JP5268288B2 - Total result display device and total result display method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a totaling result display device and a totaling result display method, and is particularly suitable for a device having a function of displaying information related to music when playing back music.

Currently, there are audio systems that play music stored in a large-capacity hard disk or external storage installed (portable audio such as iPod (registered trademark) corresponds to these). Some audio systems have a function of extracting music to be played according to specific conditions. An information storage / reproduction apparatus that extracts music and generates a list (playlist) of the extracted music is disclosed (for example, see Patent Document 1).
JP 2004-5862 A

  However, in the above audio system, when a plurality of music pieces are extracted, the user can easily grasp the comprehensive characteristics regarding all the extracted music pieces even if the extraction conditions are known. There is a problem that can not be. That is, the user cannot grasp the comprehensive characteristics regarding all the extracted songs unless he / she confirms each of the extracted songs.

The present invention has been made to solve such problems. That is,
The object is to solve the problem that the user cannot easily grasp the comprehensive characteristics of all the extracted music pieces.

In order to solve the above-described problems, in the present invention, when music that matches the extraction condition is extracted, a totaling result obtained by totalizing the extracted music is displayed on the display unit. Specifically, it is extracted according to the extraction condition by referring to the value of the item of the album name or artist name among a plurality of items constituting the attribute information possessed by one or more songs extracted by the extraction condition The number of albums or artists of one or more songs is totaled, and the number of songs by album or artist that is the recording source of one or more songs extracted by the extraction condition is further totaled. Then, an album number icon composed of a symbol indicating that it is an album and characters indicating the number of albums is displayed on the display unit as an aggregation result, and when the album number icon displayed on the display unit is pressed, Each album displayed as a list showing the list of albums from which one or more songs extracted according to the extraction conditions are recorded and the number of songs by album counted by the counting unit It is made to display corresponding to. Or, when an artist number icon composed of a symbol indicating that it is an artist and characters indicating the number of artists is displayed on the display unit as an aggregate result, and the artist number icon displayed on the display unit is pressed, A list of artists of one or more songs extracted according to the extraction condition is displayed on the display unit, and the number of songs by artist counted by the counting unit is displayed in association with each artist displayed as a list. I try to let them.

  As a result, when the user has extracted the music, the display unit does not perform any special operation after the extraction (for example, an operation for confirming each of the extracted music). Can be confirmed. Therefore, the user can easily grasp the comprehensive characteristics regarding all the extracted music when the music is extracted. In particular, when the result of counting is confirmed by the icon with high visibility, it is possible to more easily grasp (at a glance) comprehensive features regarding all the extracted music pieces.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of an audio apparatus 10 to which the tabulation result display apparatus of the present embodiment is applied. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen stored in the display screen storage unit 230 illustrated in FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of information stored in the icon storage unit 240 illustrated in FIG. 1. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of extracted attribute information stored in the RAM 300 shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 1, the audio apparatus 10 includes a CPU 100, a hard disk 200, a RAM 300, a medium reading unit (not shown), a display unit 400, and a speaker 410.

  The CPU 100 includes a data reading unit 110, a recording control unit 120, a music extraction unit 130, a totaling unit 140, a display control unit 150, a reproduction unit 160, and an input information acquisition unit 170 as its functional configuration. The hard disk 200 has an attribute information storage unit 210, a music data storage unit 220, a display screen storage unit 230, and an icon storage unit 240 as its functional configuration. Of the functions of the CPU 100, the functions of the totalization result display device correspond to the totaling unit 140 and the display control unit 150.

  The data acquisition unit 110 receives a request from the input information acquisition unit 170 to acquire music recorded on the music storage medium 20 (for example, a CD). The input information acquisition unit 170 notifies the data acquisition unit 110 of the request when acquiring input information for requesting acquisition of music from a user via a screen (not shown) displayed on the display unit 400. .

  When the data acquisition unit 110 receives the above request from the input information acquisition unit 170, the music acquisition unit 20 receives the audio data of the music (hereinafter referred to as “music data”) and the music from the music storage medium 20 via the medium reading unit. TOC (Table Of Contents) information, which is accompanying information, is acquired and supplied to the recording control unit 120.

  When the recording control unit 120 acquires the music data and the TOC information from the data acquisition unit 110, the recording control unit 120 stores the acquired music data in the music data storage unit 220 and uniquely identifies the attribute information (music data is uniquely identified) of each music. Information including a plurality of items such as a song name, artist name, album name, and genre) of the music) is stored in the attribute information storage unit 210. The recording control unit 120 acquires attribute information from a CDDB (CD DataBase, not shown) based on the TOC information acquired from the data acquisition unit 110 and stores the attribute information in the attribute information storage unit 210.

  The music extraction unit 130 receives from the input information acquisition unit 170 a request and an extraction condition that the music should be extracted from the music stored in the music data storage unit 220. More specifically, the music extraction unit 130 receives, from the input information acquisition unit 170, the value of one or more items among a plurality of items constituting the attribute information as an extraction condition. When the input information acquisition unit 170 acquires a music extraction request and extraction conditions as input information from the user via a screen (not shown) displayed on the display unit 400, the input information acquisition unit 170 sends the request to the music extraction unit 130. Notification of extraction conditions.

  The music extraction unit 130 selects a music from among the music whose attribute information is stored in the attribute information storage unit 210 corresponding to the music data stored in the music data storage unit 220 according to the extraction condition received from the input information acquisition unit 170. To extract. Specifically, when the music extraction unit 130 receives the request and the extraction condition from the input information acquisition unit 170, the music extraction unit 130 refers to the attribute information stored in the attribute information storage unit 210 and stores it in the music data storage unit 220. The music with the same value of the item received as the extraction condition is extracted from the music stored with the music data. The music extraction unit 130 reads out the attribute information of each extracted music from the attribute information storage unit 210 and stores it in the RAM 300. Hereinafter, the attribute information of each music stored in the RAM 300 by the music extracting unit 130 is referred to as extracted attribute information. Here, for example, as shown in FIG. 4, the extracted attribute information includes a plurality of items (song name, artist name, album name, etc.) constituting the attribute information of each song, and a song data storage unit for each song data. 220 is composed of the storage address. The music extracting unit 130 stores the extracted attribute information in the RAM 300 and notifies the totaling unit 140 that the music has been extracted.

  The totaling unit 140 totals the music extracted by the extraction condition, that is, the music extracted by the music extraction unit 130. Specifically, when there is a notification that the music extraction unit 130 has extracted the music from the music extraction unit 130, the totalization unit 140 counts the number of music extracted by the music extraction unit 130, 1 extracted by the music extraction unit 130, or One or more of the number of albums from which the two or more music pieces are recorded and the number of artists of the one or two or more music pieces extracted by the music extracting unit 130 are tabulated.

  More specifically, the totaling unit 140 totals the number of songs extracted by the music extraction unit 130 by referring to how many pieces of extracted attribute information are stored in the RAM 300. Moreover, the totaling unit 140 becomes a recording source of one or more of the music pieces extracted by the music extracting unit 130 by referring to the value of the album name item among the plurality of items constituting the extracted attribute information. Count the number of albums that have been recorded. Further, the counting unit 140 refers to the value of the artist name item among the plurality of items constituting the extracted attribute information, thereby determining the number of one or more artists of the music extracted by the music extracting unit 130. Tally. The totaling unit 140 supplies a totaling result (the number of music pieces, the number of albums, and the number of artists), which is a result of the totaling, to the display control unit 150.

  The icon storage unit 240 stores icons displayed on the display unit 400. Specifically, as illustrated in FIG. 3A, the icon storage unit 240 is an icon (hereinafter referred to as “music number icon”) including a symbol indicating that it is a music and characters indicating the number of music. .) Is stored in association with the number of music pieces, and as shown in FIG. 3B, an icon (hereinafter referred to as “album number icon”) composed of a symbol indicating that it is an album and characters indicating the number of albums. ”) In association with the number of albums, and as shown in FIG. 3C, an icon (hereinafter referred to as“ artist number ”) composed of a symbol indicating the artist and a character indicating the number of artists. Icon)) is stored in association with the number of artists.

  The display screen storage unit 230 stores the image data of the input / output screen displayed on the display unit 400. Specifically, the display screen storage unit 230 stores, for example, a main screen 500 illustrated in FIG. 2A and a sub screen 600 illustrated in FIG.

  The main screen 500 is reproduced first when a request to reproduce music data is received when the music extracted by the music extraction unit 130 is being played, or when no music is being played. A song name display area 510 for displaying the song name of the song (hereinafter referred to as “current song”), an album name display area 512 for displaying the name of the album from which the current song is recorded, and the artist name of the current song Artist name display area 514 for displaying, number of music display area 520 for displaying the number of songs as a total result by the totaling section 140, album number display area 522 for displaying the number of albums as a total result by the totaling section 140, totaling The number-of-artists display area 524 that displays the number of artists as a result of counting by the section 140, and the music that displays the name of the current music Display region 530a, has a current song name display area 530b for displaying the music names of subsequently music that plays music, further followed by music name display area 530c for displaying the music names of the music being played.

  The sub screen 600 is a list of songs extracted by the song extraction unit 130, a list of albums from which the songs are extracted by the song extraction unit 130, or the artist of the song extracted by the song extraction unit 130. It has a list display area 610 for displaying a list.

  In addition to the image data of the main screen 500 and the sub screen 600, the display screen storage unit 230 includes an input / output screen that receives a music acquisition request, a music extraction request and extraction condition, and a music playback request from a user. Store image data.

  The display control unit 150 causes the display unit 400 to display the aggregation result obtained by the aggregation unit 140. Specifically, when the display control unit 150 acquires the number of music pieces from the totaling unit 140, the display control unit 150 outputs the number of music pieces to the music number display area 520 of the main screen 500, so that the number of music pieces as a totaling result is obtained. Is displayed on the display unit 400.

  Similarly, when the number of albums is acquired from the totaling unit 140, the display control unit 150 displays the number of albums as a totaling result by outputting the number of albums to the album number display area 522 of the main screen 500. Display on the unit 400.

  Similarly, when the number of artists is acquired from the totaling unit 140, the display control unit 150 outputs the number of artists to the artist number display area 524 of the main screen 500, thereby displaying the number of artists as the totaling result. Display on the unit 400.

  In addition, when the number of songs is acquired from the totaling unit 140, the display control unit 150 counts the number-of-music icons stored in the icon storage unit 240 in association with the number of songs instead of the number of songs. As a result, it may be output to the music number display area 520 of the main screen 500 and displayed on the display unit 400. The same applies when the number of albums and the number of albums are acquired.

  Furthermore, the display control unit 150 receives a notification that the music number icon has been pressed from the input information acquisition unit 170 when the music number icon is displayed on the display unit 400. When the display control unit 150 receives a notification that the music number icon has been pressed, the display control unit 150 displays on the display unit 400 a list of songs extracted by the song extraction unit 130, that is, songs identified by the extracted attribute information. You may let them. Specifically, when receiving a notification that the song number icon has been pressed, the display control unit 150 outputs a list of songs identified by the extracted attribute information to the list display area 610 of the sub screen 600. Thus, a list of music extracted by the music extraction unit 130 is displayed on the display unit 400.

  Similarly, the display control unit 150 receives a notification that the album number icon has been pressed from the input information acquisition unit 170 when the album number icon is displayed on the display unit 400. When the display control unit 150 receives a notification that the album number icon has been pressed, the display control unit 150 selects the music extracted by the music extraction unit 130, that is, the album from which the music identified by the extracted attribute information is recorded. A list may be displayed on the display unit 400. Specifically, when the display control unit 150 receives a notification that the album number icon has been pressed, the display control unit 150 displays a list of albums from which the music identified by the extracted attribute information is recorded in the list on the sub screen 600. By outputting to the display area 610, a list of albums from which the music extracted by the music extracting unit 130 is recorded is displayed on the display unit 400.

  Similarly, the display control unit 150 receives a notification that the artist number icon has been pressed from the input information acquisition unit 170 when the artist number icon is displayed on the display unit 400. When the display control unit 150 receives a notification that the artist number icon has been pressed, the display unit 400 displays a list of artists extracted by the music extraction unit 130, that is, the artists identified by the extracted attribute information. May be displayed. Specifically, when receiving a notification that the artist number icon has been pressed, the display control unit 150 outputs a list of music artists identified by the extracted attribute information to the list display area 610 of the sub-screen 600. By doing this, a list of artists of the music extracted by the music extraction unit 130 is displayed on the display unit 400.

  The reproduction unit 160 receives a request from the input information acquisition unit 170 to reproduce music data. Note that the input information acquisition unit 170 notifies the reproduction unit 160 of the request when acquiring input information for requesting reproduction of music data from a user via a screen (not shown) displayed on the display unit 400. . When the reproduction unit 160 receives the request from the input information acquisition unit 170, the reproduction unit 160 reads out the music data from the music data storage unit 220 and supplies it to the speaker 410 to reproduce the music.

  Hereinafter, the operation of the audio apparatus 10 configured as described above will be described. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the audio apparatus 10 shown in FIG. 6 and 7 are diagrams showing examples of screens displayed on the display unit 400 shown in FIG. At the start of this flowchart, a sufficient number of songs are stored in the song data storage unit 220, the display screen storage unit 230 stores the image data of the screen shown in FIG. 2, and the icon storage unit 240 stores the image data in FIG. It is assumed that the information shown in FIG.

  In FIG. 5, the music extraction unit 130 determines whether or not a request and an extraction condition for extracting music from the music data stored in the music data storage unit 220 are received from the input information acquisition unit 170. (Step S10).

  When the music extraction unit 130 determines that a request to extract a music and an extraction condition are received from the input information acquisition unit 170 (step S10: Yes), the music extraction unit 130 sets the attribute information storage unit 210 to the attribute information storage unit 210. Referring to the song data stored in the song data storage unit 220, the song is extracted according to the extraction condition (step S15). Then, the music extraction unit 130 reads out the attribute information of each extracted music from the attribute information storage unit 210 and stores it in the RAM 300. Hereinafter, the music extraction unit 130 will be described assuming that the attribute information (extraction attribute information) illustrated in FIG. In addition, the music extraction unit 130 notifies the counting unit 140 that the music has been extracted.

  The tabulation unit 140 tabulates the number of songs “20” by referring to the extracted attribute information shown in FIG. 4, and refers to the album name item value constituting the extracted attribute information. The number of artists “5” is counted, and the number of artists “2” is counted by referring to the value of the item of the artist name constituting the extracted attribute information (step S20). Then, the totaling unit 140 supplies the display control unit 150 with the number of songs “20”, the number of albums “5”, and the number of artists “2”.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the display control unit 150 displays the main screen 500 stored in the display screen storage unit 230 on the display unit 400 and displays the number of songs “20” in the song number display area 520 of the main screen 500. The music number icon stored in the icon storage unit 240 is output in association with the number of albums stored in the icon storage unit 240 in association with the number of albums “5” in the album number display area 522 of the main screen 500. The number icon is output, and the artist number icon stored in the icon storage unit 240 in association with the number of artists “2” is output to the artist number display area 524 of the main screen 500 (step S25).

  As shown in FIG. 6, the display control unit 150 outputs the song name “song K001” of the current song to the song name display area 510 in addition to the song number icon, the album number icon, and the artist number icon. The album name that is the recording source is output to the album name display area 512, the artist name is output to the artist name display area 514, and the song name "Song K001" of the current song is output to the song name display area 530a. Then, the music name “music K002” of the music to be reproduced following the current music is output to the music name display area 530b, and the music name “music K003” of the music to be reproduced subsequently is output to the music name display area 530c. To do.

  Next, the display control unit 150 determines whether a notification that the music number icon, the album number icon, or the artist number icon has been pressed is received from the input information acquisition unit 170 (step S30).

  When the display control unit 150 determines that the notification indicating that the song number icon, the album number icon, or the artist number icon has been pressed is received from the input information acquisition unit 170 (step S30: Yes), the display control unit 150 Then, the sub screen 600 stored in the display screen storage unit 230 is displayed on the display unit 400, and a list corresponding to the pressed icon is output to the sub screen 600 (step S35).

  Specifically, when the display control unit 150 determines that the notification that the music number icon has been pressed is received, the display control unit 150 extracts in step S15 as shown in FIG. The list of the music pieces that have been played is output to the list display area 610 of the sub-screen 600. And this flowchart is complete | finished.

  If the display control unit 150 determines that the notification indicating that the album number icon has been pressed is received, the display control unit 150 displays the music extracted in step S15 as shown in FIG. The list of albums from which recording is performed is output to the list display area 610 of the sub-screen 600. And this flowchart is complete | finished. In this case, the display control unit 150 outputs the number of songs for each album from which the music is recorded extracted in step S15 to the list display area 610 in association with each album name displayed as a list. Also good. For example, as shown in FIG. 7B, the display control unit 150 selects the songs (song names “K001”, “K002”, “K003”) recorded in the album name “album A001” among the songs extracted in step S15. ) Number “3 (song)” is output to the right side of the album name “album A001” in the list display area 610.

  When the display control unit 150 determines that the notification that the artist number icon has been pressed has been received, the display control unit 150 displays the music extracted in step S15 as shown in FIG. The artist list is output to the list display area 610 of the sub-screen 600. And this flowchart is complete | finished. In this case, the display control unit 150 may output the number of songs by artist of the songs extracted in step S15 to the list display area 610 in association with each artist name displayed as a list. For example, as shown in FIG. 7C, the display control unit 150 selects the music of the artist name “artist a001” (song names “K001”, “K002”,... “K012”) among the music extracted in step S15. ) Is output to the right side of the artist name “Artist a001” in the list display area 610.

  On the other hand, when the music extraction unit 130 determines that the request to extract music and the extraction condition are not received from the input information acquisition unit 170 (step S10: No), steps S15, S20, S25, S30. , S35 is skipped, and this flowchart ends. When the display control unit 150 determines that the notification that the music number icon, the album number icon, or the artist number icon has been pressed is not received from the input information acquisition unit 170 (step S30: No), S35 is skipped and this flowchart ends.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, when a user extracts music, the user can perform a special operation (for example, an operation for confirming each extracted music) after the extraction on the display unit 400. Then, it is possible to confirm the total result (number of music pieces / number of albums / number of artists) for all the extracted music pieces. Therefore, the user can easily grasp the comprehensive characteristics regarding all the extracted music when the music is extracted. In particular, when checking the aggregated results with highly visible icons (music number icon / album number icon / artist number icon), it is easier to grasp (at a glance) the comprehensive characteristics of all extracted music. Can do.

  Note that, among the functions of the CPU 100, the function of the totalization result display device has been described as equivalent to the totalization unit 140 and the display control unit 150, but other functions of the CPU 100 may also be functions of the totalization result display device. That is, the totaling result display device may include the function of the music extraction unit 130 in addition to the totaling unit 140 and the display control unit 150. In addition, as a function other than the CPU 100, the totalization result display device does not need to include the icon storage unit 240, the display unit 400, and the like, but does not prevent the provision.

  Furthermore, although the total result display device has been described as constituting a part of the audio device 10, the configuration is not limited thereto. For example, the totalization result display device may be separate from the audio device (not shown).

  The above-described embodiments are merely examples of implementation in carrying out the present invention, and the technical scope of the present invention should not be interpreted in a limited manner. In other words, the present invention can be implemented in various forms without departing from the spirit or main features thereof.

It is a figure which shows the structural example of the audio apparatus to which the totalization result display apparatus of this embodiment is applied. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen memorize | stored in the display screen memory | storage part shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the information memorize | stored in the icon memory | storage part shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the extraction attribute information memorize | stored in RAM shown in FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an example of an operation of the audio device illustrated in FIG. 1. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen displayed on the display part shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen displayed on the display part shown in FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Audio apparatus 20 Music storage medium 130 Music extraction part 140 Total part 150 Display control part 400 Display part 520 Music number display area 522 Album number display area 524 Artist number display area 610 List display area

Claims (4)

A totaling unit that totals one or more pieces of music extracted according to an extraction condition on the condition that the values of one or more of the above items constitute a plurality of items constituting the attribute information of the music;
A display control unit that causes the display unit to display a totaling result that is a result of the totaling by the totaling unit;
The totaling unit is extracted according to the extraction condition by referring to the value of the album name item among a plurality of items constituting the attribute information of one or more of the music pieces extracted according to the extraction condition. The number of albums from which one or more of the above songs are recorded is totaled, and the number of songs by album from which the one or more of the above songs extracted by the extraction condition is further calculated. Tally and
The display control unit causes the display unit to display an album number icon including a symbol indicating an album and characters indicating the number of the albums counted by the counting unit on the display unit as the counting result. When the album number icon displayed in the section is pressed, a list of albums from which one or more of the music extracted by the extraction condition is recorded is displayed on the display section and the total A totaling result display device that displays the number of pieces of music by album totaled by a section in association with each album displayed as a list . The totaling unit counts the number of artists of one or more of the music extracted by the extraction condition by referring to the value of the artist name item instead of the album name, and the extraction condition Further count the number of the songs by artist of one or more of the extracted songs,
The display control unit causes the display unit to display an artist number icon including a symbol indicating that it is an artist and characters indicating the number of the artists counted by the counting unit on the display unit as the counting result. When the artist number icon displayed on the section is pressed, a list of one or more artists of the music extracted according to the extraction condition is displayed on the display section, and is counted by the counting section. 2. The tabulation result display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the number of music pieces by artist is displayed in association with each artist displayed as a list . A totaling step of totalizing one or two or more songs extracted according to an extraction condition on the condition that the values of one or more of the items constituting the attribute information included in the song are matched;
A display control step for displaying on a display unit a total result that is a result of the total in the total step,
In the counting step, the value extracted by the extraction condition is referred to by referring to the value of the item of the album name among a plurality of items constituting the attribute information of one or more of the music pieces extracted by the extraction condition The number of albums from which one or more of the above songs are recorded is totaled, and the number of songs by album from which the one or more of the above songs extracted by the extraction condition is further calculated. Tally and
In the display control step, an album number icon composed of a symbol indicating that it is an album and characters indicating the number of albums counted in the counting step is displayed on the display unit as the counting result, and the display When the album number icon displayed in the section is pressed, a list of albums from which one or more of the music extracted by the extraction condition is recorded is displayed on the display section and the total A totaling result display method characterized in that the number of pieces of music by album totaled in the step is displayed in association with each album displayed as a list . A totaling step of totalizing one or two or more songs extracted according to an extraction condition on the condition that the values of one or more of the items constituting the attribute information included in the song are matched;
A display control step for displaying on a display unit a total result that is a result of the total in the total step,
In the counting step, the value extracted by the extraction condition is referred to by referring to the value of the artist name item among the plurality of items constituting the attribute information of one or more of the music pieces extracted by the extraction condition. Totaling the number of artists of one or more of the songs, and further counting the number of songs by artist of the one or more of the songs extracted by the extraction condition,
In the display control step, an artist number icon composed of a symbol indicating that it is an artist and characters indicating the number of artists counted in the counting step is displayed on the display unit as the counting result, and the display When the artist number icon displayed on the section is pressed, a list of one or more artists of the music extracted according to the extraction condition is displayed on the display section, and is counted in the counting step. A tabulation result display method characterized in that the number of music pieces by artist is displayed in association with each artist displayed as a list .