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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2004
Yasuteru Kodama, Tsurugashima, JP;
Yasunori Suzuki, Tsurugashima, JP;
Satoshi Odagawa, Tsurugashima, JP;
Takehiko Shioda, Tsurugashima, JP;
Yasuteru Kodama, Tsurugashima, JP;
Yasunori Suzuki, Tsurugashima, JP;
Satoshi Odagawa, Tsurugashima, JP;
Takehiko Shioda, Tsurugashima, JP;
Pioneer Corporation, Meguro-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
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.