JP2008065960A - Portable type music reproducing device, and music information display method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a portable type music reproducing device which is easy to use for a user and in which space of a display screen can be utilized effectively. <P>SOLUTION: The device is the portable type music reproducing device 100 having a display part 2 scrolling displaying music information about music having sound data as character information, the device is easy to use for a user and the space of the display screen can be utilized effectively by having an operation part 3 specifying a processing method of music data and a control part 4 executing processing of music data based on the processing method and a specifying display form of character information. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a portable music playback apparatus that plays back and displays music data and music information recorded on a recording medium such as an optical disk, a hard disk, and a memory card.

In recent years, portable music playback apparatuses that play back music data recorded in a digital format on a recording medium such as an optical disk, a hard disk, or a memory card have become widespread. This portable music playback device is provided with a display unit composed of a small liquid crystal display, and music information such as music titles, genres, album titles, artists, etc. recorded on a recording medium in association with music data is text information. Is displayed. As a result, the user can know the title, genre, album title, artist, and the like of the music being played (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
JP 2002-304873 A

  However, the character information displayed on the display unit in the conventional portable music player as described above is only the music information such as the music title, genre, album title, artist, and the like, during playback, pause, fast forward, The operating state of the device such as fast reverse is displayed using icons. For this reason, the user needs to remember many icons corresponding to each operation state. Further, it is necessary to display icons and character information on the display screen at the same time, and there is a situation that a lot of display areas are required. Furthermore, due to the limitation of the size of the display screen, the icon generally has to be small, and it is difficult for the user to visually recognize the icon.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and provides a portable music playback device and a music information display method that are easy for a user to use and that can effectively use the space of a display screen. With the goal.

  In order to achieve the above object, a first portable music player of the present invention is a portable music player having a display unit that scrolls and displays music information related to music having sound data as character information. A data processing execution unit that executes processing of the sound data; and a display form designating unit that designates a display form of the character information from a plurality of predetermined display forms based on an operation state of the data processing execution unit. It is configured.

  With this configuration, it is easy for the user to use and the space on the display screen can be used effectively. In addition, since the user can express the operation state of the apparatus such as playback, pause, stop, fast forward, and fast reverse in the state of the character information displayed on the display unit, the user can easily see it. At the same time, no icon is required and the space on the display screen can be used effectively.

  In the second portable music player according to the present invention, the display form designating unit designates the scrolling speed of the character presenting the character information based on the operation state.

  With this configuration, the user can easily know the operation state of the device such as playback, pause, stop, fast forward, and fast reverse by the scrolling speed of the characters displayed on the display unit. In addition to being easy, no icon is required and the space on the display screen can be used effectively.

  In the third portable music player of the present invention, the display form designating unit designates the display color of the character presenting the character information based on the operation state.

  With this configuration, the user can easily know the operation state of the device such as playback, pause, stop, fast forward, and fast reverse by the display color of the characters displayed on the display unit. In addition to being easy, no icon is required and the space on the display screen can be used effectively.

  In the fourth portable music player according to the present invention, the display form designating unit designates a scroll direction of characters for presenting the character information based on the operation state.

  With this configuration, the user can easily know the operation state of the device such as playback, pause, stop, fast forward, and fast reverse in the scroll direction of the characters displayed on the display unit. In addition to being easy, no icon is required and the space on the display screen can be used effectively.

  Further, in the fifth portable music playback device of the present invention, when the display form designating unit performs any one of the fast return, reverse playback, and frame reverse processing of the music by the data processing execution unit, The scroll direction is designated so that the scroll direction is opposite to the case where the music playback process is executed by the frame processing execution unit.

  With this configuration, the user can easily know the scrolling direction of the characters displayed on the display unit in the reverse direction from the playback mode, especially with regard to the fast return, reverse playback, frame return, etc. of the operation state of the device. As a result, it is easy for the user to visually recognize and no icon is required, and the space on the display screen can be used effectively.

  A sixth portable music playback device of the present invention is a portable music playback device having a display unit that displays predetermined information as character information among music information including genre information related to a music genre. A genre determining unit that determines the genre of the music from the genre information included in the music information, and a character type specifying unit that specifies a type of character presenting the character information based on a determination result by the genre determining unit; It has composition which has.

  With this configuration, the user can easily know the genre of music being played or about to be played by the type of character displayed on the display unit, that is, the font of the character, so that the user can easily recognize the genre. In addition, no icon is required, and the space on the display screen can be used effectively.

  A seventh portable music player according to the present invention is a portable music player having a display unit that displays music information relating to music having sound data as character information, and executes processing of the sound data. A data processing execution unit, a volume value acquisition unit for acquiring a volume value indicating a volume level when music reproduction processing is performed by the data processing execution unit, and a volume value acquired by the volume value acquisition unit. Based on this, a display density designating unit for designating the display density of the character presenting the character information is provided.

  With this configuration, the volume of the music being played or about to be played can be easily known from the display density of the characters displayed on the display unit, so that the user can easily see and no icon is required. This makes it possible to effectively use the space on the display screen.

  The first music information display method of the present invention is a music information display method in which music information related to music having sound data is scrolled and displayed as character information, and the data on which the processing of the sound data is executed. The method includes: a process execution step; and a step of designating a display form of the character information from a plurality of predetermined display forms based on an operation state of a data processing unit that performs the data process execution step.

  By this method, it is easy for the user to use and the space on the display screen can be used effectively. In addition, since the user can express the operation state of the apparatus such as playback, pause, stop, fast forward, and fast reverse in the state of the character information displayed on the display unit, the user can easily see it. At the same time, no icon is required and the space on the display screen can be used effectively.

  The second music information display method of the present invention is a music information display method in which predetermined information is displayed as text information among music information including genre information related to the genre of music, and is included in the music information. A genre determining step in which the genre of the music is determined from the genre information, and a step of designating a character type for presenting the character information based on a result determined in the genre determining step. Yes.

  By this method, the user can easily know the genre of the music being played or about to be played by the type of character displayed on the display unit, that is, the font of the character. In addition, no icon is required, and the space on the display screen can be used effectively.

  The third music information display method of the present invention is a music information display method in which music information relating to music having sound data is displayed as character information, and a data processing execution step in which processing of the sound data is executed. And, based on the volume value acquired in the volume value acquisition step, a volume value acquisition step for acquiring a volume value indicating the volume of the volume when music playback processing is performed in the data processing execution step, A display density of a character presenting the character information is designated.

  By this method, the volume of the music being played or about to be played can be easily known from the display density of the characters displayed on the display unit, so that the user can easily see and no icon is required. This makes it possible to effectively use the space on the display screen.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a portable music playback device and a music information display method that are easy for the user to use and that can effectively use the space of the display screen.

  Hereinafter, a portable music player according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall schematic configuration of a portable music player 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  In FIG. 1, a portable music player 100 reads a signal including music data and music information recorded on a recording medium such as an optical disk, a magnetic disk, or a semiconductor memory, and converts the read signal into an audio signal for output. The display unit 2 displays the title, album title, artist, etc. of the music to be played back as text information based on the operation status of the playback unit 1, the operation status of the apparatus, and the music information signal read by the playback unit 1. Operation unit 3 including a power switch, a playback key, a pause key, a stop key, a fast-forward key, a fast-rewind key, a volume for adjusting the playback volume, etc. 1 has a control unit 4 for overall management of the operation of the apparatus, such as control of reproduction operation in 1, display control of the display unit 2, and key operation of the operation unit 4 It is a configuration that.

  Here, the reproduction unit 1 is an example of a data processing execution unit. A part of the control unit 4 is an example of a display form designating unit.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 3, the display unit 2 is configured to be able to display characters of a predetermined number of digits by a dot matrix type liquid crystal display, and the operation status of the apparatus, the title of the music to be reproduced, and the album title , Music information of artists etc. is displayed while scrolling sequentially. The scrolling method can be changed according to the operation status of the apparatus. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of character display by the display unit 2 in the embodiment of the present invention. Details of scroll speed and direction, character display color, etc. will be described later.

  The control unit 4 is constituted by a microcomputer, and controls the operation of each unit during the operation of the apparatus such as reproduction by software and controls the display of character information on the display unit 2. Hereinafter, functions and operations of the control unit 4 will be described in detail. FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the control unit 4 of the portable music playback device 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, the control unit 4 includes a device activation unit 41, a music information acquisition unit 42, a character font control unit 43, a volume value acquisition unit 44, a key operation information acquisition unit 45, an operation state determination unit 46, and a character color control. Section 47, scroll speed control section 48, and scroll direction control section 49.

  Here, a part of the music information acquisition unit 42 is an example of a genre determination unit. The character font control unit 43 is an example of a character type designation unit. The volume value acquisition unit 44 is an example of a volume value acquisition unit. The character color control unit 47 is an example of a display density designation unit.

  The device activation unit 41 controls activation of the device by operating the power switch of the operation unit 3 by the user. The music information acquisition unit 42 acquires music information such as the title, genre, album title, artist, and the like of music to be reproduced from the reproduction unit 1. The character font control unit 43 controls the font of the character information displayed on the display unit 2 according to the acquired music information.

  The volume value acquisition unit 44 acquires a volume value obtained by the user adjusting the volume of the operation unit 3. The key operation information acquisition unit 45 provides information (also referred to as key operation information) that the user has operated keys such as a play key, a pause key, a stop key, a fast forward key, and a fast reverse key when playing music. get. The operation state determination unit 46 determines the operation state of the reproduction unit 1 according to the acquired key operation information.

  The character color control unit 47 controls the display color of the character information displayed on the display unit 2 according to the volume value and the operation state. The scroll speed control unit 48 controls the scroll speed of the character information displayed on the display unit 2 according to the operation state. The scroll direction control part 49 controls the scroll direction of the character information displayed on the display part 2 according to an operation state.

  Next, music data processing in each operation state of the playback unit 1 will be described. FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of music data in the embodiment of the present invention. The music data in this embodiment is assumed to be MPEG-4 (Moving Picture Experts Group phase 4) or the like. As shown in FIG. 10, access points exist at regular intervals in the music data in the embodiment.

  When fast-forward is instructed by an operation by the operation unit 3, a certain access point rings for a ringing period and moves to the next access point. The ringing period is a period in which the reproducing unit 1 emits a sound like skipping, and is a certain period such as 250 ms. Similarly, when a fast rewind is instructed, a certain access point rings for a ringing period and moves to the previous access point.

  In a state where no operation instruction is given before frame advance, the music data processing is stopped at a certain access point, but there is a case where frame advance is instructed by an operation by the operation unit 3. It moves from the access point to the next access point and enters the pause state again. Similarly, when frame return is instructed, the mobile station moves from a certain access point to the previous access point, and again enters a paused state.

  When reproduction is instructed by an operation by the operation unit 3, music data is sequentially processed from the left to the right of the sound data in FIG. 10 without being aware of the existence of the access point. Similarly, when reverse playback is instructed, the music data is sequentially processed from right to left of the sound data in FIG.

  Next, the operation of the portable music player 100 configured as described above will be described. First, an operation procedure when the portable music player 100 is activated will be described. FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining an operation procedure when the portable music player 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention is activated.

  First, when the user operates the power switch of the operation unit 3 and the apparatus is activated by the apparatus activation unit 41 of the control unit 4, the music information acquisition unit 42 acquires music information from the reproduction unit 1 (step S101). The music genre is determined from the acquired music information (step S102).

  If it is determined in the processing procedure of step S102 that the music genre is “classic”, for example, the character font control unit 43 sets the music title, album title, artist, etc. displayed on the display unit 2 to the font type A, for example, Then, the display is controlled so that it is displayed in the Mincho style (step S103).

  Similarly, when it is determined in step S102 that the acquired music genre is “J-POP”, the title of the music, the album title, the artist, etc. are displayed using a font type B, for example, Gothic ( Step S104).

  If the acquired music genre is “Enka”, as shown in FIG. 5, the title “Like a river flow” is displayed in a font type C, for example, a font (step S105). FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a display example when the music genre is enka in the embodiment of the present invention.

  Similarly, when the acquired music genre is “Rock”, the music title, album title, artist, etc. are displayed using a font type D, for example, a round Gothic font (step S106).

  Next, a volume control subroutine described later is executed by the control unit 4 (step S107). Thereafter, the control unit 4 determines whether or not a key operation related to reproduction such as a play key, a pause key, a stop key, a fast-forward key, and a fast-rewind key has been performed by a user operation (step S108). If the operation is performed, the control unit 4 executes a key operation subroutine described later (step S109).

  If it is determined in the processing procedure of step S108 that the key operation is not performed by the control unit 4, and after the key operation subroutine is executed in the processing procedure of step S109, the control unit 4 determines whether the device is being activated. It is determined whether or not (step S110).

  As a result of the determination, when it is determined that the apparatus is being activated, the process returns to the processing procedure of step S108, and the subsequent processing is performed.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in the processing procedure of step S110 that the apparatus is not activated, the apparatus activation process is terminated.

  Thus, by displaying the music title, album title, artist, etc. displayed in the display unit 2 in different fonts according to the music genre, the user can intuitively recognize the genre of the music to be played. .

  Next, the above-described key operation subroutine operation procedure of the portable music player 100 according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 6 is an operation flowchart relating to key operations in the embodiment of the present invention.

  First, the key operation information acquisition unit 15 of the control unit 4 acquires key operation information indicating that the user has performed a key operation (step S201), and the control unit 4 performs the key operation based on the acquired key operation information. Is determined (step S202).

  As a result of the determination in step S202, when it is determined that the key operation by the operation unit 3 is a reproduction operation, in step S203, the operation state determination unit 16 determines the operation state of the apparatus (step S203). Here, the reproduction operation includes operations such as reproduction, reverse reproduction, stop, pause, fast forward, fast reverse, frame advance, and frame reverse.

  As a result of the determination in step S203, if the operation state of the apparatus is the “playback” state, for example, the character color control unit 47 sets the display color of character information such as a music title, album title, and artist displayed on the display unit 2 to character. The display color is A, the scroll speed control unit 48 changes the scroll direction of the character information from right to left, and the scroll direction control unit 49 sequentially scrolls and displays the character information at a normal speed (steps S204 and S205).

  If it is determined in step S203 that the reproduction operation is stopped, that is, the operation state of the apparatus is the “stop” state, the scroll speed control unit 48 stops the scrolling (step S206) and the character The color control unit 47 changes the character display color of the music title, album title, artist, etc. to B color (step S207).

  Furthermore, when it is determined in step S203 that the operation state of the apparatus is the “pause” state, the scroll speed control unit 48 stops scrolling (step S208), and the character color control unit 47 displays the music title or The character display color of the album title, artist, etc. is changed to A color (step S209).

  When the operation state of the apparatus is “fast forward” in step S203, the character color control unit 47 sets the character display color of the music title, album title, artist, etc. to A color, and the scroll direction control unit 49 uses the scroll direction. From right to left, the scroll speed control unit 48 performs double-speed character scrolling (steps S210 and S211). Note that double-speed scrolling refers to sequentially scrolling characters such as music titles, album titles, and artists at twice the normal speed.

  If it is determined in step S203 that the operation state of the apparatus is the “fast rewind” state for playback or cueing of the music, the character color control unit 47 determines the music title, album title, artist, etc. , The scroll direction control unit 49 changes the character scroll direction from right to left, and the scroll speed control unit 48 performs the character scroll at double speed (steps S212 and S213). FIGS. 7A to 7L are examples of the case where the title “Turandot” is scrolled and displayed sequentially from the left to the right at a double speed, that is, character display when performing fast reverse in the embodiment of the present invention. It is the figure which showed the state transition.

  That is, no character information is displayed on the display unit 2 in the state (a), but “t” in the state (b), “dot” in the state (c), “andot” in the state (d), State (e) is “landot”, state (f) is “Turandot”, state (g) is “Turandot”, state (h) is “t Turando”, state (i) is “dot Turan”, state (j) ) In “andot Tur”, in state (k) “landot T”, and in state (l) “Turandot”, it can be confirmed that two characters are scrolled from left to right. Note that the notation of the right blank portion of the display unit 2 in the states (a) to (h) is omitted here, and the states (f) and (l) indicate the same display. Regarding the display after the state (l), the state (g) to the state (l) are repeated.

  If it is determined in step S203 that the operation state of the apparatus is the “frame advance” or “frame return” state, the character color control unit 47 does not show a character such as a music title, album title, artist, or the like. The display color is A, and the scroll speed control unit 48 scrolls the character scroll at a half speed of the normal speed. Here, the scroll speed is set to a half of the normal speed, but other speeds may be used as long as the scroll speed is slower than the normal speed. The scroll direction control unit 49 designates the character scroll direction from right to left in the case of “frame advance”, and designates the character scroll direction from left to right in the case of “frame return”.

  On the other hand, if the control unit 4 determines in the processing procedure of step S202 that the type of operation performed by the user is a volume operation, a volume control subroutine is executed, and then the process ends (step S214). ).

  As described above, when displaying a music title, album title, artist, or the like on the display unit 2, the scroll speed, the scroll direction, and the character display color are changed according to the operation state of the device by the user's key operation. Thus, the user can intuitively recognize the operation state of the device to be reproduced. Further, the conventional icon for displaying the operation state of the apparatus is not required, and the space on the display screen can be effectively used.

  Next, the operation procedure of the volume control subroutine of the portable music player according to this embodiment will be described. FIG. 8 is a flowchart for explaining an operation procedure related to volume control in the embodiment of the present invention.

  First, the key operation information acquisition unit 45 acquires key operation information indicating that the user has operated a key including a volume for adjusting the reproduction volume (step S301), and the volume value acquisition unit 44 acquires the key operation information. Volume value information is acquired from the key operation information that has been obtained (step S302). Here, the volume value information is information included in the key operation information, and is information indicating the volume level.

  Next, the control unit 4 determines the playback volume value adjusted by the user from the acquired volume value information (step S303). If the reproduction volume is “0” as a result of the determination, the character color control unit 47 adds a background color to the display unit 2 and reversely displays character information such as a music title, album title, artist, and the like. (Step S304).

  Here, FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a character display example of character information according to the volume level in the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 9A shows an example of character display when the volume level is zero. FIG. 9 shows the character display portion of the music title “ABC” as an example, but the display screen is basically assumed to be a display screen as shown in FIG. 3 or FIG. Here, the shading of characters is indicated by whether the amount of dots is large or small. The display of character information such as album titles and artists other than music titles is the same as described above.

  If the control unit 4 determines that the playback volume value is at levels 1 to 5 in step S303, the character color control unit 47 determines the density of display characters on the display unit 2 such as a music title, album title, or artist. A slightly lighter shade type A is set (step S305). FIG. 9B shows an example of character display in the case of volume levels 1-5.

  Furthermore, when the control unit 4 determines that the reproduction volume value is at levels 6 to 10 in step S303, the character color control unit 47 determines the density of the display characters on the display unit 2 such as a music title, album title, artist, etc. The density type B is set to be darker than the type A (step S306). FIG. 9C shows an example of character display when the sound volume levels are 1 to 5.

  If the control unit 4 determines that the playback volume value is at the maximum level in step S303, the display character 2 on the display unit 2 such as a music title, album title, artist, etc. is displayed with the maximum density, that is, the darkest. The density type C is set (step S307). FIG. 9D shows an example of character display in the case of volume levels 1-5.

  Note that the volume value may have a volume level other than those shown above. For example, when the volume level is 12, the tone level may be set to the shade type D of character display.

  In this way, by changing the display color of the music title, album title, artist, etc. displayed on the display unit 2 in accordance with the playback volume adjusted by the key operation by the user, the user is able to The playback volume level of music can be intuitively recognized. Further, the conventional icon for displaying the playback volume is not necessary, and the space on the display screen can be used effectively.

  According to the portable music playback device 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention, the portable music playback device 100 includes the display unit 2 that scrolls and displays music information related to music having sound data as character information. The operation unit 3 that designates the processing method of the sound data and the control unit 4 that executes the processing of the sound data and designates the display form of the character information based on the processing method are used by the user. It is easy to do, and the space of the display screen can be used effectively.

  In addition, the music information of the music to be reproduced is acquired, the music genre is determined based on the acquired music information, and the characters of the music title, album title, artist, etc. displayed on the display unit 2 are different for each music genre. Display in font. Thereby, the user can intuitively recognize the music information being reproduced.

  Also, based on key operations performed by the user, the operation status of the device such as play, stop, pause, fast forward and fast reverse is determined, and the title of the music displayed on the display unit 2 according to the operation status of the device In addition, the scroll speed, scroll direction, and character display color of characters such as album titles and artists are controlled and displayed. As a result, even a portable music playback device having a small display unit can display the operation state of the device without using an icon, so that the space on the display screen can be used effectively. Become.

  Furthermore, based on the reproduction volume adjusted by the user through key operations, the shades of characters such as music titles, album titles, and artists displayed on the display unit 2 are changed. As a result, the user can intuitively recognize the volume of the music being played and can display the playback volume without using an icon, so that the space on the display screen can be used effectively. Can do.

  INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention is useful for a portable music player that can be easily used by a user and can effectively use the space of a display screen.

The figure which shows the whole schematic structure of the portable music player in embodiment of this invention. The block diagram which shows the functional structure of the control part of the portable music player in embodiment of this invention The figure which showed the example of a character display by the display part in embodiment of this invention The flowchart for demonstrating the operation | movement procedure at the time of starting of the portable music player which concerns on embodiment of this invention. The figure which shows the example of a display at the time of reproducing enka "Like the flow of a river" in the portable music reproducing apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. Operation flow diagram related to key operation in an embodiment of the present invention The figure which showed the state transition of the character display at the time of performing the quick return in embodiment of this invention Operation flow diagram related to volume control in an embodiment of the present invention The figure which showed the character display example of the character information according to the volume level in embodiment of this invention Schematic diagram of music data in an embodiment of the present invention

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Portable music player 1 Playback part 2 Display part 3 Operation part 4 Control part 41 Device starting part 42 Music information acquisition part 43 Character font control part 44 Volume value acquisition part 45 Key operation information acquisition part 46 Operation | movement state determination part 47 Character Display color control unit 48 Scroll speed control unit 49 Scroll direction control unit

Claims (10)

A portable music player having a display unit that scrolls and displays music information related to music having sound data as character information,
A data processing execution unit for executing processing of the sound data;
A portable music playback device comprising: a display form designating unit that designates a display form of the character information from a plurality of predetermined display forms based on an operation state of the data processing execution unit. The portable music player according to claim 1,
The display form designating part
A portable music player that designates a scrolling speed of a character that presents the character information based on the operation state. The portable music player according to claim 1,
The display form designating part
A portable music playback device that specifies a display color of a character that presents the character information based on the operation state. The portable music player according to claim 1,
The display form designating part
A portable music playback device that specifies a scroll direction of a character that presents the character information based on the operation state. The portable music playback device according to claim 4,
The display form designating part
The scrolling direction is different from the case where the data processing execution unit executes any one of the fast reverse, reverse playback, and frame reverse processing of the music, and the data processing execution unit executes the music playback processing. A portable music playback device that designates the scroll direction so that is in the opposite direction. A portable music player having a display unit that displays predetermined information as character information among music information including genre information related to a music genre,
A genre determination unit that determines the genre of the music from the genre information included in the music information;
A portable music playback device comprising: a character type designating unit that designates a type of character presenting the character information based on a determination result by the genre determining unit. A portable music playback device having a display unit for displaying music information related to music having sound data as character information,
A data processing execution unit for executing processing of the sound data;
A volume value acquisition unit for acquiring a volume value indicating a volume level when music reproduction processing is performed by the data processing execution unit;
A portable music player comprising: a display density designating unit that designates a display density of a character that presents the character information based on a volume value acquired by the volume value acquiring unit. A music information display method in which music information related to music having sound data is scrolled and displayed as character information,
A data processing execution step in which processing of the sound data is executed;
A music information display method comprising: a step of designating a display form of the character information from a plurality of predetermined display forms based on an operation state of a data processing execution unit that performs the data processing execution step. A music information display method in which predetermined information is displayed as text information among music information including genre information related to a music genre,
A genre determination step in which the genre of the music is determined from the genre information included in the music information;
A music information display method comprising: a step of designating a character type for presenting the character information based on a result determined in the genre determining step. A music information display method in which music information related to music having sound data is displayed as character information,
A data processing execution step in which processing of the sound data is executed;
A volume value acquisition step in which a volume value indicating a volume level when a music reproduction process is performed in the data processing execution step is acquired;
A music information display method comprising: a step of designating a display density of a character presenting the character information based on the volume value acquired in the volume value acquisition step.

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