coordinate calculation unit 421 draws a perpendicular line from “top” to the line segment connecting “right” and “left”, and determines the intersection of the line segment and the perpendicular line as a reference of the character image 81. The coordinates are (x, y).

  The control point data acquisition unit 422 acquires control point data, which is a coordinate data group corresponding to a plurality of shapes, from the control point data storage unit 62 for all shapes and stores the data in the RAM 13.

The second reference coordinate calculation unit 423 controls the control point group data acquired by the control point data acquisition unit 422 according to the size of the character image 81 displayed in the display area 71 with respect to the data of the control points. The position coordinates when the group is arranged (hereinafter referred to as “control point coordinates”) are calculated. In FIG. 3, for convenience of explanation, a control point group 82 having a shape of eight heads and bodies (hereinafter referred to as “8 head and body control point group 82”) and a control point group 83 having a shape of three heads and bodies ( Hereinafter, two of “three head and body control point group 83”) will be described.
The second reference coordinate calculation unit 423 calculates the reference coordinates of the eight head / body control point group 82 based on the control point coordinates of the eight head / body control point group 82. Specifically, the second reference coordinate calculation unit 423 calculates the coordinates (top-m) of the top of the eight-head-and-body control point group 82, the coordinates (right-m) of the tip of the right hand, and the tip of the left hand. Coordinates (left-m) are calculated. Furthermore, the second reference coordinate calculation unit 423 drops a perpendicular line from “top-m” to the line segment connecting “right-m” and “left-m”, and calculates the intersection of the line segment and the perpendicular line. , The reference coordinates (xm, ym) of the eight head / body control point group 82.
Further, the second reference coordinate calculation unit 423 converts the reference coordinates (xk, yk) of the three head / body control point group 83 into the eight head / body control point group 82 based on the control point coordinates of the three head / body control point group 83. It is calculated in the same manner as in.
Furthermore, the second reference coordinate calculation unit 423 calculates reference coordinates for control points of all shapes based on the control point coordinates of all shapes, as in the case of the eight-head control point group 82. To do.

  The reference coordinate distance calculation unit 424 is configured to control the reference coordinates (x, y) of the character image 81 calculated by the first reference coordinate calculation unit 421 and the control points of all shapes calculated by the second reference coordinate calculation unit 423. The distance from the reference coordinate of the group is calculated. For example, in FIG. 3, the reference coordinates (x, y) of the character image 81, the reference coordinates (xm, ym) of the eight head / body control point group 82, and the reference coordinates (xk, yk) of the three head / body control point group 83. ) Is calculated.

The temporary control point coordinate determination unit 425 is the smallest of the distances between the reference coordinates (x, y) of the character image 81 calculated by the reference coordinate distance calculation unit 424 and the reference coordinates of the control point group of all shapes. A distance is specified, and control point coordinates corresponding to a shape corresponding to the specified minimum distance are provisionally determined as control point coordinates for controlling display of the character image 81.
Further, the control point coordinate determination unit 43 determines the control point coordinates based on the position coordinates where the pixels constituting the character image 81 are arranged and the control point coordinates provisionally determined by the control point coordinate provisional determination unit 425. The automatic placement is executed, and the data of the automatically placed control points is stored in the RAM 13.
In FIG. 3, since the distance between the reference coordinates (x, y) of the character image 81 and the reference coordinates (xk, yk) of the three-head control point group 83 corresponds to the minimum distance, a temporary control point coordinate determination unit 425 temporarily determines the control point coordinates of the three head-and-body control point group as control point coordinates for controlling the display of the character image 81.
Furthermore, the control point coordinate determination unit 43 executes automatic arrangement of the control point coordinates based on the position coordinates where the pixels constituting the character image 81 are arranged and the temporarily determined control point coordinates. The control point data stored in the RAM 13 is stored.
Specifically, as shown in the lower right of FIG. 3, the three-body control point group 83 is automatically arranged on the character image 81, and the control point coordinates are appropriately arranged along the shape of the character image 81. Is done.

The character image setting unit 44 reads the control point coordinate data stored in the RAM 13 by the control point coordinate determining unit 43 and displays the control point coordinates together with the character image 81 on the display constituting the output unit 17.
Furthermore, the character image setting unit 44 changes the position of the displayed control point coordinates based on the operation of the input unit 16 by the user.

  The character image storage control unit 45 stores the control point coordinate data changed by the character image setting unit 44 in the RAM 13 in association with the data of the character image 81.

[Control point automatic selection processing]
Then, the control point automatic selection process which the information selection apparatus 1 performs is demonstrated.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of a flow of control point automatic selection processing (main flow) executed by the information selection device 1 of FIG. 1 having the functional configuration of FIG.

  In FIG. 4, when a signal output by the operation of the input unit 16 for selecting a character image by the user is output, the following processes of steps S1 to S4 are executed.

  In step S <b> 1, the character image selection unit 41 acquires character image data from the character image storage unit 61 in accordance with a signal output by the operation of the input unit 16 for selecting a character image by the user.

  Next, in step S2, the control point data selection unit 42 automatically selects the control point coordinates corresponding to the optimal shape based on the character image data acquired in the process of step S1. Hereinafter, such processing by the control point data selection unit 42 in step S2 is referred to as “shape automatic selection processing” in accordance with the description of FIG. Details of the automatic shape selection processing will be described later with reference to FIG.

Next, in step S3, the character image setting unit 44 reads the data of the control point coordinates stored in the RAM 13 in the process of step S2, and uses the control point coordinates together with the character image selected by the user in step S1. It is displayed on the display constituting the output unit 17.
Furthermore, the character image setting unit 44 changes the position of the displayed control point coordinates based on the operation of the input unit 16 by the user.

Next, in step S4, the character image storage control unit 45 stores the control point coordinate data changed in step S3 in the RAM 13 in association with the character image data selected by the user in step S1.
When the process of step S4 ends, the control point automatic selection process ends.

[Automatic shape selection processing]
Next, the automatic shape selection process executed by the information selection device 1 will be described.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an example of the flow of the automatic shape selection process (step S2 in FIG. 4) executed by the information selection apparatus 1 in FIG. 1 having the functional configuration in FIG.

  In step S11, the first reference coordinate calculation unit 421 calculates the reference coordinates of the character image selected in step S1. Specifically, as described above in the description of FIG.

  Next, in step S12, the control point data acquisition unit 422 acquires control point group data, which is a coordinate data group corresponding to a plurality of shapes, from the control point data storage unit 62 for all shapes, and stores them in the RAM 13. Remember.

  Next, in step S <b> 13, the second reference coordinate calculation unit 423 obtains the data of the control point group for all shapes acquired by the control point data acquisition unit 422, and displays the character image 81 displayed in the display area 71. The position coordinates (control point coordinates) when the control point group is arranged according to the size are calculated.

Next, in step S14, the second reference coordinate calculation unit 423 controls all shape control points based on the reference coordinates calculated in step S11 and the control point coordinates of all shapes calculated in step S13. Calculate reference coordinates for the group.
The calculation method of the reference coordinates is as described above in the description of the second reference coordinate calculation unit 423 in FIG.

  Next, in step S15, the reference coordinate distance calculation unit 424 calculates the reference coordinates of the character image selected by the user calculated in step S11 and the reference points of the control points of all shapes calculated in step S14. Calculate the distance to the coordinates.

  Next, in step S16, the temporary control point coordinate determination unit 425 calculates the reference coordinates of the character image selected by the user calculated in step S11 and the control point group of all shapes calculated in step S14. Control point coordinates for controlling the display of the character image selected by the user, specifying the minimum distance among the distances to the reference coordinates, and the reference coordinates of the control point group corresponding to the shape corresponding to the specified minimum distance As a provisional decision.

Next, in step S17, the control point coordinate determination unit 43 determines the control point coordinates based on the position coordinates where the pixels constituting the character image selected by the user are arranged and the temporarily determined control point coordinates. The automatic placement is executed, and the data of the automatically placed control points is stored in the RAM 13.
When the process of step S17 ends, the shape automatic selection process ends.

The first embodiment of the present invention has been described above.
The information selection device 1 that executes the control point automatic selection process as described above includes a character image selection unit 41, a control point data selection unit 42, and a control point coordinate determination unit 43.
The character image selection unit 41 selects the character image 81 in accordance with an instruction from the user.
The control point data selection unit 42 selects a plurality of control point groups, which are coordinate data groups for controlling the display of the motion of the selected character image 81, in a predetermined display area. Select from a set of predetermined coordinate data.
The control point coordinate determination unit 43 determines the position coordinates of the selected control point group according to the shape of the selected character image 81.
Therefore, regardless of the shape of the character image selected, the information selection device 1 can select a control point group suitable for display control of the action of the selected character image.

Further, the control point data selection unit 42 includes a first reference coordinate calculation unit 421 and a second reference coordinate calculation unit 423.
The first reference coordinate calculation unit 421 calculates the reference coordinates of the selected character image 81 based on the position coordinates at which the selected character image 81 is displayed in a predetermined display area.
The second reference coordinate calculation unit 423 calculates reference coordinates of a plurality of predetermined shapes based on a plurality of predetermined coordinate data groups.
The control point data selection unit 42 selects a control point group based on the reference coordinates of the selected character image 81 and the reference coordinates of a plurality of predetermined shapes.
Therefore, regardless of the shape of the selected character image, the information selection device 1 automatically selects a control point group suitable for display control of the action of the selected character image. it can.

The control point data selection unit 42
A shape corresponding to the reference coordinate closest to the reference coordinate of the selected character image 81 is specified from among the reference coordinates of the plurality of predetermined shapes, and a predetermined coordinate data group corresponding to the specified shape is determined. Select as a control point group.
Therefore, regardless of the shape of the character image selected, the information selection device 1 automatically sets a control point group suitable for display control of the operation of the selected character image. You can select exactly.

[Second Embodiment]
Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described.
Hereinafter, in the description of the second embodiment, the present embodiment refers to the second embodiment.

[Hardware configuration]
The information selection device 1 according to the second embodiment of the present invention has the same hardware configuration as that of the first embodiment. That is, FIG. 1 also shows a hardware configuration of the information selection device 1 according to the second embodiment. Since the hardware configuration in FIG. 1 has already been described, the description thereof is omitted here.

[Function block diagram]
FIG. 6 is a functional block diagram showing a functional configuration for executing the control point manual selection process among the functional configurations of the information selection device 1 shown in FIG.
The control point manual selection process is a process of manually selecting a control point group, which is a coordinate data group for display control of a character image in a predetermined display area, from among a plurality of control point groups.

  When the control point manual selection process is executed, as shown in FIG. 6, in the CPU 11, a character image selection unit 51, a control point data selection unit 52, a control point coordinate calculation unit 53, and a temporary storage control unit. 54, an automatic arrangement determination unit 55, a control point coordinate update unit 56, a character image setting unit 57, and a character image storage control unit 58 function.

When the control point automatic selection process is executed, a character image storage unit 61 and a control point data storage unit 62 provided as one area of the storage unit 18 are used.
The character image storage unit 61 stores a plurality of character images to be selected by the user.
The control point data storage unit 62 stores data of a control point group which is a coordinate data group corresponding to a plurality of shapes such as two heads, three heads, and a car. The data structure in the control point data storage unit 62 is as shown in FIG.

  The character image selection unit 51 acquires a character image from the character image storage unit 61 according to a signal output by the operation of the input unit 16 for selecting a character image by the user. Also in the second embodiment, description will be made assuming that the character image 81 described in the first embodiment is selected.

The control point data selection unit 52 selects control point group data from the control point data storage unit 62 according to the signal output by the operation of the input unit 16 for selecting the control point group data by the user. And get.
Here, as shown in FIG. 8, a dialog box for the user to select control point group data is displayed on the display of the output unit 17. When the user selects a desired shape, the display area is displayed. A control point group 101 corresponding to the selected shape is superimposed on the character image 91 at 111. When the user looks at the displayed control point group 101 and matches the shape of the character image 81, the user clicks or touches the “OK” button to select the displayed control point group 101. Can be output to the input unit 16.

  The control point coordinate calculation unit 53 sets the control point group according to the size of the character image 81 displayed in the display area (not shown) for the shape control point group data acquired by the control point data selection unit 52. The position coordinates when arranged (hereinafter referred to as “control point coordinates”) are calculated.

  The temporary storage control unit 54 stores the control point coordinate data calculated by the control point coordinate calculation unit 53 in the RAM 13.

The automatic arrangement determination unit 55 performs automatic arrangement of control point coordinates based on the position coordinates where the pixels constituting the character image 81 are arranged and the control point coordinates stored in the RAM 13 by the temporary storage control unit 54. To do.
Furthermore, the automatic arrangement determination unit 55 determines whether or not the automatic arrangement of the control point coordinates is appropriate. Specifically, the automatic arrangement determination unit 55 determines whether or not the control point coordinates are arranged along the shape of the character image 81. For example, as shown in the upper part of FIG. 9, when the arrangement of the control point coordinates 102 with respect to the character image 81 does not follow the shape of the character image 81, it is determined that the automatic arrangement is not appropriate. On the other hand, as shown in the lower part of FIG. 9, when the arrangement of the control point coordinates 103 with respect to the character image 81 is along the shape of the character image 81, it is determined that the automatic arrangement is appropriate.

  When the automatic placement determination unit 55 determines that the automatic placement is appropriate, the control point coordinate update unit 56 stores the automatically placed control point coordinates in the RAM 13 in association with the character image 81. On the other hand, when the automatic placement determination unit 55 determines that the automatic placement is not appropriate, the predetermined control point coordinates are stored in the RAM 13. Here, the predetermined control point coordinates are control point coordinates corresponding to a sample character image as shown in FIG. In this case, the automatic arrangement determination unit 55 stores predetermined control point coordinates in the RAM 13 in association with the sample character image.

The character image setting unit 57 reads the control point coordinate data stored in the RAM 13 by the control point coordinate updating unit 56, and displays the control point coordinates together with the character image 81 or the sample character image in the output unit 17. To display.
Furthermore, the character image setting unit 44 changes the position of the displayed control point coordinates based on the operation of the input unit 16 by the user.

  The character image storage control unit 58 stores the control point coordinate data changed by the character image setting unit 57 in the RAM 13 in association with the data of the character image 81 or the data of the sample character image.

[Control point manual selection processing]
Subsequently, a control point manual selection process executed by the information selection device 1 will be described.
FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing an example of a flow of control point manual selection processing (main flow) executed by the information selection device 1 of FIG. 1 having the functional configuration of FIG.

  In FIG. 11, when a signal output by the operation of the input unit 16 for selecting a character image by the user is output, the following processes of steps S21 to S24 are executed.

  In step S <b> 21, the character image selection unit 51 acquires character image data from the character image storage unit 61 in accordance with a signal output by the operation of the input unit 16 for selecting a character image by the user.

  Next, in step S22, the control point data selection unit 52 or the like allows the user to operate the input unit 16 with the control point coordinates corresponding to the optimum shape based on the character image data acquired in step S21. Select based on. Hereinafter, such processing by the control point data selection unit 52 in step S22 is referred to as “shape manual selection processing” in accordance with the description of FIG. Details of the manual shape selection process will be described later with reference to FIG.

Next, in step S23, the character image setting unit 57 reads the data of the control point coordinates stored in the RAM 13 in the process of step S22, and the control point coordinates are used as the character image selected by the user in step S21, or Along with the sample character image, it is displayed on the display constituting the output unit 17.
Furthermore, the character image setting unit 44 changes the position of the displayed control point coordinates based on the operation of the input unit 16 by the user.

Next, in step S24, the character image storage control unit 58 associates the control point coordinate data changed in step S23 with the character image data selected by the user or the sample character image data in the RAM 13. Remember.
When the process of step S24 ends, the control point manual selection process ends.

[Manual shape selection process]
Next, the automatic shape selection process executed by the information selection device 1 will be described.
FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing an example of the flow of the automatic shape selection process (step S22 in FIG. 11) executed by the information selection apparatus 1 in FIG. 1 having the functional configuration in FIG.

In step S31, the control point data selection unit 52 receives a signal output by the operation of the input unit 16 for selecting data of a control point group by the user.
In step S32, the control point data selection unit 52 selects and acquires data of the control point group from the control point data storage unit 62 in response to receiving the signal output from the input unit 16 in step S31. To do. Specifically, it is as described above in the description of the control point data selection unit 52 of FIG.

  Next, in step S33, the control point coordinate calculation unit 53 displays the size of the character image selected by the user displayed in the display area (not shown) for the shape control point group data acquired in step S32. Then, the position coordinates (control point coordinates) when the control point group is arranged are calculated.

  Next, in step S34, the temporary storage control unit 54 temporarily stores the data of the control point coordinates calculated in step S33 in the RAM 13.

Next, in step S35, the automatic arrangement determination unit 55 determines the position coordinates where the pixels constituting the character image selected by the user are arranged, and the control point coordinates temporarily stored in the RAM 13 in step S34. Based on the above, automatic placement of control point coordinates is executed. Furthermore, the automatic arrangement determination unit 55 determines whether or not the automatic arrangement of the control point coordinates is appropriate. The specific processing of the determination is as described above in the explanation of the automatic arrangement determination unit 55 in FIG.
If it is determined that the automatic arrangement of the control point coordinates is appropriate, YES is determined in step S35, and the process proceeds to step S36.
In step S36, the control point coordinate updating unit 56 stores the control point coordinates automatically arranged in step S35 in the RAM 13 in association with the character image selected by the user.
When the process of step S36 ends, the control point manual selection process ends.

On the other hand, when the automatic placement determination unit 55 determines that the automatic placement of the control point coordinates is not appropriate, it is determined as NO in Step S35, and the process proceeds to Step S37.
In step S37, the control point coordinate updating unit 56 stores predetermined control point coordinates in the RAM 13 in association with the sample character image (see FIG. 10).
When the process of step S37 ends, the control point manual selection process ends.

After the control point manual selection process described above with reference to FIG. 11 is completed, the control point coordinate data and character image data stored in the RAM 13 in step S24 may be registered as a new shape. .
For example, when a character image and control point coordinates as shown in FIG. 13 are registered, the new shape can be registered with a desired name. In this case, a name is entered in a dialog box for shape registration, and the name corresponding to the new shape (“sumo wrestling” in the example of FIG. 13) is determined by clicking or touching the OK button. The Further, when the shape registration button is clicked or touched, the name “sumo wrestling” is associated with the control point coordinate data and the character image data stored in the RAM 13.
Then, as shown in FIG. 14, the control point coordinate data (hereinafter referred to as “sumo wrestling / control point group data”) associated with the name “sumo wrestling” stored in the RAM 13 is stored in the storage unit 18. Is stored in the additional control point data storage area of the flash ROM provided in the.
When the sumo wrestling / control point group data is stored in the flash ROM, as shown in FIG. 15, a dialog box for the user to select control point group data shown in FIG. The item is added. Thereby, the shape of “sumo wrestling” can be selected.

The second embodiment of the present invention has been described above.
The information selection device 1 that executes the control point manual selection process as described above includes a character image selection unit 51, a control point data selection unit 52, and a control point coordinate update unit 56.
The character image selection unit 51 selects the character image 81 in accordance with an instruction from the user.
The control point data selection unit 52 selects a plurality of predetermined control points, which are coordinate data groups for controlling the operation of the selected character image 81 in a predetermined display area, in accordance with an instruction from the user. Are selected from a plurality of predetermined coordinate data groups corresponding to the respective shapes.
The control point coordinate determination unit 43 determines the position coordinates of the selected control point group according to the shape of the selected character image 81.
Therefore, regardless of the shape of the selected character image, the user selects a control point group suitable for display control of the operation of the selected character image based on the user's own judgment. it can.

  The present invention is not limited to the first and second embodiments described above, but includes modifications and improvements as long as the object of the present invention can be achieved.

In the first and second embodiments described above, the information selection device 1 to which the present invention is applied has been described using a personal computer or a smartphone as an example, but is not particularly limited thereto.
For example, the present invention can be applied to general electronic devices having an image processing function. Specifically, for example, the present invention can be applied to a notebook personal computer, a printer, a television receiver, a digital camera, a video camera, a portable navigation device, a mobile phone, a portable game machine, and the like.

The series of processes described above can be executed by hardware or can be executed by software.
In other words, the functional configurations of FIGS. 2 and 6 are merely examples, and are not particularly limited. That is, it is sufficient if the information selection apparatus 1 has a function capable of executing the above-described series of processing as a whole, and what function blocks are used to realize this function is particularly the example shown in FIGS. It is not limited to.
In addition, one functional block may be constituted by hardware alone, software alone, or a combination thereof.

When a series of processing is executed by software, a program constituting the software is installed on a computer or the like from a network or a recording medium.
The computer may be a computer incorporated in dedicated hardware. The computer may be a computer capable of executing various functions by installing various programs, for example, a general-purpose personal computer.

  The recording medium including such a program is not only constituted by the removable medium 31 of FIG. 1 distributed separately from the apparatus main body in order to provide the program to the user, but also in a state of being incorporated in the apparatus main body in advance. It is comprised with the recording medium etc. which are provided in this. The removable medium 31 is composed of, for example, a magnetic disk (including a floppy disk), an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, or the like. The optical disk is composed of, for example, a CD-ROM (Compact Disk-Read Only Memory), a DVD (Digital Versatile Disk), or the like. The magneto-optical disk is configured by an MD (Mini-Disk) or the like. In addition, the recording medium provided to the user in a state of being incorporated in advance in the apparatus main body includes, for example, the ROM 12 in FIG. 1 in which the program is recorded, the hard disk included in the storage unit 18 in FIG.

  In the present specification, the step of describing the program recorded on the recording medium is not limited to the processing performed in chronological order according to the order, but is not necessarily performed in chronological order, either in parallel or individually. The process to be executed is also included.

  As mentioned above, although several embodiment of this invention was described, these embodiment is only an illustration and does not limit the technical scope of this invention. The present invention can take other various embodiments, and various modifications such as omission and replacement can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention. These embodiments and modifications thereof are included in the scope and gist of the invention described in this specification and the like, and are included in the invention described in the claims and the equivalents thereof.

The invention described in the scope of claims at the beginning of the filing of the present application will be appended.
[Appendix 1]
Image selecting means for selecting a character image in accordance with an instruction from the user;
A control point group, which is a coordinate data group for controlling display of the action of the selected character image in a predetermined display area, is selected from a plurality of predetermined coordinate data groups respectively corresponding to a plurality of predetermined shapes. Control point group selection means;
Control point group coordinate determining means for determining the position coordinates of the selected control point group according to the shape of the selected character image;
An information selection device comprising:
[Appendix 2]
First reference coordinate calculating means for calculating reference coordinates of the selected character image based on the shape of the selected character image;
A second reference coordinate calculating means for calculating reference coordinates of each of the plurality of predetermined shapes based on the plurality of predetermined coordinate data groups;
The control point group selection means includes
The information selection apparatus according to supplementary note 1, wherein the control point group is selected based on reference coordinates of the selected character image and reference coordinates of the plurality of predetermined shapes.
[Appendix 3]
The control point group selection means includes
Among the reference coordinates of the plurality of predetermined shapes, the shape corresponding to the reference coordinates closest to the reference coordinates of the selected character image is identified, and the predetermined corresponding to the identified shape The information selection device according to attachment 2, wherein a coordinate data group is selected as the control point group.
[Appendix 4]
The control point group selection means includes
The information selection apparatus according to appendix 1, wherein the control point group is selected from the plurality of predetermined coordinate data groups in accordance with an instruction from a user.
[Appendix 5]
An information selection method executed by the information selection device,
An image selection step of selecting a character image in accordance with an instruction from the user;
A control point group, which is a coordinate data group for controlling display of the action of the selected character image in a predetermined display area, is selected from a plurality of predetermined coordinate data groups respectively corresponding to a plurality of predetermined shapes. A control point group selection step;
A control point group coordinate determining step for determining the position coordinates of the selected control point group according to the shape of the selected character image;
Information selection method.
[Appendix 6]
In a computer used as an information selection device,
An image selection step of selecting a character image in accordance with an instruction from the user;
A control point group, which is a coordinate data group for controlling display of the action of the selected character image in a predetermined display area, is selected from a plurality of predetermined coordinate data groups respectively corresponding to a plurality of predetermined shapes. A control point group selection step;
A control point group coordinate determining step for determining the position coordinates of the selected control point group according to the shape of the selected character image;
A program that executes

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Information selection apparatus, 11 ... CPU, 12 ... ROM, 13 ... RAM, 14 ... Bus, 15 ... Input / output interface, 16 ... Input part, 17 ... Output unit, 18 storage unit, 19 communication unit, 20 drive, 31 removable media, 41 character image selection unit, 42 control point data selection unit, 421 ... first reference coordinate calculation unit, 422 ... control point data acquisition unit, 423 ... second reference coordinate calculation unit, 424 ... inter-reference coordinate distance calculation unit, 425 ... control point coordinates Temporary decision unit, 43 ... control point coordinate decision unit, 44 ... character image setting unit, 45 ... character image storage control unit, 51 ... character image selection unit, 52 ... control point data selection Part 53 ..Control point data calculation unit, 54... Temporary storage control unit, 55... Automatic arrangement determination unit, 56... Control point coordinate update unit, 57. Image storage control unit, 61 ... Character image storage unit, 62 ... Control point data storage unit, 81 ... Character image

Claims (6)

Image selecting means for selecting a character image in accordance with an instruction from the user;
Control point group selection means for selecting a control point group, which is a coordinate data group for display control of the operation of the selected character image, from a plurality of predetermined coordinate data groups respectively corresponding to a plurality of predetermined shapes. When,
Control point group coordinate determining means for determining the position coordinates of the selected control point group according to the shape of the selected character image;
An information selection device comprising: First reference coordinate calculation means for calculating reference coordinates of the selected character image based on position coordinates at which the selected character image is displayed;
A second reference coordinate calculating means for calculating reference coordinates of each of the plurality of predetermined shapes based on the plurality of predetermined coordinate data groups;
The control point group selection means includes
The information selection device according to claim 1, wherein the control point group is selected based on reference coordinates of the selected character image and reference coordinates of the plurality of predetermined shapes. The control point group selection means includes
Among the reference coordinates of the plurality of predetermined shapes, the shape corresponding to the reference coordinates closest to the reference coordinates of the selected character image is identified, and the predetermined corresponding to the identified shape The information selection apparatus according to claim 2, wherein a coordinate data group is selected as the control point group. The control point group selection means includes
The information selection device according to claim 1, wherein the control point group is selected from the plurality of predetermined coordinate data groups in accordance with an instruction from a user. An information selection method executed by the information selection device,
An image selection step of selecting a character image in accordance with an instruction from the user;
A control point group selection step of selecting a control point group, which is a coordinate data group for controlling the display of the action of the selected character image, from a plurality of predetermined coordinate data groups respectively corresponding to a plurality of predetermined shapes. When,
A control point group coordinate determining step for determining the position coordinates of the selected control point group according to the shape of the selected character image;
Information selection method. In a computer used as an information selection device,
An image selection step of selecting a character image in accordance with an instruction from the user;
A control point group selection step of selecting a control point group, which is a coordinate data group for controlling the display of the action of the selected character image, from a plurality of predetermined coordinate data groups respectively corresponding to a plurality of predetermined shapes. When,
A control point group coordinate determining step for determining the position coordinates of the selected control point group according to the shape of the selected character image;
A program that executes

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