US 12,177,537 B2
Program production apparatus, program production method, and recording medium
Hiromi Furukawa, Fukuoka (JP); Hiroyuki Sato, Fukuoka (JP); and Ryuji Takase, Fukuoka (JP)
Assigned to BOND Co., Ltd., Fukuoka (JP)
Appl. No. 17/625,631
Filed by BOND Co., Ltd., Kitakyushu (JP)
PCT Filed Aug. 27, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/032441
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 7, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/039924, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 4, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-157209 (JP), filed on Aug. 29, 2019; and application No. 2020-012558 (JP), filed on Jan. 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0264193 A1, Aug. 18, 2022
Int. Cl. H04N 21/854 (2011.01); H04N 21/2343 (2011.01); H04N 21/266 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/854 (2013.01) [H04N 21/23439 (2013.01); H04N 21/266 (2013.01); H04N 21/85406 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A program production apparatus configured to generate program data using a character, the program production apparatus comprising:
a performance determination unit configured to determine a performance using the character; and
a program production unit configured to generate the program data using the performance,
wherein the performance determination unit adjusts a movement of the character and/or adjusts at least one from among lines spoken by the character, BGM, and sound effects, according to a file format of the program data,
wherein when a creator makes an instruction to not make an adjustment according to the file format, the performance determination unit determines the performance common to a plurality of file formats, and
wherein, when a creator makes an instruction to make an adjustment according to a file format, the performance determination unit determines the performance by adjusting a movement of the character and/or at least one from among lines spoken by the character, BGM, and sound effects, according to a file format of the program data.