Cellular terminal, method for creating animation of cellular terminal, and animation creation system

• US 20050017976A1
• Filed: 10/25/2002
• Published: 01/27/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 10/29/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Ueda, Hirotaka, Minakuchi, Mitsuru, Sakakura, Kentaro
• Application Number:
  US10/493,819
• Publication Number:
  US 20050017976A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/473
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 13/20 3D [Three Dimensional] animation
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72427 for supporting games or graphical animations

Abstract

An animation data producing method of producing second animation data by replacing specific element data of first animation data with different data, includes the steps of extracting element data included in the different data and a tag for determining the element data, replacing the specific element data included in the first animation data with the element data corresponding to the extracted tag matching with the tag for determining the element data, and producing the second animation data.

Claims

1. An animation data producing method of processing a portion of first animation data with different data to produce second animation data, comprising the steps of:

extracting element data included in said different data;

determining a key frame to be processed among a plurality of key frames included in the first animation data; and

processing a portion of said determined key frame based on said element data to produce the second animation data.

2. The animation data producing method according to claim 1, wherein

said step of determining the key frame to be processed among the plurality of key frames included in said first animation data is performed to determine the key frame to be processed based on said extracted data.

3. The animation data producing method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of:

receiving external data as said different data, wherein

said element data and each of said key frames of said first animation data include tags for determining processing portions, respectively, and

when a match occurs between the tags, real data corresponding to the tag of the key frame of the first animation data is processed with real data corresponding to the tag of said element data to produce the second animation data.

4. The animation data producing method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of:

registering said received external data in time sequence, wherein

said plurality of key frames included in said first animation data are successively processed based on said external data registered in time sequence to produce the second animation data.

5. The animation data producing method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of:

analyzing a method of processing said element data based on a kind of said element data, wherein

said second animation data is produced based on said processing method.

6. The animation data producing method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of:

selecting said first animation data from a plurality of preregistered animation data based on a result of meaning analysis of the message contents included in said element data.

11. The animation data producing method according to claim 1, wherein

said external data includes data for determining a kind of said first animation data, and the data for determining the kind of said first animation data is managed independently of the data representing said contents of the message.

7. An animation data producing method for use in a chat system producing second animation data based on first animation data and external data sent from one or a plurality of terminal devices, and displaying the produced second animation data on said terminal device, comprising the steps of:

receiving said external data including data for determining a processing portion of said first animation data and data representing message contents;

determining a key frame to be processed among a plurality of key frames included in said first animation data based on the data for determining said processing portion;

producing the second animation data by processing a portion of said determined key frame with the data representing said message contents; and

displaying the second animation data including said message contents on said terminal device.

8. The animation data producing method according to claim 7, further comprising the steps of:

storing said external data together with time information upon every reception of said external data; and

extracting said stored external data corresponding to a time range when said external data includes data specifying said time range, wherein

new animation is produced based on said extracted external data.

9. The animation data producing method according to claim 7, wherein:

said external data includes data determining a place;

said animation data producing method further comprises the steps of;

storing said external data upon every reception of said external data, and

extracting said stored external data corresponding to said place when said external data includes the data specifying the place; and

new animation is produced based on said extracted external data.

10. The animation data producing method according to claim 7, wherein:

said external data includes data for specifying a speaker;

said animation data producing method further comprises the steps of;

storing said external data upon every reception of said external data, and

extracting said stored external data corresponding to said speaker when said external data includes the data specifying the speaker; and

new animation is produced based on said extracted external data.

12. An animation data producing method for use in a chat system producing second animation data based on first animation data and external data sent from one or a plurality of terminal devices, and displaying the produced second animation data on said terminal device, comprising the steps of:

sending said external data including data for determining a processing portion of said first animation data and data representing message contents; and

determining a key frame to be processed among a plurality of key frames included in said first animation data based on the data for determining said processing portion, processing a portion of said determined key frame with the data representing said message contents, and displaying the second animation data including said message contents produced by the processing.

13. An animation data producing device (102) for producing second animation data by processing a portion of first animation data with different data, comprising:

means (307) for extracting element data included in said different data;

means (302) for determining a key frame to be processed among a plurality of key frames included in the first animation data based on said extracted element data; and

means (301) for producing the second animation data by processing a portion of the determined key frame based on said element data.

14. An animation data producing device (102) for use in a system for producing second animation data based on first animation data and external data sent from one or a plurality of terminal devices, and displaying the produced second animation data on said terminal device, comprising:

means (312) for receiving said external data including data for determining a processing portion of said first animation and data representing message contents;

means (302) for determining a key frame to be processed among a plurality of key frames included in said first animation data based on the data for determining said processing portion;

means (301) for producing the second animation data by processing a portion of said determined key frame with the data representing said message contents; and

means (311) for displaying the second animation data including said message contents on said terminal device.

15. A terminal device (104) for use in a system for producing second animation data based on first animation data and external data sent from one or a plurality of terminal devices, and displaying the produced second animation data on said terminal device, comprising:

means (S801) for sending said external data including data for determining a processing portion of said first animation data and data representing message contents; and

means (201, S803) for determining a key frame to be processed among a plurality of key frames included in said first animation data based on the data for determining said processing portion, processing a portion of said determined key frame with the data representing said message contents and displaying the second animation data including said message contents produced by the processing.

16. A terminal device (104) for use in a system for producing second animation data based on first animation data and external data sent from one or a plurality of terminal devices, and displaying the produced second animation data on said terminal device, comprising:

means (1707) for sending said external data including data for determining a processing portion of said first animation data and data representing message contents;

means (1701) for determining a key frame to be processed among a plurality of key frames included in said first animation data based on the data for determining said processing portion, and receiving data representing a processing portion of the determined key frame and data representing a manner of processing the processing portion;

means (1702) for producing second animation data based on said received data representing the processing portion, said received data representing the processing manner and the prestored first animation data; and

means (201, S1806) for displaying the second animation data including said message contents.

17. A computer-readable record medium bearing an animation data producing program for executing by a computer an animation data producing method of producing second animation data by processing a portion of first animation data with different data, wherein said animation data producing program includes the steps of:

extracting element data included in said different data;

determining a key frame to be processed among a plurality of key frames included in the first animation data; and

processing a portion of said determined key frame based on said element data to produce the second animation data.

18. A computer-readable record medium bearing an animation data producing program for executing by a computer an animation data producing method for use in a chat system producing second animation data based on first animation data and external data sent from one or a plurality of terminal devices, and displaying the produced second animation data on said terminal device, wherein said animation data producing program includes the steps of:

receiving said external data including data for determining a processing portion of said first animation data and data representing message contents;

determining a key frame to be processed among a plurality of key frames included in said first animation data based on the data for determining said processing portion;

producing the second animation data by processing a portion of said determined key frame with the data representing said message contents; and

displaying the second animation data including said message contents on said terminal device.

19. A computer-readable record medium bearing an animation data producing program for executing by a computer an animation data producing method for use in a chat system producing second animation data based on first animation data and external data sent from one or a plurality of terminal devices, and displaying the produced second animation data on said terminal device, wherein said animation data producing program includes the steps of:

sending said external data including data for determining a processing portion of said first animation data and data representing message contents; and

determining a key frame to be processed among a plurality of key frames included in said first animation data based on the data for determining said processing portion, processing a portion of said determined key frame with the data representing said message contents, and displaying the second animation data including said message contents produced by the processing.

20. An animation data producing program for executing by a computer an animation data producing method of producing second animation data by processing a portion of first animation data with different data, including the steps of:

extracting element data included in said different data;

determining a key frame to be processed among a plurality of key frames included in the first animation data; and

processing a portion of said determined key frame based on said element data to produce the second animation data.

21. An animation data producing program for executing by a computer an animation data producing method for use in a chat system producing second animation data based on first animation data and external data sent from one or a plurality of terminal devices, and displaying the produced second animation data on said terminal device, including the steps of:

receiving said external data including data for determining a processing portion of said first animation data and data representing message contents;

determining a key frame to be processed among a plurality of key frames included in said first animation data based on the data for determining said processing portion;

producing the second animation data by processing a portion of said determined key frame with the data representing said message contents; and

displaying the second animation data including said message contents on said terminal device.

22. An animation data producing program for executing by a computer an animation data producing method for use in a chat system producing second animation data based on first animation data and external data sent from one or a plurality of terminal devices, and displaying the produced second animation data on said terminal device, including the steps of:

sending said external data including data for determining a processing portion of said first animation data and data representing message contents; and

determining a key frame to be processed among a plurality of key frames included in said first animation data based on the data for determining said processing portion, processing a portion of said determined key frame with the data representing said message contents, and displaying the second animation data including said message contents produced by the processing.