Patent ID: 7227071

Claim:
A music search system for conducting a music search, comprising: a music data storing section for storing a plurality of pieces of music data so as to be associated with a corresponding one of music parameters each representing a feature of a piece of music; a situation acquisition section for acquiring a situation parameter representing a situation surrounding a user; a parameter converting section for converting the situation parameter acquired by the situation acquisition section into the music parameter; a music search section for searching through the plurality of music data stored in the music data storage section using the music parameter resulted from the conversion by the parameter converting section, and selecting a piece of music to be reproduced; and a reproducing section for reproducing the piece of music selected by the music search section, wherein the situation parameter is a movement parameter representing a movement status of a mobile unit moving together with the user, and the music search system is mounted on the mobile unit, wherein the movement parameter is a set of location coordinates indicating a location of the mobile unit, wherein the music search system comprises: a location table storage section for storing a location table in which the set of location coordinates is associated with a location category representing a feature of the location indicated by the set of location coordinates; and an impression value table storage section for storing an impression value table in which the location category is associated with an impression value for a piece of music to be reproduced at the location category, and wherein the parameter converting section comprises: a location category converting section for converting the set of location coordinates acquired by the situation acquisition section into a corresponding location category using the location table; and an impression value converting section for converting the corresponding location category resulted from conversion by the location category converting section into a corresponding impression value using the impression value table.