TEXTURE EXPRESSING DEVICE AND TEXTURE EXPRESSING METHOD AND SYNTHESIS METHOD

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a texture expressing device having a function of displaying a three-dimensional structure and the color of a pattern drawn on it with texture substantially similar to those of the real thing. SOLUTION: A texture expression processing part 14 receives selection of an irradiation angle and an observation angle to the three-dimensional structure and selection of material quality of the three-dimensional structure to specify the three-dimensional structure expressed by synthesis information and the spectral reflectance of each part of the pattern from the color sample information stored in a color sample database 18 according to the received information. The texture expression processing part 14 creates texture expression information including the specified color sample information and the synthesis information. A visual characteristic conversion processing part 15 creates display information according to the characteristic of color displayed by a display part of a terminal 2 on the basis of the texture expression information, and displays the display information on the display part of the terminal 2. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO