JP2006023372A - Musical piece playback apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a musical piece playback apparatus which plays back a musical piece and outputs introduction voice of the musical piece to be reproduced and which can introduce more diversified musical pieces than heretofore. <P>SOLUTION: A car navigation system, having a musical piece playback function specifies the type of a reproduction sequence of the musical pieces (step 220), at each switching of the musical pieces to be reproduced (step 210) and further, specifies the information on the musical piece to be played back from now on, such as length of a title, the presence or absence of a subtitle, the presence or absence of a version, the artist name, sales date, a truck number, date of sound recording, and the number of past reproduction times, (step 230), and specifies the travel environment of a present self-vehicle (step 240). Based on such specified information, the system selects fixed form phrase for musical piece introduction (step 250) and outputs the introduction voice of the musical piece to be played back, by using the selected fixed form phrase (step 260, 270). <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a music reproducing apparatus that reproduces music and outputs an introduction voice of the music to be reproduced.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there are devices that play back music stored in a music storage medium such as a CD, MD, DVD, and HDD, such as an in-car car navigation device, a car audio device, and a home audio device. Some of these music playback devices have a function of outputting the introduction of the music as a voice as if a radio announcer is speaking when starting to play the music ( For example, see Patent Document 1). As such a function, for example, “following is a song α of artist A. Please!”, And introduce a song using a fixed phrase such as “follow” “no” “is. Please!”. There is something.

Such a music introduction function by voice is particularly useful in an in-vehicle music reproducing apparatus. This is because, in an in-vehicle music playback device, there are cases where the display screen of the music playback device cannot be watched when the vehicle is driven. Also, portable portable music player devices may not have a display device of a sufficiently large size, and such a music introduction function by voice is useful.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-152878

  However, conventional music introductions are based on "artist name", "album name", "song name", and "song genre". For example, if you introduce the same song, you can only introduce songs with the same phrase. , To be interesting. In the actual radio broadcast, the announcer will introduce a variety of songs with a little more clever phrases.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and it is an object of the present invention to enable a music reproducing apparatus that reproduces music and outputs an introductory voice of the music to be reproduced, which can introduce a variety of music than before.

  In order to achieve the above object, the invention described in claim 1 includes a storage medium that stores a plurality of types of fixed phrases for introducing music, a determination unit that determines the format of the reproduction order of the music, and Selection means for selecting a fixed phrase stored in the storage medium based on the determined reproduction order format of the music, and output means for outputting an introduction voice of the music to be played using the fixed phrase selected by the selection means And a music playback device.

  In this way, the music playback device determines the format of the playback order of the music, selects a fixed phrase stored in the storage medium based on the determined playback order format of the music, and plays back using the fixed phrase Since the introduction voice of the music to be played is output, it is possible to introduce a variety of music introduction than before.

  The invention according to claim 2 is based on a storage medium storing a plurality of types of fixed phrases for music playback history and music introduction, and a playback history stored in the storage medium for the music to be played back. A music reproducing apparatus comprising: selecting means for selecting a fixed phrase stored in the storage medium; and output means for outputting an introduction voice of the music to be reproduced using the fixed phrase selected by the selecting means.

  In this way, the music playback device selects a fixed phrase stored in the storage medium based on the playback history of the music to be played, and outputs the introduction voice of the music to be played using the fixed phrase, so far Can also introduce various music.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a storage medium for storing a plurality of types of fixed phrases for introducing music, a discriminating unit for discriminating the traveling environment of the host vehicle, and the traveling of the host vehicle determined by the discriminating unit. On-vehicle equipment comprising: selection means for selecting a fixed phrase stored in the storage medium based on the environment; and output means for outputting an introduction voice of the music to be played using the fixed phrase selected by the selection means This is a music playback device.

  In this way, the in-vehicle music reproducing device determines the traveling environment of the host vehicle, selects a fixed phrase stored in the storage medium based on the determined traveling environment, and uses the fixed phrase to reproduce Since the introduction voice is output, a variety of music introductions can be introduced.

  The invention according to claim 4 is based on a comparison between a storage medium storing a plurality of types of boilerplates for introducing a song and the length of a formal name of a song to be played and a predetermined length criterion. A music playback device comprising: selection means for selecting a fixed phrase stored in a storage medium; and output means for outputting an introduction voice of the music to be played back using the fixed phrase selected by the selection means.

  In this way, the music playback device selects a fixed phrase stored in the storage medium based on the comparison between the length of the official name of the music to be played and a predetermined length criterion, and plays back using the fixed phrase. Since the music introduction voice is output, it is possible to introduce a variety of music introductions than before.

  Further, the invention according to claim 5 is a storage medium for storing a plurality of types of fixed phrases for music introduction, and a selection for selecting a fixed phrase stored in the storage medium based on subtitle information of the music to be reproduced. And an output means for outputting an introduction voice of the music to be played back using the fixed phrase selected by the selection means.

  In this way, the music playback device selects the fixed phrase stored in the storage medium based on the subtitle information of the music to be played, and outputs the introduction voice of the music to be played back using the fixed phrase, so far Can also introduce various music.

  The invention according to claim 6 is a storage medium for storing a plurality of types of fixed phrases for music introduction, and a selection for selecting a fixed phrase stored in the storage medium based on version information of the music to be reproduced. And an output means for outputting an introduction voice of the music to be played back using the fixed phrase selected by the selection means.

  In this way, the music playback device selects the fixed phrase stored in the storage medium based on the version information of the music to be played back, and outputs the introduction voice of the music to be played back using the fixed phrase, so far Can also introduce various music.

  Further, the invention according to claim 7 is stored in the storage medium based on the fact that there are a plurality of readings of performance artist names of the music to be reproduced and a storage medium for storing plural types of fixed phrases for introducing the music. The music reproducing apparatus includes: a selecting unit that selects the fixed phrase that has been selected; and an output unit that outputs an introduction voice of the music to be reproduced using the fixed phrase selected by the selecting unit.

  In this way, the music playback device selects a fixed phrase stored in the storage medium based on a plurality of readings of the performance artist name of the music to be played, and uses the fixed phrase to introduce the introduction voice of the music to be played back Is output, so that various music introductions can be introduced.

  Further, the invention according to claim 8 is a storage medium for storing a plurality of types of fixed phrases for music introduction, and a fixed phrase stored in the storage medium based on release date information of music data to be reproduced. A music playback device comprising: selection means for selecting; and output means for outputting an introduction voice of music to be played back using the fixed phrase selected by the selection means.

  In this way, the music playback device selects the fixed phrase stored in the storage medium based on the release date information of the music data to be played back, and outputs the introduction voice of the music to be played back using the fixed phrase, A variety of music introductions can be introduced.

  Further, the invention according to claim 9 is a storage medium for storing a plurality of types of fixed phrases for introducing music, and a fixed phrase stored in the storage medium based on a track number in an album of the music to be reproduced. A music playback device comprising: selection means for selecting a song; and output means for outputting an introduction voice of the music to be played back using the fixed phrase selected by the selection means.

  In this way, the music playback device selects the fixed phrase stored in the storage medium based on the track number in the album of the music to be played, and outputs the introduction voice of the music to be played back using the fixed phrase , Can introduce a variety of music than before.

  The invention according to claim 10 is a storage medium for storing a plurality of types of fixed phrases for music introduction, and a fixed phrase stored in the storage medium based on recording time information of the music data to be reproduced. A music playback device comprising: selection means for selecting; and output means for outputting an introduction voice of music to be played back using the fixed phrase selected by the selection means.

  In this way, the music playback device selects the fixed phrase stored in the storage medium based on the recording time information of the music to be played, and outputs the introduction voice of the music to be played using the fixed phrase. It is possible to introduce more diverse music introductions.

  The invention according to claim 11 is a storage medium for storing a plurality of types of fixed phrases for introducing music, selection means for selecting a fixed phrase stored in the storage medium based on the current time, An in-vehicle music reproducing apparatus comprising: output means for outputting an introduction voice of a music to be reproduced using the fixed phrase selected by the selecting means.

  In this way, the music playback device selects a fixed phrase stored in the storage medium based on the current time, and outputs the introduction voice of the music to be played using the fixed phrase, so a variety of music introductions than before Can be performed.

  In the invention described in claim 12, each condition of a storage medium for storing a plurality of types of fixed phrases for introducing music and a plurality of selection criteria for selecting a fixed phrase for introducing music is satisfied. Specifying means for specifying information for determining whether or not to be performed, and the storage corresponding to one selected at random from selection criteria that satisfy a condition based on information specified by the specifying means An on-vehicle music reproducing apparatus comprising: selecting means for selecting a fixed phrase stored in a medium; and output means for outputting an introduction voice of a music to be reproduced using the fixed phrase selected by the selecting means.

  In this way, the music playback device identifies information for determining whether or not each condition of the plurality of selection criteria for selecting a fixed phrase for music introduction is satisfied, and the identified information is Based on the selection criteria satisfying the above conditions, a fixed phrase corresponding to one selected at random is selected, and the fixed phrase corresponding to the selected phrase is used to output the introduction voice of the music to be played back. Can be introduced to the music.

The invention according to claim 13 is a storage medium for storing a plurality of types of fixed phrases for introducing music, and a plurality of selections with priorities for selecting fixed phrases for introducing music A identifying means for identifying information for determining whether or not each condition of the criteria is satisfied,
Selection means for selecting a fixed phrase stored in the storage medium corresponding to one selected based on the priority among the selection criteria satisfying the condition based on the information specified by the specifying means; An in-vehicle music reproducing apparatus comprising: output means for outputting an introduction voice of music to be reproduced using the fixed phrase selected by the selecting means.

  In this way, the music playback device identifies information for determining whether or not each condition of a plurality of prioritized selection criteria for selecting a boilerplate for music introduction is satisfied, and this Based on the specified information, a fixed phrase corresponding to one selected based on the priority is selected from the selection criteria satisfying the condition, and the introduction voice of the music to be reproduced is selected using the fixed phrase. Since it is output, it is possible to introduce a variety of music introductions than before.

  The invention described in claim 14 is the on-vehicle music reproducing device according to any one of claims 1 to 13, further comprising character display means for visually displaying characters corresponding to the introduction voice output by the output means. It is characterized by.

  In this way, it is possible to add to the introduction of music the fun of highlighting a statement that is frequently used in TV variety programs.

  The invention according to claim 15 is the in-vehicle music reproducing device according to claim 14, wherein the character corresponding to the introduction voice is a character string obtained by simplifying the content of the introduction voice. .

  This makes it possible to reduce troublesome reading work compared to listening work.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 1 shows a hardware configuration of a car navigation apparatus 1 with a music playback function according to the present embodiment.

  The car navigation device 1 includes a position detector 11, an operation switch group 12, a display device 13, a CD (compact disc) drive 14, a DVD (digital versatile disc) drive 15, an MD (mini disc) drive 16, an audio amplifier 17, and a speaker. 18, an external storage medium 19, a control circuit 20, an FM / AM tuner 21, and a TV tuner 22.

  The position detector 11 has a well-known sensor (not shown) such as a geomagnetic sensor, a gyroscope, a vehicle speed sensor, and a GPS receiver. The position detector 11 is for specifying the current position based on the characteristics of each of these sensors. Information is output to the control circuit 20.

  The operation switch group 12 includes a plurality of mechanical switches provided in the car navigation device 1 and an input device such as a touch panel provided so as to overlap the display surface of the display device 13. The user can press the mechanical switch or touch the touch panel. The base signal is output to the control circuit 18.

  The display device 13 displays a video based on the video signal output from the control circuit 20 to the user. As the display video, for example, a map centering on the current location, a title of the playback music, a button indicating what function (for example, playback, stop, change of playback speed, etc.) can be realized by touching where on the touch panel There are indications.

  Based on the control from the control circuit 20, the CD drive 14, the DVD drive 15, and the MD drive 16 read the data from the removable storage medium on which the music data and the music order data are recorded and output the data to the control circuit 20. .

  The music data refers to music data that has been converted into data using a music data format, MP3 format, or the like defined by the CD-DA standard.

  The song order data is, for example, the number of song data stored in a storage medium, such as TOC data in a CD, and correspondence information between the recording order of songs in the storage medium and the performance time of the song (that is, the beginning) Information on how many times the first song is and how long it is.

  The storage medium to be read by the CD drive 14 is a CD-ROM, CD-R, etc., and the storage medium to be read by the DVD drive 15 is a DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD + RW, DVD. A storage medium, such as a RAM, which is read by the MD drive 16 is an MD.

  The audio amplifier 17 amplifies the audio signal output from the control circuit 20 and outputs the amplified audio signal to the speaker 18.

  Under the control of the control circuit 20, the FM / AM tuner 21 receives broadcast sounds such as music from FM radio and AM radio broadcast stations and outputs the sound signals to the control circuit 20.

  The TV tuner 22 receives video / sound from the TV broadcasting station based on the control of the control circuit 20 and outputs it to the control circuit 20 as a video signal and a sound signal.

  The external storage medium 19 is composed of a large-capacity nonvolatile storage medium having a capacity of several hundred megabytes or more, such as an HDD (hard disk drive), a large-capacity memory card, and the like, and is capable of reading and writing data under the control of the control circuit 20 Take control.

  In this external storage medium 19, in addition to various programs that are read out and executed by the control circuit 20, map data 31, music data 32, a music information database (denoted as music information DB in the figure) 33 for map display. The fixed phrase audio data 34, the reproduction history data 35, the playlist data 36, and the like are stored.

  The music data 32 was recorded from CD, DVD, MD, radio broadcasting, and television broadcasting through the display device 13, CD drive 14, MD drive 16, FM / AM tuner 21, and TV tuner 22 under the control of the control circuit 20, respectively. It is data of multiple songs. The recorded data refers to data obtained by moving the original data, duplicated data, and data obtained by performing data compression on the original data using a compression format such as MP3 (Mpeg1Audio Layer3). Each piece of music data in the music data 32 is associated with one music entry and one album entry in the music information database 33.

  The music information database 33 is data having a plurality of music entries (for example, 200,000 music pieces) for each music piece. Each song entry includes the song title, the performance time of the song, the performance of the song (including singing, the same applies hereinafter), the artist name, the performance artist name of the song, the song (or an album containing the song). The release date, the track number in the album of the song (that is, the recording order), the recording date that is the date when the song was recorded on the external storage medium 19, the number of times the song was played by the control circuit 20 in the past, Finally, it has information such as the date and time when the music was reproduced by the control circuit 20.

  The music information database 33 has an album entry for each album, and one album entry includes an album name, a performance artist of the album, a recorded song title list of the album, a recorded song order of the album, and the album It has information such as performance time of each recorded music. When there are two or more readings of the artist name, the plurality of readings are stored in a form delimited by a predetermined delimiter (for example, character string |). The first part is an official reading, and the second and subsequent readings are abbreviated as nicknames.

  The fixed phrase audio data 34 is audio data recorded in a predetermined audio format such as WAV and MP3, which represents various fixed phrases for introducing music by voice.

  In the reproduction history data 35, the titles and reproduction times of the music pieces reproduced by the control circuit 20 in the past are recorded in the order of reproduction.

  The playlist data 36 stores a plurality of types of ordered lists of specific music designated by the user. For example, a My Best music list, a bright music list for heading to vacation, a calm music list when you want to calm down.

  The control circuit 20 has a RAM, a ROM, and a CPU (not shown). The CPU executes a program for the operation of the car navigation device 1 read from the ROM and the external storage medium 19, and reads information from the ROM, RAM, and external storage medium 19 when executing the program. Information is written to the storage medium 19, and the position detector 11, operation switch group 12, display device 13, CD drive 14, DVD drive 15, MD drive 16, audio amplifier 17, external storage medium 19, FM / AM It exchanges signals with the tuner 21 and the TV tuner 22.

  As specific processing of the CPU of the control circuit 20, based on a signal from the position detector 11, current position specifying processing for specifying the current position of the vehicle, receiving a destination input by the user from the operation switch group 12, Route search processing for calculating a travel route from the current position to the destination, a map for reading the map data 31 from the external storage medium 19, and displaying the calculated travel route, memory point, etc. on the display device 13 together with the map data 31 There is a display process.

  Further, the CPU of the control circuit 20 externally sends a music piece via the CD drive 14, DVD drive 15, MD drive 16, FM / AM tuner 21, and TV tuner 22 based on a predetermined operation of the user operation switch group 12. The music data 32 of the storage medium 19 is recorded, and is further associated with one of the music information database 33 and one of the album entries.

  Specifically, the CPU of the control circuit 20 controls the CD drive 14, the DVD drive 15, and the MD drive 16 to read music data and music order data from a CD or the like loaded in the CD drive 14. Then, one album entry that matches the correspondence between the music recording order in the music order data and the performance time is selected, and the album entry is associated with each music in the read music data. Then, the music entry corresponding to each music in the music list of the album entry is associated with the music in the read music data on a one-to-one basis. This one-to-one association is realized by sequentially associating from the beginning of the read music according to the music order information of the album entry.

  Further, when recording sound data from the FM / AM tuner 21 and the TV tuner 22 in the external storage medium 19, the music switch timing specification using the user operation switch group 12, and the music entry associated with the music, Based on the operation of selecting the album entry, the recording of the music and the association with the music entry and album entry of the music are realized.

  Further, the CPU of the control circuit 20 adds information on the date and time when the music was recorded to the external storage medium 19 to the music entry associated with the data recorded in this way.

  Further, the CPU of the control circuit 20 reproduces the music data 32 of the external storage medium 19 based on a predetermined operation of the user operation switch group 12. That is, a sound signal based on the music data 32 is output to the audio amplifier 17.

  When playing a certain song in the song data 32, the CPU increments the value of the item of the number of times played in the entry related to the played song in the song information database 33 by one, and sets the last performance date and time to the current date and time. Change to Further, the CPU adds the title of the reproduced music and the current date / time information to the top of the reproduction history data 35.

  In addition, the CPU plays the music in the order according to the rules defined by the playback mode selected by the user using the display device 13. The playback mode includes a normal mode, a one-track repeat mode, an album repeat mode, an artist repeat mode, a random playback mode, a playlist playback mode, a history order playback mode, and a playback count order playback mode.

  The normal mode is a mode in which music is played in track order from the beginning to the end of one album.

  The one-tune repeat mode is a mode for repeatedly playing one piece of music.

  The album repeat mode is a mode in which reproduction in track order is repeated for the music from the beginning to the end of one album.

  The artist repeat mode is a mode in which the reproduction in order of the tracks in the order of the albums of the songs of a plurality of albums performed by one artist is repeated.

  The random playback mode is a mode for playing back music that is sequentially selected based on a pseudo-random number sequence.

  The playlist reproduction mode is a mode in which music is sequentially reproduced in accordance with one order of playlists stored in the playlist data 36 of the external storage medium 19. The CPU adds or changes a playlist in the playlist data 36 based on an operation using the operation switch group 12 for creating and editing a playlist by the user.

  The history order playback mode is a mode in which the playback date and time in the playback history data 35 are played in order from the newest music.

  The playback number order playback mode is a mode in which playback is performed in order from music data having a large number of past playbacks. The number of reproductions can be specified based on the information on the number of reproductions in each entry of the music data 32.

  Further, the CPU of the control circuit 20 selects a fixed phrase stored in the fixed phrase audio data 34 of the external storage medium 19 based on various conditions described in detail below when the music to be played is switched, and this selected fixed phrase The music introduction function for outputting the introduction voice of the music to be played back to the audio amplifier 17 is provided.

  FIG. 2 shows a flowchart of a program 200 that the CPU reads from the external storage medium 19 and executes for the music introduction function. The CPU always executes the program 200 from the start of music playback until the end.

  First, in step 210, it is determined whether or not it is time to switch playback to the next music. If it is time to switch, the process of step 215 is subsequently executed. If it is not time to switch, the process of step 210 is repeated again.

  In step 215, the current reproduction is paused. As a result, the next music is put on standby.

  Subsequently, in step 220, the current playback mode is selected from the normal mode, the one-track repeat mode, the album repeat mode, the artist repeat mode, the random playback mode, the playlist playback mode, the history order playback mode, and the playback count order playback mode. Identify which one of them.

  Subsequently, in step 230, music information to be used as a reference for selecting a fixed phrase for music introduction is specified. Specifically, the entry of the music to be reproduced is read from the music information database 33.

  Subsequently, in step 240, the traveling environment of the host vehicle to be used as a reference for selecting a fixed phrase for introducing music is specified. Specifically, current position information is acquired from the position detector 11, and current time information is acquired from a GPS receiver or the like of the position detector 11. The current time is morning (for example, 4 am to noon), noon (for example, noon to 4 pm), evening (for example, 4 pm to 7 pm), night (for example, 7 pm to 4 am), midnight It is specified whether or not each of the categories (for example, 0:00 am to 4:00 am) is applicable. Further, based on the current position information and the map data of the external storage medium 19, it is determined whether or not the current traveling location is along the coast (that is, a location within a predetermined distance from the coast). And whether it is in a large city (for example, in a government-designated city), and based on the current position information and the map data of the external storage medium 19, the road that is currently running is an expressway Whether the road is an urban expressway or a general road.

  Subsequently, in step 250, based on the information specified in steps 230 to 250, a fixed phrase used for introducing the next music is selected.

  3 to 5 show specific standard phrase selection criteria in a table. FIG. 3 shows the standard phrase selection criteria based on the playback mode, FIG. 4 shows the standard phrase selection criteria based on the music information, and FIG. 5 shows the standard phrase selection criteria based on the driving environment of the vehicle. It shows the standard.

  Each row other than the top row in these tables corresponds to one selection criterion. The condition in the left column of each line indicates a condition for satisfying the selection criterion, and the right column indicates a music introduction phrase used when the selection criterion is satisfied. A portion other than the brackets in the music introduction phrase is a fixed phrase stored in the fixed phrase audio data 34 of the external storage medium 19. The wording in the brackets is a phrase that differs for each piece of music included in the music information, such as title, artist name reading, track number, and the like. For example, in FIG. 3 to FIG. 5, “XXXXXX”, “...”, “*******” is the name of the song. “◇◇◇” indicates the subtitle of the song, “XXXXXXX” indicates the album name, “□□□□□□” indicates the official reading of the performance artist name, and “△△△” indicates the performance artist Another reading of the name is shown.

  For example, according to the selection criteria in the third row of FIG. 3, when the playback mode is the one-track repeat mode, “Please repeat listen” to continue to the song title or “It seems like a favorite. A fixed phrase “Please” is selected from the fixed phrase audio data 34. Note that which of the two types of fixed phrases is selected may be selected randomly using a pseudo-random number sequence, or only one of them may always be selected.

  Further, for example, according to the selection criterion on the seventh line in FIG. 3, when the playback mode is playlist playback, the fixed phrase “from” for sandwiching between the playlist name and the song title and the song title are continued. Select a pair with the boilerplate “is” for. Note that the CPU reads the name of the playlist from the playlist data 36.

  Also, for example, according to the selection criteria in the ninth line of FIG. 3, when the playback mode is playback in order of the number of playback times, the music is ranked in order from the music with the highest playback count. The standard phrase “ranked in the first place” to be added before the song, and the standard phrase “followed in the second place” to be added in front of the song title in the case of playing the song in the second place Select. That is, the standard phrase in the ranking format is selected based on the ranking.

  Further, for example, according to the selection criteria on the second line in FIG. 4, when the title of the music to be reproduced is long, a fixed phrase “the official name is so long” to be added before the music title is selected. Note that a long title means that the character string of the music title in the entry of the music information database 33 associated with the music is a predetermined length (for example, 10 characters) or more.

  Also, for example, according to the selection criteria in the third row in FIG. 4, when a song to be reproduced has a subtitle, the fixed phrase “next song” is sandwiched between the song title and the subtitle, and the subtitle. Select a set of boilerplate phrases “What a subtitle is attached” to continue. Note that a subtitle is attached to a music piece when the character string of the music title in the entry of the music information database 33 associated with the music piece has a pair of parentheses (). Then, the CPU recognizes that the portion between the pair of parentheses is a subtitle.

  Also, for example, according to the selection criteria in the fourth line of FIG. 4, when a song to be played has a version, a fixed phrase “next song” to be added before the version, and the version and title A set of boilerplate phrases “Let me hear you” between them, or a boilerplate phrase “Please” between the title and the version, and “Please please” after the version Pick a pair. Note that a song has a version means that the character string of the song title in the entry of the song information database 33 associated with the song has a pair of parentheses () and is sandwiched between the pair of parentheses. The case where the character string “version” is included in the written character string. Then, the CPU recognizes that the portion between the pair of parentheses is a version of the music.

  Also, for example, according to the selection criteria in the fifth line of FIG. 4, when there are two or more readings of the performance artist name of the music to be reproduced, a “thing” to be sandwiched between another reading and a formal reading. And a set of boilerplates called “Nokono Number” for sandwiching between formal readings and titles.

  Further, for example, according to the selection criteria in the sixth line in FIG. 4, when the release date of the music to be reproduced is new, the fixed phrase “let's send from the latest music” to be added before the title is selected. Note that the release date of a song is new means that the release date in the entry of the song information database 33 associated with the song is within a predetermined period (for example, one year) from the present.

Also, for example, according to the selection criteria in the seventh line of FIG. 4, if the release date of the song to be played is old, the boilerplate phrase “Let's send this nostalgic song” to be put in front of the title, or release The standard phrase “It is a masterpiece of the era” to put between the era and the title,
Select. Note that the release date of a song is old means that the release date in the entry in the song information database 33 associated with the song is a predetermined period (for example, 10 years) or more before the present. And CPU sets the year which made the 1st part of the year display of the release date of the music information database 33 zero to the release date.

  Also, for example, according to the selection criteria on the 10th line in FIG. 4, when the recording date of a song to be played is old, a fixed phrase “we will send a song recorded quite a long time ago” to be added in front of the title, Alternatively, the standard phrase “It is a song recorded a year ago” is selected to be inserted between the year after recording and the title. Note that the recording date of the music is old means that the recording date and time in the entry of the music information database 33 associated with the music is more than a predetermined period (for example, one year) from the current time.

  Also, for example, according to the selection criteria in the 11th line of FIG. 4, when the recording date of a song to be played is new, the standard form of “we will send a newly recorded song” to be sandwiched between the recording date and the title Pick a phrase. Note that the recording date of the music is new means that the recording date and time in the entry of the music information database 33 associated with the music is within a predetermined period (for example, one month) from the present.

  Also, for example, according to the selection criteria on the 12th line in FIG. 4, when the recording date of a song to be played is new, the standard form of “we will send a newly recorded song” to be sandwiched between the recording date and the title Pick a phrase. Note that the recording date of the music is new means that the recording date and time in the entry of the music information database 33 associated with the music is within a predetermined period (for example, one month) from the present.

  For the music to be played from now on, if the conditions for a plurality of selection criteria among the above-mentioned various selection criteria are satisfied, one of them is prioritized, and the fixed phrase corresponding to the priority selection criteria is selected. Pick out. The criterion of which one is prioritized may be random based on a pseudo-random number sequence, or a priority value is assigned to each selection criterion in advance, and the most of the plurality of selection criteria. It may be a criterion that priority is given to a higher priority value.

  Following step 250, in step 260, an output phrase is created. That is, the fixed phrase selected in step 250 is combined with the above-mentioned information such as the title and artist name of the music to be reproduced, and as a result, the music introduction audio data of the phrase according to the configuration shown in FIGS. Create Note that speech data other than the fixed phrases may be generated from text data using a known speech synthesis technique.

  In step 270, the music introduction voice data created in step 260 is output to the audio amplifier 17. Thereby, the music introduction sound flows from the speaker 18 so that the user can hear it.

  When this output is completed, in step 280, the paused reproduction is resumed.

  Subsequently, the processing returns to step 210.

  When the CPU 200 of the control circuit 20 executes the program 200 as described above, the car navigation device 1 specifies the format of the music playback order (ie, playback mode) each time the music to be played is switched (see step 210). (See step 220), and further specify the information of the music to be played back, such as the title length, presence / absence of subtitle, presence / absence of version, artist name, release date, track number, recording date, past number of plays, etc. In addition, the current traveling environment of the host vehicle is specified (see step 240).

  Then, based on the specified information, the standard phrase for music introduction is selected from the external storage medium 19 (see step 250), and the introduction voice of the music to be reproduced is output using the selected standard phrase. (See steps 260 and 270). Therefore, the car navigation apparatus 1 can perform various music introductions.

  In the above-described embodiment, the car navigation device 1 corresponds to a music playback device. However, the music playback device does not necessarily have to be mounted on the vehicle. For example, the music playback device may be a portable music playback device carried by the user or a music playback device fixed in the home.

  Further, the CPU of the control circuit 20 executes steps 220, 230 and 240 of the program 200, thereby functioning as a determination unit.

  Further, the CPU of the control circuit 20 executes step 250 of the program 200, thereby functioning as selection means.

  Further, the CPU of the control circuit 20 executes steps 260 and 270 of the program 200 to function as an output unit.

  In the above-described embodiment, the fixed phrase stored in the fixed phrase audio data 34 of the external storage medium 19 stored in the car navigation device 1 is audio data. The stored phrase may be character string data. In this case, the CPU of the control circuit 20 only needs to have a function of synthesizing speech based on the character string.

  In the above-described embodiment, the vehicle navigation apparatus 1 may perform visual music introduction using characters in addition to voice music introduction. This display of characters can be realized by the control circuit 19 outputting to the character string data display device 13 corresponding to the sound data to be output at the timing of executing step 260 of the program 200.

  The character string corresponding to the voice data to be output may be a character string having the same contents as the voice data to be output, or may be a character string obtained by shortening and simplifying the main points of the voice data to be output. If the display character string is shortened and simplified, troublesome reading work is reduced as compared with listening work.

  When displaying a character string with the same content as the voice data to be output, the character string with the same content as the fixed phrase read for voice output is read, and voice data other than the fixed phrase is synthesized into this character string. An introduction phrase that is a combination of the text data that is the source of the output is output to the display device 13. It is assumed that the character string data having the same contents as the fixed phrase is included in the fixed phrase voice data 34 in advance.

  When the voice data to be output is simplified or shortened, the character string is deleted and added according to a predetermined rule from the character string data combined as described above, and the resulting character string is output to the display device 13. The predetermined rule is determined in advance for each reproduction mode as a standard phrase selection criterion, music information, and vehicle driving environment shown in the above-described embodiment, and stored in the external storage medium 19. To do. The predetermined rule includes, for example, deletion of redundant texts, change of ending of word ends.

  In addition, the music introduction by visual display of the character string may be always performed when introducing the music by voice, or may be performed only in a specific case. Whether or not to introduce music by visual display of a character string may be determined in advance for each of the above-mentioned fixed phrase selection criteria.

  FIG. 6 shows, in a tabular form, a standard phrase selection criterion corresponding to the introduction of music by visual display of a character string, and a display character string example in that case. The selection criteria for each row in this table are the sixth row in FIG. 3, the ninth row in FIG. 3, the third row in FIG. 4, the fourth row in FIG. 4, the fifth row in FIG. This corresponds to the selection criteria of the sixth line and the seventh line of FIG.

  FIG. 7 shows an example of a display screen of the display device 13 on which music introduction by a character string is displayed. The character string is displayed as a telop in the lower center portion 40 in FIG. This telop display is displayed in a format that is superimposed on the music playback screen of the peach. Thereby, the character string is more emphasized.

  In this way, by performing visual display with characters in addition to audio display at the time of music guidance, it is possible to add to the music introduction the excitement of speech emphasis that is frequently used in TV variety programs.

It is a figure which shows the hardware constitutions of the car navigation apparatus. It is a flowchart of the program which CPU of the control circuit 20 performs for music introduction. It is a graph which shows the fixed phrase selection criteria based on reproduction | regeneration mode. It is a graph which shows the fixed phrase selection criteria based on the information of a music. It is a graph which shows the fixed phrase selection criteria based on the driving environment of a vehicle. It is a table | surface which shows the case where a character is displayed on a screen with an introduction audio | voice, and the example of a display character in that case. It is a figure which shows the character string 40 displayed on the display surface of the display apparatus 13 as a telop.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Car navigation apparatus, 11 ... Position detector, 12 ... Operation switch group,
13 ... Display device, 14 ... CD drive, 15 ... DVD drive, 16 ... MD drive,
17 ... Audio amplifier, 18 ... Speaker, 19 ... External storage medium, 20 ... Control circuit,
21 ... FM / AM tuner, 22 ... TV tuner, 31 ... Map data,
32 ... music data, 33 ... music information database, 34 ... boilerplate voice data,
35 ... reproduction history data, 36 ... playlist data, 40 ... guide character string,
200 ... program.

Claims (15)

A storage medium for storing multiple types of phrases for introducing music;
A discriminating means for discriminating the format of the reproduction order of the music;
Selection means for selecting a fixed phrase stored in the storage medium based on the format of the reproduction order of the music determined by the determination means;
A music playback device comprising: output means for outputting an introduction voice of the music to be played back using the fixed phrase selected by the selection means. A storage medium for storing a plurality of types of boilerplates for music history and music introduction history;
Selection means for selecting a fixed phrase stored in the storage medium based on a reproduction history stored in the storage medium for the music to be reproduced;
A music playback device comprising: output means for outputting an introduction voice of the music to be played back using the fixed phrase selected by the selection means. A storage medium for storing multiple types of phrases for introducing music;
A discriminating means for discriminating the traveling environment of the host vehicle;
Selection means for selecting a fixed phrase stored in the storage medium based on the traveling environment of the host vehicle determined by the determination means;
An in-vehicle music reproducing apparatus comprising: output means for outputting an introduction voice of music to be reproduced using the fixed phrase selected by the selecting means. A storage medium for storing multiple types of phrases for introducing music;
Selection means for selecting a fixed phrase stored in the storage medium based on a comparison between the length of the formal name of the music to be played and a predetermined length criterion;
A music playback device comprising: output means for outputting an introduction voice of the music to be played back using the fixed phrase selected by the selection means. A storage medium for storing multiple types of phrases for introducing music;
Selection means for selecting a fixed phrase stored in the storage medium based on the subtitle information of the music to be reproduced;
A music playback device comprising: output means for outputting an introduction voice of the music to be played back using the fixed phrase selected by the selection means. A storage medium for storing multiple types of phrases for introducing music;
Selection means for selecting a fixed phrase stored in the storage medium based on version information of the music to be reproduced;
A music playback device comprising: output means for outputting an introduction voice of the music to be played back using the fixed phrase selected by the selection means. A storage medium for storing multiple types of phrases for introducing music;
Selection means for selecting a fixed phrase stored in the storage medium based on a plurality of readings of the performance artist name of the music to be reproduced;
A music playback device comprising: output means for outputting an introduction voice of the music to be played back using the fixed phrase selected by the selection means. A storage medium for storing multiple types of phrases for introducing music;
Selection means for selecting a fixed phrase stored in the storage medium based on the release date information of the music data to be reproduced;
A music playback device comprising: output means for outputting an introduction voice of the music to be played back using the fixed phrase selected by the selection means. A storage medium for storing multiple types of phrases for introducing music;
Selection means for selecting a fixed phrase stored in the storage medium based on the track number in the album of the music to be reproduced;
A music playback device comprising: output means for outputting an introduction voice of the music to be played back using the fixed phrase selected by the selection means. A storage medium for storing multiple types of phrases for introducing music;
Selection means for selecting a fixed phrase stored in the storage medium based on the recording time information of the music data to be reproduced;
A music playback device comprising: output means for outputting an introduction voice of the music to be played back using the fixed phrase selected by the selection means. A storage medium for storing multiple types of phrases for introducing music;
Selection means for selecting a boilerplate stored in the storage medium based on the current time;
An in-vehicle music reproducing apparatus comprising: output means for outputting an introduction voice of music to be reproduced using the fixed phrase selected by the selecting means. A storage medium for storing multiple types of phrases for introducing music;
A specifying means for specifying information for determining whether or not each condition of a plurality of selection criteria for selecting a fixed phrase for introducing a song is satisfied;
Selection means for selecting a fixed phrase stored in the storage medium corresponding to one randomly selected among selection criteria that satisfy a condition, based on information specified by the specifying means;
An in-vehicle music reproducing apparatus comprising: output means for outputting an introduction voice of music to be reproduced using the fixed phrase selected by the selecting means. A storage medium for storing multiple types of phrases for introducing music;
A specifying means for specifying information for determining whether or not each condition of a plurality of selection criteria given priority is selected for selecting a fixed phrase for introducing a music;
Selection means for selecting a fixed phrase stored in the storage medium corresponding to one selected based on the priority among the selection criteria satisfying the condition based on the information specified by the specifying means; ,
An in-vehicle music reproducing apparatus comprising: output means for outputting an introduction voice of music to be reproduced using the fixed phrase selected by the selecting means. The in-vehicle music reproducing device according to any one of claims 1 to 13, further comprising character display means for visually displaying characters corresponding to the introduction voice output by the output means. 15. The on-vehicle music reproducing device according to claim 14, wherein the character corresponding to the introduction voice is a character string obtained by simplifying the content of the introduction voice.

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