JP2007226880A - Reproduction device, search method, and computer program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a reproduction device which displays effective relation information of the music to be reproduced, a search method, and a computer program therefor. <P>SOLUTION: The read section 11 of the player 10 reads music data and their corresponding attribute information from a music recording medium 40. A CPU15 makes the reproducing section 12 reproduce the music data read by the read section 11 through a speaker 18, and at the same time makes the communication control section 16 obtain the information relating to the attribute information read by the read section 11, from the music database 30, then makes the display control unit 17 display the obtained information on the display 20. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a playback apparatus, a search method, and a computer program that display music information related to a music being played.

  Conventionally, during playback of music on a music recording medium such as a music CD (Compact Disc) or MD (Mini Disc), information such as a song name or a player name previously given to the music recording medium is displayed on a liquid crystal display unit or the like. I was able to.

  In addition, while playing music included in a music recording medium such as a music CD, the data attached to the song, such as the song name and player name, is acquired for the song being played, and the attached data is used as a keyword. A technique for searching music information stored in a computer in advance on the Internet or on a screen and displaying information on a song being played on a screen is disclosed (for example, Patent Document 1).

However, the technique of Patent Document 1 can only display information about the performer who is performing.
The information about the music performer that the user plays by himself / herself is often known by the user himself / herself, and can be obtained from the lyrics card attached to the music CD, etc., so that effective information is not displayed. There were many.
JP 2000-298978 A

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a playback apparatus, a search method, and a computer program that display related information effective for a music to be played back.

  In order to achieve the above object, a playback apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention includes a reading means for reading content, a playback means for playing back the content read by the reading means, and a content being played back by the playback means. Information acquisition means for acquiring from the storage device information on content in which the artist name included in the attribute information does not match and other predetermined attribute information matches, and information on the content acquired by the information acquisition means is displayed on the display unit Display control means for displaying on the display.

  For example, the information processing apparatus further includes selection means for selecting attribute information, wherein the predetermined attribute information is selected by the selection means, and the information acquisition means is included in the attribute information of the content being reproduced read by the reading means. Information on contents whose artist names do not match and whose attribute information selected by the selection means matches may be acquired from the storage device.

  For example, a content selection unit for selecting content from display information displayed on the display unit by the display control unit, and a content acquisition unit for acquiring the content selected by the content selection unit via a network, Further, it may be provided.

  The search method according to the second aspect of the present invention includes a reading step of reading content, a playback step of playing back the content read in the reading step, and an artist name included in the attribute information of the content being played back in the playback step And searching for information of content that does not match and other predetermined attribute information matches.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer program comprising: a reading unit that reads content; a reproduction unit that reproduces content read by the reading unit; and an artist included in attribute information of the content being reproduced by the reproduction unit Information acquisition means for acquiring content information whose names do not match and other predetermined attribute information matches from the storage device, display control means for displaying information on the content acquired by the information acquisition means on the display unit, It is made to function as.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to display information on other artists related to the content to be reproduced. Accordingly, it is possible to provide music information buried in a large amount of music, and to know information on the content of an artist that is similar to the content to be reproduced and that the user did not know.

As shown in FIG. 1, a playback apparatus 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a reading unit 11, a playback unit 12, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 13, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 14, and a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 15, a communication control unit 16, a display control unit 17, and a speaker 18.
The playback device 10 is connected to the display unit 20 and the music database 30.

  The reading unit 11 is configured so that the music recording medium 40 can be inserted. The reading unit 11 reads music data D1 and corresponding attribute information D2 from the music recording medium 40. As shown in FIG. 5B, the music recording medium 40 records music data D1 and attribute information D2 in association with each other. More specifically, as shown in FIG. 5C, the music recording medium 40 includes music data D1 and attribute information D2 (title, artist name, genre, album name, production year) for the number of songs (number of tracks). ).

The reproduction unit 12 reproduces the music data D1 read by the reading unit 11 from the music recording medium 40 under the control of the CPU 15 and outputs the music data D1 through the speaker 18.
In addition, the reproduction unit 12 sets a reproduction flag in the RAM 14 when reproduction of a new music is started.

  The ROM 13 stores a program for controlling the operation of the CPU 15.

  The RAM 14 functions as a work area for the CPU 15. Further, the RAM 14 stores a reproduction flag described later.

The CPU 15 causes the reproduction unit 12 to reproduce the music data D1 read from the music recording medium 40 by the reading unit 11.
The CPU 15 sets a reproduction flag in the RAM 14 every time the reproduction unit 12 starts reproduction of a new music piece.
The CPU 15 controls the communication control unit 16 and the display control unit 17 by executing a program stored in the ROM 13 and causes the display unit 20 to display information related to the music being played.

  The communication control unit 16 is connected to the music database 30. Under the control of the CPU 15, the communication control unit 16 sets an artist name and a search condition, searches the music database 30 for related data that does not match the set artist name and matches the search condition, get.

  The display control unit 17 is connected to the display unit 20. The display control unit 17 causes the display unit 20 to display a list of related data acquired by the communication control unit 16 under the control of the CPU 15. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, a list of music names and artist names of the same genre and the same age is displayed.

  The display unit 20 is a device that displays output data from the playback device 10.

  As shown in FIG. 5A, the music database 30 is a database that stores related information such as a music name, an artist, a production year, an album name, and a genre in association with each music.

  Hereinafter, the operation of the playback apparatus 10 configured as described above will be described with reference to the drawings.

  First, an operation in which the playback device 10 plays back a song recorded on the song recording medium 40 will be described. When the music recording medium 40 is inserted into the reading unit 11, the CPU 15 executes a music reproduction process shown in FIG.

  First, the CPU 15 causes the reading unit 11 to read the music data D1 of the first track from the music recording medium 40 (step S1).

  When the CPU 15 causes the reading unit 11 to read the music data D1, the CPU 15 sets a reproduction flag in the RAM 14 (step S2).

  Subsequently, the CPU 15 causes the reproduction unit 12 to reproduce the music data D1 read by the reading unit 11 (step S3).

  When the reproduction of the first track is completed, the CPU 15 determines whether or not the music data D1 of the subsequent track exists on the music recording medium 40 (step S4).

  When the music data D1 of the track following the music recording medium 40 exists (step S4; Yes), the CPU 15 reads the music data D1 of the track following the reading unit 11 (step S5).

  When the music data D1 of the track following the reading unit 11 is read, the reproduction flag is set again, and the process returns to step S2 to reproduce the music data D1.

    When the music data D1 of the track following the music recording medium 40 does not exist (step S4; No), the music reproduction process is terminated.

  As described above, the CPU 15 reproduces the music data D1 recorded on the music recording medium 40 in order from the first track. Further, the CPU 15 sets a reproduction flag every time the music data of a new track is reproduced.

  Next, an operation in which the playback apparatus 10 displays related information of the music being played back will be described.

  During the music playback, the playback device 10 performs the related information display processing shown in FIG. 3 by periodic interruption processing.

  First, the CPU 15 refers to the RAM 14 and determines whether or not a reproduction flag is set (step S11).

When the reproduction flag is set (step S11; Yes), a new music piece is being reproduced.
In this case, in order to display the related information of the music to be played back, the CPU 15 controls the reading unit 11 to read the attribute information D2 of the track being played back by the playback unit 12, and causes the communication control unit 16 to read the attribute. The artist name of information D2 is set (step S12).

  Subsequently, the CPU 15 controls the reading unit 11 to read the attribute information D2 of the track being reproduced, and sets the genre and age of the attribute information D2 in the search condition of the communication control unit 16 (step S13).

  Then, the CPU 15 controls the communication control unit 16 to search the music database 30 for music data in which the set artist name is different from the artist name and matches the genre and age of the search conditions (step S14). ).

  And CPU15 acquires a search result from the communication control part 16 (step S15).

  Further, the CPU 15 controls the display control unit 17 to display the search result acquired in step S15 (step S16). That is, a list of songs having the same genre as the music being played and the same age as the music being played is displayed on the display unit 20 as related information, as shown in FIG.

  The display control unit 17 continues to display the displayed related information until a new display control is performed.

  When the related information is displayed in step S16, the CPU 15 resets the reproduction flag (step S17). Then, the related information display process ends.

  When the reproduction flag is not set (step S11; No), the related information has already been displayed. In this case, the related information display process ends.

  Through the above operation, music of the same genre in the same genre, whose artist name is different from the music being played, can be displayed on the display unit 20.

  Thereby, the music information buried in a large amount of music can be provided.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to the said embodiment, A various deformation | transformation and application are possible.

For example, as shown in FIG. 6, the communication control unit 16 may be connected to the Internet 50 instead of the music database 30 to acquire and display related information of the music being played from the Internet 50.
The music data D1 and its attribute information D2 are not limited to being acquired from the music recording medium 40, but may be acquired from the Internet 50 and played back by the playback unit 12.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 7, the playback apparatus 10 may include a music recording unit 60 that records the music data D1 and the attribute information D2.

  When the music recording medium 40 or the music recording unit 60 does not include the attribute information D2 corresponding to the music data D1, the attribute information D2 may be acquired from the music database 30 or the Internet 50.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 8, the playback device 10 further includes an operation unit 19, and the display control unit 17 displays a screen as shown in FIG. The configuration may be such that the conditions can be designated by the operation unit 19.

In the above-described embodiment, the music of the same genre and the music of the same age are displayed as the related information of the music being reproduced. However, the present invention is not limited to this.
For example, as shown in FIG. 9B, a music list, album list, music and album list, artist name list, non-display, etc. can be specified as display targets, Alternatively, the same production year can be designated, or only one of the genre and the production year can be designated.

  The search conditions are not limited to genre or era, but can be the year of album or song production, the year of announcement, or the range of those specified, the instrument used, the name of the performer other than the artist, the artist's nationality, the composer, Various related information such as a songwriter, a producer name, a song name, an album name, a keyword from lyrics, or a combination thereof may be used.

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 4, a title may be selected from the display result by the operation unit 19 so that music can be purchased from the Internet 50.

  In the above embodiment, the program executed by the CPU 15 is stored in the ROM 13, but may be stored in advance in an arbitrary storage medium, or may be stored in an arbitrary storage medium via a network. Further, a computer storing the program may be caused to function as the playback device 10.

It is a block diagram for demonstrating the structure of the reproducing | regenerating apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart for demonstrating operation | movement of a music reproduction process. It is a flowchart for demonstrating operation | movement of a related information display process. It is a figure which shows the example of a search result display. (A) It is a figure which shows the memory content of a music database. (B) It is a figure which shows the recording content of a music recording medium. (C) It is a figure which shows the detail of the recording content of a music recording medium. It is a block diagram for demonstrating the structure of the 1st modification of a reproducing | regenerating apparatus. It is a block diagram for demonstrating the structure of the 2nd modification of a reproducing | regenerating apparatus. It is a block diagram for demonstrating the structure of the 3rd modification of a reproducing | regenerating apparatus. (A) It is an example of the screen which designates a display target and search conditions. (B) It is an example of the selection item in the screen of (a).

Explanation of symbols

10 playback device 11 reading unit 12 playback unit 13 ROM
14 RAM
15 CPU
16 Communication control unit 17 Display control unit 18 Speaker 19 Operation unit 20 Display unit 30 Music database 40 Music recording medium 50 Internet 60 Music recording unit

Claims (5)

Reading means to read the content,
Reproducing means for reproducing the content read by the reading means;
Information acquisition means for acquiring information of content whose artist name included in the attribute information of the content being played back by the playback means does not match and other predetermined attribute information matches, from a storage device;
Display control means for displaying information on the content acquired by the information acquisition means on a display unit;
A playback apparatus comprising: A selection means for selecting attribute information;
The predetermined attribute information is selected by the selection means,
The information acquisition means stores, from a storage device, information on contents whose artist names included in the attribute information of the content being reproduced read by the reading means do not match and whose attribute information selected by the selection means matches. get,
The reproducing apparatus according to claim 1. Content selection means for selecting content from the display information displayed on the display unit by the display control means;
Content acquisition means for acquiring the content selected by the content selection means via a network;
The playback apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: A reading step to read the content;
A reproduction step of reproducing the content read in the reading step;
Searching for information on content in which the artist name included in the attribute information of the content being reproduced in the reproduction step does not match and other predetermined attribute information matches;
A search method comprising: Computer
Reading means for reading content,
Reproduction means for reproducing the content read by the reading means;
Information acquisition means for acquiring from the storage device information on content that does not match the artist name included in the attribute information of the content being played back by the playback means and that matches other predetermined attribute information;
Display control means for displaying information on the content acquired by the information acquisition means on a display unit;
A computer program that functions as a computer program.

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