Patent ID: 7247786

Claim:
A song selection apparatus for selecting a song from among a plurality of songs according to an input operation by a user, comprising: a first storage for storing a song characteristic quantity for each of said plurality of songs; a first setting unit for setting a personal property according to said input operation; a second setting unit for setting a sensibility word according to said input operation; and, a selector for selecting a song having a song characteristic quantity that matches said personal property set by said first setting unit and said sensibility word set by said second setting unit from said plurality of songs, wherein said first setting unit selects and sets, as said personal property, an age-gender classification according to said input operation from a plurality of predetermined age-gender classifications, said second setting unit selects and sets said sensibility word from among a plurality of predetermined sensibility words according to said input operation, and said selector includes: a second storage for storing a plurality of correction values for said plurality of predetermined sensibility words respectively, with respect to each of said plurality of predetermined age-gender classifications; a reader for reading, from said second storage, a correction value that matches said age-gender classification set by said first setting unit and said sensibility word set by said second setting unit; a correction unit for correcting the song characteristic quantity for each of said plurality of songs according to the correction value read by said reader, and for computing a sensibility conformance value for each of said plurality of songs; and, a presentation unit for presenting said plurality of songs, in order corresponding to the sensibility conformance values of said plurality of songs.