JP4364850B2 - Audio playback device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an audio reproducing apparatus for reproducing audio data recorded on a storage medium.

  As a technology related to an audio playback device that plays back audio data recorded on a storage medium, image data associated with the audio data is recorded on the recording medium together with audio data such as music, and the audio data recorded on the recording medium is recorded. A technique for reproducing and displaying image data associated with audio data to be reproduced during reproduction is known (for example, Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2). According to this technique, it is possible to display an image of a jacket of a CD-DA album in which the music is stored, which is associated with the audio data in advance when reproducing the audio data of the music.

As a technique related to a broadcast receiver, there is known a technique for receiving and outputting image data of a CD-DA album jacket of a song that is broadcast with the song together with the song (for example, Patent Document 2). .
JP 2002-216431 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-260045 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2000-183835

  According to the technique for reproducing and displaying the image data recorded on the recording medium in association with the audio data to be reproduced when reproducing the audio data recorded on the recording medium, the image data related to the recording medium is recorded. For audio data that does not exist, images associated with the audio data cannot be displayed during the playback of the audio data.

On the other hand, in order to record the image data on the recording medium in association with the audio data as described above, a special operation of the user is required in addition to the operation of recording the audio data on the recording medium.
Accordingly, the present invention provides an audio playback apparatus capable of playing back and displaying image data related to audio data to be played back when the audio data recorded on the recording medium is played back without requiring any special work of the user. It is an issue to provide.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention reproduces and outputs the music represented by the music data recorded on the recording medium, and in parallel with the reproduction output of the music, of the image data recorded on the recording medium. An audio reproduction device that displays and outputs an image represented by image data associated with the music data of the music being reproduced and output, and an image representing the image associated with the music information representing the music and the music information Broadcast receiving means for receiving a broadcast in which information is transmitted, music identification means for identifying music represented by the music information received by the broadcast receiving means, and music data representing the music identified by the music identification means are recorded. When recorded on a medium, image data representing an image represented by image information associated with the music information identified by the music identification means received by the broadcast receiving means In association with the music data recorded on the recording medium is obtained by an image recording means for recording on the recording medium. Note that the broadcast transmits, as image information associated with the music information, image information representing an image to be output in parallel with the music represented by the music information in parallel with the music information. In this case, when the music data representing the music identified by the music identification means is recorded on the recording medium, the image recording means associates the music with the music data recorded on the recording medium. Image data representing an image represented by image information received by the broadcast receiving means during reception of the music information identified by the identifying means may be recorded on the recording medium.

  According to such an audio playback device, when the music data recorded on the recording medium is played back and output, the music data and the music data are displayed by broadcasting as image data of an image to be displayed and output in parallel with the playback output of the music data. When music information representing the same music is received, image data representing an image represented by the image information associated with the music information received together is automatically recorded on the recording medium. Here, the image represented by the image information associated with such music information has a high probability of being strongly related to the music represented by the music information. Therefore, an image related to the music to be reproduced can be displayed when the music represented by the music data recorded on the recording medium is reproduced without requiring any special work by the user.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention reproduces and outputs the music represented by the music data recorded on the recording medium, and also records the image data recorded on the recording medium in parallel with the reproduction output of the music. Among the music information representing the music and the image associated with the music information are displayed on the audio reproduction device that displays and outputs the image represented by the image data associated with the music data of the music being reproduced and output. Broadcast receiving means for receiving a broadcast in which image information to be transmitted is transmitted; music identifying means for identifying music represented by music information received by the broadcast receiving means; and the music identifying means received by the broadcast receiving means Image recording means for recording image data representing an image represented by image information associated with the identified music information on the recording medium in association with the music identified by the music identification means; When music data is recorded on a recording medium, if the image data associated with the music represented by the music data is recorded on the recording medium, the image data is associated with the recorded music data. And image association means. Note that the broadcast transmits, as image information associated with the music information, image information representing an image to be output in parallel with the music represented by the music information in parallel with the music information. In this case, the image recording means converts the image data representing the image represented by the image information received by the broadcast receiving means into the music identified by the music identification means while receiving the music information identified by the music identification means. The information may be recorded on the recording medium in association with each other.

Even with such an audio playback device, when music data recorded on a recording medium is played back and output, image data of an image to be displayed and output in parallel with the playback output of the music data is the same as the music data by broadcasting. When the music information representing the music is received, the image data representing the image represented by the image information associated with the received music information is automatically recorded on the recording medium. Therefore, it is possible to display an image related to the music to be reproduced when the music represented by the music data recorded on the recording medium is reproduced without requiring any special work of the user. In addition, since image data representing an image related to a song can be recorded on the recording medium prior to recording the song data of the song on the recording medium, the image data representing the related image is previously stored in the recording medium. With respect to the music that can be recorded, the related image can be displayed immediately after the music data of the music is recorded on the recording medium when the music data is reproduced.

  Here, in each of the above audio playback apparatuses, the broadcast receiving means may receive a digital radio broadcast, a digital television broadcast, or an analog television broadcast as the broadcast.

  As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to reproduce and display image data related to audio data to be reproduced at the time of reproduction of audio data recorded on the recording medium without requiring any special work of the user. It is possible to provide an audio playback device capable of performing the above.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described.
FIG. 1 shows the configuration of an audio playback apparatus according to this embodiment.
As shown in the figure, the audio playback apparatus includes a digital radio receiver 1 that receives a digital radio broadcast, a display control unit 2, a display unit 3 such as an LCD display unit, an audio output control unit 4, a speaker, an audio amplifier, and the like. The audio output unit 5, the buffer 6, the control unit 7, the CD drive 8 that reproduces the CD-DA 100, the card interface 9 that accesses the recording data of the removable memory card 101, the HDD 10, and the operation unit 11 It has.

The digital radio receiver 1 also includes an antenna 12, a tuner 13, an OFDM demodulator 14, an error correction unit 15, a TS separation unit 16, an image decoder 17 that decodes moving images and still images, and an audio decoder 18.
In such a configuration, the digital radio receiver 1 can perform digital radio broadcasting according to ISDB-TSB (integrated services digital broadcasting terrestrial for sound broadcasting) defined in ARIB STDB29 “Transmission method of terrestrial digital audio broadcasting”, for example. It is a receiver that receives In the digital radio broadcasting by ISDB-TSB, broadcasting including a plurality of TS (Transport Stream) multiplexed according to the MPEG-2 system standard is performed using one broadcasting channel. The plurality of TSs can include TSs that transmit audio data, TSs that transmit moving images and still images, and TSs that transmit other data.

In such a configuration, reception of digital radio broadcast by the audio playback device is performed as follows.
First, when the radio broadcast reception mode is set by the user via the operation unit 11, the control unit 7 displays the moving image or still image output by the image decoder 17 of the digital radio receiver 1 as a display unit 2. 3, and the audio output control unit 4 is set to output the audio output from the audio decoder 18 of the digital radio receiver 1 to the audio output unit 5. Then, the tuner 13 of the digital radio receiver 1 receives the RF signal of the broadcast frequency corresponding to the broadcast channel last designated by the user via the operation unit 11. The RF signal received by the tuner 13 is an OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) modulated signal, demodulated by the OFDM demodulator 14, and sent to the error correction unit 15. The error correction unit 15 restores the TS by performing processing such as deinterleaving of the baseband signal, error correction, and error correction code removal, and sends the TS to the TS separation unit 16. The TS separation unit 16 separates each TS and extracts moving image data, still image data, audio data, and other data transmitted by each TS, sends the video data and still image data to the image decoder 17, and the audio data The data is sent to the audio decoder 18 and other data is sent to the control unit 7. Then, the image decoder 17 restores the moving image and still image from the input moving image data and still image data, and outputs them to the display control unit 2 and the buffer 6. In addition, the audio decoder 18 restores sound from the input audio data and outputs it to the audio decoder 18 and the control unit 7.

  Then, according to the setting from the control unit 7, the display control unit 2 displays and outputs the moving image and still image input from the image decoder 17 on the display unit 3, and the audio output control unit 4 converts the audio input from the audio decoder 18 into audio. Output to the output unit 5. On the other hand, the buffer 6 temporarily stores moving images and still images input from the image decoder 17.

Next, various data stored in the HDD 10 in the audio playback apparatus will be described.
The HDD 10 stores a music library shown in FIG. 2a, a CDDB shown in FIG. 2b, and a music database shown in FIG. 2c.
As shown in FIG. 2a, the music library includes a plurality of music files each storing audio data of music, a plurality of image files each storing video data or still image data, and library management data. Stored. The library management data has a music file management record for each music file, and each music file management record has a music attribute representing a bibliographic item of music in which audio data is stored in the corresponding music file, A music file attribute representing the attribute of the corresponding music file, a music file identifier representing the identification of the corresponding music file, and a related image file identifier representing the identification of the image file associated with the corresponding music file are registered. The song attributes include the title of the song whose audio data is stored in the corresponding song file, the album that indicates the album name of the album that contains the song, the artist that represents the performer of the song, A genre representing the classification of music as music is registered. As the music file attribute, the audio data format of the corresponding music file, the bit rate of the audio data of the corresponding music file, and the like are registered.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 2B, CD-DA identification data provided for each commercially available CD-DA album is registered in the CDDB. In the CD-DA identification data, the above-described music attributes representing the bibliographic items of the music of each track recorded on the corresponding CD-DA album and the CD representing the characteristics of the corresponding CD-DA album are included. -DA feature value is registered. Here, the TOC information recorded in the CD-DA album is stored as the CD-DA feature value.

  In the music database, as shown in FIG. 2c, music identification data provided for each music that is included in a CD-DA album or the like and is commercially available is registered. In each piece of music identification data, the above-described music attributes representing the bibliographic items of the corresponding music and the music feature values representing the characteristics of the corresponding music are registered. Here, as the music feature value, the waveform of the sound of the music, the waveform analysis data representing the feature value of the waveform, and the like are stored.

  The control unit 7 compresses and encodes the audio data of each track recorded on the CD-DA 100 attached to the CD drive 8 in accordance with a user operation via the operation unit 11 and stores it as a music file as a music file. Ripping process to be stored in. In this ripping process, the control unit 7 creates a music file management record for each music file stored in the music library in the music library, and sets the corresponding music file identifier in the music file management record thus created. As well as the music attribute of the music whose audio data is stored in the corresponding music file and the music file attribute of the corresponding music file. Here, the music attribute of the music whose audio data is stored in the music file is the CD-DA in which the TOC information of the CD-DA 100 that is the target of the ripping process is registered as the CD-DA feature value from the CDDB. The identification data is searched, and the music attribute of each track described in the searched CD-DA identification data is obtained as the music attribute of the music of the music file stored by compressing and encoding the audio data of the track. Can do.

  Here, the control unit 7 also performs a process of storing the image file recorded in the memory card 101 attached to the card interface 9 in the music library in accordance with a user operation via the operation unit 11. Further, in accordance with a user operation through the operation unit 11, editing of a music file management record corresponding to each music file stored in the music library is also performed. Using the editing by the control unit 7, the user registers the identifier of an arbitrary image file among the image files stored in the music library as a related image file identifier in the music file management record of the music file of the desired music. be able to.

Next, an image setting process performed by the control unit 7 will be described.
FIG. 3a shows the procedure of this image setting process.
As shown in the figure, in this process, the digital radio receiver 1 waits for reception of a new music piece (step 302). Here, whether or not the digital radio receiver 1 has started receiving new music is based on the audio input from the audio decoder 18, for example, when audio output is started after the occurrence of a silent period. For example, when it is determined that the reception of is started. Or, if the break of the broadcast period of the music can be identified from the data broadcast by digital radio broadcasting and sent from the TS separation unit 16 to the control unit 7, has the reception of a new music started using that data? Judgment is made.

  When reception of a new music is started, the waveform of the sound output from the audio decoder 18 is analyzed, and music identification data in which waveform analysis data matching the analysis result is registered as a music feature value is searched. (Steps 304 and 306) If the search fails (Step 308), the process returns to Step 302. On the other hand, if the search for the music identification data is successful (step 308), the music file management record in which the music attribute matching the music attribute registered in the searched music identification data is registered is searched (step 310). If the search for the music file management record fails (step 312), the process returns to step 302.

  On the other hand, if the search for the music file management record has succeeded (step 312), it waits for the reception of the music currently being received to end (step 314). Note that the end of music reception is performed based on the sound input from the audio decoder 18 by, for example, determining that the reception of music has ended when a silent section occurs. Alternatively, if the broadcast period of the music can be identified from the data broadcast by digital radio broadcasting and sent from the TS separation unit 16 to the control unit 7, it is determined whether or not reception of the music has been completed using the data. Make a decision.

  Next, when reception of the music is completed, the image data of the image stored in the buffer 6 during reception of the music that has been received is stored in the buffer 6 and appropriately compressed and encoded. The image file is stored in the library (step 316). Here, of the image data stored in the buffer 6, the image data portion stored in the buffer 6 during music reception is identified, for example, when reception of a new music is started in step 302. This can be done by maintaining the position of the image data stored in the buffer 6. Before the image data stored in the buffer 6 is stored in the music library, the images are displayed in a list on the display unit 3, and selection of images to be stored as image files is received from the user. Only the image data may be stored in the music library as an image file.

  Then, the identifier of the image file stored in the song library in step 316 is registered as a related image file identifier in the song file management record searched in step 310 (step 318), and the process returns to step 302. However, if the related image file identifier is already registered in the music file management record searched in step 310, the related image file identifier may not be registered in step 318. Alternatively, if the music file management record is configured so that a plurality of related image file identifiers can be registered, and the related image file identifier is already registered in the music file management record searched in step 310, the music file management record is recorded in step 318. The identifier of the image file stored in the library may be additionally registered as a related image file identifier.

The image setting process has been described above.
As a result of the above image setting processing, if a music file of the same music as that received by digital radio broadcasting is registered in the music library, the image file of the image broadcast by digital radio broadcasting together with the music is stored in the music library. And the identification of the image file is registered as a related image file identifier in the music file management record of the music file of the same music as the music received by digital radio broadcasting, which is registered in the music library. .

Next, an operation of playing a music file stored in the music library will be described.
First, when the music file playback mode is set by the user via the operation unit 11, the control unit 7 sets the display control unit 2 to output the moving image or still image output by the control unit 7 to the display unit 3. At the same time, the audio output control unit 4 is set to output the audio output from the control unit 7 to the audio output unit 5.

  Then, the control unit 7 activates a recorded music reproduction process which will be described later, and accepts an instruction to reproduce a music file in the music library by a user operation via the operation unit 11. The control unit 7 also performs a process of selecting a target music file to be reproduced next in accordance with a predetermined reproduction sequence when reproduction of the music file in the music library is completed.

Hereinafter, the recorded music reproduction process performed by the control unit 7 will be described.
FIG. 3b shows the procedure of the recorded music reproduction process.
As shown in the figure, in this process, the music file to be played next when an instruction to play the music file in the music library by the user operation via the operation unit 11 or the reproduction end of the music file in the music library is completed. It waits for the generation of a new music file to be played due to the selection of (step 352).

  If a new music file to be reproduced is generated, a music file management record in which the music file identifier is registered as the music file identifier is extracted (step 354), and a related image is extracted from the extracted music file management record. It is checked whether or not the file identifier is registered (step 356). If it is registered, the image file indicated by the registered related image file identifier is set as a display target image file (step 358), and step 360 is entered. Proceed to Here, when a plurality of related image file identifiers are registered in the extracted music file management record, a plurality of image files indicated by each related image file identifier may be set as display target image files. Only one image file indicated by one related image file identifier selected from a plurality of related image file identifiers may be set as a display target image file.

  On the other hand, when the related image file identifier is not registered in the extracted music file management record (step 356), an image file corresponding to the genre registered in the music attribute of the extracted music file management record is displayed. The file is set (step 364), and the process proceeds to step 360. Note that the HDD 10 stores in advance, for each genre, an image file selected as a display target image file in step 364 for that genre.

  Next, in step 360, decoding output processing of a new music file to be reproduced whose occurrence is detected in step 352 is started (step 360). In the decoding output process started here, the control unit 7 reads out a new music file to be reproduced from the music library, decodes the audio data stored in the music file, and passes through the audio output control unit 4. Output from the audio output unit 5.

  Then, a music information window display process using each information registered in the music attribute of the music file management record extracted in step 354 and the image of the display target image file set in step 358 or 364 is started. (Step 362), the process returns to Step 352.

  Here, in the music information window display process started in step 362, the control unit 7 displays a music information window as shown in FIG. Generated and displayed on the display unit 3 via the display control unit 2.

  As shown in FIG. 4a, in this music information window, the control unit sets the music attribute of the music file management record extracted in step 356, that is, the title, album name, artist, and genre that are the music attributes of the music being played back. It is displayed in the music attribute area 401. Further, the image of the image file set as the display target image file is displayed in the image display area 402. In the illustrated example, the music information window is also provided with various buttons 403 for receiving a music playback control operation. When the image data stored in the display target image file is moving image data, the moving image is displayed in the image display area 402, and when the image data stored in the display target image file is still image data, A still image is displayed in the image display area 402. In step 358, when a plurality of image files are set as display target image files, the images of the display target image files are sequentially displayed in the image display area 402.

  However, for example, as shown in FIG. 4 b, the music information window has an image of an image file set as a display target image file as a background 405, and a title, which is a music attribute of the music being played, The music attribute area 404 representing the album name, artist, and genre may be displayed in a superimposed manner. The button 406 in FIG. 4B is a button for accepting an instruction for switching the window displayed on the display unit 3 from the music information window to another window, for example, a window for accepting music reproduction control operations, from the user.

The embodiment of the present invention has been described above.
As described above, according to the audio playback device of the present embodiment, when a music file recorded on the HDD 10 is played back and output, an image to be displayed and output in parallel with the playback output is the same as the music by digital radio broadcasting. An image received together with the received music can be automatically recorded on the HDD 10. Here, an image broadcast together with such music has a high probability of being strongly related to the music. Therefore, when a music file recorded in the HDD 10 is played back, an image related to the music whose audio data is stored in the music file to be played back can be played back and displayed without requiring any special work by the user. become.

  By the way, the instruction to reproduce the music file in the music library by the user operation via the operation unit 11 by the control unit 7 described above may be received using, for example, a music selection window as shown in FIG. Good. That is, in the music selection window, an album display area 411, an artist display area 412, and a genre display area 413 that are switched and displayed by tab selection are provided. Then, in the album display area 411, as shown in the figure, an image 414 corresponding to each of the albums registered in one of the song attributes of the song file management record of the song library is displayed. Here, as an image corresponding to this album, the image of the image file indicated by the related image file identifier registered in any of the music file management records in which the album is registered in the music attribute is displayed. Similarly, the artist display area 412 displays an image corresponding to each artist registered in one of the song attributes of the song file management record in the song library. Here, as the image corresponding to this artist, the image of the image file indicated by the related image file identifier registered in one of the music file management records in which the artist is registered in the music attribute is displayed. Similarly, in the genre display area 413, an image corresponding to each genre registered in one of the song attributes of the song file management record of the song library is displayed. Here, as an image corresponding to this genre, an image of the image file indicated by the related image file identifier registered in one of the music file management records whose genre is registered in the music attribute is displayed.

  If the image 414 displayed in the album display area 411 is selected by the user, the song file identifier registered in the song file management record in which the album corresponding to the selected image is registered in the song attribute is displayed. The music files to be shown are sequentially selected as music files to be reproduced. Similarly, if the image displayed in the artist display area 412 is selected, the music file indicated by the music file identifier registered in the music file management record in which the artist corresponding to the selected image is registered in the music attribute is displayed. Are sequentially selected as music files to be reproduced, and if the image displayed in the genre display area 413 is selected, the genre corresponding to the selected image is registered in the music file management record in which the music attribute is registered. The music file indicated by the recorded music file identifier is sequentially selected as a music file to be reproduced. In the music selection window, various buttons 415 for receiving a music playback control operation from the user are also provided.

  In the above embodiment, in step 312 of the image setting process shown in FIG. 3A, the waveform analysis data that matches the analysis result of the waveform of the music that has been newly received is registered as the music feature value. When the search for the music file management record registered with the music attribute that matches the music attribute registered in the identification data fails, the image file is not registered in the music library. Even when a search for a new music file management record fails, the reception of the currently received music is completed and the data stored in the buffer 6 is stored in the buffer 6 while the received music is received. The image data of the obtained image may be appropriately compressed and encoded and stored in the music library as an image file. If the search for the music file management record fails and the image file is stored, stock image management data as shown in FIG. 2d is created and stored for the stored image file in the music library. Here, as shown in the figure, in the stock image management data, an image file identifier representing identification of the stored image file and a music attribute registered in the music identification data extracted in step 306 are registered. Then, the control unit 7 monitors the new registration of the music file management record in the music library, and the music file management record in which the music attribute matching the music attribute registered in any of the stock image management data is registered. If newly registered, the identifier of the image file registered in the stock image management data in which the music attribute matching the music file management record is registered in the music file management record is registered as the related image file identifier. Like that.

  Even in this case, when the music file recorded in the HDD 10 is reproduced and output, the image received and displayed together with the same music as the music by digital radio broadcasting is displayed as an image to be displayed and output in parallel with the reproduction output. Can be automatically recorded in the HDD 10. In addition, since the image related to the music can be recorded on the recording medium prior to storing the music file of the music in the music library, the music that can be recorded in advance on the recording medium is Immediately after the music file is stored in the music library, the related image can be displayed when the music is played.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, when the digital radio broadcast is such that data including broadcast music identification information indicating the identification of the music being broadcast is broadcast, the image setting process shown in FIG. Steps 304 to 310 may be replaced with a process of searching for the music file management record of the music indicated by the received broadcast music identification information. In this case, in accordance with the change in the music indicated by the received in-broadcast music identification information, determination of the start of reception of a new music in step 302 of the image setting process and determination of the end of reception of the music in step 314 are performed. You may do it.

  In the above embodiment, the CDDB and the music database are provided in the audio playback device, and the music read from the CD-DA and the music received by the digital radio broadcast receiver are identified and the music attributes are specified in the audio playback device. However, this does not include the CDDB or the music database in the audio playback device, but uses the CDDB or the music database as a wireless communication device for connecting to a server that provides a music identification or music attribute specifying service. In preparation for this, the control unit may use this server to identify the music read from the CD-DA or the music received by the digital radio broadcast receiver and to specify the music attributes. That is, in this case, the control unit 7 is connected to the server via the wireless communication device, and transmits the TOC information of the CD-DA and the received waveform data of the music to the server. Then, the server uses the received CD-DA TOC information and the received waveform data of the music to use the CDDB and the music database to correspond to the received TOC information and the music attributes of each music recorded on the CD-DA. Alternatively, the music attribute of the music that matches the received waveform data is specified, and information on the specified music attribute is provided to the control unit.

  Further, the above embodiment can be similarly applied to a case where a TV receiver that receives digital TV broadcast or analog TV broadcast is provided instead of the digital radio receiver 1. That is, in this case, processing is performed using audio information received by the television receiver instead of the audio data received by the digital radio receiver 1, and television reception is performed instead of the image data received by the digital radio receiver 1. Processing may be performed using image information received by the machine.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the audio reproduction apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the recording data of HDD of the audio reproduction apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the process which the audio reproducing apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention performs. It is a figure which shows the example of the display screen which the audio reproduction apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention displays.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Digital radio receiver, 2 ... Display control part, 3 ... Display part, 4 ... Audio | voice output control part, 5 ... Audio | voice output part, 6 ... Buffer, 7 ... Control part, 8 ... CD drive, 9 ... Card interface, DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... HDD, 11 ... Operation part, 12 ... Antenna, 13 ... Tuner, 14 ... OFDM demodulator, 15 ... Correction part, 16 ... TS separation part, 17 ... Image decoder, 18 ... Audio decoder.

Claims (6)

Reproducing and outputting recorded music data that is music data recorded on the recording medium, and in parallel with the reproducing output of the recorded music data, among the recorded image data that is image data recorded on the recording medium, An audio playback device for displaying and outputting recorded image data associated with recorded music data being played back,
Broadcast receiving means for receiving a broadcast;
Music identification means;
Image recording means,
The broadcast receiving means receives broadcast music data that is music data broadcast by the broadcast, and broadcast image data that is broadcast by the broadcast and is image data associated with the broadcast music data,
The recorded music data and the broadcast music data represent music, and the recorded image data and the broadcast image data represent images,
The music identification means identifies the music represented by the broadcast music data received by the broadcast receiving means,
When the recorded music data representing the music identified by the music identifying means is recorded on the recording medium, the image recording means is associated with the recorded music data and the broadcast receiving means An audio reproducing apparatus, wherein the received broadcast image data associated with the broadcast music data whose music has been identified by the music identification means is recorded on the recording medium as the recorded image data. The audio playback device according to claim 1,
The broadcast image data associated with the broadcast music data is broadcast image data that is transmitted by the broadcast in parallel with the broadcast music data and represents an image to be displayed and output in parallel with the broadcast music data. An audio playback apparatus characterized by the above. Reproducing and outputting recorded music data that is music data recorded on the recording medium, and in parallel with the reproducing output of the recorded music data, among the recorded image data that is image data recorded on the recording medium, An audio playback device for displaying and outputting recorded image data associated with recorded music data being played back,
Broadcast receiving means for receiving a broadcast;
Music identification means;
Image recording means;
Image association means,
The broadcast receiving means receives broadcast music data that is music data broadcast by the broadcast, and broadcast image data that is broadcast by the broadcast and is image data associated with the broadcast music data,
The recorded music data and the broadcast music data represent music, and the recorded image data and the broadcast image data represent images,
The music identification means identifies the music represented by the broadcast music data received by the broadcast receiving means,
The image recording means associates the broadcast image data associated with the broadcast music data identified by the music identification means with the music identification information identified by the music identification means on the recording medium. Record as recorded image data,
When the recorded image data associated with the identification information of the music represented by the recorded recorded music data is recorded on the recording medium when the music data is recorded as the recorded music data on the recording medium And an image associating means for associating the recorded image data recorded with the recorded music piece data. The audio playback device according to claim 3,
The broadcast image data associated with the broadcast music data is broadcast image data that is transmitted by the broadcast in parallel with the broadcast music data and represents an image to be displayed and output in parallel with the broadcast music data. An audio playback apparatus characterized by the above. The audio playback device according to claim 1, 2, 3 or 4,
The audio reproducing apparatus, wherein the broadcast receiving means receives a digital radio broadcast, a digital television broadcast, or an analog television broadcast as the broadcast. Reproducing and outputting recorded music data that is music data recorded on the recording medium, and in parallel with the reproducing output of the recorded music data, among the recorded image data that is image data recorded on the recording medium, In an audio reproduction apparatus for displaying and outputting recorded image data associated with recorded music data being reproduced and output, a music-related image data recording method for recording image data on the recording medium as the recorded image data,
A broadcast receiving step for receiving a broadcast;
Music identification step;
An image recording step,
In the broadcast receiving step, broadcast music data that is music data broadcast in the broadcast and broadcast image data that is broadcast in the broadcast and is image data associated with the broadcast music data are received,
The recorded music data and the broadcast music data represent music, and the recorded image data and the broadcast image data represent images,
In the music identification step, identify the music represented by the broadcast music data received in the broadcast reception step,
In the image recording step, when the recorded music data representing the music identified in the music identification step is recorded on the recording medium, the broadcast receiving step associates the recorded music data with the recorded music data. A music-related image data recording method comprising: recording the broadcast image data associated with the broadcast music data identified by the music identification step in the received music identification step as the recorded image data on the recording medium.