File format, server, viewer device for digital comic, digital comic generation device
US8719029B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 20, 2013 |
| Grant date | May 6, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 20, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F40/58
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A viewer device for a digital comic comprising: an information acquisition unit that acquires a digital comic in a file format for a digital comic viewed on a viewer device, the file format including speech balloon information including information of a speech balloon region that indicates a region of a speech balloon, first text information indicating a dialogue within each speech balloon, the first text information being correlated with each speech balloon, and first display control information including positional information and a transition order of a anchor point so as to enable the image of the entire page to be viewed on a monitor of the viewer device in a scroll view; and a voice reproduction section that synthesizes a voice for reading the letter corresponding to the text information based on an attribute of the character, an attribute of the speech balloon or the dialogue, and outputs the voice.
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