Mosaic image generation device, mosaic image generation method and mosaic image recording medium

摘要

A mosaic image which encourages users' motivation of continuously browsing mosaic images is generated. An image generation device which generates a mosaic image using as a source image a material image divided into a plurality of divided areas, has: an acquiring means that acquires an image from a terminal device through a network; and a mosaic image generating means that generates a mosaic image by allocating the image acquired by the acquiring means, to one of the divided areas based on color information of the image acquired by the acquiring means and color information of each of the divided areas of the material image used as the source image. After generating the mosaic image, the mosaic image generating means generates a new mosaic image by changing at least one of a number of the divided areas and the material image in response to an increase in a number of images acquired by the acquiring means.

主权项

1. An image generation device which generates a mosaic image using a material image as a source image, the material image being divided into a plurality of divided areas, the image generation device comprising:
an image acquiring device configured to acquire one or more images from a terminal device through a network; and a mosaic image generating device configured to generate a first mosaic image by allocating each of the one or more acquired images to one of the plurality of divided areas of said source image based on color information of said each of the one or more acquired images and color information of said one of the plurality of divided areas of said source image, wherein, after generating the first mosaic image, the mosaic image generating device further generates a second mosaic image by increasing the number of divided areas of said source image in response to an increase in the number of images acquired by the image acquiring device.