JP2009103729A - Words editing device and words editing program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily display the input position of words corresponding to a musical note on a screen. <P>SOLUTION: According to the movement of a mouse cursor, a display mode of the position where words are input or the vicinity position of the words input position is changed. Thus, the mouse cursor is moved while a change in display mode is watched, whereby the words are input to an intended position with a small moving distance and the words of an intended position can be edited without minute operation, so that the operability in inputting or editing the words can be improved to improve the work efficiency of editing a plurality of words added to a musical score. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a lyric editing apparatus and a lyric editing program, and in particular, when editing lyrics added corresponding to musical score notes displayed on a screen, a target lyric input position is easily displayed on the screen. The present invention relates to a technique suitable for use.

  Conventionally, a score creation program (score creation software) is executed on a lyrics editing device to create a score. That is, it is known that a personal computer functions as a lyrics editing device. For example, various music symbols and staff notation are stored in a personal computer, and these music symbols and staff are displayed on the screen to create a score.

  In the conventional lyrics editing apparatus, the following processing procedure is performed to add lyrics. First, a lyric input button displayed on the screen is clicked with a mouse to display a frame indicating the lyric input position along the staff. Next, the position corresponding to the note to which the lyrics are to be added (the first note in the new creation) in this frame is clicked with the mouse to display the input caret (character input pointer).

  Then, the lyrics are input at the position indicated by the displayed caret. Since the lyrics correspond to the notes, the caret is displayed at a position corresponding to the notes. When one character of the lyrics is input, the caret is moved to the next note and the next character is input. In this way, the character is input for each note and the lyrics are completed. It is also possible to automate the movement of the caret for each note.

  In the conventional program for inputting lyrics, the lyrics are assigned to the notes at positions along the staff. Therefore, in a musical score of a musical composition with a wide range, a note or idea symbol on the bass side may be overhanging at the input position of the lyrics (see FIG. 6A). In such a case, if the lyrics are shifted slightly, there is no interference between the notes and the lyrics.

  Conventionally, however, the lyrics are moved in units of lines, so if the lyrics are shifted in units of lines, the interval between the notes in the middle or high range and the lyrics will increase. It may be difficult to understand the correspondence between words and lyrics (see FIG. 6B).

  In order to solve such problems, Patent Literature 1 proposes a musical score editing device in which an annotation can be easily input at an easily viewable position relative to an electronic musical score. When an annotation button set on the screen is clicked with the mouse, an annotation palette appears, and a line, figure, or text is selected to draw the annotation.

JP 2007-108292 A

  By using the technique described in Patent Document 1, a search keyword is input to a symbol according to a specific convention, for example, a note or a top note having a common pitch, and a note is selected and annotated all at once. Can be added. When inputting annotation text, it is possible to display a text box simply by double-clicking the annotation portion, and to immediately input the annotation with text in the text box.

  However, in the case of the lyrics editing apparatus described in Patent Document 1, the operator must determine the appropriate position by associating the input position with the note, so that the lyrics can be input to the target position, or A lot of work had to be done to re-edit the lyrics at the target position.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to make it possible to easily display the input position of lyrics corresponding to a note on the screen.

  The lyric editing apparatus of the present invention is a lyric editing apparatus that edits lyrics added to notes on a score displayed on a screen, and a region that displays lyrics over a plurality of notes displayed on the screen. Based on the position of the mouse cursor detected by the cursor position detecting means, the display area setting means for setting the memory position, the cursor position detecting means for detecting the position of the mouse cursor existing in the area for displaying the lyrics Display state control means for changing the display state of the screen, click detection means for detecting a click of the mouse cursor in a state where the display state is changed by the display state control means, and the mouse cursor by the click detection means And a mode control means for setting the screen to an edit mode state when a click is detected. To.

  The lyric editing program of the present invention is a lyric editing program that causes a computer to execute a process of editing lyrics added to notes on a score displayed on a screen, and that covers a plurality of notes displayed on the screen. A display area setting step for setting an area for displaying lyrics in a memory, a cursor position detecting step for detecting a position of a mouse cursor existing in the area for displaying lyrics, and a mouse cursor detected in the cursor position detecting step A display state control step of changing the display state of the screen based on the position of the screen, a click detection step of detecting a click of the mouse cursor in a state where the display state is changed in the display state control step, and the click When a click of the mouse cursor is detected in the detection step, the screen is put into an edit mode state. Characterized in that to execute a constant to the mode control process computer.

  According to the present invention, since the display mode of the position for inputting lyrics or the position near the lyrics input position is changed, by moving the mouse cursor while watching the change of the display mode, without performing fine operations, Lyrics can be input to the target position with a short moving distance, and the lyrics at the target position can be edited. Thereby, the operability when inputting or editing lyrics can be improved, and the work efficiency of editing a plurality of lyrics added to a note can be greatly improved.

(First embodiment)
Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an example of the hardware configuration of the lyrics editing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 2, the hardware of the lyrics editing device can be realized by a general-purpose information processing device such as a personal computer.

  The lyrics editing apparatus 1 includes a CPU 2, a ROM 3, a RAM 4, a display device 5, a keyboard 6, a mouse 7, a sound source unit 8, and a communication interface 9. The display device 5, the keyboard 6, and the mouse 7 are connected to the bus 13 via the VRAM 10, the key scan circuit 11, and the mouse scan circuit 12, respectively. The mouse 7 may be a known pointing device such as a tablet, a touch screen, and a touch panel.

  The amount of movement of the mouse 7 in the X and Y directions is added to the cursor coordinate data (coordinate information) of the cursor point register on the RAM 4, and the position of the mouse cursor on the display device 5 is determined based on this coordinate data. In this way, by managing the cursor coordinate data, lyrics movement detection and movement amount calculation, which will be described later, are performed.

  On / off of the key of the keyboard 6 is detected by the key scan circuit 11, and the detection result is written in the RAM 4. A key-on event or a key-off event is recognized by comparing the on / off state of the key on the keyboard 6 with the previous state.

  The lyric editing apparatus 1 can be provided with an external storage device such as a hard disk, a CD-ROM, an MO disk, a DVD, and a memory card as required, or can be connected to a printer via a printer driver. it can.

  The CPU 2 executes various processes according to a predetermined control program, and controls the overall operation of the lyrics editing apparatus 1 of the present embodiment. The ROM 3 stores a score display program for causing the CPU 2 to execute a score creation process, various data (score creation software) including musical symbols such as a staff score and notes. The RAM 4 temporarily stores information used for processing by the CPU 2.

  The display device 5 includes an indicator such as an LCD or CRT, or an indicator lamp such as an LED. The display device displays icons, sheet music, a palette of music symbols made up of a plurality of tag sheets, keyboard figures, and the like.

  The sound source unit 8 includes software as a sound source and a DSP for providing an effect. A sound system 14 including a D / A converter, an amplifier, and a speaker is connected to the sound source unit 8.

  The communication interface 9 is an interface connected to a communication network such as a LAN, the Internet, a telephone line, or a MIDI network, and is used for various information with other information processing apparatuses such as servers and external devices 15 such as MIDI devices. Used for giving and receiving. The lyric editing apparatus 1 can also create a musical score based on performance information captured via this communication interface.

  The tone generator 8 reads performance information such as note number, tone color, step, gate time, velocity, etc. from performance information storage means provided on the RAM 4, processes the musical sound waveform based on the performance information, and outputs it to the sound system 14.

  In the lyrics editing apparatus of the present embodiment configured as described above, a display area setting means, a cursor position detection means, a display state control means, a lyrics rectangle generation means, and a lyrics ribbon creation by a computer system comprising a CPU 2, a ROM 3 and a RAM 4 Means, click detection means, mode control means, and the like.

  The display area setting means sets, in the memory, an area for displaying lyrics across a plurality of notes displayed on the screen. The lyrics displayed in the lyrics display area must be associated with the notes. Therefore, in order to determine the parent note to be associated with the lyrics, a system for entering a lyrics input mode in which lyrics can be input when clicked under the notes can be considered.

  The cursor position detecting means is provided for detecting the position of the mouse cursor existing in the area for displaying lyrics. The display state control means is for changing the display state of the screen based on the position of the mouse cursor detected by the cursor position detection means. The lyric rectangle generating means is for generating a lyric rectangle for inputting lyrics associated with each note in the lyric display area. The lyric ribbon creation means is for creating a lyric ribbon that covers lyrics connected by the same number in a plurality of lyrics displayed in the lyrics display area. The click detection means is for detecting a click of the mouse cursor in a state where the display state is changed by the display state control means. The mode control means is for setting the screen to an edit mode state when a click of the mouse cursor is detected by the click detection means.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a score creation mode screen displayed on the display device of the display device 5. At the top of the screen 24, a menu bar 25 and a tool bar 26 are provided. Only the main parts of the buttons of the menu bar 25 and the tool bar 26 are illustrated.

  A score drawing range 27 is provided on the right side of the screen 24. In the drawing screen, staffs are arranged in advance in multiple stages (in this example, 5 stages). Here, an example is shown in which clefs are displayed on the staff. However, the clef can be arbitrarily changed by the creator, and the clef can be arbitrarily set as an initial screen only for the staff. May be.

  On the left side of the screen 24, a palette 28 including music symbols and editing commands is displayed. The pallet 28 includes a plurality of tag sheets 28-1, 28-2, ..., 28-9. The top two tag sheets 28-1 and 28-2 accommodate the ones that are frequently used for the creation and editing of musical scores to facilitate the selection of symbols. On the screen 24, a cursor 29 movable with the mouse 7 is displayed.

  The buttons displayed on the toolbar 26 include a button for switching the processing mode. The note / symbol button 30 is a switch for selecting a score creation mode (screen displayed in FIG. 3) in which notes and music symbols are written on the staff. The lyrics input button 31 is a switch for selecting a lyrics input mode.

  As a system configuration for switching to the lyrics input mode, for example, as shown in the explanatory diagram of the lyrics input mode in FIG. 1B, a lyrics display rectangle 21 is formed in the vertical position of each note, and this lyrics display rectangle 21 A system may be considered in which a mouse cursor (not shown) is moved in and a lyric input mode is switched when clicked.

  However, with this configuration, when inputting lyrics, it is necessary to click the mouse cursor after aligning the horizontal position very close to the notes. For this reason, there has been a problem that the operability when editing lyrics is poor.

  In the present embodiment, when the mouse cursor 1b is clicked, a parent note close to the mouse cursor 1b is searched, and when there is no lyrics in the note, the lyrics input rectangle 1a is generated by the above-described lyrics rectangle generating means. Are generated in the vertical position corresponding to the parent note and displayed as shown in FIG. This corresponds to the state where the input caret described above is displayed. This display control is performed by the display state control means. In principle, one lyric is associated with one note, but the example shown in FIG. 1 shows an example in which a plurality of lyrics are associated with one note. Thus, when a plurality of lyrics are associated with one note, the lyrics are positioned so that the center of the lyrics is directly below the note.

Next, an example of the lyrics editing procedure by the lyrics editing apparatus of the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
When the process is started, in the first step S401, the position of the mouse cursor 1b is detected by the cursor position detecting means. When the detection of the position of the mouse cursor 1b is completed, the process proceeds to step S402, and it is determined whether or not the detected position of the mouse cursor 1b is within the already input lyrics rectangle.

  As a result of the determination, if the detected position of the mouse cursor 1b is not within the already input lyrics rectangle 1a, the process proceeds to step S403, where it is determined whether or not the position is within the lyrics ribbon described later. As a result of the determination, if it is not inside the lyrics ribbon, the process proceeds to step S404, and processing for changing the display mode of the closest chord is performed. The display mode of the nearest chord is changed by, for example, flashing the nearest chord.

  Next, it progresses to step S405 and it is judged whether the mouse cursor 1b was clicked. As a result of this determination, if “YES”, the process proceeds to step S406 to create a new lyrics ribbon.

  The lyrics ribbon is created by the lyrics ribbon creating means. The lyrics ribbon holds polygon information that represents the connection of lyrics. The polygon information is reproduced when the lyrics are input or moved. When drawing a lyric ribbon, polygon information is directly received from the lyric ribbon and drawn.

  An example of the lyrics ribbon 101 generated here is shown in FIG. In this example, the lyric ribbon 101 is drawn for the first part of the first lyrics of the nursery rhyme “open and open”. .

  In step S407, the chord whose display state has been changed in step S404 is set as the input state of lyrics with the parent. Then, it progresses to step S408 and performs a lyrics edit process.

  Next, in step S409, it is determined whether or not to end the editing process. As a result of the determination, if the editing process is not terminated, the process returns to step S401 and the above-described process is repeatedly executed. Further, if the editing process is terminated as a result of the determination in step S409, the process is an end process.

  On the other hand, as a result of the determination in step S402, if the detected position of the mouse mouse cursor 1b is within the already input lyrics rectangle 1a, the process proceeds to step S410, and the display mode of the lyrics ribbon, chords and lyrics is changed. To perform the process. Thereafter, in step S411, it is determined whether or not the mouse cursor 1b has been clicked. If the result of this determination is that the mouse cursor 1b has been clicked, the flow advances to step S412 to re-edit the lyrics. After the lyrics are re-edited, the process proceeds to the above-described step S408 and the above-described processing is performed.

  If it is determined in step S403 that the detected position of the mouse cursor 1b is inside the lyrics ribbon, the process advances to step S413 to search for the nearest chord. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S414, and it is determined whether or not the chord searched for in step S413 is related to the lyrics. As a result of this determination, if it is not related, the process proceeds to step S415, and if it is related, the process proceeds to step S410, and as described above, processing for changing the display mode of the lyrics ribbon, chords, and lyrics is performed. In step S415, the display state of the lyrics ribbon is changed.

  Next, in step S416, it is determined whether or not a click has been performed. If the result of this determination is that a click has been made, the process proceeds to step S417, where the position is adjusted so that the lyrics are input at a position where the shape does not change in the lyrics ribbon, and a new input state is set. Thus, if it is in a new input state, it will progress to step S408 mentioned above and will next perform the process according to the process sequence mentioned above.

  Since the lyrics editing apparatus according to the present embodiment is configured as described above, by moving the mouse cursor 1b while watching the change in the display mode, the lyrics are input to the target position with a small movement distance without performing fine operations. Or edit the lyrics at the desired location. Thereby, the operativity at the time of inputting or editing lyrics can be improved.

(Another embodiment according to the present invention)
Each means constituting the lyrics editing apparatus in the embodiment of the present invention described above can be realized by operating a program stored in a RAM or ROM of a computer. This program and a computer-readable recording medium recording the program are included in the present invention.

  In addition, the present invention can be implemented as a system, apparatus, method, program, storage medium, or the like, and can be applied to a system composed of a plurality of devices. Moreover, you may apply to the apparatus which consists of one apparatus.

  In the present invention, a software program (in the embodiment, a program corresponding to the flowchart shown in FIG. 4) for executing each step in the above-described lyrics editing method is directly or remotely supplied to the system or apparatus. In addition, this includes a case where the system or the computer of the apparatus is also achieved by reading and executing the supplied program code.

  Accordingly, since the functions of the present invention are implemented by computer, the program code installed in the computer also implements the present invention. In other words, the present invention includes a computer program itself for realizing the functional processing of the present invention.

  In that case, as long as it has the function of a program, it may be in the form of object code, a program executed by an interpreter, script data supplied to the OS, and the like.

  Various recording media can be used as a recording medium for supplying the program. For example, floppy (registered trademark) disk, hard disk, optical disk, magneto-optical disk, MO, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, magnetic tape, nonvolatile memory card, ROM, DVD (DVD-ROM, DVD- R).

  As another program supply method, a browser on a client computer is used to connect to an Internet home page. The computer program itself of the present invention or a compressed file including an automatic installation function can be downloaded from the homepage by downloading it to a recording medium such as a hard disk.

  It can also be realized by dividing the program code constituting the program of the present invention into a plurality of files and downloading each file from a different homepage. That is, a WWW server that allows a plurality of users to download a program file for realizing the functional processing of the present invention on a computer is also included in the present invention.

  In addition, the program of the present invention is encrypted, stored in a storage medium such as a CD-ROM, distributed to users, and key information for decryption is downloaded from a homepage via the Internet to users who have cleared predetermined conditions. Let It is also possible to execute the encrypted program by using the key information and install the program on a computer.

  In addition to the functions of the above-described embodiments being realized by the computer executing the read program, the OS running on the computer performs part or all of the actual processing. Also, the functions of the above-described embodiments can be realized.

  Further, the program read from the recording medium is written in a memory provided in a function expansion board inserted into the computer or a function expansion unit connected to the computer. Thereafter, the CPU of the function expansion board or function expansion unit performs part or all of the actual processing based on the instructions of the program, and the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized by the processing.

An example of a screen displayed in the lyrics input mode is shown, (a) is a diagram showing an example of a screen displayed in the lyrics input mode in the embodiment of the present invention, (b) is considered from the prior art, It is a figure which shows an example of the screen displayed at the time of lyrics input mode. It is a block diagram which shows an example of the hardware constitutions of the lyrics editing apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the score creation mode screen displayed on the display of a display apparatus. It is a flowchart explaining an example of the lyrics edit procedure by the lyrics editing apparatus of this embodiment. It is a figure explaining an example of the lyrics ribbon showing the connection of a lyrics. It is a figure which shows the example of a score for demonstrating the problem of a prior art.

Explanation of symbols

1 Lyric editing device 1a Lyric rectangle 1b mouse cursor 2 CPU already input
3 ROM
4 RAM
5 Display Device 6 Keyboard 7 Mouse 8 Sound Source 9 Communication Interface 10 VRAM
11 Key scan circuit 12 Mouse scan circuit 13 Bus 14 Sound system 15 External device

Claims (7)

A lyrics editing device for editing lyrics added to notes on a score displayed on a screen,
Display area setting means for setting, in a memory, an area for displaying lyrics across a plurality of notes displayed on the screen;
Cursor position detecting means for detecting the position of a mouse cursor existing in the area for displaying the lyrics;
Display state control means for changing the display state of the screen based on the position of the mouse cursor detected by the cursor position detection means;
Click detection means for detecting a click of the mouse cursor in a state where the display state is changed by the display state control means;
A lyrics editing apparatus, comprising: mode control means for setting the screen to an edit mode state when the click detection means detects a click of the mouse cursor. In the area for displaying the lyrics, there is a lyrics rectangle generating means for generating a lyrics rectangle for inputting lyrics associated with each note;
2. The lyrics editing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display state control means displays the lyrics rectangle generated by the lyrics rectangle generating means in the vicinity of the mouse cursor detected by the cursor position detecting means.   3. The lyrics editing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the cursor position detecting unit detects whether or not the mouse cursor is present inside the lyrics rectangle. In a plurality of lyrics displayed in the area for displaying the lyrics, having a lyrics ribbon creating means for creating a lyrics ribbon covering the lyrics connected with the same number,
4. The lyrics editing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the cursor position detecting means detects whether or not the mouse cursor exists inside the lyrics ribbon.   The lyric ribbon creating means creates a new lyric ribbon when a click of the mouse cursor is detected by the click detecting means in a state where the mouse cursor is not present in the lyric ribbon. 4. The lyrics editing apparatus according to 4.   The display state control means changes the display mode of the lyrics when the position of the mouse cursor is inside the lyrics rectangle, and the mouse cursor is located in the lyrics ribbon, and the chord closest to the lyrics is displayed. If the chord and lyrics ribbon display state is changed and the position of the mouse cursor is in the lyrics ribbon and the lyrics are related to the closest chord, If the position of the mouse cursor does not exist in either the inside of the lyrics rectangle or the inside of the lyrics ribbon, the display mode of the chord closest to the mouse cursor is changed. The lyric editing apparatus according to any one of claims 2 to 5, characterized in that: A lyrics editing program for causing a computer to execute a process of editing lyrics added to notes on a score displayed on a screen,
A display area setting step for setting, in a memory, an area for displaying lyrics over a plurality of notes displayed on the screen;
A cursor position detecting step for detecting a position of a mouse cursor existing in the area for displaying the lyrics;
A display state control step of changing the display state of the screen based on the position of the mouse cursor detected in the cursor position detection step;
A click detection step of detecting a click of the mouse cursor in a state where the display state is changed in the display state control step;
A lyric editing program for causing a computer to execute a mode control step of setting the screen to an edit mode when a click of the mouse cursor is detected in the click detection step.

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