Image processing system, image processing method, computer program, recording medium, and semiconductor device

An image processing system, comprising:

• an image processing unit operable to create a base image representing a basic pose of a moving object image and to place at least one unit at a predetermined site on the base image to model the motion of the object image, the at least one unit being an image component that is combinable with or separable from the base image;
• a calculating unit operable to calculate a magnitude and a direction of a force acting on the at least one unit when the object image moves;
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• a unit controller operable to control the at least one unit according to the magnitude and the direction of the force acting on the at least one unit.

An image processing system, comprising:

• an image processing unit operable to create a base image representing a basic pose of a moving object image and to place at least two units at a predetermined site on the base image to model the motion of the object image, the at least two units being image components that are combinable with or separable from the base image;
• a calculating unit operable to calculate at least one of a coordinate set and a velocity of a given point on each of the units when the object image moves;
• a recording unit operable to record information that represents at least one of the coordinate set and the velocity of the given point on each of the units;
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• a unit controller operable to derive at least one of a distance and a relative velocity between given points on the at least two units from the at least one of the coordinate set and the velocity of the given point on each of the units as represented by the information recorded in the recording unit, and, when the at least one of the derived distance and the derived relative velocity between the given points satisfies a predetermined combination factor, to combine the at least two units with each other, and, when the at least one of the derived distance and the derived relative velocity between the given points satisfies a predetermined separation factor, to separate the at least two units from each other.

An image processing method to be performed in an apparatus which is adapted to produce on a display a base image representing a basic pose of a moving object image and at least one unit, the at least one unit being an image component that is combinable with or separable from the base image, the method comprising:

• calculating a magnitude and a direction of a force acting on the at least one unit when the object image moves;
• controlling the at least one unit according to the magnitude and the direction of the force acting on the at least one unit;
• and
• creating the base image and placing the at least one unit at a predetermined site on the created base image according to the movement of both the at least one unit and the created base image.

An image processing method to be performed in an apparatus which is adapted to produce on a display a base image representing a basic pose of a moving object image and at least two units, the at least two units being image components that are combinable with or separable from the base image, the method comprising:

• generating coordinate sets of points on the contour of each of the units when the object image moves, and information on at least one of a coordinate set and a velocity of a given point;
• recording the generated coordinate sets of points on the contour of each of the units, and the information on at least one of the coordinate set and the velocity of the given point in a recording unit;
• deriving at least one of a distance and a relative velocity between given points on the at least two units from the information on at least one of the coordinate set and the velocity of the given point on each of the units as represented by the information recorded in the recording unit, and, when the at least one of the derived distance and the derived relative velocity between the given points satisfies a predetermined combination factor, combining the at least two units with each other, and, when the at least one of the derived distance and the derived relative velocity between the given points satisfies a predetermined separation factor, separating the at least two units from each other;
• when the at least two units are combined with each other, changing in the recording unit at least one coordinate set of points on the contour of each of the at least two units into an identical coordinate set of points;
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• creating the base image and placing each of the at least two units at a predetermined site on the created base image according to the coordinate sets of points on the contour of each of the at least two units as recorded in the recording unit.

A semiconductor device adapted to be mounted in a computer for producing on a display a base image representing a basic pose of a moving object image and at least two units, the at least two units being image components that are combinable with or separable from the base image, the semiconductor device establishing in the computer, in cooperation with other components in the computer, an image processing system, the image processing system comprising:

• a calculating unit operable to calculate coordinate sets of points on the contour of each of the units when the object image moves, and at least one of a coordinate set and a velocity of a given point;
• a recording unit operable to record the coordinate sets of points on the contour of each of the units, and information representing the at least one of the coordinate set and the velocity of the given point;
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• a unit controller operable to derive at least one of a distance and a relative velocity between given points on the at least two units from the at least one of the coordinate set and the velocity of the given point on each of the units as represented by the information recorded in the recording unit, to combine the at least two units with each other when the at least one of the derived distance and the derived relative velocity between the given points satisfies a predetermined combination factor, and to separate the at least two units from each other when the at least one of the derived distance and the derived relative velocity between the given points satisfies a predetermined separation factor.

A recording medium recorded with a computer program for producing on a display a base image representing a basic pose of a moving object image and at least one unit, the at least one unit being an image component that is combinable with or separable from the base image, the program comprising:

• calculating a magnitude and a direction of a force acting on the at least one unit when the object image moves;
• controlling the at least one unit according to the magnitude and the direction of the force acting on the at least one unit;
• and
• creating the base image and placing the at least one unit at a predetermined site on the created base image according to the movement of both the at least one unit and the created base image.

A recording medium recorded with a computer program for producing on a display a base image for a moving object image and at least two units, the at least two units being image components that are combinable with or separable from the base image, the program comprising:

• deriving coordinate sets of points on the contour of each of the units when the object image moves, and at least one of a coordinate set and a velocity of a given point;
• recording the derived coordinate sets of points on the contour of each of the units, and information representing the at least one of the coordinate set and the velocity of the given point in a recording unit;
• deriving at least one of a distance and a relative velocity between given points on the at least two units from the at least one of the coordinate set and the velocity of the given point on each of the units as represented by the information recorded in the recording unit, and, when the at least one of the derived distance and the derived relative velocity between the given points satisfies a predetermined combination factor, combining the at least two units with each other, and, when the at least one of the derived distance and the derived relative velocity between the given points satisfies a predetermined separation factor, separating the at least two units from each other, and, when the at least two units are combined with each other, changing in the recording unit at least one coordinate set of points on the contour of each of the at least two units into an identical coordinate set of points;
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• creating the base image and placing each of the at least two units at a predetermined site on the created base image according to the coordinate sets of points on the contour of each of the at least two units as recorded in the recording unit.