Creation of Illustrations based on Novel Scenes

Abstract

Sometimes it is difficult to comprehend a scene in a novel because the expression is difficult or complicated. In such a case, illustrations as seen in juvenile novels help the readers to understand the scene. This study pays attention to the background image of an illustration since it directly shows the novel scene to the readers. To determine the appropriate background image, the most significant location of the scene in the context must be selected from tons of location information in the novel. Therefore, a technique to automatically select the location suitable for the scene is required. In this paper, assuming that illustrations should be inserted in the important pages in the novel, how to estimate the pages using TF-IDF will be stated. In addition, a method to determine the most appropriate background image based on the location information existing in the vicinity of the estimated pages will be discussed.