JPH10240953A - Picture display system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a picture display system properly display-controlling a character group to be fitted into the balloon frame of a comic picture. SOLUTION: At the time of inputting display data consisting of a pair of image data including the balloon frame and balloon data including character data showing the character group to display in this balloon frame, a control part 101 magnify/reduce-controls image data corresponding to the displaying capacity of a display part 10 and calculates the size of the balloon frame included in this magnified/reduced image data. Then the part 101 magnify/reduce- controls the character group obtained from character data of balloon data corresponding to this calculating result. Then the comic picture fitting this magnified/reduced character group into the balloon frame included in picture data is generated.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image display system for displaying a comic image, and more particularly to an image display system capable of appropriately controlling the size and type of a character group fitted in a balloon frame.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, image display systems have been operated on various information devices such as electronic books and personal computers. Recently, images to be displayed by the image display system have been diversified, and a comic image is one of the images to be displayed.

In a comic, each page is divided into an arbitrary number of frames, and a picture is drawn on each of the divided frames along with the progress of the story. Then, in a frame called a balloon drawn together with the picture, words and the like of the characters are described. Therefore, the reader will read the story using the pictorial diagram and the words in the balloon.

In a conventional image display system, a comic image including a balloon is managed as one image data. For this reason, for example, when a comic image is reduced and displayed on an information device having a display with a small display area, the character group displayed in the balloon frame is also reduced, so that appropriate display control is not necessarily performed. I could not say that.

[0005]

As described above, in the conventional image display system, for example, when a comic image is reduced and displayed on an information device having a display having a small display area, the comic image is displayed in a balloon frame. There is a problem that a character group is also reduced.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and has as its object to provide an image display system capable of appropriately controlling the display of a group of characters fitted in a balloon frame.

[0007]

According to an image display system of the present invention, image data including a balloon frame and balloon information including character data indicating a character group to be displayed in the balloon frame are paired for each page. An image display system that reads out the image data and the balloon information from the recorded recording medium, and generates and displays a comic image in which a character group obtained from the character data of the balloon information is inserted in a balloon frame of the read image data. , The balloon information includes size information of the balloon frame, and includes display control means for enlarging or reducing a character group to be fitted in the balloon frame according to the size information held by the balloon information. It is characterized by the following.

[0008] In the image display system of the present invention,
The enlargement or reduction of a character group to be fitted in the balloon frame is controlled using size information indicating the size of the balloon frame. For example, when displaying image data in a reduced size, first, the size of the balloon frame included in the reduced image data is calculated from the size information. Then, in the image display system of the present invention, the character group to be fitted in the balloon portion is reduced to a size that fits in the calculated size. As a result,
In the image display system according to the present invention, since the reduction ratio of the character group can be kept to the minimum, appropriate display control is always performed.

The character data indicating the character group may be stored as image data or may be stored as character code data. When stored as image data, there is an advantage that the system does not need to provide a character font.On the other hand, when stored as character code data, the data amount is small and the data is deteriorated. There is an advantage that there is almost no.

A plurality of character data indicating character groups having different languages or expressions are held in one balloon frame, and any one of the character groups is selectively displayed from the plurality of character groups. Is provided, the versatility of comic images will be dramatically improved.

[0011] Further, when considering the encryption of comic images, if all of them are encrypted, a large amount of time is required for decryption during reproduction. Therefore, if a group of characters to be inserted into the balloon frame is encrypted, the time spent for decryption during reproduction can be significantly reduced.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a device configuration of the image display system according to the embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the image display system according to the embodiment includes a CPU 1
1, system controller 12, system memory 13,
ROM 14, operation button controller 15, CD-RO
An M drive 16 and a display controller 17 are provided.

The CPU 11 controls the execution of application programs including an operating system and utilities stored in the system memory 13. The system controller 12 controls the memory and I / O in this system.
This is a gate array for controlling O. The system memory 13 stores an operating system executed and controlled by the CPU 11 and an application program including a utility. ROM 14 is
It is a non-volatile memory device that stores an application program including an operating system and a utility that is read into the system memory 13 and executed and controlled by the CPU 11. This ROM 1
Reference numeral 4 also stores various character font data.

The operation button controller 15 is for taking in operation instructions from the user into the system by controlling various operation instruction buttons. CD-
The ROM drive 16 is an external storage device for reading comic images from a CD-ROM on which comic images are recorded, which is a feature of the present invention. Then, the display controller 17 controls the LCD (1) 18 and the LCD (2) 18
CPU for controlling the display of two display devices.
11 receives the display data and displays it on the LCD (1).
Write to the VRAM (1) 19 for LCD 18 or the VRAM (2) 19 for LCD (2) 18.

FIG. 2 shows functional blocks of the image display system of the embodiment having such a device configuration. As shown in FIG. 2, in the image display system according to the embodiment, the control unit 101 controls the entire system. Then, under the control of the control unit 101, the input unit 102, the access control unit 103, the display unit 104, the display data holding unit 1
05 and the decryption processing unit 106 operate. The control unit 101 and the decryption processing unit 106 are
It is configured as a program stored in the system memory 13 and executed and controlled by the CPU 11. The decryption processing unit 106 is a program for decrypting the encrypted information. Also, the input unit 102, the access control unit 1
03 and the display unit 104 are realized by the operation button controller 15, the CD-ROM drive 16, and the display controller 17, respectively. The display data holding unit 105 is secured on the system memory 13.

FIGS. 3 and 4 show an example of management of comic image data in which a page image and balloon information are managed as a pair according to the embodiment. As shown in FIG. 3, the comic image data of the embodiment is a CD-RO
On M, page images and balloon information are arranged in pairs for each page. These have a structure as shown in FIG. Hereinafter, each data will be described.

Comic image data is a set of pages and is 1
Titles, and these pages are arranged in one file in page order. And each page has the title number to which the page belongs,
It consists of a page number, the number of balloons, the address of each balloon, image data of the page, and all balloon data belonging to the page.

The speech balloon data is the speech balloon I
D, balloon size, display position (relative position with image data), number of multi-languages, and each language unit. Each language unit is composed of a country code ID (including a child character code), an encryption method as encryption information, a parameter for decryption, character data, character modification information, and ruby data.

FIG. 5 shows an example of management of ruby data. When the character data is an image, the ruby data is managed by relative coordinates of the character image data and ruby data (image / code). When the character data is a character code, the ruby data is managed in the order of the character code in place of the coordinate data.

Next, the operation of the image display system of the embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. Work Selection (Step S1) In the image display system of the embodiment, first, a work (title) is selected and a page is specified.

Page Data Transfer (Step S2) The position of the target page data is specified based on the title number and the page number, and the image data is stored in the display data holding unit 1.
Transfer to 05. If the balloon data has been encrypted, it is decrypted using the cipher information as a clue and then transferred to a balloon area. If the language of the speech balloon is specified, only the specified language unit is transferred.

Blow-out processing (step S3) The blow-out portion is analyzed. The balloon data sequentially processes all the balloon data belonging to the page, and displays only the language unit selected by the user at the position relative to the image data. If the balloon portion is a character code, the character code is developed using character font data. When a user requests a language switch, the designated language unit is loaded and expanded.

Display and Transfer of Next Page Data (Steps S4 to S5) The image data stored in the display data holding unit 105 is transferred to the display unit 104 as it is for display. Then, the image data of the next page is loaded into the display data holding unit 105.

Page turning request and end request (steps S6 and S8) When there is a page turning request (Y in step S6),
The processing from step S3 is repeated. In the case of an end request (Y in step S8), this process ends.

Switching Request (Step S7) In the switching request, the following processing is performed depending on the type of request. (A) By preparing the balloon character as a multi-language, the language of the balloon character is changed according to a user's instruction. For example, if Japanese data is prepared in the language unit 1 and English is prepared in the language unit 2 as a multi-language, and if Japanese is displayed at the beginning, the user performs a balloon language switching operation, and Switch and display characters. That is, it can be applied to a translation or the like.

(B) Displaying Characters in Balloons to the Fullest extent When displaying on a display of various resolutions, it is necessary to reduce and display image data, especially on a display of low resolution. The balloon has relative position information with respect to the image data and size information of the balloon frame. Therefore, for example, as shown in FIG. 7 (FIG. 7A shows a display in a normal size, and FIG. 7B shows a display in a reduced size), when the character data is an image, If it fits, the size is displayed as it is, while if it does not fit, it is displayed at the maximum scale within the balloon frame. If the character data is a code, control is performed such as displaying the character data in a balloon frame with an appropriate line feed. Furthermore, by enlarging the character size, it is possible to support a low-resolution display and to display a large character even for a person who has difficulty reading small characters.

(C) Character Modification Modification display such as underline and italic font is performed based on character modification information. (D) Switching between vertical writing and horizontal writing When character data is managed by codes, vertical writing and horizontal writing can be switched from vertical writing and horizontal writing information.

(E) Display or non-display of ruby As shown in FIG. 5, when ruby data is managed separately from balloon characters, ruby is displayed when it is necessary, and is not displayed when it is not necessary. .

The page information analysis unit 106 displays each frame based on frame allocation information (frame order, position, size). Frames arranged over the left and right pages of the double-page spread are displayed rotated 90 degrees.

(F) Children's speech balloon By preparing children's characters, it is possible to display them without using ruby.

As described above, according to the image display system of this embodiment, it is possible to appropriately control the display of comic images in accordance with the display capability of the display device or the user's request.

[0032]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, image data including a balloon frame and character data indicating a character group to be displayed in the balloon frame are processed independently.
For example, it is possible to appropriately control the display of a character string that fits in the balloon frame according to the size and resolution of the display.

Further, by holding a plurality of character data indicating character groups having different languages or expressions in one balloon frame, the versatility of comic images can be drastically improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a device configuration of an image display system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exemplary view showing functional blocks of the image display system of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a CD-ROM of comic image data in which a page image and balloon information of the embodiment are managed in pairs.
The figure which shows the example of arrangement | positioning above.

FIG. 4 is an exemplary view showing a management example of comic image data in which a page image and balloon information are managed as a pair according to the embodiment;

FIG. 5 is an exemplary view showing an example of management of ruby data according to the embodiment;

FIG. 6 is an exemplary flowchart illustrating the operation of the image display system of the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is an exemplary view showing a display state of a balloon according to the embodiment;

[Explanation of symbols]

101 control unit, 102 input unit, 103 access control unit, 104 display unit, 105 display data storage unit, 1
06 ... Decoding processing unit.

Claims (7)

[Claims] An image data and a balloon information from a recording medium in which image data including a balloon frame and balloon information including character data indicating a character group to be displayed in the balloon frame are recorded in pairs for each page. And read
In the image display system for generating and displaying a comic image in which a character group obtained from the character data of the balloon information is inserted in the balloon frame of the read image data, the balloon information holds size information of the balloon frame. An image display system comprising: display control means for enlarging or reducing a character group to be fitted in the balloon frame according to size information held by the balloon information. 2. The image display system according to claim 1, wherein the balloon information holds the character data as image data. 3. The speech balloon information according to claim 1, wherein the character data is held as character code data.
Image display system as described. 4. The balloon information holds a plurality of character data indicating character groups having different languages or expressions for one balloon frame, and the display control means displays the character data according to a user's instruction. 2. An image display system according to claim 1, further comprising means for switching a group of characters to be displayed. 5. The balloon information holds at least one of modification information, character arrangement direction information, and ruby information of the character group, and the display control means includes the modification information, character arrangement direction information, and ruby information. 2. The image display system according to claim 1, further comprising means for controlling display of the character group from at least one of the following. 6. The speech balloon information, wherein the speech data is obtained by encrypting and holding the character data, and further comprising a decrypting means for decrypting the encrypted character data. Image display system as described. 7. An information management method for converting a comic image into a digital image and recording the comic image on a recording medium, wherein the comic image includes image data including a balloon frame and character data indicating a character group to be displayed in the balloon frame. An information management method, comprising dividing the image data into balloon information, and recording the divided image data and balloon information as a pair for each page on a recording medium.