Abstract:
An apparatus and method for outputting an image according to text input in real time are provided. The apparatus for outputting an image in real time includes: a text receiving unit configured to extract unit text from input text; a syntax analyzing unit configured to analyze syntax of the unit text to generate state information corresponding to the unit text; a text reference database (DB) matching unit configured to search a reference DB to generate an image corresponding to the state information; a change necessity determining unit configured to determine whether an image corresponding to previous unit text needs to be changed; and an output unit configured to generate an output image by using any one or more of the image corresponding to the state information and the image corresponding to the previous unit text according to the necessity for the change.