Image creation device

• US 5,600,767 A
• Filed: 02/17/1995
• Issued: 02/04/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 02/25/1994
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Inventors: Sato, Futoshi, Kakiyama, Yasushi, Takeguchi, Tadahiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Jankus, Almis R.
• Application Number:
  US08/390,387
• Time in Patent Office: 718 Days
• Field of Search: 395/133, 395/135, 395/125, 395/141, 395/152-154, 395/155, 395/161
• US Class Current: 345/629
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/00 2D [Two Dimensional] image generation

Abstract

An image creation device which combines a plurality of part images into a target image. An attribute setting unit sets data on a sex, age, etc., of the target image. A selection unit selects the respective part images which constitute the target image. When a controller synthesizes the selected part images, it disposes the respective part images at positions depending on the set attributes in an image storage. When the controller synthesizes the selected part images, it disposes the respective selected part images at positions depending on the set positional relationship in the image storage.

Claims

1. An image creation device for forming a desired image comprising:

a) part image storage means for storing a plurality of part images for placement at corresponding predetermined positions;

b) selection means for selecting part images from among the plurality of part images stored in said part image storage means;

c) attribute setting means for setting an attribute of the desired image to be formed;

d) synthesis means for placing at least one of the part images selected by said selection means at a specified position in accordance with the attribute set by said attribute setting means, the specified position being different from the corresponding predetermined position associated with the at least one selected part image, the synthesis means disposing each of said selected part images, except the at least one selected part image, at the corresponding predetermined position associated with each of the selected part images to thereby form the desired image; and

e) output means for outputting the desired image formed by said synthesis means.

2. An image creation device for forming a desired image comprising:

a) part image storage means for storing a plurality of part images for placement at corresponding predetermined positions;

b) selection means for selecting part images from among the plurality of part images stored in said part image storage means;

c) attribute setting means for setting an attribute of the desired image to be formed;

d) synthesis means for placing at least one of the part images selected by said selection means at a specified position in accordance with the attribute set by said attribute setting means, the specified position being different from the corresponding predetermined position associated with the at least one selected part image, the synthesis means disposing each of said selected part images, except the at least one selected part image, at the corresponding predetermined position associated with each of the selected part images to thereby form the desired image;

e) subsidiary part image storage means for storing subsidiary part images to be added to corresponding part images stored in said part image storage means; and

f) subsidiary image addition means for reading from said subsidiary part image storage means a subsidiary part image to be added to the corresponding part image included in the desired image, the subsidiary image addition means adding the read subsidiary part image to the corresponding part image to modify the desired image formed by said synthesis means; and

g) output means for outputting the desired image modified by said subsidiary image addition means.

3. An image creation device for forming a desired image comprising:

a) part image storage means for storing a plurality of part images for placement at corresponding predetermined positions;

b) selection means for selecting part images from among the plurality of part images stored in said part image storage means;

c) attribute setting means for setting an attribute of the desired image to be formed;

d) synthesis means for placing at least one of the part images selected by said selection means at a specified position in accordance with the attribute set by said attribute setting means, the specified position being different from the predetermined position associated with the at least one selected part image, the synthesis means disposing each of said selected part images, except the at least one selected part image, at the corresponding predetermined position associated with each of the selected part images to thereby form the desired image; and

e) output means for outputting the desired image composed by said composing means,

wherein said synthesis means comprises;

1) image synthesis and storage means;

2) synthesis position storage means for storing synthesis positions of said image synthesis and storage means where respective part images are to be disposed in accordance with the attributes set by said attribute setting means; and

3) disposition means for disposing part images selected by said selection means at corresponding synthesis positions of said image synthesis and storage means in accordance with the attribute set by said attribute setting means.

4. An image creation device for forming a desired image comprising:

a) part image storage means for storing a plurality of part images for placement at corresponding predetermined positions;

b) selection means for selecting part images from among the plurality of part images stored in said part image storage means;

c) attribute setting means for setting an attribute of the desired image to be formed;

d) synthesis means for placing at least one of the part images selected by said selection means at a specified position in accordance with the attribute set by said attribute setting means, the specified position being different from the corresponding predetermined position associated with the at least one selected part image, the synthesis means disposing each of said selected part images, except the at least one selected part image, at the corresponding predetermined position with each of the selected part images to thereby form the desired image; and

wherein said synthesis means comprises;

1) image synthesis storage means;

2) reference synthesis position storage means for storing reference synthesis positions of said image synthesis and storage means where the part images are to be disposed;

3) changed position storage means for storing positions of the part images that are changed from the reference synthesis positions in accordance with each of the attributes; and

4) change means for moving at least one of the part images disposed by said synthesis means at the reference synthesis positions to changed positions stored in said changed position storage means in accordance with the attribute set by said attribute setting means to form a modified image;

said image creation device further comprising;

e) output means for outputting the image modified by said change means.

5. An image creation device according to claim 4, wherein the attribute set by said attribute setting means comprises at least one of a sex, an age, an impression and a characteristic of the composed image, and

changed positions of the respective part images stored in said changed position storage means being substantially different from the reference synthesis positions, the changed positions representing positions where the respective part images are to be disposed in accordance with the attribute set by said attribute setting means.

6. An image creation device for forming a desired image comprising:

a) part image storage means for storing a plurality of part images for placement at corresponding predetermined positions;

b) selection means for selecting part images from among the plurality of part images stored in said part image storage means;

c) attribute setting means for setting an attribute of the desired to be formed;

d) synthesis means for placing at least one of the part images selected by said selection means at a specified position in accordance with the attribute set by said attribute setting means, the specified position being different from the corresponding predetermined position associated with the at least one selected part image, the synthesis means disposing each of said selected part images, except the at least one selected part images, at the corresponding predetermined position associated with each of the selected part images to thereby form the desired image;

wherein said composing means comprises;

1) image synthesis storage means;

2) positional relationship storage means for storing positional relationships of respective part images disposed in said image synthesis storage means for each attribute set by said attribute setting means; and

3) disposition means for disposing part images selected by said selection means based on the corresponding positional relationship with respect to the attribute to form the desired image;

said image creation device further comprising;

e) output means for outputting the desired image formed by said disposition and synthesis means.

7. An image creation device for forming a desired image comprising:

a) part image storage means for storing a plurality of part images for placement at corresponding predetermined positions;

b) selection means for selecting part images from among the plurality of part images stored in said part image storage means;

c) attribute setting means for setting an attribute of the desired image to be formed;

d) synthesis means for placing at least one of the part images selected by said selection means at a specified position in accordance with the attribute set by said attribute setting means, the specified position being different from the predetermined position associated with the at least one selected part image, the synthesis means disposing each of said selected part images, except the at least one selected part image, at the corresponding predetermined position associated with each of the selected part images to thereby form the desired image;

e) subsidiary part image storage means for storing subsidiary part images to be added to corresponding part images stored in said part image storage means; and

f) subsidiary image addition means for reading from said subsidiary part image storage means a subsidiary part image to be added to the corresponding part image included in the desired image, the subsidiary image addition means adding the read subsidiary part image to the corresponding part image to modify the desired image composed by said composing means; and

g) output means for outputting the desired image modified by said subsidiary image addition means;

and wherein the desired image to be formed by said synthesis means is a face image, and each of the plurality of part images is a portion of the face image, and the subsidiary part images stored in said subsidiary part image storage means each comprise a wrinkle image to be added to the part images of the face image.

8. An image creation device for forming a target image comprising:

a) part image storage means for storing a plurality of first part images and a plurality of second part images to be annexed to the corresponding first part images;

b) positional relationship storage means for storing a positional relationship between a first position where a corresponding first part image is to be disposed and a second position where a corresponding second part image is to be disposed;

c) selection means for selecting first and second part images from among the plurality of first and second part images stored in said part image storage means;

d) synthesis means for disposing the selected first and second part images in accordance with the positional relationship stored in said positional relationship storage means to form the target image; and

e) output means for outputting the target image formed by said synthesis means.

9. An image creation device according to claim 8, wherein said positional relationship storage means stores deviations between the first positions of each of the plurality of first part images and the second positions of each of the plurality of second part images.

10. An image creation device according to claim 8, further comprising:

position adjustment means for adjusting at least one of the first position of the first part image and the second position of the second part image.

11. An image creation device according to claim 8, wherein the target image is a face image, and the first part images correspond to main parts of the face image, and the second part images correspond to subsidiary parts of the face image to be added to a respective first part image.

12. An image creation device according to claim 8, wherein the plurality of part images contained in said part image storage means includes a plurality of part images for each of the parts which form the target image, and said selection means selects a part image for each of the parts from among the plurality of part images contained in said part image storage means.

13. An image creation device for forming a target image comprising:

a) part image storage means for storing a plurality part images;

b) positional relationship storage means for storing deviations in the placement of each of the plurality of part images;

c) selection means for selecting at least two of the plurality of part images to form the target image;

d) disposition and synthesis means for disposing the at least two selected part images in accordance with the deviations stored in said positional deviation storage means to form the target image; and

e) output means for outputting the target image formed by said disposition and synthesis means.

14. An image creation device according to claim 13, wherein a first of the at least two part images comprises a main part image which represents a main part of a face image, and a second of the at least two part images comprises a subsidiary part image to be added to the main part image.

15. An image creation device for forming a desired image of an object comprising:

a) part image storage means for storing a plurality of part images for a plurality of portions of an object for placement at corresponding predetermined positions;

b) selection means for selecting part images from among the plurality of part images stored in said part image storage means;

c) attribute setting means for setting an attribute of the desired image to be formed;

d) synthesis means for placing at least one of the part images selected by said selection means at a specified position in accordance with the attribute set by said attribute setting means, the synthesis means placing each of said selected part images, except the at least one part image placed at the specified position, at corresponding predetermined positions associated with each of said selected part images, thereby forming the desired image of the object; and

e) output means for outputting the desired image of the object formed by said synthesis means.