JPH0668220A - Montage preparing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To attain a great viriety of expression without increasing the kind of a part pattern stored in a part memory, in a montage preparing device used for preparing the portrait of a human. CONSTITUTION:Each part of a face is divided into the sites of hair, eyebrow, nose, and mouth or the like, the plural kinds of part patterns are stored in a part ROW 13 as bit map data for each site. Then, the part pattern of each site is selected by using site selection keys 19a and 19b, and part pattern selection keys 20a and 20b, read to a CPU 11, and synthesized and displayed through a display driver 16 at a display part 17, so that a montage can be prepared. At that time, an expansion key 21 is operated, and an extension mode is set. At the time of operating expansion keys 22a-22d in up-and-down and right-and- left designated directions, the present selected part pattern is expanded to the designated direction, and synthesized with the other part pattern again, and displayed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a montage making apparatus which is mounted as one function of an electronic notebook and used for arbitrarily making a human face.

[0002]

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

The montage making device has eyes, nose, mouth,
It has a parts memory that stores parts such as eyebrows, outlines, and hairstyles as multiple types of bitmap patterns.
The individual part patterns are selectively called and compositely displayed on the display unit to create an arbitrary portrait (montage). Here, the part patterns of each part selectively called from the part memory are fixedly displayed as they are.

[0004]

However, as described above, in the conventional montage creating apparatus in which the part patterns of the respective parts selectively called from the part memory are fixedly displayed as they are, the parts memory Other than the types of parts patterns that are limited to some extent by the memory capacity of, various expressions cannot be performed.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems.
An object of the present invention is to provide a montage creating device capable of performing a variety of expressions without having to increase the types of parts patterns stored in the parts memory.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems] That is, a montage creating apparatus according to the present invention is a part that divides each part of the face into parts such as hair, eyes, nose, and mouth, and stores a plurality of types of part patterns for each part. Storage means, part selection means for selecting a desired part pattern for each part stored in the part storage means, and expansion of an arbitrary part pattern among the part patterns for each part selected by the part selection means And a display unit for displaying the part pattern expanded by the expansion unit together with the part patterns of other parts.

[0007]

In other words, by expanding an arbitrary part pattern forming a montage in, for example, the up, down, left, or right directions, it is possible to obtain a variety of montages according to the characteristics of the target person.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an electronic circuit of the montage creating device, and the montage creating device includes a CPU (central processing unit) 11.

The CPU 11 controls the operation of each part of the circuit according to a program stored in advance based on a key operation signal supplied from the key input unit 12, and performs, for example, a read process of a part pattern or a decompression process of a part pattern. In addition to the key input unit 12, the CPU 11 includes a parts ROM 13, a RAM 14, and a flag register 1.
5 is connected, and the display unit 17 including a liquid crystal dot matrix is connected via the display driver 16.

The key input unit 12 has a montage key 18 which is operated when the montage creation mode is set.
In the montage creation mode, a part selection key (↑,
↓) 19a, 19b, part pattern selection keys (←, →) 20a, 20 for selecting a part pattern for each part
b, an expansion key 21 that is operated when setting a mode for expanding the selected part pattern, an upper expansion key 22a, a lower expansion key 22b, a left expansion key 22c that specifies the expansion direction in the expansion mode, Right stretch key 22d
Various function keys are provided.

In the parts ROM 13, each part of the face is a hairstyle,
It is 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. Seventy-three divided hairstyle patterns are stored at address "1" of the part.

In the RAM 14, the site selection key (↑,
↓) 19a, 19b and part pattern selection keys (←,
→) The montage data selected and created using 20a and 20b is used for each part that constitutes the montage (P
o), P1, P2, ...) As the part pattern numbers (Y0, Y1, Y2, ...) Stored in the parts ROM 13, the RAM 14 in the present embodiment.
Is the part R for each part (Po, P1, P2, ...)
All part pattern numbers (Y0
, Y1, Y2, ...) are associated with each other and a pointer (Z) indicating any part pattern number for each part is set, so that the part pattern of each part forming the montage is set. , For example, "P0,
"Y0" (= first pattern of hairstyle), "P1, Y2" (=
The third pattern of eyebrows), "P2, Y1" (= second pattern of eyes), and the like are set.

Here, the pointer Z indicates the part pattern number for each part and indicates the expanded state of the part pattern. Z = 2 (normal), Z =
The designated part pattern is expanded as 1 (upper extension), Z = 3 (lower extension), Z = 0 (left extension), and Z = 4 (right extension).

That is, for example, the eye part "P" of the ROM 14
When the pointer Z in "2" points to the pattern number "Y0" and Z = 0, the first pattern of the eyes stored in the parts ROM 13 is left-extended to form a part of the montage. .

A decompression flag of the part pattern is set in the flag register 15 in response to the operation of the decompression key 21 of the key input section 12, and the decompression flag is
It is reset by repeatedly operating the expansion key 21.

The display driver 16 drives the display unit 17 to display data corresponding to the displayed data sent from the CPU 11. For example, the montage data "P0, Y" read from the RAM 14 in response to the pointer instruction. "P
1, Y ”,“ P2, Y ”, ... Are displayed on the display unit 17 via the display driver 16 by reading and synthesizing the part pattern stored in the parts ROM 13 corresponding to the part number Y for each part. To be done. Next, the operation of the montage creating device having the above configuration will be described. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a montage creating process by the montage creating device. FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing a pattern expansion process accompanying the montage creation process of the montage creation device. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a stretched and changed state of a part pattern by the montage creating device.

That is, in order to create a desired montage, when the CPU 11 is set to the montage creation mode by operating the montage key 18 of the key input unit 12, first, the head part of the head part stored in the parts ROM 13 is started. The part pattern (the first pattern of the hairstyle in this case) is read out, and the display unit 17 is displayed via the display driver 16.
Is displayed at a predetermined position.

Here, the part selection keys (↑, ↓) 19a,
19b is operated to sequentially select each part such as the hair "P0", the eyebrow "P1", the eye "P2", the nose, the mouth, etc. stored in the parts ROM 13 and the part pattern for each part. When "Y0", "Y1", "Y2" ... Is selected by the part pattern selection keys (←, →) 20a, 20b,
The part pattern selected for each part is combined as a montage from the CPU 11 via the display driver 16 and displayed on the display unit 17 (steps A1 to A5).

In this montage creation display state,
When a registration key (not shown) is operated, each part (Po, P1, P2) in the RAM 14 which constitutes the display montage is operated.
, ...) corresponding to the part pattern number (Y). In this case, the value of the pointer Z indicating the expanded state of each part pattern is set to the normal (non-expanded) state (Z = 2).

On the other hand, in the process of creating and displaying the montage in the steps A1 to A5, in the state where any part pattern forming the montage is selected (the selection pattern is indicated by blinking etc.), the selection pattern A decompression key 21 of the key input unit 12 for decompression
When is operated, the decompression flag is set in the flag register 15 and the decompression mode for the selected pattern is displayed (steps A6 to A8 → A3).

When the expansion key 21 is operated,
When the expansion flag in the flag register 15 is in the set state, the flag is reset and the expansion mode display disappears (steps A6, A7 → A9 → A3).

That is, in response to the operation of the expansion key 21, the expansion mode for the currently selected pattern (for example, "eyes") is set, and the expansion keys 22a to 22d in any direction of up, down, left or right are operated. Then, after it is confirmed that the expansion flag of the flag register 15 is in the set state, it is confirmed that the value indicating the expansion state of the currently selected part set in the RAM 14 is Z = 2, that is, the normal state. , Expansion processing of the selected part corresponding to the operation of the expansion keys 22a to 22d is executed (step A).
10-A13).

Therefore, when the upward expansion key 22a is operated, the selected parts pointing pointer Z in the RAM 14 is selected.
Is set to "1" and the upper half of the selection pattern (for example, "eye") is expanded upward by a predetermined amount (steps B1 and B2).

When the downward expansion key 22b is operated, the value of the selected part pointing pointer Z in the RAM 14 is set to "3" and the lower half of the selected pattern (for example, "eye") is downward. By a predetermined amount (steps B1 → B3, B4).

When the left expansion key 22c is operated, the value of the selected parts pointing pointer Z in the RAM 14 is set to "0" and the left half of the selection pattern (for example, "eye") is left. To a predetermined amount (steps B1 → B3 → B5, B6).

When the right decompression key 22d is operated, the value of the selected part pointing pointer Z in the RAM 14 is set to "4", and the right half of the selection pattern (for example, "eye") is right. To a predetermined amount (step B1 → B3 → B5 → B7).

The selection pattern expanded by the expansion process is combined with a part pattern corresponding to another part created and displayed in advance, and a montage in which an "eye" pattern is expanded in an arbitrary direction is displayed. (Step A13 → A3).

On the other hand, one of the above-mentioned up, down, left and right expansion keys 22
Even when a to 22d are operated and the decompression flag is set in the flag register 15, the value of the pointer Z indicating the decompression state of the currently selected pattern in the RAM 14 is (Z =
In the state in which the expansion processing has already been performed instead of (2: normal), the value of Z is returned to "2", and the normal part pattern stored in the parts ROM 13 is read and combined and displayed (step A10-A12 → A1
4 → A3).

Therefore, according to the montage creating apparatus having the above-mentioned structure, each part of the face is divided into parts such as hairstyle, eyebrows, eyes, nose, mouth, etc., and plural kinds of part patterns are stored as bitmap data for each part. Parts ROM 1
3, the part pattern for each part is selected by using the part selection keys 19a and 19b and the part pattern selection keys 20a and 20b, read out to the CPU 11, and displayed on the display unit 17 through the display driver 16 in a composite display. When creating, the decompression key 21 is operated to set the decompression mode, and any one of up, down, left and right direction designating decompression keys 22a-2
When 2d is operated, the currently selected part pattern is expanded in the specified direction, and is composed and displayed again with another part pattern. Therefore, in addition to the kind of part pattern which is limited to some extent by the ROM capacity of the part ROM 13. ,
Can express a variety of things.

[0030]

As described above, according to the present invention, each part of the face is divided into parts such as hair, eyes, nose, mouth and the like, and a part storing means for storing a plurality of kinds of part patterns for each part, A part selecting means for selecting a desired part pattern for each part stored in the part storing means, an expanding means for expanding an arbitrary part pattern among the part patterns for each part selected by the part selecting means, Since the display device is configured to display the part pattern expanded by the expansion device together with the part patterns of other parts, it is possible to perform various expressions without increasing the types of the part patterns stored in the part memory. It becomes possible to do.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an electronic circuit of a montage creating device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a montage creation process by the montage creation device.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing pattern expansion processing accompanying the montage creation processing of the montage creation device.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a stretch change state of a part pattern by the montage creating device.

[Explanation of symbols]

11 ... CPU, 12 ... Key input section, 13 ... Parts RO
M, 14 ... RAM, 15 ... Flag register, 16 ... Display driver, 17 ... Display unit, 18 ... Montage key, 1
9a, 19b ... Site selection key, 20a, 20b ... Parts pattern selection key, 21 ... Expansion key, 22a ... Up expansion key, 22b ... Down expansion key, 22c ... Left expansion key, 22d
… Right stretch key.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A parts storage means for dividing each part of a face into parts such as hair, eyes, nose, mouth, etc., and storing a plurality of kinds of part patterns for each part, and each part stored in the parts storage means. A part selecting means for selecting a desired part pattern, an expanding means for expanding an arbitrary part pattern of the part patterns selected by the part selecting means, and a part pattern expanded by the expanding means. Display means for displaying together with part patterns of other parts,
An apparatus for creating a montage, comprising: