JP2004281013A - Retrieval/playback system for music information - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a navigation device provided with a music selection function which easily retrieves and plays a musical piece meeting a desired condition out of many musical pieces while reducing the burden to device operation during a drive to secure the safety during the drive. <P>SOLUTION: A car navigation system comprises a player, a control part for retrieving and playing music information recorded in the player, an operation device for operating the control part, and a display device for displaying a retrieval result. In this car navigation system, the operation device has an operation button group, to which a plurality of operation modes are set, and a selection button for switching operation modes of the operation button group, and the operation modes include a retrieval and play mode of retrieving and playing music information recorded in the player, and retrieval conditions are arbitrarily set to individual operation buttons of the operation button groups, and the control part retrieves and plays music information on the basis of the retrieval condition set to one operation button of the operation button group in response to one of selection of this operation button in the retrieval and play mode. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a car navigation system for a vehicle provided with music reproducing means or a portable audio player.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In recent years, with the development of storage technology, large-capacity hard disks and DVD playback devices have become widespread. In addition, mobile phones and the like have become widespread, and it has become common to download a large amount of data via a network. In the field of car navigation, which is the object of the present invention, in addition to map information, a large amount of music information is recorded on a hard disk, so that the user can listen to favorite music while receiving road guidance while driving.
[0003]
On the other hand, in the field of car audio, a device for reading a recording medium such as a DVD or a CD is provided so that music recorded on the recording medium can be reproduced or a part of the music can be selected and played.
[0004]
For example, FIG. 6 conceptually shows a method of selecting music in a car navigation system equipped with a conventional car audio. In FIG. 6, for example, in the case of the prior art, the map information and the information of the music currently being played are displayed on the display of the car navigation as shown in FIG. In order to select another song from such a state, the user operates a call button (not shown) to call up a song selection menu screen as shown in FIG. For example, a music selection method is selected from an artist, an album, a genre, and the like. When an art test is selected from among them, a list of art tests is displayed as shown in FIG. 3 (c), a list of albums is further displayed, and one of these is selected. a) Returning to the figure, a new song can be heard.
[Patent Document 1] JP-A-9-81959 [Patent Document 2] JP-A-2002-26838 [Problems to be Solved by the Invention]
Various in-vehicle devices need to be operated with simple procedures so as to minimize the frequency of operation so as not to hinder driving and to reduce the burden on the driver to operate the devices. On the other hand, the control panel of the car and the operation panel of the remote control are arranged in a compact form around the driver while maintaining the above operability, because the various devices are arranged, and they do not hinder driving. Operation is required.
[0005]
However, in the related art, the music cannot be selected without performing a plurality of operation steps when performing the music selection. In particular, in recent technology, since the storage capacity has become large, it is necessary to select a desired music piece from many music pieces. In addition, if these songs are selected one by one, it is troublesome to select each song during a long drive.
[0006]
Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to easily search for music of desired conditions from a large number of music and perform music while securing safety during driving by suppressing the burden of driver's device operation. An object of the present invention is to provide a navigation device having a music selection function that can be performed.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a playback device, a control unit for searching and playing music information recorded on the playback device, an operation device for operating the control unit, and displaying a search result. In the car navigation system including the display, the operation device includes: an operation button group in which a plurality of operation modes are set; and a selection button for switching the operation mode of the operation button group. A search / play mode for searching for music information recorded in the playback device and playing back the information, the operation buttons are arbitrarily set with search conditions for the respective operation buttons, and the control unit is configured to perform the search in the search / play mode. Based on the selection of one of the operation buttons, a search for a corresponding condition is performed based on the search condition set for the operation button, and the search is performed. To.
[0008]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, an in-vehicle navigation system according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. First, a schematic structure of the on-vehicle navigation system will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 shows a conceptual diagram of an in-vehicle navigation system.
[0009]
In FIG. 1, the vehicle-mounted navigation system includes a computer housing a map software, a computer having various arithmetic functions such as processing, searching, and searching for GPS position data, a main body housing unit 100 incorporating a gyro sensor, and a display 200. , A GPS antenna (Global Positioning System) 400, a remote controller 300 for performing basic operations of the in-vehicle navigation device using a combination of a joystick and a plurality of switches, an FM / AM tuner 403, and receiving information such as traffic congestion and construction. VICS / FM multiplex tuner 404 capable of receiving FM multiplex information, FM text multiplex broadcasting, and differential GPS (D-GPS), TV tuner 405, speakers 401 and 402, and microphone 406. It is. This in-vehicle navigation system is connected to a mobile terminal device 407 such as a mobile phone equipped with a communication device, connects to the Internet 10 via the mobile terminal device 407, and obtains desired music information from a music distribution company 11. Can be.
[0010]
The main body housing unit 100 includes a control unit 101 for controlling the on-vehicle navigation system, a large-capacity storage device 102 capable of storing various data, and a reproducing device 103 for recording media such as DVDs and CDs. A voice recognition unit 104 connected to the microphone 406 to recognize a driver's voice, an amplifier 107 connected to the speakers 401 and 402, and an infrared reception unit 106 for receiving an infrared signal from the remote controller 300; An external interface 105 for connecting the portable terminal device 407, the FM / AM tuner 403, the VICS / FM multiplex tuner 404, and the TV tuner 405 is provided.
[0011]
The control unit 101 grasps the current position using a GPS device or a VICS / FM multiplex tuner 404, displays the map information stored in the storage device 102 and the current position on the display 200, and performs navigation for driving. Has the function to perform independently. The control unit 101 can also control the playback device 103, the FM / AM tuner 403, and the TV tuner 405 connected to the external interface 105, and information read from these devices, for example, music. Information retrieval and playback control can also be performed. Further, the control unit 101 has a function of connecting to the music distribution company 11 and various information sites via the portable information terminal 407 and extracting information of various places.
[0012]
The storage device 102 is constituted by a large-capacity hard disk device. This storage device 102 can store map information related to car navigation, music information taken from the recording medium, or music information obtained via the Internet. The stored various data can be displayed and reproduced on the display 200 under the control of the control unit 101.
[0013]
In addition, the display 200 employs a horizontally long and extremely general liquid crystal display. In this display, a main display area 201 for displaying map information and the like and a sub area 202 for displaying music information and various kinds of guidance are displayed as a standard screen 250. In addition, the display 200 is provided with various setting screens in addition to the standard screen 250. When the TV mode is set, a television screen can be displayed.
[0014]
The remote controller 300 includes an operation button group 301 including a plurality of operation buttons, a selection switch 302 for selecting an operation mode of the operation button group 301, and a cursor operation button group 303. In this embodiment, the operation button group 303 is arranged on the remote controller because the operation is mainly performed by the remote controller 300. However, the operation button group 303 can be arranged on the front surface of the main body casing 100. Here, the cursor operation button group 303 includes a center determination button and surrounding cursor movement buttons.
[0015]
A major feature of the car navigation system is that a plurality of operation modes are assigned to the operation button group 301 and the operation mode is switched to a required operation mode via the selection switch 302. In this embodiment, the driving mode can be selected from “car navigation mode”, “car navigation music playback mode”, “car navigation FM / AM mode”, and “TV mode”. The car navigation mode is for exclusive use of car navigation. When this mode is set, the operation button group 301 is set to a dedicated operation button for car navigation, and the car navigation display screen is displayed on the display 200. Is done. The car navigation music playback mode is a mode in which music is played or searched while receiving car navigation. As shown in FIG. 1, a standard screen in which car navigation information and music information are displayed in the display 200 side by side. While displaying 250, each switch of the operation button group 301 is set as a music selection button.
[0016]
The car navigation FM / AM mode is a mode in which the user listens to FM / AM while receiving car navigation. While displaying car navigation information on the display 200, each switch of the operation button group 301 is set to an FM / AM music selection button. Set to.
[0017]
Further, the TV mode is a mode for watching TV, in which each switch of the operation button group 301 is set to a TV channel selection button, and the display 200 displays a TV image selected by the TV channel selection button. be able to.
[0018]
According to this embodiment, since the various modes can be performed by operating one remote controller 330, a plurality of devices and a plurality of operation buttons for operating the devices are arranged around the driver as in the related art. Can be reduced. Thus, the driver only has to operate one remote controller 300 while checking the display 200, so that the operability can be improved while the safety of the driver can be maintained while suppressing the burden on the driver to operate the device.
[0019]
Further, a further feature of this in-vehicle navigation system is that, in the car navigation music playback mode, a conditional expression for searching music is created in order to reproduce a desired music from a large amount of music stored in the storage device 102. This can be assigned to the operation button group 301. As a result, the user can search for and play his / her desired music while driving easily while maintaining safety. This will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. FIG. 2 is a setting diagram of search conditions and playback order assigned to the operation button group 301. FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 are screens for setting search conditions and performance order during a stop. FIG. 5 shows a screen for setting search conditions and playing order during running.
[0020]
When the car navigation music playback mode is set, "all songs of artist 1 are randomly played" and "auto update" is set. Therefore, when the song selection button 1 is selected, all the songs of the artist 1 stored in the storage device 102 are reproduced at random.
[0021]
In addition, the music selection button 2 is set to “pops * reproduce and repeat in the order of the Japanese syllabary titles after 2003” and “auto-update”. Therefore, when the song selection button 2 is selected, the songs of the pops after 2003 stored in the storage device 102 are always reproduced in the same order.
[0022]
The song selection button 3 is set to "Repeat in the order of the best 10 sales this week" and "automatically update". In this embodiment, if the music selection button 3 is selected, the stored distribution record is referred to, and whether or not a preset update date and time has been reached is determined. The pertinent music stored in the storage device 102 is called, played in the order of sales, and when the performance is completed, the performance is repeated again until there is a stop signal. If there is no corresponding storage data in the storage device 102, the address of the music distribution company 11 is called, and based on this address, the best of the week set by the music distribution company 11 via the information terminal 407 is set. 10 Download in the same way as when there is no stored data.
[0023]
At the time of this download, the status of the download is displayed in the sub-display area 202 of the display screen 250.
[0024]
Also, the latest song of each (artist 2 + artist 3) * latest song is repeatedly reproduced on the song selection button 4. "And" Yes "for automatic update are set. Therefore, when the song selection button 4 is selected, the control unit 101 searches for the songs of the artists 2 and 3 stored in the storage device 102, and repeats the latest songs respectively. Under this search condition, if the latest music pieces of the artist 2 and the artist 3 are stored in the storage device 102, the music pieces are sequentially repeated.
[0025]
In addition, the song selection button 5 is set to "Randomly play songs that entered the top 10 in 1991" and "Not update" automatically. Therefore, when the music selection button 5 is selected, the control unit 101 searches for the music which is stored in the storage device 102 and is in the top 10 in 1991, and reproduces the music at random. In this search condition, the automatic update is set to “not performed”, so that the same music can always be reproduced at random.
Also, the song selection button 6 reproduces each album 1 + album 2 + album 3. Album order is set to "random" and automatic update is set to "no". Therefore, when the music selection button 6 is selected, the control unit 101 sequentially calls the three albums stored in the storage device 102 and randomly reproduces the music of each album.
[0026]
As described above, the music selection system of the navigation system according to the present embodiment searches for and plays back the recorded music according to the search conditions assigned to the plurality of buttons. Further, the control unit 101 stores the record at the time of the previous reproduction in the storage device 102 or the memory. If the recording is stopped in the middle of the music, the reproduction is started from that position.
[0027]
Also, the search condition assigned to the button can be changed based on the information attached to the music being reproduced. FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 show setting screens 500 and 520 when the music selection button is pressed and held while stopped. When the vehicle is stopped, the user can focus more on the operation of the device than during the driving, and thus, in this embodiment, each search item can be set freely.
[0028]
First, in this embodiment, the control unit 101 monitors pressing of the operation button group 301, and when pressed, counts the pressing time. Then, when the pressing is performed for a predetermined time or more, it is detected whether or not the vehicle is running, and when the vehicle is stopped, the setting screen 500 shown in FIG. 3 for the long-pressed operation button is displayed.
[0029]
The setting screen 500 is displayed on the display 200 in a full screen display or in a window format. In the selection screen 500, a title area 501 is provided at the top, indicating that the current operation is in a "button 1 music selection condition setting" state, and a work area 502 is set at the bottom. In the work area 502, search condition setting units 503 to 507 are displayed. In the search condition setting section, a "search condition title" is displayed at the center, a "selection column" is provided at the front, and a "pull-down button" is provided at the back. By selecting the “pull-down button” by operating the cursor operation button group 303, the item can be used as a search condition. By operating the "pull-down button" with the cursor operation button group 303, a large number of search conditions can be displayed, and one of the search conditions can be selected. Therefore, in this embodiment, five search conditions can be combined to form a search condition. In this embodiment, the search condition setting unit 507 is an item dedicated to period setting.
[0030]
Further, below the work area 502, an add button 508, a replace button 510, and a current music selection condition display column 509 are provided. An add button 508 is a button for setting new additional conditions of the search condition settings 504 to 507 to the currently set search condition, and a replace button 510 is for setting the currently set search condition to the search condition settings 504 to 507. This is replaced with the search condition. The current music selection condition display field 509 indicates a search condition set for the operation button currently being played.
[0031]
In FIG. 3, “Album 1 + Album 2” is set as the search condition for the button 1, the item of the music currently being played is displayed in the search condition setting units 504 to 507, and “Album 1” in the search condition setting unit 505 is displayed. "3" is set alone as a search condition to be changed. Here, when the add button 508 is pressed, “album 3” is added to the search condition “album 1 + album 2”. When the replace button 510 is pressed, the search condition “album 1 + album 2” can be changed to “album 3”.
When either the add button 508 or the replace button 510 is pressed, the control unit 101 displays a setting screen 520 shown in FIG. On this setting screen 520, it is possible to set the performance order and the presence / absence of automatic updating. This setting screen 520 also has a title area 521 at the top and a work area 522 at the bottom. The work area 522 is provided with a re-selection order setting section 523, a reproduction start setting section 524, an automatic update setting section 525, a current music selection condition display section 526, an OK button 527, a return button 528, and a cancel button 529. The reselection order setting unit 523, the reproduction start setting unit 524, and the automatic update setting unit 525 are provided with a “selection column” and a “pull-down button”, respectively, and select each condition from a pull-down display. It can be set as a condition. The current song selection condition display section 526 displays a conditional expression set on the setting screen 500. In this state, the user can set the conditions by pressing an OK button 527, return to the setting screen 500 with the return button 528, and return to the car navigation screen with the cancel button 529.
[0032]
The setting screen 520 in FIG. 4 shows a state in which the add button 508 is pressed on the setting screen 500 and the setting screen 520 is displayed. In this case, the playback condition is set to "song name in the order of the Japanese syllabary", the playback start is "from the point where it was stopped last time", and the automatic update is set to "check when paying" as a condition for downloading from the Internet. If the OK button 527 is pressed in this state, the search condition and the reproduction condition of the music selection button 1 are changed to new conditions.
[0033]
By the way, in this embodiment, when the car is running, a setting screen 540 shown in FIG. 5 is displayed. In the setting screen 540, a title area 541 is displayed at an upper part, and this setting screen 540 indicates that "the running music selection condition editing setting". Further, the setting screen 540 has a work area 542 displayed at the bottom, and is provided with search condition setting sections 543 to 547, an add button 548, and a replace button 549. In the setting screen 540, a “selection column” and a “pull-down button” are provided in the search condition setting areas 543 to 547. However, the setting screen 540 differs from the other setting screens 500 in that the “selection field” is selected in advance. In this embodiment, in order to prevent the driver from gazing at these setting screens during driving, search conditions are set in advance in this embodiment. This setting is made by pressing the traveling setting screen 511 provided on the setting screen 500 in FIG. 3, and a setting screen similar to the setting screen 540 is displayed. On this similar setting screen, the user can operate the “selection field” and the “pull-down button” to set the search conditions during traveling.
[0034]
When the user presses the music selection button 1 for a long time during traveling, the control unit 101 displays the setting screen 540 shown in FIG. By pressing the add button 548 or the replace button 549 as it is, the user can set a search condition for the button 1. For example, if this operation is performed while a certain song being played is being played, the album name of the song being played is added or replaced as a search condition of the button 1 in the example of FIG. In this embodiment, the running order and the automatic update cannot be set during running. However, after that, an installation screen similar to that shown in FIG. 4 is displayed, and these are set. Is also good. Also in this case, the performance order and automatic update conditions are set in advance.
[0035]
When the music selection button is pressed and held during traveling, the setting screen of FIG. 5 may not be displayed, and the setting content may be changed according to a preset search condition. That is, if the music selection button 1 is pressed and held during traveling, the album name of the music being reproduced is added or replaced as a search condition of the music selection button 1. This eliminates the need for the driver to check the screen of FIG. 5 during traveling, so that the operation becomes simpler and the operability can be improved.
As described above, in the music selection system of the car navigation system according to the present embodiment, the search condition, the performance condition, or the performance condition can be arbitrarily set to each of the plurality of operation button groups 301, so that a complicated search is performed. Since the condition is not set each time the device is used, the operability can be improved and the troublesomeness can be reduced. Moreover, in this embodiment, it is easy to add or replace preset search conditions and performance order with reference to the music being played. In addition, these setting registrations can improve the operability while changing the setting screens at the time of running and at the time of stopping, so that the operation load is within a reasonable range in each situation.
[0036]
In this embodiment, a car navigation system has been mainly described, but the present invention can also be applied to general car audio. For example, in a car audio system equipped with an FM / AM tuner and a large-capacity storage device, a selection button for a radio station can be selected from a selection button and a search condition selection button by providing a selection switch. Thus, operability can be improved while maintaining safety.
[0037]
【The invention's effect】
According to the present invention, it is possible to easily search for and play music pieces of desired conditions from among a large number of music pieces while reducing the burden on device operation during driving and ensuring safety during driving.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of an in-vehicle navigation system.
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a setting of a search condition and a playback order assigned to a group of operation buttons.
FIG. 3 is a setting screen of a search condition and a performance order during a stop.
FIG. 4 is a screen for setting search conditions and performance order during a stop.
FIG. 5 is a screen for setting search conditions and playing order during running.
FIG. 6 is a transition diagram of a conventional operation screen.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Internet, 11 ... Music distribution company, 100 ... Main body housing part, 101 ... Control part, 102 ... Storage device, 103 ... Playback device, 104 ... Speech recognition part, 107 ... Amplifier, 106 ... Infrared receiving part, 105 ... External interface, 200: display, 201: main display area, 202: sub area, 250: standard screen, 400: GPS antenna, 300: remote control, 301: operation button group, 302: selection switch, and 303: cursor operation button Group, 403: FM / AM tuner, 404: VICS / FM multiplex tuner, 405: TV tuner, 401, 402: speaker, 406: microphone, 407: portable terminal device, ...: 501: title area, 502: work Area, 503 to 507: Search condition setting section, 508: Additional button , 509: music selection condition display field, 510: replacement button, 511: running setting screen, 521: title area, 522: work area, 523: reselection order setting section, 524: reproduction start setting section, 525: automatic update setting Section, 526 ... current song selection condition display section, 527 ... OK button, 528 ... return button, 529 ... cancel button, ... 541 ... title area, 542 ... work area, 543 to 547 ... search condition setting section, 548 ... addition button 549 ... Replace button.

Claims (5)

Search / playback of music information including a playback device, a control unit for searching for and playing back music information recorded in the playback device, an operation device for operating the control unit, and a display for displaying search results In the system,
The operation device includes an operation button group in which a plurality of operation modes are set, and a selection button for switching the operation mode of the operation button group. The operation mode searches for music information recorded in the playback device. , A search playback mode for playback, the operation button group, the search condition is arbitrarily set to each operation button, the control unit, in the search playback mode, based on one selection of the operation button group, A music information search / playback system wherein a search for a corresponding condition is performed based on the search condition set in the operation button, and the search is performed. 2. The music information search / playback system according to claim 1, wherein the control unit stores the record at the time of the previous playback in the playback device, and at the time of the playback, starts playback from a position where the playback was stopped last time based on the recording. . The operation mode includes a mode for setting and changing a search condition of each operation button of the operation button group, and a predetermined item relating to a currently playing music can be added or replaced as a search condition. The music information search / reproduction system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein: The music information search / reproduction system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the operation button group also has an operation function of a car navigation system, and has an operation mode for operating car navigation. The operation mode includes a mode for setting and changing a search condition of each operation button of the operation button group, and the control unit changes a display of a setting screen in the mode between when the vehicle is running and when the vehicle is stopped. The music information search / reproduction system according to claim 4, characterized in that:

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