Information search apparatus, information search method, and information recording medium on which information search program is computer-readably recorded
First Claim
1. An information search apparatus which searches one or plural songs among a plurality of songs including lyrics and performances, wherein said information search apparatus comprises:
- a song feature information storing device which distinguishably stores song feature information indicating at least one of acoustic feature of the performances included in the song and feature of the lyrics included in the song, for every song;
a search word input device which is used to input a search word representing the song to be searched and formed of a word representing a subjectivity;
a search song feature information storing device which distinguishably stores search song feature information indicating at least one of the acoustic feature of the performances included in any one of the songs to be searched by using the inputted search word as a piece of song appropriate to the subjectivity represented by the inputted search word and the feature of the lyrics included in the song, for every search word;
a comparison device which compares input search song feature information as the search song feature information corresponding to the inputted search word with each of the stored song feature information;
an extracting device which extracts a song corresponding to the song feature information having the best similarity to the input search song feature information, as the song corresponding to the inputted search word, based on the comparison result of said comparison device;
a first display control device which makes a display device display an input search song feature information image which is an image indicating the details of the input search song feature information; and
a second display control device which makes said display device display an extracted song feature information image which is an image indicating the details of the song feature information corresponding to the extracted song.
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Abstract
The song search apparatus for searching a song among songs including lyrics and performances, comprises: a song feature information database which stores song feature information indicating acoustic feature of the performances or feature of the lyrics included in the songs; an input unit which inputs a search word representing the song to be searched and formed of a word representing a subjectivity; a search song feature information database which stores search song feature information indicating the acoustic feature or the feature of the lyrics of the songs; a search process unit which compares input search song feature information corresponding to the inputted search word with each of the stored song feature information, extracts a song most similar to the input search song feature information, and makes a display display an image indicating the input search song feature information and an image indicating the song feature information of the extracted song.
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14 Claims
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1. An information search apparatus which searches one or plural songs among a plurality of songs including lyrics and performances, wherein said information search apparatus comprises:
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a song feature information storing device which distinguishably stores song feature information indicating at least one of acoustic feature of the performances included in the song and feature of the lyrics included in the song, for every song; a search word input device which is used to input a search word representing the song to be searched and formed of a word representing a subjectivity; a search song feature information storing device which distinguishably stores search song feature information indicating at least one of the acoustic feature of the performances included in any one of the songs to be searched by using the inputted search word as a piece of song appropriate to the subjectivity represented by the inputted search word and the feature of the lyrics included in the song, for every search word; a comparison device which compares input search song feature information as the search song feature information corresponding to the inputted search word with each of the stored song feature information; an extracting device which extracts a song corresponding to the song feature information having the best similarity to the input search song feature information, as the song corresponding to the inputted search word, based on the comparison result of said comparison device; a first display control device which makes a display device display an input search song feature information image which is an image indicating the details of the input search song feature information; and a second display control device which makes said display device display an extracted song feature information image which is an image indicating the details of the song feature information corresponding to the extracted song. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An information search method executed in an information search apparatus which searches for one or plural songs among a plurality of songs including lyrics and performances, and which comprises a song feature information storing device which distinguishably stores song feature information indicating at least one of acoustic feature of the performances included in the song and feature of the lyrics included in the song, for every song;
- a search song feature information storing device which distinguishably stores search song feature information indicating at least one of the acoustic feature of the performances included in any one of the songs to be searched by using the inputted search word as a piece of song appropriate to the subjectivity represented by a search word representing the song to be searched and formed of a word representing a subjectivity and the feature of the lyrics included in the song, for every search word; and
a display device, wherein said information search method comprising;a search word input process which inputs the search word; a comparison process which compares input search song feature information as the search song feature information corresponding to the inputted search word with each of the stored song feature information; an extracting process which extracts a song corresponding to the song feature information having the best similarity to the input search song feature information, as the song corresponding to the inputted search word, based on the comparison result in the comparison process; a first display control process which makes said display device display an input search song feature information image which is an image indicating the details of the input search song feature information; and a second display control process which makes said display device display an extracted song feature information image which is an image indicating the details of the song feature information corresponding to the extracted song.
- a search song feature information storing device which distinguishably stores search song feature information indicating at least one of the acoustic feature of the performances included in any one of the songs to be searched by using the inputted search word as a piece of song appropriate to the subjectivity represented by a search word representing the song to be searched and formed of a word representing a subjectivity and the feature of the lyrics included in the song, for every search word; and
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14. An information recording medium on which an information search program is recorded so as to be readable through a computer which is included in an information search apparatus which searches one or plural songs among a plurality of songs including lyrics and performances with a pre-installed re-writable recording medium, wherein the information search program causes the computer to function as:
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a song feature information storing device which distinguishably stores song feature information indicating at least one of acoustic feature of the performances included in the song and feature of the lyrics included in the song, for every song; a search word input device which is used to input a search word representing the song to be searched and formed of a word representing a subjectivity; a search song feature information storing device which distinguishably stores search song feature information indicating at least one of the acoustic feature of the performances included in any one of the songs to be searched by using the inputted search word as a piece of song appropriate to the subjectivity represented by the inputted search word and the feature of the lyrics included in the song, for every search word; a comparison device which compares input search song feature information as the search song feature information corresponding to the inputted search word with each of the stored song feature information; an extracting device which extracts a song corresponding to the song feature information having the best similarity to the input search song feature information, as the song corresponding to the inputted search word, based on the comparison result of said comparison device; a first display control device which makes a display device display an input search song feature information image which is an image indicating the details of the input search song feature information; and a second display control device which makes said display device display an extracted song feature information image which is an image indicating the details of the song feature information corresponding to the extracted song.
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Specification