IMAGE GENERATION DEVICE AND PROGRAM

• Main Authors: ODATE TAKASHI, HIRAOKA TETSUTARO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 21.02.2019
• Subjects: AMUSEMENTS; CALCULATING; CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; COMPUTING; COUNTING; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; HUMAN NECESSITIES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; PHYSICS; SPORTS; VIDEO GAMES

To provide an image generation device capable of appealing characteristics of a character without a special acting by a performer, and applying a strong impression of partiality to a character to a viewer.SOLUTION: An image generation device for reflecting a motion of a performer who exists, to a motion of an object character in a virtual space, comprises: word extraction processing means for extracting a word presented by a performer based on performer data; first parameter creation processing means for creating a first parameter according to an emotional attribute of the extracted word; determination means for determining a performer's state based on the input performer data; second parameter creation processing means for creating a second parameter according to the emotional attribute of the determined state; operation command selection means for selecting an operation command used for control of a motion of the object character, based on the first and second parameters, and the character attribute of the object character; and motion control means for controlling the motion of the object character based on the operation command.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 20 【課題】演者が特別な演技をせずともキャラクタらしさをアピールし、キャラクタに対する好悪の印象を強く視聴者に与えることが可能な画像生成装置を提供する。【解決手段】実在する演者の動作を、仮想空間の対象キャラクタの動作に反映させる画像生成装置であって、演者データに基づき演者が提示した単語を抽出する単語抽出処理手段と、抽出した単語の感情属性に応じた第１のパラメータを生成する第１のパラメータ生成処理手段と、入力した演者データに基づき演者の状態を判定する判定手段と、判定した状態の感情属性を応じた第２のパラメータを生成する第２のパラメータ生成処理手段と、対象キャラクタの動作の制御に用いる操作コマンドを、第１のパラメータと、第２のパラメータと、対象キャラクタのキャラクタ属性に基づき選定する操作コマンド選定手段と、対象キャラクタの動作を、操作コマンドに基づき制御する動作制御手段とを備える。【選択図】図２０