Device and method for automatically creating cartoon image based on input sentence

The method of claim 3, wherein in the determination of the sentence,

• when the identified punctuation mark is located only at an end point, the recognized sentence is determined to be the general expression sentence;
• when the type of the identified punctuation mark is double quotation marks, the recognized sentence is determined to be the dialogue expression sentence;
• and
• when the type of the identified punctuation mark is single quotation marks, the recognized sentence is determined to be the emotional expression sentence.

A device for automatically creating a cartoon image based on an input sentence, the device comprising:

• a communication unit for obtaining at least one sentence;
• and
• a processor,
• wherein the processor is configured to:
• recognize the at least one sentence;
• identify each of at least one word included in the recognized sentence;
• identify a type of punctuation mark located at least one of a start point and an end point of the recognized sentence;
• determine the sentence as any one of a general expression sentence, a dialogue expression sentence, and an emotional expression sentence based on the type of the identified punctuation mark;
• automatically create a cartoon image based on a word included in the general expression sentence when the sentence is the general expression sentence, wherein the cartoon image is created to include at least one character having at least one theme;
• understand a subject of the dialogue expression sentence or the emotional expression sentence when the sentence is the dialogue expression sentence or the emotional expression sentence;
• and
• insert the dialogue expression sentence or the emotional expression sentence in a form of a speech bubble on a character corresponding to the understood subject among at least one character in the cartoon image.