Patent Document ID: 5479529
Application ID: 08158636
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A computer implemented method of providing entertainment by simulating fortune-telling and character-telling, comprising the steps of: storing, in a message memory, a plurality of entertaining messages relating to at least one of simulated fortune-telling and character-telling, each one of said plurality of entertaining messages corresponding to a respective facial element value, converting a facial image into a two-dimensional image comprising a plurality of facial elements, extracting a plurality of features from the two-dimensional image, wherein each feature of said plurality of features corresponds to a element of said plurality of facial elements, calculating a plurality of normalized features, wherein each normalized feature is calculated from a respective extracted feature of said plurality of extracted feature, calculating a plurality of facial element values for each one of said plurality of facial elements, each one of said plurality of facial element values is the difference between each one of said plurality of normalized features and a respective one of a plurality of standard features, searching said message memory for a plurality of messages, wherein each message corresponds to the respective facial element value of each respective facial element of said plurality of facial elements, retrieving each one of said plurality of messages, each one of said plurality of retrieved messages relating to at least one of simulated fortune-telling and simulated character-telling, and outputting each one of said plurality of retrieved messages concurrently.