JP4874293B2 - Symbol image generation device, symbol image generation method, and program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a symbol image generation apparatus, a symbol image generation method, and a program for generating an image such as a symbol such as a character or a picture.

  Generally, a personal computer (hereinafter referred to as a PC), a mobile phone, a simple type telephone (PHS: registered trademark), a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), a pocket bell, a video deck, a DVD deck, an electronic dictionary, a wristwatch In other electronic devices that display characters, symbols, and the like, televisions, stationary characters, symbols, and pictures are displayed. “Displayed in a stationary state” means, for example, that the word “fire” is displayed at a certain position in a word processor software or the like, and the character form and composition of the character “fire” do not change.

  On pagers, electronic bulletin boards, etc., the text can be displayed at the maximum speed by moving the text at a predetermined speed. For example, if it is the word "fire", the font and composition remain the same. It only moves within the range.

  In addition, in e-mail using the Internet, pictograms, pictures, icons, and the like, which are symbols other than characters, can be displayed in the e-mail, but are displayed in a stationary state like characters.

In order to give motion to characters, symbols, and pictures, a method of preparing characters, symbols, and characters with gradually changing composition as bitmap illustrations and replacing them like picture-story shows is being considered. ing.
JP 2000-148069 A

  However, if many illustrations of characters having different structures are prepared as the same character in order to display a moving character, the storage capacity is reduced. In particular, there is a problem that it is difficult to equip such an illustration with a miniaturized electronic device.

  With respect to this problem, the same applies to symbols, icons, and the like, and as a result, there is a problem that a display method rich in expressiveness cannot be adopted.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a symbol image generation device, a symbol image generation method, and a program that make a character, symbol, picture, and word to be displayed move and enable various expression methods.

In view of the above problems, the present invention relates to a symbol image generation device that generates a symbol image, in association with a symbol code of a symbol having a symbol element, and first shape information of a first symbol element in the symbol; A plurality of second shape information of the same second symbol element in the symbol , and color data for each second shape information, together with an element code, a font data storage means registered;
Based on the symbol code input from the input unit, the first shape information, reads one or more of the plurality of the second shape information and color information for each predetermined time, the first shape information and one or more Image generating means for generating a symbol image of one symbol based on the second shape information and color information , and display means for displaying the symbol image generated by the image generating means .

  It is possible to provide a symbol image generation apparatus, a symbol image generation method, and a program that make characters, symbols, pictures, and words to be displayed move and enable various expression methods.

[Features of the present invention]
The present invention relates to a personal computer (hereinafter referred to as a PC), a mobile phone, a simple telephone (PHS: registered trademark), a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), a pager bell, a video deck, a DVD deck, an electronic dictionary, a wristwatch. In electronic bulletin boards, televisions, and other electronic devices that display characters and symbols, etc., a method that saves storage capacity and moves the displayed characters and pictures to realize various expression methods Is for.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings with specific examples.
First, the rasterizer used in each embodiment will be described.

[Rasterizer]
The rasterizer is a device that embeds bits in a region surrounded by an outline formed by shape information such as characters, creates bitmap data, and outputs this to display means.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram for explaining the operation of the rasterizer. In FIG. 1A, the rasterizer 1 is included in an OS (Operating System) 1a incorporated in a PC. The rasterizer 1 refers to the font file 3 based on a character code (including a symbol code) input from higher-order software such as the application 2 and reads corresponding font shape data (hereinafter referred to as character shape information).

  FIG. 1B is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the font file 3. The character shape information included in the font file 3 is obtained by recording the outline and outline of each character with functions, coordinate points, and the like. The rasterizer 1 generates a bitmap-format character that can be displayed on a display device such as a display based on this function and coordinate points. Since the font file stored in the outline is a function and coordinate points, the file capacity is small compared to the bitmap file.

[First embodiment]
As a first embodiment, a case will be described in which a character is given movement and rich expressions. In the present embodiment, the description will be made using the word character. However, since the character is a subordinate concept of the symbol, the character in this embodiment is an example of the symbol.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the display device. The block diagram of FIG. 2 shows an application 60 that is the upper software of the rasterizer 10, a display means 70 such as a display, a character font file 20 having character shape information of each character, an operation setting file 30 that defines the operation content of each character, It comprises a timer 40 that informs the rasterizer of the elapsed time and the like, and a memory 50 that records the operation content of each character.

  When the character code is input from the upper software such as the application 60, the rasterizer 10 shown in FIG. 2 refers to the font file 20 and the operation definition file 30, generates a bitmap of the character image, and displays this as a display means 70. Output to.

  Here, a data configuration example of the font file 20 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3A shows a character code associated with a predetermined character, a basic element code serving as a basic element among elements constituting the character, and updated with the passage of time among elements constituting the character. Element code, which is a constituent element (symbol element), basic element code shape information, and element shape information are stored in association with each other.

  Therefore, according to the example of FIG. 3A, one or more of the element codes F041, F042, F043, and F044 are displayed as one character with respect to the basic element code F040.

  FIG. 3B shows an example in which characters are generated and displayed in a bitmap format based on the basic element code F040 and the element code F044 in the character code 898A corresponding to the character “fire”, for example. In this case, the basic element shape 40a and the element shape 44a of FIG. 3 (a) are combined, and the letter “fire” is generated and displayed.

  Thus, since the font file 20 stores one basic element code and a plurality of element codes in association with one character code, the font file 20 can be displayed in various configurations while being the same character code. It becomes. Further, since only the basic element code shape information is stored, the storage capacity can be saved. The basic element shape information and the element shape information are described by outline data.

Next, the operation setting file will be described.
FIG. 4A is a diagram illustrating an example of the operation setting file. In FIG. 4A, the color, size, display time, display position, and rotation are associated with each element code. The color is the color when displaying the corresponding element code, the size is the size when displaying the corresponding element code, the display time is the period during which the corresponding element code is displayed, and the display position is the corresponding element code Rotation indicates the rotation speed of the symbol element when the corresponding element code is displayed. As the unit of size, display time, display position, and rotation, an appropriate unit is used for the display means.

  Therefore, the symbol element that is a part of the character is displayed only for the time set in the display time. When the display time elapses, the rasterizer 10 generates a symbol element based on the element code to be displayed next, and Update characters. The character is moved by updating the symbol elements constituting the character.

  FIG. 4B shows how the characters are updated over time when the element code is updated in the order of F041, F042, F043, and F044 for the character “fire”. In FIG. 4B, default values that have already been set are adopted for the setting contents of color, size, display position, and rotation. Of course, these items may be displayed as individually set values.

  In FIG. 4B, the character 51a is a combination of F040 and F041, the character 52a is a combination of F040 and F042, the character 53a is a combination of F040 and F043, and the character 54a is a combination of F040 and F044. Each character is updated in display time, for example, at intervals of 5 seconds, with the color being black, the size being 10, the display position being coordinates (X1, Y1), and no rotation.

Next, a case where a predetermined character movement is set in a document will be described.
FIG. 5 shows an example in which the operation is set for the character “fire” in the text input to the application software. The application software may be software that can input characters, such as word processing software (word processor software). When setting the operation for the characters “fire”, for example, the pop-up window 80 is opened by placing the mouse on “fire” and right-clicking. When the pop-up window 80 is opened, the basic element code and the shape of the symbol element based on each element code are displayed. Since there are columns for setting the color, position, size, rotation, time, etc. for each symbol element, these are set for each symbol element. Although not shown, if a setting item for activating only an element to be displayed is provided, only a symbol element based on a specific element code can be repeatedly displayed. The pop-up window 80 is merely an example and can be set by various setting methods.
The color, position, size, rotation, and time displayed in the pop-up window 80 of FIG. 5 correspond to the setting items of the operation setting file shown in FIG. Therefore, the setting contents set in the pop-up window 80 are stored in the setting items of the operation setting file shown in FIG. 4 at a predetermined timing.

In this embodiment, the color, position, size, rotation, and time are freely set. However, a presettable value may be determined and selected. When selecting, a selectable value is set in advance in each setting item of the operation setting file in FIG. 4 and selected in the pop-up window 80.
In the pop-up window 80 of FIG. 5, there are items for setting the color, position, size, rotation, and time for the basic element, but in this embodiment, the basic element is not set.

  If the setting in the pop-up window 80 is associated with the setting coordinates of each setting item in the operation setting file of FIG. 4, it is possible to specify a series of operations of the current character. That is, in the pop-up window 80, the setting of F041 is black for the color, the size is 10, the display time is 5, the display position is (x1, y1), the rotation is 0π, and the setting for F042 is the color black and the size is 10 The display time is 5, the display position is (x1, y1), the rotation is 0π, and the setting of F043 is black, the size is 10, the display time is 5, the display position is (x1, y1), the rotation is 0π, The setting of F044 is assumed that the color is black, the size is 10, the display time is 5, the display position is (x1, y1), and the rotation is 0π.

  This series of operation contents is expressed using the set coordinates of the operation setting file of FIG. In FIG. 4, columns 1 to 4 are provided for each of color, size, display time, display position, and rotation, and change patterns of color, size, display time, display position, and rotation are indicated by numbers. Specify with. For example, in FIG. 4, black is set in the column of color number 1. Using this number (coordinates), each setting of color, size, display time, display position, and rotation is expressed as (1, 1, 1, 1, 1). Therefore, for example, when the setting of F041 is “color is black, size is 10, display time is 5, display position is (x1, y1), rotation is 0π”, this is expressed as F041 (1, 1, 1, 1,1). Of course, the number of setting items may be four or more.

  Further, in order to specify a series of operations such as “display F042 (11111) next to F041 (11111), then display F043 (11111), and then display F044 (11111)”, for example, If the name of the operation ID is used, the series of operation contents can be specified by the operation ID. The current operation ID 81 in FIG. 5 specifies the current operation content of the word “fire”.

  The result of the operation content can be confirmed by clicking the preview 82.

  When the operation content is set in the pop-up window 80, the operation setting data in which the operation content is set is attached to the file as metadata for this file.

  FIG. 6 shows an example of metadata. In FIG. 6, the application name indicates the name of the application software in which the character “fire” is set, and the file name indicates the file name to which the metafile is attached. The character code is, for example, a character code of “fire”, and the basic element code is a code of a symbol element that is a basic element among the elements constituting the character “fire” shown in FIG. . The action ID is an item set to specify a series of actions as shown in FIG. 5, and the display contents are the action contents specified by the action ID displayed in the coordinates of the action setting file in FIG. Is. In FIG. 6, “→” in “F041 (11111) → F042 (11111) → F043 (11111) → F044 (11111)” represents the order of operations. Therefore, in the example of FIG. 6, the display contents are updated in the order of F041 (11111), F042 (11111), F043 (11111), and F044 (11111). The character code ID is an item for identifying a specific character when a plurality of the same characters exist in the same file.

  Next, an example of the operation of the rasterizer 10 in the present embodiment will be described in detail based on the flowcharts of FIGS.

  First, when the application 60 in FIG. 2 is executed and a predetermined file is opened, the rasterizer 10 receives the motion setting data attached to the file from the application 60 (S101).

  When the motion setting data is input, the rasterizer 10 identifies the application name and file name set in the motion setting data and registers them in the memory 50 and the timer 40 (S102).

  FIG. 9 shows a registration example of the memory 50 and the timer 40 in FIG. As shown in FIG. 9A, the memory 50 that records and updates the operation content of each character specifies, for example, the application name and file name, and the character code of the character in which movement is set in the opened file. , Character code ID, symbol element color, size, time, position, rotation, and current registration information. Further, the basic element code and the shape information corresponding to the element code are registered in the memory 50. Here, the color, size, time, position, and rotation correspond to the setting items of the operation setting file of FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 9B, the timer 40 that notifies the rasterizer of the elapsed time and the like includes, for example, a character code ID, a basic element code, an element code, a moving speed, and a count value. The character code ID, basic element code, and element code specify the currently displayed character, the time indicates the period during which the symbol element is displayed, and the count value increases with the passage of time as the timer 40 clocks up. This is the current display time that is accumulated.

  Therefore, when the motion setting data is input, first, a character code, a character code ID, and a basic element code are registered in the memory 50. Further, the shape information corresponding to the code is registered in the memory 50 with reference to the font file 20 (S103). Thereby, the rasterizer 10 can specify the shape of the character by referring to the memory 50.

  Since the display contents of the operation setting data include setting information of color, size, time, position, and rotation, the setting contents of the operation setting file in FIG. 4 in the operation definition file 30 are based on the input of the display contents. It is registered in the memory 50 (S104). Thereby, the rasterizer 10 can specify the color, size, time, position, and rotation of each symbol element.

  The item currently displayed is specified by a method of setting a flag for the symbol element currently displayed in the file. In FIG. 9A, a symbol element being displayed is marked with “*” as a flag.

  Based on these registered contents of the memory 50, the rasterizer 10 displays specific characters. The initial character setting is specified based on the first symbol element, for example, F041 (11111) in FIG. 6 among the display contents of the motion setting data (S105).

  When the character in the initial state is specified, the rasterizer 10 generates bitmap data of the character based on the specified basic element code and the shape information of the element code, and outputs it to the display means 70 (S107). As a result, the initial characters were displayed.

  When the rasterizer 10 outputs the bitmap data, the rasterizer 10 resets the count value of the symbol element output by the timer 40 to 0 (S107). Thereby, counting of the display period of the output symbol element is started. The counting may be performed by referring to a clock built in a computer or the like, or a CPU (central processing unit) clock may be used.

  When there is a command to end displaying the displayed file (S108), the rasterizer 10 resets the registered contents of the target file in the memory 50 and the timer 40, and ends the processing for this file (S113). In FIG. 8, it is determined whether or not the display is finished at the timing of step 108, but the interrupt timing to the rasterizer 10 is not limited to step 108.

  While the count is continued, the timer 40 periodically compares the time shown in FIG. 9B with the count value. When the count value is counted up beyond the registered time, the timer 40 notifies the rasterizer 10 that the predetermined period has elapsed with the character code ID (S109).

  When notified that the predetermined period has elapsed, the rasterizer 10 searches for the corresponding character code ID from the contents registered in the memory 50, and among the character code IDs, the element next to the currently displayed element code is displayed. A code is specified (S110). When the element code is specified, the registered contents of the element shape information, color, size, time, position, and rotation are also specified. Based on these information, the rasterizer 10 creates bitmap data and color data, It outputs to the display means 70 (111). At this time, the element code currently displayed in FIG. 9A is switched to the next element code.

  When bitmap data or the like is output, the rasterizer 10 deletes the element code that has been displayed so far from the contents of the timer in FIG. 9B, and replaces it with the element code that is currently output. Then, the count value of the replaced element code is reset to zero.

  In the configuration of FIG. 9A, when a certain symbol element is displayed, the previous symbol element is deleted, and therefore, a plurality of elements cannot be simultaneously displayed in one character. When a plurality of elements are displayed simultaneously in one character, for example, a simultaneous display timer (not shown) periodically updates the symbol elements regardless of the update of the symbol elements based on the notification of the timer 40. Display additional.

  By doing so, the display as shown in FIG. 10 becomes possible. FIG. 10 is an example in which a plurality of symbol elements such as F040 and F041 are simultaneously displayed on the basic element shape of the letter “fire”.

  As described above, according to the configuration and operation described above, in this embodiment, it is possible to give a motion to the displayed character. In addition, when a file in which characters that appear to have movement created in this embodiment are transmitted by e-mail or the like, if the recipient has the same rasterizer 10 and font file 20, the character The movement can be reproduced. If the recipient is not in these environments, the stationary character is displayed based on the character code, so that the recipient does not have a problem.

  The rasterizer 10 according to the present embodiment displays a PC, a mobile phone, a simple type telephone (PHS: registered trademark), a PDA, a pager, a video deck, a DVD deck, an electronic dictionary, a wristwatch, a television, and other characters and symbols. Embedded in electronic equipment.

  FIG. 11 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a device in which the rasterizer 10 according to the present embodiment is incorporated. In FIG. 11, the rasterizer 10 is realized by reading a predetermined program stored as software in the ROM 300, the storage device 520, or the like, and executing this using the RAM 200 as a work area.

[Second Embodiment]
Subsequently, a second embodiment will be described. In the first example, the case where a character has a motion as a symbol has been described. In the second example, an embodiment in which a motion is given to a picture or an icon will be described.

  In the second embodiment, the term “picture element” is used. The picture element means an element of a picture constituting one picture. For example, if there is a picture of a human face, the picture of the eyes and nose that make up the face is a picture element. In addition, when there is a picture displaying only eyes, the picture is composed of one picture element. Thus, although there is no clear distinction between pictures and picture elements, they are used as coined words for explanation.

  FIG. 12 shows an example of a font file of picture elements. The classification is a group name for classifying each picture element name. The picture element name represents each picture element and is specified by a picture element code. Each picture element has picture element shape information that determines the shape of the picture element. For example, the picture element code M040 represents a car. When M040 is designated, a car 61a is displayed as an example of the picture element shape of the car. Similarly, if the picture element code B013 is specified, the bridge 62a is displayed as an example of the bridge shape information, and if the picture element code H024 is specified, the heart mark 63a is displayed as an example of the heart shape information.

  The rasterizer 10 generates the picture element shape as in the first embodiment. Therefore, a configuration example of a display device for displaying picture elements is the same as the block diagram shown in FIG. Therefore, the font file 20 includes the font file of the picture element shown in FIG.

  Next, a setting example when designating display of picture elements on the application 60 in FIG. 2 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 13A shows a state where a picture element setting window 80 is opened by, for example, right-clicking on the application 60, and setting contents are input. FIG. 13A shows a pop-up example of the setting. “B013, FULL, fixed” shown in the upper part of FIG. 13 (a) indicates that the picture element displayed with the picture element code B013 is displayed in the maximum size (FULL) on the screen in a fixed state. means. In addition, “M040, 30 × 20, (A, 09) to (06,09), 5” shown in the lower part of FIG. 13A indicates the pixel displayed by the pixel code M040 as 30 × 20. It means that the coordinates (A, 09) to (06, 09) are updated and displayed every 5 seconds. In this way, for example, if it is defined that the display of a picture element can be specified in the form of “picture element code, size, display range, update time”, it becomes possible to easily specify a motion in a picture.

  FIG. 13B shows a picture displayed as a result of the setting shown in FIG. The picture element of the bridge specified by the picture element code of B103 is displayed at the maximum on the screen, and the picture element of the car specified by M040 has a size of 30 × 20 from the coordinates (A, 09) to the coordinates (06, 09). In FIG. 13B, it seems that there are three cars, but this shows a state in which the cars are updated every 5 seconds, and actually, one car is displayed to move at the same time. Also, the numerical values on the upper and right sides in FIG. 13B display coordinates for explanation, and are not displayed on an actual application.

  13 is stored as a meta file as shown in FIG. 14 that can be attached to an application file as an operation setting file in the same manner as characters. The contents of FIG. 14 are registered in the memory 50 as in the first embodiment. The rasterizer 10 uses the coordinates “(A, 09) → (06, 09)” set in the movement range as (A, 09), for example, using the coordinates on the upper side and the right side of FIG. (09,09) (08,09) (07,09) (06,09) are expanded and registered in the memory 50. Similarly, the pixel code, size, and update time are registered. Thereafter, according to the contents registered in the memory 50, the rasterizer 10 displays the picture elements of the car by changing the coordinates every 5 seconds.

  In this embodiment, only the size, coordinates, and update time can be set, but in addition to this, contents such as color and rotation may be set.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, a picture to be displayed is composed of picture elements, and the picture elements are saved as outline data, so that the file capacity can be saved more than bitmap data. By combining these picture elements, rich expressions can be realized.

  For example, when a picture element constituting a face character is moved and sent by e-mail or the like, if the recipient has the same rasterizer 10 and font file 20, the movement of the face character can be reproduced.

[Third embodiment]
In the first example, an embodiment has been described in which a symbol has a motion, and in the second example, a picture element has a motion. In the third example, an embodiment in which symbols and picture elements are displayed in combination will be described.

  An example of the font file in the present embodiment is shown in FIG. The font file in FIG. 15 is composed of basic element codes and their shape information, element codes and their shape information, which constitute the character shape, and further has a picture element code and its shape information that can be displayed together with the characters. In FIG. 15, if a character designated by the character code E8C1 is loved, a heart mark designated by the picture element code H024 is registered as a picture element that can be displayed together with love.

Depending on the character, the picture element code may not be set in the font file 20, or a plurality of picture element codes may be set like element codes.
Like the character “fire”, the word “love” is composed of symbol elements generated based on basic element shape information and single or plural element shape information. However, in the present embodiment, a display form in which picture elements are superimposed on the whole character of love, not basic element shape information and element shape information, will be described.

  Also in this embodiment, the rasterizer 10 generates symbols and picture element shapes. Accordingly, the configuration example of the display device for displaying the picture elements is the same as the block diagram shown in FIG. 2, and the font file 20 includes the font file shown in FIG.

  As in the first and second embodiments, description will be made based on the input screen in the application 60. FIG. 16A shows an input example when an operation is set for a picture element and a character on the application 60. In FIG. 16A, as in FIG. 5, a pop-up window 80 is opened by, for example, placing the mouse on the word “love” and right-clicking. When the pop-up window 80 is opened, the shape of the picture element based on the picture element code and the shape of the character based on the original character code are displayed. Accordingly, the color, position, size, rotation, time, etc. can be set for each character or picture element.

The color, position, size, rotation, and time of the picture elements displayed in the pop-up window 80 in FIG. 16A correspond to the setting items in the operation setting file shown in FIG. Therefore, the setting contents set in the pop-up window 80 are stored in the setting items of the operation setting file shown in FIG. 4 at a predetermined timing. As is apparent from the present embodiment, the operation setting file can be used without changing the configuration even when displaying a combination of picture elements and characters.
When the operation content is set in the pop-up window 80, the operation content is recorded in the operation setting data and attached to the file as metadata attached to the file opened by the application 60.

  FIG. 16B shows an example of metadata. In FIG. 16, the application name indicates the name of the application software in which the movement of the word “love” is set, and the file name indicates the file name to which the metafile is attached. In this embodiment, the character code is a love character code, and the basic element code is a code of a symbol element that is a basic element among elements constituting the character shown in the font file of FIG. The action ID is an item set to specify a series of actions, and the display content is the action content specified by the action ID displayed in the coordinates of the action setting file as in FIG. The character code ID is an identification number for specifying a character when there are a plurality of the same characters in the same file.

According to the display content of FIG. 16B, “H024 (11111) → H024 (12111) → H024 (13111) → H024 (14111)”. This generates and updates display contents in the order of (11111), (12111), (13111), and (14111) based on the corresponding coordinates of FIG. 4 for the picture element of the heart mark specified by H024. Means that.
Therefore, according to FIG. 16B, the picture element of the heart mark gradually increases based on the contents of the coordinates corresponding to the size of FIG.

  However, in this embodiment, the heart mark is displayed so as to be superimposed on the character, so that it is displayed after performing the process of combining the character “love” and the generated heart mark.

  FIG. 16C shows an example in which the picture element of the heart mark is displayed according to “H024 (11111) → H024 (12111) → H024 (13111) → H024 (14111)” for the character “love”. FIG. 16C shows a sentence “I love you!” Every 5 seconds in order from the top. The heart symbol grows every 5 seconds, superimposed on the love of the sentence “I love you!”.

  In this embodiment, the operation is not set for the element constituting the character “love”, but the operation may be set for the symbol element constituting the character together with the heart mark.

  According to the present embodiment, since characters and picture elements can be displayed in combination, and the characters and picture elements can be moved, the expression method is further improved.

[Fourth embodiment]
In the first to third examples, the embodiment in which the movement is set for one symbol or picture element has been described. On the other hand, in the fourth example, an embodiment in which an operation is set for a word in which a plurality of symbols are continuous will be described.

  FIG. 17 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a display device. In FIG. 17, the same components as those in FIG. 2 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof is omitted.

FIG. 17 differs from FIG. 2 in that it has a display method definition file 25. A configuration example of the display method definition file 25 is shown in FIG. According to FIG. 18A, a plurality of words are registered in the display method definition file 25, and display contents and display times are registered in advance for each word. That is, the display method definition file 25 is a file in which information for giving movement to the entire word is set for a predetermined word based on display contents.
For example, when the word “jump” exists in the text of a file opened by the application 60, the user specifies to set a movement for the word “jump”. Then, the rasterizer 10 acquires the display content and the display time 2 from the jump item of the display method definition file 25.

  For the purpose of explanation, the symbol “jump (L) → jump (R)” is added to the jump display contents “jump → jump” in the display method definition file 25. In the jump on the left side of the display method definition file 25, the font is gradually increased, and in the right jump, the font is gradually decreased. Therefore, when the display content is implemented, the jump displayed in the file appears to move by updating the left and right jumps and displaying them alternately.

Specifically, the rasterizer 10 expands the word jump into the characters “di”, “ja”, “n”, “p”, and changes the four characters from “di (L)” to “di (R)”. , "" (L) "to""(R)","" (L) "to""(R),""(L)" to "" (R) "simultaneously update You can add movement to the entire word jump.
As in the first embodiment, how the word jump is displayed and updated will be described with reference to the contents registered in the memory 50 in FIG.

  FIG. 19 shows an example of registration in which word jumps are registered in the memory 50. The rasterizer 10 expands the jump of the display method definition file 25 into words, and sets the size and display time. At this time, the currently displayed flag is set for all the characters currently displayed or the characters displayed in the initial state. Thereafter, whenever there is an interruption of the display time from the timer 40, a character having the same character code as the currently displayed character is detected, and character bitmap data is generated and updated with the setting contents of the character. For example, in FIG. 19, because the upper four characters “G”, “A”, “N”, and “P” are displayed, the lower four characters that have the same character code when the display time elapses. Bitmap data of the characters “G”, “A”, “N”, and “P” is generated and updated.

  FIG. 18B shows a display example when the entire word is updated with respect to the words jump, sleep, and love. The jump on the first line switches the size of the word “jump” in accordance with the registered contents of the memory of FIG. 19, and the Sleep on the second line replaces the character S with the horizontal S, and the Love on the third line is By switching the letter o to a heart mark, the jump on the fourth line is made to move by placing the whole word in the upward or downward direction.

  As described above, a plurality of operation examples may be registered for one word. In that case, the operation ID is specified and the user selects it.

  By configuring as described above, it becomes possible to give movement to the whole word, and a richer expression is possible.

  Each of the above-described embodiments is merely an example of a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and the present invention can be implemented with various modifications without departing from the spirit thereof.

According to the present invention, it is possible to save the storage capacity and to give movement to displayed characters and symbols.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the conventional display apparatus. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the display apparatus of 1st Example. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the font file 20 of FIG. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the operation setting file 30 of FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the input screen of the application 60 of FIG. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the metadata attached to the application 60 of FIG. It is a flowchart figure (1) which shows the operation example of the rasterizer 10 in embodiment of 1st Example. It is a flowchart figure (2) which shows the operation example of the rasterizer 10 in embodiment of 1st Example. It is a figure which shows the example of registration of the operation setting content registered into the memory 50 or the timer 40 of FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the character in the modification of 1st Example. It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the apparatus in which a display apparatus is integrated. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the font file 20 of FIG. 2 in 2nd Example. It is a figure which shows the input screen and display example of the application 60 of FIG. 2 in 2nd Example. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the metadata attached to the application 60 of FIG. 2 in 2nd Example. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the font file 20 of FIG. 2 in 3rd Example. It is a figure which shows the input screen and display example of the application 60 of FIG. 2 in 3rd Example. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the display apparatus of 4th Example. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the display method prescription | regulation file 25 of 4th Example, and a display example. It is a figure which shows the example of registration of the operation setting content registered into the memory 50 of FIG. 2 in 4th Example.

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10 rasterizer 20 font file 25 display method definition file 30 operation setting file 40 timer 50 memory 60 application 70 display means 80 pop-up window

Claims (15)

In a symbol image generation device for generating a symbol image,
In association with the symbol code of a symbol having a symbol element,
First shape information of a first symbol element in the symbol;
A plurality of second shape information of the same second symbol element in the symbol , and color data for each second shape information, together with an element code, a font data storage means registered;
Based on the symbol code input from the input unit, the first shape information, reads one or more of the plurality of the second shape information and color information for each predetermined time, the first shape information and one or more Image generating means for generating a symbol image of one symbol based on the second shape information and color information ;
Display means for displaying the symbol image generated by the image generation means;
A symbol image generation device characterized by the above. The image generation means displays the first symbol element and the second symbol element in different colors;
The symbol image generation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: Display means for displaying the symbol image generated by the image generation means;
The image generating means reads out the second shape information of the second symbol element, which is different from the second shape information of the second symbol element already displayed on the display means;
Based on the first shape information, the already displayed second shape information, and the read second shape information, a symbol image of one symbol is generated.
The symbol image generation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the symbol image generation apparatus is a symbol image generation apparatus. The image generation means generates the read element image of the second shape information without deleting the element image of the second shape information that is already displayed.
The image generating apparatus according to claim 3. The image generation unit deletes the element image of the second shape information that is already displayed, and then generates the element image of the read second shape information.
The image generating apparatus according to claim 3. Storage means storing an operation setting file in which at least one or more of color information, size information, display time information, display position information, or rotation angle information is registered in association with each of the plurality of second shape information Have
The image generation means refers to the color information of the second symbol element with reference to the color information of the operation setting file, the size of the element image of the second symbol element with reference to the size information,
A display time of an element image of the second symbol element with reference to the display time information;
One or more of the display position of the element image of the second symbol element with reference to the display position information or the rotation angle of the element image of the second symbol element with reference to the rotation angle information is determined. To
The image generating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: Update time for updating any of the color information, the size information, the display position information, the rotation angle information, or the color, size, display position, or rotation angle of the symbol element, which is registered in the operation setting file. Update time information to indicate,
A setting means for displaying one or more of the setting screen on the display device and acquiring input information from the setting screen;
The image generation apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising: The font data storage means stores outline data of picture elements in association with picture element codes of picture elements that are elements constituting a picture,
The image generation means generates a picture element image of a picture element by superimposing it on a symbol image based on the outline data of the picture element.
The image generation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image generation apparatus is an image generation apparatus. The image generating means reduces or enlarges the size of the picture element image at predetermined time intervals at predetermined time intervals.
The image generating apparatus according to claim 8. The image generation means generates the second picture element image by superimposing the first picture element image on the first picture element image, and the relative generation position of the first picture element image or the second picture element image every predetermined time. Change the size of the first or second picture element image,
The image generation apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the image generation apparatus is an image generation apparatus. Color information indicating the color of the picture element;
Size information indicating the size of the picture element;
Display position information indicating the relative position of the picture element to the symbol;
Rotation angle information indicating the rotation angle of the picture element, or
Update time information indicating an update time for updating any of the color, size, relative position, or rotation angle of the picture element,
A setting means for displaying one or more of the setting screen on the display device and acquiring input information from the setting screen;
The image generating apparatus according to claim 10, further comprising: Corresponding to a symbol string composed of a plurality of symbols, it has a display mode storage means for registering display mode defining information for defining two different display modes for each one or more symbols constituting the symbol string,
The image generation unit updates the symbol image of the symbol string with reference to any display mode defining information at predetermined time intervals.
The image generation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image generation apparatus is an image generation apparatus. In the display mode defining information, at least one or more of symbol size information, symbol display angle information, or display position information is registered in the same symbol.
The image generation apparatus according to claim 12, wherein: In a symbol image generation method of a symbol image generation device that generates a symbol image,
In association with the symbol code of a symbol having a symbol element,
First shape information of a first symbol element in the symbol;
A plurality of second shape information of the same second symbol element in the symbol , and color information for each second shape information, together with an element code, from the registered font data storage means,
Based on the symbol code input from the input means, the image generation means reads the first shape information and one or more of the plurality of second shape information and color information at predetermined time intervals, and the first shape It generates symbol image information and one symbol based on one or more of the second shape information and color information,
Display means displays the symbol image generated by the image generation means;
The symbol image generation method characterized by the above-mentioned. In association with the symbol code of a symbol having a symbol element,
First shape information of a first symbol element in the symbol;
A plurality of second shape information of the same second symbol element in the symbol , and color information for each second shape information, together with an element code, registered font data storage means, and a connected computer,
Based on the symbol code input from the input unit, the first shape information, reads one or more of the plurality of the second shape information and color information for each predetermined time, the first shape information and one or more Generating a symbol image of one symbol based on the second shape information and color information ;
Displaying a symbol image of one symbol on the display means ;
A program characterized by being executed.

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