Representation data control system, and representation data control device constituting it, and recording medium recording its program
First Claim
1. An expression data control system, being characterized in that the system comprises:
- a control data generating unit generating control data representative of actions/conditions of animation as expression data;
an expression data control unit controlling the expression data based on the control data; and
an input unit enabling an input using a combination of icons representative of actions/conditions of the expression data, wherein the control data generating unit generates the control data based on a selected one of the icons.
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Abstract
A terminal displays icons (111) representative of actions/conditions of expression data, such as animation, sound, or text, on an icon palette (110). Further, on the terminal'"'"'s display screen, there is provided a control input area (120) where icons (121) and text (122) are displayed in a mixture, allowing the user to input an icon (121) by selecting it from the icons (111) on the icon palette (110) and to input text (122) from a keyboard or the like. The terminal controls the actions/conditions of a character representing the user displayed in the animation display area (100a) based on input results in accordance with the icon (121) and displays the text (122) positioned immediately after the icon (121) in synchronism with the animated character representing the user. In this manner, an expression data control system is realized which is capable of quickly and correctly controlling various expressions, including subtle differences between them.
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21 Claims
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1. An expression data control system, being characterized in that the system comprises:
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a control data generating unit generating control data representative of actions/conditions of animation as expression data;
an expression data control unit controlling the expression data based on the control data; and
an input unit enabling an input using a combination of icons representative of actions/conditions of the expression data, wherein the control data generating unit generates the control data based on a selected one of the icons. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An expression data control device, being characterized in that the device comprises:
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a control data generating unit generating control data representative of actions/conditions of animation as expression data; and
an input unit enabling an input using a combination of icons representative of actions/conditions of the expression data, wherein the control data generating unit generates the control data based on a selected one of the icons. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 19, 20)
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15. An expression data control system, being characterized in that it comprises:
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a control data generating unit generating control data representative of actions/conditions of expression data;
an expression data control unit controlling the expression data based on the control data received through a communications path;
an input unit enabling an input using a combination of icons representative of the actions/conditions of the expression data;
a resource memory unit adding or substituting resource data for reproducing the expression data having controllable actions/conditions and storing the resource data; and
a resource feeding unit feeding the resource data stored in the resource memory unit to the expression data control unit before the generation and transmission of the control data is repeated, wherein the control data generating unit generates the control data based on a selected one of the icons.
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18. An expression data control system, being characterized in that it comprises:
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a control data generating unit generating control data instructing an expression method of text as expression data;
an expression data control unit controlling the expression data based on the control data; and
input unit enabling an input using icons representative of a display method of the text in a mixture with the text, wherein;
the control data generating unit generates the control data based on a selected one of the icons; and
the expression data control unit changes the display method of the text input positioned immediately before or after an icon in accordance with the selected icon.
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21. A storage medium storing an expression data control program generating control data representative of actions/conditions of animation as expression data, wherein
the storage medium stores a program causing a computer to operate as: -
an input unit enabling an input using a combination of icons representative of the actions/conditions of the expression data; and
a control data generating unit generating the control data based on a selected one of the icons.
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