JPH08305880A - Image generating device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To improve the operability of editing by editing constituent elements which constitute an image in optimum editing units. CONSTITUTION: A portrait generating device 1 consists of a ROM 2 storing a program for the generation processing of a portrait and parts data on respective parts such as outlines, eyes, noses, months, hair, eyebrows, etc., constituting characters of the portrait, a CPU 3 which generates portrait screen data and performs editing processing by the respective parts or parts groups having right-left symmetrical characteristics according to the program stored in the ROM 2, a RAM 4 which stores data handled by the CPU 3 at the time of the processing, and a controller 5 which specifies the processing contents to the CPU 3. Since the eyes and eyebrows are symmetrical in right-left relation about characters, they are handled as a parts group of parts with right-left symmetrical characteristics as one editing unit.

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 creates an image by designating a plurality of image parts.

[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 data are prepared for each of the constituent elements such as the contour, eyes, nose, mouth, hair, eyebrows, etc. It is designed to move to the edit mode that displays the icons etc. for setting the parts of the child, and the infant can select each icon with the cursor keys etc. and select each part of the contour, eyes, nose, mouth, hair, eyebrows By setting it, you can easily create a character.

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.

[0006]

However, a portrait is created by designating parts for each of the constituent elements of the character, for example. One must be specified one by one, and for example, both eyes and both eyebrows cannot be edited unless specified for each eye and eyebrows, which makes editing operations especially difficult for infants. There's a problem. That is, since the editing unit is each part unit, there is a drawback that it is difficult for an infant to perform an editing operation for arranging each part at an appropriate position of the character.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and provides an image creating apparatus capable of improving the operability of editing by editing the constituent elements of an image in an optimum editing unit. The purpose is to do.

[0008]

An image creating apparatus of the present invention is an image creating apparatus for creating an image by designating a plurality of image parts, and an instructing section for instructing editing of the image.
Of the plurality of image parts, a plurality of image parts having symmetrical elements are grouped, and corresponding to the instruction of the instruction means,
And an editing unit that edits the group as an editing unit.

[0009]

[Operation] In the image creating apparatus of the present invention, the editing means edits the group as an editing unit based on the instruction of the instructing means, thereby editing the constituent elements of the image in the optimum editing unit, and editing. It is possible to improve the operability of.

[0010]

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

1 to 18 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 shown in FIG. 3, FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing the flow of the portrait creation device of FIG. 1, FIG. 4 is a display diagram showing a display example of the display device in the flow of the portrait creation device of FIG. 3, and FIG. 5 is a flow of the orientation determination process of FIG. 6 is a display diagram showing a display example of the display device, FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a flow of the orientation determining process of FIG. 3, and FIG. 7 is a display diagram showing a display example of the display device when the right orientation is designated in the flow of the portrait creation device of FIG. 8 is a display diagram showing a display example of the display device when the mouth icon is specified in the flow of face creation processing of FIG. 3, FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the flow of face creation processing of FIG. 3, and FIG. 10 is the face of FIG. Mouth in the flow of creation process A display diagram showing a first display example of the display device at the time of icon determination, FIG. 11 is a display diagram showing a second display example of the display device at the time of determining the mouth icon in the flow of the face creation processing of FIG. 3, and FIG. A display diagram showing a display example of a display device at the time of determining a mouth icon in the flow of the part moving process of FIG.
13 is a flowchart showing the flow of the part moving process of FIG. 3, FIG. 14 is a display diagram showing a first display example of the display device when the eye icon is determined in the flow of the part moving process of FIG. 3, and FIG. 16 is a display diagram showing a display example of the display device when the nose icon is determined in the flow of the part moving process of FIG.
FIG. 17 is a display diagram showing a second display example of the display device when the eye icon is determined in the flow of the part movement process of FIG. 3, and FIG. 17 is a third display device when the eye icon is determined in the flow of the part movement process of FIG. 18 is a display diagram showing a display example of FIG. 18, and FIG. 18 is a display diagram showing a third display example of the display device when the eye icon is determined in the flow of the part moving process of FIG.

As shown in FIG. 1, a portrait creation device 1 as an image creation device according to the present embodiment includes a portrait creation program and a contour forming a character which is a portrait,
A ROM 2 in which part data of each part such as eyes, nose, mouth, hair, and eyebrows is stored, and generation of portrait screen data by a program stored in the ROM 2 and generation of each part or a group of parts having bilateral symmetry The display device includes a CPU 3 (editing means) for executing editing processing, a RAM 4 for storing data handled when the CPU 3 executes processing, and a controller 5 (instructing means) for designating processing contents for the CPU 3. A portrait is displayed on the screen 6 by an image signal from the CPU 3. Since the eyes and eyebrows are symmetrical with respect to the character, in the present embodiment, the eyes,
The eyebrows are treated as a group of parts, which is one editing unit, as parts having symmetrical properties.

As shown in FIG. 2, the controller 5 has an up key 21, a down key 22 for designating icons and parts displayed on the display device 6 in the edit mode for creating a portrait.
Right key 23, left key 24, up key 21, down key 22,
The enter key 25 for confirming the icon and the part specified by the right key 23 and the left key 24, the animation key (hereinafter, animation key) 26 for instructing the specified part to perform a predetermined movement, and the end for instructing the end of the editing process. And a key 27.

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

As shown in FIG. 3, the CPU 3 initializes the RAM 4 and the display device 6 for each edit mode processing and the input from the controller 5 which will be described later in step S1.

Then, in step S2, each mode is judged and the process proceeds to the mode processing.
Immediately after the initialization process of (1), the CPU 3 displays an image as shown in FIG. 4 (initial setting character 40, orientation determination icon 41, face creation icon 42, part movement icon 4
3) is displayed on the display device 6, and the orientation determination icon 4 is displayed.
1 is displayed in reverse video, and the direction determination process for determining the direction of the character (face direction) is initially designated. Then, by pressing the enter key 25, step S
The orientation determination process 3 is performed, and when the process is completed, the process returns to step S2, and the image shown in FIG. 4 is displayed again.

Therefore, the left key 24 and the right key 23 are used to specify the face creation icon 42 and the part movement icon 43. For example, the face creation icon 42 is specified (the face creation icon 42 is highlighted). When the enter key 25 is pressed, the face creation processing of step S4 is executed and the process returns to step S2, for example, the parts movement icon 42 is designated (the parts movement icon 43 is highlighted), and the determination key 25
When is pressed, the parts moving process of step S5 is executed and the process returns to step S2. Such processing is repeated.
The parts are not limited to contours, eyes, nose, mouth, hair, eyebrows,
Speech bubbles and graffiti may also be processed as part data.

Next, the details of the above-described orientation determination processing, face creation processing, and part movement processing will be described.

First, the orientation determining process will be described. In the orientation determining process in step S3, as shown in FIG. 5, the character 40 and the rightward icon 51 and the leftward icon 52 for designating the orientation of the character 40 are displayed on the display device 6. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 6, in step S11, the icon 51 and the leftward icon 52 are designated and determined by using the right key 23 and the left key 24. That is,
For example, when the left key 24 is pressed in step S11, the contour of the character is set to the left in step S12, and the positions of the parts of the character are set to the left in step S13, and the drawing is performed, and the process returns to step S11. In FIG.
Since the direction of the character is leftward beforehand, this step S
In the processing of 12 and S13, the image does not change and remains as in FIG.

Next, when the right key 23 is pressed in step S11, the contour of the character is set to the right in step S14, and the positions of the respective parts of the character are set to the right in step S15, and the drawing is performed, and the process returns to step S11. As a result, the right-facing character 40a as shown in FIG. 7 is displayed. Then, when the end key 27 is pressed in step S11, the orientation is determined, and the orientation determination processing ends.

Next, the face creating process will be described. In the face creation processing of step S4, as shown in FIG. 8, part icons for designating the parts of the character 40 and the characters 40 such as ears, contours, mouth, eyes, nose, eyebrows, whiskers, and hair are used. Ear icon 81, contour icon 8
2, mouth icon 83, eye icon 84, nose icon 8
5, eyebrow icon 86, beard icon 87, hair icon 8
8 is displayed on the display device 6.

Therefore, in the face creating process, as shown in FIG. 9, each part icon is designated by using the right key 23 and the left key 24 in step S21, the part is designated by the enter key 25, and the process proceeds to step S22. It should be noted that the parts icon specified by the right key 23 and the left key 24 is highlighted (in the case of FIG. 8, the mouth icon 83 is specified). When the end key 27 is pressed in step S21, the process ends.

Then, for example, when the mouth icon 83 is designated and determined in step S21, as shown in FIG. 10, for example, eight parts data icons 101 to 108 for designating the parts data of the character 40 and mouth parts.
And are displayed on the display device 6. Then, step S22
First, the right key 23 and the left key 24 are used to specify the respective parts data icons 101 to 108, and the enter key 2
In step 5, the part data is determined and the process proceeds to step S23. When the end key 27 is pressed, the process returns to step S21. When the enter key 25 is pressed in the state of FIG. 10, the number corresponding to the part data icon (hereinafter referred to as the part number), which was previously designated in step S23, is stored in the RAM 4 (the part icon data 101 is set by default). Because
As the part number, 1 is stored in the previous part number storage area in the RAM 4), and the process proceeds to step S24.

The part number is, for example, the ear icon 8
1 is 1, contour icon 82 is 2, mouth icon 83 is 3,
Eye icon 84 is 4, nose icon 85 is 5, eyebrow icon 86 is 6, beard icon 87 is 7, hair icon 88 is 8
However, it is needless to say that the definition is not limited to this, and it is sufficient if the definition is identifiable.

In step S24, when the part data icon determined in step S22, for example, the part data icon 105 is designated and determined as shown in FIG. 11, a new part data icon 105 is displayed at the mouth part position.
The mouth part is displayed, and the newly designated part number 5 is stored in the current part number storage area in the RAM 4 in step S25, and the process returns to step S22. By repeating steps S22 to S25, the part data designated and determined in step S22 is displayed at each part position (in this case, the image of FIG. 11 is displayed), and the previous part number storage area in the RAM 4 is also displayed. Also, the previous part number and the current part number are updated and stored in the current part number storage area.

In this way, when the animation key 26 is pressed in step S22 while the previous part number and the current part number are stored in the RAM 4, step S22 is executed.
The processing shifts to 26, and in step S26, the input state of the animation key 26 is determined. That is, step S26
When the animation key 26 is pressed again in step S27, the part with the last part number is displayed in the part position in step S27 (in this case, for example, the image in FIG. 10 is displayed), and in step S28, the CP is displayed.
0 in the count value Timer of the time management counter in U3
Is set, the count value disp of the display management counter in the CPU 3 is set to 0 in step S29, and the process returns to step S22.

Here, a case where the animation key 26 is continuously pressed will be described. In this case, step S2
The procedure proceeds from step 2 to step S26 again. In this case, since the animation key 26 is continuously pressed, the procedure proceeds from step S26 to step S30, and in step S30, it is judged whether or not the value of Timer has reached the predetermined value MAX. If not, the Timer is incremented in step S31 and the process returns to step S22. Since the animation key 26 is continuously pressed, steps S22, S26, S3
The processes of 0 and S31 are sequentially repeated until the timer reaches MAX in step S30.
The previous part displayed in 27 is continuously displayed (for example, the image in FIG. 10 is displayed).

Then, in step S30, Timer is set to M.
When it reaches AX, the process proceeds to step S32, and the value of disp is determined, but in this case it is 0 (step S2
Set to 0 at 9), go to step S33, step S33
In 33, the current part designated and determined this time is displayed (for example, the image in FIG. 11 is displayed), and in step S34, 1 is set in disp.
Is set, 0 is set in Timer in step S35, and the process returns to step S22.

As described above, the parts display of this time is also as follows.
The current part displayed in step S33 is continuously displayed until Timer reaches MAX in step S30. Then, when Timer reaches MAX in step S30, the process proceeds to step S32 to determine the value of disp, but in this case it is 1, so the process proceeds to step S36, and the parts previously designated and determined in step S36 are displayed. (Display of image in FIG. 10), disp in step S37
Is set to 0, Timer is set to 0 in step S35, and the process returns to step S22.

In the previous parts display, as described above, the previous parts displayed in step S36 are continuously displayed until Timer reaches MAX in step S30.

In this way, if the animation key 26 is continuously pressed, the parts are replaced every predetermined time and recognized as a moving image.

Next, a case where the animation key 26 is not continuously pressed will be described. When the animation key 26 is pressed in step S26, the part having the previous part number is displayed in the part position in step S27 as described above (see FIG. 1).
0 image is displayed), 0 is set to the count value Timer of the time management counter in step S28, and step S2
At 9, the count value disp of the display management counter is set to 0, and the process returns to step S22. If the anime key 26 is turned off before returning to step S22, step S
22: Enter key 25, anime key 26, end key 2
It waits for the input of 7, and executes the above processing according to the input.
When the animation key 26 is turned off in step S26, the process proceeds to step S38, the current part is displayed in step S38 (the image in FIG. 11 is displayed), and step S38 is displayed.
Returning to step 22, the input of the enter key 25, the animation key 26, and the end key 27 is waited for, and the above-described processing corresponding to the input is executed.

In this way, the parts are designated and determined, the face of the character is created, and the two parts data are stored so that a moving image, that is, an animation can be displayed.

Next, the parts moving process will be described.
In the part movement process of step S5, as shown in FIG. 12, the character 40 and the movement target such as mouth, eyes, nose,
Mouth icon 121, eye icon 122, and nose icon 1, which are moving part icons that specify each part of eyebrows and mustaches.
23, eyebrow icon 124, and beard icon 125 are displayed on the display device 6.

Therefore, in the parts moving process, as shown in FIG. 13, the right key 23 and the left key 24 are operated in step S51.
Specify each moving part icon using, and press the Enter key 25.
Then, the parts are determined and the process proceeds to step S52. The designated moving part icon is highlighted by the designation with the right key 23 and the left key 24 (the mouth icon 121 is designated as shown in FIG. 12 by default). The process ends when the end key 27 is pressed in step S51.

Then, for example, when the eye icon 122 is designated and determined in step S51, step S5
Press 2 for Up key 21, Down key 22, Right key 23, Left key 2
4. Wait for the input of the enter key 25 and the animation key 26, and execute the process according to the input.

That is, for example, when the up key 21 or the down key 22 is pressed in step S52, step S53.
The position information before the movement of the eyes, which is the part designated and determined in step 5, is stored in the previous part position storage area in the RAM 4, the eyes are moved up and down according to the up key 21 or the down key 22 in step S54, and the movement is performed in step S55. The current part position is stored in the current part position storage area in the RAM 4, and the process returns to step S52. FIG. 14 shows an image when the down key 22 is pressed in step 52 and the eyes are moved downward in step S54.

Next, the processing when the right key 23 or the left key 24 is pressed in step S52 will be described. When the right key 23 or the left key 24 is pressed in step S52, the position information of the part designated and determined in step S56 before the movement is stored in the previous part position storage area in the RAM 4, and the part designated and determined in step S57. Is an eye or an eyebrow that is a symmetrical part group (a group of parts having a symmetrical characteristic) with respect to the character. For example, if the nose icon 123 is specified in step S51, the right key is selected in step S58. 23 or left key 24
The nose is moved to the left or right in accordance with the instruction, the current position of the moved part is stored in the current part position storage area in the RAM 4 in step S55, and the process returns to step S52. FIG. 15 shows Step 5
2 shows the image when the left key 24 is pressed and the nose is moved to the left in step S54.

Next, for example, when the eye icon 123 is specified in step S51, the right key 23 is pressed in step S52.
Alternatively, processing when the left key 24 is pressed will be described. When the right key 23 or the left key 24 is pressed in step S52, the position information of the part designated and determined in step S56 before the movement is stored in the previous part position storage area in the RAM 4, and the part designated and determined in step S57. Is an eye or an eyebrow, which is a symmetrical part of the character. In this case, it is an eye.
When the left key 24 is input at 60, as shown in FIG. 16, the left-eye part 161 is moved leftward and the right-eye part 162 is moved rightward among the symmetrical parts, and when the right key 23 is input as shown in FIG. First, of the symmetrical parts, the left eye part 161 is moved to the right and the right eye part 162 is moved to the left.

In other words, in step S60, the left / right key 23 or the left key 24 is used to relatively symmetrically move the left / right symmetrical parts, and in step S55, the current parts position after movement is stored in the current parts position storage area in the RAM 4. It returns to step S52. As shown in FIG. 18, the left-eye part 161 can be moved to the right and the right-eye part 162 can be moved to the left by inputting the right key 23, and the left and right eyes can be swapped and displayed.

In this way, when the animation key 26 is pressed in step S52 while the previous position information and the current position information are stored, the process proceeds to step S62, and in step S62, the animation key 26 is pressed. Determine the input status. That is, when the animation key 26 is pressed again in step S62, the part is displayed at the position of the previous position information in step S63, the count value Timer of the time management counter is set to 0 in step S64, and the display management counter is displayed in step S65. The count value disp of is set to 0 and the process returns to step S52.

Here, a case where the animation key 26 is continuously pressed will be described. In this case, step S5
The procedure proceeds from step 2 to step S62 again. In this case, since the animation key 26 is continuously pressed, the procedure proceeds from step S62 to step S66, and in step S66 it is judged whether or not the value of Timer has reached the predetermined value MAX. If not, the Timer is incremented in step S67 and the process returns to step S52. Since the animation key 26 is continuously pressed, steps S52, S62, S6
The steps S6 and S67 are sequentially repeated, and the part is continuously displayed at the position of the previous position information until Timer reaches MAX in step S66.

Then, in step S66, Timer is set to M.
When it reaches AX, the process proceeds to step S68, and the value of disp is determined, but in this case it is 0, so step S6
9, the part is displayed at the position of the current position information in step S69, 1 is set in disp in step S70, 0 is set in Timer in step S71, and the process returns to step S52.

As described above, the parts display this time is also as follows.
In step S66, the part is continuously displayed at the position of the position information this time until Timer reaches MAX. When Timer reaches MAX in step S66, the process proceeds to step S68 to determine the value of disp. In this case, the value is 1, so the process proceeds to step S72 and step S72.
Display the part at the position of the previous position information with, and step S7
In step 3, disp is set to 0, and in step S71, Tim is set.
er is set to 0 and the process returns to step S52.

As described above, the parts display at the position of the previous position information also indicates that the timer is MAX at step S66.
Continue to display until is reached.

In this way, when the animation key 26 is continuously pressed, the parts are displayed alternately at the previous position and the current position every predetermined time, and are recognized as a moving image.

Next, a case where the animation key 26 is not continuously pressed will be described. When the animation key 26 is pressed in step S62, as described above, the part is displayed at the position of the previous position information in step S63, and step S64 is executed.
In step S65, the count value Timer of the time management counter is set to 0, in step S65 the count value disp of the display management counter is set to 0, and the process returns to step S52. If the anime key 26 is turned off before returning to step S52, the up key 21 and the down key 2 are pressed in step S52.
2. Wait for the input of the right key 23, the left key 24, the enter key 25, and the animation key 26, and execute the above processing according to the input. When the animation key 26 is turned off in step S62, the process proceeds to step S74, the part is displayed at the position of the current position information in step S74, and the step S52 is performed.
Returning to, the input of the up key 21, the down key 22, the right key 23, the left key 24, the enter key 25, and the animation key 26 is awaited, and the above-described processing corresponding to the input is executed.

As described above, in this embodiment, CP
Based on the operation of the controller 5, U3 uses the mouth, eyes, nose,
In moving and editing each part of the eyebrows, whiskers, while moving and editing each part, the eyes, which are symmetrical parts,
For the eyebrows, the left and right eyes and eyebrows are used as one editing unit.
Since it is possible to move the left and right parts with a single operation, it is possible to easily operate and easily create a portrait.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing the flow of the parts moving process according to the second embodiment of the present invention. The second embodiment is the first
Since this embodiment is almost the same as the embodiment, only different points will be described.

The second embodiment is different only in the method of moving parts by the CPU 3. That is, in the parts moving process of the second embodiment, as shown in FIG. 19, each moving part icon is designated using the right key 23 and the left key 24 in step S91, and the part is decided with the enter key 25 in step S92.
Proceed to. The specified moving parts icon is highlighted by the right key 23 and the left key 24. When the end key 27 is pressed in step S91, the process ends.

Then, for example, when the moving part icon is designated and determined in the above step S91, step S
92, up key 21, down key 22, right key 23, left key 2
It waits for the input of 4, and executes the processing according to the input. For example, when the up key 21 or the down key 22 is pressed in step S92, the parts are moved up and down according to the up key 21 or the down key 22 in step S93, and the process returns to step S92.

Next, the processing when the right key 23 or the left key 24 is pressed in step S92 will be described. When the right key 23 or the left key 24 is pressed in step S92, it is determined whether the part designated and determined in step S94 is an eye or an eyebrow which is a symmetrical part with respect to the character. For example, the nose icon is designated in step S91. If so, the nose is moved left and right according to the right key 23 or the left key 24 in step S95, and the process returns to step S92.

Next, for example, when the eye icon is specified in step S91 and the right key 23 or the left key 24 is pressed in step S92, the parts specified and determined in step S94 are symmetrical with respect to the character. It is determined whether the part is an eye or an eyebrow. In this case, since it is an eye, the left eye part and the right eye part are replaced and displayed in step S96. Incidentally, this exchange is similarly performed by inputting either the right key 23 or the left key 24.

In other words, in step S96, the right key 23 or the left key 24 is used to replace the symmetrical parts, and the process returns to step S92. Other configurations and operations are the same as those in the first embodiment.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the moving and editing process can be performed on the left-right symmetrical parts more easily than in the first embodiment.

Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described. 20 and 21 relate to a third embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 20 is a flow chart showing the flow of part movement processing,
FIG. 21 is a display diagram showing a display example of the display device in the flow of the part movement processing of FIG. Since the third embodiment is almost the same as the first embodiment, only different points will be described.

The second embodiment is different only in the method of moving parts by the CPU 3. That is, in the parts moving process of the second embodiment, as shown in FIG. 20, for the parts of the character, the input of the right key 23 and the left key 24 is waited in step S111, and the process corresponding to the input is executed. The process ends when the end key 27 is pressed in step S111.

That is, in step S111, the left key 24
When is pressed, each part is moved outward from the center of the character in step S112, the process returns to step S111, and next, when the right key 23 is pressed in step S111,
In step S113, each part is moved inward from the center of the character, and the process returns to step S111. as a result,
For example, when the right key 23 is pressed in step S111, an image in which each part is gathered in the center of the character is displayed as shown in FIG. Other configurations and operations are the same as those in the first embodiment.

Therefore, in this embodiment, in addition to the effect of the first embodiment, the moving process of the parts is further simplified, so that the editing operation becomes easier.

Although this embodiment applies the present invention to a device dedicated to portrait creation, the present invention may be applied to other devices such as an electronic notebook and pager.

[0061]

As described above, according to the image creating apparatus of the present invention, the editing means edits the group as an editing unit based on the instruction of the instructing means. There is an effect that editing and operability of editing can be improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

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

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a flow of the portrait creation device of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a display diagram showing a display example of a display device in the flow of the portrait creation device of FIG.

5 is a display diagram showing a display example of a display device in the flow of the orientation determination process of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the flow of orientation determination processing of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a display diagram showing a display example of a display device in a rightward designation in the flow of the portrait creation device of FIG. 3;

8 is a display diagram showing a display example of a display device when a mouth icon is designated in the flow of the face creation processing of FIG. 3. FIG.

9 is a flowchart showing a flow of face creation processing of FIG.

10 is a display diagram showing a first display example of the display device when the mouth icon is determined in the flow of the face creation processing of FIG. 3. FIG.

11 is a display diagram showing a second display example of the display device when the mouth icon is determined in the flow of the face creation processing of FIG. 3. FIG.

12 is a display diagram showing a display example of a display device when a mouth icon is determined in the flow of the part moving process of FIG.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a flow of part movement processing in FIG.

14 is a display diagram showing a first display example of the display device at the time of determining an eye icon in the flow of the part moving process of FIG. 3. FIG.

FIG. 15 is a display diagram showing a display example of the display device when the nose icon is determined in the flow of the part movement process of FIG.

16 is a display diagram showing a third display example of the display device at the time of determining an eye icon in the flow of the part movement process of FIG. 3. FIG.

17 is a display diagram showing a second display example of the display device at the time of determining an eye icon in the flow of the part moving process of FIG. 3. FIG.

FIG. 18 is a display diagram showing a third display example of the display device when the eye icon is determined in the flow of the part moving process of FIG. 3.

FIG. 19 is a flow chart showing the flow of part movement processing according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing the flow of part movement processing according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 21 is a display diagram showing a display example of the display device in the flow of the part movement process of FIG. 20.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Portrait making device 2 ROM 3 CPU 4 RAM 5 Controller 6 Display device 21 Up key 22 Down key 23 Right key 24 Left key 25 Enter key 26 Anime key 27 End key

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. An image creating apparatus for creating an image by designating a plurality of image parts, wherein a group of a plurality of image parts having a symmetric element among the plurality of image parts And an editing unit that edits the group as an editing unit in response to an instruction from the instruction unit. 2. The image parts are face parts constituting a face image, and the group is composed of the face parts having symmetrical elements of the face parts. The described image creation device. 3. The image creating apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the editing unit relatively moves the face parts of the group with respect to a bilateral symmetry axis of the group. 4. The image according to claim 1, wherein the image part is a face part forming a face image, and the editing means edits by moving the face part on a radiation line. Creation device. 5. An image creating method for designating an image by designating a plurality of image parts, wherein the image editing is instructed, and a plurality of image parts having a symmetric element among the plurality of image parts are grouped, An image creating method, characterized in that the group is edited in accordance with an instruction as an editing unit.