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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2008
Masahiko Kobayashi, Hamamatsu, JP;
Shinichi Takenaga, Hamamatsu, JP;
Tetsuya Maeda, Schenefeld, DE;
Toru Makino, Hamamatsu, JP;
Hitoshi Makita, Iwata, JP;
Hiroshi Adachi, Hamamatsu, JP;
Masahiko Kobayashi, Hamamatsu, JP;
Shinichi Takenaga, Hamamatsu, JP;
Tetsuya Maeda, Schenefeld, DE;
Toru Makino, Hamamatsu, JP;
Hitoshi Makita, Iwata, JP;
Hiroshi Adachi, Hamamatsu, JP;
Yamaha Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
In a music information database, music information where music pieces and impression words representing impressions of the music pieces and usable as search words when any of the music pieces is to be searched for is registered for a plurality of music pieces. Information collection section collects, from among various information being provided by information source sites, information usable as music-piece-related search words. Registration section registers the words usable as music-piece-related search words, collected by the information collection section, into the database in association with particular music pieces. In this way, it is possible to construct a music information database which permits a music information search therethrough using impression words representing impressions of a music piece, at low cost without taking much time and labor.