JP2010032788A - Music piece selection system, server device and mobile terminal device - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a music selection system, a server device, and a mobile terminal device that allow a user to easily select a music that can be adjusted to the range of his / her voice by changing a key or the like.
When a range information representing a range that can be uttered by a user is transmitted from a mobile terminal device, the server device selects and selects a music piece having a range lower than the range corresponding to the range indicated by the range information. A list of the music pieces that have been played is transmitted to the mobile terminal device. Since the selected music has a smaller pitch difference than the user's voice, the list of these songs can be displayed on the mobile terminal device so that it can be adjusted to the range of their own voice by changing the key or the like. Possible music can be easily selected.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a music selection system that selects a music suitable for a range that can be uttered by a user from a plurality of music, a server device that stores a plurality of music, and a portable terminal device that displays a list of music.

  Traditionally, karaoke has been popular as a common pastime for a wide range of ages. Karaoke devices are generally equipped with a function for changing the key and performance speed of music, and are devised so that users can enjoy a wide variety of music.

  In recent years, in addition to standard telephone call functions and e-mail transmission / reception functions, mobile phones have a camera function for shooting subjects, a browser function for browsing websites, and TV programs. TV functions, download functions to download and record music and video, and play them back whenever you like. Among these functions, the ability to download music and watch it on a mobile phone is particularly popular among young users. Before going to karaoke, you can download popular songs to your mobile phone to learn the lyrics and pitch. Many users keep it.

  However, even if you remember the lyrics and the pitch, when you actually sing and sing a song on a karaoke device, the range of the song does not match your voice and you cannot sing well even if you change the key of the song Sometimes.

With regard to such points, karaoke equipment has been devised that automatically selects a song that matches a voice when the user actually speaks and inputs his / her voice. For example, Patent Document 1 describes a karaoke device that selects and displays a list of music pieces suitable for the user's voice range, and Patent Document 2 describes a frequency component similar to the frequency component of the user's voice. It describes a karaoke device that displays a list of singer's songs. By selecting a desired song from the songs displayed in a list on these karaoke devices, the user can easily select and sing a song that matches his / her voice.
JP-A-9-212185 JP-A-2005-115164

  However, if a song is selected based on the user's voice range or frequency component, songs that can be sung will be removed if the key is changed, so the number of songs to be selected is limited. In addition, the method of displaying a list of music pieces on a karaoke device has a problem that it takes time and effort because it is necessary to actually go to a karaoke shop and input his / her voice. Usually, there is a charge for downloading music to a mobile phone, and it is desirable to develop a system that allows users to select and download only songs that they can sing without going to a karaoke shop. Yes.

  In view of the above problems, a problem of the music selection system, the server device, and the mobile terminal device disclosed in the present disclosure is that the user can easily select music that can be adjusted to the range of his / her voice by changing keys or the like.

The first basic form of the music selection system disclosed herein is:
A range acquisition unit that acquires a range that the user can utter,
A portable terminal device having a terminal-side transmission unit that transmits the range information representing the range acquired by the range acquisition unit;
A music storage unit for storing multiple music;
A server-side receiving unit that receives the range information transmitted from the mobile terminal device;
A music selection unit that selects a musical piece having a range less than or equal to the range corresponding to the range represented by the range information received by the server-side reception unit among a plurality of pieces of music stored in the music storage unit;
A server device including a server-side transmission unit that transmits music list information representing a list of music selected by the music selection unit to the mobile terminal device;
The portable terminal device further includes:
A terminal-side receiving unit that receives music list information transmitted from the server device;
A music list display unit that displays a music list represented by the music list information received by the terminal side receiving unit.

  According to the first basic form of the music selection system, when the range information representing the range that the user can utter is transmitted from the mobile terminal device to the server device, the server device represents the range represented by the received range information. A music piece having a sound range less than or equal to the sound range corresponding to is selected, and music list information representing a list of the selected music is transmitted to the mobile terminal device. The music selected by the server device has a pitch difference (that is, a musical range width of the musical piece) smaller than a pitch difference that can be uttered by the user (that is, a user's musical range width). By being displayed on the terminal device, the user can easily select music that can be adjusted to the range of his / her voice by changing keys or the like.

In addition, the second basic form of the music selection system disclosed herein is:
A range acquisition unit that acquires a range that the user can utter,
A music reception unit that receives the designation of the music;
A portable terminal device having a range information representing the range acquired by the range acquisition unit and a terminal-side transmission unit that transmits music information representing the song received by the music reception unit, and a music storage unit for storing a plurality of songs;
A server-side receiving unit that receives the range information and music information transmitted from the mobile terminal device;
A range comparison unit that compares the range represented by the range information received by the server-side receiving unit with the range of the song represented by the song information received by the server-side receiving unit;
A server device having a server-side transmission unit that transmits the range comparison information representing the range comparison result in the range comparison unit to the mobile terminal device;
The portable terminal device is further
A terminal-side receiving unit that receives the range comparison information transmitted from the server device;
And a range comparison result display unit for displaying a range comparison result represented by the range comparison information received by the terminal side reception unit.

  According to the second basic form of the music selection system, when the range information representing the range that can be uttered by the user and the song information representing the song are transmitted from the mobile terminal device to the server device, The sound range width represented by the sound range information is compared with the sound range width of the music represented by the music information, and the sound range width comparison information representing the comparison result is transmitted to the portable terminal device. By checking the range comparison result displayed on the mobile terminal device, the user can easily determine whether the specified song is a song that can be adjusted to the range of his / her voice by changing the key or the like. Can know.

Further, the first basic form of the server device disclosed herein is:
A server-side receiving unit that receives the range information transmitted from the mobile terminal device and that represents the range that the user can utter,
A music selection unit that selects a musical piece having a range less than or equal to the range corresponding to the range represented by the range information received by the server-side reception unit among a plurality of pieces of music stored in the music storage unit;
It has a server side transmission part which transmits the music list information showing the list of the music selected by the music selection part toward a portable terminal device, It is characterized by the above-mentioned.

  According to the first basic form of the server device, the user's portable terminal device is notified of a list of songs that can be adjusted to the range of his / her voice by changing the key or the like, so that the user is prompted to download the song. be able to.

In addition, the second basic form of the server device disclosed herein is:
A music storage unit for storing multiple music;
A server-side receiving unit that receives the range information and music information transmitted from the mobile terminal device;
A range comparison unit that compares the range represented by the range information received by the server-side receiving unit with the range of the song represented by the song information received by the server-side receiving unit;
It has a server side transmission part which transmits the sound range comparison information showing the sound range comparison result in a sound range comparison part toward a portable terminal device.

  According to the first basic form of the server device, since the comparison result between the range of the designated music and the range represented by the range information is transmitted to the portable terminal device, the user can change the music by changing the key or the like. It is possible to notify whether or not the sound range can be matched with the sound range of one's own voice, and it is possible to prompt the user to download music.

In addition, the first basic form of the mobile terminal device disclosed herein is:
A range acquisition unit that acquires a range that the user can utter,
A terminal-side transmission unit that transmits the range information representing the range acquired by the range acquisition unit to a server device that is responsible for the distribution of music;
A terminal-side receiving unit that receives music list information representing a list of music pieces having a range lower than the range corresponding to the range represented by the range information transmitted from the server device;
It has a music list display part which displays the music list which the music list information received by the terminal side receiving part represents.

  According to the first basic form of the portable terminal device, the user can check a list of music pieces that can be adjusted to the range of his / her voice by changing keys without going to a karaoke shop or the like.

In addition, the second basic form of the mobile terminal device disclosed herein is:
A range acquisition unit that acquires a range that the user can utter,
A music reception unit that receives the designation of the music;
A terminal-side transmission unit that transmits the musical range information representing the musical range acquired by the musical range acquisition unit and the musical piece information representing the musical piece received by the musical piece reception unit to a server device responsible for the distribution of the musical piece;
A terminal-side receiving unit that receives sound range comparison information that represents a sound range comparison result between the sound range represented by the sound range information and the sound range of the music represented by the music information, transmitted from the server device;
A portable terminal device comprising: a range comparison result display unit for displaying a range comparison result represented by the range comparison information received by the terminal-side receiving unit.

  According to the second basic form of the portable terminal device, the user can easily confirm whether or not the designated music is a music that can be adjusted to the range of his / her voice by changing the key or the like.

  As described above, according to the basic configuration of the music selection system, the server device, and the mobile terminal device, the user can easily select music that can be adjusted to the range of his / her voice by changing the key or the like.

  Hereinafter, embodiments will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a music download system which is an embodiment of the music selection system described above.

  The music download system shown in FIG. 1 includes a server DB (database) 30 in which a plurality of music is stored, and a mobile phone having a download function for downloading music stored in the server DB 30 by designating music. 10 and a server device 20 that receives a music specification from the mobile phone 10 and wirelessly transmits the music stored in the server DB 30 to the mobile phone 10. The mobile phone 10 corresponds to an example of the mobile terminal device in the basic form of the music selection system described above, and the combination of the server device 20 and the server DB 30 corresponds to an example of the server apparatus in the basic form of the music selection system described above. The server DB 30 corresponds to an example of a music storage unit in the basic form of the music selection system described above.

  The cellular phone 10 is further provided with a sound range acquisition function for acquiring sound range information representing a sound range that can be uttered by the user. The server device 20 acquires the sound range information from the mobile phone 10, and the server DB 30. Receiving a music selection function for selecting a music that the user can adjust to the range of his / her voice by changing a key, etc., and a range information and a music specification from the mobile phone 10. A sound range comparison function for evaluating the ease of singing a music by comparing the sound range of the user's voice with the sound range of the music is installed.

  In the following, first, the basic configuration of the mobile phone 10 will be described.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a mobile phone 10 includes an upper casing 11 and a lower casing 12 that open and close with each other. The upper casing 11 is provided with an LCD 111 for displaying an image, and a small speaker is provided inside. A mouthpiece 112 is provided for listening to the voice when assigned.

  The lower casing 12 is operated by a user, and various operation keys 121 for making a call using the mobile phone 10, sending an e-mail, or performing various settings, and picking up the voice of the user A microphone 122 with a built-in microphone for guiding voice to the microphone, a sound outlet 123 with a built-in speaker for outputting sound that can be heard without being applied to the ear, and a loading port 124 for loading recording media Is provided.

  FIG. 2 is a hardware configuration diagram of the mobile phone 10.

  In FIG. 2, CPU 101, RAM 102, microphone device 103, speaker device 104, camera device 105, short-range wireless device 106, media controller 107, ROM 108, nonvolatile memory 109, display device 110, key device 113, clock 114, long distance A communication device 115, an antenna 116, and the like are shown, and except for the antenna 116, they are connected to each other via the bus 100.

  The CPU 101 has a function of executing various programs and controls the entire mobile terminal 10.

  The ROM 108 stores information that cannot be rewritten, such as various programs executed by the CPU 101.

  The nonvolatile memory 109 can be rewritten such as an address book, received e-mails, and various programs and music downloaded using the wireless communication function, and holds information even when power supply is stopped. It is recorded.

  The RAM 102 is a volatile memory that holds information only while power is supplied. The CPU 101 develops a program stored in the ROM 108 or the nonvolatile memory 109 on the RAM 102 and executes it while using the RAM 102 as a work area.

  The microphone device 103 is a microphone that picks up a user's voice and a functional block that processes the voice picked up by the microphone.

  The speaker device 104 is a functional block that generates a speaker that outputs sound toward the user and an audio signal that drives the speaker.

  The short-range wireless device 106 is for transmitting an image, a telephone number, or the like to an external device at a short distance without using a base station. For example, infrared communication or the like is employed.

  The long-distance communication device 115 is responsible for transmission / reception of voice data and electronic mail using the antenna 116. The telecommunications device 115 transmits and receives data via the base station.

  The camera device 105 is a block that manages the collection of image data by taking a picture, the display device 110 is a block that controls the display of an image on the LCD 111 (see FIG. 1), and the key device 113 is a user's various operation keys 121. The clock 114 is a block for acquiring the current time (see FIG. 1).

  The media controller 107 reads data from the recording medium 200 loaded in the loading slot 124 shown in FIG. 1 and writes image data generated by the camera device 105 into the recording medium 200.

  The mobile phone 10 is configured as described above in terms of appearance and hardware.

  Next, music download in the music download system will be described in detail.

  FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of the music download system.

  The mobile phone 10 receives an input of a user's voice, and acquires a sound range acquisition unit 410 that acquires sound range information representing the range of the voice, an input unit 420 that inputs a music title, a music selection condition, and the like, and a server device 20, information transmission unit 430 that transmits the range information and music selection conditions toward information 20, information reception unit 440 that receives list information representing a list of music from server device 20, and information received by information reception unit 440 2, a download unit 460 that downloads music stored in the server DB 30 via the server device 20, and the nonvolatile memory 109 shown in FIG. A portable DB 470 is provided for storing the acquired range information and the music downloaded by the download unit 460. The sound range acquisition unit 410 is an example of the sound range acquisition unit in the basic form of the music selection system described above. The information transmission unit 430 is an example of the terminal side transmission unit in the basic form of the music selection system described above, and the information reception unit 440 is This corresponds to an example of a terminal-side receiving unit in the basic form of the music selection system described above. The input unit 420 is an example of a music receiving unit in the basic form of the music selection system described above, and the display unit 450 is a music list display unit and a range comparison result display unit in the basic form of the music selection system described above. It corresponds to an example.

  In the server device 20, the information receiving unit 510 that receives the range information transmitted from the mobile phone 10 and the range information transmitted from the mobile phone 10 from among a plurality of songs stored in the server DB 30 are received. A music selection unit 530 that selects a music having a range corresponding to the represented range, an evaluation determination unit 540 that compares the range represented by the range information transmitted from the mobile phone 10 and the range of the designated song, The information return unit 520 that transmits the list information representing the list of songs selected by the song selection unit 530, the comparison result in the evaluation determination unit 540, and the like to the mobile phone 10, and the server DB 30 in response to the download instruction. A music providing unit 550 that transmits stored music to the mobile phone 10 is provided. The information receiving unit 510 corresponds to an example of the server-side receiving unit in the basic form of the music selection system described above, and the music selection unit 530 corresponds to an example of the music selection unit in the basic form of the music selection system described above. The information reply unit 520 corresponds to an example of the server-side transmission unit in the basic form of the music selection system described above, and the evaluation determination unit 540 corresponds to an example of the range comparison unit in the basic form of the music selection system described above.

  Hereinafter, a series of processes for downloading music stored in the server DB 30 to the mobile phone 10 will be described.

  The mobile phone 10 is provided with an execution screen for executing the sound range acquisition function. When the user operates the operation key 121 and inputs a user name, the sound range acquisition function shown in FIG. Executed.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a sound range acquisition screen displayed on the LCD 111.

  When the sound range acquisition function is executed, first, a message “Please input voice according to the guide” is displayed on the LCD 111 (step S11 in FIG. 4), and the speaker device 104 performs a plurality of steps from the earpiece 122. The sound of the pitch is generated sequentially. The user utters toward the mouthpiece 112 in accordance with the pitch of the audible sound.

  Each time the user utters one sound, a message “Recording voice” is displayed on the LCD 111 (step S12 in FIG. 4), and it is recorded that a sound of that pitch can be generated.

  Thereafter, in the same manner, a sound is generated from the earpiece 122, and the operation of uttering a voice having the same pitch as the sound is repeated. When the operations for all the prepared pitches are completed, or when the user reaches a pitch that cannot be spoken, a message “successful acquisition of range data” is displayed on the LCD 111 (step of FIG. 4). S13) In the sound range acquisition unit 410, a sound range including a pitch that the user can utter is acquired. The range information representing the acquired range is stored in the portable DB 470 in association with the input user name.

Here, for the basic form of the music selection system described above,
The above-described sound range acquisition unit acquires sound ranges that the user can utter for a plurality of users, and stores sound range information representing the acquired sound ranges in association with the user,
An application form in which the terminal-side transmitting unit transmits the user's sound range information specified in response to a user operation for specifying the user when transmitting the sound range information is preferable.

  According to the application form of the music selection system, for example, the range information of each family can be stored in one mobile phone.

  When the sound range acquired as described above is transmitted to the server device 20, a musical piece having a range lower than the range of the user's voice is automatically selected.

  FIG. 5 shows a flow of information when downloading music stored in the server DB 30 by using a music selection function for selecting music that can be adjusted to the user's voice range by changing keys or the like. FIG.

  When the user inputs a user name and desired music selection conditions according to a music selection screen prepared in advance, the input content is transmitted from the input unit 420 in FIG. 3 to the information transmission unit 430. In the present embodiment, as a music selection condition, female, male, duet, singer name, age, and the like can be selected.

  The information transmission unit 430 acquires the range information stored in the portable DB 470 and associated with the input user name, and transmits the range information and the music selection conditions to the server device 20. (Step S21 in FIG. 5).

  In the server device 20, the range information and selection conditions transmitted from the mobile phone 10 are received by the transmission / reception unit 510 and transmitted to the music selection unit 530. The server DB 30 stores a plurality of songs 32 and a song table 31 in which information on each song is registered. In the music selection unit 530, the music table 31 is referred to, and the music that can be adjusted to the range of the user's voice by the user changing the key among the plurality of music 32 is selected.

  FIG. 6 is a conceptual diagram showing an example of the music table 31 stored in the server DB 30.

  As shown in FIG. 6, in the music table 31, the names of music pieces, the musical ranges of the musical pieces, the musical ranges of the musical pieces, the names of the singers, female use, male use, duets, ages, etc. are registered in the music table 31. Yes. In the example shown in FIG. 6, the song with the name “Song 1” has a range of “−20 to 10”, a range of “30”, a singer name of “Singer 1”, a target of “for women”, and an age group. Is “latest”, and a song with the name “Song 2” has a range of “−10 to 15”, a range of “25”, a singer name of “Singer 2”, a target of “for men”, A song with the name “1990s” and the name “Song 3” has a range of “−10 to 10”, a range of “20”, a singer name of “Singer 3”, a target of “for women”, and an age of “1980s”.

  In the music selection unit 530, the music table 31 shown in FIG. 6 is referred to, and a music that has a range lower than the range corresponding to the range represented by the range information transmitted from the mobile phone 10 and matches the selection condition is selected. (Steps S22 and S23 in FIG. 5). For example, when the range information indicating the range “−15 to 10” and the selection condition “1990s” are transmitted from the mobile phone 10, the range of the range “−15 to 10” that can be generated by the user is Since the difference between the highest sound and the lowest sound is “25”, first of all the “music 1”, “music 2”, and “music 3” shown in FIG. “Song 2” and “Song 3” are selected, and among the selected “Song 2” and “Song 3”, “Song 2” that matches the selection condition “1990s” is determined as the final selected song The

Here, for the basic form of the music selection system described above,
The portable terminal device further includes:
A music selection condition designating unit that receives designation of music selection conditions, which are conditions for selecting music,
The terminal-side transmitting unit transmits the range information representing the range acquired by the range information acquiring unit, and transmits the music selection information indicating the music selection condition specified by the music selection condition specifying unit,
The server-side receiving unit receives the range information transmitted from the mobile terminal device, and further receives the music selection information transmitted from the mobile terminal device,
The music selection unit has a range lower than the range corresponding to the range represented by the range information received by the server side reception unit among the plurality of songs stored in the song storage unit, and receives on the server side The application form that selects music that matches the music selection condition represented by the music selection condition information received by the section is preferable.

  By specifying the music selection conditions, it is possible to efficiently select music that suits the user's preference from a large number of music. The input unit 420 of the mobile phone 10 corresponds to an example of the music selection condition specifying unit described above.

  Further, the music selection unit 530 compares the determined sound range of each selected music piece with the user's sound range indicated by the sound range information, and calculates a key change amount for adjusting the sound range of the selected music to the user's sound range. For example, when the user's range is “−15 to 10”, if the selected range is “−10 to 15”, the key change amount is “−5”, and the selected range is “−10 to 10”. ", The key change amount is" 0 ", and if the range of the selected song is" -5 to 20 ", the key change amount is" +10 ".

Here, for the basic form of the music selection system described above,
The music selection unit selects a music and compares the sound range of the selected music with the sound range represented by the sound range information received by the server-side receiving unit, and moves the sound range of the selected music to the sound range represented by the sound range information. For key change information for
The server-side transmission unit represents a list of music selected by the music selection unit, and further transmits a music list information including key change amount information indicating a key change amount in each music. preferable.

  By calculating the key change information for each selected song, the user can easily adjust the range of the selected song to the range of his / her voice.

  The song name and key change amount of the selected song determined as described above are transmitted from the song selection unit 530 to the information return unit 520. The information reply unit 520 transmits a list of selected songs to the mobile phone 10 that has transmitted the range information (step S24 in FIG. 5).

  The list of selected songs transmitted from the server device 20 is received by the information receiving unit 440 of the mobile phone 10 and transmitted to the display unit 450. In display unit 450, a list of selected songs transmitted from server device 20 is displayed on LCD 111.

  FIG. 7 is a view showing an example of a list screen of selected songs displayed on the LCD 111.

  As shown in FIG. 7, on the LCD 111, a user name, a user's range and range, a song selection condition, a song name and key change amount of a selected song, a list save button, and a download button are displayed. By checking this list screen, the user can easily select a song that can be adjusted to the range of his / her voice by changing the key, and know the amount of key change when singing the song. it can.

  When the user selects the list saving button using the operation key 121, the music name and key change amount of the selected music shown in FIG. 7 are stored in the portable DB 470 in association with the user name. By storing the information on the selected song on the mobile phone 10, it is possible to carry around the information on the song that suits his / her voice, and the song and the key change amount can be selected immediately at a karaoke shop or the like.

  When the user designates a song using the operation keys 121 and further selects a download button, the song name of the designated song is transmitted from the input unit 420 to the information transmission unit 430. In the information transmission unit 430, the music name and download request of the designated music are transmitted to the server device 20 (step S25 in FIG. 5).

  In the server device 20, the information receiving unit 510 receives the song name and the download request transmitted from the mobile phone 10, and transmits them to the song providing unit 550.

  In the music providing unit 550, the music having the designated music name is acquired from a plurality of music stored in the server DB 30 (steps S26 and S27 in FIG. 5), and the acquired music is directed to the mobile phone 10. (Step S28 in FIG. 5).

  In the mobile phone 10, the music transmitted from the server device 20 is received by the download unit 460 and stored in the portable DB 470.

Here, for the basic form of the music selection system described above,
The portable terminal device further includes:
A download instructing unit for instructing downloading of music in the music list represented by the music list information received by the terminal-side receiving unit;
In response to the download instruction instructed to download by the download instruction unit, the terminal side transmission unit transmits download request information accompanied by music information representing the music instructed to download,
The server-side receiving unit receives download request information transmitted from the mobile terminal device,
An application mode in which the server-side transmission unit is configured to transmit the music corresponding to the download request information to the portable terminal device upon receiving the download request information from the server-side reception unit is preferable.

  In the cellular phone 10, when the range information representing the user's range is transmitted, the server device 20 selects a song based on the range information, and displays the song name and key change amount of the selected song as shown in FIG. 7. Is done. The music displayed here can be adjusted to the range of the user's voice by changing the key or the like, so it is considered that the music is easy for the user to sing, and can be encouraged to download the music for karaoke practice .

  As described above, the user can easily select a tune that can be sung by changing the key and download it to the mobile phone 10 by changing the key.

  Next, an example will be described in which a musical range is downloaded using a range comparison function that compares the range of the voice of the user's voice with the range of the designated musical piece and evaluates the ease of singing the musical piece.

  FIG. 8 shows the music stored in the server DB 30 by using the range comparison function for evaluating the ease of singing a song by comparing the range of the user's voice with the range of the designated song. It is a figure which shows the flow of information when downloading.

  When the user inputs a user name and a song name according to a song selection screen prepared in advance, the input content is transmitted from the input unit 420 in FIG. 3 to the information transmission unit 430.

  The information transmission unit 430 acquires the range information of the specified user name from the portable DB 470, and transmits the range information and the specified song name to the server device 20 (step S31 in FIG. 8).

  In the server device 20, the range information and the music title transmitted from the mobile phone 10 are received by the transmission / reception unit 510 and transmitted to the evaluation determination unit 540.

  In the evaluation determination unit 540, the music table 31 (see FIG. 6) stored in the server DB 30 is referred to (steps S32 and S33 in FIG. 8), and the sound range corresponding to the music name transmitted from the mobile phone 10; The range corresponding to the range represented by the range information is compared to evaluate the ease of singing the music. In the present embodiment, when the range of the designated music is larger than the range corresponding to the range represented by the range information, the designated song is evaluated as “difficult to sing” and the range information If the range of the music is smaller than the range of the music, the designated music is evaluated as “can sing with a margin”. Further, when the designated music is evaluated as “can be sung with a margin”, a key change amount for adjusting the musical range of the musical piece to the user's musical range represented by the musical range information is calculated. The range of music, the evaluation result, and the key change amount are transmitted from the evaluation determination unit 540 to the information return unit 520. The information reply unit 520 transmits the musical range, the evaluation result, and the key change amount to the mobile phone 10 that has transmitted the musical range information (step S34 in FIG. 5).

  In the mobile phone 10, the range, evaluation result, and key change amount of the music transmitted from the server device 20 are displayed on the LCD 111.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of an evaluation result screen displayed on the LCD 111.

  As shown in FIG. 9, on the LCD 111, there are a user name, a user's range and range, a song name of a designated song, a range, a range, a key change amount, an evaluation result, a list save button, and a download button. It is displayed. By checking this determination result screen, the user can easily know whether or not the designated music piece is a music piece that can be adjusted to the range of his / her voice by performing key change or the like.

  When the user selects the list saving button using the operation key 121, the music name, the range, the range, the key change amount, and the determination result of the designated song shown in FIG. Stored in the DB 470.

  Further, when the user selects the download button using the operation key 121, the music name of the designated music and the download request are transmitted to the server device 20 (step S35 in FIG. 8). A song with a designated song name is acquired from a plurality of songs stored in the DB 30 (steps S36 and S37 in FIG. 8), and the acquired song is transmitted to the mobile phone 10 (in FIG. 8). Step S38).

  In this way, the range of the music specified by the user is compared with the range corresponding to the range that can be uttered by the user, and the ease of singing of the music is evaluated, so that the user can feel comfortable with the music. We can sing and have a high frequency of karaoke. As a result, it is expected that the number of download services used can be increased especially for new music.

  Here, in the above, a mobile phone is shown as an example of the above-described mobile terminal device, but this mobile terminal device may be a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), a portable game machine, or the like.

  Hereinafter, various embodiments of the present invention will be additionally described.

(Appendix 1)
A range acquisition unit that acquires a range that the user can utter,
A mobile terminal device having a terminal-side transmission unit that transmits the range information representing the range acquired by the range acquisition unit;
A music storage unit for storing multiple music;
A server-side receiving unit that receives the range information transmitted from the mobile terminal device;
Of a plurality of music stored in the music storage unit, a music selection unit that selects a music having a range lower than the range corresponding to the range represented by the range information received by the server-side receiving unit;
A server device including a server-side transmission unit that transmits music list information representing a list of songs selected by the music selection unit to the mobile terminal device;
The portable terminal device further includes:
A terminal-side receiving unit that receives music list information transmitted from the server device;
A music selection system comprising: a music list display unit that displays a music list represented by the music list information received by the terminal side receiving unit.

(Appendix 2)
The portable terminal device further includes:
A music selection condition designating unit that receives designation of music selection conditions, which are conditions for selecting music,
The terminal side transmission unit transmits musical range information representing a musical range acquired by the musical range information acquisition unit, and transmits musical piece selection information indicating a musical piece selection condition designated by the musical piece selection condition designation unit. ,
The server-side receiving unit receives the range information transmitted from the mobile terminal device, and further receives music selection information transmitted from the mobile terminal device,
The music selection unit has a range lower than the range corresponding to the range indicated by the range information received by the server side reception unit among the plurality of songs stored in the song storage unit, and the The music selection system according to supplementary note 1, wherein the music selection system selects music that matches the music selection condition represented by the music selection condition information received by the server-side receiving unit.

(Appendix 3)
The portable terminal device further includes:
A download instructing unit for instructing downloading of music in the music list represented by the music list information received by the terminal-side receiving unit;
The terminal side transmission unit receives download instruction from the download instruction unit, and transmits download request information accompanied by music information representing the music for which download is instructed,
The server-side receiving unit receives download request information transmitted from the mobile terminal device,
The server-side transmission unit receives the download request information from the server-side reception unit, and transmits music corresponding to the download request information to the mobile terminal device. Or the music selection system of 2.

(Appendix 4)
The music selection unit selects a music and compares the sound range of the selected music with the sound range represented by the sound range information received by the server-side receiving unit, and the sound range of the selected music is represented by the sound range represented by the sound range information. It asks for key change information to move,
The server-side transmitting unit represents a list of songs selected by the song selecting unit, and further transmits song list information including key change amount information representing a key change amount in each song. The music selection system according to supplementary note 1, which is characterized.

(Appendix 5)
A range acquisition unit that acquires a range that the user can utter,
A music reception unit that receives the designation of the music;
A portable terminal device having a range information representing the range acquired by the range acquisition unit and a terminal-side transmission unit transmitting the music information representing the song received by the music reception unit; and a music storage unit storing a plurality of songs ,
A server-side receiving unit that receives the range information and the music information transmitted from the mobile terminal device;
A sound range comparison unit that compares the sound range represented by the sound range information received by the server side receiving unit with the sound range of the music represented by the music information received by the server side receiving unit;
A server device having a server-side transmission unit that transmits the range comparison information representing the range comparison result in the range comparison unit to the portable terminal device;
The portable terminal device further includes:
A terminal-side receiving unit that receives the range comparison information transmitted from the server device;
A music selection system comprising: a range comparison result display unit for displaying a range comparison result represented by the range comparison information received by the terminal side reception unit.

(Appendix 6)
The portable terminal device further includes a download instruction unit that receives a user operation that instructs the download of the music that is received by the music reception unit and that further displays the range comparison result displayed on the sound range comparison result display unit,
The terminal side transmission unit transmits download request information for requesting downloading of a music received by the music receiving unit in response to an instruction to download by the download instruction unit,
The server side receiving unit receives download request information transmitted from the mobile terminal device,
The server-side transmission unit receives the download request information from the server-side reception unit, and transmits music corresponding to the download request information to the mobile terminal device. The music selection system described.

(Appendix 7)
The said sound range acquisition part acquires the sound range which a user can utter for a plurality of users, and stores the sound range information representing the acquired sound range in association with the user,
Any one of Supplementary notes 1 to 6, wherein the terminal-side transmitting unit is configured to transmit the user's sound range information specified in response to a user operation for specifying the user in transmitting the sound range information. The music selection system described in the item.

(Appendix 8)
A server-side receiving unit that receives the range information transmitted from the mobile terminal device and that represents the range that the user can utter,
Of a plurality of music stored in the music storage unit, a music selection unit that selects a music having a range lower than the range corresponding to the range represented by the range information received by the server-side receiving unit;
A server apparatus comprising: a server-side transmission unit configured to transmit music list information representing a list of music selected by the music selection unit to the mobile terminal device.

(Appendix 9)
The server-side receiving unit receives the range information transmitted from the mobile terminal device, and further receives music selection information transmitted from the mobile terminal device,
The music selection unit has a range lower than the range corresponding to the range indicated by the range information received by the server side reception unit among the plurality of songs stored in the song storage unit, and the The server apparatus according to appendix 8, wherein the server apparatus selects music that matches the music selection condition represented by the music selection condition information received by the server-side receiving unit.

(Appendix 10)
The server-side receiving unit receives download request information for requesting download of a music in a music list represented by the music list information;
The server-side transmission unit receives the download request information from the server-side reception unit, and transmits music corresponding to the download request information to the mobile terminal device. Or the server apparatus of 9.

(Appendix 11)
The music selection unit selects a music and compares the sound range of the selected music with the sound range represented by the sound range information received by the server-side receiving unit, and the sound range of the selected music is represented by the sound range represented by the sound range information. It asks for key change information to move,
The server-side transmitting unit represents a list of songs selected by the song selecting unit, and further transmits song list information including key change amount information representing a key change amount in each song. 9. The server device according to appendix 8, which is characterized.

(Appendix 12)
A music storage unit for storing multiple music;
A server-side receiving unit that receives the range information and music information transmitted from the mobile terminal device;
A sound range comparison unit that compares the sound range represented by the sound range information received by the server side receiving unit with the sound range of the music represented by the music information received by the server side receiving unit;
A server device comprising: a server-side transmission unit that transmits sound range comparison information representing a sound range comparison result in the sound range comparison unit to the portable terminal device.

(Appendix 13)
The portable terminal device further includes a download instruction unit that receives a user operation that instructs the download of the music that is received by the music reception unit and that further displays the range comparison result displayed on the sound range comparison result display unit,
The terminal side transmission unit transmits download request information for requesting downloading of a music received by the music receiving unit in response to an instruction to download by the download instruction unit,
The server-side receiving unit receives download request information for requesting downloading of music represented by music information transmitted from the mobile terminal device,
The server-side transmission unit receives the download request information from the server-side reception unit, and transmits music corresponding to the download request information to the mobile terminal device. The server apparatus of description.

(Appendix 14)
A range acquisition unit that acquires a range that the user can utter,
A terminal-side transmission unit that transmits the range information representing the range acquired by the range acquisition unit to a server device that is responsible for distributing music;
A terminal-side receiving unit that receives music list information representing a list of music pieces having a range lower than the range corresponding to the range represented by the range information transmitted from the server device;
A portable terminal device comprising: a music list display unit that displays a music list represented by music list information received by the terminal-side receiving unit.

(Appendix 15)
A music selection condition designating unit that receives designation of music selection conditions, which are conditions for selecting music,
The terminal side transmission unit transmits musical range information representing a musical range acquired by the musical range information acquisition unit, and transmits musical piece selection information indicating a musical piece selection condition designated by the musical piece selection condition designation unit. ,
The terminal-side receiving unit has a musical range less than or equal to a musical range corresponding to the musical range represented by the musical range information, and music list information representing a list of musical pieces that match the musical piece selection condition represented by the musical piece selection condition information The mobile terminal device according to appendix 14, characterized in that

(Appendix 16)
A download instructing unit for instructing downloading of music in the music list represented by the music list information received by the terminal-side receiving unit;
The terminal side transmission unit receives download instruction from the download instruction unit, and transmits download request information accompanied by music information representing the music for which download is instructed,
16. The mobile terminal device according to appendix 14 or 15, wherein the terminal-side receiving unit receives music according to download request information from the terminal-side transmitting unit.

(Appendix 17)
A range acquisition unit that acquires a range that the user can utter,
A music reception unit that receives the designation of the music;
A terminal-side transmission unit that transmits the musical range information representing the musical range acquired by the musical range acquisition unit and the musical piece information representing the musical piece received by the musical piece reception unit to a server device responsible for the distribution of the musical piece;
A terminal-side receiving unit that receives sound range comparison information that represents a sound range comparison result between the sound range represented by the sound range information and the sound range of the music represented by the music information, transmitted from the server device;
A portable terminal device comprising: a range comparison result display unit for displaying a range comparison result represented by the range comparison information received by the terminal-side receiving unit.

(Appendix 18)
A download instructing unit that accepts a user operation for instructing downloading of a music that is accepted by the music accepting unit and further displayed in the range comparison result display unit;
The terminal side transmission unit transmits download request information for requesting downloading of a music received by the music receiving unit in response to an instruction to download by the download instruction unit,
18. The mobile terminal device according to appendix 17, wherein the terminal-side receiving unit receives music that has been downloaded from the server device and that corresponds to the download request information.

(Appendix 19)
The said sound range acquisition part acquires the sound range which a user can utter for a plurality of users, and stores the sound range information representing the acquired sound range in association with the user,
Any one of Supplementary notes 14 to 18, wherein the terminal-side transmission unit is configured to transmit the user's sound range information specified in response to a user operation for specifying the user in transmitting the sound range information. The portable terminal device according to the item.

It is a schematic block diagram of the music download system which is one Embodiment of a music selection system. It is a hardware block diagram of a mobile phone. It is a functional block diagram of a music download system. It is a figure which shows an example of the sound range acquisition screen displayed on LCD. It is a figure which shows the flow of information when downloading the music preserve | saved at DB for servers using a music selection function. It is a conceptual diagram which shows an example of the music table preserve | saved at DB for servers. It is a figure which shows an example of the list screen of the selection music displayed on LCD. It is a figure which shows the flow of information when downloading the music preserve | saved at DB for servers using a range comparison function. It is a figure which shows an example of the evaluation result screen displayed on LCD.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Mobile phone 11 Upper housing | casing 12 Lower housing | casing 20 Server apparatus 30 Server DB
111 LCD
112 Mouthpiece 121 Operation keys 122 Earpiece 123 Sound outlet 124 Loading port 100 Bus 101 CPU
102 RAM
103 Microphone device 104 Speaker device 105 Camera device 106 Short-range wireless device 107 Media controller 108 ROM
109 Nonvolatile memory 110 Display device 113 Key device 114 Clock 115 Long-distance communication device 116 Antenna 410 Sound range acquisition unit 420 Input unit 430 Information transmission unit 440 Information reception unit 450 Display unit 460 Download unit 470 Portable DB
510 Information Reception Unit 520 Information Reply Unit 530 Music Selection Unit 540 Evaluation Judgment Unit 550 Music Provision Unit

Claims (5)

A range acquisition unit that acquires a range that the user can utter,
A mobile terminal device having a terminal-side transmission unit that transmits the range information representing the range acquired by the range acquisition unit;
A music storage unit for storing multiple music;
A server-side receiving unit that receives the range information transmitted from the mobile terminal device;
Of a plurality of music stored in the music storage unit, a music selection unit that selects a music having a range lower than the range corresponding to the range represented by the range information received by the server-side receiving unit;
A server device including a server-side transmission unit that transmits music list information representing a list of songs selected by the music selection unit to the mobile terminal device;
The portable terminal device further includes:
A terminal-side receiving unit that receives music list information transmitted from the server device;
A music selection system comprising: a music list display unit that displays a music list represented by the music list information received by the terminal side receiving unit. The portable terminal device further includes:
A music selection condition designating unit that receives designation of music selection conditions, which are conditions for selecting music,
The terminal side transmission unit transmits musical range information representing a musical range acquired by the musical range information acquisition unit, and transmits musical piece selection information indicating a musical piece selection condition designated by the musical piece selection condition designation unit. ,
The server-side receiving unit receives the range information transmitted from the mobile terminal device, and further receives music selection information transmitted from the mobile terminal device,
The music selection unit has a range lower than the range corresponding to the range indicated by the range information received by the server side reception unit among the plurality of songs stored in the song storage unit, and the 2. The music selection system according to claim 1, wherein the music selection system is configured to select music that matches the music selection condition represented by the music selection condition information received by the server-side receiving unit. The portable terminal device further includes:
A download instructing unit for instructing downloading of music in the music list represented by the music list information received by the terminal-side receiving unit;
The terminal side transmission unit receives download instruction from the download instruction unit, and transmits download request information accompanied by music information representing the music for which download is instructed,
The server-side receiving unit receives download request information transmitted from the mobile terminal device,
The server-side transmitting unit receives the download request information from the server-side receiving unit, and transmits music corresponding to the download request information to the mobile terminal device. The music selection system according to 1 or 2. A server-side receiving unit that receives the range information transmitted from the mobile terminal device and that represents the range that the user can utter,
Of a plurality of music stored in the music storage unit, a music selection unit that selects a music having a range lower than the range corresponding to the range represented by the range information received by the server-side receiving unit;
A server apparatus comprising: a server-side transmission unit configured to transmit music list information representing a list of music selected by the music selection unit to the mobile terminal device. A range acquisition unit that acquires a range that the user can utter,
A terminal-side transmission unit that transmits the range information representing the range acquired by the range acquisition unit to a server device that is responsible for distributing music;
A terminal-side receiving unit that receives music list information representing a list of music pieces having a range lower than the range corresponding to the range represented by the range information transmitted from the server device;
A portable terminal device comprising: a music list display unit that displays a music list represented by music list information received by the terminal-side receiving unit.

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