Music search system, music search method, music search program and recording medium recording music search program

• US 8,370,356 B2
• Filed: 04/18/2007
• Issued: 02/05/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/12/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
• Original Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
• Inventors: Sugawara, Keitaro, Yoshida, Kensaku, Tsuji, Takuya
• Primary Examiner(s): Singh, Amresh
• Application Number:
  US12/300,388
• Publication Number:
  US 20090228475A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,120 Days
• Field of Search: 707/737
• US Class Current: 707/737
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/634 Query by example, e.g. query by humming
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/683 using metadata automatically derived from the content
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/10 using distance or distortion measures between unknown speech and reference templates

Abstract

A music search device, a music search method, a music search program, and a recording medium having the music search program recorded on it are provided. There is included a memory means for relating a music to a characteristic of the music and memorizing the music and the characteristics; a reproduction means for reproducing the music; a process means for processing the characteristic of the music thus reproduced by the reproduction means based on an instruction of a manipulation input; a characteristic detection means for detecting the characteristic of the music thus processed; and a search means for searching the music thus memorized by the memory means based on the characteristic of the music thus detected.

Claims

1. A music search apparatus, comprising:

a music and music characteristic database unit that relates music to a characteristic of the music and memorizes the music and the characteristics;

wherein the music search apparatus comprises a processor coupled to a memory storing the music and music characteristic database unit;

a reproducer that reproduces the music;

a music process unit that changes the music characteristic amount of the music currently reproduced by the reproducer based on an instruction of a manipulation input and the music currently reproduced;

a characteristic detector that detects the music characteristic amount of the music thus changed;

while the music is currently reproduced, a search unit that, after the music characteristic amount of the music currently reproduced is changed by the music process unit, and detected by the characteristic detector, searches the music memorized by the music and music characteristic database unit based on the changed music characteristic amount of the music thus detected,

wherein the reproducer reproduces the music searched by the search unit following the music currently reproduced, and

wherein the reproducer reproduces the currently reproduced music based on the music characteristic amount of the music changed by the music process unit.

2. The music search apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the characteristic of the music thus memorized by the music and music characteristic database unit is divided by at least not less than two ranges predetermined by a type of the music characteristic.

3. The music search apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the characteristic of the music includes at least one of an average value for an overall period of the music, an average value for a period of predetermined time from start of the music, and an average value of a characteristic portion of the music.

4. The music search apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the characteristic of the music includes at least beats per unit time or frequency balance.

5. A music search method, comprising:

a memory step of relating music to a characteristic of the music and memorizing the music and the characteristics;

a reproduction step of reproducing the music;

a process step of changing the music characteristic amount of the music thus reproduced in the reproduction step based on an instruction by manipulation input and the music currently reproduced;

a characteristic detection step of detecting the music characteristic amount of the music thus changed;

while the music is currently reproduced, a search step of, after the music characteristic amount of the music currently reproduced is changed by the music process unit, and detected by the characteristic detector, searching the music thus memorized in the memory step based on the changed music characteristic amount of the music thus detected, and

reproducing the music searched by the search step following the music currently reproduced;

wherein the currently reproduced music is reproduced based on the music characteristic amount of the music changed by the process step.

6. A music search computer program embodied in a non-transitory computer-readable medium and representing a sequence of instructions, which when executed by a computer, the instructions cause the computer to function as:

a music and music characteristic database unit that relates music to a characteristic of the music and memorizes the music and the characteristics;

a reproducer that reproduces the music;

a music process unit that changes the music characteristic amount of the music currently reproduced by the reproducer based on an instruction by a manipulation input and the music currently reproduced;

a characteristic detector that detects the music characteristic amount of the music thus changed; and

while the music is currently reproduced, a search unit that, after the music characteristic amount of the music currently reproduced is changed by the music process unit, and detected by the characteristic detector, searches the music memorized by the music and music characteristic database unit base on the changed music characteristic amount of the music thus detected,

wherein the reproducer reproduces the music searched by the search unit following the music currently reproduced, and

wherein the reproducer reproduces the currently reproduced music based on the music characteristic amount of the music changed by the music process unit.