Electronic montage creation device

Claim 2

An electronic montage image creation device for creating a montage image of a person, the apparatus comprising: pattern storage means for storing a plurality of patterns of each of a plurality of parts which constitute a human face; character designating means for designating a personality character such as any of prudent, optimistic, pessimistic, punctual, clean, sloven, aggressive, speculative, passive, serious, frivolous, capricious, and the like, of the person whose montage image is to be created; pattern designating means for selectively designating a pattern of each of the plurality of parts from among the patterns of the parts stored in said pattern storage means, on the basis of the personality character designated by said character designating means; and combining means for combining the respective patterns of the parts designated by the pattern designating means to create a montage image of the person having the designated personality character, and for displaying the created montage image of the person.

Claim 3

An electronic montage creation device according to claim 1, wherein: said character designating means comprises individual-part character designating means for designating a personality character for each of the plurality of parts; and said pattern designating means selectively designates a pattern of each of the plurality of parts from among the patterns of the parts stored in said pattern storage means on the basis of the personality character of that part designated by said individual-part character designating means.

Claim 4

An electronic montage image creation device according to claim 1, wherein each pattern is stored in said pattern storage means in correspondence to a personality character to be designated by said character designating means.

Claim 5

An electronic montage image creation device according to claim 1, further comprising replacing means for replacing the pattern of one of the parts which is included in the montage image displayed by said combining means with another pattern of said part stored in said pattern storage means.

Claim 6

An electronic montage image creation device according to claim 1, further comprising: part selecting means for selecting one of the plurality of parts; and pattern changing means for replacing the pattern of the part selected by said part selecting means with another pattern of the selected part stored in said pattern storage means.

Claim 7

An electronic montage image creation device according to claim 1, further comprising: personal data designating means for designating personal data different from the personality character designated by said character designating means; and wherein: said pattern designating means selectively designates a pattern of the part on the basis of the personality character designated by said character designating means and the personal data designated by said personal data designating means.

Claim 8

An electronic montage image creation device for creating a montage image of a person, the apparatus comprising: pattern storage means for storing a plurality of patterns of each of a plurality of parts which constitute a human face; basic face data storage means for storing a plurality of data items, each data item designating patterns of the respective parts, respective combinations of which patterns represent respective basic human face images, the data items being stored in correspondence with a respective basic human face image; character designating means for designating a personality character such as any of prudent, optimistic, pessimistic, punctual, clean, sloven, aggressive, speculative, passive, serious, frivolous, capricious, and the like, of the person whose face image is to be created; basic face selecting means for selecting one of a plurality of basic human face images on the basis of the personality character designated by said character designating means; pattern reading means for reading out patterns of the parts from said pattern storage means on the basis of data stored in said basic face data storage means, the data being stored in correspondence with the basic face image selected by said basic face selecting means; and combining means for combining the patterns of the parts read out by said pattern reading means to compose a face image of the person having the designated personality character, and for displaying the composed face image.

Claim 9

An electronic montage image creation device for creating a montage image of a person, the apparatus comprising: pattern storage means for storing a plurality of patterns of each of a plurality of parts which constitute a human face; basic face data storage means for storing a plurality of data items, each data item designating patterns of the respective parts, respective combinations of which patterns represent respective basic human face images, the data items being stored in correspondence with a respective basic human face image; character designating means for designating a personality character such as any of prudent, optimistic, pessimistic, punctual, clean, sloven, aggressive, speculative, passive, serious, frivolous, capricious, and the like, of the person whose face image is to be created; basic face selecting means for selecting one of a plurality of basic human face images on the basis of the personality character designated by said character designating means; pattern reading means for reading out patterns of the parts from said pattern storage means on the basis of data stored in said basic face data storage means, the data being stored in correspondence with the basic face image selected by said basic face selecting means; and combining means for combining the patterns of the parts read out by said pattern reading means to compose a face image of the person having the designated personality character, and for displaying the composed face image.

Claim 10

An electronic montage image creation device according to claim 7, further comprising basic face changing means for changing the displayed basic face image selected by said basic face selecting means to another basic face image.

Claim 11

An electronic montage image creation device according to claim 7, further comprising replacing means for replacing the pattern of the part included in the face image composed and displayed by said combining means with another pattern of said part stored in said pattern storage means.

Claim 12

An electronic montage image creation device according to claim 7, further comprising: part selecting means for selecting one of the plurality of parts; and pattern changing means for replacing the pattern of the part selected by said part selecting means with another pattern of the selected part stored in said pattern storage means.

Claim 13

An electronic montage image creation device according to claim 7, further comprising: personal data designating means for designating personal data different from the personality character designated by said character designating means; and wherein: said basic face selecting means selects a basic face image on the basis of the personality character designated by said character designating means and the personal data designated by said personal data designating means.

Claim 14

An electronic montage image creation device for creating a montage image of a person, the apparatus comprising: pattern storage means for storing a plurality of patterns of each of a plurality of parts which constitute a human face; character level designating means for designating a level of a personality character of the person whose face image is to be created; pattern designating means for selectively designating the pattern of each of the plurality of parts from among the plurality of patterns of the parts stored in said pattern storage means on the basis of the level of the personality character such as any of prudent, optimistic, pessimistic, punctual, clean, sloven, aggressive, speculative, passive, serious, frivolous, capricious, and the like, designated by said character level designating means; and combining means for combining the respective patterns of the parts designated by said pattern designating means into a face image of the person having the designated personality character, and for displaying the combined face image of the person.

Claim 15

An electronic montage image creation device for creating a montage image of a person, the apparatus comprising: pattern storage means for storing a plurality of patterns of each of a plurality of parts which constitute a human face; character level designating means for designating a level of a personality character of the person whose face image is to be created; pattern designating means for selectively designating the pattern of each of the plurality of parts from among the plurality of patterns of the parts stored in said pattern storage means on the basis of the level of the personality character such as any of prudent, optimistic, pessimistic, punctual, clean, sloven, aggressive, speculative, passive, serious, frivolous, capricious, and the like, designated by said character level designating means; and combining means for combining the respective patterns of the parts designated by said pattern designating means into a face image of the person having the designated personality character, and for displaying the combined face image of the person.

Claim 16

An electronic montage image creation device according to claim 12, wherein: said character level designating means designates a plurality of levels of personality characters; and said pattern designating means selectively designates the pattern of the part from among the plurality of patterns of the parts stored in said pattern storage means on the basis of the plurality of levels of personality characters designated by said character level designating means.

Claim 17

An electronic montage image creation device according to claim 12, further comprising level display means for displaying the personality character level designated by said character level designating means.

Claim 18

An electronic montage image creation device according to claim 12, further comprising replacing means for replacing the pattern of the part included in the face image displayed by said combining means with another pattern of said part stored in said pattern storage means.

Claim 19

An electronic montage image creation device according to claim 12, further comprising: part selecting means for selecting one of the plurality of parts; and pattern changing means for replacing the pattern of the part selected by said part selecting means with another pattern of the selected part stored in said pattern storage means.

Claim 20

An electronic montage image creation device according to claim 12, further comprising: personal data designating means for designating personal data different from the personality character designated by said character designating means; and wherein: said pattern designating means selectively designates the pattern of the part on the basis of the personality character designated by said character designating means and the personal data designated by said personal data designating means.

Claim 21

An electronic montage image creation device for creating a montage image of a person, the apparatus comprising: pattern data storage means for storing a plurality of patterns of each of a plurality of parts which constitute a human face; basic face data storage means for storing a plurality of data items, each data item designating patterns of the respective parts, respective combinations of which patterns represent respective basic human face images, the data items being stored in correspondence with a respective basic human face image; character level designating means for designating the level of a personality character such as any of prudent, optimistic, pessimistic, punctual, clean, sloven, aggressive, speculative, passive, serious, frivolous, capricious, and the like, of the person whose face image is to be created; basic face selecting means for selecting one of a plurality of basic human face images on the basis of the personality level of the character designated by said character level designating means; pattern reading means for reading out patterns of the parts from said pattern storage means on the basis of data stored in said basic face data storage means, the data being stored in correspondence with the basic face image selected by said basic face selecting means; and combining means for combining the patterns of the parts read out by said pattern reading means to compose a face image of the person having the designated personality character, and for displaying the composed face image.

Claim 22

An electronic montage image creation device for creating a montage image of a person, the apparatus comprising: pattern data storage means for storing a plurality of patterns of each of a plurality of parts which constitute a human face; basic face data storage means for storing a plurality of data items, each data item designating patterns of the respective parts, respective combinations of which patterns represent respective basic human face images, the data items being stored in correspondence with a respective basic human face image; character level designating means for designating the level of a personality character such as any of prudent, optimistic, pessimistic, punctual, clean, sloven, aggressive, speculative, passive, serious, frivolous, capricious, and the like, of the person whose face image is to be created; basic face selecting means for selecting one of a plurality of basic human face images on the basis of the personality level of the character designated by said character level designating means; pattern reading means for reading out patterns of the parts from said pattern storage means on the basis of data stored in said basic face data storage means, the data being stored in correspondence with the basic face image selected by said basic face selecting means; and combining means for combining the patterns of the parts read out by said pattern reading means to compose a face image of the person having the designated personality character, and for displaying the composed face image.

Claim 23

An electronic montage image creation device according to claim 18, wherein: said character level designating means designates a plurality of levels of personality characters; and said basic face selecting means selects one basic face image based on the plurality of levels of personality characters designated by said character level designating means.

Claim 24

An electronic montage image creation device according to claim 18, further comprising level display means for displaying the level of the personality character designated by said character level designating means.

Claim 25

An electronic montage image creation device according to claim 18, further comprising replacing means for replacing the pattern of the part included in the face image displayed by said combining means with another pattern of said part stored in said pattern storage means.

Claim 26

An electronic montage image creation device according to claim 18, further comprising: part selecting means for selecting one of the plurality of parts; and pattern changing means for replacing the pattern of the part selected by said part selecting means with another pattern of the selected part stored in said pattern storage means.

Claim 27

An electronic montage image creation device according to claim 18, further comprising: personal data designating means for designating personal data different from the personality character designated by said character designating means; and wherein: said basic face selecting means selects one basic face image on the basis of the personality character designated by said character designating means and the personal data designated by said personal data designating means.