JP2003303488A - Data processor, method for the same, program for the same, and recording medium recorded with this program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a data processor which improves a liking by displaying music data to be reproduced in association with image data. <P>SOLUTION: The music data stored in a hard disk 2a is enumerated and the play list data desired to be associated with the image data is displayed on a display element 6. The image data recorded to a removably mounted memory card 15 is retrieved and is enumerated and displayed on the display element 6. When the operation of a command button 'determine' by the input operation of a controlling section 5 is recognized in accordance with the display urging the input for setting of the 'determine' or 'cancel' within a display screen, the file name of the image data displayed in the displayed play list data is written and associated. The associated image data is displayed when the music data based on the play list data is reproduced. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to reproduction of music data, display of music data peculiar information identifying this music data, and display of playlist data listing the music data peculiar information. The present invention relates to a data processing device for displaying image data, a method thereof, a program thereof, and a recording medium recording the program.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for example, in a navigation device that guides and guides the movement of a vehicle, a configuration is known in which a landscape or the like is displayed on a display screen when reproducing music data. This navigation device is, for example, a CD-DA (Co
mpact Disk-Digital Audio). It also has a storage unit such as a memory for storing image data such as landscape. Then, when the player is operated to read the music data from the CD-DA and perform the reproduction process, the image data stored in the memory is displayed on the display screen.

[0003]

However, in the conventional navigation device, since the image data prepared in advance at the manufacturing stage is processed for display, the CD-D to be reproduced is reproduced.
Predetermined image data is displayed regardless of the contents of A.
Therefore, there is a demand for a configuration that better suits the taste of the user.

In view of the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides data whose taste is improved by displaying image data in association with each other when reproducing music data, displaying music data specific information, or displaying playlist data. It is an object to provide a processing device, a method thereof, a program thereof, and a recording medium recording the program.

[0005]

The invention according to claim 1 is
A display unit for displaying image data, a reading unit for reading at least one of music data, music data unique information for specifying the music data, and play list data listing the music data unique information. And a process of reproducing the music data read by the reading unit, a process of displaying the music data unique information read by the reading unit on the display unit, and the playlist read by the reading unit. A control unit that executes at least one of the processes for displaying the data, wherein the control unit includes at least one of the music data, the music data unique information, and the playlist data. Processing for associating one with the image data and reproducing the music data, Displaying the associated image data on the display unit when performing at least one of the process of displaying the music data specific information and the process of displaying the playlist data. A characteristic data processing device.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the data processing apparatus according to the first aspect, the control means associates image data with at least one of the music data and the playlist data, The associated image data is displayed when at least one of a process of reproducing music data, a process of displaying the music data unique information, and a process of displaying the playlist data is executed. It is characterized by

The invention according to claim 3 is the invention according to claim 1 or 2.
In the data processing device described in (1), at least one of the music data, the music data unique information, and the play list data, and an input unit for setting and inputting the image data so as to be associated with each other by the control unit. Is provided.

The invention according to claim 4 is the same as claims 1 to 3.
In the data processing device according to any one of items 1 to 3, the image data is recorded on an external recording medium, and the image data is read from the external recording medium, and the control means is provided in the external recording medium. The associated image data is stored in a storage unit that stores at least one of the music data, the music data unique information, and the playlist data.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, at least one of music data, music data unique information for specifying the music data, and play list data listing the music data unique information is read, At least one of the read music data, the music data unique information, and the playlist data is associated with image data displayed on the screen, and the read music data is reproduced. When performing at least one of the process of displaying the music data unique information and the process of displaying the read playlist data, the associated image data is displayed. Is a data processing method.

According to a sixth aspect of the invention, in the data processing method according to the fifth aspect, the association of the image data is
Of at least one of the music data and the playlist data, a process of reproducing the music data, a process of displaying the music data unique information, and a process of displaying the playlist data It is characterized in that the associated image data is displayed when at least one of the processes is executed.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the data processing method according to the fifth or sixth aspect, the music data,
It is characterized in that at least one of the music data specific information and the playlist data is associated with the image data based on a setting input indicating association.

According to an eighth aspect of the invention, in the data processing apparatus according to any one of the first to third aspects, the image data recorded on the external recording medium is read, and the read image data is stored in the storage means. It is characterized in that it is associated with any one of the stored music data, the music data unique information, and the play list data, and the associated image data is stored in the storage means.

The invention described in claim 9 is a data processing program characterized by causing a computer to execute the data processing method according to any one of claims 5 to 8.

A tenth aspect of the present invention is a recording medium on which the data processing program according to the ninth aspect is recorded so that it can be read by a computer.

In the invention described in claim 9 and the invention described in claim 10, the number of computers is not limited to one, and, for example, a configuration in which a plurality of computers are combined in a network, an element such as a microcomputer,
Alternatively, it also includes a circuit board on which a plurality of electronic components are mounted.

[0016]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The configuration of a reproducing apparatus according to an embodiment of a data processing apparatus of the present invention will be described below.
A description will be given with reference to the drawings.

[Structure of Reproducing Device] FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic structure of the reproducing device. In FIG. 1, 1
Is a reproducing apparatus as a data processing apparatus, and this reproducing apparatus reproduces music data. Then, the playback device 1
Is a hard disk drive 2, a reproduction unit 3, and a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 4 as a control unit.
An operating unit 5 as an input unit, a display unit 6, a driver 7, and a connector 8 are provided.

The hard disk drive 2 is connected to the CPU 4. The hard disk drive 2 is equipped with a hard disk 2a as a storage means, reads the data stored in the hard disk 2a, and appropriately reads the C
Output to PU4. That is, the hard disk drive 2 functions as a reading unit that reads the data recorded on the hard disk 2a.

Further, in the hard disk 2a, music data, tag data which is music data peculiar information such as an artist name and a title name associated with the music data, and music data peculiar information such as this tag data are listed up as needed. It has a storage area capable of storing various data such as play list data, which is a table of contents for reproducing data, and image data.

The operation unit 5 is connected to the CPU 4.
The operation unit 5 includes operation switches and operation buttons (not shown) for issuing an operation command of the reproducing apparatus 1. Then, the operation unit 5 outputs a predetermined signal corresponding to the input operation of these operation switches and operation buttons to the CPU 4.

The display unit 6 is connected to the CPU 4.
The display unit 6 has a display surface (not shown) that appropriately displays an image based on the video data output from the CPU 4. The display unit 6 displays playlist data relating to music data to be reproduced, music data specific information such as artist name and title name based on tag data, and the like.

The reproducing means 3 is connected to the CPU 4, and the CPU
The music data output from 4 is output as sound and reproduced. The reproducing means 3 is a DSP (Digital Sign).
al Processor) 11, a D / A converter 12, and a speaker 13, for example.

The DSP 11 is connected to the CPU 4 as well as the D / A converter 12. The DSP 11 is an integrated circuit that reproduces and processes digital signal music data output from the CPU 4. And
The DSP 11 outputs the reproduced music data to the D / A converter 12.

The D / A converter 12 includes a speaker 13
Are connected. This D / A converter 12 has a DS
The music data of the digital signal output from P11 is converted into an analog signal and output to the speaker 13. And
The speaker 13 outputs the analog signal output from the D / A converter 12 as sound.

The driver 7 is connected to the CPU 4 and also to the connector 8. A memory card 15 as an external recording medium, which is an external medium, is detachably connected to the connector 8. By connecting to the connector 8, the memory card 15 is attached to the reproducing device 1. Then, the driver 7 reads data as a digital signal from the memory card 15 connected to the connector 8. The read data is output to the CPU 4.

The memory card 15 has, for example, JP
Image data compressed by an image compression method such as EG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) is recorded. As these image data, the hard disk 2a
It is related to music data and playlist data, such as the photograph of the artist's face in the music data stored in, and the painting used in the album jacket. In this way, the driver 7 functions as an image data reading unit that reads the image data that is the data recorded in the memory card 15.

The image data is not limited to JPEG, but image data of any system such as GIF (Graphic Interchange Format) can be used. Also, not limited to image data related to music data or playlist data,
Any image data can be used, such as the image data of the user's preference, the image data of the image of the user's music data and the playlist data.

The CPU 4 is a RAM (Random Access Memo).
ry) and the like not shown built-in memory. The built-in memory has an OS for controlling the operation of the reproducing apparatus 1 as a whole.
Various programs developed on (Operating System) are recorded. Then, the CPU 4 uses the image data search means 2 as various programs recorded in the built-in memory.
2, image data processing means 23, and image connecting means 24
And music data searching means 25.

The image data searching means 22 searches for a JPEG file, which is image data recorded in the memory card 15, based on the entry information recorded in the memory card 15. Similar to the playlist data, this entry information is list data indicating the table of contents of the JPEG file recorded in the memory card 15, and is recorded at the time of recording the JPEG file in the memory card 15.

The image data processing means 23 appropriately expands the image data recorded in the memory card and read by the driver 7 or the image data stored in the hard disk 2a and stores it in the internal memory.

The image connecting means 24 integrally associates the image data recorded in the memory card 15 and read by the driver 7 with the playlist data stored in the hard disk 2a. Specifically, the image connecting means 2
Reference numeral 4 writes unique information such as a file name of image data to be associated with the playlist data, and associates the image data so that the image data is linked.

The music data search means 25 sequentially searches and reads the music data stored in the hard disk 2a based on the play list data read by the hard disk drive 2, and outputs the music data to the DSP.

[Music Data Reproduction Process] Next, the process of reproducing the music data and displaying the image data in the present embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of associating the image data with the playlist data. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a display state of detailed information of playlist data. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a display screen displaying an image of the selected image data in the background of the image data list.
FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing an operation of a search process for image data recorded in a memory card. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation of displaying an image when reading the playlist data. FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a screen display during reproduction of music data.

First, when the memory card 15 is attached to the reproducing apparatus 1 and the memory card 15 is connected to the connector 8, the CPU 4 attaches the memory card 15 via the driver 7 as shown in the flowchart of FIG. Recognize that. Then, by a predetermined input operation of the operation unit 5 by the user, the CPU 4 recognizes that an instruction to execute a process of associating the image data with the plurality of playlist data stored in the hard disk 2a is instructed (step S).
1).

As an instruction for associating the playlist data with the image data in step S1, for example, an input operation of the operation unit 5 causes the display unit 6 to list title names of a plurality of playlist data stored in the hard disk 2a. When it is displayed and any title name of the playlist data is selected, a screen display 31 of detailed information of the playlist data is displayed as shown in FIG.

On the screen display 31 shown in FIG. 3, various kinds of information regarding the play list data are displayed. Specifically, the title name 31a of the playlist data, its phonetic name 31b, the artist name 31c of the music data listed in the playlist data, the genre 31d of the music data, the presence / absence of images 31e, and all the music listed. The recording time 31f which is the reproduction time of the data, the date and time 31g thereof, the number 31h of music pieces of the music data listed,
This is information such as the date 31i when the music data was announced (released).

Then, by selecting and executing the "image" tag display 31j in the screen display 31, the CPU 4 recognizes that the instruction is to execute the process of associating the image data.

By the input operation of the operation unit 5 in step S1, the CPU 4 carries out a search process of the image data recorded in the memory card 15 (step S2). After that, the CPU 4 controls the display unit 6 to display an image data list, which will be described later, created by the image data search process in step S2 (step S3).

Then, when the user selects a predetermined image title from the displayed image data list by the input operation of the operation unit 5, the CPU 4 selects the predetermined image title based on the signal from the operation unit 5. It is recognized (step S4). By selecting this image title, C
The PU 4 reads the image data recorded in the memory card 15 and performs a decoding process, that is, a decoding process for displaying the image data on the display unit 6, for example, CP.
It is stored in the internal memory of U4 (step S5).

After that, the CPU 4 performs a process of displaying the decoded image data stored in the built-in memory on the display unit 6 (step S6). By the processing in step S6, for example, as shown in FIG. 4, the image of the selected image data is displayed on the background of the image data list. Further, the CPU 4 displays “decision” on the screen display 32, for example.
A process of displaying a command button, which is a display prompting an input operation of "Cancel", is performed (step S7). Then, the CPU 4 determines whether or not the "enter" or "cancel" command button has been input by an input operation of the operation unit 5 by the user (step S8).

In step S8, the CPU 4 recognizes the input operation of the "cancel" command button, and the process returns to step S3 to return to the operation of selecting another image data. In step S8,
When the CPU 4 recognizes the input operation of the “OK” command button, the CPU 4 determines that the setting input is to associate the playlist data with the image data, and the CPU 4 stores the image data stored in the internal memory in the hard disk 2a. A process of storing is performed (step S9). Furthermore, CP
The U4 associates the playlist data selected by the user with the file name of the image data stored in the hard disk 2a and updates the hard disk 2a as new playlist data, that is, performs a writing process.

As described above, the operation based on the flowchart shown in FIG. 2 associates the playlist data with the image data.

On the other hand, in the search processing of the image data recorded in the memory card 15 in step S2, for example, as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 5, the hierarchical file structure of the memory card 15 is changed to the hierarchical index sequential access method (Hier).
archical Indexed Sequential Access Method: HIS
AM) to retrieve and process image data.

Specifically, first, the CPU 4 sets that the number of times of the search processing of the image data recorded in the directory provided in the memory card 15 is 0. That is, the CPU 4 corresponds to the number of times of search processing of the image data recorded in the directory in the memory card 15 by n.
The value is set to n = 0 indicating that the image data has not been searched (step S21).

After that, the CPU 4 sets the file name of the directory in which the data search process is performed by the image data search means 22. For example, the file name of the directory to be searched for the data is set as the file name to be searched and stored in the built-in memory or the like (step S22).

In this step S22, the entry information to be acquired is a list-like information of the data to be stored, such as the number of data stored in the directory. Also,
Here, at the beginning of the search process, since the data search process is performed on the root directory forming the recording area of the memory card 15, for example, "root directory" is set as the file name, and the entry information in this root directory is set. Will be obtained.

Then, the CPU 4 performs a search process for the nth stage data in the directory for performing the data search process, and at the beginning of the process, processes n = n + 1 to process the first stage data.
Is set (step S23). After this, the CPU 4
Based on the element information acquired in step S22 of the directory to be searched, it is determined whether the attribute of the data in the nth row is the file attribute and the extension of the file name is ".jpg" which means image data. It is determined (step S24).

In step S24, the attribute of the data in the nth row is not the file attribute, or has the file attribute but the extension of the file name of the file is ".j".
If it is determined that it is not "pg", it is determined whether the data has a directory attribute (step S2).
5).

If it is determined in step S25 that the directory attribute is found, the file having the searched directory attribute is used as the file name for performing the data search process in order to obtain the entry information in the directory attribute. A setting process for changing the name and storing it in the built-in memory or the like is performed (step S26), and step S2
The process proceeds to step 1 and the lower directory is set to be sequentially searched from the first stage. Note that this step S21
When proceeding to step 1, the file name of the upper layer directory which has been the object of the data search processing and the n value for which the data search processing is performed are stored in, for example, the internal memory.

If it is determined in step S25 that the attribute is not the directory attribute, the value of n is the total number of entry information in the current directory based on the entry information of the directory currently being searched. It is determined whether or not the total number is x (n = x) (step S27).

On the other hand, in step S24, the extension is ".j".
When it is determined that the file attribute is “pg”, CUP4
Stores the file name of the searched JPEG image data in the hard disk 2a and lists it as an image data management list (step S28). Then, it progresses to step S27.

Then, in step S27, n = x
When it is determined that the data is not searched, it is determined that data that has not been searched for data remains in the directory that is currently searched for data. Then, in order to continue the search processing, the process returns to step S23 and n
= N + 1 is set, and the data retrieval processing is sequentially performed.

If it is determined in step S27 that n = x, it is determined that all data in the directory currently undergoing data retrieval processing has been retrieved. Then, it is determined whether or not the search processing of the data in the root directory, that is, the determination of the file attribute and the extension of the file name is currently performed (step S29). This determination is made based on, for example, a file name stored as a data search processing target.

When it is determined in step S29 that the search processing of the data in the root directory is not being performed, it is determined that the data search processing in the directory is being performed, and this directory is the entry information. Returning to the directory one level above, the data search process is continued (step S30). When the data search process in step S30 is continued, for example, the process is performed based on the file name of the directory stored in the built-in memory in step S26 and the n value of the number of stages after the data search process is completed. To do. More specifically, the file name of the data search processing target is changed to the file name of the previously stored directory, and the stored n value is called.

After that, returning to step S23, n = n + 1 is set in order to search the next data, and the data is sequentially searched again.

If it is determined in step S29 that the search processing of the data in the root directory is currently being performed, the CPU 4 determines that the search processing of all the data recorded in the memory card 15 has been completed. . In this way, the search process of the image data for creating and storing the management list, which is the image data list of the memory card 15, in the hard disk 2a is completed.

By the above processing, when the association of the image data with the playlist data is completed and the music data actually stored in the hard disk 2a is reproduced, the process shown in FIG.
Processing is performed as shown in the flowchart of FIG. That is,
When the user performs an input operation to reproduce the music data, the CPU 4 recognizes the signal of the reproduction instruction from the operation unit 5, and the title names of the plurality of playlist data stored in the hard disk 2a are displayed on the display unit 6 as a list. To control.

When one or more of the title names of the play list data to be reproduced among the list displayed are selected by the user's input operation on the operation section 5,
The title name of the playlist data is stored in, for example, a built-in memory. Further, the CPU 4 causes the display unit 6 to display the title name of the selected play list data. When the title names of the plurality of playlist data are selected, the title names of the plurality of selected playlist data are displayed in a list. And
The CPU 4 detects the screen display of the playlist data on the display unit 6 or the switching of the display from the already displayed playlist data to the next reproduced playlist data (step S31).

In step S31, the CPU detects the display of the playlist data and the display switching.
4 reads out detailed information of the playlist data recorded on the hard disk 2a (step S32). Then, the CPU 4 sequentially reads the music data stored in the hard disk 2a based on the read detailed information of the playlist data, and outputs the sound from the speaker 13 via the DSP 11 and the D / A converter 12 of the reproducing means 3. Perform playback processing.

Further, the CPU 4 determines whether the image data is associated with the playlist data read in step S32, for example, the image file name is recorded in the playlist data (step S33). . If it is determined in step S33 that the playlist data is not associated with the image data, the process returns to step S31, and the music data is reproduced in a state where no image is displayed.

If it is determined in step S33 that the image data is associated, the associated image data is read from the hard disk 2a,
It is stored in the built-in memory (step S34). And
The CPU 4 performs a process of displaying the image data stored in the built-in memory on the display unit 6 as shown in FIG.
Returning to step 31, the music data is reproduced while the image is displayed as shown in FIG. In this way, the images are switched and displayed each time the playlist data is sequentially switched.

On the other hand, when the playlist data relating to the reproduced music data is displayed when the music data is reproduced, as shown in FIG. 3, the image data associated with the playlist data is displayed in the background. It

As described above, the CPU 4 records the music data unique information of the music data stored in the hard disk 2a in the playlist data, for example, the artist of the music data recorded in the memory card 15 which is detachably connected. Image data such as a picture of a jacket of an album including photos and music data of the album and image data desired by the user are associated with each other, and the music data to be reproduced is executed when the reproducing means 3 reproduces the music data. The image data associated with the playlist data of is displayed on the display unit 6 as shown in FIG. Therefore, by recording the image data by the user, it is possible to reproduce music that more suits the taste of the user. further,
When the music data unique information or the playlist data is displayed, the image data is displayed correspondingly, so that the user can visually recognize the contents of the music data or the playlist data specified by the music data unique information in the image data. Can be easily judged.

Then, the CPU 4 integrally associates the playlist data stored in the hard disk 2a with the image data recorded in the connected memory card 15, and the image data associated during the reproduction process of the music data. Is displayed. Therefore, when reproducing the music data, the image data related to the music data and the image data desired by the user can be displayed in association with each other by a simple process.

As shown in FIG. 3, the CPU 4 also displays the play list data on the display unit 6 and the image data recorded on the memory card 15,
As shown in FIG. 4, when the operation unit 5 is input and the displayed playlist data and image data are selected and set and input based on a display prompting for setting input on the display screen, these playlists are displayed. A process of associating the playlist data relating to the data with the image data is performed. Therefore, the user can perform an operation of associating the image data with the playlist data while confirming the display content of the image data,
The operation of associating the image data can be easily performed.

Further, when the playlist data is displayed on the screen after the association, the image data is displayed in the background of the playlist data as shown in FIG. 3 when the image data is associated. The contents of the music data listed in the playlist data can be visually recognized, and the usability is improved.

Then, the image data to be associated is stored in the hard disk 2a from the memory card 15. Therefore, even if the memory card 15 is removed, the image data is read from the hard disk 2a and displayed,
The memory card 15 can be effectively used as another storage medium.

[Modifications of the Embodiment] The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, but also includes the modifications described below within a range in which the object of the present invention can be achieved.

In the above-described embodiment, the reproducing apparatus 1 is used for the description, but the present invention is not limited to this, for example, a configuration incorporated in a navigation device, a configuration in which the display unit 6 is used as a separate audio device, or the like. May be
Further, the program is readable by a computer, and music data stored in a storage means such as a hard disk of the computer is associated with image data recorded in a recording medium such as a memory card or a CD-ROM mounted in the computer. It can be applied to any device such as operating a computer to reproduce and display them. The navigation device 1 is not limited to the configuration mounted on a moving body such as a vehicle, but may be a portable configuration.

Further, as described above, the image data is not limited to the JPEG system, but can be applied to image data of any system such as GIF.

The description has been made by associating the image data with the playlist data and displaying the associated image data when reproducing the music data based on the playlist data. However, the image data is associated with each music data. Then, the image data associated with each playback of each music data is displayed, or the image data is associated with the playlist data and the music data, respectively, and when the playlist data is displayed, it is associated with the playlist data. The image data associated with the music data is displayed when the music data is played back, and the image data associated with the music data is displayed when the music data specific information is displayed. , Display the associated image data when displaying the music data specific information It was or can be like to display the image data associated with the music data when displaying the play list data.

Further, although the image data is displayed at the time of reproducing the music data and at the time of displaying the playlist data, the present invention is not limited to this configuration and, for example, when displaying the music data specific information such as the detailed information of the stored music data. Alternatively, the image data may be displayed for each detailed information.

That is, the image data is associated with at least one of the music data, the music data unique information and the play list data, and the music data is reproduced.
It is possible to target any combination method of displaying the image data associated with the display of the music data specific information and the display of the play list data when performing at least one process.

Further, as the storage means, the structure capable of storing the map information and the music data has been described. However, the storage means for storing the music data is different from the storage means for storing the map information and the program. It can also be applied to the body. Further, the storage means of the present invention for storing music data is not limited to a hard disk, and may be, for example, a CD-R (Compact Disk-Read) or a CD-R / W (C
ompact Disk-Read / Write), DVD-RAM (Digital
It is possible to use any drive such as a drive capable of writing music data to a Versatile Disc-Random Access Memory).

Further, the recording medium is not limited to the memory card 15, and as described above, any of a magnetic tape such as a CD-ROM and a DVD-RAM, a magnetic disk, an optical disk and a magneto-optical disk can be used. .

Further, although the image data is stored in the hard disk 2a from the memory card 15 and the stored image data is displayed, the image data can be directly read from the memory card 15 and displayed. In such a case, image data can be associated and displayed for each music data or playlist data even if there is little free space in the hard disk 2a where data can be stored.

The music data stored in the hard disk 2a is, for example, MP3 (MPEG (Moving Pictur).
e Experts Group) Audio Layer-3) compressed data, music data recorded on CD-DA, such as uncompressed data can be used for any type of music data. it can.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described one embodiment and modification of the embodiment, and various other applications are possible without departing from the object of the present invention.

[0079]

According to the present invention, the image data is associated with at least one of the music data, the music data unique information and the playlist data, the music data is reproduced, and the music data unique information is displayed. When performing at least one of the processing for displaying the playlist data and the processing for displaying the playlist data, the associated image data is displayed. It is possible to display image data related to music data, music data specific information, playlist data, etc., image data desired by the user, such as a picture of the album jacket containing the music data, and the user's preference In addition to being able to play music that suits you, music data and playlist data The contents of the user can be visually determined by the image data.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a schematic configuration of a reproducing apparatus according to an embodiment of a data processing apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an operation of associating image data with playlist data in the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a display screen of detailed information of playlist data in the one embodiment.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a display screen displaying an image of selected image data on the background of the image data list in the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an operation of a search process for image data recorded in the memory card in the one embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an operation of displaying an image during reproduction of playlist data in the one embodiment.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a screen display during reproduction of music data according to the one embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Playback device as data processing device 2 Hard disk drive as a reading means 2a Hard disk as storage means 4 CPU as control means 5 Operation unit as input means 6 Display 7 Driver as means for reading image data 15 Memory card as external recording medium

Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. A display unit for displaying image data, at least one of music data, music data specific information for specifying the music data, and play list data listing the music data specific information.
Reading means for reading one of them, processing for reproducing the music data read by the reading means, processing for displaying the music data unique information read by the reading means on the display unit, and reading by the reading means At least one of the processes for displaying the playlist data that has been generated
And a control means for executing one of the music data, the control means associates at least one of the music data, the music data specific information, and the playlist data with the image data. When performing at least one process of a process of reproducing the music data, a process of displaying the music data unique information, and a process of displaying the playlist data, the associated image data is displayed on the display unit. A data processing device characterized by being displayed on. 2. The data processing device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit associates image data with at least one of the music data and the playlist data, and reproduces the music data. Characterized in that the associated image data is displayed when at least one of the process of displaying the music data unique information and the process of displaying the playlist data is executed. Data processing device. 3. The data processing device according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the music data, the music data unique information, and the playlist data,
A data processing apparatus comprising: an input unit for inputting a setting so that the image data is associated with the control unit. 4. The data processing device according to claim 1, wherein the image data is recorded on an external recording medium, and image data reading means for reading the image data from the external recording medium is provided. The control means stores the associated image data in the external recording medium in a storage means that stores at least one of the music data, the music data unique information, and the playlist data. Characteristic data processing device. 5. At least one of music data, music data unique information for specifying the music data, and playlist data listing the music data unique information is read, and the read music data is read. A process of associating at least one of the music data unique information and the playlist data with image data displayed on the screen, reproducing the read music data, and displaying the read music data unique information A data processing method, wherein the associated image data is displayed when at least one of the processing for displaying the read playlist data and the processing for displaying the read playlist data is executed. 6. The data processing method according to claim 5, wherein the association of the image data is at least one of the music data and the playlist data, the process of reproducing the music data, A data process, wherein the associated image data is displayed when at least one process of displaying music data specific information and displaying the playlist data is executed. Method. 7. The data processing method according to claim 5, wherein the image data is associated with at least one of the music data, the music data unique information, and the playlist data. A data processing method, which is carried out based on a setting input to the effect. 8. The data processing device according to claim 1, wherein image data recorded on an external recording medium is read, and the read image data is stored in the storage means as the music data. A data processing method, which is associated with at least one of the music data unique information and the playlist data and stores the associated image data in the storage means. 9. A data processing program which causes a computer to execute the data processing method according to claim 5. Description: 10. A recording medium on which the data processing program according to claim 9 is recorded so that it can be read by a computer.