JP2007193018A - Electronic music device, server, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electronic music device which is commonly used by a plurality of users and with which the performance of the environmental setting for every user without exerting a burden to each user is made possible, a server, and a program. <P>SOLUTION: When the living body/belonging information of a certain user is acquired by a living body/belonging information acquisition circuit (a block 21), the authentication of the acquired living body/belonging information is performed (a block 22). As a result of the authentication, when the acquired living body/belonging information is not registered in an authentication information DB11a, the living body/belonging information is registered in the authentication information DB11a (a block 23). The living body/belonging information is registered in this way and thereafter the user performs the environmental setting and if the use of the electronic music device is ended, the environmental setting information to reproduce the set environment is registered in association with the registered living body/belonging information and is registered in the environmental setting information DB11a (a block 25 to 23). Next, when the same living body/belonging information is acquired by the living body/belonging information acquisition circuit, the authentication of the acquired living body/belonging information is performed similarly (the block 22). At this time, the acquired living body/belonging information is already registered in the authentication information DB11a and therefore, the environmental setting information registered in association to the living body/belonging information is read from the environmental setting information DB11b, and is set in the display device 10 and a musical sound generating section 25 (a block 24). <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an electronic music apparatus, a server, and a program capable of performing environment setting for each user.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an electronic music apparatus capable of setting an environment for each user is known.

As such an electronic music device, environment setting information for each user is stored together with an ID number in the electronic music device or server, and the environment setting information corresponding to the ID number input by the user is read out to Some are set in a music apparatus (for example, see Patent Document 1).
Japanese Patent Application No. 2003-58160

  However, in the above-described conventional electronic music apparatus, a user is allowed to input an ID number using a panel operator or the like, and a keyboard that can directly input characters and numbers is used, particularly like many electronic musical instruments. If you do not have it, the task of entering the ID number is very cumbersome. Furthermore, in the above-described conventional electronic music apparatus, it is necessary for the user to consciously perform the work of “inputting an ID number and reading and setting his / her environment setting information”. The burden is strong.

  The present invention has been made paying attention to this point, and in an electronic music apparatus shared by a plurality of users, it is possible to perform electronic music setting for each user without imposing a burden on each user. An object is to provide an apparatus, a server, and a program.

  In order to achieve the above object, an electronic music apparatus according to claim 1 is an electronic music apparatus shared by a plurality of users, wherein authentication means for authenticating each user's biometric / property information, Corresponding to the biometric / property information authenticated by the authenticating means from the storage means for storing environment setting information for setting the environment of the electronic music device in association with the biometric / property information And a setting unit that sets the environment of the electronic music apparatus based on the environment setting information read by the reading unit.

  Preferably, the electronic music apparatus further includes control means for controlling the authentication means to operate when the power is turned on.

  Preferably, when the electronic music apparatus is in a standby state, a standby state holding unit that places the authentication unit in a standby state, and when the biometric / property information is detected by the authentication unit, And a control means for controlling to turn on the power to the electronic music apparatus.

  In order to achieve the above object, an electronic music apparatus according to claim 4 is an electronic music apparatus shared by a plurality of users, wherein authentication means for authenticating the biometric / property information of each user, and the electronic music When setting means for setting the environment of the device and use of the electronic music device is terminated, or when biometric / property information different from the biometric / property information currently being authenticated is detected by the authentication means And storage means for storing environment setting information for reproducing the environment set by the setting means in association with the currently authenticated biometric / property information.

  In order to achieve the above object, an electronic music apparatus according to claim 5 is an electronic music apparatus shared by a plurality of users, an acquisition means for acquiring biometric / property information of each user, and the electronic music Transmitting means for transmitting the biometric / property information acquired by the acquiring means to a server that holds environment setting information for setting the environment of the apparatus in association with the biometric / property information of each user; A receiving unit that receives environment setting information corresponding to the biometric / property information transmitted by the transmitting unit from a server, and sets the environment of the electronic music device based on the environment setting information received by the receiving unit And a setting means.

  In order to achieve the above object, the server according to claim 6 includes a receiving unit that receives biological / property information transmitted by an electronic music device shared by a plurality of users, and a biological / property received by the receiving unit. Authentication means for authenticating property information; storage means for storing environment setting information for setting the environment of the electronic music device in association with the biometric / property information of each user of the electronic music device; Reading means for reading out the environment setting information corresponding to the biometric / property information authenticated by the authentication means from the storage means, and transmission means for transmitting the environment setting information read out by the reading means to the electronic music device It is characterized by having.

  In order to achieve the above object, an electronic music apparatus according to claim 7 is an electronic music apparatus shared by a plurality of users, an acquisition means for acquiring biological / property information of each user, and the electronic music Setting means for setting the environment of the apparatus, and the environment set by the setting means when the use of the electronic music apparatus is terminated or when other biological / property information is acquired by the acquiring means And transmission means for transmitting environment setting information for reproducing the information to the server together with the acquired biological / property information.

  In order to achieve the above object, each program according to claims 8 to 12 can be realized by the same technical idea as that according to claims 1, 4 to 7.

  According to the invention described in claim 1 or 8, the user's biological / property information is authenticated, and the environment setting for setting the environment of the electronic music device in association with each user's biological / property information. Environment setting information corresponding to the authenticated biometric / property information is read from the storage means for storing information, and the environment of the electronic music apparatus is set based on the read environment setting information. Therefore, environment setting for each user can be performed without requiring the user to input an ID number.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, when the power source of the electronic music apparatus is turned on, the authentication unit automatically operates, so that the user is “read and set his / her environment setting information”. It is possible to set the environment for each user without being conscious of this.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, when the electronic music apparatus is in a standby state, the authentication unit is in a standby state, and when the biometric / property information is detected by the authentication unit, Since the power to the electronic music device is turned on, it can be used for both biometric / property information authentication and power-on of the electronic music device, and to the user, “Read and set my environment setting information”. Environment setting for each user can be performed without being aware of what is said.

  According to the invention of claim 4 or 9, the setting is made when the use of the electronic music apparatus is terminated or when biometric / property information different from the biometric / property information currently being authenticated is detected. The environment setting information for reproducing the environment that has been reproduced is stored in the storage means in association with the currently authenticated biometric / property information, so that the last setting state of the user can be restored. When the electronic music apparatus is used next time, it can be used in a natural state.

  According to the invention described in claim 5 or 10, the user's biological / property information is detected, and the environment setting information for setting the environment of the electronic music device corresponds to the biological / property information of each user. The detected biological / property information is transmitted to a server to be attached and held, environment setting information corresponding to the transmitted biological / property information is received from the server, and the received environment setting information is received. Since the environment of the electronic music apparatus is set based on the above, the same effect as the invention according to claim 1 or 8 can be obtained. Furthermore, since the size and function of the electronic music apparatus can be reduced, the manufacturing cost can be reduced and the environment can be set without being restricted by the location by being portable.

  According to the invention described in claim 6 or 11, biometric / property information transmitted by an electronic music apparatus shared by a plurality of users is received, the received biometric / property information is authenticated, and the electronic An environment corresponding to the authenticated biometric / property information is stored from storage means for storing environment setting information for setting the environment of the electronic music device in association with the biometric / property information of each user of the music device. Since the setting information is read and the read environment setting information is transmitted to the electronic music apparatus, the same effect as that of the invention according to claim 5 or 10 can be obtained.

  According to the seventh or twelfth aspect of the present invention, when the user's biological / property information is acquired, the environment of the electronic music device is set, and the use of the electronic music device is terminated, or other biological / When the property information is acquired, environment setting information for reproducing the set environment is transmitted to the server together with the acquired living body / property information. Effects similar to those of the described invention can be obtained. Furthermore, since the size and function of the electronic music apparatus can be reduced, the manufacturing cost can be reduced and the environment can be set without being restricted by the location by being portable.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of an electronic music apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

  As shown in the figure, the electronic music apparatus of the present embodiment includes a performance operator 1 including a keyboard for inputting pitch information, and a plurality of switches, wheels, and joysticks for inputting various information. A setting operation element 2, a detection circuit 3 for detecting the operation state of the performance operation element 1, a detection circuit 4 for detecting the operation state of the setting operation element 2, and a living body / owning property for acquiring living body / property information of each user The object information acquisition circuit 5, the CPU 6 that controls the entire apparatus, the control program executed by the CPU 6, the ROM 7 that stores various table data, and the like, the music data, the various input information, the calculation results, and the like are temporarily stored. RAM 8 that performs timer interrupt processing in timer interrupt processing and timer 9 that measures various times, and displays various information such as a liquid crystal display (LCD) and a light emitting diode. (LED) and the like, an external storage device 11 for storing various application programs including the control program, various music data, various data, etc., an external MIDI message, and a MIDI message A MIDI interface (I / F) 12 that outputs to the outside and a communication interface (I / F) that transmits and receives data to and from a server computer (hereinafter abbreviated as “server”) 102 via the communication network 101. ) 13, a sound source circuit 14 for converting performance data input from the performance operator 1 or preset music data into an audio signal, and effects for imparting various effects to the audio signal from the sound source circuit 14 A circuit 15 and an audio signal from the effect circuit 15 is converted into sound; For example, DAC (Digital-to-Analog Converter) or amplifier is constituted by a sound system 16 such as a speaker.

  The above components 3 to 15 are connected to each other via a bus 17, a timer 9 is connected to the CPU 6, another MIDI device 100 is connected to the MIDII / F 12, and a communication network 101 is connected to the communication I / F 13. Is connected to the sound source circuit 14, and the sound system 16 is connected to the effect circuit 15. Here, the communication I / F 13 and the communication network 101 are not limited to the wired system but may be a wireless system. In addition, both types may be provided.

  The biological / property information acquisition circuit 5 acquires the biological information or proprietary information of each user, and the acquired biological information or proprietary information is stored in a predetermined position in the RAM 8 via the bus 17. Stored in a property information storage area (not shown). Here, the biometric information is not limited as long as it can identify each user, and examples thereof include fingerprints, irises, voiceprints, veins, and faces. The property information is not limited as long as it can identify each user. For example, a contactless card (such as a magnetic card or IC (Integrated Circuit) card), a hardware token (such as a USB token), and Information (ID etc.) described in a non-contact IC built-in mobile phone terminal can be given. In consideration of user convenience, it is preferable to use a non-contact card, a non-contact IC built-in mobile phone terminal, a face or a fingerprint. It should be noted that only one of biometric information and property information may be acquired, and each individual may be authenticated based on the acquired information. In this case, the living body / property information acquisition circuit 5 only needs to include either the ecology information acquisition circuit or the possession information acquisition circuit. Of course, the present invention is not limited to this, and the living body / property information acquisition circuit 5 includes both the biological information acquisition circuit and the possession information acquisition circuit so that both the biological information and the possession information can be acquired and information is acquired. At this time, either information may be acquired in accordance with a user instruction or automatically, or both pieces of information may be acquired. In addition, it is only necessary to acquire one of the types of information to be acquired. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and multiple types are acquired, and each individual is authenticated based on the acquired multiple types of information. May be. In this case, although the authentication accuracy is improved, the authentication procedure is complicated, so that the load on the CPU 6 increases when the CPU 6 has a low computing power.

  Examples of the external storage device 11 include a flexible disk drive (FDD), a hard disk drive (HDD), a CD-ROM drive, and a magneto-optical disk (MO) drive. As described above, the external storage device 11 can also store a control program to be executed by the CPU 6. If the control program is not stored in the ROM 7, the control program is stored in the external storage device 11. By reading it into the RAM 8, it is possible to cause the CPU 6 to perform the same operation as when the control program is stored in the ROM 7. In this way, control programs can be easily added and upgraded.

  As described above, the communication I / F 13 is connected to a communication network 101 such as a LAN (Local Area Network), the Internet, or a telephone line, and is connected to the server 102 via the communication network 101. When the above programs and various parameters are not stored in the external storage device 11, the communication I / F 13 is used to download programs and parameters from the server 102. The electronic music apparatus serving as a client transmits a command requesting download of a program and parameters to the server 102 via the communication I / F 13 and the communication network 101. Upon receiving this command, the server 102 distributes the requested program and parameters to the electronic music device via the communication network 101, and the electronic music device receives these programs and parameters via the communication I / F 13. Thus, the download is completed by accumulating in the external storage device 11.

  It should be noted that the electronic music apparatus of the present embodiment is constructed on an electronic musical instrument, as can be seen from the above configuration. When the form of the electronic musical instrument is adopted, the form is not limited to the keyboard musical instrument, and may be a string musical instrument type, a wind instrument type, a percussion instrument type, or the like.

  The control process executed by the electronic music apparatus configured as described above will be described first with reference to FIG. 2 and then in detail with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a concept of control processing executed by the electronic music apparatus of the present embodiment.

  As shown in the figure, when biometric / property information of a user is acquired by the biometric / property information acquisition circuit 5 (block 21), the CPU 6 authenticates the acquired biometric / property information. (Block 22). Here, the authentication of the biometric / property information is to determine whether or not the acquired biometric / property information is registered in the authentication information DB (database) 11a constructed on the external storage device 11, for example. To do. If the acquired biometric / property information is not registered in the authentication information DB 11a as a result of the authentication, the biometric / property information is registered in the authentication information DB 11a (block 23).

  After the biometric / property information is registered in this way, the user sets the environment using the setting operator 2 and ends the use of the electronic music apparatus of the present embodiment (or the user changes, When new biometric / property information of the user is acquired), the CPU 6 associates the environment setting information for reproducing the set environment with the registered biometric / property information, for example, on the external storage device 11. Is registered in the environment setting information DB 11b constructed in (block 25 → 23). Here, the environment setting information includes, for example, a user interface, timbre, volume, effect, automatic performance and automatic accompaniment settings, timbre parameters being created or edited, automatic performance data, and the like. . All of these may be set, or only some of them may be set. Also, other types of information may be set as setting targets.

  Next, when the biological / property information of the same user as the registered biological / property information is acquired by the biological / property information acquisition circuit 5, the CPU 6 similarly acquires the acquired biological / property item. Information is authenticated (block 22). At this time, since the acquired biometric / property information is already registered in the authentication information DB 11a, the CPU 6 registers the environment setting information registered in association with the biometric / property information from the environment setting information DB 11b. Are set in the display device 10 and the musical sound generator 25 (consisting of the sound source circuit 14 and the effect circuit 15) (block 24). With this setting, the display device 10 is provided with a UI (user interface) corresponding to the read environment setting information, and the tone generator 25 is provided with a tone, volume, and volume corresponding to the read environment setting information. Effects, automatic performance and automatic accompaniment are provided. When a user finishes using the electronic music apparatus of the present embodiment while creating or editing automatic performance data, timbre parameters, etc., such information is also registered in the environment setting information DB 11b. Then, when the same user uses the electronic music apparatus of this embodiment again, the registered information is read out and set in the RAM 8 or the like, and automatic performance data, tone parameters, etc. are being created and edited. The state is reproduced.

  Next, this control process will be described in detail.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a procedure of control processing executed by the electronic music apparatus of the present embodiment, particularly the CPU 6. In this control process,
(1) Biometric / property information acquisition / authentication process (steps S1 and S2)
(2) Authentication NG process (steps S4 and S5)
(3) Authentication OK process (step S6)
(4) Normal processing (step S7)
(5) New bio / property information acquisition process (step S9)
(6) Termination process (step S11)
Each process is performed.

  When a power source (not shown) of the electronic music apparatus of the present embodiment is turned on and the electronic music apparatus of the present embodiment is activated, the CPU 6 performs the above processing (1) acquisition of biological / property information. Proceed to the authentication process. In this (1) biometric / property information acquisition / authentication process, first, the biometric / property information acquisition circuit 5 is brought into a state where biometric / property information can be acquired. When the biometric / property information acquisition circuit 5 acquires the biometric / property information of a certain user, the biometric / property information is stored in the biometric / property information storage area of the RAM 8 as described above. (Step S1). Next, biometric / property information registered in the authentication information DB 11a is collated with biometric / property information stored in the biometric / property information storage area (step S2).

  As a result of this collation, if the acquired biometric / property information is not authenticated, that is, if the acquired biometric / property information is not registered in the authentication information DB 11a, the CPU 6 performs the process. (2) While proceeding to the authentication NG process, if the acquired biometric / property information is authenticated, that is, if the acquired biometric / property information is registered in the authentication information DB 11a, the CPU 6 The process proceeds to (3) Authentication OK process.

  (2) In the authentication NG process, first, the acquired biometric / property information is newly registered in the authentication information DB 11a (step S4), and then default environment setting information is set in the own electronic music device (step S5). ).

  (3) In the authentication OK process, the environment setting information associated with the authenticated biometric / property information is read from the environment setting information DB 11b, and the read environment setting information is set in the electronic music device ( Step S6).

  Next, the CPU 6 advances the processing to (4) normal processing. In this (4) normal process, a performance process for generating a musical tone from the tone generator circuit 14 in response to a performance operation performed by the user using the performance operator 1 or in response to reproduction of automatic performance data or automatic accompaniment data. In addition, an environment setting process for setting various performance parameters selected by the user using the setting operator 2 is performed.

  Then, when the biometric / property information acquisition circuit 5 acquires new biometric / property information, the CPU 6 advances the processing to (5) New bio / property information acquisition process. In this (5) new biological / property information acquisition process, the environment setting information necessary to reproduce the currently set environment is associated with the currently authenticated biological / property information, and the environment After registering in the setting information DB 11b, the process proceeds to (1) biometric / property information acquisition / authentication process in order to authenticate the newly acquired biometric / property information.

  Next, when the user terminates the operation of the electronic music apparatus of the present embodiment, for example, by pressing a power switch (not shown), the CPU 6 advances the process to the (6) termination process. In this (6) end process, after registering environment setting information necessary for reproducing the currently set environment in the environment setting information DB 11b in association with the currently authenticated biometric / property information, The main power supply to the electronic music apparatus of the present embodiment is stopped.

  In the present embodiment, when the use of the electronic music apparatus is terminated or when the user changes and new biometric / property information of the user is acquired, the electronic music apparatus is set at that time. Although the environment setting information for reproducing the environment is stored, in addition to this, the environment setting information at that time may be stored at an arbitrary time. This situation is the same in the second embodiment described later.

  Thus, in the present embodiment, environment setting information for reproducing the environment set by each user is automatically registered in association with the authenticated biometric / property information, and the user is When using the music apparatus, the previously set environment is automatically reset, so that the environment setting for each user can be performed without imposing a burden on each user. In addition, when the electronic music apparatus of the present embodiment is turned on, the living body / property information acquisition circuit 5 becomes in a state where it can acquire the living body / property information, Since the authentication is automatically performed, it is possible to set the environment for each user without making the user aware of “reading and setting his / her own environment setting information”. Furthermore, when the use of the electronic music apparatus is terminated or when biometric / property information different from the biometric / property information currently being authenticated is detected, an environment setting for reproducing the set environment Since the information is registered in the environment setting information DB 11b in association with the currently authenticated biometric / property information, the last setting state of the user can be restored, so that the electronic music device can be used next time. It can be used in a natural state.

  Next, an electronic music apparatus according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described.

  Since the electronic music apparatus of the present embodiment is different from the electronic music apparatus of the first embodiment only in part of the control processing, the hardware is the same as that of the first embodiment. The same hardware as that of the electronic music apparatus, that is, the one shown in FIG. 1 is used as it is.

  The electronic music apparatus according to the present embodiment has a first feature in that control processing performed independently by the electronic music apparatus according to the first embodiment is performed in cooperation with the server 102. Then, the user is divided into two types of users, a first type user and a second type user. For the second type user, the history of the environment setting information can be stored, and the environment settings stored in the past are stored. The second feature is that information can be read back and set in the electronic music apparatus of the present embodiment.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a procedure of control processing executed by the electronic music apparatus and server 102 according to the present embodiment.

In this control process, the control process of FIG. 3 is mainly realized by the electronic music apparatus and the server 102. Specifically, the electronic music device
(11) Processing for acquiring biological / property information and transmitting the acquired biological / property information to the server 102 (steps S1 and S21)
(12) Processing for transmitting the current environment setting information to the server 102 together with the currently authenticated biometric / property information when new biometric / property information is acquired or when an end is instructed ( Steps S23 and S24)
(13) Processing for setting the environment setting information received from the server 102 in the electronic music device (step S22)
(14) Normal processing (step S7)
The server 102 performs each process of
(21) Processing for receiving biometric / property information transmitted from the electronic music apparatus by the processing of (11) and authenticating the received biometric / property information (step S101)
(22) Authentication NG process (steps S103 and S104)
(23) Authentication OK process (step S105)
(24) Through the process of (12), the environment setting information and the biological / property information transmitted from the electronic music apparatus are received, and the received environmental setting information is associated with the received biological / property information. Processing to register in the environment setting information DB constructed on the external storage device (not shown) of the server 102 (step S111)
Each process is performed.

  The control process executed by the electronic music apparatus according to the present embodiment can be easily inferred from the control process executed by the electronic music apparatus according to the first embodiment, and the description thereof will be omitted.

  Although the control process executed by the server 102 can be easily inferred from the control process executed by the electronic music apparatus according to the first embodiment, the processes (22) to (24) include two types of users. Since the specific processing due to the division is included, the specific processing will be mainly described below.

  (22) In the authentication NG process, after the user is initially set as the first type user, it is newly registered in the authentication information DB constructed on the external storage device of the server 102 (step S103), and the default environment setting information Is transmitted to the electronic music apparatus (step S104).

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of the data structure of the authentication information DB and the environment setting information DB. In this embodiment, the authentication information DB and the environment setting information DB are configured by one database (authentication information / environment setting information database), and for each user, biometric / property information, first type user / second type. An area for storing information indicating which user is the user, user information for the second type user, and a plurality of environment setting information is provided. For convenience, information related to authentication, specifically, biological / property information, information indicating whether the user is a first type user / second type user, and a user input when the user is a second type user A set of information is called an authentication information DB, and a set of environment setting information is called an environment setting information DB. Therefore, the authentication information DB and the environment setting information DB are not constructed on the external storage device of the server 102 independently. Of course, the present invention is not limited to this, and the authentication information DB and the environment setting information DB may be independently constructed on the external storage device of the server 102. Alternatively, the authentication information DB may be constructed on the external storage device 11 of the electronic music apparatus of the present embodiment, and the setting information DB may be constructed on the external storage device of the server 102 (or the authentication information DB may be constructed on the server 102). The setting information DB may be built on the external storage device 11 of the electronic music device of the present embodiment). In FIG. 5, parenthesized writing is an area of information stored when the second type user is set. As will be described later, since the user is set as the second type user when the user is registered, an area for storing user information input at the time of user registration is provided. As described above, since the history of environment setting information (a plurality of environment setting information) is saved when the user is set as the second type user, a plurality of areas for storing these environment setting information are also provided. Yes.

  (23) In the authentication OK process, the environment setting information associated with the authenticated biometric / property information is read from the environment setting information DB of the server 102, and the read environment setting information is transmitted to the electronic music apparatus. (Step S105). Here, when the user is the first type user, only one environment setting information can be stored, so that it is read out. On the other hand, when the user is a second type user, a plurality of environment setting information can be stored as described above, so the most recently stored information is read out. In addition, when a plurality of environment setting information is stored, it may be possible for the user of the electronic music apparatus of the present embodiment to select which environment setting information is to be read. Since the control process in this case can be easily realized from the history list request / distribution process of FIG. 6 described later, description of the procedure is omitted.

  (24) In the registration process, when the user is a first type user, the received environment setting information is stored in an area corresponding to the received biological / property information, which is one area for storing the environment setting information. Save (overwrite if the previous environment setting information has already been saved). On the other hand, when the user is a second type user, the received environment setting information is additionally stored in a plurality of areas for storing the environment setting information, corresponding to the received biological / property information. Here, when the environment setting information is additionally saved, if the storage area is full, one of the already saved environment setting information is selected, and the selected environment setting information is newly saved. Overwrite with setting information. As a selection method at this time, one of (a) a method of selecting the oldest saved environment setting information and (b) a method of selecting by the user can be considered. The method (a) or (b) may be selected and set in advance. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the user can select either method (a) or (b). It may be.

  The electronic music apparatus according to the present embodiment further requests the server 102 to transmit a history list, which is a list of environment setting information stored in the server 102, and the history list transmitted by the server 102 in response to the request. The environment selected from the plurality of environment setting information described in the history list is selected by the user, and the server 102 is requested to distribute the selected environment setting information. It is also configured to be able to receive setting information and perform environment setting based on the received environment setting information.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a history list request / distribution process executed by the electronic music apparatus and server 102 according to the present embodiment.

In the history list request / distribution process, the electronic music apparatus of the present embodiment
(31) History list request processing (step S31)
(32) History list reception process (steps S32 to S36)
The server 102 performs each process of
(41) History list distribution processing (steps S121 to S124)
(42) Environment setting information distribution processing (step S125)
Each process is performed.

  When the user requests the server 102 to distribute the history list, the electronic music apparatus of the present embodiment advances the process to the (31) history list request process. In this (31) history list request process, the user's bio / property information and history list request are transmitted to the server 102 via the communication I / F 13.

  When receiving the biometric / property information and the history list request transmitted from the electronic music apparatus, the server 102 advances the process to the (41) history list distribution process. In the (41) history list distribution process, first, the received biometric / property information is collated with the biometric / property information for each user registered in the authentication information DB (step S121). Next, as a result of the collation, when the received biometric / property information is that of the first type user, the first type user can save only one environment setting information, and cannot save a plurality of environment setting information. (That is, since there is no history function), warning information indicating that there is no history function is transmitted to the electronic music apparatus (step S123). On the other hand, when the received biometric / property information is of the second type user, the history list information describing, for example, names of a plurality of environment setting information associated with the biometric / property information is electronically stored. It transmits to a music apparatus (step S124).

  When the warning information or the history list information is transmitted from the server 102, the electronic music apparatus of the present embodiment advances the process to the above (32) history list reception process. In this (32) history list reception process, when warning information is transmitted from the server 102, a warning to the effect that there is no history function is displayed on the display device 10 (step S33). On the other hand, when the history list information is transmitted from the server 102, the history list is displayed on the display device 10 in accordance with the history list information, and a selection operation from the user is waited (step S34). When one of the names of the plurality of environment setting information selected is selected, the server 102 displays the distribution request (selected history request) of the environment setting information corresponding to the selected name and the biometric / property information of the user. (Step S35).

  When the selected history request and the biometric / property information of the user are transmitted from the electronic music apparatus, the server 102 advances the processing to (42) environment setting information distribution processing. In this (42) environment setting information distribution process, the environment setting information of the requested history corresponding to the transmitted biological / property information is read from the environment setting information DB and transmitted to the electronic music apparatus (step). S125).

  When the environment setting information transmitted from the server 102 is received, the electronic music device of the present embodiment sets the received environment setting information in the electronic music device in the (32) history list reception processing (step) S36).

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the procedure of user registration processing executed by the electronic music apparatus and server 102 of the present embodiment.

  As shown in the figure, when the user inputs his / her user information using, for example, the setting operator 2 of the electronic music apparatus of the present embodiment, the electronic music apparatus of the present embodiment is input. The user information and the biological / property information of the user are transmitted to the server 102 (step S41).

  When the user information and the biometric / property information transmitted from the electronic music apparatus are received, the server 102 uses the received biometric / property information for each user registered in the authentication information DB. And the user of the collated biometric / property information is set as the second type user (step S131). Then, the received user information is registered in the authentication information DB (step S132), and if necessary, billing processing is performed (step S133).

  As described above, in the present embodiment, a plurality of environment setting information can be stored in exchange for registration of user information (and charging as necessary).

  In the present embodiment, the number of environment setting information that can be stored is different between the first type user and the second type user (presence of history), but this is not limiting, and the type of information that can be stored is different. May be. Specifically, for the first type user, only the user interface can be saved, and for the second type user, in addition to this, other settings (various musical parameters such as timbre, volume and effect). It is conceivable that the setting value can be saved. Further, the number of types of users is not limited to two, and may be more than that. For example, the users are classified so that the first type user is called “unregistered user”, the second type user is called “free user registrant”, and the third type user is called “paid user registrant”. The number and types of environment setting information that can be stored may be different for each user type.

  Thus, in the present embodiment, on the electronic music apparatus side, the biometric / property information is acquired, the acquired biometric / property information is transmitted to the server, the environment setting information is received from the server, and the received environment setting is received. Only information setting and transmission of the current environment setting information to the server are performed, and the server side reads the environment setting corresponding to the authentication result from the authentication of the biometric / property information and the environment setting information DB to the electronic music apparatus. Since each process of distribution and registration of the current environment setting information from the electronic music device to the environment setting information DB is performed, the electronic music device has a biometric / property information acquisition function and an information transmission / reception function. As a result, the size of the electronic music apparatus can be reduced and the manufacturing cost can be reduced. In addition, since the electronic music device has become smaller in size, it has become more portable, so it is possible to set the environment without being bound by the place. In addition, even if the electronic music device changes, it is possible to acquire and set its own environment setting information from the server. For example, the same environment can be easily reproduced at home and at multiple locations such as music classrooms and concert venues and electronic music devices. can do. Furthermore, since the user is divided into a plurality of types and the number or type of environment setting information is different for each type of user, the number or type of environment setting information can be controlled according to the type of user. In addition, for the second type user, since a plurality of environment setting information can be stored for each user, the environment setting information stored at different times can be read and set. Furthermore, since the type of user is determined according to the presence or absence of user registration or the presence or absence of billing, the user can receive a more fulfilling service by performing user registration or paying a fee. Can do.

  One of the features of this embodiment is that the history of the environment setting information can be saved as described above, and this feature is provided in the electronic music apparatus of the first embodiment. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the electronic music apparatus according to the first embodiment may be provided. In this case, as in this embodiment, the user is divided into two types of users, a first type user and a second type user, so that the history of the environment setting information can be stored for the second type user. The environment setting information stored in the past may be read back and set in the electronic music apparatus of the present embodiment. And the change from a 1st type user to a 2nd type user should just be made when a user inputs user information and registers as a user like this Embodiment. However, unlike the present embodiment, the electronic music apparatus according to the first embodiment does not perform control processing in cooperation with the server 102, but is a so-called stand-alone apparatus that performs control processing alone. Since it is meaningless to register a user in such a device itself, the user registration is performed in the server 102, and when the input user information is transmitted from the electronic music device to the server 102, the user is registered. It is only necessary that the type of user is changed from the first type user to the second type user and the history of the environment setting information can be saved.

  Next, an electronic music apparatus according to the third embodiment of the present invention will be described.

  The electronic music apparatus according to the present embodiment is different from the electronic music apparatus according to the first embodiment only in a part of the control processing, so that the hardware is the same as that of the first embodiment. The same hardware as that of the electronic music apparatus, that is, the one shown in FIG. 1 is used as it is.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a procedure of control processing executed by the electronic music apparatus of the present embodiment, particularly the CPU 6.

  As shown in the figure, the CPU 6 always monitors the detection of the biological / property information in the standby state (the state where only the function necessary for detecting the biological / property information is alive) (step S51). When the bio / property information is detected, the main power supply (not shown) is turned on (step S53), and the bio / property information is acquired from the bio / property information acquisition circuit 5 (step S53). S54). Since the subsequent processing is the same as that in the first or second embodiment, illustration and description of the procedure are both omitted.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the biological / property information acquisition circuit 5 is set in the standby state in a state where the electronic music device is in the standby state, and the biological / property information acquisition circuit 5 performs the biological / property information acquisition circuit 5. Since the electronic music device is turned on in response to the detection, it can be used for both biometric / property information authentication and electronic music device power-on. Environment setting for each user can be performed without being aware of “read and set”.

  A storage medium storing software program codes for realizing the functions of the above-described embodiments is supplied to the system or apparatus, and the computer (or CPU or MPU) of the system or apparatus is stored in the storage medium. It goes without saying that the object of the present invention can also be achieved by reading and executing the program code.

  In this case, the program code itself read from the storage medium realizes the novel function of the present invention, and the program code and the storage medium storing the program code constitute the present invention.

  As a storage medium for supplying the program code, for example, a flexible disk, hard disk, magneto-optical disk, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-ROM, DVD-RAM, DVD-RW, DVD + RW, magnetic A tape, a non-volatile memory card, a ROM, or the like can be used. Further, the program code may be supplied from a server computer via a communication network.

  Further, by executing the program code read out by the computer, not only the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized, but the OS running on the computer based on the instruction of the program code is actually used. Needless to say, the present invention includes a case where part or all of the processing is performed and the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized by the processing.

  Further, after the program code read from the storage medium is written into a memory provided in a function expansion board inserted into the computer or a function expansion unit connected to the computer, the function expansion is performed based on the instruction of the program code. It goes without saying that the CPU or the like provided in the board or the function expansion unit performs part or all of the actual processing, and the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized by the processing.

It is a block diagram which shows schematic structure of the electronic music apparatus which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the concept of the control processing which the electronic music apparatus of FIG. 1 performs. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the control processing which the electronic music apparatus of FIG. 1, especially CPU performs. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the control processing which the electronic music apparatus and server which concern on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention perform. It is a figure which shows an example of the data structure of authentication information DB and environment setting information DB. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the history list request | requirement / delivery process which the electronic music apparatus and server which concern on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention perform. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the user registration process which the electronic music apparatus and server which concern on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention perform. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the control processing which the electronic music apparatus which concerns on the 3rd Embodiment of this invention, especially CPU.

Explanation of symbols

2 ... Setting operator (setting means), 5 ... Living body / property information acquisition circuit (authentication means, acquisition means), 6 ... CPU (authentication means, reading means, setting means, control means, transmission means, reception means, acquisition) Means), 11 ... External storage device (storage means), 13 ... Communication I / F (transmission means, reception means)

Claims (12)

An electronic music device shared by a plurality of users,
An authentication means for authenticating the biometric / property information of each user;
Storage means for storing environment setting information for setting the environment of the electronic music device in association with the biometric / property information of each user;
Reading means for reading out the environment setting information corresponding to the biometric / property information authenticated by the authentication means from the storage means;
An electronic music apparatus comprising: setting means for setting an environment of the electronic music apparatus based on environment setting information read by the reading means.   2. The electronic music apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising control means for controlling the authentication means to operate when the electronic music apparatus is powered on. A standby state holding unit that places the authentication unit in a standby state in a state where the electronic music apparatus is in a standby state;
2. The electronic music apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising control means for controlling to turn on the power to the electronic music apparatus when biometric / property information is detected by the authentication means. . An electronic music device shared by a plurality of users,
An authentication means for authenticating the biometric / property information of each user;
Setting means for setting the environment of the electronic music device;
The environment set by the setting unit when the use of the electronic music apparatus is terminated or when the biometric / property information different from the biometric / property information currently being authenticated is detected by the authentication unit An electronic music apparatus comprising: storage means for storing environment setting information for reproducing the information in association with biometric / property information currently being authenticated. An electronic music device shared by a plurality of users,
Acquisition means for acquiring biometric / property information of each user;
Transmission means for transmitting the biometric / property information acquired by the acquisition means to a server that holds environment setting information for setting the environment of the electronic music device in association with the biometric / property information of each user. When,
Receiving means for receiving environment setting information corresponding to the biometric / property information transmitted by the transmitting means from the server;
An electronic music apparatus comprising: setting means for setting an environment of the electronic music apparatus based on environment setting information received by the receiving means. Receiving means for receiving biological / property information transmitted by an electronic music device shared by a plurality of users;
Authentication means for authenticating biometric / property information received by the receiving means;
Storage means for storing environment setting information for setting the environment of the electronic music device in association with the biometric / property information of each user of the electronic music device;
Reading means for reading out the environment setting information corresponding to the biometric / property information authenticated by the authentication means from the storage means;
And a transmission unit configured to transmit the environment setting information read by the reading unit to the electronic music apparatus. An electronic music device shared by a plurality of users,
Acquisition means for acquiring biometric / property information of each user;
Setting means for setting the environment of the electronic music device;
Environment setting information for reproducing the environment set by the setting unit when the use of the electronic music apparatus is finished or when other living body / property information is acquired by the acquiring unit, An electronic music apparatus comprising: transmission means for transmitting to the server together with the acquired biological / property information. A control procedure for controlling an electronic music device shared by a plurality of users,
An authentication procedure for authenticating the biometric / property information of each user;
An environment corresponding to the biometric / property information authenticated by the authentication procedure from a storage unit that stores environment setting information for setting the environment of the electronic music device in association with the biometric / property information of each user. Read procedure for reading the setting information;
A program for causing a computer to execute a control procedure including a setting procedure for setting the environment of the electronic music device based on environment setting information read by the reading procedure. A control procedure for controlling an electronic music device shared by a plurality of users,
An authentication procedure for authenticating the biometric / property information of each user;
A setting procedure for setting the environment of the electronic music device;
The environment set by the setting procedure when the use of the electronic music apparatus is terminated or when biometric / property information different from the currently authenticated biometric / property information is detected by the authentication procedure. A program for causing a computer to execute a control procedure including a storage procedure for storing environment setting information for reproducing information in a storage unit in association with biological / property information currently being authenticated. A control procedure for controlling an electronic music device shared by a plurality of users,
An acquisition procedure for acquiring biometric / property information of each user;
Transmission procedure for transmitting the biometric / property information acquired by the acquisition procedure to a server that holds environment setting information for setting the environment of the electronic music device in association with the biometric / property information of each user. When,
A reception procedure for receiving environment setting information corresponding to the biometric / property information transmitted by the transmission procedure from the server;
A program for causing a computer to execute a control procedure including a setting procedure for setting the environment of the electronic music device based on environment setting information received by the receiving procedure. A receiving procedure for receiving biological / property information transmitted by an electronic music device shared by a plurality of users;
An authentication procedure for authenticating the biometric / property information received by the reception procedure;
A storage procedure for storing environment setting information for setting the environment of the electronic music device in association with the biological / property information of each user of the electronic music device;
A reading procedure for reading out the environment setting information corresponding to the biometric / property information authenticated by the authentication procedure from the storage means;
A program for causing a computer to execute a transmission procedure for transmitting environment setting information read by the reading procedure to the electronic music apparatus. A control procedure for controlling an electronic music device shared by a plurality of users,
An acquisition procedure for acquiring biometric / property information of each user;
A setting procedure for setting the environment of the electronic music device;
Environment setting information for reproducing the environment set by the setting procedure when the use of the electronic music apparatus is finished or when other living body / property information is acquired by the acquiring procedure, A program for causing a computer to execute a control procedure including a transmission procedure to be transmitted to a server together with the acquired biological / property information.

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