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Picture book production system, server for producing picture book, and recording medium

  • US 7,162,197 B2
  • Filed: 12/04/2001
  • Issued: 01/09/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/04/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A picture book production system comprising:

  • a memory means for storing a plurality of sentence data associated with a behavior of a main character corresponding to a first plurality of keywords representing said behavior of said main character in a picture book, said memory means also storing a plurality of image data corresponding to said plurality of sentence data;

    a selection means for selecting a second plurality of keywords from said first plurality of keywords, the second plurality of keywords being smaller or equal to in number to the first plurality of keywords;

    a production means for reading out from said memory means said sentence data and said image data by using a sentence data retrieval key comprising said main character and said selected second plurality of keywords, and synthesizing said read-out sentence data and said read-out image data to produce a plurality of picture book constituent parts;

    a connecting sentence producing means for selecting a connecting sentence to be inserted between said picture book constituent parts, said connecting sentence comprising a blank, and then inserting a word associated with said sentence data retrieval key into said blank to modify said connecting sentence; and

    a scenario combining means for combining said plurality of picture book constituent parts while inserting said modified connecting sentence between said picture book constituent parts to produce said picture book.

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