JP3038976B2 - Caricature making device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portrait drawing apparatus, and more particularly, to a portrait drawing apparatus in which other data is enlarged or reduced in accordance with the contour of a face.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a portrait drawing apparatus displays a portrait 14 such as an eye, a nose, a mouth, an eyebrow, an ear, a hairstyle, a contour of a face, a beard, and glasses for forming a portrait as shown in FIG. A display device 11 having a display screen 12 having a portrait creating area for creating a portrait from each of the above described parts, a memory in which portrait pattern data is stored, and a portrait part. The input device is configured by the operator to select the most appropriate data such as eyes, nose, mouth, etc. from the portrait parts displayed in the portrait part display area, and to arrange them in the portrait creation area. Had been created. The portrait image pattern data were all fixed at the same size.

[0003]

However, in the conventional caricature creation device, the pre-stored caricature part has a fixed size, so that the hairstyle of the same size regardless of whether the contour of the selected face is an egg shape or a round face is the same. I was wearing glasses. For this reason, there is a problem that a small hairstyle or large glasses may be used instead of the size of the face, and a caricature that does not look right as shown in FIG. 2A can be obtained.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problem. For example, as shown in FIG. 2B, the size of another selected part is pasted according to the outline of the selected face. It is an object of the present invention to provide a portrait creating apparatus capable of creating a portrait closer to the real thing by automatically enlarging or reducing the portrait.

[0005]

According to the present invention, as shown in FIG. 3, a storage means 31 for storing a plurality of portrait image pattern data, an input means 32 for selecting the portrait image pattern data, and an input means 32. Determining means 33 for determining the location of the selected portrait part pattern data; and search means 3 for searching for the portrait part pattern data selected by the input means 32
4. First control means 35 for enlarging or reducing the size of the part pattern data so as to match when the selected individual part pattern data are combined; second control means 36 for displaying portrait image data; Display means 37 for displaying image data .
Further, the storage means 31 stores information about one portrait part.
For other portrait parts
When synthesizing caricature part pattern data for
Caricature part pattern data for the one caricature part
The size of the other caricature parts according to the size of the
Enlargement / reduction to enlarge or reduce face part pattern data
Rate, and the first control means 35
The caricature part pattern data for the one caricature part
Data for the selected other portrait part
Is stored in the storage means 31.
Configured to expand or reduce at the memorized scaling ratio
It is characterized by having been done.

The input means 32 is used for inputting the one portrait.
Caricature part pattern data for the part is selected
A caricature part pattern for the other caricature part later
The data may be configured to be selectable.

[0007]

According to the present invention, when the portrait part pattern data is selected by the input means 32, which part of the face is determined by the determination means 33, and from the portrait part pattern data stored in the storage means 31. The search means 34 searches for the part specified by the input means 32.
The parts searched by the search means 34 are the first control means 3
5 is enlarged or reduced so as to match the size of the part already selected and pasted as image data, and is displayed on the display means 37 by the second control means 36.

[0008] Therefore, a caricature closer to the real thing can be created.

[0009] The input means 32 is used for inputting the one portrait.
Caricature part pattern data for the part is selected
A caricature part pattern for the other caricature part later
If the data is configured to be selectable
You can create more portrait picture close to the real thing more efficiently
Will be.

[0010]

The present invention will be described below with reference to examples.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 7 and 8 are flowcharts for explaining the operation of the embodiment of the present invention.

The caricature creation device in one embodiment of the present invention includes a central processing unit (CPU) 41, a ROM 42 storing a bootstrap program, a RAM 43, a readable non-volatile external storage device 44, and a key input device 4.
5, a display device 46 and a printer 47 are provided.

The external storage device 44 includes a control program section area 44A in which the control procedure of the portrait creating apparatus is stored, and a data area 4 in which the portrait part pattern data is stored.
4B, a table storage area 44C in which a table necessary for creating a portrait is stored. The table storage area 44C is formed of, for example, a flexible disk storage device. It is assumed that the part pattern data stored in the data area 44B is stored in a fixed size except for the outline of the face. The tables stored in the table storage area 44C are a part table 51 shown in FIG. 5 and a part pattern enlargement / reduction table 61 shown in FIG. 6, and the part table 51 stores a part number 51A, a part type 51B, and pattern data. An address 51C representing the location where the user is located is stored. The part pattern enlargement / reduction table 61 stores a part number 61A of the face outline, a part type 61B, an enlargement / reduction degree 61C for the part, and a direction 61D thereof.

In the RAM 43, a control program section area 43A corresponding to the external storage device 44, a data area 43B for storing the determined portrait part pattern data, and a table information storage area 43C for storing table information necessary for portrait creation. A display RAM area 43E for editing screen information to be output to the display device 46 and the printer 47 in addition to a data list storage area 43D for storing pattern data displayed on the screen as candidates at the time of determination. Upon input, the contents stored in the control program section area 44A of the external storage device 44 are written into the control program section area 43A of the RAM 43, and a part of the contents stored in the data area 44B in accordance with an output signal from a key input device 45 described later. Is written to the data area 43B of the RAM 43.

The key input device 45 includes function keys 45 _{11 to} 45 ₁₇ , a cursor key 45 ₂ , an execution key 4
5 _3, end key 45 _4, and a cancel key 45 _5, and the like. Function keys 45 _{11-45 17} to specify portrait portion to be determined from the menu, the key for determining the pattern data displayed on the screen as the candidate, a cursor key 45 ₂ portrait to be displayed cursor (determined on the screen Key for moving the part to specify a part or to determine the pattern data displayed on the screen, execution key 4
5 ₃ key to determine the designated and data portion indicated by the cursor key 45 _2, end key 45 ₄ key for instructing the end of editing, the key when the cancel key 45 ₅ Discontinue the creation of the portrait It is.

The operation of the embodiment of the present invention configured as described above will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS.

When the power is turned on, the stored contents of the control program section area 44A are stored in the control program section area 43 along with the bootstrap program stored in the ROM 42.
A, referring to the address pointer 51C in the parts table 51 stored in the table information area 44C by the control program stored in the control program section area 43A and stored in the face outline data area 44B. The data is copied to the data list storage area 43D, and the copied outline data is stored in the display RAM area 43D.
The data is developed into data for screen display by E and displayed on the screen of the display device 46 (step _S71 ). This display screen is shown in FIG. Unless the contour is determined, the process does not shift to another component selection (step _S72 ).

[0018] contour in step S ₇₂ is determined, the pattern data of the selected contour is stored is retrieved from a data list storage area 43D in the contour data area 43B of the face, the display device as shown in FIG. 10 46 The menu screen stored in the control program section area 43A is developed into screen display data in the display RAM area 43E.
6 is displayed on the right side of the screen. Here, another portrait part is selected (step _S73 ). When the type of the portrait part is selected in step _S73 , the data selected by the part determination routine is enlarged or reduced in accordance with the size of the contour and pasted at a predetermined position (step _S74 ).

When the selected part data is pasted, the screen returns to the menu screen (step _S73 ). Here, if all the parts have not been created, the type of the part is continued to be selected again, and the caricature ends when all the parts have been selected (step _S75 ).

The determination routine of components called by the above-described action, when pasting the contour of the part No51A determined in step S ₇₂ from the part pattern scaling table 61 stored in the table information area 44C based on the contour leave removed information group of the expansion power 61C and direction 61D of each component in the table information storage area 43C (step S _81), parts table stored parts data selected by the step S ₇₃ in the table information area 44C Reference is made to the address pointer 51C in the data storage area 51 from each data area 44B of the external storage device 44 to the data list storage area 4
The data is copied to 3D, expanded into data for screen display in the display RAM area 43E, and displayed on the screen of the display device 46 (step _S82 ).

[0021] If the data that can be determined during the display data group did not exist in step S _82, to display the next data candidate. If there is any data that can be determined in the displayed data group (step _S83 ), the data is selected based on the enlargement / reduction degree 61C and the direction 61D searched by the part pattern 61B of the information stored in the table information storage area 43C. Scaled pattern data
It is pasted at a predetermined position (step _S84 ).

[0022]

As described above, the portrait creating apparatus of the present invention provides a portrait part pattern for one portrait part.
Of other portrait parts according to the size of the data
It has a table for enlarging / reducing the caricature part pattern data, and when pasting the caricature part pattern data at a predetermined position, it is closer to the real thing by , for example , enlarging or reducing so that the face outline and the size match. Caricatures can be easily created.

It is to be noted that the input means is provided for the one portrait part.
After the portrait part pattern data is selected,
Caricature part pattern data for other caricature parts
If it is configured to be selectable,
A more realistic portrait can be created more efficiently.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a screen display example of a conventional portrait creating apparatus.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a portion different from the conventional technology of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a relationship between a part table and part pattern data of the portrait creating apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a part pattern enlargement / reduction table in which data necessary for enlarging / reducing the portrait drawing apparatus of the present invention is stored.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a screen for selecting contour pattern data according to the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a menu screen for selecting another component data of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 41 CPU 42 ROM 43 RAM 44 External storage device 45 Keyboard 46 Display device 47 Printer

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Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A storage unit storing a plurality of portrait part pattern data, an input unit for selecting the portrait part pattern data, and determining where the pattern part pattern data selected by the input unit is the pattern data. Determining means for retrieving the portrait part pattern data selected by the input means; and retrieving means for expanding or reducing the size of the part pattern data so as to match when the selected individual part pattern data is combined. 1 control means, second control means for displaying portrait image data, and display means for displaying portrait image data , wherein the storage means comprises a portrait part for one portrait part
Compare the pattern data with other portrait parts.
When synthesizing the face part pattern data,
The size of the portrait pattern data for the picture part
In addition, the caricature part pattern for the other caricature part
Memorize the enlargement / reduction ratio to enlarge or reduce
And the first control means is configured to control the selected one of the portrait parts.
Selected for the portrait pattern data
Caricature part pattern data for the other caricature parts
Data at the enlargement / reduction ratio stored in the storage means.
A portrait drawing apparatus configured to reduce or reduce the size of a portrait.