JP3298167B2 - Montage creation equipment - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a montage creating apparatus which is mounted as a function of, for example, an electronic organizer and creates and registers a portrait of a person together with business card data.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional electronic organizer, a montage creating apparatus for creating and registering a portrait of a person together with business card data and the like has been put to practical use.

[0003] The montage creating device is composed of hair, eyebrows, eyes,
It has a part memory that stores each part of the face such as the nose, mouth, and contour as a plurality of types of part patterns for each part,
The part patterns of the individual parts are selectively called and synthesized and displayed on the display unit to create an arbitrary portrait (montage). By storing the montage data together with the business card data and the like, business card exchange and the like can be performed. You can easily remember the other person's face.

[0004]

In the above-mentioned electronic organizer equipped with the conventional montage creating apparatus, for example, when retrieving business card data, the name and address of the person to be searched are input and the matching business card data is retrieved. Is displayed, but if you forget the name or address that is the search key, even if you remember the face of the person to be searched,
There is a problem that the search processing based on the montage data cannot be performed.

[0005] The present invention has been made in view of the above problems,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a montage creating apparatus capable of searching and displaying a montage of a desired person based on a characteristic portion of a face.

[0006]

That is, a montage creating apparatus according to the present invention divides each part of a face into parts such as hair, eyes, nose, mouth, etc., and stores a plurality of types of part patterns for each part. Storage means, a part selection means for selecting a desired part pattern for each part stored in the parts storage means, a montage storage means for storing the parts pattern selected by the parts selection means,
Number setting means for setting the number of coincidences between the part pattern newly selected from the part storage means by the part selection means and the part pattern stored in the montage storage means, and from the part storage means by the part selection means A match between the newly selected part pattern and the part pattern stored in the montage storage means, which is equal to or greater than the number of matches set by the number setting means, is determined, and the part pattern stored in the montage storage means is searched. It comprises a parts search means and a montage display means for displaying a montage based on the parts pattern searched by the parts search means.

[0007]

In other words, when a part pattern corresponding to each part of the montage of the person to be searched is selected again by the above-mentioned parts selecting means, a montage provided with more than a predetermined number of parts patterns corresponding to each part pattern is provided. By retrieving data from the montage storage means by the parts search means and displaying the data by the montage display means, desired person data can be easily retrieved from the montage.

[0008]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an electronic circuit of an electronic organizer equipped with a montage creating device. This montage creating device has a CPU (central processing unit) 11.
It has.

The CPU 11 controls the operation of each part of the circuit in accordance with a program stored in advance based on a key operation signal supplied from the key input unit 12.
In addition to the key input unit 12, a part ROM 13,
RAM 14, selected parts holding unit 15, match comparison unit 16,
A number register 17 and a search flag register 18 are connected, and a display unit 20 formed of a liquid crystal dot matrix is connected via a display driver 19.

A key input unit 12 includes a numeric keypad 1 for creating a database of business card data and the like and setting the number of matching part patterns in a montage search.
2a, a character input key (not shown) such as an alphanumeric key, a hiragana key, etc., a montage key 21, which is operated when performing a montage, a hair on a human face,
Part selection keys (↑, ↓) for selecting parts such as eyes, nose, mouth, etc.
22a, 22b, part pattern selection keys (←, →) 23a, 23b for selecting a part pattern for each part, a montage search key 24 operated when performing a montage search, and the part selection key ( ↑, ↓) 22a, 22b and the “OK” key 25 for condition setting the montage part patterns selected by the part pattern selection keys (←, →) 23a, 23b and the number of matching patterns.
"GO" key 26, which is operated when executing a montage search based on the part pattern set by the "K" key 25, when selecting and displaying other search data when there are a plurality of searched data Various function keys such as search data selection keys (@, @) 27a and 27b are provided.

In the parts ROM 13, each part of the face is a hairstyle,
The parts are divided into parts such as eyebrows, eyes, nose, mouth, etc., and a plurality of types of part patterns are numbered at predetermined storage positions for each part and stored as bitmap data. At the address “1” of the part, a hairstyle pattern of seventy-three is stored.

The RAM 14 stores business card data including a name, an address, a telephone number, and the like, together with montage data representing a person's face. In this case, the montage data is stored in each of the parts ROM 13. It is stored with a number indicating a part pattern. That is, the montage data is stored as a part pattern number for each part constituting the montage of the person.

In the selected part holding section 15, in the montage search mode, the above-mentioned part selection keys (↑, ↓) 2
2a, 22b and the above part pattern selection keys (←,
→) A part pattern for each part as a montage to be searched, which is selected using 23a and 23b, is stored with the part pattern number.

In the montage search mode, the coincidence comparing section 16 relates to the part pattern numbers for each part of the montage to be searched stored in the selected parts holding section 15 and all the business card data stored in the RAM 14. The part numbers of the montage data are sequentially compared to determine whether the pattern numbers coincide with each other. A coincidence determination signal from the coincidence comparison unit 16 is output to the CPU 11.

In the number register 17, in the montage search mode, when each part pattern of the montage to be searched is selected, an arbitrary number of parts that need to match the montage data registered in the RAM 14 is stored by the numeric keypad 12 a. Set and stored.

Here, in the coincidence comparing section 16, R
If a match determination signal with a part pattern of a montage corresponding to certain business card data in the AM 14 is output in the same montage data by the number of matches set in the number register 17, the montage to which the matching pattern number belongs The part pattern numbers of all the parts constituting the data are retrieved from the RAM 14 and read out by the CPU 11. A flag is set in the search flag register 18 when the montage search mode is set by operating the montage search key 24.

The display driver 19 drives the display unit 20 in accordance with the data to be displayed sent from the CPU 11. For example, the montage data read from the RAM 14 corresponds to the part number of each part. The part patterns stored in the parts ROM 13 are read out and synthesized, and displayed on the display unit 20 via the display driver 19. Next, the operation of the electronic organizer equipped with the montage creating device having the above configuration will be described. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a montage search process in an electronic organizer equipped with the above-mentioned montage creating device. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a display state corresponding to a montage search process in an electronic organizer equipped with the above-mentioned montage creating apparatus.

That is, when it is desired to call out the business card data of a desired person from the business card data registered in advance as a database in the RAM 14 under the condition of the face montage of the face, the montage key 2 of the key input unit 12 is first used.
1 to set the montage creation mode,
As shown in (A), site selection keys (↑, ↓) 22a,
22b and part pattern selection keys (←, →) 23a,
A montage Ms to be searched based on the user's memory is created and displayed using 23b (steps S1 to S7).

In this case, the part pattern for each part as the montage Ms to be searched, which is created and displayed by the user, is stored and held in the selected part holding unit 15 with the part pattern number.

Thus, the montage Ms to be searched
When the montage search key 24 is operated to enter the montage search mode as shown in FIG. 3B with the respective part pattern numbers stored and held in the selected part holding unit 15, the search flag register 18 Based on the montage Ms to be searched, a matching number input message "how many or more matches?" Prompting the user to enter an arbitrary number of parts requiring matching is displayed together with the instruction cursor and the montage Ms. (Steps S8, S9 → S4).

Here, the number of matches "4" is entered using the numeric keypad 12a, and the montage M to be searched is entered.
By operating the "OK" key 25 indicating completion of input of s and the number of matching parts patterns, the number of matching inputs "4" is set in the number register 17 and displayed on the instruction cursor (steps S10, S11 →). S
4).

Thus, the montage Ms to be searched
The part pattern number for each part is the selected part holding unit 1.
5 and in order to execute a montage search with the arbitrary number of parts "4" requiring a match within the montage Ms set in the number register 17, as shown in FIG. When the "GO" key 26 is operated, all the part pattern numbers constituting the montage for each business card data stored in the RAM 14 are sequentially read out to the coincidence comparison section 16 and the search set in the selected parts holding section 15 is performed. A comparison is made with the part pattern number of the power montage Ms (steps S12 and S1).
3).

Here, based on the coincidence determination signal from the coincidence comparing section 16, the part pattern number of the montage Ms to be searched stored and held in the selected part holding section 15 is set to the coincidence set in the number register 17. When the montage data in the business card data having the number, that is, four or more matching part pattern numbers (in this case, hairstyle, eyebrows, nose, and mouth) is searched, all the part patterns constituting the searched montage data are searched. The numbers are read from the RAM 14 to the CPU 11, and the part patterns corresponding to the read pattern numbers are read from the parts ROM 13 and synthesized by the CPU 11 (steps S13, S14).

As a result, the montage M in the business card data retrieved on the basis of the respective part patterns of the montage Ms to be searched and the number of matching parts thereof is displayed on the display unit 20 via the display driver 19 (see FIG. 4). Step S14 → S4).

The montage Ms to be searched is described above.
On the other hand, when there are a plurality of the montage data M having the four or more matching part patterns, the next candidate cursor K indicates that the searched montage data M also exists. in this case,
By operating the search data selection keys (△, ▽) 27a, 27b, arbitrary search montage data is selectively displayed.

On the other hand, based on the coincidence judgment signal from the coincidence comparing section 16, four or more part pattern numbers that match the part pattern number of the montage Ms to be searched stored and held in the selected part holding section 15 are entered. When the montage data in the business card data is not searched, as shown in FIG. 3 (D), a pre-stored non-applicable message “not applicable” is displayed on the display unit 20 (step S13). → S4).

Therefore, according to the electronic organizer equipped with the montage creating apparatus having the above configuration, the part pattern corresponding to each part of the montage of the person to be searched is selectively read from the parts ROM 13 by operating the key input unit 12. The part pattern number is displayed on the display unit 20 and the selected part storage unit 15 is stored in the selected part storage unit 15. Montage data in the business card data having the matching part pattern number is searched from the RAM 14 based on the match determination signal from the match comparison unit 16, and the part pattern corresponding to the part pattern number constituting the searched montage is searched. CPU 11 reads from part ROM 13
And display the same on the display unit 20, and based on the montage display, the business card data is also read out from the RAM 14 and displayed. For example, when the business card data is searched, the name or address serving as the search key is entered. Even if it is forgotten, as long as the face of the person to be searched is memorized to some extent, the search processing can be performed based on the montage data and the number of matching parts.

[0029]

As described above, according to the present invention, each part of the face is divided into parts such as hair, eyes, nose, mouth, etc., and a part storage means for storing a plurality of types of part patterns for each part; A part selecting means for selecting a desired part pattern for each part stored in the parts storing means; a montage storing means for storing the parts pattern selected by the parts selecting means; and the parts storing means by the parts selecting means. Number setting means for setting the number of coincidences between the part pattern newly selected from the above and the part pattern stored in the montage storage means, the part pattern newly selected from the parts storage means by the parts selection means and the montage The number of coincidences with the part pattern stored in the storage means set by the number setting means described above. It is configured to include a part search means for judging a match and searching for the part pattern stored in the montage storage means, and a montage display means for displaying a montage based on the part pattern searched by the parts search means. It becomes possible to search and display a montage of a desired person based on the characteristic portion of the face.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an electronic circuit of an electronic organizer equipped with a montage creating apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a montage search process in an electronic organizer equipped with the montage creating device.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a display state corresponding to a montage search process in an electronic organizer equipped with the montage creating device.

[Explanation of symbols]

11 CPU, 12 key input unit, 12a numeric keypad
13: Parts ROM, 14: RAM, 15: Selected parts holding unit, 16: Matching comparison unit, 17: Number register, 18
... Search flag register, 19 ... Display driver, 20 ...
Display unit, 21: Montage key, 22a, 22b: Part selection key, 23a, 23b: Part pattern selection key, 24: Montage search key, 25: "OK" key, 26: "GO" key, 27a, 27b: Search Data selection key.

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Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A part storage means for dividing each part of the face into parts such as hair, eyes, nose, mouth, etc., and storing a plurality of types of part patterns for each part, and for each part stored in the parts storage means. A part selection means for selecting a desired part pattern, a montage storage means for storing the part pattern selected by the part selection means, a part pattern newly selected from the part storage means by the part selection means, and the montage A number setting means for setting the number of matches with the part patterns stored in the storage means; a part pattern newly selected from the parts storage means by the parts selection means; and a part pattern stored in the montage storage means. The number of matches set by the number setting means is determined to be equal to or greater than the number of matches. Montage creation device for a part retrieving means for retrieving the stored parts pattern Interview storage means, a montage display means for displaying the montage based on part pattern retrieved by the part searching means, characterized by comprising a.