1. A portable image apparatus comprising:
a photographing device configured to capture still or moving images;
a memory device for storing the still or moving images captured by the photographing device, wherein the still images are compressed into compressed still image data;
a transmission device configured for transmitting the still or moving images stored in the memory to an external display device through a predetermined interface being connected to the external display device;
a receiving device configured to receive a picture acquisition request from the external display device for allowing the external display device to receive the plurality of the picture information pieces; and
a signal processing device, wherein:
the predetermined interface configured to connect to the external display device includes a first interface and a second interface;
in response to the picture acquisition request being requested from the external display device and being received by the receiving device, the signal processing device converts the compressed still image data stored in the memory device into data of a signal format which can be displayed in the external display, the transmission device configured to transmit the data converted by the signal processing device to the external display device through the first interface, and transmit the compressed still image data to the external display device through the second interface.
2. The portable image apparatus according to claim 1, wherein transmitting at predetermined intervals by the transmission device the plurality of the picture information pieces based on the still or moving images converted by the signal processing device to the external display device causes the external display device to display the plurality of the picture information pieces in a slide show.
3. The portable image apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the predetermined intervals are variable by a user.
4. The portable image apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the picture information pieces comprise baseband picture information.
5. The portable image apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the predetermined interface is an high definition multimedia interface (HDMI) interface and the base band image information are supplied through the HDMI interface.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
What is claimed is:
1. A system for designing personalities for synthetic characters, comprising:
a personality trait selection device that displays at least one selectable personality trait; and
a personality builder that groups the selected personality traits into a character profile.
2. The system according to claim 1, wherein:
said personality trait selection device comprises at least one trait indicator, each trait indicator representing an amount of a corresponding one of the selectable personality traits; and
said personality builder weights each selected personality trait in said character profile according the amount of each selected personality trait represented in the corresponding trait indicator.
3. The system according to claim 2, wherein the trait indicators are graduated dials operating between a high anchor and a low anchor.
4. The system according to claim 2, further comprising:
a personality attribute selection device that displays at least one selectable personality attribute; and
a mapper configured to map each selected personality attribute into amounts of the trait indicators according to an amount each selected personality attribute is represented in the selectable personality traits.
5. The system according to claim 2, wherein the selectable personality traits include at least one primary trait of dominance, warmth, conscientiousness, emotional stability, and openness.
6. The system according to claim 2, further comprising:
a trait indicative behavior selection device that displays at least one selectable trait indicative behavior; and
a mapper configured to map each selected trait indicative behavior into amounts of the trait indicators according to an amount each selected personality attribute is represented in the selectable personality traits.
7. The system according to claim 1, wherein said character profile comprises a translation of the selected personality traits into a weighted set of personality traits.
8. The system according to claim 1, further comprising:
a physical modification device configured to modify physical characteristics of said synthetic character based on the character profile.
9. A method of rendering a personality, comprising the step of:
rendering at least one behavior of a synthetic character based on a character profile having selected personality traits.
10. The method according to claim 9, wherein said step of rendering includes the step of:
specifying at least one trait indicative behavior; and
implementing behaviors consistent with the trait indicative behaviors.
11. The method according to claim 10, wherein:
said trait indicative behaviors include at least one primary behavior;
said step of specifying includes the step of specifying a set of releasing mechanisms associated with the specified primary behaviors; and
said step of rendering includes the steps of,
interpreting stimuli external to said personality based on said set of releasing mechanisms, and
rendering said at least one behavior of the synthetic character based on the interpreted external stimuli.
12. The method according to claim 9, wherein said step of rendering comprises the steps of:
specifying at least one secondary behavior; and
implementing the secondary behaviors as one of persistent and episodic behaviors.
13. The method according to claim 9, wherein said step of rendering comprises the step of:
modulating an existing behavior based on the character profile.
14. The method according to claim 9, wherein said step of rendering comprises the step of:
modifying a construal process utilized by the personality.
15. The method according to claim 14, wherein said construal process includes processes for perception and assessment of situations in an environment of which the personality is located.
16. A method of selecting behavior for a synthetic character, comprising the steps of:
computing an primary activation level of primary behaviors in each of plural nodes at a given level of a modified behavior hierarchy;
selecting a node having a highest activation level; and
executing the primary behavior in accordance with an action defined by the selected node.
17. The method according to claim 16, further comprising the steps of:
computing an secondary activation level for at least one trait indicative secondary behavior in each of plural nodes at the given level of the behavior hierarchy;
disregarding secondary behaviors that conflict with the selected primary behavior;
selecting secondary behaviors based on the secondary behavior activation level computed;
repeating said steps of computing, disregarding, and selecting until no degrees of freedom unused by the primary and selected secondary behaviors sufficient to activate any remaining secondary behaviors exist; and
executing the selected secondary behaviors.
18. The method according to claim 16, wherein:
said step of computing comprises,
determining values, including at least one of a level of interest, a value of inhibitory links, a value of releasing mechanisms, a level of fatigue, and a value of endogenous variables associated with a behavior, for factors related to whether a behavior should be activated, and
computing said primary activation level based on the values determined.
19. The method according to claim 18, further comprising the step of:
increasing said level of fatigue associated with a behavior based on a length of time said behavior has been activated.
20. The method according to claim 19, further comprising the step of:
biasing an activation level for plan steps based on a plan.