JPH08115436A - Illustration generation device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide an illustration generation device where the generation process of an illustration is much more simplified and expert knowledge is not necessary. CONSTITUTION: An illustration example data base 11 holding data of an illustration example, an illustration parts attribute information data base 121 making data of the illustration examples, which are held, parts and holding an attribute in a parts unit, a layout information data base 122 holding layout information of the illustration examples in the parts unit, an illustration example indication part 13 presenting the contents of the data bases to a user, an illustration editing part 16 having the generation/editing functions of the illustration, an illustration parts indication part 17 indicating the illustration in the middle of generation in the parts as unit and an illustration layout processing part 18 executing a prescribed editing processing on the illustration in the middle of generation based on a corresponding relation between the held illustration example and the indicated parts of the illustration in the middle of generation are provided.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an illustration creating apparatus for interactively creating an illustration on a graphic display or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, the price of Japanese word processors and personal computers has been reduced, and the number of opportunities to create documents using such information processing devices in offices and homes has been rapidly increasing. Now, among these information processing devices, line segments,
Many have the ability to create illustrations by combining basic figures such as rectangles and arcs, and are used for creating New Year's cards and guides. However, the layout of an illustration created by properly combining a number of basic editing functions such as shadowing created by an expert (blackening or shading like a shadow on the outer contour of an article) It is very difficult for a beginner to perform the transformation process.

Therefore, for creating a figure including an illustration, a method relating to a display attribute setting method of the figure (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No.
30212), a graphic pattern creating device (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 62-195591)
No.) etc. have been proposed. Regarding the contents of these methods, in the former case, select another figure with the same attributes such as line width, line type, etc. so that the figure newly created by the user inherits the same attribute as the previously selected figure. Is set automatically. Therefore, the user does not need to make detailed settings. On the other hand, in the latter, it is possible to create a figure by registering basic patterns and combining these basic patterns. Therefore, the figure can be created in a short time.

[0004]

However, although any of the above-mentioned methods can accurately create a simple figure in a short time, a beginner can use an illustration having a layout / transformation similar to that of an expert such as an illustration designer. However, it is not something that can be created easily and in a short time. For example,
Even when creating the illustration shown in the illustration example 3 by adding a shadowing effect to the hat of the illustration example 5 in FIG. 3, any part of the hat of the illustration example 5 created by the user is adopted as the outline. Specify whether to cast shadows by the user,
That is, it cannot be done unless the illustration creator himself does.

Similarly, the figure 5 has a hat and other figures,
Even when characters and the like are added to complete an illustration, there are various modes such as Illustration Examples 1, 2, and 4. For this reason, the creator himself / herself must also specify what kind of character or the like should be added to which position at what kind of rotation angle and size. However, these designations are difficult because the target is an artistic, hobby, and aesthetic illustration.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an illustration creating apparatus which can easily create an illustration of high quality comparable to that of an expert in a short time.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, in the invention of claim 1, an illustration example used for creating an illustration is stored as data (usable and stored in a displayable manner for reference). Illustration example data storage means having a disk or a high-speed semiconductor memory, and illustration parts which are data of example illustrations stored in the illustration example data storage means are a series of black pixels or a group of partial images such as one character The parts are divided into parts by dividing them according to a predetermined procedure such as color recognition, black pixel continuation, area designation, character code recognition, etc., and then the layout of the illustration parts of each illustration example, the pattern, the relative size, etc. Illustration example design information storage means for storing design information, which is information created about the contents, for example, in a predetermined procedure for each illustration part, An example illustration presenting means for presenting at least one of the example illustrations and the design information held in the example data storage means to a person who is currently creating the illustration via a CRT, etc. Illustration information retrieval means that retrieves design information related to an example from the illustration example design information storage means, an illustration editing means called a draw tool having an illustration creating and editing function, and the illustration editing means In other words, an illustration part instructing means for instructing the creator to create an illustration part on an image-by-image basis for an unfinished illustration, and an illustration example and an illustration part instructing means presented by the illustration example presenting means. Illustration example information based on the correspondence between the illustration parts of the illustration being created To reflect the design information fetched chordae means, creation of similar Illustration examples incomplete part of the current generated in the illustration, is characterized by having a illustration processing means for performing edit processing illustrations component units.

Further, in the invention of claim 2, the illustration example data storage means has a new illustration example input section for inputting a new illustration example by L / E conversion or the like, and the illustration example design information storage means is , The illustration example input in the illustration example input section is instructed by the user or the area is designated,
A componentization part that is made into a component by a predetermined program such as recognizing the continuity or color of black pixels, and the design information for each illustration component unitized by the componentization part, according to the user's instructions or a predetermined program It is characterized by having an illustration design information creation unit to be created and a new design information addition storage unit for adding and holding the illustration design information created by the illustration design information creation unit as new design information.

Further, in the invention of claim 3, the illustration example data storage means has a shadowed illustration example data storage section for holding an example related to a shadowed illustration, and the illustration example design information storage means is , The shadow portion of the shadow illustration example is regarded as an illustration component, and the shadow method such as the thickness and inclination of the shadow, and the shadow layout information that is information about the content such as the degree of lightness and darkness and whether or not it is shaded are held. The illustration part designating means has a shadowing layout information storage unit, and the illustration component instructing means, for the illustration being created by the illustration editing unit, indicates a portion which the creator wants to cast.
It is characterized in that it has an illustration component contour designating unit for designating an input by designating the contour as if it were an illustration component.

Further, in the invention of claim 4, the illustration example data storage means has an image structure in which at least one illustration part is arranged around a main illustration part which is a main image forming the illustration example. A layout illustration example storage unit that holds the layout illustration example and the illustration parts of the illustration example in the layout illustration example storage unit are duplicated, and information about the position and phase of the illustration and the illustration example and the illustration being created are provided. Has an illustration parts duplication changing unit capable of programmatically comparing and converting the size and the like. It has a position and a phase information storage section for holding information about the phase such as shape and color, and the illustration part designating means is added to the layout illustration being created. Illustrations component (main picture serving primarily illustrations or other illustrations parts around it), is characterized by having a positional phase information instructing section that allows input instruction that position and the position to the creator.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the illustration component duplication changing unit is currently at least one of the illustration examples or the illustration components thereof stored in the layout illustration example storage unit and the illustration currently being created by the illustration editing means. Based on the comparison result of the shape size comparison unit for comparing the shape or aspect ratio of the above or at least one of the relative or absolute sizes based on the number of pixels, and the comparison result of the shape size comparison unit. The shape and size are changed according to a predetermined procedure for each illustration part added when the illustration processing means performs the creation and editing process, such as enlargement or reduction in at least one direction or both directions. It is characterized by having a part.

[0012] In the invention of claim 6, the illustration example data storage means is arranged such that the other illustration parts are internally blank portions (not necessarily limited to white, and red portions if other illustration parts are added). , Blue, or a pattern may be added.), A background illustration component example storage unit that holds a background illustration or at least one of the illustration components as an example of an illustration is added. However, the illustration example design information storage means has a blank portion shape information storage unit that holds information regarding the shape or size of at least one blank portion of the illustration component held by the background illustration component example storage unit, The illustration component instruction means designates one of an illustration component as a background and an illustration component added to the background as an uncreated portion. The illustration processing means has at least one of the shape or size of the blank portion of the background illustration component and the shape or size of at least one of the illustration components to be added is predetermined from one. Change at least one of the size or shape of the background illustration parts or the added illustration parts by the ratio calculated in the procedure (for example, expand the size to double in the vertical direction), and It is characterized in that it has both illustration component synthesizing sections for creating new illustrations so as to include the added illustration components.

Further, in the invention of claim 7, the illustration example design information storage means includes a shadow illustration, a layout illustration, a background illustration, characters, a layout image, and a portrait image for at least one of each of the illustration examples or the illustration parts. , An illustration part attribute information storage section for holding information about its attributes such as landscape images, and the illustration part instruction means is an illustration or part attribute for which the creator inputs an instruction for at least one of the illustration example and the illustration parts. The illustration example information retrieval means has an instruction section, and the illustration example information retrieval section has an illustration parts attribute retrieval section for retrieving the illustration example parts having the attributes instructed by the illustration or attribute instruction section or the illustrated illustration parts. The example presenting means is an illustration part retrieved by the illustration part retrieval unit or an illustration having the illustration part. Of at least one illustration component attribute display unit for presenting a list drawing, table, etc., and the illustration editing means selects from among the illustration components displayed in the illustration component attribute display unit or illustration examples having the illustration components. The illustration processing means has a constant attribute illustration parts selection unit for selecting and inputting the one intended by the creator, and the illustration processing means sets the illustration attributes selected by the constant attributes illustration parts selection unit to the illustration being created. It is characterized in that it has an attribute processing section for performing creation and editing processing in a manner of processing based on the attribute instructed by the instruction section.

Further, in the invention of claim 8, the illustration example design information storage means generates, for each illustration example, generation information which is information about a drawing procedure, a position, coloration and the like of the illustration part, and the manufacturer of the apparatus. An illustration example generation information storage unit is provided which is created and stored by the seller (including creator) of the illustration example in advance, reading the color and shape by a program, and recognizing the center position coordinates by the program. The example presenting means is a generation information generation instruction in which the creator inputs an instruction for generation information generation display for at least one of the illustration example presented in the illustration component display unit or the illustration component included in the illustration component. It is necessary to use the illustration examples or illustration parts instructed by the generation information generation instructing section for the illustration creation. The operation procedure explanation generating means for generating the operation procedure necessary for the above-mentioned illustration example generation information storage section or the like, and the operation procedure generated by the operation procedure explanation generating means at a predetermined position of the CRT. It is characterized in that it has an illustration editing assistance presenting section for displaying on the etc.

[0015]

With the above structure, in the invention of claim 1,
The illustration example data storage means holds data used as a reference or used for creating an illustration example used for creating an illustration. The illustration example design information storage unit divides the data of the illustration example stored in the illustration example data storage unit into illustration parts, which are a set of partial images, and divides them into parts. Design information, which is information created about the contents of the example illustration parts, is divided into, for example, illustration examples and stored. The illustration example presenting means presents at least one of the illustration example and its design information held in the illustration example data storage means at the request of the creator. The illustration example information retrieval means searches the illustration example design information storage means for design information directly or indirectly related to the illustration example presented in the illustration example presentation means or its design information at the request of the creator. Take it out. The illustration editing means is created by the user's creation operation, instructions and the operation of the built-in program by writing input or transcription of the illustration,
It has editing functions such as merging, rearrangement, coloring and erasing. The illustration part instructing means inputs and instructs the creator to create an uncreated portion of the illustration being created by the illustration editing means in units of images (including characters / symbols) to be the illustration parts. The illustration processing means retrieves the illustration example information retrieval means based on the mutual correspondence between the illustration examples presented by the illustration example presenting means and the illustration parts currently being created input by the illustration parts instructing means. The design information is reflected, and the currently created illustration is created and edited in the same manner as the illustration example (specifically, newly created and added, added color, tilted, etc.) in units of illustration parts.

Further, in the invention of claim 2, the new illustration example input section in the illustration example data storage means inputs the new illustration example by L / E conversion, magnetic reading, or the like. The componentization unit in the illustration example design information storage means converts the illustration example input by the illustration example input unit into a component according to a predetermined program or the like. Specifically, in the case of a human figure, the head, limbs, and eyeballs are made into parts by designating a region by a touch panel functionally integrated on the front surface of the LED and inputting attributes by a keyboard. Further, the illustration design information creation unit holds the attribute of each illustration component unitized by the componentization unit after keyboard input or the like. The new design information addition storage unit newly creates layout information, which is information about the configuration of the illustration example image stored in the illustration example data storage unit, as a component by the componentization unit and the illustration design information creation unit. Add and hold.

Further, in the invention of claim 3, the illustration example data storage section in the illustration example data storage means holds an example relating to a shaded illustration. In many cases, the shadowing layout information storage unit in the illustration example design information storage means holds a large number of shadowing layout information which is information on the shadowing method and contents of the shadowing illustration example. The illustration part outline instruction section in the illustration part instruction means regards the part of the illustration that is being created by the illustration editing section as the illustration part, by inputting the part that the creator wants to shadow It is possible to do.

Further, in the invention of claim 4, the arrangement illustration example storage section in the illustration example data storage means is
A layout illustration example having a graphic configuration in which at least one illustration part is arranged around a main illustration part which is a main image forming the illustration example is held. Similarly, the illustration component duplication changing unit duplicates the illustration component of the illustration example stored in the layout illustration example storage unit, and can change the information about the position and the phase. The position and phase information storage unit in the example illustration design information storage means holds information regarding the position and phase of each illustration part in the example layout illustration. The position / phase information instructing unit in the illustration part instructing means gives the creator at least one phase such as an absolute position or a relative position and a tilt angle for each illustration part added to the layout illustration being created. Allows input instructions.

In the invention of claim 5, the shape / size comparison part in the illustration part duplication changing part is at least one of the illustration examples held by the arrangement illustration example storage part or at least one of the illustration parts. At least one of the shapes or sizes of the illustrations being created is compared based on the number of pixels or the like. Similarly, the shape size changing part in the illustration part duplication changing part is a predetermined program or the like added to each illustration part when the illustration processing means creates and edits based on the comparison result of the shape size comparing part. In accordance with the above procedure, at least the shape or size is enlarged or reduced according to a predetermined procedure.

Further, in the invention of claim 6, the background illustration parts example storage section in the illustration example data storage means is
A background illustration or at least one of the background illustration parts, which is the background of the added illustration part, is held as an example of an illustration by adding another illustration part to the internal blank portion. A blank portion shape information storage unit in the illustration example design information storage unit holds information about at least one of the shapes or sizes of the blank portions of the illustration components held by the background illustration component example storage unit. The background illustration component addition instruction unit in the illustration component instruction means designates one of the background illustration component and the illustration component added therein as an uncreated portion. A ratio calculated by a predetermined procedure from at least one of the shape or size of the illustration parts added by both the shape or size of the blank portion of the background illustration parts by both the illustration part combining units in the illustration processing means. By changing at least one of the size or shape of the background illustration part or the added illustration part, a new illustration is created so as to include the illustration part added to the blank part of the background illustration part.

Further, in the invention of claim 7, the illustration part attribute information storage unit in the illustration example design information storage means holds information about the attribute of each of the illustration examples or the illustration parts. An illustration and a parts attribute designating section in the illustration parts designating means instructs the creator to input an attribute of at least one of the illustration examples and the illustration parts. An illustration part attribute search section in the illustration example information search means searches for an illustration part, or an illustrated example illustration part having an attribute designated by the attribute designating section. The illustration part attribute display unit in the illustration example presenting unit presents at least one list of the illustration parts searched by the illustration part attribute search unit or the illustration examples having the illustration parts. The constant attribute illustration component selection unit in the illustration editing unit selects and inputs the illustration component intended by the creator from the illustration components displayed in the illustration component attribute display unit. The attribute processing unit in the illustration processing means
For the illustration being created, the illustration component selected by the constant attribute illustration component selection unit is created and edited in such a manner that the illustration component is processed based on the attribute designated by the illustration attribute designation unit.

Further, in the invention of claim 8, the illustration example generation information storage section in the illustration example design information storage means stores the generation information of the illustration parts for each illustration example. The generation information generation instructing unit in the illustration example presenting means instructs the creator to generate and display the generation information for at least one of the illustration examples presented in the illustration component display unit or the illustration components included in the illustration components. Enter. The operation procedure explanation generation means generates an operation procedure necessary for using the illustration example or the illustration part instructed by the generation information generation instruction section, in the illustration creation, based on the information in the illustration example creation information storage section. The illustration editing assistance presentation section displays the operation procedure generated by the operation procedure explanation generation means on the LED or the like.

[0023]

EXAMPLES An illustration making apparatus according to the present invention will be described below based on examples. (First Embodiment) Hereinafter, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
Will be described with reference to. FIG. 1 is a functional configuration diagram of the present embodiment. In the figure, reference numeral 11 denotes an illustration example database (DB), which stores illustrations that have already been created as example illustrations so as to be used as data when newly creating. Note that the illustration examples are published not only in the illustrations created by the user of this illustration creation device using a CRT, keyboard, mouse, digitizer, etc., but also in the illustrations and books created by the professional illustration creators. It is also stored by optically reading an image or the like by L / E conversion, or by electromagnetically reading a separately sold image that is recorded on a disk or the like. Reference numeral 12 is an illustration example design information database, which is an illustration parts information database 121 that divides the illustrations stored in the illustration example database 11 into parts and holds attribute / operation information about the parts.
The illustration stored in the illustration example database 11 is divided into parts, and the layout information database 122 holds layout information in parts. Incidentally, in principle, the illustrations are made into parts here by designating the parts and their ranges by the user for the illustrations read by L / E conversion or the like. However, it is also possible to automatically recognize a group of parts images by recognizing continuous black pixels and the same color and recognizing character codes for characters, and it is also possible to automatically make parts. is there. Also, regarding those recorded and sold on discs, etc., especially with regard to characters in illustrations and specific figures, it has already been made into a component because an identifier is added to each component in advance. I am. Of course, it is also possible to instruct the constituent parts of the illustration, which is a part, according to the user's instruction. In addition, when the user creates it himself / herself, it is possible to automatically characterize characters, lines, etc. for each unit or for each division that is collected under the user's selection. It should be noted that since the recognition of one line segment is a technology that has been put into practical use in recognition of characters in a handwriting word processor by a digitizer, a description thereof will be omitted.

An illustration example presenting unit 13 presents the illustration examples stored in the illustration example database 11 at the request of the user. Reference numeral 14 is an illustration example information retrieval unit, which provides information about the illustration examples presented by the illustration example presentation unit 13 to the illustration parts information database 121.
And the layout information database 122 is searched. An illustration example information presentation unit 15 presents the user with the content of the information retrieved by the illustration example information retrieval unit 14. Reference numeral 16 is an illustration editing unit, which creates and edits illustrations (drawing and inputting line segments, circles, ellipses, arcs, etc.,
And grouping these, processing such as moving, deleting, rotating, and shading). Reference numeral 17 denotes an illustration component instructing unit, which is capable of instructing an illustration being created by the illustration editing unit 16 as a part, a part of a graphic, or the like necessary for completing the illustration, on a part-by-part basis. Reference numeral 18 denotes an illustration layout processing unit, which is being created on the illustration editing unit 16 based on the correspondence between the illustration examples presented to the illustration example presenting unit 13 and the parts of the illustration being created at the illustration editing unit 16. The illustration is automatically edited with the same layout or transformation effect as in the illustration example. In the figure, the solid arrow indicates the flow of control, and the dotted arrow indicates information retrieval.

In addition to the above, an optical input unit for reading an illustration printed on a sheet, a reading unit for a removable disk for reading an illustration stored on a disk, a keyboard, a mouse, a digitizer, etc. It has various operation input parts for the user, a printing part for outputting the created illustration to the outside, a paper storage part, a transfer part to a disc, an output part including a CRT and the like. However, these are not directly included in the gist of the present invention, and because they are self-explanatory facilities or technologies, the description thereof will be omitted.

Further, in terms of hardware, each of the above-mentioned units is composed of a CRT, an LED, a keyboard, a mouse, a digitizer, a printing machine, a disk, a CRU storing a necessary program in a built-in RAM or ROM, and a necessary memory. As the resource, a high-speed semiconductor memory or the like is used in addition to the disk. However, since these are so-called obvious and well-known techniques, description thereof will be omitted.

Furthermore, input from the outside, display on the CRT,
Upon output to the outside, necessary correction is made to the difference in density of pixels such as L / E converter, CRT, printer, etc., for example, 3 × 3 pixels are averaged to be 1 × 1 pixels. 1
For example, a process of changing a pixel of × 1 into four pixels of 2 × 2 having the same content is performed. Further, in order to specify the position at the time of displaying or printing, the end-of-line (EOL) signal and the end-of-page (EOP) signal determined by the communication protocol are added to the encoded image information. Furthermore, depending on the illustration to be created, information about color and brightness is created for each pixel. However, these are also well-known and obvious technologies that are widely used in, for example, G3 standard and G4 standard facsimile transmitters and CD disks.
Description is omitted.

Similarly, a multi-window system or the like is adopted for the proper functioning of the present embodiment such that the illustration side is displayed as a reference material on the side of the illustration currently being created. Although preferable, this is also a well-known technique, and therefore description thereof will be omitted. FIG. 2 is an operation flow chart when creating an illustration using the present illustration creating apparatus. Illustration example 1 to illustration example 4 in FIG.
It is a figure of the example of data stored in illustration example database 11. FIG. 4 shows the illustration parts information database 121.
It is an example of the content of the data in. In the figure, in the illustration part information database 121, for each illustration example stored in the illustration example database 11, an illustration example identifier, an illustration part configuration, an illustration part identifier,
The logical attributes, deformation attributes, etc. of each component are stored. The “layout / deformation” 41 described at the bottom of the “illustration example 1” 40 surrounded by an elliptical frame in this figure means a graphic method for creating the illustration. The “shadowing” 42, the “character modification” 43, and the “scattering background” 44 at the bottom thereof mean the concrete contents of the graphic method. In addition, about the specific contents, addition or deletion or change of other colors, enlargement or reduction of up and down or left and right, or both,
Other characters and figures may be added, and a pattern written in a plane may be displayed in a state of being wrapped around a cylinder (hat or cup).

The "object" 45 refers to a basic figure in each illustration example. Specifically, in the example illustrations 1 to 4 of FIG. 3, it is a figure corresponding to the example illustration 5. The "shadowing" 46 is to perform shadowing, and the numbers 1 and 2 attached thereto indicate the kind of the graphical contents. Similarly, the "title" 47 is to perform character modification on an object, and the numbers 1 and 2 attached thereto indicate the kind of its graphical contents. "Ornament around" 4
8 corresponds to a “scattering background” 44 described later. In this figure, there is only one kind of graphical content. The number shown on the right of each "object" 45 indicates the number of objects displayed as basic figures, and is one in this figure. Similarly, the transformation 410 indicates that the graphical feature of the object itself is not changed. However, what this graphic feature is depends on each illustration example. For example, in an illustration example, it is a figure consisting of basic contour lines displayed in black and white,
In another illustration example, the color attached to this is also included. The “transformation” 411 written on the right side of each “title” 47 indicates the type of graphic processing to be applied to the character displayed together with each object. FIG. 5 is an example of the contents of the layout information database in the layout information database 122. The layout information database 122 stores the layout information for each illustration part stored in the illustration example information database 121. In this figure, the “position” 51 described on the right side of an object or the like is the display position of the central part of the object or the like, and the two numbers in parentheses on the right side are
The coordinate values in the X (horizontal) direction and the Y (vertical or depth viewed from the user) direction are shown. The direction described on the right of the "shadowing" 1 indicates the direction of shadowing, and the amount below the shadowing amount indicates the amount of shadowing. The two numbers in the parentheses on the right side indicate the amount of movement of the shadow in the X and Y directions, respectively. "Rotation" 54 described on the right of "Title" 1 and the like means that a character is rotated and displayed, and the number in the right parenthesis indicates the angle of rotation in the clockwise direction. FIG. 6 is an example of a screen displayed under the action of the illustration example presentation unit 13 and the illustration example information presentation unit 15. FIG. 7 is an example of a screen displayed under the action of the illustration editing unit 16 and the illustration component designating unit 17. In this figure, the figure created around the basic contour line of the cup is designated as the object. FIG. 8 shows an example of a completed illustration created by the illustration creating apparatus, an example of the illustration used at that time, and information about the illustrated parts. In the figure, the lower part of the thick arrow line shows the entire contents of the illustration editing, and the upper part of the thin arrow line shows the contents of the editing process. The illustration layout processing section 18 interprets these pieces of information and requests the illustration editing section 16 to perform the necessary editing shown above the arrow. In the shadowing of this figure, the user is requested to specify the outline of the coffee cup, the inside (coffee cup side) is made black, and 3 dots to the left and 3 dots to the left are moved based on the layout information. Put on the side. (As image processing, the product of the black pixel (1) corresponding to the shadow or the black portion of the article and the white pixel (0) corresponding to the white portion of the article is taken.) In the title, the required number of character strings "cups" are copied from the number information, and after moving to a predetermined position based on the layout information, they are rotated as much as necessary.

The operation flow for creating an illustration will be described below with reference to FIG. (Step 21) First, the illustration example presenting section 13 requests the illustration example information searching section 14 for a predetermined illustration, for example, a first example of an illustration about a hat. The illustration example information search unit 14 searches the illustration example database 11 for an example illustration of a hat, and the content is displayed on the display screen. In addition, as a method of searching illustration examples,
In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, an illustration example of a predetermined article such as a hat is ordered and registered in descending order of utility value, and a search method is adopted in that order. A learning function is also added. Of course, besides this,
In order to narrow down the search target, it is possible to specify the presence or absence of background characters and symbols, the presence or absence of color, etc. as additional search keys. However, this is a well-known technique such as using a keyword to search for a necessary book or the like in a library or a data room, and a description thereof will be omitted.

(Step 22) If the first illustration example is an illustration example which is a layout / transformation target desired by the user, referring to this illustration example, the steps following S26 for creating an illustration which is originally intended to be completed are performed. I will enter. (Steps 23 to 25) If the first illustration example is not the desired illustration example, the page turning function is used until the desired illustration example is found. For this reason,
As shown in FIG. 6 displayed, a menu for turning pages is also displayed at the bottom of the example illustration. If there is no desired illustration example, the user will create an illustration from scratch using the illustration editing unit 16 or find a new one from an illustration book or the like and input it. (Step 26) When an illustration example having a desired layout / deformation is found, the illustration example information retrieval unit 14 sends information about the retrieved illustration example to the illustration example presentation unit 13. Specifically, the illustration example information search unit 14 determines, for the illustration example being displayed in the illustration example presenting unit 13 from the illustration parts information database 121 and the layout information database 122, the configuration of the illustration parts, the modification method,
Information such as a layout is searched, and the content (FIG. 4) is displayed on the illustration example information search unit 15.

(Step 27) Based on the information presented to the illustration example information presentation section 15, the user edits the illustration editing section 16 to sequentially create the parts necessary to create a desired illustration. The illustration editing unit 16 has a basic editing function of the circle, straight line, etc., which is necessary for creating an originally desired illustration, and the user creates a necessary illustration part by using this function. The illustration layout processing section 18 mainly performs these basic editing functions for the illustration being edited on the illustration editing section 16.

(Step 28) The user, who has created the necessary parts, follows the contents of the illustration example information presentation section 15 between the parts of the illustration example presented in the illustration example presentation section and the illustration parts created by himself. The illustration layout processing unit 18 is notified of the correspondence relationship using the illustration component instruction unit 17. (Step 29) The illustration layout processing unit 18
Similar content obtained by the search performed when the information is presented to the illustration example information presenting section 15 has already been passed from the illustration example information searching section 14.

(Step 30) Based on this information, the illustration layout processing section 18 requests the illustration editing section 16 to perform the same layout or transformation processing as the illustration example presented to the illustration example presentation section 13. As a result of the above, FIG.
The editing process of the contents shown in is performed, the illustration is completed, and the operation ends.

As described above, the illustration creating apparatus according to the present embodiment interprets the illustration part information and the illustration layout information and performs automatic layout / transformation, so that the user only creates the illustration parts according to the instruction of the illustration creating apparatus. You can easily create an illustration with the desired layout / transformation. It should be noted that the shadow casting in the present embodiment simply uses parallel movement, but it is of course possible to adopt a method of creating a shadow with a slight tilt and then synthesizing the shadow with the original article. is there.

(Second Embodiment) A second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 9A is a functional configuration diagram of the present embodiment. In this figure, reference numeral 91 is an illustration using various methods for shadowing the illustration, specifically, filling in black, diagonal line display, distinction between main shadow and penumbra, display of continuous change of main shadow and penumbra, etc. It is a shadow cast illustration example database which holds an example. Reference numeral 92 denotes a shadow-illustrated example design database, which divides the illustrations stored in the shadow-illustrated example database 91 into parts, and holds an illustration part information database 921 that holds attribute / operation information about the parts and the shadow-illustrated illustrations. It includes a shadowing layout information database 922 holding layout information. Reference numeral 971 is an illustration component contour designating section 971 for designating the contour of the illustration component to be shaded.
It is an illustration parts instruction section including. Others are the same as those in FIG. Therefore, the same reference numerals are given and the description thereof is omitted. The meanings of the solid arrows and the dotted arrows in this figure are the same as in FIG.

The difference between the present embodiment and the first embodiment described above is that the illustration creation is specialized for a shadowed illustration, and the basic configuration and operation contents are the same. Therefore, the description thereof is omitted, and only the function and effect unique to the present embodiment will be described. As an example of a shadowed illustration, a building under sunlight, and naturally an illustration with a main shadow and a penumbra on the shaded side are stored, and when a user draws a building created by himself, As the first method, the relative position and solid angle of the light source seen from the building in the illustration example are calculated based on the building on the illustration side and its main shadow and penumbra. The true shadow and penumbra will be added. This method considers that it can be used for various illustrations by simple mathematical processing and calculation. However, since the contents of this calculation are also described in the books on high school, such as drawing and mathematics, the explanation is omitted. As a second method, a penumbra and a main shadow are attached around the parallel movement in the height direction or the horizontal direction around the contour line of the building drawn by the user. The contents are shown in FIG. 9B. Therefore, if the height of the building 9112 is half that of the building 9111 as an example of an illustration, the main shadow 912
The height of 2 is simply lowered accordingly. Similarly, in the case of a building 9113 whose width is double, the thickness of the main shadow 9123 simply becomes thicker by that amount, and the penumbras 9132 and 913 of both buildings are thick.
As for 3, a predetermined correction is added. At this time,
For the boundary, the penumbra 913 in the illustrated example is translated. This method takes into account that art and illustrations related to art are often not mathematically exact.

(Third Embodiment) A third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 10 is a functional configuration diagram of the illustration creating device according to the present embodiment. In the figure, 101 is an illustration example in which another illustration component is duplicated around one illustration component and a large number of rotated illustration components are arranged (for example, as shown in the illustration examples 2 and 4 of FIG. 3, Hereinafter, an illustration having such a layout will be referred to as a scattered background illustration. 102
Is a scattered background illustration example design database. And the scattered background illustration example database 10
The illustration stored in 1 is made into parts, and the illustration parts information database 1021 that holds characters related to the parts, in particular hiragana or katakana, types of simple figures such as hearts, attribute / operation information, and scattered background illustrations It has a scattered background layout information database 1022 that holds layout information regarding the above. 107
Is an illustration component instruction unit for instructing the above-mentioned two types of illustration components (a central illustration component and an illustration component that is multiply duplicated and placed by rotation). Except for 101, 102 and 107, the others are the same as in FIG. Therefore, by assigning the same number to it,
Description is omitted. Also, the meanings of the real arrow line and the dotted arrow line are the same.

The difference between the illustration creating apparatus of the present embodiment and the illustration creating apparatus of the first embodiment is that the illustration creation is specialized for the background illustrations, and its operation is the same as that of the first embodiment. Is the same as. (Fourth Embodiment) A fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 11 is a functional block diagram of this embodiment.
The configuration will be described below with reference to this figure. Reference numeral 117 denotes an illustration attribute designating section for designating attributes of illustration parts. An illustration component search unit 114 searches the illustration example database for an illustration component based on the designated illustration attribute. Reference numeral 116 is an illustration editing unit.
An illustration parts display unit 1161 that displays a list of illustration parts that are the results of the search by the illustration parts search unit
And an illustration component selection unit 1162 for selecting an illustration component from the illustration component display unit 1161. Reference numeral 118 denotes an illustration example presented on the illustration example presenting section, and an illustration example based on the correspondence of each part based on the parts of the illustration being created by the illustration editing section 116 or the parts selected by the illustration part selecting section 1162. This is an illustration layout processing unit that automatically performs edit processing having the same layout or transformation effect.

114, 116, 117, 1 described above
Except for 18, the others are the same as in FIG. For this reason,
The same reference numerals are given to them, and the description thereof will be omitted. In addition, the meaning of a solid arrow line and a dotted arrow line is also the same.
Next, FIG. 12 shows a flow of procedures for creating an illustration using the illustration creating apparatus of this embodiment. However, since it is the same as the first embodiment shown in FIG. 2 except for S27 and S28, only different points are shown in this figure.

Next, FIG. 13 shows an illustration parts display section 116.
1 is an example of a screen of an illustration editing unit 116 including 1 and an illustration component selecting unit 1162. Next, FIG. 12 and FIG.
The operation of this embodiment will be described below with reference to the differences from the first embodiment. (Step 121) Based on the content displayed on the illustration example information presentation unit 15, the illustration component instruction unit 117 designates the attribute of the illustration component that needs to be created.

(Step 122) The illustration example information retrieval unit 114 searches the illustration component information database 12 for the illustration components having the attributes designated by the illustration component designating unit 117.
All are searched from 1 to obtain the illustration part identifier. Next, the illustration example information retrieving unit 114 obtains the entity of the illustration component corresponding to the obtained illustration component identifier from the illustration example database 11.

(Step 123) The obtained illustration parts are displayed on the illustration parts display section 1161. FIG. 13 shows an example of the screen. (Step 124) The user identifies whether or not there is a desired illustration part in the displayed illustration parts. (Step 125) If there is a desired illustration component, the illustration component selection unit 1162 selects the illustration component. If necessary, the selected illustration component is read into the illustration editing unit 116 and partially modified.

(Step 126) If there is no desired illustration part, the illustration editing unit 116 creates it by itself. As described above, the illustration creating apparatus according to the present embodiment uses created illustration example parts having the same attributes. As a result, the illustration having the layout / transformation with the same effect is reused for each component. Therefore, it is possible to create an illustration in a shorter time than creating a part from the beginning. In addition, the quality of the created illustration is improved because the excellent one is often used.

(Fifth Embodiment) A fifth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 14
FIG. 3 is a functional configuration diagram of the illustration creating apparatus according to the present embodiment.
The configuration will be described below with reference to this figure. 146 is
It is an illustration editor. Then, an illustration example registration instructing unit 1461 that gives an instruction to register the created illustration as an illustration example in the illustration example database 11, and an illustration example attribute input unit 146 that inputs attributes of the illustration to be registered.
2 The illustration example attribute input unit 1462 is
It is also possible for the user to enter new attributes. 14
8 is an illustration layout process having an illustration example layout information generation unit 1481 for generating the layout, transformation and editing operation information of the illustration created by the illustration editing unit 146 and instructed by the illustration example registration instruction unit 1461 for each component. It is a department. Reference numeral 149 shows the above-mentioned registered contents, the illustration example database 11, the illustration example design database 12, the illustration part information database 121 and the layout information database 122 included therein.
It is an illustration example registration unit for appropriately registering data in.

Except for 146, 148 and 149, the others are the same as in FIG. Therefore, the description thereof will be omitted by giving the same reference numerals to them. The meanings of the solid arrows and the dotted arrows are the same as in FIG. FIG. 15 is a flowchart of a procedure for registering an illustration created by the user in the database using the illustration creating apparatus of this embodiment. FIG. 16 is an example of the screen of the illustration editing unit 146.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to both figures, focusing on the differences from the first embodiment. (Step 151) The illustration editing unit 146 creates an illustration. (Step 152) When registering the created illustration in the database, the process proceeds to S153 and thereafter. If you do not want to register, end here.

(Step 153) The created illustration is made into parts, and the illustration example registration instruction section 1461 instructs registration for each part. (Step 154) The attribute of the part is input from the illustration example attribute input unit 1462 for each part. At this time, if necessary, new attributes are also defined. FIG. 16 shows an example of a screen for converting an illustration into parts and inputting attributes.

(Step 155) The illustration example layout information generation unit 1481 uses the illustration example registration instruction unit 1461.
The illustration editing unit 146 automatically generates the layout information of the illustration component instructed in. (Step 156) The illustration example registering unit 149 advances to S15.
The entity of the illustration component, the illustration attribute information, and the illustration layout information obtained in 1 to S155 are registered in the illustration example database 11, the illustration component information database 121, and the layout information database 122.

As described above, in this embodiment,
The illustration newly created by the user can be reused as in the first embodiment. (Sixth Embodiment) The sixth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
This will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 17 is a functional configuration diagram of the illustration creating apparatus according to the present embodiment. The configuration will be described below with reference to this figure.

Reference numeral 173 is an illustration example presenting section. Then, an illustration example component instruction unit 1731 for instructing a part of the components presented to the illustration example presentation unit, and an illustration displaying an operation procedure for performing layout / transformation of the component instructed by the illustration example component instruction unit 1731. Editing operation presentation unit 1
Has 732. Reference numeral 179 is an operation procedure explanation generation unit. Then, the illustration editing unit 17 for layout / transformation of the part instructed by the illustration example part instructing unit 1731
Regarding the above-mentioned operation method, the operation procedure explanation is generated based on the contents searched by the illustration example information search unit 14 from the illustration part information 12.

Except for 173 and 179, the others are the same as in FIG. Therefore, the description thereof will be omitted by giving the same reference numerals to them. Moreover, the meaning of the real arrow line and the dotted arrow line is the same. FIG. 18 is a flowchart of the procedure when the user creates an illustration using the illustration creating apparatus of this embodiment. In this figure, the procedure for searching for a desired illustration example is S21 to S2 of the first embodiment shown in FIG.
The same as 5. So for duplicate steps,
Illustration is omitted. FIG. 19 is an example of a screen of the illustration example presentation unit.

Hereinafter, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.
The difference from the first embodiment will be mainly described. (Step 181) It is confirmed whether or not there is a layout / deformation whose preparation method is to be known in the illustration examples presented to the illustration example presentation unit 173. (Step 182) If there is no one who wants to know how to create the illustration, the illustration is created according to the procedure from S27 in FIG.

(Step 183) If there is a person who wants to know the creation method, the illustrated example parts instruction section 1731 specifies the illustrated parts. (Step 184) The illustration example information retrieval unit 14 determines the operation method on the illustration editing unit 17 for the layout / transformation of the instructed component by referring to the illustration component information database 12
Search from 1.

(Step 185) Operation procedure explanation generation unit 1
79 generates an explanation sentence based on the retrieved contents, and the contents are displayed on the illustration editing operation presenting section 1732. FIG. 19 shows an example of the screen. (Step 186) The user creates an illustration in the illustration editing unit 16 while referring to the operation procedure displayed in the illustration editing operation presenting unit 1732.

As described above, the illustration creating apparatus of the present embodiment uses the illustration editing function to determine the layout / transformation of the illustration by letting the user know the procedure for creating the illustration. You can learn efficiently. (Seventh Embodiment) FIG. 20-about the seventh embodiment of the present invention.
This will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 20 is a functional block diagram of the illustration creating apparatus of this embodiment. The configuration will be described with reference to this figure. Reference numeral 201 denotes a background illustration example database relating to a background illustration part having a blank portion inside, which is a background of a certain illustration part. Reference numeral 202 denotes a background illustration example design database. The illustration stored in the background illustration example database 201 is divided into parts, and an illustration part information database 2021 that holds attribute / operation information about the parts and a background layout information database 2022 that holds layout information about the background illustrations are provided. . Reference numeral 207 is an illustration component instruction unit for instructing the two types of illustration components (a central illustration component and a background illustration component). 2018
Changes the size of the background illustration part by a ratio calculated from the shape of the blank part of the background illustration part and the shape of the central illustration part, so that both illustrations include the illustration part with the blank part of the background illustration part as the center. It is an illustration layout processing unit that arranges parts.

Except for 201, 202, 207 and 2018, the others are the same as in FIG. Therefore, the description thereof will be omitted by giving the same reference numerals to them. Also, the meanings of the real arrow line and the dotted arrow line are the same. FIG.
6 is a flow chart of a procedure for creating an illustration using the illustration creating apparatus of the present embodiment. The creation procedure is
Since it is the same except for S30 of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 2, only the differences are shown in this figure. FIG. 22 is a diagram showing an example of an illustration created by the illustration creating apparatus and information used at that time.

The operation of this embodiment will be described below with reference to both drawings, focusing on the main differences from the first embodiment. (Step 2130) Illustration layout processing unit 201
Reference numeral 8 interprets the information obtained from the illustration example information retrieval unit and requests the illustration editing unit 16 to perform necessary editing. For example, a ratio of 1.3 to enlarge the background illustration is calculated from the shape of the blank portion of the background illustration of FIG. 22 and the shape of the coffee cup, and the background illustration is enlarged using the ratio, so that the coffee cup becomes the background illustration. Arrange the background illustration so that it is included in the blank area.

As described above, the illustration creating apparatus of the present embodiment interprets the illustration part information and the illustration layout information, and enlarges / reduces / arranges the background illustration. As a result, the user can create an illustration with a desired background simply by creating the illustration parts according to the instruction of the illustration creating apparatus. Although the present invention has been described above based on some embodiments, it goes without saying that the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments. That is, the following items are also included.

1. For the convenience of manufacturing, etc., one indispensable constituent element (constituent element) of the present invention may be physically or mechanically divided into a plurality of parts, or conversely, a plurality of constituent elements may be physically or mechanically integrated. I am combining these. 2. A single or a plurality of constituent elements of the present invention are combined with a CPU or the like to form a program.

3. The same program and effect can be obtained by newly storing a required program in the CPU of the existing illustration creating apparatus or adding parts. 4. In order to create illustrations as portraits, we handle the shadows and shadows on facial expressions as illustration parts, and the background illustration parts and background illustrations such as eyeballs and faceless faces, various hairstyles, and limbs.

5. Although some mention is made in Examples and the like, colors can be handled. In this case, not only hues such as red and blue, but also shades, brightness and saturation are handled. However, since it is a well-known technique today to organize and classify these by converting them into digital information, and to make them searchable, the description thereof will be omitted.

In addition, as an application of this, one article such as "red persimmon fruit" is stored as an example of an illustration for storing the red persimmon fruit so that the saturation and the like can be changed depending on the part or place. If the saturation is different, it is possible to use only that part as another illustration part. 6. Left-right asymmetry in human motion is also adopted as a method. As a result, as an example of an illustration, left-right asymmetry, and if something that can express the motion is input, creating an illustration on only one side with respect to the center line makes the other side asymmetrical according to the illustration example. After being deformed,
Of course, it is automatically created in a mode that involves movement.

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As described above, the illustration creating apparatus of the present invention divides an existing illustration example into sub-pictures, and the absolute or relative arrangement or size of the parts and a specific configuration. It is possible to use, divert, or divert the currently-created illustration after recognizing logically and numerically the configuration, means, etc. used for the ordinary illustration configuration such as the presence or absence of images and component partial images, or shadowing.

Therefore, for example, when an illustration created by a profession is adopted as an example of illustrations, the artistic, aesthetic, and illustration-creating techniques which are logically difficult for ordinary people to grasp are applied to this device. If the manufacturer recognizes the program and makes the procedure, etc., the user of this device (general user, so to speak, an amateur) can create his / her own illustration without understanding or understanding to some extent. Can be incorporated into.

Furthermore, the user can easily create an illustration even if he or she does not have expertise in designing / editing operation methods for creating illustrations relating to layout, transformation, and drawing.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional configuration diagram of a first embodiment of an illustration creating apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart of an illustration creation procedure of the above embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an example of data contents of an illustration example database of the above embodiment.

FIG. 4 is an example of contents of an illustration parts information database of the above embodiment.

FIG. 5 is an example of the contents of the layout information database of the above embodiment.

FIG. 6 is an example of a screen displayed by an illustration example presenting unit of the above-described embodiment.

FIG. 7 is an example of a screen displayed by the illustration editing unit of the illustration creating device of the above-described embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a correspondence diagram of an example of an illustration created according to the above-described embodiment and an illustration component of an illustration example stored in advance.

FIG. 9A is a functional configuration diagram of a second embodiment of the illustration creating device according to the present invention. B is a diagram showing a state of being shaded under the action.

FIG. 10 is a functional configuration diagram of a third embodiment of the illustration creating device according to the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a functional configuration diagram of a fourth embodiment of the illustration creating device according to the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart of an illustration creating procedure according to the embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a screen example of an illustration editing unit of the above embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a functional configuration diagram of a fifth embodiment of the illustration creating device according to the present invention.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart of an illustration creation procedure of the above-described embodiment.

FIG. 16 is an example of a screen displayed by the illustration editing unit in the above embodiment.

FIG. 17 is a functional configuration diagram of a sixth embodiment of the illustration creating device according to the present invention.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart of an illustration creating procedure of the above-described embodiment.

FIG. 19 is an example of a screen displayed by the illustration example presenting unit of the above-described embodiment.

FIG. 20 is a functional configuration diagram of a seventh embodiment of the illustration creating device according to the present invention.

FIG. 21 is a flowchart of an illustration creating procedure of the above-described embodiment.

FIG. 22 is an example of an illustration created in the above embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 Illustrative Example Database 114 Illustrative Example Information Retrieval Unit 1141 Illustrative Component Searching Unit 12 Illustrative Example Design Database 121 Illustrative Component Information Database 122 Layout Information Database 13 Illustrative Example Presenting Section 14 Illustrative Example Information Retrieving Section 15 Illustrative Example Information Presenting Section 16 Illustrative Editing Section 17 Illustration parts instruction section 18 Illustration layout processing section 91 Shadowing illustration example database 92 Shadowing illustration example design database 97 Illustration parts instruction section 101 Scattered background illustration example database 1021 Illustration part information database 1022 Scattered background layout information database 1461 Illustration example registration instruction 1462 Illustration example Attribute input section 1481 Illustration layout information generation section 149 Illustration example Registration section 1731 Illustration example parts instruction section 1732 Illustration editing operation instruction section 179 Operation procedure explanation generation section 201 Background illustration example database 202 Background illustration example design database

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Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. An illustration example data storage unit for storing, as data, an illustration example used for creating an illustration, and data for the illustration example stored in the illustration example data storage unit for each illustration component which is a group of partial images. The illustration example design information storage means for storing the design information, which is information created about the contents of the illustration parts of each illustration example in a predetermined procedure, is held in the illustration example data storage means. Illustration example presenting means for presenting the illustration example and at least one of the design information to the creator, and the illustration example presented to the illustration example presenting means or design information related to the design information is stored in the illustration example design information. Illustration example to retrieve from inside the means Information retrieval means and illustration An illustration editing means having a creation / editing function, and an illustration parts instruction means for instructing the creator to input, for each of the uncreated parts of the illustration being created by the illustration editing means, in image units to be the illustration parts And the design information retrieved by the illustration example information retrieval means based on the correspondence between the illustration example presented by the illustration example presenting means and the illustration part of the illustration being created input by the illustration part instructing means. An illustration creating apparatus characterized by having an illustration processing means for performing the same creation and editing processing as an illustration example in units of illustration parts in an uncreated portion of an illustration currently being created. 2. The illustration example data storage means has a new illustration example input section for inputting a new illustration example, and the illustration example design information storage means has an illustration example input by the illustration example input section. The illustration design information creation unit that creates design information for each illustration part that has been created by the creation module, and the illustration design information created by the illustration design information creation unit. The illustration creating apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a new design information addition storage section that is added and retained as new design information. 3. The illustration example data storage unit includes a shadowed illustration example data storage unit that holds an example related to a shadowed illustration, and the illustration example design information storage unit includes a shadow of the shadowed illustration example. Is regarded as an illustration part, and has a shadowing layout information storage section that holds shadowing layout information that is information regarding a shadowing method and content, and the illustration part instructing means is creating the image in the illustration editing section. 3. The illustration component outline designating section for designating an input of the illustration, which is regarded as an illustration component by showing the outline of the portion to be cast by the creator. The illustrated illustration creation device. 4. The layout illustration holding the layout illustration example having a graphic configuration in which at least one illustration component is arranged around a main illustration portion which is a main picture constituting the illustration example. An example storage unit and an illustration component duplication changing unit capable of duplicating the illustration components of the illustration examples of the arrangement illustration storage unit and changing the position and phase information of the illustration components are provided. , A position and phase information storage unit that holds information regarding the position and phase of each illustration component in the layout illustration example, and the illustration component instructing unit creates each illustration component added to the layout illustration being created. 3. A position / phase information instructing unit that enables an operator to input one with less position and phase. The illustration creation device according to item 2. 5. The illustration component duplication changing unit is configured to display an illustration example or at least one of the illustration components held in the layout illustration example storage unit and a shape or size of the illustration currently being created by the illustration editing means. A shape size comparison part for comparing at least one and a shape for each illustration part added when the illustration processing means creates and edits based on the comparison result of the shape size comparison part according to a predetermined procedure. Alternatively, the illustration creating apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising a shape / size changing portion that changes at least one size. 6. The illustration example data storage means, by adding another illustration part to an internal blank part, forms a background illustration or at least one of the background illustration parts as a background of the added illustration part. A background illustration part example storage unit that holds the background illustration part example storage unit, and the illustration example design information storage unit holds information about at least one of the shapes or sizes of the blank parts of the illustration parts stored in the background illustration part example storage unit. The illustration part designating means has a background illustration part designating part for designating a background illustration part or an illustration part added inside thereof as an uncreated part. However, the illustration processing means is added with at least one of the shape or size of the blank portion of the background illustration part. Change the size or shape of the background illustration parts or at least one of the illustration parts to be added by at least one of the shapes or sizes of the illustration parts in a ratio calculated by a predetermined procedure, 3. The illustration creating apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising both illustration part synthesizing units for creating a new illustration so as to include the illustration parts added to the. 7. The illustration example design information storage means includes an illustration and a parts attribute information storage section for holding information about the attribute of each of the illustration examples or at least one illustration part, and the illustration part instruction means, The creator has an illustration for inputting and instructing at least one of the attributes of the illustration example or illustration parts, and a parts attribute instructing section, and the illustration example information retrieval means is an illustration having the attributes instructed by the illustration and attribute instructing section. An illustration part attribute search unit for searching for an example illustration part or an instructed illustration part is provided, and the illustration example presenting unit is for an illustration part searched for by the illustration part attribute search unit or an illustration example having the illustration part. It has an illustration parts attribute display section that presents at least one list, and the illustration editing means, The illustration processing means has a constant attribute illustration part selection section for selecting and inputting an illustration part displayed in the illustration part attribute display section or an example of an illustration having the illustration part selected by the creator. For the illustration inside,
It is characterized by having an attribute processing unit for performing creation and editing processing in a manner of processing the illustration component selected by the constant attribute illustration component selection unit based on the attribute designated by the illustration attribute designating unit. The illustration creation device according to claim 1 or 2. 8. The illustration example design information storage means has an illustration example generation information storage section for storing generation information of the illustration parts for each illustration, and the illustration example presentation means presents to the illustration parts display section. The creator has a generation information generation instruction unit for inputting an instruction for generation information generation display of at least one of the illustrated example or the illustration parts included in the generated information generation instruction unit. An operation procedure explanation generation means for generating an operation procedure required to use the instructed illustration example or illustration part based on the information in the illustration example generation information storage section, and an operation procedure explanation generation means The illustration editing assistance presenting section for displaying the selected operation procedure is included, and the irradiator according to claim 1 or 2, Strike device.