JP5168239B2 - Distribution apparatus and distribution method - Google Patents

Description

  TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a technical field of a distribution apparatus and a distribution method for distributing audio information generated so that utterance sounds of a pair of words having an accented word and a word corresponding to the word are reproduced to a terminal device. .

  Conventionally, audio teaching materials for memory learning of foreign languages and the like are known. This audio teaching material can be downloaded from a website on the Internet, for example, in the form of foreign language audio information to be learned. After the learner downloads the sound information, the learner causes the sound information to be reproduced by a reproducing device such as a portable music player. As a result, the sound of the foreign language is reproduced and output, and the learner can perform memory learning of the foreign language using the auditory sense.

  Also, as such voice information, voice information created so that a foreign language to be learned is pronounced in accordance with the rhythm and melody of the music is known. Thereby, the learner can learn with good rhythm and happily.

  For example, Patent Literature 1 discloses a method for providing a language learning material for learning a predetermined language using music whose lyrics are a character string to be learned. In this method, the music and lyrics are selected so that the accents of the words constituting the lyrics as the character string to be learned match the sound that hits the strong beat of the time from among the sounds that constitute the predetermined music.

JP 2005-172858 A

  By the way, when a foreign language word having a stress accent, for example, an English word is memorized and learned, it is generally performed to memorize a pair of an English word to be learned and a Japanese translation of the English word. Therefore, when letting the learner learn the English word and the Japanese translation using the auditory sense, for example, voice information is created so that the English word and the Japanese translation are alternately pronounced.

  When English words and Japanese translations are pronounced in accordance with music, for example, it is conceivable to create audio information as follows. For example, voice information is created so that English words and Japanese translations are pronounced in accordance with the rhythm of the music, such as “book book book book entertainment entertainment entertainment entertainment”. Specifically, the timing of pronunciation of the accent of English words is matched to the timing of beats. For example, if the pronunciation of “book” is written in kana, it becomes “book”. In this case, the timing of the accented “bu” is matched to the beat timing. If the pronunciation of “entertainment” is written in kana, it becomes “entertainment”. In this case, the timing of the accented “te” is adjusted to the beat timing. In this way, the learner can memorize English words together with the Japanese translation in good rhythm by matching the timing of accent pronunciation with the timing of beats.

  However, for words such as “entertainment”, if the accent is not at the beginning of the word, the part before the accent part (for example, “enter” in the case of “entertainment”) is before the beat timing. Will be pronounced. Then, the interval between the English word and the Japanese translation that is pronounced immediately before the English word, that is, the blank space in which neither the Japanese translation nor the English word is spoken from the end of the pronunciation of the Japanese translation to the start of pronunciation of the English word. Time is shortened. If the interval between the Japanese translation and the English word is too short, it will be difficult for the learner to distinguish between the Japanese translation and the English word, making it difficult for the learner to remember the English word and the Japanese translation. There is a risk.

  In order to prevent such a problem, for example, it is not unthinkable to delay the pronunciation timing of a problematic word by one beat to secure an interval. However, in this case, the rhythm becomes unnatural, and conversely, words may be difficult to memorize. In addition, since the reproduction time becomes longer by one beat for each word in which a problem occurs, the number of words reproduced per unit time is reduced, and the learning efficiency is lowered.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above points, and in accordance with the rhythm of music, etc., words such as English words having accents, and words such as Japanese translations corresponding to the words, It is an object of the present invention to provide a distribution device and a distribution method for distributing audio information that can be efficiently and efficiently stored by a learner.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the invention according to claim 1 reproduces the utterance sound of a pair word composed of a first word having an accent and a second word corresponding to the first word. The distribution device distributes the storage audio information that is the audio information generated as described above, and is the same based on the information of the rhythm sound generated at the timing of the beat and the information of the pair word Alternatively, a plurality of different pair words and the rhythm sound are pronounced, and the first word and the second word are generated in accordance with the timing of the accent of the first word in accordance with the timing of the beat. Generation means for generating the storage voice information configured to be alternately sounded, storage means for storing the generated storage voice information, and transmitting the stored storage voice information to the terminal device Transmitting means for The generating means sets the interval to the predetermined time so that the interval from the end of pronunciation of the second word to the start of pronunciation of the first word pronounced next to the second word is equal to or longer than the predetermined time. The storage voice information is generated in which the accent of the first word that is less than the number is pronounced with a shift from the beat timing.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the distribution device according to the first aspect, the generation unit includes a determination unit that determines whether or not a condition that the interval is less than the predetermined time is satisfied. The sound information for storage is generated by shifting the pronunciation timing of the accent of the first word determined to satisfy the condition from the timing of the beat.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the distribution device according to the first aspect, the pronunciation time from the pronunciation start timing of the first word to the accent pronunciation timing is equal to or longer than a predetermined pronunciation time, or Whether the number of characters preceding the accented character in the first word is greater than or equal to a predetermined number of characters, and the generation means determines whether the first word satisfies the condition And determining means for determining whether or not to generate the storage voice information by shifting an accent pronunciation timing of the first word determined to satisfy the condition from a beat timing.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the distribution device according to the second or third aspect, the generation means determines the pronunciation start timing of the first word determined to satisfy the condition as the beat timing. The storage audio information is generated in accordance with the above.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the distribution device according to the fourth aspect, a plurality of beats that are continuous with the first word and the second word constituting the pair word are in one measure. And the generation means determines that the first word determined to satisfy the condition satisfies a first accent that is pronounced most strongly and a tone that is pronounced next to the first accent. If the first accent is a word that is pronounced after the second accent, the pronunciation start timing of the first word is assigned to the first word. The timing of the first accent is synchronized with the timing of the first beat of the plurality of beats, and the timing of the first accent is synchronized with the timing of the beats other than the beginning of the plurality of beats assigned to the first word. , Voice information for storage Generated and characterized in that.

  According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the distribution device according to any one of the second to fifth aspects, the generation unit includes the rhythm sound information and the voice information of the utterance sound of the second word. Based on certain second word voice information, the second word's pronunciation timing is synchronized with a predetermined timing, and the first rhythm sound information and the first word voice information are the voice information of the first word. Based on the word speech information, the pronunciation timing of the accent of the first word that does not satisfy the condition is matched to the timing of the beat, and the pronunciation timing of the accent of the first word that satisfies the condition is The storage audio information is generated by shifting from timing.

  According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the distribution device according to the sixth aspect, the first word information indicating the first word is associated with the accent information indicating the position of the accent of the first word. First word information storage means for storing the first word designation information receiving means for receiving the first word designation information indicating the first word designated by the user from the terminal device, and the received first Based on word designation information, the first word voice information acquisition means for acquiring the first word voice information of the designated first word, and the designation based on the received first word designation information Second word voice information acquisition means for acquiring the second word voice information of the second word corresponding to the first word, wherein the determination means is a first specified by the user. Based on at least the accent information corresponding to the word, the first It is determined whether or not a word satisfies the condition, and the generating means is based on the rhythm sound information, the acquired first word sound information, and the acquired second word sound information. The storage voice information for reproducing the utterance sound of the designated first word and the utterance sound of the second word corresponding to the first word is generated.

  According to the eighth aspect of the present invention, the voice information generated so that the utterance sound of the pair word composed of the first word having an accent and the second word corresponding to the first word is reproduced. A plurality of the pair words that are the same or different from each other based on the information on the rhythm sound that is pronounced at the timing of the beat and the information on the pair words. And the rhythm sound are generated, and the first word and the second word are alternately generated according to the timing of the beat of the accent of the first word. A generating step for generating the stored audio information for storage; a storing step for storing the generated audio information for storage; and a transmitting step for transmitting the stored audio information for storage to a terminal device. In the generating step, the first The first interval is less than the predetermined time so that the interval from the end of pronunciation of the first word to the start of pronunciation of the first word that is pronounced next to the second word is equal to or longer than the predetermined time. The speech information for storage in which the accent of a word is pronounced with a shift from the beat timing is generated.

  The invention according to claim 9 is the delivery method according to claim 8, wherein the first word designation information receiving step of receiving from the terminal device first word designation information indicating the first word designated by the user. And, based on the received first word designation information, a first word voice information acquisition step of acquiring the first word voice information which is voice information of the utterance of the designated first word; Second word voice information that acquires second word voice information that is voice information of the utterance of the second word corresponding to the designated first word based on the received first word designation information Designated by the user from the first word information storage means for storing the acquisition step, the first word information indicating the first word, and the accent information indicating the position of the accent of the first word in association with each other Accent information for acquiring the accent information corresponding to the first word And a determination step of determining whether or not to shift the pronunciation timing of the accent of the first word designated by the user based at least on the acquired accent information, In the generation step, the utterance sound of the designated first word based on the rhythm sound information, the acquired first word sound information, and the acquired second word sound information And the speech information of the second word corresponding to the first word is generated, and the pronunciation timing of the second word is set to a predetermined timing to The accent sounding timing of the first word determined not to shift the pronunciation timing is matched with the beat timing, and the accent of the first word determined to shift the accent sounding timing is adjusted. It shifted in timing relative cents from the timing of the beat and generates the storing voice information.

  According to the invention described in claim 1 or claim 8, the interval from the end of pronunciation of the second word to the start of pronunciation of the first word pronounced next to the second word is less than a predetermined time. For the first word, the sound generation timing of the accent is deviated from the timing of the beat, so that the sound information for storage with the interval equal to or longer than the predetermined time is generated. Therefore, the first word and the second word can be reproduced at an interval at which it is easy to distinguish the first word and the second word by reproducing the generated storage audio information. As a result, the user can reliably store the paired words. In addition, since the number of words reproduced per unit time can be prevented from decreasing, the user can efficiently store the paired words.

  According to invention of Claim 2, it can prevent reliably that the space | interval of a 2nd word and a 1st word will be less than predetermined time.

  According to the invention described in claim 3, since the condition does not include the matter relating to the second word, it is determined whether or not the pronunciation timing of the first word is shifted without using the information relating to the second word. can do.

  According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, since the reproduction of the first word is started at the beat timing, the utterance sound of the first word is reproduced with a good rhythm, making it easier to memorize the paired words. be able to.

  According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, for the first word that is pronounced after the accent that is most strongly pronounced, the first beat among the assigned beats. Sound is started at the timing, and the most pronounced accent is pronounced at the timing of the beat after the first beat. Therefore, the utterance sound of a word having a plurality of accents is reproduced with a good rhythm, and the paired words can be stored more easily.

  According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, since the voice information of the first word and the voice information of the second word exist separately, generation of storage voice information in which the pronunciation timing of the first word is shifted is generated. Can be easily performed.

  According to invention of Claim 7 or Claim 9, when a user designates the 1st word, the 1st word which a user wants to memorize can be memorized and learned.

It is a block diagram which shows an example of schematic structure of the communication system S which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows an example of schematic structure of the music delivery server 1 which concerns on 1st Embodiment. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a schematic configuration of data registered in a parts WAV data database and software in the music distribution server 1. FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the menu structure for selecting a training course. It is a figure which shows an example of the specification of the music data for jogging of each step in a certain training course. It is a figure which shows an example of the outline structure of the music data for jogging in each step, (a) is the music data for jogging of step 1, (b) is the music data for jogging of step 2, (c ) Is the song data for jogging in step 3, (d) is the song data for jogging in step 4, (e) is the song data for jogging in step 5, and (f) is the song data in step 6. The music data for jogging. It is a figure which shows an example of the outline structure of the music data for jogging in each jogging time, (a) is a case for 15 minutes, (b) is a case for 30 minutes, (c) is 45 minutes. (D) is for 60 minutes, (e) is for 90 minutes, and (f) is for 120 minutes. It is a figure which shows the example of an outline | summary of the data structure of 1 file of the music data for jogging. It is a figure which shows the example of an outline | summary of the data structure of memory | storage object word audio | speech data. It is a figure which shows the example of preparation of memory | storage object word audio | voice data. (A) And (b) is a figure which shows the example of adjustment of the pronunciation timing of the English word in the English word group WAV data 302. FIG. (A) And (b) is a figure which shows the example of adjustment of the pronunciation timing of the English word in the English word group WAV data 302. FIG. (A) And (b) is a figure which shows the example of adjustment of the pronunciation timing of the English word in the English word group WAV data 302. FIG. (A) thru | or (d) is a figure which shows the example of adjustment of the pronunciation timing of the English word in the English word group WAV data 302. FIG. It is a figure which shows the various setting values etc. which concern on 1st Embodiment, (a) is a table | surface which shows the minimum value and the maximum value of the music number of the music main body which can be included in 1 file of a jogging main part. , (B) is a table showing the number of bars included in one file of the main part of jogging at each running tempo, and (c) is the number of bars in the inter-song connecting data used for the prelude, the inter-song part, and the follower. (D) is a table showing the maximum allowable number of music bars for each tempo when the file time is 15 minutes. It is a figure which shows an example of the production method of the jogging main part of the music data for jogging. It is a flowchart which shows the process example in the memory | storage target word audio | voice data creation process of the control part 11 of the music distribution server 1 which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the process example in the main process of the control part 11 of the music distribution server 1 which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the process example in the music use determination process of the control part 11 of the music delivery server 1 which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the process example in the music data creation process for jogging of the control part 11 of the music distribution server 1 which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the content of the information registered into a dictionary database. It is a figure which shows the example of preparation of memory | storage object word audio | voice data. It is a flowchart which shows the process example in the memory | storage object word sound data creation process of the control part 11 of the music distribution server 1 which concerns on Example 1 of 2nd Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the process example in the memory | storage target word audio | voice data creation process of the control part 11 of the music distribution server 1 which concerns on Example 2 of 2nd Embodiment.

  DESCRIPTION OF EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the best embodiment of the invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The embodiment described below is an embodiment when the present invention is applied to a communication system.

[1. First Embodiment]
[1.1 Configuration of communication system]
First, a schematic configuration and the like of the communication system S according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a schematic configuration of a communication system S according to the present embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the communication system S includes a music distribution server 1 as an example of a distribution device, a plurality of user PCs (Personal Computers) 2, and a plurality of portable music players 3 that can be connected to each user PC 2. , Including.

  The music distribution server 1 and the user PC 2 can transmit / receive data to / from each other via the network NW using, for example, TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol) as a communication protocol. The network NW is constructed by, for example, the Internet, a dedicated communication line (for example, a CATV (Community Antenna Television) line), a mobile communication network (including a base station), a gateway, and the like.

  Also, the user PC 2 and the portable music player 3 are connected via a cable or the like corresponding to a bus standard such as USB (Universal Serial Bus) or IEEE (The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.) 1394, or Data can be transmitted / received to / from each other by wireless communication such as Bluetooth (IEEE 802.15.1). Note that data exchange between the user PC 2 and the portable music player 3 may be performed via a recording medium such as a memory card.

  In the communication system S having such a configuration, the music distribution server 1 creates jogging music data that is data of music to be listened to while the user is jogging in response to a request from the user PC 2 and the like. The musical composition data is transmitted to the user PC 2.

  The jogging music data downloaded to the user PC 2 is transferred to the portable music player 3 via a wired, wireless or recording medium by a user operation or the like. Then, the user performs jogging or the like while listening to the music for jogging by causing the portable music player 3 to reproduce the music data for jogging.

  By the way, it is known that when an exercise such as jogging is continued, a so-called running high (or also called a runner's high) is said to be in an elevated state. This running high is said to be due to the secretion of endorphins, which are substances in the brain, but in this state, even if it becomes a physical condition that should be felt painful, it will not feel much pain mentally . It is said that when things are stored in this running high state, the stored contents are more likely to be maintained in a state that is more difficult to forget than when stored when not exercising.

  Therefore, in the present embodiment, in addition to music as art music in addition to music for jogging, an English word to be stored (an example of a first word) and a Japanese translation of the English word (an example of a second word) ) Uttered sound can be included that is reproduced in accordance with a predetermined rhythm. The user performs jogging and the like while listening to jogging music, and listens to the memorized English words and their Japanese translations in a state of running high after listening to the music, and memorizes them.

  Here, English words and their Japanese translations are referred to as “memory words” (an example of pair words). Also, the speech of the storage target word corresponding to one song of the music is referred to as “storage target word speech”, and the unit of the storage target word speech corresponding to one song is referred to as “Chapter 1”. The storage target word speech of Chapter 1 includes a predetermined number of storage target words (a predetermined number of English words and Japanese translations). A predetermined number of storage target words corresponding to one chapter is referred to as a “storage target word group”.

  The storage target word sound includes a rhythm sound such as a drum base having a role as an accompaniment along with the English word and Japanese translation sound. Treat as one type. In the following description, when it is not necessary to particularly distinguish between art music and the storage target word speech, the art music and the storage target word speech are collectively referred to as music. However, art music and storage target speech as speech data are distinguished as music body data and storage target speech data, as will be described later.

  As will be described in detail later, this jogging song data is composed of a plurality of song data, and is created so that each song is played at a performance time and tempo corresponding to a training course that matches the user's goals and the like. ing. In the present embodiment, the jogging music data is reproduced as a continuous medley of the main parts (parts excluding the prelude, postlude, etc.) of each piece of music as art music, Are configured to be reproduced.

  Further, when the jogging music data is downloaded, the purchase price of the jogging music data (including the copyright fee according to the number of songs constituting the jogging music data, etc.) is sent from the system side to the user. Will be charged against.

  The user PC 2 can use, for example, a personal computer with a general configuration, and the portable music player 3 can also use, for example, a portable digital audio player with a general configuration.

[1.2 Composition and function of music distribution server]
[1.2.1 Configuration of Music Distribution Server]
Next, the configuration and functions of the music distribution server 1 will be described. First, the configuration of the music distribution server 1 will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a schematic configuration of the music distribution server 1 according to the present embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the music distribution server 1 includes a control unit 11 including a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), and the like, and a storage unit that stores various data and programs. A storage unit 12 (for example, a hard disk drive or the like) as an example, a communication unit 13 as an example of a reception unit and a transmission unit that are connected to the network NW and control the communication state with the user PC 2 or the like, and a WAV format (RIFF (Resource Interchange File Format) Waveform Audio Format) music data and storage target word audio data are encoded into MP3 (MPEG Audio Layer-3) format music data and storage target word audio data. The control unit 11 and each unit are connected via a system bus 15.

  In the present invention, the control unit 11 constitutes an example of a generation unit and a transmission unit. The control unit 11 performs overall control of each unit of the music distribution server 1 by the CPU reading and executing various programs stored in the ROM and the storage unit 12, as well as a parts WAV data database program 201 and a server described later. By reading and executing the system program 202, the WEB site program 203, the music body WAV part data writing program 204, the storage target word WAV data writing program 205, etc., it functions as the generating means and transmitting means.

[1.2.2 Data and programs]
Next, the data stored in the storage unit 12, the software configuration of the program, and the like will be described with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a schematic configuration of data registered in the parts WAV data database and software in the music distribution server 1. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a menu configuration for selecting a training course. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the specification of jogging music data for each step in a certain training course. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a schematic configuration of jogging music data in each step. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a schematic configuration of jogging music data at each jogging time. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a schematic example of the data structure of one file of jogging music data.

  The storage unit 12 stores the user's personal information (for example, name, age, email address, user ID, password, etc.), the user's training information (for example, the selected training course, and jogging music data for the training course). The date and time of download, the current step, a performance list indicating the contents and order of performance of the music constituting the music data for jogging), the created music data for jogging, and history information indicating the history of music selection by the user (for example, selection) Stored information, information indicating the time series of the music, album, artist, genre, storage target word group, and the like) stored in association with each user.

  In addition, a part WAV data database is registered in the storage unit 12 in which part data, which is a part constituting the jogging music data, is registered. Furthermore, the storage unit 12 stores a parts WAV data database program 201, a server system program 202, a WEB site program 203, a music body WAV part data writing program 204, a storage target word WAV data writing program 205, and the like shown in FIG. Has been.

  The part WAV data database includes the music main body WAV part data 101, jogging arrangement inter-music connection WAV part data 102, jogging arrangement voice guidance WAV part data 103, DJ voice WAV part data 104, and storage target word WAV parts shown in FIG. Data 301 and the like are registered in the WAV format.

  The music main body WAV part data 101 is the WAV data of the music main body as art music occupying the main positions constituting the music for jogging, and all the data have the same tempo (in this embodiment, 140 BPM (Beats Per Minute)). The music body WAV parts data 101 is created using the music body WAV parts data writing program 204 based on the music body MIDI data 105 and the jogging arrangement drum base WAV data 106 shown in FIG.

  The music body MIDI data 105 is data in the MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) format in which the original music of the music body WAV parts data 101 is recorded. Further, the jogging arrangement drum base WAV data 106 is WAV data in which rhythm sounds by drums, cymbals and the like are recorded, and is data used for arranging the original music of the music body MIDI data 105 for jogging. .

  In the music body WAV parts data writing program 204, the prelude part, the subsequent part, the interlude part, etc. are deleted from the music body MIDI data 105 in units of measures, and the tempo is adjusted at 140 BPM with respect to the remaining main part. At this time, the adjustment is performed so that the pitch does not change before and after the adjustment. Then, the format of the music main body MIDI data 105 of the main part is converted into the WAV format, synthesized with the jogging arrangement drum base WAV data 106, and subjected to jogging arrangement (for example, house music style). The music data created in this way is music main body WAV parts data 101.

  Note that the music body WAV parts data writing program 204 may be installed in the music distribution server 1 and executed by the control unit 11, or installed in another information processing apparatus and executed on the apparatus. You may be made to do.

  On the other hand, the storage target word WAV part data 301 is the WAV data as the storage target word sound, and all the data is recorded at the same tempo (in the present embodiment, the same 140 BPM as the music main body WAV part data 101). Has been. The storage target word WAV parts data 301 includes the English word group WAV data 302 (an example of the first word speech information), the Japanese translation group WAV data 303 (an example of the second word speech information) shown in FIG. Based on the word drum base WAV data 304 (an example of rhythm sound information), it is created using the storage target word WAV part data writing program 205. Here, the English word group WAV data 302 and the Japanese translation group WAV data 303 are examples of pair word information of the present invention.

  The English word group WAV data 302 is WAV data in which the original speech of English words of the storage target word group corresponding to Chapter 1 is recorded. The Japanese translation group WAV303 data is WAV data in which the original Japanese speech of the storage target word group corresponding to chapter 1 is recorded. The drum-based WAV data 304 for the storage target word is WAV data in which rhythm sounds such as drums and cymbals are recorded, and the rhythm is added to the original speech of the English word group WAV data 302 and the Japanese translation group WAV data 303. And is used to arrange the original voice for jogging.

  The storage target word WAV parts data 301, the English word group WAV data 302, the Japanese translation group WAV data 303, the details of the drum base WAV data 304 for the storage target word, and the storage target word WAV part data writing program 205 A method of creating the storage target word WAV parts data 301 used will be described in section 1.2.2.2.

  Jogging arrangement inter-song linkage WAV parts data 102 is a piece of music (hereinafter referred to as “inter-song part”) that is played between songs of a plurality of song bodies constituting a song for jogging or between a speech to be stored and a song body. WAV data), the prelude WAV data played before the first music body, and the WAV data of the later music played after the last music body performance or speech of the speech to be stored. is there.

  The jogging arrangement voice guidance WAV parts data 103 is WAV data in which voices such as exercise guidance and advice by a professional advisor are recorded.

  The DJ audio WAV parts data 104 is WAV data in which audio of DJ (Disc Jockey) that is played between songs is recorded.

  In the following description, the music body WAV parts data 101 is simply referred to as “music body data”, and the storage target word WAV parts data 301 is simply “storage target word audio data” (an example of storage audio information). Called. Further, the jogging arrangement inter-music connection WAV part data 102 is simply referred to as “inter-music connection data”. The jogging arrangement voice guidance WAV parts data 103 and the DJ voice WAV parts data 104 are collectively referred to simply as “voice data”.

  The parts WAV data database program 201 is a program for the control unit 11 of the music distribution server 1 to manage the parts WAV data database. In response to a request for registration of each part data, the parts data is registered in the database. This is a program for acquiring part data requested from the server system program 202 from the database and passing it to the server system program 202.

  The server system program 202 is a program for the control unit 11 of the music distribution server 1 to create jogging music data using part data acquired from the parts WAV data database.

  The WEB site program 203 is for the control unit 11 of the music distribution server 1 to transmit a WEB page and jogging music data in response to a request from the user PC 2 as a WEB site that distributes the created jogging music data. It is a program.

  The parts WAV data database program 201, the server system program 202, the WEB site program 203, the music body WAV parts data writing program 204, the storage target word WAV data writing program 205, and the like are, for example, other networks via a network (not shown). It may be acquired from a server device or the like, or may be recorded on a recording medium such as a CD (Compact Disc) -ROM and read from a drive device or the like.

  Next, before describing the contents of the jogging music data, the configuration of a menu for selecting a training course that determines the specifications of the jogging music data will be described.

  The selection of the training course is performed by the user operating the user PC 2 based on the course selection WEB page transmitted from the music distribution server 1 to the user PC 2.

  In addition, the selection of the training course is basically performed based on the user's athletic ability and experience so far, regardless of the reproduction content of the speech to be stored according to the present embodiment. The memorization of the storage target word (that is, the playback of the storage target word sound) is preset to be predicted to be in the running high state during the playback of the jogging music data corresponding to the selected training course. It is executed in a period after the timing. It is also possible to prepare a training course including the contents of the speech to be stored and its reproduction timing in advance and select it as a part of selection of the training course.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the menu structure for selecting a training course has, for example, a hierarchical structure from the highest first hierarchy to the lowest fourth hierarchy. In each hierarchy, menu items are defined according to the user's goals, etc., and in the upper hierarchy, menu items are defined according to the general objective, and as the lower hierarchy, the specific items are specified. Menu items are defined according to specific goals.

  First, when “Course selection” is selected, menu items corresponding to the user's goals such as “Health maintenance”, “Diet”, “Marathon race entry”, “Time up”, etc. are displayed as menu items in the first layer. Is displayed on the screen of the user PC 2. Then, for example, when “Marathon race entry” is selected, menu items such as “Honolulu Marathon”, “Tokyo Marathon”, “Half Marathon”, “10 Km Marathon”, etc. are displayed on the user PC 2 as the second-level menu items. Displayed on the screen.

  Here, for example, when “Honolulu Marathon” is selected, course menus such as “Aim for time” and “Complete” are displayed on the screen of the user PC 2 as menu items in the third layer. Further, for example, when “Aim for time” is selected, course menus such as “beginner”, “intermediate”, “advanced”, etc. are displayed on the screen of the user PC 2 as menu items in the fourth layer.

  When one menu item is selected from the menu items in the fourth hierarchy, a training course uniquely corresponding to the menu item is determined by the control unit 1 of the music distribution server 1. For example, when “Marathon race entry” to “Honolulu Marathon” to “Aim for time” to “Beginner” is selected, “Training course A” is determined. Similarly, when “intermediate” is selected, “training course B” is determined. Similarly, when “advanced” is selected, “training course C” is determined.

  The storage unit 12 of the music distribution server 1 stores menu data that defines the menu configuration. The storage unit 12 stores course information for each final training course. In this course information, all steps of the training course are defined, and the specifications of the training are defined for each step. Specifically, for each step, the corresponding training period, jogging time (user running time) as an example of exercise time, jogging distance (user running distance), number of songs in the music body, initial tempo (music for jogging) The tempo of the first song in the data), the end tempo (the tempo of the last song in the jogging song data), and the like are defined. Here, the jogging time is a time indicating the performance time of the music data for jogging, excluding the performance time of warm-up music and cool-down music described later. In addition, the training specification itself is only a specification as a training, and the specification does not include the number of words to be stored according to the present embodiment.

[1.2.2.1 Details of song data for jogging]
Next, the jogging music data according to the present embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 5 shows an example of the specification of jogging music data in each step of a certain training course. This training course starts from step 1 and basically increases in steps every month.

  The training period of step 1 is set to the first month. That is, Step 1 is intended for jogging from the start of this training course until one month has passed. The jogging time is set to 30 minutes, and the jogging distance is set to about 5 km. The initial tempo and the final tempo are both set to 160 BPM.

  These pieces of information indicate that in step 1, the performance time of the jogging music data excluding the warm-up music and the cool-down music is 30 minutes, and the tempo is constant at 160 BPM. Then, it is assumed that the user runs a distance of about 5 km when the user runs for 30 minutes at a pace corresponding to this tempo.

  Here, although the number of music pieces to be played is set to eight songs, this is only a guide, and the number of songs changes depending on the performance time of the selected music piece.

  In FIG. 5, the contents of the medley music in step 1, that is, the contents of the music body to be played are “XXX medley” (“XXX” is, for example, the name of an album or the name of an artist). Although this is also shown in other steps, this shows an example of the selected album, artist, or genre. For example, “XXX medley” is not necessarily included in step 1. It is not selected.

  In the example of FIG. 5, the eight music pieces constituting the medley in step 1 are each art music. For example, a part of the eight music pieces are medley of art music, and the rest are constituted by the speech to be stored. You may do it.

  Next, the training period of step 2 is set to the second month. In other words, Step 1 is intended for jogging from the start of this training course until one month has passed and one month has passed. The jogging time is set to 30 minutes, the jogging distance is set to about 5.5 km, and the number of songs is set to eight. The initial tempo is set to 160 BPM, and the final tempo is set to 165 BPM.

  These pieces of information indicate that in step 2, the performance time of the jogging music data excluding the warm-up music and the cool-down music is 30 minutes, and the tempo gradually increases from 160 BPM to 165 BPM. Then, it is assumed that the user runs a distance of about 5.5 km by running for 30 minutes at a pace corresponding to this tempo.

  In Step 2, the jogging distance is the same as that in Step 1, but it is assumed that the user runs a distance approximately 0.5 km longer than Step 1 as the tempo increases.

  Similarly, the training period of step 3 is set to the third month, the jogging time is set to 45 minutes, the jogging distance is set to about 8 km, and the number of songs is set to 12. The initial tempo and final tempo are both set to 165 BPM.

  The training period in step 4 is set to the fourth month, the jogging time is set to 45 minutes, the jogging distance is set to about 8.5 km, and the number of songs is set to 12. The initial tempo is set to 165 BPM, and the final tempo is set to 170 BPM.

  The training period in step 5 is set to the fifth month, the jogging time is set to 60 minutes, the jogging distance is set to about 11 km, and the number of songs is set to 16 songs. The initial tempo and the final tempo are both set to 170 BPM.

  The training period of step 6 is set to the sixth month, the jogging time is set to 60 minutes, the jogging distance is set to about 12 km, and the number of songs is set to 16 songs. The initial tempo is set to 170 BPM and the final tempo is set to 175 BPM.

  As shown in FIG. 6, jogging music in each step includes a jogging main part composed of a music main body, a prelude, a postlude, an inter-musical part, a guide voice, and a DJ voice, and a warm played before the jogging main part. It consists of an up song and a cool down song played after the main jogging.

  In FIG. 6, (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), and (f) are the same as Step 1, Step 2, Step 3, Step 4, and Step 5 illustrated in FIG. , Corresponding to step 6 respectively.

  A warm-up song is a song that is supposed to be played when warming up such as a preparatory exercise before the user starts jogging. For example, the tempo gradually increases and the user's mood gradually increases. A song that excites is selected.

  The cool-down song is a song that is supposed to be played when the user finishes jogging and then performs cooling-down to return the mind and body to calm. For example, the tempo gradually decreases and gradually settles down. The music with the atmosphere that suits you is selected.

  The music data of the warm-up music and the cool-down music are stored in the storage unit 12 in the MP3 format.

  As the warm-up music and the cool-down music, it is possible to use the same music throughout all the steps. For example, when the user PC 2 downloads music data for jogging from the music distribution server 1 for the first time, The jogging music data including all the music data of the warm-up music and the cool-down music is downloaded, but the music data for jogging only of the music data of the main jogging is downloaded at the second and subsequent downloads.

  In the second and subsequent downloads, a warm-up song and a cool-down song different from the first downloaded warm-up song and cool-down song may be downloaded according to the user's selection.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 6, the jogging time, that is, the performance time of the jogging main part increases every two steps. On the other hand, the tempo of the jogging main part is constant from the start to the end of the performance in the odd steps and gradually increases in the even steps. In addition, the final tempo in each step matches the tempo in the next step.

  As the step goes up (the training period is in the future in time), the jogging ability of the user is considered to improve, so the jogging time and tempo increase accordingly. Moreover, although it is a standard, the number of songs increases as the steps go up. The jogging time and tempo are determined for each training course, and further for each step in the training course. Specifically, for example, the jogging time and tempo are determined by experts such as marathons. Based on the exercise theory, policy, etc. set for each training course in advance.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a schematic configuration of jogging music data at each jogging time.

  In the present embodiment, one or more jogging main parts of the jogging music data are created according to the jogging time. This is for the following reason.

  That is, the longer the jogging time, the larger the data size of the main part of the jogging, and the longer the time required for downloading the data. The longer the download time, the higher the possibility that the download will fail for some reason (for example, disconnection of connection). If the download fails, you will have to download from the beginning again, and the download time will be longer. Therefore, when the jogging time is long, the data of the main part of the jogging is created in a plurality of parts, so that the downloading is performed in a plurality of times. Therefore, even if the download fails in the middle, there is no need to download the already downloaded portion again.

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 7, when the jogging time is 15 minutes, the jogging main part is composed of one 15-minute file (FIG. 7A). When the jogging time is 30 minutes, the main part of the jogging is composed of one 30-minute file (FIG. 7B). When the jogging time is 45 minutes, the main part of the jogging is composed of a total of two files, one 30-minute file and one 15-minute file (FIG. 7C).

  When the jogging time is 60 minutes, the main part of the jogging is composed of two 30-minute files (FIG. 7 (d)). If the jogging time is 90 minutes, the main part of the jogging is composed of three 30-minute files (FIG. 7 (e)). When the jogging time is 120 minutes, the main part of the jogging is composed of four 30-minute files (FIG. 7 (f)).

  Here, if the main part of jogging is composed of multiple files and the initial tempo and final tempo are different, the first song of the first file in the playback order is played at the initial tempo, Each file is configured so that the tempo gradually rises across and the last song of the last file is played at the final tempo.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of one file of the jogging main part of the music data for jogging.

  As shown in FIG. 8, in the jogging main part of the jogging music data, the first music body is reproduced after the prelude is first reproduced. Then, after the inter-music part is reproduced, the second music body is reproduced. In the same manner, after all the music pieces are reproduced, the later performance is reproduced. In other words, the main part of jogging is the connection data between the songs of the prelude, the first song body data, the song connection data between the songs, the second song body data, the song connection data between the songs ... The song body of the Nth song It is comprised by the control part 11 of the music distribution server 1 so that it may reproduce | regenerate in order of data, and the connection data of interlude music.

  At this time, for example, in the case of step 1 of the training course shown in FIG. 5, the jogging main part is configured so that each piece of music data is played at a constant tempo of 160 BPM. For example, in the case of step 2, 160 BPM The music data is reproduced so that the tempo gradually increases from 1 to 165 BPM.

  Then, the jogging main part is configured such that the voice data of the guidance voice is reproduced while the inter-music connection data of the inter-music parts in the predetermined order according to the number of music is reproduced. Also, every time a specified time elapses after the performance of the main jogging starts (for example, 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 20 minutes,...), The elapsed time at that time and the calorie consumption so far are given to the user. The jogging main part is configured so that the voice data to be notified is reproduced.

  Also, if you choose to learn English words when selecting a training course, or if you select a target word voice when selecting a song body, the jogging volume will Speech is played. In this case, for example, after the start of playback of the jogging main part, after the preset timing at which the running high state is predicted, the selected storage target word / sound data is reproduced instead of the music body data.

  Note that the final training course may be determined when the third layer menu item is selected, and the step of starting the training may be determined when the fourth layer menu item is selected. For example, when “beginner” is selected, step 1 of training course A is determined as the start step, and when “intermediate” is selected, step 3 of training course A is determined as the start step. When “advanced” is selected, step 5 of training course A may be determined as the start step.

[1.2.2.2 Details of storage target word voice data and creation method]
Next, the storage target word speech data (storage target word WAV part data 301) and the creation method thereof according to the present embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. In the following explanation, the pronunciation of English words and Japanese translations are written in kana. When an accent part of an English word is shown, a kana character including an accented vowel is shown as an accent part.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a schematic example of the data structure of the storage target word speech data of Chapter 1. That means
FIG. 9 shows a schematic example of the data structure of the storage target word voice data corresponding to one music piece.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the storage target word speech data is composed of a rhythm sound part, an English utterance part, and a Japanese translation utterance part.

  In the rhythm sound part, the rhythm sound is pronounced at a tempo of 140 BPM. The time signature of this rhythm sound is 4/4. That is, one measure includes four beats, and a quarter note is assigned to one beat. The first beat to the last beat of one measure are referred to as “first beat”, “second beat”, “third beat”, and “fourth beat” in this order. The first beat is a strong beat, and the second, third, and fourth beats are weak beats, respectively. And a rhythm sound is pronounced according to the timing of each beat. Note that the rhythm sound does not have to be generated at the timing of all the first to fourth beats. For example, a rhythm sound may be generated only at the timing of the first beat.

  In the English word and Japanese translation sound part, 25 words of English words and the Japanese translation sound are pronounced. That is, in the present embodiment, 25 storage target words correspond to the storage target word group of one chapter. Also, for each word in 25 words, the English word and its Japanese translation sound are repeatedly pronounced four times. For example, if the English word is “book” and its Japanese translation is “book”, it is pronounced as “book book book book book book book”. Subsequently, for example, it is pronounced “reserve reservation reserve reservation reserve reservation reserve reservation”. In this way, English words and Japanese translations are pronounced alternately.

  One measure is assigned to one pronunciation of the storage target word in the above four repetitions. That is, four measures are assigned to one storage target word. Since there are 25 words to be stored, 100 bars are assigned as a whole. Therefore, when the storage target word sound of Chapter 1 is viewed as a song, the storage target word sound is a song of 100 bars.

  Moreover, the 1st beat and 2nd beat in 1 bar are allocated for the utterance sound of English words. In addition, the third beat and the fourth beat in one measure are assigned for the utterance sound of the Japanese translation. The actual assignment varies depending on the pronunciation time of English words and Japanese translations. In the case of English words, the first beat is always assigned, but the second beat may or may not be assigned. Similarly, in the case of Japanese language, the third beat is always assigned, but the fourth beat may or may not be assigned.

  The storage target word speech data in this embodiment is configured such that the accented part of the English word is pronounced at the timing of the first beat. Specifically, the beat timing refers to the timing of the start of rhythm sound generation when a rhythm sound is generated at that beat, for example, the timing of the hit point for a percussion instrument or the like. In other words, if each period obtained by dividing one measure into four equal parts is a beat period, the beat timing is the start of the beat period. In this case, the pronunciation of the rhythm sound is started at the start of the beat period.

  A specific example is shown below. For example, if the pronunciation of “book” is “book”, an accented “bu” is pronounced at the timing of the first beat. If the pronunciation of “reserve” is “reserve”, accented “the” is pronounced at the timing of the first beat. English is a language with a strong accent. Therefore, in such a language, the English word is pronounced with good rhythm by making the accented part of the English word pronounced at the timing of the beat.

  On the other hand, the storage target word speech data in the present embodiment is configured such that the beginning part of the Japanese translation is pronounced at the timing of the third beat.

  For example, since the pronunciation of “book” is “phone”, the beginning “ho” is pronounced at the timing of the third beat. Further, since the pronunciation of “reserve” is “Yoakusu”, the beginning of the word “yo” is pronounced at the timing of the third beat. In this case, “su” is pronounced at the timing of the fourth beat. In Japanese, there are high and low accents, but generally no stress accents. In the case of such a language, it is pronounced with good rhythm by making the beginning part pronounced at the timing of the beat. It should be noted that a stress accent may be intentionally added to the pronunciation of the Japanese translation. In this case, the accent part may be pronounced at the timing of the beat.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of creating the storage target word speech data. As described above, the storage target word sound data is created based on the English word group WAV data 302, the Japanese translation group WAV data 303, and the storage target word drum base WAV data 304.

  As shown in FIG. 10, the drum base WAV data 304 for the storage target word is WAV data corresponding to the rhythm sound part of the storage target word speech. However, the drum base WAV data 304 for the storage target word may be WAV data accompanied by a rhythm sound and a harmony or a melody. The English word group WAV data 302 is WAV data corresponding to the utterance sound part of the English word of the storage target speech. The English word group WAV data 302 is configured so that the accent sounding timing of each English word matches the timing of the first beat of each measure. The Japanese translation group WAV data 303 is WAV data corresponding to the utterance part of the Japanese translation of the speech to be stored. The Japanese translation group WAV data 303 is configured such that the pronunciation start timing of each Japanese translation matches the timing of the third beat of each measure.

  The control unit 11 serving as a generation unit mixes (mixes) the three pieces of WAV data to create the storage target word voice data. At this time, the control unit 11 adjusts the pronunciation timing of the accent of each English word in the English word group WAV data 302 so as to match the first beat of each measure of the rhythm sound in the drum base WAV data 304 for the storage target word. Further, the control unit 11 adjusts the pronunciation start timing of each Japanese translation in the Japanese translation group WAV data 303 so as to match the third beat of each measure of the rhythm sound in the drum base WAV data 304 for the storage target word. If the English word group WAV data 302, the Japanese translation group WAV data 303, and the drum base WAV data 304 for the storage target word are created in advance in 100 measures of 140 BPM, the adjustment performed by the control unit 11 is as follows. The playback start positions of the respective WAV data may be matched with each other.

  If there is an accent at the beginning of an English word, the pronunciation timing is as described above and there is no problem. Here, “the accent is at the beginning of the word” means that the leading vowel has an accent (for example, “item” “i”, etc.), and that the leading consonant and the accented vowel are pronounced together. (For example, “boo” of “book”). On the other hand, for English words with no accent at the beginning, the pronunciation part before the accent part enters the period of the fourth beat of the immediately preceding measure. Since the Japanese translation is assigned to the 4th beat, the interval between the utterance sound of the Japanese translation and the utterance sound of the English word becomes very short, or the utterance sound of the Japanese translation and the utterance sound of the English word May have to be partially overlapped.

  Therefore, in the present embodiment, the interval from the end of the pronunciation of the Japanese translation to the start of pronunciation of the English word that is pronounced next to the Japanese translation (hereinafter referred to as the “time interval between the Japanese translation and the English word”). ) Is longer than the predetermined time, so that the pronunciation timing of the English word whose time interval between the Japanese translation and the English word is less than the predetermined time deviates from the timing of the first beat. The English word group WAV data 302 is configured so that pronunciation is started.

  As the predetermined time, the minimum time interval between the Japanese translation and the English word is determined in advance as the minimum interval time A. The minimum interval time A is determined by, for example, the tempo, the pronunciation time of the Japanese translation, the ease of distinguishing between the Japanese translation and the English word, and the like.

  For example, the Japanese translation is assigned to 2 beats of 3rd beat and 4th beat at the maximum. Since pronunciation of the Japanese translation starts at the timing of the third beat, it is preferable to determine the minimum interval time A within a range that satisfies the following formula 1.

A + K ≦ 60/140 × 2 (Formula 1)
In Equation 1, K is the longest pronunciation time of the 25 Japanese translations included in the storage target word group. 60 is the number of seconds per minute, 140 is the tempo, and 2 is the number of beats.

  On the other hand, if the minimum interval time A is determined first because it is easy to distinguish between the Japanese translation and the English word, the pronunciation time of each of the 25 Japanese translations included in the storage target word group satisfies Equation 1. Like that. That is, the pronunciation time of each Japanese translation is at most equal to or less than the remaining time obtained by subtracting the minimum interval time A from the time of two beats.

  The minimum interval time A is a time based on the tempo as the storage target word voice data before the jogging music data is created. Finally, when jogging song data is created, the tempo of each song including the storage target speech is adjusted to the tempo corresponding to the selected course and step. As a result, the interval between the Japanese translation and the English word may be shorter than the minimum interval time A. However, it is considered that the user who listens to the music naturally gets used to the tempo. Therefore, if the tempo is faster, the user's hearing is used to the tempo, so the time interval between the Japanese translation and the English word can be shortened accordingly. If the tempo is slow, the time interval between the Japanese translation and the English word may be increased accordingly.

  Hereinafter, a specific example of adjustment of pronunciation timing of English words in the English word group WAV data 302 will be described. FIGS. 11 to 14 are diagrams showing examples of adjustment of pronunciation timing of English words in the English word group WAV data 302. In the example described below, the first English word in the memory group of chapter 1 is “book”, the second English word is “reserve”, the third English word is “proposal”, the fourth English word Assume that the word is “entertainment”.

  First, the accent of “book”, which is the sound of “book”, is “bu”. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 11A, the pronunciation timing of “B” is set to the timing of the first beat, and the pronunciation timing of “ho” in the “hon”, which is the utterance sound of the Japanese translation, is set to the third beat. Consider the case of timing. In the case of “book”, since the accent is at the beginning of the word, for example, if the minimum time interval A is appropriately determined so as to satisfy Formula 1, the end of the pronunciation of “Hong” until the start of pronunciation of “Book” immediately after The time interval t1 is never shorter than the minimum time interval A. Accordingly, the sound generation timing of “bu” in the “book” is matched with the timing of the first beat.

  Next, the accent of “reserve” which is the utterance sound of “reserve” is “the”. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 11B, the pronunciation timing of “za” is synchronized with the timing of the first beat, and the pronunciation timing of “yo” in “Yoakusuru”, which is the utterance sound of the Japanese translation, is set to the third beat. Consider the case where the sounding timing of “su” is matched with the timing of the fourth beat in accordance with the timing. For the second and subsequent English words, a Japanese translation of the English word is pronounced immediately before the English word, and a Japanese translation of the English word in the order before the English word is pronounced. There is a need to consider the time interval for each. Here, the time interval t2 from the end of the sounding of “Hong” to the start of the sounding of “Reserve” immediately after the sounding, and the time interval t3 from the time of the sounding of “Yoakusuru” to the time of starting the sounding of “Reserve” immediately after are both If the minimum time interval A is equal to or longer, it is not necessary to shift the sound generation timing of “reserve”. FIG. 11B shows an example of this case.

  Next, the accent of “proposal” which is the utterance sound of “proposal” is in “po”. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 12A, the pronunciation timing of “po” is synchronized with the timing of the first beat, and the pronunciation timing of “a” in “An”, which is the utterance sound of the Japanese translation, is set to the third beat. Consider the case of timing. Here, the time interval t4 from the end of pronunciation of “Yoakusuru” to the start of pronunciation of “proposal” immediately after is shorter than the minimum time interval A. Therefore, even when the time interval t5 from the end of the sound generation of “An” to the start of the sound generation of “Proposal” immediately after is the minimum time interval A or more, the sound generation timing of “Proposal” is shifted.

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 12B, the sound generation timing of “Pro” at the start of sound generation of “Proposal” is set to the first beat. If the pronunciation start timing of the English word is synchronized with the first beat, the time interval between the previous Japanese translation and the English word will not be shorter than the minimum time interval A.

  Next, the accent of “entertainment”, which is the voice of “entertainment”, is “te”. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 13A, the sounding timing of “te” is matched with the timing of the first beat, and the sounding timing of “go” in “Goraku”, which is the utterance sound of the Japanese translation, is set to the third beat. Consider the case where the sounding timing of “ku” is matched with the timing of the fourth beat in accordance with the timing. Here, the time interval t7 from the end of the pronunciation of “goraku” to the start of the pronunciation of “entertainment” immediately after is shorter than the minimum time interval A. Therefore, even when the time interval t6 from the end of the sound generation of “An” to the start of sound generation of “Entertainment” immediately after is the minimum time interval A or more, the sound generation timing of “Entertainment” is shifted.

  Here, “entertainment” has a plurality of accents. That is, “entertainment” has a first accent (first stress) that is pronounced most strongly and a second accent (second stress) that is pronounced next to the first accent. In “entertainment”, the first accent is in “te” and the second accent is in “d”. As described above, when the first accent is pronounced after the second accent, the pronunciation start timing of the English word is matched with the timing of the first beat, and the pronunciation timing of the first accent is the timing of the second beat. Adapted to. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 13B, the sounding timing of “D” at the sounding start portion of “Entertainment” is set to the first beat, and the sounding timing of “T” is set to the second beat. At this time, the pronunciation time is adjusted by, for example, “entertainment” so that the sound timing of “te” is synchronized with the second beat. Thereby, English words with a plurality of accents are pronounced with good rhythm.

  Regardless of whether there are a plurality of accents, the pronunciation of English words with a long pronunciation time may be assigned to both the first beat and the second beat. For example, in “proposal”, the sound generation timing of “Pro” in “Proposal” may be matched with the timing of the first beat, and the sounding timing of “The” may be matched with the timing of the second beat.

  As described above, when the pronunciation timing of the English word is shifted and the pronunciation start timing is matched with the timing of the first beat, it is necessary to prevent the pronunciation of the English word from continuing until the third beat period. Furthermore, it is necessary to provide an interval from the end of pronunciation of an English word to the start of pronunciation of the next Japanese translation so that the user can easily distinguish between the English word and the Japanese translation. Accordingly, the pronunciation time of each English word is at most equal to or less than the remaining time obtained by subtracting a predetermined time interval from the time of two beats. The time interval at this time may be the same as the minimum interval time A, for example.

  As described above, the time interval between the Japanese translation and the English word when the accent pronunciation timing of the English word is set to the timing of the first beat and the pronunciation start timing of the Japanese translation is set to the timing of the third beat. For English words whose minimum time interval is A or more, the accent is pronounced at the timing of the first beat as it is, and for English words whose time interval between the Japanese translation and English words is less than the minimum time interval A The English word group WAV data 302 is created in advance so that pronunciation is started at the timing of the first beat. For example, a human may utter a voice part of an English word while adjusting the pronunciation timing in accordance with the rhythm of 140 BPM, and record the voice to create the English word group WAV data 302.

  Then, the English word group WAV data 302, the Japanese translation group WAV data 303, and the drum word WAV data 304 for the storage target word are mixed to generate the storage target word sound data, and the generated storage target word sound data is a part. Registered in the WAV data database. In the storage target word speech data registered in the parts WAV data database, the time interval between the Japanese translation and the English word is not less than the minimum time interval A.

  By the way, in the explanation so far, based on the time interval between the Japanese translation and the English word, it was determined whether or not to shift the pronunciation timing of the English word. You can go.

  In the first example, separation is performed based on the pronunciation time required from the pronunciation start timing of the English word to the accent pronunciation start timing (hereinafter referred to as “the pronunciation time from the pronunciation start to the accent”). In this case, the sound generation timing is not shifted if the sound generation time from the start of sound generation to the accent is less than the predetermined sound generation time, and the sound generation timing is shifted if it is longer than the predetermined sound generation time.

  For example, the accent of “international” which is the voice of “international” is “na”. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 14A, a case where the sound generation timing of “na” is matched with the timing of the first beat is considered. Here, when the sounding time t8 from the sounding timing of “I” in “International” to the sounding timing of “N” is equal to or longer than a predetermined sounding time, the sounding timing is shifted. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 14B, the sound generation timing of “I” at the start of sound generation of “International” is matched with the first beat.

  The predetermined sounding time at this time is determined in advance as the allowable sounding time B. For example, the allowable pronunciation time B may be determined in advance within a range that satisfies the following expression 2 so that the interval between the Japanese translation and the English word is equal to or longer than the minimum interval time A.

A + B + K ≦ 60/140 × 2 (Formula 2)
In the second example, in the spelling of English words, carving is performed based on the number of characters preceding the accented characters. In this case, the sounding timing is not shifted when the number of characters preceding the accented character is less than the predetermined number of characters, and the sounding timing is shifted when it is equal to or greater than the predetermined number of characters.

  For example, the accent of “minority” which is the utterance sound of “minority” is “no”. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 14C, consider a case where the sounding timing of “no” is matched with the timing of the first beat. Here, the accent of “minority” is “o”. The character preceding this [o] is “min”, and the number of characters is three. When it is assumed that the predetermined number of characters is three, the number of characters “min” is equal to or greater than the predetermined number of characters, so that the sound generation timing is shifted. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 14 (d), the sounding timing of “ma” at the start of sounding “minority” is synchronized with the first beat.

  The predetermined number of characters at this time is determined in advance as the allowable number of characters C. For example, regarding the allowable number of characters C, the number of characters is converted into the longest pronunciation time required for the pronunciation, and this pronunciation time is applied to the allowable pronunciation time B, and the interval between the Japanese translation and the English word is equal to or greater than the minimum interval time A. As such, it may be determined in advance within a range that satisfies Equation 2.

  In the above first and second examples, the Japanese translation when the pronunciation timing of the accent of the English word is matched with the timing of the first beat and the pronunciation start timing of the Japanese translation is matched with the timing of the third beat There is no need to calculate the time interval between and the English word. That is, in the first and second examples, it is possible to perform the separation only with the information related to the English word. This means that it is not necessary to consider the pronunciation time of the Japanese translation that is pronounced immediately before the English word, and the pronunciation of each English word is no matter how the order of the English words in the memorized word group changes. There is no need to change whether or not the timing is shifted.

  As a method of determining whether or not to shift the pronunciation timing of English words, a method based on the time interval between the Japanese translation and English words, a method based on the pronunciation time from the start of pronunciation to the accent, and accented characters Of the methods based on the number of preceding characters, any two methods may be combined or all methods may be combined. For example, for English words whose pronunciation time from the start of pronunciation to accent is longer than the allowable pronunciation time B, and for English words whose number of characters preceding the accented character is more than the allowable number of characters C, the pronunciation timing is shifted. The remaining English words that do not satisfy these conditions may be separated in advance based on the time interval between the Japanese translation and the English words.

[1.2.3 Method for creating jogging main part of song data for jogging]
Next, a method for creating the main part of jogging music data for jogging by the control unit 11 of the music distribution server 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 15 and 16.

  FIG. 15 is a diagram showing various setting values according to the present embodiment. FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating an example of a method for creating a jogging main part of music data for jogging.

  First, various setting values for creating the jogging main part will be described.

  FIG. 15A is a table showing the minimum value and the maximum value of the number of music pieces (including art music and memorized word speech) that can be included in one file of the jogging main part. As shown in FIG. 15 (a), one file includes a music body of 3 to 10 songs. The minimum value and the maximum value are determined according to, for example, the ease of adjusting the length of the jogging main part and the copyright fee.

  FIG. 15B is a table showing the number of bars included in one file of the main part of jogging at each running tempo.

The running tempo is a tempo that serves as a reference for calculating the number of measures included in one file of the jogging main part. Specifically, if the initial tempo and final tempo are the same value,
When running tempo = initial tempo = final tempo and the initial tempo and final tempo are different values,
Running tempo = (initial tempo + final tempo) / 2
It is. In this embodiment, the minimum value of the running tempo is 100 BPM and the maximum value is 220 BPM.

  In FIG. 15B, the file time is the playback time of one file in the main part of jogging, and each tempo has a file time of 15 minutes and 30 minutes.

The total number of measures in the file is the number of measures included in one file of the main part of jogging. The number of measures is calculated with one measure being 4 beats. Therefore,
Total number of bars = running tempo x file time / 4
It is. Also, if the jogging main part is composed of multiple files,
The total number of measures for each file is the total number of measures in the main jogging volume.

  In this embodiment, the length of the main part of the jogging is adjusted in units of bars in order to match the total playback time of the music body, prelude, postlude and inter-music part included in one file of the main part of the jogging to the file time. To do. This is because no matter how the running tempo changes, the number of measures in each song does not change, and this makes it easy to match the length of the main jogging to the jogging time.

  FIG. 15 (c) is a table showing the number of bars in the inter-music connection data used for the prelude, the inter-music part, and the post-performance.

  In the present embodiment, a plurality of inter-music connection data having different measures are prepared as inter-music connection data in the inter-music part. By inserting an inter-music part with an appropriate number of measures between the music, the playback time of one file in the main part of the jogging can be easily adjusted to the file time. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 15C, the minimum is 12 bars and the maximum is 144 bars. Then, twelve types of connecting data between songs having different lengths are prepared at intervals of twelve bars from twelve bars to 144 bars. The 12 bars between songs are the number of bars in which the guidance sound can be temporally accommodated between songs even if the running tempo is 220 BPM.

  Furthermore, in the present embodiment, a plurality of pieces of connecting data between songs having different numbers of measures are prepared as connecting data between the prelude and the follower. Depending on the number of files that make up the main part of the jogging and the playback order of the files when the main part of the jogging is made up of a plurality of files, a prelude and a prelude of a predetermined length are assigned to each file. It is for putting.

  FIG. 15D is a table showing the maximum allowable number of music bars for each tempo when the file time is 15 minutes.

  The allowable maximum number of music bars is the maximum number of bars of one music body that can be included in the main part of jogging. In this embodiment, an upper limit is set for the number of measures in one song. One reason for doing this is to make it easy to match the length of the created jogging main part to the file time.

Specifically, if the file time is set to the shortest 15 minutes and the music body is long and only 3 music pieces can be inserted into one file, the inter-song part must be inserted between songs. Don't be. Therefore,
Allowable maximum number of music bars ≤ (total number of bars of file-maximum value of total number of bars of prelude and follower-minimum value of the number of bars between music pieces x 2) / 3 + 1
It is necessary to satisfy. Here, the combination in which the sum of the number of measures of the prelude and the follower is the maximum is 8 for the prelude and 20 for the follower. In addition, the minimum value of the number of bars in the inter-music part is 12. In addition, the last “+1” indicates that the first bar of the music body and the last bar of the music played before the music body or the last bar of the prelude are overlapped and played. It is added to the maximum allowable number of music bars.

  In this way, by setting the allowable maximum number of music bars, the number of music pieces constituting the main part of the jogging is prevented from falling below the lower limit (three music pieces). This is because the number of songs is better from the user's standpoint.

  For example, when the running tempo is 100 BPM, the maximum allowable number of music bars is 108 (3.09 minutes). Similarly, in the case of 110 BPM, 121 bars (3.46 minutes), in the case of 120 BPM, 133 bars (3.80 minutes), in the case of 130 BPM, 146 bars (4.17 minutes), in the case of 155 BPM, 177 bars (5) 0.06 minutes), 196 bars (5.60 minutes) for 170 BPM, and 210 bars for 190 BPM and 220 BPM (6.00 minutes). Note that the reproduction time in FIG. 15C is the reproduction time at 140 BPM. Here, since the allowable maximum value of the playback time of one song at 140 BPM is 6 minutes, the maximum allowable number of music bars is 210 bars at the maximum.

  In addition, when the file time is 30 minutes, the maximum allowable number of music bars is 210 bars at any tempo.

  In the following, a specific method of creating the jogging main part (including the speech to be stored according to the present embodiment) will be described by dividing it into a case where the tempo is constant and a case where the tempo is increased. In this embodiment, in any tempo or training course, it is empirically assumed that the running high state starts gradually after about 15 minutes from the start of jogging. Before the high state begins, the music body data is reproduced, and after the running high state begins, the storage target speech data is reproduced until the end of the jogging main part.

[1.2.3.1 When the tempo is constant]
The example shown in FIG. 16 is an example in which the music data of tempo 140 BPM and the storage target word voice data are all converted to music data of 160 BPM, and a jogging main part having a file time of 30 minutes (total number of bars of file 1200) is created. Yes, as the music body data, it is assumed that five music body data of music A to music E are selected in this order of music selection. In addition, as the storage target word voice data, five storage target word voice data of the voices F to J are selected in this music selection order. Furthermore, as inter-music connection data, 12 inter-music connection data from the inter-music part a of 12 bars to the inter-music part 1 of 144 bars are prepared in addition to the inter-music data of the prelude and the follower. Yes.

  The control unit 11 converts the music main body data, the storage target word voice data, and the inter-music connection data into the music main body data, the storage target word voice data, and the inter-music connection data having a tempo of 160 BPM, respectively. Here, the performance time of each musical piece and the reproduction time of the speech to be stored are the original 7/8 (140 BPM / 160 BPM).

  Then, the control unit 11 inserts the pre-music connection data at the beginning of the jogging main part, and inserts the subsequent music connection data at the end of the jogging main part. In addition, the control unit 11 stores the song body data of the songs A to E and the storage target word voice data of the sounds F to J in the order of the songs, Insert between.

  The number of measures in the main part of the jogging at this time, that is, the total number of measures of the prelude, the music A to the music E, the voice F to the voice J, and the memorized speech and the subsequent music is the bar corresponding to a file time of 30 minutes at 160 BPM. The number is less than 1200 bars. Then, the control unit 11 inserts inter-music connection data having an appropriate length from the inter-music part a to the inter-music part l between the music main body data and the storage target speech data, thereby jogging. The final number of measures in the main part is adjusted to be 1200 measures that is the total number of measures in the file. Inter-song connecting data in the inter-song part is prepared at intervals of 12 bars, so the difference between the number of bars corresponding to the file time and the actual number of bars in the main part of jogging to be created must be at most ± 6 bars. Can do. In this way, it is not always necessary to create the main jogging so as to be exactly 1200 bars, and there may be some deviation.

  In addition, the control unit 11 adjusts the number of bars in each inter-music part so that the number of bars in the inter-music part located at the center is as large as possible. This is because by concentrating long music pieces in one place, the other music pieces are shortened, and the impression that the music pieces are extended is not given to the user. Moreover, sharpness is born by inserting a long inter-music part between the music located in the center. In other positions, inter-musical portions are inserted so that the number of measures is as small as possible and the lengths are uniform. In the example shown in FIG. 16, a total of 5 songs and 5 chapters of the speech to be stored are selected, so there are 144 bars of music between the 5th song E and the first speech to be stored. Between the other songs, a 12-bar or 24-bar inter-music portion is inserted.

  In addition, it is not always necessary to insert an inter-music portion having a large number of measures between music pieces located at the center, and it is not necessary to insert it only at one place. For example, an inter-music part having a large number of measures may be inserted after the entire one-third music has been completed, and an inter-music part having a large number of measures may be inserted after one-third of the music has been completed. However, in order not to give the impression of being extended, it is desirable that the number of places where the number of measures is inserted is made as small as possible (for example, at most half or less between all songs).

  Inter-song inter-song data is the music used to connect each music body in a musically (hearingly) natural way by connecting the songs of each music body between the songs. It is data.

  Here, the music body data is created by synthesizing the jogging arrangement drum base WAV data 106 with the WAV data of the music body converted from the music body MIDI data 105 as described in FIG. At this time, jogging arrangement drum base WAV data 106 having a rhythm pattern matching the tone of the music body is selected.

  Further, as described with reference to FIG. 11, the storage target word speech data is created by synthesizing the storage target word drum base WAV data 304 with the English word group WAV data 302 and the Japanese translation group WAV data 303.

  If the rhythm patterns of a plurality of song bodies (including art music and memorized word speech) constituting the jogging song data are all the same, the same rhythm pattern is used as the song connecting data between the songs. If only this data is prepared, the rhythm pattern does not change before and after the connection of each music piece, so that the performance and reproduction can be continued in a natural manner. However, in the case where the rhythm pattern of the music body differs from song to song, with one pattern, the rhythm pattern changes abruptly before and after connection of each song, making it unnatural musically.

  Therefore, in the present embodiment, when there are two or more rhythm patterns of a plurality of music main bodies constituting the music data for jogging, in accordance with this, the connection data between the songs in the inter-music part of the plurality of rhythm patterns Prepare.

  For example, if the rhythm pattern of one music body is different from the rhythm pattern of the next music body, the performance starts with the same (or close) rhythm pattern as that of the music body at the part connected to the previous music body In the part connected to the next song body, the performance ends with the same (or close) rhythm pattern as the song body, and the rhythm pattern gradually changes as the performance progresses. Prepare a part.

  For example, when two patterns of X and Y are mixed as rhythm patterns of a plurality of music main bodies constituting the music data for jogging, the rhythm pattern is a constant X portion, a constant Y portion. There are four inter-music parts, inter-music part changing from X to Y, and inter-music part changing from Y to X. In this case, the rhythm pattern has an X constant music interval portion a1, a Y constant music interval portion a2, an inter song portion a3 that changes from X to Y, and an inter song portion a4 that changes from Y to X).

  The control unit 11 recognizes the rhythm pattern of the music body by referring to the music information of the music body data before and after the music between which the music part is inserted or the content information of the speech data to be stored, and the corresponding rhythm pattern. Insert inter-song link data of the inter-song part that is the pattern.

  Here, when the control unit 11 connects the music main body data and the inter-music piece connection data, the first measure of the music main body and the inter-music piece portion (when the music main body is the first song of the file) Is connected with the last bar of the prelude) overlapping. This is to naturally connect the main body start portion of the music beginning with the syncopation and the end portion of the inter-music portion.

  In other words, in syncopation across measures, actual performance may start at the end of the first measure. For example, assume that the performance starts at the fourth beat of the first measure. Then, no melody will be played for the first three beats of the first measure, so it is musically unnatural at the connection between the last part of the inter-music part and the first part of the music body. A part is made. Therefore, the first one bar of the music body and the last one bar between the music pieces are overlapped. In the music body that does not start with syncopation, the first bar is created with no sound. Then, the control unit 11 uniformly overlaps the music main body and the music interval part by one bar.

  For this reason, when calculating the number of measures, it is necessary to subtract one measure from the number of measures of each music body.

  Note that the tune pattern data of the prelude inserted before the first song body of the jogging main part uses the same (or close) rhythm pattern data as that of the main part of the jogging main part. It is desirable to use rhythm pattern data that is the same as (or close to) the rhythm pattern of the music body as the inter-song tune connection data to be inserted later.

[1.2.3.2 When the tempo increases]
If the tempo increases, that is,
The case where the initial tempo <the final tempo is basically the same as when the tempo is constant except for the adjustment of the tempo. In other words, if the tempo changes during playback, the number of measures in each song does not change, so if the total number of measures in the file is fixed, the number of measures in the main part of the jogging to be created can be easily adjusted be able to.

  For example, if an attempt is made to adjust this not by the number of measures but by the playback time of the performance time, it becomes complicated. Because, in order to obtain the performance time of each song, first, the tempo of each must be obtained. However, if the playback position of each song (elapsed time since the start of playback of the jogging main part) is not known, an appropriate tempo cannot be obtained for each song. Therefore, the entire performance time is adjusted after temporarily setting the performance time or the reproduction time and the tempo, but the processing is obviously more complicated than the case of adjusting the number of measures. In addition, the processing must be changed between a case where the tempo is constant and a case where the tempo increases. Furthermore, since the tempo that has been set may deviate from the actual tempo, the error between the calculated overall performance time and file time may increase due to this. Such an inconvenience does not occur if the number of measures is adjusted.

  Next, the tempo is adjusted in units of measures. Specifically, the tempo of the first measure of the main jogging is set as the initial tempo, the tempo of the last measure is set as the final tempo, and the measures in the meantime are adjusted so that the tempo changes gently from the initial tempo to the final tempo. For example, if the initial tempo is 160 BPM, the final tempo is 170 BPM, and the total number of bars in the file is 1200 bars, the first bar is 160 BPM, and each bar has a tempo that increases by 1/120 BPM after each bar. Adjust the tempo.

[1.3 Music distribution server operation]
[1.3.1 Storage target word voice data creation process]
Next, the operation of the music distribution server 1 will be described. First, the storage target speech data creation processing will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 17 is a flowchart illustrating a processing example in the storage target word voice data creation processing of the control unit 11 of the music distribution server 1 according to the present embodiment.

  The process of FIG. 17 is started, for example, when the storage target word WAV part data writing program 205 is activated by an instruction operation from the operator. First, the control unit 11 acquires the drum base WAV data 304 for the storage target word from the part WAV data database, and stores the acquired WAV data in the RAM (step S401).

  Next, the control unit 11 acquires the English word group WAV data 302 and the Japanese translation group WAV data 303 corresponding to the English word group WAV data 302 from the parts WAV data database, and stores the acquired WAV data in the RAM. Store (step S402). The acquired English word group WAV data 302 and the Japanese translation group WAV data 303 correspond to the reproduced English word group and the Japanese translation group. That is, a Japanese translation of English words reproduced based on the acquired English translation group WAV data 302 is reproduced based on the acquired Japanese translation group WAV data 303. The English word group WAV data 302 and the Japanese translation group WAV data 303 to be acquired may be selected based on an instruction from an operator, for example, or the WAV data to be acquired is selected based on a setting file described in advance. May be.

  Next, the control unit 11 mixes the acquired drum base WAV data for storage target word 304, the English word group WAV data 302, and the Japanese translation group WAV data 303 to create storage target word speech data (step S403). ). At this time, the control unit 11 sets the playback position of the Japanese translation group WAV data 303 and the drum base WAV data 304 for the storage target word so that the pronunciation start timing of the Japanese translation matches the timing of the third beat of the rhythm sound. Adjust the playback position. Further, the control unit 11 adjusts the pronunciation timing of the accent of the English word whose time interval between the Japanese translation and the English word is equal to or more than the minimum time interval A, and matches the timing of the first beat of the rhythm sound. For the playback position of the English word group WAV data 302 and the storage target word so that the pronunciation start timing of the English word whose time interval between the translation and the English word is less than the minimum time interval A matches the timing of the first beat of the rhythm sound The playback position of the drum base WAV data 304 is adjusted.

  However, if the English word group WAV data 302 and the Japanese translation group WAV data 303 have an appropriate configuration as described in the above section 1.2.2.2, the reproduction target position may be stored. What is necessary is just to make the reproduction | regeneration head of each of the drum base WAV data 304 for word, the English word group WAV data 302, and the Japanese translation group WAV data 303 mutually correspond.

  Next, the control unit 11 registers the created storage target word speech data in the part WAV data database (step S404). When this process is completed, the control unit 11 ends the storage target word speech data creation process.

[1.3.2 Main processing]
Next, the main process will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 18 is a flowchart illustrating a processing example in the main processing of the control unit 11 of the music distribution server 1 according to the present embodiment.

  First, when the user PC 2 accesses the music distribution server 1 by a user operation, as shown in FIG. 18, the control unit 11 of the music distribution server 1 executes a login process (step S1). Specifically, the control unit 11 receives a user ID, a password, and the like from the user PC 2 and performs an authentication process to specify a user.

  Subsequently, the control part 11 performs a course selection process (step S2). Specifically, the control unit 11 transmits a predetermined course selection WEB page to the user PC 2 to cause the user to select a training course as described in FIG. 4, and information on the selected training course is stored in the user PC 2. Receive from.

  Next, the control unit 11 transmits a predetermined WEB page to the user PC 2 to cause the user to input his / her weight and gender and a desired storage target word group name, and receives these pieces of information from the user PC 2 (step S3). ). This user's weight is used to calculate the user's calorie consumption during jogging, and gender is used to determine the final training course. Because there is a difference in athletic ability depending on gender, the content (specifically, jogging time and tempo) varies slightly depending on gender even in the same training course. Further, the input data indicating the storage target word group name is used for setting the storage target word voice to be reproduced after the timing of shifting to the running high state following each music piece as described above.

  Next, the control unit 11 determines a final training course based on the training course information and gender information received from the user PC 2 (step S4).

  In step S2, if the identified user does not change the training course selected by the previous time, the processing of step S3 may be omitted, and the training course information may be acquired from the user training information.

  Next, the control unit 11 determines a step (step S5). Specifically, the control unit 11 first transmits a WEB page presenting recommended steps on the system side to the user PC 2. For example, when a new training course is selected this time, Step 1 is recommended, and when the previous training course is not changed, the current step and music data for jogging of the training course are downloaded first. Appropriate steps are recommended according to the number of days since the date. Here, when the user accepts the presented step by operating the user PC 2, a request to that effect is transmitted from the user PC 2 to the music distribution server 1, while the user changes the step. The request to that effect is transmitted from the user PC 2 to the music distribution server 1. And the control part 11 determines a step based on this request.

  Next, the control unit 11 acquires the jogging time (including the reproduction time of the storage target speech data), the initial tempo, and the end tempo corresponding to the determined training course and step from the course information, and a predetermined area on the RAM. (Step S6).

  Next, the control unit 11 sets the file times FT (1) to FT (N) based on the jogging time as described in FIG. For example, the controller 11 sets N = 1 and FT (1) = 15 when the jogging time is 15 minutes, and N = 2 and FT (1 when the jogging time is 45 minutes. ) = 30 and FT (2) = 15.

  Next, the control unit 11 sets the file name of the warm-up song (step S8). Specifically, the control unit 11 sets a file name including the course number and today's date and including “1” as the serial number (for example, “001-20080701-1.MP3” etc., where “001” "Is the course number," 2008701 "is the date, and" 1 "is the serial number).

  As will be described later, the control unit 11 sets the file name while increasing the serial number for the jogging main part and the cool down song according to the above naming rule. This is because when playing music data for jogging on the portable music player 3, the files are played in the prescribed order (warming up music, first file of the main jogging, second file of the main jogging ... cool down music). This is to make it happen. In the MP3 format data, an ID tag can be set, and the track number can also be included in this ID tag. There is no problem if the portable music player 3 determines the playback order of the file by referring to the ID tag, but there is a model that does not support the ID tag. Many of these models perform reproduction in the order of file names (for example, ascending order of ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) codes (an example of character codes)). Therefore, the control unit 11 sets the file name as described above.

  Next, the control unit 11 sets 1 to the file number i (step S9).

  Next, the control unit 11 executes music piece determination processing, which will be described later, so that music data used for creation of jogging music data corresponding to the i-th jogging main part 1 file, storage target word voice data, and inter-song joining. Data and its performance (reproduction) order are determined (step S10).

  Next, the control unit 11 executes jogging song data creation processing to create jogging song data corresponding to the i-th jogging main part 1 file (step S11).

  Next, the control unit 11 adds 1 to the file number i (step S12), and determines whether the file number i is greater than the number N of files (step S13). At this time, if the file number i is not greater than the number N of files (step S13: NO), the control unit 11 proceeds to step S10.

  On the other hand, when the file number i is greater than the number N of files (step S13: YES), the control unit 11 sets the file name of the cool down song (step S14). Specifically, the control unit 11 sets a file name including the course number and today's date and including N + 1 as the serial number.

  Next, the control unit 11 transmits the created jogging music data to the user PC 2 (step S15). Specifically, the control unit 11 displays a download WEB page including links to a warm-up song file, a jogging main part file (including one or more words to be stored) and a cool-down song file, respectively, for the user PC2. And let the user select a file to download. And the control part 11 receives the information of URL (Uniform Resource Locator) set to the link selected by the user from PC2, and transmits the file corresponding to this URL to user PC2.

  And the control part 11 will complete | finish a main process, if a user transmits as many files as needed.

[1.3.3 Use song determination process]
Next, the music use determination process will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 19 is a flowchart illustrating a processing example in the used music determination process of the control unit 11 of the music distribution server 1 according to the present embodiment.

  When the use song determination process is started, as shown in FIG. 19, the control unit 11 initializes the performance list (step S101).

Next, the control unit 11 sets the travel tempo TMP (step S102). The running tempo TMP is set based on the initial tempo, end tempo, file number i, and file times FT (1) to FT (N). Specifically, when the initial tempo and the end tempo match, the control unit 11 sets the initial tempo as the travel tempo TMP. The control unit 11 also determines that the initial tempo and the end tempo do not match.
(File initial tempo + file end tempo) / 2
And the calculation result is set as the running tempo TMP. Here, the file initial tempo is the tempo of the first song in the i-th file of the main part of jogging, and the file end tempo is the tempo of the last song in the i-th file of the main part of jogging. The file initial tempo and the file end tempo can be obtained by the following equations.

File initial tempo = (initial tempo−end tempo) × (total of FT (1) to FT (i−1)) / jogging time File end tempo = (initial tempo−end tempo) × (FT (1) to FT ( i) total) / jogging time When the controller 11 sets the running tempo TMP,
TMP x FT (i) / 4
And the calculation result is set as the total number of bars FM (step S103).

  Next, the control unit 11 sets the number of measures for the prelude and the number of measures for the follower (step S104). Specifically, the control unit 11 sets the number of measures of the prelude and the number of measures of the follower corresponding to the combination of the file number i and the number N of files. Further, the control unit 11 sets the prelude of the set number of measures at the beginning of the performance list and sets the follower of the set number of measures at the end of the performance list.

  Next, the control unit 11 sets the allowable longest music measure number MPM (step S105). Specifically, when the file time FT (i) is 30 minutes, the control unit 11 sets 210 as the allowable maximum music measure number MPM. On the other hand, when the file time FT (i) is 15 minutes, the control unit 11 sets the tempo corresponding to the running tempo TMP as the allowable maximum music measure number MPM, as shown in FIG.

  Next, the control unit 11 selects a plurality of music pieces constituting the jogging main part (step S106). Specifically, the control unit 11 executes the music selection process a plurality of times in order to select a plurality of music.

  In the music selection process, the control unit 11 first refers to the history information of the identified user, the album, artist or genre (hereinafter simply referred to as “album etc.”) selected by the user up to the previous time, A WEB page presenting a list of music (including words to be stored) included in an album and the like is transmitted to the user PC 2. At this time, when the name of any storage target speech is input in the process of step S3, the control unit 11 presents the list including the storage target speech corresponding to the input name. The WEB page is transmitted to the user PC 2.

  Here, by operating the user PC 2, the user selects a song or a storage target word group without changing the presented album or the like (including the storage target word sound; the same applies hereinafter) to another album or the like. The music selection request for the music is transmitted from the user PC 2 to the music distribution server 1.

  On the other hand, when the user changes the presented album or the like to another album or the like, an album selection request for the selected album or the like is transmitted from the user PC 2 to the music distribution server 1, and the control unit 11 In response, WEB page data presenting a list of albums and a search menu of albums is transmitted to the user PC 2. Then, when the user selects an album or the like and selects a desired song or storage target word voice from a plurality of songs or storage target word sounds included in the album or the like, a music selection request for the music or storage target word sounds Is transmitted from the user PC 2 to the music distribution server 1.

  By receiving this selection request, the control unit 11 specifies and selects one piece of music data. And the control part 11 sets the selected music to a performance list as a music of the music order corresponding to the selected order.

  Here, when the control unit 11 causes the user to select a song, the control unit 11 restricts the number of measures of the selectable music to be equal to or less than the allowable longest music bar number MPM. For example, when the control unit 11 transmits a WEB page that presents a list of songs to the user PC 2, the control unit 11 excludes songs having more measures than the allowable maximum number of music measures MPM from the list.

  The control unit 11 performs control so that at least three songs are selected by repeatedly executing the song selection process, and controls so that songs are selected up to the number of songs that can be included in one file. Specifically, the control unit 11 subtracts the sum of the prelude, the follower, the number of songs selected so far, and the shortest number of measures between the songs for the number of songs from the total number of measures FM of the file. The music selection process is repeated until the number of remaining bars becomes less than the maximum allowable music bar number MPM to select music.

  Note that, after the performance time has passed 15 minutes from the start of the performance, the control unit 11 selects the storage target word voice instead of the music as art music.

  When the selection of the music is completed, the control unit 11 sets an inter-music part having as many bars as possible from 12 kinds of inter-music parts from the 12th bar to the 144th bar between the musics located at the center. Step S107). Specifically, the control unit 11 determines the smallest measure between the songs except for the song located at the center, based on the maximum allowable song number MPM and the number of measures of the prelude, the follower, and the selected song. When a 12-measure inter-music part is set, the inter-music part having the largest number of measures that can be set between the music located at the center is set. Here, when the number of songs of the selected music is an even number, the number of songs of the selected music is an even number when the number of songs of the selected music is an even number. In some cases, for example, the number of songs is located after (number of songs + 1) / 2.

  Next, the control unit 11 sets the inter-music part between all of the remaining music except for the inter-song music (step S108). Specifically, the control unit 11 determines that the total number of bars in each inter-song portion is as large as possible, and that the total number of bars in the prelude, the subsequent performance, the selected music piece, and each inter-song portion is the total number of measures in the file. Each inter-music part is set from 12 kinds of inter-music parts from 12 bars to 144 bars so as to approach the number FM as much as possible. The control part 11 will complete | finish a use music determination process, after complete | finishing this process.

[1.3.4 Jogging song data creation process]
Next, the music data creation process for jogging will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 20 is a flowchart illustrating a processing example in the jogging music data creation process of the control unit 11 of the music distribution server 1 according to the present embodiment.

  When the jogging song data creation process is started, as shown in FIG. 20, the control unit 11 converts the song body data of the song set in the performance list or the storage target word voice data of the storage target word group into the part WAV. In addition to obtaining from the data database, the piece connection data of the prelude, the follower, and the piece set in the performance list is obtained from the part WAV data database (step S301). At this time, the connection data between the pieces of music is acquired in accordance with the rhythm pattern of the music main body data or storage target speech data connected before that and the rhythm pattern of the music main body data connected thereafter.

  Next, the control unit 11 connects the acquired music main body data or storage target word sound data and the inter-music connection data in the order set in the performance list, and creates the WAV data of the jogging main part ( Step S302). At this time, the control unit 11 connects the first one measure of each music piece or the speech to be stored and the last one measure of the previous inter-music portion in an overlapping manner.

  Next, the control unit 11 converts the WAV data of the main part of jogging while adjusting the tempo in units of measures so that the tempo smoothly changes from the initial tempo to the final tempo of the file (step S303). As a result, when initial tempo = final tempo, all measures become the same tempo, and when initial tempo <final tempo, the tempo slightly increases for each measure.

  Next, the control unit 11 synthesizes the voice data of the guidance voice with the inter-music connection data of the inter-music part set between the music at the corresponding positions (step S304).

  Next, the control unit 11 uses the encoder unit 14 to convert the format of the jogging main part to the MP3 format, thereby creating a file of music data for i-th jogging, and stores the file in the storage unit 12. (Step S305).

  Next, the control unit 11 sets the file name of the i-th song data for jogging (step S306). Specifically, the control unit 11 sets a file name including the course number and today's date and including i + 1 as the serial number.

  In this way, the control unit 11 stores the jogging music data so that it can be downloaded by the user PC 2. That is, the control unit 11 performs jogging so that the jogging music data corresponding to the URL transmitted from the user PC 2 based on the user's selection from the download WEB page can be acquired from the storage unit 12 and transmitted. The musical composition data is stored by setting the path and file name indicating the storage position.

  When this process is finished, the controller 11 ends the jogging music data creation process.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the control unit 11 uses the English word group WAV data 302, the Japanese translation group WAV data 303, and the drum base WAV data 304 to store a plurality of different storage target words. The voicing sound is pronounced multiple times, the rhythm sound is pronounced, and the English accent and the Japanese translation are alternately pronounced according to the beat timing. The stored word speech data is created. Here, the control unit 11 beats the pronunciation timing of the accent of the English word so that the time interval from the end of the pronunciation of the Japanese translation to the start of pronunciation of the next English word to be pronounced is equal to or longer than the minimum interval time A. The word-to-speech data to be stored is generated in which the accent of the English word whose time interval is less than the minimum interval time A when it is synchronized with the timing of Then, the control unit 11 registers the created storage target speech data in the part WAV data database, and transmits jogging music data including the registered storage target speech data to the user PC 2.

  Therefore, in principle, the pronunciation timing of accents of English words is matched to the timing of beats, but the time interval from the end of pronunciation of a Japanese translation to the start of pronunciation of an English word that is pronounced next to the Japanese translation is the minimum. With respect to the English word corresponding to the interval time A, the storage target word voice data whose time interval between the Japanese translation and the English word is equal to or greater than the minimum interval time A is obtained because the accent pronunciation timing is shifted from the beat timing. Created. Therefore, the created storage target word / speech data is reproduced by the portable music player 3 so that the English word and the Japanese translation can be reproduced at an interval at which it is easy to distinguish the English word from the Japanese translation. Thus, the user can surely memorize English words and their Japanese translations.

  Moreover, the pronunciation timing of the accent of the English word is shifted from the beat to the last, for example, shifted from the timing of the first beat to the timing of the second beat (the pronunciation timing of the accent of the English word is eventually adjusted to the timing of the beat) However, since the number of words reproduced per unit time can be prevented from decreasing, the English word and its Japanese translation can be efficiently stored by the user.

  In addition, the storage target word voice data is generated in which the pronunciation start timing of the English word whose time interval between the Japanese translation and the English word is the minimum interval time A or more is matched with the beat timing.

  Therefore, the utterance sound of the English word is reproduced with good rhythm, and the English word and its Japanese translation can be more easily memorized.

  In addition, the first and second beats in one measure of the rhythm sound are assigned to English words, and the third and fourth beats in the one measure are assigned to the Japanese translation, An English word whose time interval between the Japanese translation and the English word is the minimum interval time A or more has a first accent and a second accent, and the first accent is a word pronounced after the second accent. In some cases, the storage target word sound data is generated in which the pronunciation start timing of the English word is set to the first beat and the pronunciation timing of the first accent is set to the second beat.

Therefore, the utterance sound of the English word having the first accent and the second accent is reproduced with a good rhythm, and the English word and its Japanese translation can be more easily stored.
[2. Second Embodiment]
In the first embodiment described above, the storage target word speech data is created using the English word group WAV data 302 and the Japanese translation group WAV data 303 whose pronunciation timing is adjusted in advance. On the other hand, in the second embodiment described below, the pronunciation timing is adjusted using the voice data of the English word designated by the user and the voice data of the Japanese translation corresponding to the designated English word. Memory target speech data is created.

  In the present embodiment, the configuration of the communication system S and the hardware configuration of the music distribution server 1 are the same as in the case of the first embodiment, and thus detailed description thereof is omitted.

  In the present embodiment, the control unit 11 in the present embodiment is an example of a generation unit, a transmission unit, a determination unit, a first word designation information reception unit, a first word voice information acquisition unit, and a second word voice information acquisition unit. Configure. Moreover, the memory | storage part 12 comprises an example of a memory | storage means and a 1st word information storage means.

[2.1 Dictionary database configuration]
Next, the configuration of the dictionary database according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 21 is a diagram illustrating an example of the content of information registered in the dictionary database. In the present embodiment, a dictionary database is constructed in the storage unit 12 in addition to the parts WAV data database.

  As shown in FIG. 21, information about each English word is registered in the dictionary database. Specifically, in the dictionary database, for each English word, the spelling of the English word (an example of the first word information), the English word WAV data 305 (an example of the first word voice information), the accent position information (an example of accent information) ), Japanese translation, Japanese translation WAV data 306 (an example of second word speech information), and Japanese translation pronunciation time are registered in association with each other. Here, the English word WAV data 305 and the Japanese translation WAV data 306 are examples of pair word information of the present invention.

  The spelling of English words is English spelling character data, and has, for example, a role as identification information for specifying English words designated by the user.

  The English word WAV data 305 is WAV data in which the utterance sound from the start of utterance of the corresponding English word to the end thereof is recorded. The tempo of utterance of English words in the English word WAV data 305 is adjusted to 140 BPM. As English word WAV data 305, two types of WAV data, pronunciation pattern 1 and pronunciation pattern 2, are registered in the dictionary database. The English pattern WAV data 305 of the pronunciation pattern 1 is the WAV data of the uttered sound when the pronunciation timing of the accent of the English word is matched with the timing of the first beat. Further, the English word WAV data 305 of the pronunciation pattern 2 is the WAV data of the utterance sound when the pronunciation start timing of the English word is matched with the timing of the first beat. Depending on the timing of pronunciation, the pronunciation method that matches the rhythm sound may change. Therefore, two types of English word WAV data 305 are prepared.

  For English words that have a plurality of accents and the first accent is pronounced after the second accent, the pronunciation is started at the timing of the beat, and the first at the timing of the next beat of the beat. The English word WAV data 305 of the pronunciation pattern 2 is adjusted so that the accent is pronounced. Accordingly, by using the English word WAV data 305 of the pronunciation pattern 2 to match the pronunciation start timing of the English word with the first beat, the pronunciation timing of the first accent of the English word is automatically adjusted to the second beat. It will be. Note that, for an English word with an accent at the beginning, such as “book”, the pronunciation timing is not shifted, so that only the pronunciation pattern 1 is sufficient as the pronunciation pattern. Therefore, for such English words, the English word WAV data 305 of the pronunciation pattern 1 may be registered, and the English word WAV data 305 of the pronunciation pattern 2 may not be registered.

  The accent position information is the pronunciation time from the start of pronunciation to the accent in the pronunciation pattern 1 of the corresponding English word. That is, the accent position information is the time required to reproduce the English word WAV data 305 of the corresponding pronunciation pattern 1 from the beginning to the accent reproduction position.

  The Japanese translation is character data of the Japanese translation of the corresponding English word.

  The Japanese translation WAV data 306 is WAV data in which the utterance sound from the start of the corresponding Japanese translation to the end thereof is recorded. The tempo of the Japanese translation in the Japanese translation WAV data 306 is adjusted to 140 BPM.

  The Japanese translation pronunciation time is the time required for pronunciation of the corresponding Japanese translation. That is, the Japanese translation pronunciation time is the time required to reproduce the Japanese translation WAV data 306 from the beginning to the end.

[2.2 Method of creating speech data to be stored]
Next, a method of creating the storage target word speech data in the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 22 is a diagram illustrating an example of creating the storage target word speech data. In this embodiment, the storage target word audio data is created using the storage target word drum base WAV data 304, the English word WAV data 305, and the Japanese translation WAV data 306. Therefore, in this embodiment, the English word group WAV data 302 and the Japanese translation group WAV data 303 are not necessary.

  The user designates a plurality of English words (for example, 25 words) to be memorized. Information indicating the designated English word is transmitted from the user PC 2 to the music distribution server 1 as designated word information (an example of first word designation information).

  As shown in FIG. 22, the designated English word is searched from the dictionary database based on the designated word information. Corresponding to each searched English word, English word WAV data 305 and Japanese translation WAV data 306 of pronunciation patterns 1 and 2 are registered in the dictionary database.

  The control unit 11 mixes and synthesizes the English word WAV data 305 of the searched English word and the corresponding Japanese translation WAV data 306 with the drum base WAV data 304 for the storage target word to create storage target word voice data. . Here, each English word and the Japanese translation are mixed and synthesized so that the utterances of the English word and the Japanese translation are pronounced in four measures in the order in which the English words are designated. For example, when the first designated English word is “entertainment”, the pronunciation timing is adjusted so that “entertainment goraku” is repeatedly pronounced from the first bar to the fourth bar of the rhythm sound. When the second designated English word is “reserve”, the pronunciation timing is adjusted so that “reserve yoyakusuru” is repeatedly pronounced four times from the fifth bar to the eighth bar of the rhythm sound.

  For each Japanese translation, the pronunciation timing is adjusted so that the pronunciation starts at the timing of the third beat.

  On the other hand, for each English word, it is determined whether the accent is pronounced at the timing of the first beat or the pronunciation is started at the timing of the first beat. Here, the determination is performed based on the accent position information corresponding to the searched English word and the Japanese translation pronunciation time. The time interval between the Japanese translation and the English word can be obtained by the following formula.

Time interval = 60/140 x 2-Japanese translation pronunciation time-Pronunciation time indicated by accent position information For English words whose calculated time interval is greater than or equal to the minimum interval time A, an accent is pronounced at the timing of the first beat The pronunciation timing is adjusted so that In this case, the storage target word speech data is created using the English word WAV data 305 of the pronunciation pattern 1.

  On the other hand, for English words whose calculated time interval is less than the minimum interval time A, the pronunciation timing is adjusted so that pronunciation is started at the timing of the first beat. In this case, the storage target word voice data is created using the English word WAV data 305 of the pronunciation pattern 2.

  By the method as described above, it is possible to create the storage target word speech data having the same configuration as the storage target word speech data in the first embodiment.

  Then, the created storage target word speech data is registered in the parts WAV data database. In this case, the storage target word voice data is registered in association with the user ID of the user who specified the English word.

  As in the case described in the above section 1.2.2.2, in addition to determining whether to shift the pronunciation timing of the English word based on the time interval between the Japanese translation and the English word, The determination can be made based on the pronunciation time of English words, the number of characters, and the like.

  For example, it may be determined whether or not to shift the pronunciation timing based on the comparison result between the pronunciation time indicated by the accent position information of the English word and the allowable pronunciation time B. In this case, Japanese translation pronunciation time is not required.

  Further, for example, it may be determined whether or not to shift the sound generation timing based on the comparison result between the number of characters preceding the accented character and the allowable number of characters C. In this case, the number of characters preceding the accented character is registered in the dictionary database as accent position information. In this case, Japanese translation pronunciation time is not required.

  The minimum interval time A, the allowable pronunciation time B, or the allowable character number C used for the determination is stored in the storage unit 12 in advance.

[2.3 Music distribution server operation]
Next, the operation of the music distribution server 1 will be described. Note that the processing contents of the main processing and jogging music data creation processing are the same as those in the first embodiment, and a description thereof will be omitted.

[2.3.1 Storage target word voice data creation process]
The storage target word speech data creation process will be described for each embodiment with reference to FIGS. 23 and 24. FIG.

  Example 1 is an example in the case where it is determined whether or not to shift the pronunciation timing of an English word based on the time interval between the Japanese translation and the English word.

  FIG. 23 is a flowchart illustrating a processing example in the storage target word speech data creation processing of the control unit 11 of the music distribution server 1 according to Example 1 of the present embodiment.

  First, when the user PC 2 accesses the music distribution server 1 by a user operation, as shown in FIG. 23, the control unit 11 of the music distribution server 1 executes a login process (step S451). Specifically, the control unit 11 receives a user ID, a password, and the like from the user PC 2 and performs an authentication process to specify a user.

  Subsequently, the control part 11 as a 1st word designation | designated information receiving means receives designation | designated word information from user PC2 (step S452). Specifically, the control unit 11 transmits a WEB page for selecting English words to the user PC 2, and the user PC 2 displays the received WEB page on the screen. When the user designates a plurality of English words from the list of English words displayed on the WEB page, the user PC 2 transmits designated word information including character data of the designated English words to the music distribution server 1. And the control part 11 receives designation | designated word information.

  Next, the control unit 11 as the first word speech information acquisition unit acquires the English word WAV data 305 of the pronunciation pattern 1 corresponding to the English word designated by the user from the dictionary database (step S453). Specifically, the control unit 11 searches the dictionary database for each English word included in the received designated word information, and acquires English word WAV data 305 of the pronunciation pattern 1 corresponding to each searched English word. . Then, the control unit 11 stores the acquired English word WAV data 305 in the RAM in association with the English word designated by the user.

  Next, the control unit 11 as the second word voice information acquisition unit acquires the Japanese translation WAV data 306 corresponding to the English word designated by the user from the dictionary database (step S454). Specifically, the control unit 11 acquires Japanese translation WAV data 306 corresponding to each searched English word. Then, the control unit 11 stores the acquired Japanese translation WAV data 306 in the RAM in association with the English word designated by the user.

  Next, the control unit 11 acquires the accent position information and the Japanese translation pronunciation time corresponding to the English word designated by the user from the dictionary database (step S455). Specifically, the control unit 11 acquires accent position information and Japanese translation pronunciation time corresponding to each searched English word. Then, the control unit 11 stores the acquired accent position information and Japanese translation pronunciation time in the RAM in association with the English word designated by the user.

  Next, the control unit 11 acquires the drum base WAV data 304 for the storage target word from the part WAV data database and stores it in the RAM (step S456). Next, the control unit 11 sets 1 in the specified order i (step S457).

  Next, the control unit 11 sets the pronunciation timing of the i-th designated English word (step S458). Specifically, the control unit 11 sets the pronunciation timing of the accent of the English word to the timing of the first beat.

  Next, the control unit 11 determines whether or not the designation order i is 1 (step S459). At this time, when the designation order i is 1 (step S459: YES), the control unit 11 proceeds to step S462.

  On the other hand, when the specified order i is not 1 (step S459: NO), the control unit 11 calculates a time interval from the end of pronunciation of the i-1th Japanese translation to the start of pronunciation of the i-th English word. (Step S460). This time interval can be obtained based on the Japanese translation pronunciation time corresponding to the i-1st designated English word and the accent position information corresponding to the i-th designated English word.

  Next, the control unit 11 as a determination unit determines whether or not the calculated time interval is equal to or greater than the minimum interval time A (step S461). At this time, when the calculated time interval is equal to or greater than the minimum interval time A (step S461: YES), the control unit 11 proceeds to step S462, and when the calculated time interval is less than the minimum interval time A. (Step S461: NO), the process proceeds to step S464.

  When the designation order i is 1 in step S459 (step S459: YES), or when the time interval is less than the minimum interval time A in step S461 (step S461: NO), the control unit 11 is i th The time interval from the end of pronunciation of the Japanese translation to the start of pronunciation of the i-th English word is calculated (step S462). This time interval can be obtained based on the Japanese translation pronunciation time and accent position information corresponding to the i-th designated English word.

  Next, the control unit 11 as a determination unit determines whether or not the calculated time interval is equal to or greater than the minimum interval time A (step S463). At this time, when the calculated time interval is equal to or greater than the minimum interval time A (step S463: YES), the control unit 11 proceeds to step S466, and when the calculated time interval is less than the minimum interval time A. (Step S463: NO), the process proceeds to step S464.

  When the time interval is less than the minimum interval time A in step S461 or S463 (step S461: NO or step S463: NO), the control unit 11 sets the pronunciation timing of the i-th designated English word. Make a change. (Step S464). Specifically, the control unit 11 sets the English pronunciation start timing to the first beat timing (step S464).

  Next, the control unit 11 as the first word speech information acquisition unit acquires the English word WAV data 305 of the pronunciation pattern 2 corresponding to the i-th English word from the dictionary database (step S465). The control unit 11 stores the acquired English word WAV data 305 in the RAM in association with the i-th English word. At this time, the control unit 11 deletes, from the RAM, the English word WAV data 305 of the pronunciation pattern 1 acquired corresponding to the i-th English word in step S453.

  When the time interval is not less than the minimum interval time A in step S463 (step S463: YES), or when the process of step S465 is completed, the control unit 11 adds 1 to the specified order i (step S466). ).

  Next, the control unit 11 determines whether or not the designation order i is larger than the number of words designated by the user (step S467). The number of words designated by the user corresponds to the total number of words included in the designated word information. Here, when the designation order i is equal to or less than the number of words designated by the user (step S467: NO), the control unit 11 proceeds to step S458.

  On the other hand, when the designation order i is larger than the number of words designated by the user (step S467: YES), the control unit 11 as the generation unit creates storage target word speech data (step S468). Specifically, the control unit 11 stores the drum base WAV data 304 for the storage target word stored in the RAM, the English word WAV data 305 stored in the RAM corresponding to each English word specified by the user, and The Japanese translation WAV data 306 is mixed to create storage target speech data. At this time, the control unit 11 adjusts the pronunciation timing of each English word so that each English word designated by the user is pronounced at the set timing. Further, the control unit 11 adjusts the pronunciation timing of each Japanese translation so that the pronunciation of the Japanese translation corresponding to each English word designated by the user is started at the timing of the third beat.

  Next, the control unit 11 registers the created storage target speech data in the parts WAV data database in association with the user ID received in the login process (step S469). When this process is completed, the control unit 11 ends the storage target word speech data creation process.

  Example 2 is an example in the case where it is determined whether or not to shift the pronunciation timing of an English word based on the pronunciation time from the start of pronunciation of the English word to the accent.

  FIG. 24 is a flowchart illustrating a process example of the storage target word voice data creation process of the control unit 11 of the music distribution server 1 according to the second example of the present embodiment. In FIG. 24, the same reference numerals are given to the same elements as those in FIG.

  First, similarly to the first embodiment, the control unit 11 performs login processing, reception of designated word information, and acquisition of English word WAV data 305 and Japanese translation WAV data 306 of pronunciation pattern 1 (steps S451 to S454).

  Next, the control unit 11 acquires accent position information corresponding to the English word designated by the user from the dictionary database (step S481).

  Next, as in the first embodiment, the control unit 11 obtains the drum base WAV data 304 for the storage target word, sets the designation order i, and sets the pronunciation timing of the i-th designated English word (step) S456 to S458).

  Next, the control unit 11 as determination means determines whether or not the pronunciation time from the start of pronunciation of the i-th English word to the accent is equal to or longer than the allowable pronunciation time B (step S482). The pronunciation time from the start of pronunciation of the i-th English word to the accent is the pronunciation time indicated by the accent position information corresponding to the i-th English word. At this time, if the pronunciation time from the start of pronunciation of the i-th English word to the accent is equal to or longer than the allowable pronunciation time B (step S482: YES), the control unit 11 performs the i-th English word as in the first embodiment. The setting of the pronunciation timing of English words is changed, and the English word WAV data 305 of the pronunciation pattern 2 corresponding to the i-th English word is acquired (steps S464 and S465).

  When the pronunciation time from the start of pronunciation of the i-th English word to the accent is less than the allowable pronunciation time B (step S482: NO) or when the process of step S465 is completed, the control unit 11 Similarly to 1, the addition process in the designated order i and the determination in the designated order i are performed (steps S466 and S467).

  When the designation order i is equal to or less than the number of words designated by the user (step S467: NO), the control unit 11 proceeds to step S458, where the designation order i is the number of words designated by the user. If it is larger (step S467: YES), the storage target word speech data is created and registered (steps S468 and S469) as in the first embodiment, and the storage target word speech data creation processing is terminated.

  As a modification of the second embodiment, it is possible to perform processing so as to determine whether or not to shift the pronunciation timing of the English word based on the number of characters preceding the accented character of the English word. Specifically, as the accent position information, the number of characters preceding the accented character is registered in the dictionary database. In step S482, the control unit 11 determines whether the number of characters preceding the accented character of the i-th English word is equal to or greater than the allowable number of characters C, and is equal to or greater than the allowable number of characters C. In this case, the process proceeds to step S464, and if it is less than the allowable number of characters C, the process may proceed to step S466.

  Further, as a further modification of the second embodiment, processing may be performed using flag information indicating whether or not to shift the pronunciation timing of English words instead of the accent position information. Specifically, when the pronunciation time from the start of pronunciation of the English word to the accent is less than the allowable pronunciation time B, the value of the flag information is set to 0, for example. For example, the value is 1. Alternatively, when the number of characters preceding the accented character of the English word is less than the allowable number of characters C, the value of the flag information is set to 0, for example, and when the number of allowable characters is equal to or greater than C, the value of the flag information Is 1 for example. Then, flag information with a value of 0 or 1 is registered in the dictionary database in association with each English word. In step S482, the control unit 11 determines the value of the flag information of the i-th English word. If the value of the flag information is 1, the process proceeds to step S464, and the value of the flag information is 0. May be processed so as to proceed to step S466.

  In the case of the second embodiment, whether or not to shift the timing of pronunciation of English words is known in advance from the position of the accent. Therefore, for English words that do not shift the timing of pronunciation, only the English word WAV data 305 of the pronunciation pattern 1 is used. Are registered in the dictionary database, and only the English word WAV data 305 of the pronunciation pattern 2 may be registered in the dictionary database for English words whose timing of pronunciation is shifted.

  Further, the first embodiment and the second embodiment may be combined. That is, the control unit 11 determines whether or not to shift the pronunciation timing of the English word based on the position of the accent, and for the English word determined not to shift the pronunciation timing, the Japanese translation and English It may be determined whether or not to shift the pronunciation timing based on the time interval with the word.

  Further, the English word WAV data 305 and the Japanese translation WAV data 306 are not acquired from the dictionary database, but in the storage target word sound data generation process, the English word WAV data 305 and the English word WAV data 305 corresponding to the English word designated by the user Japanese translation WAV data 306 may be generated, and the generated WAV data may be acquired. In this case, for example, phonetic symbol information of English words, information indicating an access position in the phonetic symbol, and the like are registered in the dictionary database. And the control part 11 produces | generates the English word WAV data 305 of the designated English word by speech synthesis based on the phonetic symbol and the information indicating the access position. Similarly, the control unit 11 generates the Japanese translation WAV data 306 by speech synthesis based on the Japanese translation character data.

  Also, when using the accent position information as the pronunciation time from the start of pronunciation of the English word to the accent, it is not acquired from the dictionary database, but in the storage target word speech data creation process, the English word specified by the user It may be generated correspondingly. In this case, for example, the control unit 11 performs voice analysis processing on the English word WAV data 305 of the designated English word. Then, the control unit 11 specifies the accent position based on the sound pressure level of the uttered sound.

  In addition, the control unit 11 first creates storage target word voice data in which the accent pronunciation timings of all English words are matched with the timing of the first beat before determining whether or not to shift the pronunciation timings of English words. Then, after the determination is made, the storage target word voice data may be modified to shift the pronunciation timing of the English words. In this case, the control unit 11 may obtain a time interval from the end of the pronunciation of the Japanese translation to the start of the pronunciation of the next English word by performing a voice analysis on the initially created storage target word speech data. good.

[2.3.2 Used music determination process]
Next, the music used determination process will be described. The processing content of the used song determination process is basically the same as in the case of the first embodiment (FIG. 19). Therefore, only different parts from the case of the first embodiment will be described.

  In step S106 shown in FIG. 19, the control unit 11 selects a plurality of music pieces constituting the jogging main part. Here, when the control unit 11 causes the user to select the storage target speech that constitutes the music for jogging, the control unit 11 selects the storage target speech generated by designation of English words by the user. Specifically, the control unit 11 lists the storage target word / speech data corresponding to the user ID received in the login process in step S1 shown in FIG. 18 among the storage target word / speech data registered in the parts WAV data database. Is transmitted to the user PC 2. Then, the user operates the user PC 2 to select desired storage target speech data from the presented storage target speech data.

  Thereafter, jogging music data including the storage target speech data selected by the user is created, and the created jogging music data is transmitted to the user PC 2.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the control unit 11 uses a plurality of storage target words different from each other based on the English word WAV data 305, the Japanese translation WAV data 306, and the drum base WAV data 304. The utterance sound is pronounced, the rhythm sound is pronounced, the accent pronunciation timing of the English word is synchronized with the beat timing, and the pronunciation start timing of the Japanese translation is synchronized with the beat timing To-be-stored word speech data configured to alternately pronounce Japanese and Japanese translations. Here, the control unit 11 determines whether or not the time interval from the end of the pronunciation of the Japanese translation to the start of pronunciation of the next English word is less than the minimum interval time A, and the time interval is the minimum. The word-to-speech data to be stored is created by shifting the pronunciation timing of accents of English words that are less than the interval time A from the timing of beats. Then, the control unit 11 registers the created storage target speech data in the part WAV data database, and transmits jogging music data including the registered storage target speech data to the user PC 2.

  Therefore, in principle, the pronunciation timing of accents of English words is matched to the timing of beats, but the time interval from the end of pronunciation of a Japanese translation to the start of pronunciation of an English word that is pronounced next to the Japanese translation is the minimum. With respect to the English word corresponding to the interval time A, the storage target word voice data whose time interval between the Japanese translation and the English word is equal to or greater than the minimum interval time A is obtained because the accent pronunciation timing is shifted from the beat timing. Created. Therefore, the created storage target word / speech data is reproduced by the portable music player 3 so that the English word and the Japanese translation can be reproduced at an interval at which it is easy to distinguish the English word from the Japanese translation. Thus, the user can surely memorize English words and their Japanese translations.

  Moreover, the pronunciation timing of the accent of the English word is shifted from the beat to the last, for example, shifted from the timing of the first beat to the timing of the second beat (the pronunciation timing of the accent of the English word is eventually adjusted to the timing of the beat) However, since the number of words reproduced per unit time can be prevented from decreasing, the English word and its Japanese translation can be efficiently stored by the user.

  Further, it is possible to reliably prevent the time interval between the Japanese translation and the English word from being less than the minimum interval time A.

  Further, since the English word WAV data 305 and the Japanese translation WAV data 306 exist separately, it is possible to easily create the storage target word voice data in which the pronunciation timing of English words is shifted.

  Further, the control unit 11 determines whether or not the pronunciation time from the pronunciation start timing of the English word to the accent pronunciation timing is equal to or greater than the allowable pronunciation time B, and the English word whose pronunciation time is equal to or greater than the allowable pronunciation time B The speech sound data to be stored may be created by shifting the accent sounding timing from the beat timing.

  Further, the control unit 11 determines whether or not the number of characters preceding the accented character in the English word is equal to or greater than the allowable number of characters C, and the number of the character is equal to or greater than the allowable number of characters C. The speech sound data to be stored may be created by shifting the accent pronunciation timing from the beat timing.

  In these cases, since the determination condition does not include matters relating to the Japanese translation, it is possible to determine whether or not to shift the pronunciation timing of the English words without using information relating to the Japanese translation.

  In addition, the control unit 11 creates the storage target word voice data by matching the pronunciation start timing of the English word whose time interval between the Japanese translation and the English word is equal to or longer than the minimum interval time A to the timing of the beat.

  Therefore, the utterance sound of the English word is reproduced with good rhythm, and the English word and its Japanese translation can be more easily memorized.

  In addition, the first and second beats in one measure of the rhythm sound are assigned to English words, and the third and fourth beats in the one measure are assigned to the Japanese translation, An English word whose time interval between the Japanese translation and the English word is the minimum interval time A or more has a first accent and a second accent, and the first accent is a word pronounced after the second accent. In some cases, the control unit 11 uses the English word WAV data 305 of the pronunciation pattern 2 to adjust the pronunciation start timing of the English word to the first beat, thereby matching the pronunciation timing of the first accent to the second beat. Creates speech data to be stored.

  Therefore, the utterance sound of the English word having the first accent and the second accent is reproduced with a good rhythm, and the English word and its Japanese translation can be more easily stored.

  Further, the control unit 11 receives the designated word information from the user PC 2 and, based on the designated word information, converts the English word WAV data 305 and the Japanese translation WAV data 306 corresponding to the English word designated by the user into the parts WAV data. Determine whether or not to shift the pronunciation timing of the English word based on at least the accent position information corresponding to the English word specified by the user obtained from the database, and the English word specified by the user and its Japanese translation To-be-stored word voice data for generating the utterance sound is generated.

  Therefore, the user can memorize and learn the English word that the user wants to memorize by designating the English word.

  In each of the above embodiments, when the pronunciation timing of the accent of the English word is shifted from the beat, the pronunciation start timing of the English word is matched with the timing of the beat, but this is the only position where the pronunciation timing is shifted. It is not limited. For example, as long as the time from the end of pronunciation of the English word to the timing of the third beat is longer than the time for distinguishing between the English word and the Japanese translation, the position may be shifted to another position.

  In each of the above embodiments, the time signature of the speech to be stored is 4/4, but the time signature is not limited to this.

  Moreover, in each said embodiment, although the English word and the Japanese translation were each allocated to 2 beats in 1 bar, it may be allocated only to 1 beat and may be allocated 3 beats or more. Also, the number of beats assigned to English words and Japanese translations need not be the same.

  Further, in each of the above embodiments, the Japanese translation is pronounced in all four bars where one storage target word is pronounced, but the Japanese translation is pronounced only in a part of the bars. As described above, the storage target speech data may be created. For example, the Japanese translation is required to be pronounced only in the last of the four bars, so that the user can repeat and confirm whether or not the memory of the English word and the Japanese translation has been reliably performed. it can.

  In each of the above embodiments, the pronunciation is made in the order of the English word and the Japanese translation of the English word. However, the pronunciation is made in the order of the Japanese translation and the English word corresponding to the Japanese translation. You may be made to do.

  Moreover, in each said embodiment, although the English word was applied as a 1st word, you may apply the word of the language which has a stress accent other than English. Further, the first word is not limited to a word but may be an idiom, phrase, clause or sentence.

  In each of the above embodiments, Japanese is applied as the second word, but a language other than Japanese may be applied. Moreover, you may apply a word, a idiom, a phrase, a clause, a sentence, etc. as a 2nd word.

  In each of the above embodiments, a pair of a word and a translation of the word is applied as a pair word. However, the present invention is not limited to this as long as the word is stored as a pair.

  Further, in each of the above embodiments, the interlude song connection data and the follower song connection data are inserted into the jogging song data, but only one of them is inserted. Alternatively, neither of them may be inserted.

  In addition, the music distribution server 1 in each of the embodiments described above creates jogging music data to be listened to while jogging. For example, the music distribution server 1 is listened to during marathon, walking, etc. It may be configured to create music data for exercise, or create music data for exercise to be heard during aerobics, yoga, Pilates method, martial arts, boot camp, dance, etc. You may comprise so that it may do.

  In addition, the music distribution server 1 does not transmit the storage target word sound data to the user PC 2 in a form included in the exercise music data, but transmits only the storage target word sound data to the user PC 2. good. That is, the storage target word sound data is not limited to being reproduced for listening during exercise, but may be transmitted, for example, as being reproduced purely for memory learning.

1 Music distribution server 2 User PC
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 3 Portable music player 11 Control part 12 Memory | storage part 13 Communication part 14 Encoder part 15 System bus 101 Music main body WAV part data 102 Jogging arrangement song connection WAV part data 103 Jogging arrangement voice guidance WAV part data 104 DJ voice WAV part data 105 Music Main body MIDI data 106 Jogging arrangement drum base WAV data 201 Parts WAV data database program 202 Server system program 203 WEB site program 204 Music body WAV parts data writing program 205 Storage target word WAV parts data writing program 301 Storage target word WAV part data 302 English Word group WAV data 303 Japanese translation group WAV data 304 Storage target words The drum base WAV data 305 English words WAV data 306 Japanese translation WAV data NW network S communication system

Claims (9)

Distributing audio information for storage, which is audio information generated so that the utterance of a pair word composed of a first word having an accent and a second word corresponding to the first word is reproduced. A distribution device,
Based on the information on the rhythm sound that is generated at the timing of the time signature and the information on the pair word, a plurality of the pair words and the rhythm sound that are the same or different from each other are pronounced, and the first Generating means for generating the storage voice information configured so that the first word and the second word are alternately pronounced in accordance with the timing of the beat of the accent of the word;
Storage means for storing the generated storage audio information;
Transmitting means for transmitting the stored voice information for storage to a terminal device;
With
The generating means sets the interval so that the interval from the end of pronunciation of the second word to the start of pronunciation of the first word pronounced next to the second word is equal to or longer than a predetermined time. The distribution apparatus generates the storage voice information in which the accent of the first word that is less than the time is pronounced with a shift from the timing of the beat. The distribution apparatus according to claim 1,
The generating unit includes a determining unit that determines whether or not a condition that the interval is less than the predetermined time is satisfied,
The distribution apparatus, wherein the storage voice information is generated by shifting an accent pronunciation timing of the first word determined to satisfy the condition from a beat timing. The distribution apparatus according to claim 1,
The pronunciation time from the pronunciation start timing of the first word to the accent pronunciation timing is not less than a predetermined pronunciation time, or the number of characters preceding the accented character in the first word is predetermined. As long as the number of characters is greater than or equal to
The generating means includes determining means for determining whether or not the first word satisfies the condition.
The distribution apparatus, wherein the storage voice information is generated by shifting an accent pronunciation timing of the first word determined to satisfy the condition from a beat timing. In the distribution apparatus according to claim 2 or 3,
The distribution device is characterized in that the generation means generates the storage voice information by matching the pronunciation start timing of the first word determined to satisfy the condition with the beat timing. The distribution device according to claim 4,
A plurality of consecutive beats for each of the first word and the second word constituting the pair word are assigned in one measure;
The generating means has a first accent in which the first word determined to satisfy the condition is pronounced most strongly and a second accent that is pronounced next to the first accent. And when the first accent is a word pronounced after the second accent,
The pronunciation start timing of the first word is matched with the timing of the first beat among a plurality of beats assigned to the first word, and the pronunciation timing of the first accent is set to the first word The distribution device generates the audio information for storage in accordance with timings of beats other than the head among a plurality of beats assigned to. The distribution apparatus according to any one of claims 2 to 5,
The generating means adjusts the pronunciation timing of the second word to a predetermined timing based on the information of the rhythm sound and the second word voice information which is voice information of the utterance sound of the second word. , Based on the rhythm sound information and the first word sound information that is the sound information of the utterance sound of the first word, the pronunciation timing of the accent of the first word that does not satisfy the condition is The distribution apparatus, wherein the storage voice information is generated by shifting the pronunciation timing of the accent of the first word that satisfies the condition in accordance with the beat timing from the beat timing. The distribution device according to claim 6,
First word information storage means for storing first word information indicating the first word and accent information indicating the position of the accent of the first word in association with each other;
First word designation information receiving means for receiving, from the terminal device, first word designation information indicating the first word designated by a user;
First word voice information acquisition means for acquiring the first word voice information of the designated first word based on the received first word designation information;
Second word voice information acquisition means for acquiring the second word voice information of the second word corresponding to the designated first word based on the received first word designation information;
Further comprising
The determination means determines whether or not the first word satisfies the condition based on at least the accent information corresponding to the first word designated by the user;
The generating means is based on the rhythm sound information, the acquired first word sound information, and the acquired second word sound information, and the utterance sound of the designated first word, The distribution apparatus for generating the storage voice information for reproducing the utterance sound of the second word corresponding to the first word. Distributing audio information for storage, which is audio information generated so that the utterance of a pair word composed of a first word having an accent and a second word corresponding to the first word is reproduced. A delivery method,
Based on the information on the rhythm sound that is generated at the timing of the time signature and the information on the pair word, a plurality of the pair words and the rhythm sound that are the same or different from each other are pronounced, and the first A generating step of generating the storage voice information configured such that the first word and the second word are alternately sounded in accordance with the timing of the beat of the accent of the word;
A storage step of storing the generated storage audio information;
A transmitting step of transmitting the stored voice information for storage to a terminal device;
Have
In the generating step, the interval is set so that an interval from the end of pronunciation of the second word to the start of pronunciation of the first word pronounced next to the second word is equal to or longer than a predetermined time. The distribution method characterized by generating the storage voice information in which the accent of the first word that is less than a predetermined time is pronounced with a shift from the beat timing. The distribution method according to claim 8,
A first word designation information receiving step for receiving, from the terminal device, first word designation information indicating the first word designated by a user;
Based on the received first word designation information, a first word voice information acquisition step of acquiring the first word voice information which is voice information of the utterance sound of the designated first word;
Second word voice information that acquires second word voice information that is voice information of the utterance of the second word corresponding to the designated first word based on the received first word designation information Acquisition process;
First word information specified by the user from first word information storage means for storing first word information indicating the first word and accent information indicating an accent position of the first word in association with each other. Accent information acquisition step of acquiring the accent information corresponding to the word of
A determination step of determining whether or not to shift the pronunciation timing of the accent of the first word designated by the user based on at least the acquired accent information;
Further comprising
In the generation step, the utterance sound of the designated first word based on the rhythm sound information, the acquired first word sound information, and the acquired second word sound information And the storage voice information for reproducing the utterance of the second word corresponding to the first word, and
The pronunciation timing of the second word is matched with a predetermined timing, and the accent pronunciation timing of the first word, which is determined not to shift the accent pronunciation timing, is matched with the beat timing, and the accent pronunciation timing is shifted. And generating the storage voice information by shifting the accent timing of the first word determined to be different from the beat timing.

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