JPH08305837A - Image generating device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To improve the operability of editing by editing images which are suitable to editing for every editing mode wherein a generated image is edited. CONSTITUTION: The portrait generating device 1 consists of a ROM2 which stores a program and data for a generating processing for a portrait, a CPU3 which edits portrait screen data by the program stored in the ROM2, a work RAM4 which stores data handled by a CPU3 when the CPU3 performs the processing, a VDP5 which generates an editing screen for the editing processing of portrait screen data under the control of the CPU3, a VRAM6 which stores image data generated by the VDP5, an NTSC encoder 7 which converts the screen data stored in the VRAM6 into an ordinary video signal, e.g. an NTSC signal, and a controller 8 which indicates processing contents to the CPU3.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image forming apparatus. In particular, the present invention relates to an image creating apparatus that performs a display suitable for editing when editing an image.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, with the spread of personal computers and computer game machines, various application software have been developed and widely used.

As the above application software,
In addition to word processing software and spreadsheet software, there is software that can freely create so-called image and sound data.

Recently, as one of the image creating software, an image creating apparatus equipped with, for example, portrait drawing software for infants has been developed. In this image creating device, when a portrait of a person is a character, a plurality of parts having different characteristics are prepared for each part of the face such as the contour, eyes, nose, mouth, and ears that make up the character. It is designed to move to the edit mode that displays icons etc. for setting parts, and the infant can select each icon with the cursor keys etc. and set each part of contour, eyes, nose, mouth, hair Thus, a desired character can be easily created.

Further, with respect to the character created in this way, it is possible to easily set it by an icon or the like by preparing a plurality of backgrounds, dialogues of the character, and balloons for displaying the dialogues as parts in advance. Further, by inputting a free-form curve with the cursor keys, so-called graffiti can be easily performed.

Further, in the above-described image creating apparatus, the display priority is fixed in advance for each component, background, balloon, and graffiti so that the created portrait can be easily recognized. There is.

[0007]

However, for example, when an image with a background, a balloon, and graffiti added to a character is to be edited again, the background and the balloon added once even if the mode is changed to the display in each editing mode. , Graffiti, etc. are always displayed with the character in order of priority,
For example, in an image with graffiti in which a high priority is set for a character, it becomes an image in which the parts that are each component of the character are hidden by the graffiti, making it difficult to see what each current part is, and easily There is a problem that parts cannot be changed.

Further, even in an image in which a speech bubble has a high priority with respect to graffiti, it becomes an image in which the speech bubble is concealed, making it difficult to see what the current graffiti is and it is not possible to easily change the graffiti. There's a problem.

Furthermore, when switching to each editing mode for editing parts, backgrounds, balloons, and graffiti, the displayed images are almost the same in all editing modes, and which editing mode is the current editing mode. Difficult to understand,
There is also a problem that it is difficult to edit.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an image capable of improving the operability of editing by generating an optimum edited image for each editing mode for editing the created image. It is intended to provide a producing device.

[0011]

An image creating apparatus of the present invention is an image creating apparatus for creating an image having a plurality of screens composed of different image data, and a plurality of edits for editing the plurality of screens in different forms. Means and an edit image generation means for selecting and specifying a screen required for editing from the plurality of screens for each editing means and generating an edit image.

[0012]

[Operation] In the image creating apparatus of the present invention, the edited image generation means selects and designates the plurality of screens for each editing means to generate an edited image, so that the created image is edited for each editing mode. It is possible to generate an edit image most suitable for editing and improve operability of editing.

[0013]

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

1 to 22 relate to the first embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a portrait making device as an image making device, and FIG. 2 is an external view showing the appearance of the controller of FIG. 3, FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the VDP of FIG. 1, FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an image stored in the VRAM of FIG. 1, FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram illustrating generation of the balloon graffiti screen of FIG. 4, 6 is an explanatory view for explaining the states of the flags in the display enable register of the control register unit of FIG. 3, FIG. 7 is a flow chart showing the flow of editing processing by the portrait creation device of FIG. 1, and FIG. 8 is for the processing of FIG. 9 is an explanatory view for explaining an image in edit mode 0, FIG. 9 is an explanatory view for explaining one display example by selecting an icon in the image in FIG. 8, and FIG. 10 is an edit mode 1 in the processing in FIG.
11 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an image in edit mode 2 in the process of FIG. 7, FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an image in edit mode 6 in the process of FIG. 7, and FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an image in edit mode 7 in the process of FIG. 7, FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of the background balloon graffiti drawing process in FIG. 7, and FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an image in the edit mode 3 in the process in FIG. 7. 16 is a flow chart showing the flow of the background change main process of FIG. 7,
17 is an explanatory view for explaining an image in the edit mode 4 in the process of FIG. 7, FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing a flow of the graffiti main process in FIG. 7, and FIG. 19 is an image for the edit mode 5 in the process of FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing the flow of the balloon main process of FIG. 7, FIG. 21 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an image in the balloon position selection process of FIG. 20, and FIG. 22 is an image of the balloon character input process of FIG. FIG.

As shown in FIG. 1, a portrait creation device 1 as an image creation device of this embodiment includes a ROM 2 in which programs and data for creating a portrait are stored, and a ROM.
A CPU 3 (editing means) for executing the edit processing of the portrait screen data by the program stored in 2;
Work R that stores the data that 3 handles when executing processing
AM4, a video display processor (VDP) 5 (editing image generating means) for generating an edit screen at the time of edit processing of portrait screen data under the control of CPU3, and VDP
VRAM 6 for storing the image data generated by
And an NTSC encoder 7 for converting the screen data stored in the VRAM 6 into a normal video signal, for example, an NTSC signal, and a controller 8 for instructing the CPU 3 of processing contents.
The portrait made by the VDP 5 is displayed by the NTSC signal from the C encoder 7.

As shown in FIG. 2, the controller 8 has a cursor key 21 for moving a cursor for designating an icon displayed on the display device 9 up, down, left and right on the screen in the edit mode for creating a portrait, and for creating a portrait. A mode switching key 22 for switching the editing mode of and the decision key 23 for confirming the icon designated by the cursor key 21.

The VDP 5, as shown in FIG.
CPU interface section 31 for exchanging data with
And a control register unit 32 for storing various flags used for image data processing, and a part attribute memory unit for storing attribute data of each constituent element of a character that is a portrait, that is, contour, eyes, nose, mouth, and hair parts. 33
And the attribute data of the parts attribute memory unit 33 and the ROM 2
An icon plane generator 34 for generating an icon screen based on the icon image data stored in the ROM, and a ROM
The background image generator 35 for generating a background screen based on the background image data stored in No. 2 and the speech bubble graffiti plane generator 36a for generating a speech bubble scribble screen stored in the ROM2 and the ROM2 are stored in the ROM2. Character plane generator 3 that generates a character screen based on existing character data
6b character plane graffiti plane speech bubble plane generator section 36, priority control section 37 for controlling the display priority of the icon screen, background screen, character screen, and speech bubble graffiti screen, and display priority controlled by the priority controller section 37 The image data from the VRAM 6 in which the icon screen, the background screen, the balloon screen, and the character screen are superposed and stored according to the order is RGB.
RGB D / A converter 38 that converts the analog signal to the NTSC encoder 7 and outputs it to the NTSC encoder 7, an oscillator unit 41 that generates a synchronization signal for the display device 9, and a synchronization count unit 42 that counts the synchronization signal from the oscillator unit 41. A decoder unit 43 for generating a horizontal / vertical synchronization signal based on the count result of the synchronization count unit 42, and a video signal generator unit 44 for generating a video signal by the horizontal / vertical synchronization signal from the decoder unit 43 and outputting it to the NTSC encoder 7. It consists of and.

Note that the VRAM 6 is stored under the control of the priority controller unit 37 in the order of priority of the background screen 51, the character screen 52, the balloon graffiti screen 53, and the icon screen 54 as shown in FIG. become. As shown in FIG. 5, the balloon graffiti screen 53 is input by the controller 8 and the control register unit 3 via the CPU interface unit 31.
2 is generated by transferring the scribble data 53a stored in the RAM section (not shown) to the speech bubble graffiti plane generator section 36a and then transferring the speech bubble image data 53b stored in the ROM 2 to the speech bubble graffiti plane generator section 36a. It

The icon plane generator section 34, the background plane generator section 35, the balloon graffiti plane generator section 36a and the character plane generator section 36b are
The presence or absence of display screen generation processing is designated by the state of the flag in the display enable register of the control register unit 32 shown in FIG.

In this embodiment, there are eight editing modes (editing modes 0 to 7) for the portrait generation process. Each editing mode is: edit mode 0: change parts edit mode 1: move parts edit mode 2 : Change parts color Edit mode 3: Change background Edit mode 4: Draw graffiti Edit mode 5: Create blowout Edit mode 6: Save character Edit mode 7: Print character.

Then, the priority controller section 3
6, a background table (Table 1) that specifies the background to be displayed for each edit mode number, and whether or not to display a balloon for each edit mode number, as shown in Tables 1 to 3 A speech bubble table (Table 2) and a graffiti table (Table 3) for designating whether or not to display graffiti for each editing mode number are stored. The priority controller unit 37 is based on these Tables 1 to 3. Specify display contents together with priority.

[0022]

[Table 1]

[0023]

[Table 2]

[0024]

[Table 3]

In addition to the program, the ROM 2 stores the above-mentioned image data as shown in Table 4, that is, background image data, n pieces of icon image data, balloon image data, and character image data. ,
Character data as shown in Table 5 is stored in the work RAM 4.

[0026]

[Table 4]

[0027]

[Table 5]

That is, as shown in Table 5, the character data includes the name, age, direction, and attributes of each generated character of the portrait, the part number indicating the shape, the color number indicating the color, and the default. The amount of movement in the X direction and the amount of movement in the Y direction on the image with respect to the position, the background number indicating the attribute of the character's background, the graffiti ON / OFF flag indicating whether or not the scribbling is possible, the balloon position and the balloon position / ON indicating whether or not the balloon is possible. An OFF flag, character data which is a line written in a balloon, a graffiti work area start address indicating an address of a RAM unit (not shown) of the control register unit 32 in which graffiti data is stored, and balloon image data 53b stored in R
It is composed of a balloon work area start address indicating the address of OM2.

The graffiti ON / OFF flag is ON
If it is 1, it is 0, if it is OFF, it is 0. Blowout position and ON
The / OFF flag is assigned 0 to 3 according to the preset position of the balloon. In the case of 0 to 3, the balloons are all ON, and in the case of FF (h), the balloons are OFF.

Further, the parts attribute memory unit 33 has a table 6
As shown in, the display coordinate data for displaying the n icon image data shown in Table 4 is stored.

[0031]

[Table 6]

Next, the operation of the present embodiment thus constructed will be described.

As shown in FIG. 7, the CPU 3 resets the data in the VRAM 8 in step S1 to initialize the screen.

Then, in step S2, the edit mode number is set to 0. In step S3, the edit mode number is checked, but in this case, since the edit mode is 0, the process proceeds to step S4, and background bubble graffiti drawing processing described later is performed in step S4. By this processing, as shown in FIG. 8, the screen becomes a background dedicated to changing parts, and icons 62 to 66 indicating the contour, eyes, nose, mouth, and hair are displayed above the character 61. Then, in step S5, a part change main process for changing to the designated part is performed, and in step S6, the edit mode number is changed with the cursor key 21, and the process returns to step S3.

In the parts changing main process of step S5, when the cursor key 21 selects the icon 63 for designating the eyes of FIG. 8, for example, as shown in FIG. 9, the icons 71 to 75 of the parts of eyes having different attributes are selected. Is icon 6
2 to 66 are displayed instead, and one of the icons 71 to 75 is selected by the cursor key 21 to change the parts of the eyes of the character 61. The other parts will be changed as well.

If, for example, the edit mode 1 is changed in step S6, the judgment in step S3 results in step S7.
Then, in step S7, background balloon doodle drawing processing, which will be described later, is performed. By this processing, the screen becomes a background dedicated to moving parts, as shown in FIG. The icon display at this time is the same as the part change main processing, and outlines, eyes,
Icons 62 to 66 showing the nose, mouth and hair are displayed.
Then, in step S8, a part moving process for moving the part specified by the cursor key 21 is performed, and in step S6, the edit mode number is changed by the cursor key 21 and the process returns to step S3.

In step S6, when the mode is changed to the edit mode 2, for example, the process proceeds to step S9 according to the determination in step S3, and background balloon graffiti drawing processing described later is performed in step S9. By this process, the background of the screen becomes a color change-only background as shown in FIG. Step S
In step 10, a color change main process for changing the color is performed. In step S6, the edit mode number is changed, and the process returns to step S3. The icons in the color change main process are icons 81 to 85 indicating colors having different attributes.

Next, in step S6, when the mode is changed to the edit mode 3, for example, the process proceeds to step S11 according to the determination in step S3, and steps S11 and S12.
A background balloon graffiti drawing process and a background change main process, which will be described later, are performed, the edit mode number is changed in step S6, and the process returns to step S3.

At this step S6, when the mode is changed to the edit mode 4, for example, the process proceeds to step S13 according to the judgment at step S3, and steps S13 and S14.
In the background speech bubble graffiti drawing process and the graffiti main process which will be described later, the edit mode number is changed in step S6, and the process returns to step S3.

At this step S6, if the editing mode is changed to the editing mode 5, for example, the process proceeds to step S15 by the judgment at step S3, and steps S15 and S16.
The background speech bubble graffiti drawing processing and the speech balloon main processing, which will be described later, are performed, the edit mode number is changed in step S6, and the process returns to step S3.

In step S6, when the mode is changed to the edit mode 6, for example, the process proceeds to step S17 according to the determination in step S3, and background balloon graffiti drawing processing described later is performed in step S17. In this process, the screen becomes the user-selected background designated by the user, as shown in FIG. Then, a save main process for storing the edited image is performed in step S18, the edit mode number is changed in step S6, and the process returns to step S3. In the save main process, for example, three images can be stored.
Icons 91 to 93 for designating the storage destination are displayed (FIG. 12).

Next, in step S6, when the mode is changed to the edit mode 7, for example, the process proceeds to step S19 according to the judgment in step S3, and background balloon graffiti drawing processing described later is performed in step S19. With this process, the screen is
As shown in, the background becomes the user-selected background specified by the user. Then, the print main process of printing the edited image is performed in step S20, the edit mode number is changed in step S6, and the process returns to step S3 to repeat the process. In the print main process, for example, four types of magnifications can be printed, that is, 1 time, 2 times, 4 times, and 8 times, so that icons 101 to 104 for designating the magnification are displayed (FIG. 13).

Next, the above steps S4, S7, S9,
The background balloon graffiti drawing processing in S11, S13, S15, S17 and S19 will be described. The background speech bubble graffiti drawing processing is performed by the VDP 5, and as shown in FIG. 14, the priority controller 37 reads the background table (Table 1) according to the edit mode number in step S31. For example, when the edit mode is 0, Since it is a background dedicated to changing parts, in step S32, the corresponding background image data is generated by the background generator unit 35 and is output to the VRAM 8, and the process proceeds to step S34.

If the edit mode is 7 in step S31, the background is selected by the user. Therefore, the process proceeds to step S33 and the background number is read from the character data (Table 5) stored in the work RAM 4 in step S33. The background image data corresponding to the background number is generated by the unit 35 and is output to the VRAM 8, and the process proceeds to step S34.

In step S34, the priority controller 37 reads the graffiti table (Table 3) according to the edit mode number. For example, when the edit mode is 7, the display is a display, so the character data stored in the work RAM 4 in step S35. From (Table 5) Graffiti ON / O
If the FF flag is read and ON, graffiti data exists, so in step S36 the control register unit 3
The graffiti data is read from the RAM unit (not shown) 2 and is output to the balloon graffiti plane generator 36a, and the process proceeds to step S37. If the graffiti ON / OFF flag is not ON, the process directly proceeds from step S35 to step S37. Further, for example, in the case where the edit mode is 7, it is not displayed, and therefore the process directly proceeds from step S34 to step S37.

In step S37, the priority controller 37 reads the balloon table (Table 2) according to the edit mode number and, for example, when the edit mode is 7, it is a display, so the character data stored in the work RAM 4 in step S38. The balloon position / ON / OFF flag is read from (Table 5), and if it is ON, a balloon exists, so the balloon image data 53b stored in the ROM 2 is stored in the balloon position stored in step S39. The data is overwritten and transferred to the section 36a and is output to the VRAM 8, and the processing is ended. If the balloon position / ON / OFF flag is not ON, or if the edit mode is 7, for example, it is not displayed and the process ends from step S37 and step S38.

Next, the background change main processing in step S12 will be described. In the background change main process, since the edit mode 3 is set, the background balloon scribble drawing process causes the background to be the user-selected background specified by the user as shown in FIG. 15 (Table 1), and the background is specified again this time. Icon 111 showing a background with different attributes
~ 115 are displayed.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 16, in the background change main processing, the CPU 3 waits for the selection of the icons 111 to 115 by the cursor key 21 in step S51. Then, in step S52, it is determined whether or not the enter key 23 is input, and if it is input, step S53.
The background number of the character data (Table 5) is changed by the icons 111 to 115 selected in step S54, the background image generator 35 generates background image data corresponding to the background number in step S54, and the background image data is output to the VRAM 8. Return to S51.

If the enter key 23 is not pressed in step S52, it is determined in step S55 whether the mode switching key 22 has been pressed. If not, the process returns to step S52 to wait for the enter key 23 to be pressed. When the mode switching key 22 is pressed, it means that the switching of the editing mode has been selected, so the background changing main process is terminated.

Next, the graffiti main process in step S14 will be described. In the graffiti main process, since the edit mode 4 is used, the background balloon scribble drawing process causes the background to be the user-selected background specified by the user as shown in FIG. 17 (Table 1). An pencil icon 121 and an erase (eraser) icon 122 for erasing graffiti are displayed.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 18, in the graffiti main process, the CPU 3 waits for selection of the pencil icon 121 and the eraser icon 122 by the cursor key 21 in step S71. Then, in step S72, it is determined whether or not the enter key 23 has been input, and if so, it is determined in step S73 whether or not the pencil icon 121 has been selected. Overwrite the data and set the graffiti ON / OFF flag to ON in step S75.
Return to step S71.

Then, steps S71 to S73 are repeated, and when it is determined that the pencil icon 121 is not selected in step S73, the process proceeds to step S76, the scribble data on the balloon scribble surface is erased in step S76, and the scribble ON / ON in step S77. OFF flag is OF
Set to F and return to step S71.

Then, steps S71 to S72 are repeated again. If the enter key 23 is not input in step S72, it is determined in step S78 whether or not the mode switching key 22 has been input. If not, the process proceeds to step S72. Waiting for the return determination key 23 to be input, and when the mode switching key 22 is input, it means that the editing mode switching has been selected. Therefore, in step S79, it is determined whether the graffiti ON / OFF flag is ON,
In this case, since the data of the balloon graffiti surface has been changed, the graffiti data is stored in the RAM unit (not shown) of the control register unit 32 in step S80, and the process ends. If the graffiti ON / OFF flag is OFF, the graffiti data is not stored. Since it does not exist, the process is terminated.

Next, the balloon main processing in step S16 will be described. In the balloon main process, since the edit mode 5 is set, the background balloon scribble drawing process provides a background only for the balloon screen as shown in FIG. 19 (Table 1), and the creation icon 131 for designating the creation of the balloon and the deletion are performed. A delete icon 132 is displayed.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 20, in the balloon main process, the CPU 3 waits for selection of the create icon 131 and the delete icon 132 by the cursor key 21 in step S91. Then, in step S92, it is determined whether or not the enter key 23 has been input, and if so, it is determined in step S93 whether or not the delete icon 132 has been selected. If not, the balloon position selection processing is executed in step S94. To do. In the balloon position selection processing, as shown in FIG. 21, a balloon is displayed by a broken line at a position where the balloon is to be arranged on the screen, whereby the balloon position is selected and designated by the cursor 21.

When this balloon position selection processing is completed,
In step S95, a balloon character input process is executed. In the speech bubble character input process, as shown in FIG. 22, icons 141 to 143 for selecting three types of predetermined speech lines to be input to the speech balloon are displayed, and the dialogue is selected by the cursor 21.

When this balloon character input process is completed,
In step S96, the balloon image data is written on the balloon doodle surface, and in step S97, the balloon position is turned ON / O.
The position is set in the FF flag, and the process returns to step S91.

Then, steps S91 to S93 are repeated, and when it is determined that the delete icon 132 is selected in step S73, the process proceeds to step S98 and step S98.
The balloon image data on the balloon doodle surface is erased with, and the balloon position ON / OFF flag is turned OFF in step S99.
Set to F and return to step S91.

Then, steps S91 to S92 are repeated again, and if the enter key 23 is not pressed in step S92, the mode switching key 22 is pressed in step S100.
Is entered, and if it is not entered,
The process returns to step S92 to wait for the enter key 23 to be input, and when the mode switch key 22 is input, the edit mode switch has been selected.
In step 1, it is determined whether or not the balloon position ON / OFF flag is ON. If the flag is ON, the data of the balloon graffiti surface has been changed. Therefore, in step S102, the character data in the work RAM 4 is changed and the balloon graffiti surface is updated. Finished, the balloon position ON / OFF flag is OF
In the case of F, since the balloon image data does not exist, the processing is ended as it is.

In summary of the above explanation, the parts are changed in the edit mode 0. Since the main purpose of this edit mode screen is to change parts, it is not necessary to display the background selected by the user, and a background dedicated to parts change is displayed so that it can be seen at a glance that the user is currently in the parts change screen. Also, the balloons and graffiti, which have a higher priority than the character and which prevent changing parts, are not displayed.

In the edit mode 1, the parts are moved.
Since the main purpose is to move parts on this edit mode screen, it is not necessary to display the background selected by the user, and a background dedicated to parts movement is displayed so that it can be seen at a glance that the user is currently on the parts movement screen. In addition, balloons and scribbles, which have a higher priority than characters and impede movement of parts, are not displayed.

In edit mode 2, the color of the part is changed. Since the main purpose of this edit mode screen is to change the color of the parts, it is not necessary to display the background selected by the user, and a background dedicated to color change is displayed so that it is possible to see at a glance that the user is currently on the color change screen. Also, a balloon that has a higher priority than the character and prevents color changes,
Do not display graffiti.

In edit mode 3, the background is changed. Since the main purpose of this edit mode screen is to change the background, it is necessary to display the background selected by the user. Also, speech bubbles and graffiti, which have a higher priority than the background and interfere with the background change, are not displayed.

In edit mode 4, graffiti is drawn.
Since the main purpose of this edit mode screen is to draw graffiti on the characters and background, it is necessary to display the background selected by the user. In addition, a balloon that has a higher priority than graffiti and hinders the drawing of graffiti is not displayed.

In the edit mode 5, a balloon is created. Since the main purpose of this edit mode screen is to create a balloon, the background selected by the user does not need to be displayed in particular, and a background dedicated to the balloon screen is displayed so that it is possible to see at a glance that the current balloon screen is present. Although the graffiti may or may not be displayed, it is not displayed in this embodiment.

In edit mode 6, the character created by the user is saved in the RAM. In this embodiment, graffiti is not image data stored in advance, so it is not displayed in this edit mode.

In edit mode 7, the character created by the user is printed out. On this edit mode screen, all the things that can be printed out, such as the background, blowing out, and graffiti, are displayed.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the parts, the background, the balloon, and the graffiti necessary for editing are displayed according to the editing mode. Therefore, the editing can be performed easily and the background can be edited. Since the dedicated background is provided according to the mode, the editing mode can be easily recognized and the operability of editing can be improved.

Although the background and the balloon are selected in each edit mode, the same effect can be obtained even when the background and the balloon fixed in advance are displayed.

Although the character created by the user is displayed at the time of changing parts, moving parts, etc., the present invention is not limited to this, and a character peculiar to the screen may be displayed. The character unique to the screen is, for example, a silhouette character drawn in black, and can be displayed when it is not necessary to display a character created by the user, such as a background change screen and a balloon screen.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. 23 to 27 relate to a second embodiment of the present invention,
FIG. 23 is a block diagram showing the configuration of VDP, and FIG. 24 is FIG.
3 is an explanatory view for explaining the state of flags in the α / β enable register of the control register unit for controlling the α / β selector, and FIG. 25 is a first flowchart showing the flow of background speech bubble graffiti drawing processing using the VDP of FIG. Flow chart of the
FIG. 26 is a second flowchart showing the flow of the background balloon graffiti drawing process using the VDP of FIG. 23, and FIG. 27 is an explanatory diagram illustrating images in edit modes 0 and 1 in the process of FIG. Since the second embodiment is almost the same as the first embodiment, only different configurations will be described, the same configurations will be denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof will be omitted.

As shown in FIG. 23, VDP of the second embodiment
5a is an icon plane generator unit 34, a background plane generator unit 35, a balloon graffiti plane generator unit 36a.
And α / β selectors 201 to 204 for inputting the image data from the character plane generator 36b and selectively outputting from the two output ports α port and β port, and α / β
The selector 201 to 204 is configured to include a calculation unit 205 that calculates the image data selectively output from the α port and the β port by a method described later and outputs the calculated image data to the VRAM 8.

In the second embodiment, in addition to displaying / non-displaying the balloon graffiti surface by the calculation unit 205, it is possible to display it semi-transparently by a method described later. Therefore, in the second embodiment, the α / β selector 201
In order to select the image data output from the α port and the β port of 204 to 204, the display screen generation operation is designated by the state of the flag in the α / β enable register of the control register unit 32 shown in FIG.

Then, the priority controller section 3
6 shows a balloon table (Table 7) for designating the presence / absence of a balloon and semi-transparent display for each edit mode number, as shown in Tables 7 and 8, and graffiti for each edit mode number. A graffiti table (Table 8) for designating whether or not to be displayed is stored, and the priority controller unit 37 designates the display contents together with the priority order based on Tables 7 and 8. The other structure is the same as that of the first embodiment.

[0075]

[Table 7]

[0076]

[Table 8]

The operation of this embodiment thus constructed will be described with reference to FIGS. 25 and 26. In this embodiment, the background balloon graffiti drawing processing is only partially different from that of the first embodiment, and therefore only the different points will be described.

As shown in FIG. 25, the background balloon graffiti drawing process of this embodiment is performed in steps S31 to S31 of the first embodiment.
The description up to S36 is omitted because it is the same. The graffiti table read in step S34 of FIG.
Table.

The processing after step S37 of the first embodiment is different from that of this embodiment. That is, in the present embodiment, instead of step S37, as shown in FIG.
In step 151, it is determined whether or not the balloon position ON / OFF flag is ON, and if it is not ON, the process ends, but if it is ON, the balloon table (Table 7) corresponding to the edit mode is read in step S152, and the balloon table In the case of display (editing modes 2 and 3), the process is terminated, but in the case of display (editing modes 4 to 7), step S1
At 53, the image data is read out from the icon plane generator section 34, the background plane generator section 35, the balloon graffiti plane generator section 36a, and the character plane generator section 36b, and at step S154, the α / β selectors 201-201.
The calculation is performed from both the α port and the β port of 204 to the calculation unit 205, and the calculation unit 205 adds the outputs to the VRAM 8 and ends the processing.

In the case of semi-transparent display (editing mode 0, 1), the image data is read from the icon plane generator 34, the background plane generator 35 and the character plane generator 36b in step S155, and α is read in step S156. / Β Selector 201, 203, 204 α
Output from both the port and the β port to the arithmetic unit 205, and the arithmetic unit 205 adds and outputs to the VRAM 8, and the image data from the balloon graffiti plane generator unit 36a is α / β.
Only the selector 202α port outputs to the VRAM 8 via the arithmetic unit 205, and the processing is completed.

By performing such processing, the image data on the α port side becomes as shown in FIG. 27 (a).
The image data on the β port side in the case of translucent display is shown in FIG. 27.
As shown in (b), the image data does not have a balloon graffiti surface. As a result, the output image data of the calculation unit 205 is
As shown in FIG. 27C, the image data has a translucent balloon graffiti surface.

The other operations are the same as in the first embodiment.

As described above, in this embodiment, in addition to the effect of the first embodiment, the background and parts can be edited while watching the balance with the balloon, so that the entire view can be seen. It is possible to create a character.

It should be noted that it is not limited to the speech balloons that are made semi-transparent, and it is possible to use graffiti and characters.

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As described above, according to the image creating apparatus of the present invention, the edited image creating means creates a edited image by selecting and designating a plurality of screens for each editing means, so that the created image is edited. There is an effect that an edit image most suitable for editing can be generated for each edit mode, and editing operability can be improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a first embodiment of a portrait creation device as an image creation device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an external view showing the external appearance of the controller shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the VDP shown in FIG.

4 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an image stored in the VRAM of FIG. 1. FIG.

5 is an explanatory diagram illustrating generation of the speech bubble graffiti screen of FIG. 4. FIG.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram illustrating states of flags in a display enable register of the control register unit of FIG.

7 is a flowchart showing a flow of editing processing by the portrait creation device of FIG. 1. FIG.

8 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an image in edit mode 0 in the processing of FIG. 7. FIG.

9 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a display example by selecting an icon in the image in FIG. 8. FIG.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an image in edit mode 1 in the process of FIG. 7.

11 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an image in edit mode 2 in the processing of FIG. 7. FIG.

12 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an image in edit mode 6 in the processing of FIG. 7. FIG.

13 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an image in edit mode 7 in the processing of FIG. 7. FIG.

14 is a flowchart showing a flow of background balloon doodle drawing processing of FIG. 7. FIG.

FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an image in edit mode 3 in the process of FIG. 7.

16 is a flowchart showing a flow of background change main processing in FIG. 7. FIG.

17 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an image in edit mode 4 in the process of FIG. 7. FIG.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing the flow of graffiti main processing in FIG. 7.

19 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an image in edit mode 5 in the process of FIG. 7. FIG.

20 is a flowchart showing the flow of the balloon main process of FIG.

FIG. 21 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an image in the balloon position selection process of FIG. 20.

22 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an image in the balloon character input process of FIG. 20. FIG.

FIG. 23 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a second embodiment of the VDP of the present invention.

24 is an explanatory diagram illustrating states of flags in an α / β enable register of a control register unit that controls the α / β selector in FIG. 23.

25 is a first flowchart showing the flow of background balloon graffiti drawing processing using the VDP of FIG. 23.

FIG. 26 is a second flowchart showing the flow of background balloon doodle drawing processing using the VDP of FIG. 23.

27 is an explanatory diagram illustrating images in edit modes 0 and 1 in the process of FIG. 26. FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Portrait making device 2 ROM 3 CPU 4 Work RAM 5 VDP 6 VRAM 7 NTSC encoder 8 Controller 9 Display device 21 Cursor key 22 Mode switching key 23 Decision key 31 CPU interface part 32 Control register part 33 Parts attribute memory part 34 Icon surface generator Part 35 Background Surface Generator Part 36 Character Surface Graffiti Surface Speech Bubble Surface Generator Section 36a Speech Bubble Graffiti Surface Generator Section 36b Character Surface Generator Section 37 Priority Controller Section 38 RGBD / A Converter 41 Oscillator Section 42 Sync Count Section 43 Decoder Section 44 Video Signal Generator Department

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An image creating apparatus for creating an image having a plurality of screens composed of different image data, a plurality of editing means for editing the plurality of screens in different forms, and the plurality of screens for each of the editing means. An image creating apparatus comprising: an edit image creating unit that selects and designates a screen required for editing from among the above and creates an edit image. 2. The plurality of screens include at least a background screen and a character screen for displaying a plurality of parts image data, and the editing means for editing the background screen configures the background screen from the plurality of background image data. Edit the background screen by selecting the background image data to be edited, the editing means for editing the character screen, a plurality of parts image data group stored for each of a plurality of parts image data constituting the character screen The character screen is edited by selecting each of them, and the edited image generation means selects and designates a predetermined background screen as a background screen when the editing means for editing the character screen is editing the character screen. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein 3. An image creating method for creating an image having a plurality of screens composed of different image data, wherein each of the plurality of screens is edited in a different form, and each of the edit forms is edited from among the plurality of screens. An image creating method characterized by selecting and specifying a screen required for creating an edited image.