JP5375868B2 - Playback method switching device, playback method switching method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a reproduction-method switching device, a reproduction-method switching method, and a program, which allow start of singing by a simple touch panel operation if there is a desire to start singing from the head of a block including a retrieved lyric. <P>SOLUTION: When a user's hand 130 performs a double-touch, a block number including a lyric "re" corresponding to a first-contacted contact position is determined on the basis of the telop information shown in FIG. 3. According to the present embodiment, the block number is determined; alternatively, attribute data including the lyric "re" may be determined. In the example shown in FIG. 4, a block number corresponding to the lyric "re" is "4". Further, attribute data corresponding to the lyric "re" is "phrase 2". <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a playback method switching device for playing back music. Specifically, the present invention relates to an apparatus for searching for lyrics of music and starting playback from the position of the searched lyrics when playing the music.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an apparatus that displays lyrics of music is known. For example, in karaoke, when the music is played, the lyrics of the music are displayed. Patent Document 1 discloses a technique in which music is reproduced from a reproduction position designated by a cursor by placing the cursor on a predetermined character in displayed lyrics.

JP 2001-56686 A

  In recent years, as the performance of a touch panel is improved, it is possible to search for a desired lyrics by scrolling the lyrics displayed by the user's touch panel operation. For example, the touch panel is touched by the user. The lyrics are scrolled based on the position information touched by the touch panel. When a user searches for a desired lyrics and singing is started from a desired reproduction position, the following two cases can be considered. There are a case where it is desired to start singing from the reproduction position of the searched lyrics and a case where it is desired to start singing from the head of the block including the searched lyrics. The block is, for example, lyrics currently displayed on the touch panel, such as A melody, B melody, and chorus. In Patent Document 1, when singing is to be started from the beginning of a block including the searched lyrics, after searching for a desired lyrics by touch panel operation, it is necessary to again specify the first character of the block including the searched lyrics on the touch panel. Yes, the operation has become complicated for the user.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above. An object of the present invention is to provide a playback method switching device, a playback method switching method, and a program capable of starting a singing by a simple touch panel operation even when it is desired to start singing from the beginning of a block including searched lyrics. That is.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the first control means for displaying the lyrics information indicating the lyrics of the music on the display means provided with the touch panel, the first determination means for determining whether the touch panel is touched, and When it is determined by the first determination means that the contact has been made, the determination means for determining the lyrics displayed at the contact position that has been touched, and again within a predetermined time after the determination by the first determination means that the contact has been made A second determination unit that determines whether the touch panel is touched, and a playback position corresponding to the head of the block that includes the lyrics determined by the determination unit when the second determination unit determines that the touch panel is touched again Switching between the first reproduction method for outputting music from the first reproduction method and the second reproduction method for outputting music from the reproduction position corresponding to the lyrics determined by the determining means A second control means for outputting the music, a reproduction method switching apparatus, characterized in that it comprises a.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, the second control means is a phrase previously divided into a predetermined number of lyrics of the music as the block, and the lyrics determined by the determination means The music is output from the reproduction position corresponding to the head of the phrase to be included.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, the music reproduced by the reproduction method switching device is composed of a plurality of music parts, and the second control means is the lyrics determined by the determination means as the block. The music is output from the reproduction position corresponding to the head of the music part including

According to invention of Claim 4, the 1st control step which displays the lyric information which shows the lyrics of a music on the display means provided with the touch panel, The 1st determination step which determines whether the said touch panel was contacted, When it is determined that the touch panel is touched again within a predetermined time after it is determined that the touch is made in the first determination step, and when it is determined that the touch is made in the second determination step, the first The determination step of determining the lyrics displayed at the contact position of the contact determined by the determination step and the lyrics determined by the determination step when the touch panel is determined to be touched again by the second determination step a first reproducing method for outputting music from the reproduction position corresponding to the beginning of the block, is determined by the determination step A second control step of outputting the music by switching a second reproduction method for outputting music from the reproduction position corresponding to the lyrics, a reproduction method switching method comprising.

According to invention of Claim 5, the 1st control step which displays the lyrics information which shows the lyrics of a music on the display means provided with the touch panel, The 1st determination step which determines whether the said touch panel was contacted, When it is determined that the touch panel is touched again within a predetermined time after it is determined that the touch is made in the first determination step, and when it is determined that the touch is made in the second determination step, the first The determination step of determining the lyrics displayed at the contact position of the contact determined by the determination step and the lyrics determined by the determination step when the touch panel is determined to be touched again by the second determination step a first reproducing method for outputting music from the reproduction position corresponding to the beginning of the block, is determined by the determination step Is a program for causing execute a second control step of switching the second reproduction method for outputting music from the reproduction position corresponding to the lyrics to output music, to the computer.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, when the second determination unit determines that the touch panel has been touched again by the second determination unit, the reproduction corresponding to the head of the block including the lyrics determined by the determination unit is performed. The music is output by switching between the first reproduction method for outputting the music from the position and the second reproduction method for outputting the music from the reproduction position corresponding to the lyrics determined by the determining means. As a result, if you want to start singing from the beginning of the block that contains the searched lyrics, or if you want to start singing from the playback position of the searched lyrics, you can perform singing by a simple touch panel operation based on the number of touches on the touch panel. It can be started.

  According to the second aspect of the invention, the second control means is a phrase that is divided into a predetermined number of lyrics in the song as a block, and that includes the lyrics determined by the determination means. The music is output from the playback position corresponding to. As a result, even when it is desired to start singing from the beginning of a phrase separated for display on the touch panel, the singing can be started by a simple touch panel operation based on the number of touches on the touch panel.

  According to the invention described in claim 3, the music played back by the playback method switching device is composed of a plurality of music parts, and the second control means is arranged at the head of the music part including the lyrics determined by the determining means. The music is output from the corresponding playback position. As a result, even when it is desired to start singing from the beginning of the music part, such as A melody, B melody, or chorus, the singing can be started by a simple touch panel operation based on the number of touches on the touch panel.

  According to the invention described in claim 4 or 5, when the second control step determines that the touch panel is touched again by the second determination step, the head of the block including the lyrics determined by the determination step The music is output by switching between the first reproduction method for outputting music from the reproduction position corresponding to the above and the second reproduction method for outputting music from the reproduction position corresponding to the lyrics determined by the determining means. As a result, if you want to start singing from the beginning of the block that contains the searched lyrics, or if you want to start singing from the playback position of the searched lyrics, you can perform singing by a simple touch panel operation based on the number of touches on the touch panel. It can be started.

It is a conceptual block diagram which shows the schematic block diagram of the music reproduction system of this embodiment, and the electrical structure of the commander 1 navigation 2. FIG. It is a conceptual diagram which shows the display state in which a telop is displayed on the touch panel of this embodiment. 5 is a conceptual diagram showing a storage state in which telop information is stored in a telop information storage area 561. It is explanatory drawing which shows description that the lyrics displayed on the search lyrics display area 582 by the user are touched. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of a main operation in the navigation 2. It is a flowchart of the touch panel process in this embodiment.

[Best Embodiment]
DESCRIPTION OF EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the best embodiment to which the invention is applied will be described with reference to the drawings.

[Outline configuration of music playback system]
FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a music playback system according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the music playback system includes a commander 1 and a navigation 2. The navigation 2 is a karaoke device that sends commands to the commander 1 by infrared rays.

[General configuration of Commander 1]
As shown in FIG. 1, the commander 1 includes a control unit 12, a LAN interface unit 14, a storage unit 16, an operation processing unit 22, a synthesizer 24, a video RAM 32, a video playback unit 34, and a video control unit. 38.

  The control unit 12 is electrically connected to the LAN interface unit 14, the storage unit 16, the operation processing unit 22, the synthesizer 24, the video RAM 32, the video reproduction unit 34, and the video control unit 38. The control unit 12 controls various configurations of the commander 1. The control unit 12 is a controller composed of, for example, a CPU and a RAM.

  The LAN interface unit 14 connects the commander 1 and the LAN 100. The LAN interface unit 14 enables the commander 1 to communicate with the Internet and the navigation 2 via the router 120 or the access point 110.

  The operation processing unit 22 is electrically connected to the operation unit 18 and the infrared receiving unit 20. The operation unit 18 is operated by the user of the commander 1. An input signal operated by the operation unit 18 is output to the operation processing unit 22. The infrared receiving unit 20 receives infrared rays transmitted by the navigation 2. The received infrared signal is output to the operation processing unit 22. The operation processing unit 22 determines the operation content based on each output signal. Based on the determined operation content, the control unit 12 controls the commander 1.

  The storage unit 16 stores music data and video data output by the commander 1. The storage unit 16 is a high-capacity storage medium such as HardDisk (HD), for example. Based on the operation content determined by the operation processing unit 22, the music data or video data stored in the storage unit 16 is read by the control unit 12. Then, according to the video data stored in the storage unit 16, the control unit 12 transmits a command for outputting video to the video RAM 32, the video playback unit 34, or the video control unit 38. The music data of this embodiment is, for example, MIDI data or WAVE data. AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) type music data may be stored.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the control unit 12 is electrically connected to a video RAM 32, a video reproduction unit 34, and a video control unit 38. In addition, the video control unit 38 is electrically connected to the display unit 36. The video RAM 32 temporarily stores the read video data. In accordance with a command output from the control unit 12, the video reproduction unit 34 converts the video data temporarily stored in the video RAM 32 into a signal to be output to the display unit. The converted signal is transmitted to the video control unit 38. In accordance with the command transmitted by the control unit 12, the video control unit 38 transmits a command for causing the display unit 36 to display a video. The video control unit 38 displays a predetermined video on the display unit 36 based on the signal transmitted by the video playback unit. The display unit 36 is, for example, a display provided with a touch panel.

  Further, according to the music data stored in the storage unit 16, the control unit 12 transmits a command to output the music data to the synthesizer 24. Then, according to the command transmitted by the control unit 12, the synthesizer 24 generates a sound signal based on the music data. The sound signal is a signal for outputting sound from the speaker 28 via the mixing amplifier 30. As shown in FIG. 1, the synthesizer 24 is electrically connected to the mixing amplifier 30. Further, the mixing amplifier 30 is electrically connected to the microphone control unit 26 and the speaker 28.

  The microphone control unit 26 is connected to a microphone (not shown). Based on the information input by the microphone, the microphone control unit 26 generates an audio signal. The microphone control unit 26 outputs the generated audio signal to the mixing amplifier 30. Based on the audio signal transmitted by the microphone control unit 26 or the sound signal transmitted by the synthesizer 24, the mixing amplifier 30 causes the speaker 28 to output the sound input from the microphone or the sound of the music data. When both the audio signal transmitted by the microphone control unit 26 and the sound signal transmitted by the synthesizer 24 are transmitted to the mixing amplifier 30, the mixing amplifier 30 receives the sound input from the microphone and the sound of the music data. Are combined and output from the speaker 28.

[Outline configuration of Navi 2]
As shown in FIG. 1, the navigation 2 includes a control unit 52, an infrared transmission unit 54, a memory 56, an operation processing unit 62, a video RAM, a video control unit 66, and a wireless LAN communication unit 68. . The control unit 52 is electrically connected to the infrared transmission unit 54, the memory 56, the operation processing unit 62, the video RAM 64, the video control unit 66, and the wireless LAN communication unit 68. The control unit 52 controls various configurations of the navigation 2. The control unit 52 is a controller composed of, for example, a CPU and a RAM.

  The operation processing unit 62 is electrically connected to the operation unit 60. The operation unit 60 is, for example, a touch panel. The touch panel is operated by the user of the navigation 2. Position information input by touching the touch panel is output to the operation processing unit 22. The operation processing unit 62 determines the operation content based on the input position information. The determined operation content is output to the control unit 52. For example, the operation content is that the touch panel is flicked or scrolled by the user. The operation processing unit 62 outputs the operation content to the control unit 52 according to the operation content operated on the touch panel in this way.

  The infrared transmitter 54 transmits infrared rays toward the commander 1. Specifically, the operation content determined by the operation processing unit 22 is transmitted to the commander 1 by the infrared transmission unit 54. When the operation unit 60 of the navigation 2 is operated by the user, a predetermined operation signal is transmitted from the navigation 2 to the commander 1. For example, by operating the navigation 2, karaoke music is reserved. Therefore, an operation signal indicating the reserved karaoke music is transmitted from the navigation 2 to the commander 1. In addition, a music data reproduction command is transmitted from the navigation 2 to the commander 1 using the infrared transmission unit 54. The transmitted reproduction command is received by the infrared receiver 20 of the commander 1. In response to the received reproduction command, the commander 1 reproduces the music data. When receiving the operation signal, the commander 1 temporarily stores the music included in the operation signal as a reserved music in the RAM or the like of the control unit 12.

  The memory 56 stores search data and video data. The memory 56 includes a telop information storage area 561 and a program storage area 562. The telop information storage area 561 stores telop information. The telop information is information for displaying a telop on the display unit 58. Details of the telop information will be described later. The program storage area 562 stores a main operation processing program of the navigation 2. The main operation processing program is a program for causing the navigation 2 to execute main operation processing described later. The main operation processing program of the navigation 2 may be downloaded from a predetermined server on the network, for example, or recorded on a recording medium such as a CD-ROM and via a drive of the recording medium. It may be read.

  The memory 56 is, for example, a nonvolatile NAND type memory. The search data is information for searching for music data distributed by the music playback system. The search data is, for example, an electronic quick sample of karaoke. The video data stored in the memory 56 is information for displaying a video on the display unit 58. Based on the operation content determined by the operation processing unit 62, the video data stored in the memory 56 is read by the control unit 52. Then, according to the video data stored in the memory 56, the control unit 52 transmits a command for outputting video to the video RAM 64 or the video control unit 66. As shown in FIG. 1, the control unit 52 is electrically connected to a video RAM 64 and a video control unit 66. Further, the video control unit 66 is electrically connected to the display unit 58. The video RAM 64 temporarily stores the read video data. In accordance with a command output by the control unit 52, the video control unit 66 converts the video data temporarily stored in the video RAM 64 into a signal to be output to the display unit. The video control unit 66 transmits a command to display the converted signal on the display unit 58. The video control unit 66 displays a predetermined video on the display unit 58 based on the converted signal. The display part 58 is a display provided with the touch panel 60, for example.

  The wireless LAN communication unit 68 is connected to an access point 110 installed in each karaoke store or the like. The wireless LAN communication unit 68 is, for example, a known wireless chip. The access point 110 is a wireless LAN, for example. The access point 110 can be connected to the Internet such as a WAN via the router 120. The navigation 2 is connected to the LAN 100 in the karaoke store via the access point 110. As a result, the navigation 2 can transmit / receive information to / from the commander 1 connected to the LAN 100. Further, since the navigation 2 can be connected to the commander 1 via the Internet using the wireless LAN communication unit 68, the commander 1 and the navigation 2 can be synchronized.

[Telop display method]
Hereinafter, the telop display method of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram showing a display state in which a telop is displayed on the touch panel of the present embodiment. In particular, FIG. 2 shows a display screen of the display unit 58 provided with a touch panel. In the following description, the directions indicated by the X axis and the Y axis shown in FIG. 2 are defined as the X direction and the Y direction. A point located in the negative direction of the X-axis direction and the Y-axis direction of the display unit 58 shown in FIG. 2 is defined as an origin (0, 0). As shown in FIG. 2, in the present embodiment, the display screen includes a telop display area 581 and a search lyrics display area 582. The telop display area 581 is an area for displaying lyrics to be sung when a karaoke user sings, similarly to general karaoke. As shown in FIG. 2, the lyrics corresponding to the playback position of the music currently being output by the commander 1 “blue bird and red sunset, white clouds are flowing ...” are displayed in the telop display area 581. . The color of the lyrics to be displayed in the telop display area 581 is changed in accordance with the reproduction status of the music.

  On the other hand, the search lyrics display area 582 is an area for displaying lyrics in order to search for lyrics of songs sung by a karaoke user. The telop display area 581 is an area where lyrics are displayed along the song to be sung, whereas the search lyrics display area 582 is an area where lyrics are displayed by an arbitrary touch panel operation by the user. The search lyrics display area 582 displays the lyrics of songs that the user desires to search.

  Specifically, the lyrics of the song that the user wants to search are displayed from the beginning of the lyrics in the direction from the negative direction of the X axis to the positive direction. The search lyrics display area 582 is touched by the user. The navigation 2 moves the lyrics displayed in the search lyrics display area 582 according to the content of the user's contact operation. For example, it is assumed that the search lyrics display area 582 shown in FIG. 2 is touched and flick processing or scroll processing from the positive direction in the X-axis direction to the negative direction is input by the user. In this case, the lyrics displayed in the search lyrics display area 582 are switched to the lyrics corresponding to the playback position at a time earlier than the playback position of the lyrics currently displayed in the search lyrics display area 582. The touch operation of the touch panel of the present embodiment is, for example, a known scroll operation or flick operation of the touch panel.

  On the other hand, it is assumed that the search lyrics display area 582 shown in FIG. 2 is touched and flick processing or scroll processing from the negative direction to the positive direction in the X-axis direction is input by the user. In this case, the display of the lyrics displayed in the search lyrics display area 582 is switched to the lyrics corresponding to the playback position at a later time than the playback position of the lyrics currently displayed in the search lyrics display area 582. Thus, the search lyrics display area 582 displayed via the touch panel provided in the display unit 58 is touched by the user, so that the user can select the desired lyrics from the lyrics of the music that the user desires to sing. Can be searched.

  FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram showing a storage state in which telop information is stored in the telop information storage area 561. As shown in FIG. 3, the telop information includes attribute data, a block number, a character number, lyrics, a color change start time, and a start point coordinate.

  The attribute data is identification information for identifying each phrase in which a plurality of lyrics are collected. As shown in FIG. 3, in the present embodiment, “blue bird and red sunset” is stored in the telop information storage area 561 as the phrase 1. Also, “white cloud is flowing” is stored in the telop information storage area 561 as the phrase 2. In this embodiment, the phrase is composed of a group of lyrics displayed in one line in the telop display area 581.

  The block number is identification information for identifying each lyric block constituting the phrase. In the present embodiment, phrase 1 is composed of block numbers “1” and “2”. As shown in FIG. 3, the lyrics corresponding to the block number “1” in the present embodiment are “with a blue bird”. The lyrics corresponding to the block number “2” is “red sunset”. Phrase 2 includes block numbers “3” and “4”. The lyrics corresponding to the block number “3” in the present embodiment is “white cloud”. The lyrics corresponding to the block number “4” in this embodiment is “flowing”. In the present embodiment, the lyrics corresponding to the block number are the lyrics constituting one block divided by a space or the like among the lyrics displayed in one line in the telop display area 581.

  The character number is a number for identifying the lyrics constituting each block number. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, the block number 1 is composed of the lyrics of “blue bird and”. In block number 1, character numbers are assigned in order from the lyrics with the fastest reproduction position of the lyrics. In the case of “blue bird” with block number 1, the character number “1” is assigned to the lyrics “blue”. The character number “2” is assigned to the lyrics “I”. Further, the character number “3” is assigned to the lyrics “bird”. The character number “4” is assigned to the lyrics “to”. Next, block number 2 is composed of the lyrics of “red sunset”. Similarly to block number 1, in the case of “red sunset” of block number 2, the character number “1” is assigned to the lyrics “red”. The character number “2” is assigned to the lyrics “I”. The character number “3” is assigned to the lyrics “Evening”. Further, the character number “4” is assigned to the lyrics “day”.

  The color change start time is stored in the telop information storage area 561 in association with each lyrics. The color change start time is information indicating a time when the color change of the lyrics starts after the singing starts. Based on the color change start time, the color of the lyrics displayed in the telop display area 581 is switched. For example, in the case of the lyrics “blue”, the color change of the lyrics is started “102” seconds after the reproduction of the music data is started.

  The starting point coordinates are stored in the telop information storage area 561 in association with each lyrics. The start point coordinates are coordinates indicating the start point of the lyrics display position on the display unit 58. Lyrics are displayed in the telop display area 581 based on the coordinate positions of the X axis and Y axis of the display unit shown in FIG. In the present embodiment, the font size of the lyrics displayed on the display unit 58 is determined in advance. On the other hand, in the search lyrics display area 582, lyrics are displayed regardless of the start point coordinates shown in FIG. Specifically, lyrics are displayed in the search lyrics display area 582 in accordance with the playback order of the lyrics that are played back earlier in the phrase indicated by the attribute data shown in FIG. 3 or the number indicated by the block number.

[Reproduction position changing method of this embodiment]
In the present embodiment, the playback position can be changed by touching the lyrics displayed in the search lyrics display area 582 described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3 via the touch panel. Details of the reproduction position changing method of this embodiment will be described below.

  In this embodiment, when the lyrics displayed in the search lyrics display area 582 are single-touched, the music data is reproduced from the position of the lyrics corresponding to the contact position. Single touch indicates that the touch panel is touched once within a predetermined time.

  On the other hand, when the lyrics displayed in the search lyrics display area 582 are double-touched, the music data is reproduced from the block number including the lyrics corresponding to the contact position or the position of the first lyrics of the attribute data. Details of the reproduction position changing method of this embodiment will be described below.

  FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a description in which the lyrics displayed in the search lyrics display area 582 are touched by the user. First, the search lyrics display area 582 is touched by the user's hand 130. Hereinafter, this contact is referred to as a first contact. In the example of FIG. 4, the lyrics “re” included in the lyrics “the white cloud is flowing” are touched by the user's hand 130. First, the contact position of the first contact where the touch panel is touched by the user's hand 130 is acquired by the navigation 2. Then, it is determined whether there is a lyrics including the contact position of the first contact. Specifically, it is determined whether or not the contact position of the first contact is included in the range of +10 in the X-axis direction and −10 in the Y-axis direction from the start point coordinates shown in FIG. For example, when the contact position of the first contact is the lyrics “Re” shown in FIG. 4, the start point coordinates of the lyrics “Re” are determined as (160, 450) based on the telop information shown in FIG. 3. Next, the coordinates of (170, 440) that are +10 in the X-axis direction and −10 in the Y-axis direction from the start point coordinates are determined. Then, it is determined whether or not the contact position of the first contact is included in the range of 160 to 170 in the X axis direction and the range of 440 to 450 in the Y axis direction, which is the display range of the lyrics “re”. When it is determined that it is included, it is determined that the lyrics “re” is touched as the first contact. Hereinafter, a case where it is determined that the lyrics “re” has been touched will be described as an example. The contacted lyrics “Re” has attribute data “phrase 2”, block number “4”, and character number “2”.

  It is determined whether or not the search lyrics display area 582 is contacted again within a predetermined time after the first contact is made by the user's hand 130. When it is determined that the search lyrics display area 582 is touched again, it is determined that the touch panel is double-touched. Hereinafter, the second contact made within a predetermined time is referred to as a second contact. The double touch indicates that the second touch is made within a predetermined time after the first touch is made, and the touch panel is touched twice in total.

  When the double touch is performed by the user's hand 130, the block number including the lyrics “re” corresponding to the contact position where the first contact is made is determined based on the telop information shown in FIG. In the present embodiment, the block number is determined, but attribute data including the lyrics “re” may be determined. In the example of FIG. 4, the block number corresponding to the lyrics “re” is “4”. Further, the attribute data corresponding to the lyrics “re” is “phrase 2”.

  In this embodiment, music data is reproduced from the lyrics corresponding to the character number “1” included in the block number “4”. In the case of attribute data, music data is reproduced from the lyrics corresponding to the character number 1 of the block number “3” included in the attribute data “phrase 2”. In the case of the example in FIG. 4, the music data is reproduced from the color change start time “128” seconds corresponding to the lyrics “flow” of the block number “4”. In the case of attribute data, the music data is reproduced from the color change start time “120” seconds of the lyrics “white” of the block number “3” included in the attribute data “phrase 2”.

  On the other hand, when the lyrics “Re” is single-touched by the user's hand 130 as in the example shown in FIG. 4, the music data is reproduced from the color change start time “130” seconds corresponding to the lyrics “Re”.

  Thereby, even if it is a case where it is a case where it is desired to start singing from the head of the block containing the searched lyrics, the start of singing can be executed by a simple touch panel operation. In this embodiment, the lyrics corresponding to the reproduction position changed by touching the search lyrics display area 582 are displayed in the lyrics display area 581.

[Main operation]
The operation and action of the navigation 2 of the present embodiment having the above-described configuration will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. First, the operation and action of the navigation 2 will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the main operation in the navigation 2. The main operation of the navigation 2 is performed by connecting an external power source such as a commercial power source and the node device via a power source or an outlet. The processing shown below is processed by the control unit 52.

  In step S101, it is determined using the navigation 2 whether or not desired music data has been selected. The music reproduction system of this embodiment is a system used for karaoke. Therefore, in step S101, it is determined whether or not music data to be sung in karaoke has been selected. If it is determined that the music data has been selected (step S101: YES), step S102 is executed. If it is not determined that the music data has been selected (step S101: NO), step S107 is executed.

  In step S102, a music data and telop output start command is transmitted. In step S102, the music data selected in step S101 and the instruction to start outputting the telop are transmitted from the navigation 2 to the commander 1.

  In step S <b> 103, a command for outputting a telop on the display unit 58 of the navigation 2 is sent to the video control unit 66. Note that a telop is output to the display unit 58 of the navigation 2 in synchronization with the music data output from the commander 1. The computer of this embodiment and step S103 are an example of the first control means of the present invention. Moreover, step S103 of the present embodiment is an example of a first control step of the present invention.

In step S104, it is determined whether or not the search lyrics display area 582 has been touched. When it is determined that the search lyrics display area 582 is touched (step S104: YES), step S105 is executed. If it is not determined that the search lyrics display area 582 has been touched (step S104: NO), step S106 is executed. In addition, when it determines with having contacted in step S104, the determined contact is a 1st contact. The computer of this embodiment and step S104 are an example of the first determination means of the present invention. Moreover, step S104 of this embodiment is an example of a first determination step of the present invention.

  In step S105, touch panel processing is executed. The touch panel process is a process that is executed based on the search lyrics display area 582 being touched. Details of the touch panel processing will be described later.

  In step S106, it is determined whether or not the output of the music data selected in step S101 has been completed. For example, when the navigation 2 receives an instruction to end the output of music data from the commander 1, it is determined that the output of music data has ended. If it is determined that the output of the music data has been completed (step S106: YES), step S107 is executed. If it is not determined that the output of the music data has been completed (step S106: NO), step S104 is executed.

  In step S107, it is determined whether or not the navigation 2 is turned off. When it is determined that the power of the navigation 2 is turned off (step S107: YES), the main operation is terminated. When it is not determined that the power of the navigation 2 is turned off (step S107: NO), step S101 is executed again.

[Touch panel processing]
Hereinafter, the touch panel processing of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 is a flowchart of touch panel processing in the present embodiment. First, in step S201, it is determined whether a telop scroll operation has been executed. Specifically, it is determined whether or not the contact operation determined to have been contacted in step S104 is an operation for scrolling the lyrics displayed in the search lyrics display area 582. For example, a flick operation. If it is determined that the operation is scrolling (step S201: YES), step S202 is executed. If it is not determined that the operation is scrolling (step S201: NO), step S203 is executed.

  In step S202, an instruction to scroll the telop is sent to the video control unit 66. The scrolling of the telop is stopped after the telop displayed in the search lyrics display area 582 is scrolled by a predetermined coordinate for a predetermined time.

  In step S203, it is determined whether or not the lyrics displayed in the search lyrics display area 582 are being scrolled. If it is determined that scrolling is in progress (step S203: YES), step S204 is executed. If it is not determined that scrolling is in progress (step S203: NO), step S205 is executed.

  In step S204, the lyrics scrolling is stopped based on the contact operation in step S104.

  In step S205, it is determined whether or not a predetermined time has elapsed since it was determined in step S104 that the contact was made. In the present embodiment, the control unit 52 of the navigation 2 includes a timer. The timer operation is operated by the provided timer. Time information indicating the time when it is determined that the contact is made in step S <b> 104 is stored in a predetermined storage area of the memory 56. It is determined whether or not a predetermined time has elapsed from the time indicated by the stored time information. If it is determined that the predetermined time has elapsed (step S205: YES), step S206 is executed. If it is not determined that the predetermined time has elapsed (step S205: NO), step S210 is executed.

In step S206, it is determined whether or not lyrics are displayed at the contact position of the first contact touched in step S104. When it is determined that the lyrics are displayed at the contact position of the first contact (step S206: YES), step S207 is executed. If it is not determined that the lyrics are displayed at the contact position of the first contact (step S206: NO), step S215 is executed.

  In step S207, the lyrics displayed at the contact position of the first contact are determined. For example, the lyrics “re” shown in FIG. 4 are determined. The computer of this embodiment and step S207 are an example of the determination means of this invention. Moreover, step S207 of this embodiment is an example of the determination step of the present invention.

  In step S208, the color change start time of the lyrics determined in step S207 is acquired from the telop information storage area 561.

  In step S209, the output of music data is started from the color change start time acquired in step S208. For example, in the case of WAVE data or AAC format data, playback of WAVE data or AAC format data is started from the playback time corresponding to the color change start time. In the case of MIDI data, a note-on sound is output at the playback time corresponding to the color change start time. The computer of this embodiment and step S209 are an example of the second control means of the present invention. Moreover, step S209 of the present embodiment is an example of a second control step of the present invention.

  In step S210, it is determined whether or not the search lyrics display area 582 has been touched. That is, it is determined whether or not the search lyrics display area 582 is double-touched by the determination processing in step S104 and step S210. When it is determined that the search lyrics display area 582 is touched (step S210: YES), step S211 is executed. If it is not determined that the search lyrics display area 582 is touched (step S210: NO), step S205 is executed again. In addition, when it determines with having contacted in step S210, the determined contact is a 2nd contact. The computer of this embodiment and step S210 are an example of the 2nd determination means of this invention. Moreover, step S210 of the present embodiment is an example of a second determination step of the present invention.

  In step S211, it is determined whether or not the lyrics are displayed at the contact position of the second contact touched in step S210. When it is determined that the lyrics are displayed at the contact position of the second contact (step S211: YES), step S212 is executed. When it is not determined that the lyrics are displayed at the contact position of the second contact (step S211: NO), step S215 is executed.

  In step S212, the block number including the lyrics corresponding to the contact position of the first contact is determined. For example, the lyrics “re” shown in FIG. 4 is determined as the lyrics corresponding to the contact position of the first contact. Then, the block number including the lyrics “re” is determined based on the telop information. In the present embodiment, the block number is determined, but attribute data including the lyrics “re” may be determined. In the example of FIG. 4, the block number corresponding to the lyrics “re” is “4”. Further, the attribute data corresponding to the lyrics “re” is “phrase 2”. The computer of this embodiment and step S212 are an example of the determination means of this invention. Moreover, step S212 of this embodiment is an example of the determination step of the present invention.

  In step S213, the color change start time of the lyrics corresponding to the character number “1” of the block acquired in step S212 is acquired from the telop information storage area 561. In the present embodiment, the color change start time of the lyrics “flow” corresponding to the character number “1” included in the block number “4” is acquired from the telop information storage area 561. In the case of attribute data, the color change start time of the lyrics “white” corresponding to the character number 1 of the block number “3” included in the attribute data “phrase 2” is acquired from the telop information storage area 561.

  In step S214, the music data is reproduced from the color change start time acquired in step S213. For example, in the case of WAVE data or AAC format data, playback of WAVE data or AAC format data is started from the playback time corresponding to the color change start time. In the case of MIDI data, a note-on sound is output at the playback time corresponding to the color change start time. The computer of this embodiment and step S214 are an example of the second control means of the present invention. Moreover, step S214 of the present embodiment is an example of a second control step of the present invention.

  In step S215, other processing according to the contact operation is executed.

  This embodiment has been described using an example in which the present invention is applied to the karaoke navigation 2. Instead of applying the present invention to the karaoke navigation 2, the present invention may also be applied to the commander 1. In this case, the display unit 36 of the commander 1 is provided with a touch panel. The display unit 36 includes a search lyrics display area 582. The telop display area 581 may be provided in the display unit 36 or may be provided by another display connected to the commander 1.

In this embodiment, although demonstrated using the example which applied this invention to the navigation 2 of karaoke, this invention may be applied to a smart phone provided with a touch panel. Further, the present invention may be applied to an information processing apparatus including the wireless LAN communication unit 68. Further, the present invention may be applied to an information processing apparatus including the infrared transmission unit 54. In this embodiment, when the lyrics displayed in the search lyrics display area 582 are single-touched, the music data is reproduced from the position of the lyrics corresponding to the contact position. When the lyrics displayed in the search lyrics display area 582 are double-touched, the music data is reproduced from the block number including the lyrics corresponding to the contact position or the position of the first lyrics of the attribute data. As a modification, when the lyrics displayed in the search lyrics display area 582 are double-touched, the music data may be reproduced from the position of the lyrics corresponding to the contact position. In this case, when the lyrics displayed in the search lyrics display area 582 are single-touched, the music data may be reproduced from the block number including the lyrics corresponding to the contact position or the position of the first lyrics of the attribute data. In the present embodiment, the playback position for playback output is changed by single touch and double touch. However, the present invention is not limited to this. As a modified example, the reproduction position to be reproduced and output may be changed according to the number of touches of the touch panel a plurality of times other than single touch and double touch. In this case, music data is played from the position of the first lyrics of the block number or attribute data including the lyrics corresponding to the contact position, and music data is played from the position of the lyrics corresponding to the touch position And the number of contacts is different.

  In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, identification information for identifying each phrase in which a plurality of lyrics are collected is used as attribute data. In addition to identifying each phrase, a plurality of music parts constituting the music may be identified. The music part is, for example, A melody, B melody, rust, or the like. For example, instead of the lyrics corresponding to the phrase 1 shown in FIG. 3, the lyrics corresponding to the A melody are stored in the telop information storage area 561. In addition to the music part, a part for each breath may be used as the attribute data. Further, when the music data is a duet-only music, for example, a male part and a female part of each duet may be used as attribute data. In this case, lyrics corresponding to the male part or female part are stored in the telop information storage area 561.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Commander 2 Navi 12 Control part 14 LAN interface part 16 Storage part 18 Operation part 20 Infrared receiving part 22 Operation processing part 24 Synthesizer 26 Microphone control part 28 Speaker 30 Mixing amplifier 32 Video RAM
34 video playback unit 36 display unit 38 video control unit 52 control unit 54 infrared transmission unit 56 memory 58 display unit 60 operation unit 62 operation processing unit 64 video RAM
66 Video control unit 68 Wireless LAN communication unit 80 Karaoke shop 100 LAN
110 Access point 120 Router 130 User's hand 561 Telop information storage area 562 Program storage area 581 Telop display area 582 Search lyrics display area

Claims (5)

First control means for displaying lyric information indicating the lyrics of music on display means having a touch panel;
First determination means for determining whether the touch panel is touched;
A determination unit that determines lyrics displayed at the contacted position when it is determined that the first determination unit has contacted;
Second determination means for determining whether the touch panel is touched again within a predetermined time after it is determined that the first determination means has contacted;
A first reproduction method for outputting music from a reproduction position corresponding to the head of a block including the lyrics determined by the determination means when the second determination means determines that the touch panel is touched again; and the determination means Second control means for switching the second playback method for outputting music from a playback position corresponding to the lyrics determined by
A playback method switching device comprising:   The second control means, as the block, is a phrase previously divided into a predetermined number in the lyrics of the music, and the music from the playback position corresponding to the head of the phrase including the lyrics determined by the determination means The playback method switching device according to claim 1, wherein: The music played by the playback method switching device is composed of a plurality of music parts,
The said 2nd control means makes a music output from the reproduction | regeneration position corresponding to the head of the music part containing the lyrics determined by the said determination means as the said block, The Claim 1 or Claim 2 characterized by the above-mentioned. Playback method switching device. A first control step of displaying lyrics information indicating the lyrics of the music on a display means having a touch panel;
A first determination step of determining whether the touch panel is touched;
A second determination step of determining whether or not the touch panel has been touched again within a predetermined time after it is determined that the touch has been made in the first determination step;
A determination step of determining lyrics displayed at the contact position of the contact determined by the first determination step when it is determined that the contact has been made by the second determination step;
When it is determined in the second determination step that the touch panel is touched again, the first reproduction method for outputting music from the reproduction position corresponding to the head of the block including the lyrics determined in the determination step; and the determination step And a second control step of switching the second playback method for outputting the music from the playback position corresponding to the lyrics determined by the above and outputting the music, and a playback method switching method. A first control step of displaying lyrics information indicating the lyrics of the music on a display means having a touch panel;
A first determination step of determining whether the touch panel is touched;
A second determination step of determining whether or not the touch panel has been touched again within a predetermined time after it is determined that the touch has been made in the first determination step;
A determination step of determining lyrics displayed at the contact position of the contact determined by the first determination step when it is determined that the contact has been made by the second determination step;
When it is determined in the second determination step that the touch panel is touched again, the first reproduction method for outputting music from the reproduction position corresponding to the head of the block including the lyrics determined in the determination step; and the determination step A program for causing a computer to execute a second control step of switching a second reproduction method for outputting music from a reproduction position corresponding to the lyrics determined by the above and outputting music.