Information processing apparatus and information processing method

摘要

An information processing apparatus that calculates a similarity between a plurality of pieces of content stored in a content storage unit, stores content information including information of the similarity obtained by the similarity calculation, generates a virtual three-dimensional display screen for content selection on the basis of stored content information, and allows selection of a piece of content from the virtual three-dimensional display screen.

主权项

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
circuitry configured to:
calculate a similarity between a plurality of songs stored in a memory;store content information including information of the similarity obtained by the similarity calculation;generate a virtual three-dimensional display screen for song selection on a basis of data stored in the content information;allow selection of a song from the virtual three-dimensional display screen, wherein:
the virtual three-dimensional display screen includes a base image corresponding to a reference song of the plurality of songs located in a center of the display screen, a first linear axis (X) that extends vertically across the display screen and originates at the base image on which images corresponding to a first plurality of songs of the plurality of songs are displayed in a direction extending away from the base image in decreasing order of similarity with respect to album similarity to the reference song, a second linear axis (Y) that extends horizontally across the display screen and originates at the base image on which images corresponding to a second plurality of songs of the plurality of songs are displayed in a direction extending away from the base image in decreasing order of similarity with respect to playlist similarity to the reference song, and a third linear axis (Z) that extends from a near side to a far side of the display screen and originates at the base image on which images corresponding to a third plurality of songs of the plurality of songs are displayed in a direction extending away from the base image in decreasing order of similarity with respect to genre similarity to the reference song, andthe images that correspond to the third plurality of songs become smaller in size the farther the images are away from the near side of the display screen and are disposed on a plurality of planes, the plurality of planes intersecting the third linear axis (Z) at different positions and each of the planes being coplanar with the display screen; andgenerate a plurality of recommended song images corresponding to a plurality of recommended songs together with and separate from the generated virtual three-dimensional display screen on the display screen, such that the generated plurality of recommended song images and the generated virtual three-dimensional display screen are simultaneously displayed on the display screen, whereinan edge of each of the generated plurality of recommended song images is in contact with an edge of the display screen.