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US 7,247,786 B2Granted
Song selection apparatus and method
AssigneePioneer Corporation
InventorsYasunori Suzuki, Satoshi Odagawa, Yasuteru Kodama, Takehiko Shioda
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Abstract
A song selection device stores song characteristic quantities of a plurality of songs. A user operates the song selection device to enter personal properties and a sensibility word. The song selection device selects a song having a song characteristic quantity corresponding to the personal properties and the sensibility word. The song selection device may select a plurality of songs.
Claims17
A song selection apparatus for selecting a song from among a plurality of songs according to an input operation by a user, comprising:
- a first storage for storing a song characteristic quantity for each of said plurality of songs;
- a first setting unit for setting a personal property according to said input operation;
- a second setting unit for setting a sensibility word according to said input operation;
- and,
- a selector for selecting a song having a song characteristic quantity that matches said personal property set by said first setting unit and said sensibility word set by said second setting unit from said plurality of songs,
- wherein said first setting unit selects and sets, as said personal property, an age-gender classification according to said input operation from a plurality of predetermined age-gender classifications,
- said second setting unit selects and sets said sensibility word from among a plurality of predetermined sensibility words according to said input operation, and
- said selector includes:
- a second storage for storing a plurality of correction values for said plurality of predetermined sensibility words respectively, with respect to each of said plurality of predetermined age-gender classifications;
- a reader for reading, from said second storage, a correction value that matches said age-gender classification set by said first setting unit and said sensibility word set by said second setting unit;
- a correction unit for correcting the song characteristic quantity for each of said plurality of songs according to the correction value read by said reader, and for computing a sensibility conformance value for each of said plurality of songs;
- and,
- a presentation unit for presenting said plurality of songs, in order corresponding to the sensibility conformance values of said plurality of songs.
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A method of selecting a song from among a plurality of songs according to an input operation by a user, comprising:
- storing a song characteristic quantity of each of said plurality of songs;
- setting a personal property according to said input operation;
- setting a sensibility word according to said input operation;
- and,
- selecting a song having a song characteristic quantity that matches said personal property and said sensibility word,
- wherein said personal property is an age-gender classification chosen from a plurality of predetermined age-gender classifications, and said sensibility word is chosen from among a plurality of predetermined sensibility words, and
- the method further comprising:
- preparing a plurality of correction values for said plurality of predetermined sensibility words respectively, with respect to each of said plurality of predetermined age-gender classifications;
- reading a correction value that matches said age-gender classification and said sensibility word;
- correcting the song characteristic quantity for each of said plurality of songs according to the correction value, and for computing a sensibility conformance value for each of said plurality of songs;
- and,
- presenting said plurality of songs, in order corresponding to the sensibility conformance values of said plurality of songs.
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A song selection apparatus for selecting a song from among a plurality of songs according to an input operation by a user, comprising:
- a first storage for storing a song characteristic quantity for each of said plurality of songs;
- a first setting unit for setting a personal property according to said input operation;
- a second setting unit for setting a sensibility word according to said input operation;
- and,
- a selector for selecting a song having a song characteristic quantity that matches said personal property set by said first setting unit and said sensibility word set by said second setting unit from said plurality of songs,
- wherein said first storage stores a degree of chord change for each of said plurality of songs, and at least one characteristic parameter indicating a characteristic other than said degree of chord change for each of said plurality of songs, as said song characteristic quantity;
- said first setting unit selects and sets as said personal property an age-gender classification according to said input operation from a plurality of predetermined age-gender classifications;
- and,
- said selector includes:
- a second storage for storing a correction value to each of said degrees of chord change and said at least one characteristic parameter for each of said plurality of sensibility words, with respect to each of said plurality of predetermined age-gender classifications;
- a reader for reading, from said second storage, said correction value for each of said degrees of chord change and said at least one characteristic parameter, that matches said age-gender classification set by said first setting unit and said sensibility word set by said second setting unit;
- a correction unit for correcting said degree of chord change and said at least one characteristic parameter for each of said plurality of songs by using said correction values read by said reader, and for taking a sum of correction results as a sensibility conformance value for the song concerned;
- and,
- a presentation unit for presenting said plurality of songs, in order according to the sensibility conformance values of said plurality of songs.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.