Displaying content in relation to music reproduction by means of information processing apparatus independent of music reproduction apparatus

• US 9,524,706 B2
• Filed: 12/16/2014
• Issued: 12/20/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/25/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
• Original Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
• Inventors: Hiratsuka, Satoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): FLETCHER, MARLON T
• Application Number:
  US14/571,618
• Publication Number:
  US 20150096432A1
• Time in Patent Office: 735 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G10G 1/02 Chord or note indicators, fixed or adjustable, for keyboard of fingerboards
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 1/0066 using a MIDI interface
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 1/368 displaying animated or moving pictures synchronized with the music or audio part
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2220/011 Lyrics displays, e.g. for karaoke applications
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2220/015 Musical staff, tablature or score displays, e.g. for score reading during a performance. graphical musical score editing G10H2220/121; musical score displays resulting from a transcription G10H2210/086

Abstract

A music reproduction apparatus includes a reproduction section for reproducing user-selected music piece data, a generation section for generating control information including music piece information identifying a music piece reproduced by the reproduction section and reproduced position information indicative of a currently-reproduced position, a modulation section for outputting, on the basis of the generated control information, an audio signal of a predetermined frequency band for carrying the control information, and an output section for transmitting to outside the audio signal generated by the modulation section. An information processing apparatus stores a plurality of sets of displaying content, receives the audio signal, demodulates the control information from the received audio signal to extract the music piece information and reproduced position information, identifies displaying content from the extracted music piece information, and displays a part of the identified displaying content in accordance with the extracted reproduced position information.

Claims

1. A music content display apparatus for operating in relation to an external electronic music apparatus, the music content display apparatus comprising:

a storage section storing displaying content related to music;

an interface configured to provide communication with a server for supplying displaying content via a communication network;

a reception section configured to receive a signal transmitted by the electronic music apparatus;

a determination section configured to determine whether the signal received by the reception section satisfies a predetermined condition;

an additional acquisition section configured to, when the determination section has determined that the signal satisfies the predetermined condition, access, via the interface, the server to acquire additional displaying content, which is additionally stored in the storage section; and

a display control section configured to selectively read the displaying content from the storage section and display the read displaying content on a display section,

wherein displaying content smaller in number than displaying content usable by the external electronic music apparatus is preset in the storage section, and

wherein the additional displaying content contains displaying content other than the preset displaying content usable by the external electronic music apparatus.

2. The music content display apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

the reception section receives, from the external electronic music apparatus, a signal including control information for controlling displaying of displaying content, and

the display control section controls displaying of the displaying content corresponding to the control information.

3. The music content display apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein the predetermined condition includes at least a condition of the control information included in the received signal.

4. A computer-implemented method of automatically adding displaying content to be stored into a storage section in relation to an external electronic music apparatus, the storage section storing displaying content related to music, the method comprising:

a reception step of receiving a signal transmitted by the electronic music apparatus;

a determination step of determining whether the signal received by the reception step satisfies a predetermined condition;

an acquisition step of, when the determination step has determined that the signal satisfies the predetermined condition, accessing a server for supplying displaying content via a communication network to acquire additional displaying content, which is additionally stored into the storage section; and

a display step of selectively reading out displaying content from the storage section and displaying the read-out displaying content on a display section,

wherein displaying content smaller in number than displaying content usable by the external electronic music apparatus is preset in the storage section, and

wherein the additional displaying content contains displaying content other than the preset displaying content usable by the external electronic music apparatus.

5. A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing a program executable by a computer to perform a method of automatically adding displaying content to be stored into a storage section in relation to an external electronic music apparatus, the storage section storing displaying content related to music, the method comprising:

a reception step of receiving a signal transmitted by the electronic music apparatus;

a determination step of determining whether the signal received by the reception step satisfies a predetermined condition;

an acquisition step of, when the determination step has determined that the signal satisfies the predetermined condition, accessing a server for supplying displaying content via a communication network to acquire additional displaying content, which is additionally stored into the storage section; and

a display step of selectively reading out displaying content from the storage section and displaying the read-out displaying content on a display section,

wherein displaying content smaller in number than displaying content usable by the external electronic music apparatus is preset in the storage section, and

wherein the additional displaying content contains displaying content other than the preset displaying content usable by the external electronic music apparatus.

6. A music content display apparatus for operating in relation to an external electronic music apparatus and a server for supplying displaying content, the music content display apparatus comprising:

a storage device storing displaying content related to music;

a communication interface configured to communicate with the server via a communication network;

an audio reception section, including an audio input device, configured to receive a signal transmitted by the electronic music apparatus; and

a processor configured to execute;

a determination task that determines whether the signal received by the audio reception section satisfies a predetermined condition;

an additional acquisition task that, when the determination task determines that the signal satisfies the predetermined condition, access, via the communication interface, the server to acquire additional displaying content, which is stored in the storage device; and

a display control task that selectively reads the displaying content from the storage device and displays the read displaying content on a display device,

wherein displaying content smaller in number than displaying content usable by the external electronic music apparatus is preset in the storage device, and

wherein the additional displaying content contains displaying content other than the preset displaying content usable by the external electronic music apparatus.

7. The music content display apparatus as claimed in claim 6, wherein:

the audio reception section receives, from the external electronic music apparatus, a signal including control information for controlling displaying of displaying content, and

the display control task controls displaying of the displaying content corresponding to the control information.

8. The music content display apparatus as claimed in claim 6, wherein the predetermined condition includes at least a condition of the control information included in the received signal.