Animation system and methods for generating animation based on text-based data and user information

An animation outputting device, comprising:

• an analyzing unit configured to analyze information included in an animation script to identify emotional information, character, action information, and text-based data;
• a graphic generation unit configured to generate a graphic in which the character moves based on the action information;
• and
• an animation generation unit configured to output the generated graphic as an animation.

A receiving terminal, comprising:

• a reference database configured to store user relationship information, character information, and emotional information;
• and
• an animation script generating device configured to:
• extract an emotion based on analyzing received text-based data and corresponding user relationship information, to select an action corresponding to the emotion;
• and
• combine the text-based data with the emotion and the action to generate an animation script.

A sending terminal, comprising:

• a reference database configured to store user relationship information, character information, and emotional information;
• and
• an animation script generating device configured to:
• extract an emotion based on analyzing text-based data intended to be sent and corresponding user relationship information;
• select an action corresponding to the emotion;
• combine the text-based data with the emotion and the action to generate an animation script;
• and
• send the generated animation script to a receiving terminal.

A mobile terminal for generating an animation based on text-based data, the mobile terminal comprising:

• an emotion extraction unit configured to extract an emotion from text-based data generated by a first user;
• a selection unit configured to select at least one of a motion and a gesture, the motion and/or the gesture being based on relationship information of the first user and the extracted emotion;
• and
• a script generation unit configured to combine the emotion and at least one of the motion and the gesture, to generate an animation script.

A sending terminal, comprising:

• a reference database configured to store user relationship information of one or more users, character information, and emotional information;
• and
• an animation script generating device configured to:
• receive text-based data from a sending terminal;
• extract an emotion based on analyzing text-based data and corresponding user relationship information;
• select an action based on the extracted emotion;
• combine the text-based data with the emotion and the action to generate an animation script;
• and
• send the generated animation script to a receiving terminal.

An animation script generating method, comprising:

• extracting, a reference database, an emotion based on analyzing text-based data, and corresponding user relationship information;
• selecting an action from the reference database based on the extracted emotion;
• and
• combining the text-based data with the emotion and action to generate an animation script.

An animation outputting method, comprising:

• analyzing information included in an animation script to identify emotional information, character, action information, and text-based data;
• generating a graphic in which the character moves based on the action information;
• and
• outputting the generated graphic as an animation.