JP2005274979A - Karaoke processing apparatus, karaoke playing processing apparatus, server apparatus, communications system, method for controlling the karaoke processing apparatus, method for controlling server apparatus, control program, and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To realize a Karaoke processing apparatus with which a piece of music including a singing voice sung at Karaoke can be acquired easily. <P>SOLUTION: A Karaoke recording apparatus 4 can be communicated with a server apparatus via a communication network and is connected to a Karaoke apparatus 3, which outputs accompaniment music and a user's singing voice. The Karaoke recording apparatus 4 is provided with a sound recording processing part 41 for recording a singing voice with an accompaniment obtained, by combining the accompaniment music and the user's singing voice which are outputted from the Karaoke apparatus 3 and a transmission data generating part 46 for outputting the recorded recording data to the server apparatus. Consequently, the user can easily acquire a piece of music containing singing voice sung by Karaoke, from the server apparatus. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a karaoke processing device, a karaoke performance processing device, a server device, a communication system, a karaoke processing device control method, a server device control method, a control program, and a recording medium for processing data output from a karaoke performance device. Is.

  There is a remarkable spread and development of mobile phones in recent years. Mobile phones are not only a simple call function, but also have services such as mail, e-mail, and connection to the Internet between telephone terminals, and are multifunctional.

  For example, mobile phones that have a WWW (World Wide Web) browser function and can be connected to the Internet via a packet communication network have become widespread. Such a mobile phone is connected to various Web servers via an Internet connection service (i-mode (registered trademark), etc.). As a function often used in such a mobile phone, there is a function in which a user can download an incoming melody from a Web page and freely change it to a favorite one. Patent Document 1 discloses a service that allows a user to easily download an incoming melody that matches the personality of a mobile phone user from a large number of karaoke accompaniment groups possessed by a karaoke system.

  Recently, a mobile phone having a Chaku-Uta (registered trademark) function in which a singer's voice is added to a melody has been commercialized.

On the other hand, karaoke facilities are popular as general play facilities, and users often sing along with accompaniment music. Karaoke is a game in which accompaniment music is played and a user sings a song along with the accompaniment music. In a general karaoke facility, a karaoke performance device is installed in which accompaniment music and a singing voice uttered by a user toward a microphone are mixed and the mixed sound is output to a speaker. Patent Document 2 discloses a technique for providing digital image data taken by a user at a karaoke venue to a terminal device.
JP 2000-295374 A (released on October 20, 2000) JP 2002-297161 A (released on October 11, 2002)

  By the way, Chaku-Uta (registered trademark) currently in use is for singing voices sung by singers, and mobile phone users use songs containing their own singing voices as ringtones as their own ringtones. There is a desire to do. In particular, it is convenient to be able to use a singing voice sung at a karaoke facility which is a general play facility. However, a method for easily incorporating a song containing a singing voice sung at a karaoke facility into a communication terminal such as a mobile phone has not been realized.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and a karaoke processing device, a karaoke performance processing device, a server device, a communication system, and a karaoke processing device control method that can easily acquire a song containing a singing voice sung in karaoke. An object of the present invention is to realize a server apparatus control method, a control program, and a recording medium.

  In order to solve the above problems, the karaoke processing apparatus of the present invention can communicate with an external apparatus via a communication network, and is connected to a karaoke performance apparatus that outputs accompaniment music and a user's singing voice. A recording unit that records accompaniment music output from a karaoke performance device and a user's singing voice, and an output unit that outputs recording data recorded by the recording unit to the external device. It is characterized by providing.

  Further, in order to solve the above problems, the method for controlling the karaoke processing apparatus of the present invention is a karaoke performance apparatus that can communicate with an external apparatus via a communication network and outputs accompaniment music and a user's singing voice. A method for controlling a connected karaoke processing apparatus, the step of recording accompaniment singing voice combining accompaniment music output from a karaoke performance apparatus and a user's singing voice, and outputting the recorded recording data to the external device And a step.

  According to said structure or method, while recording the accompaniment singing voice which combined the accompaniment music output from a karaoke performance apparatus, and a user's singing voice, the recorded recording data are output to an external device. Therefore, the user can easily incorporate the singing voice with accompaniment from the karaoke processing device, that is, the music containing the singing voice sung in karaoke, into the external device. In addition, since it is possible to easily acquire a song containing a singing voice sung at karaoke, the number of times the user uses the karaoke facility increases, and the customer collection rate of the karaoke facility is improved.

  Further, the karaoke processing device of the present invention has the above-described configuration, the karaoke performance device includes a photographing unit that photographs a subject, outputs a photographed image photographed by the photographing unit, and the recording means further includes In this case, a photographed image output from the karaoke performance device is recorded, and the recorded data is included in the recorded data.

  According to said structure, since a recording means records the picked-up image further output from a karaoke performance apparatus, this recording data is contained in recording data. Therefore, the user can acquire an image of a figure singing at karaoke and can enjoy the image. For example, the user can use the acquired image as the incoming image of the mobile phone he owns.

  Furthermore, in addition to the above-described configuration, the karaoke processing apparatus of the present invention is characterized in that the external device is a server device that distributes data.

  According to said structure, while recording the accompaniment singing voice which combined the accompaniment music output from a karaoke performance apparatus, and a user's singing voice, the recorded recording data are output to a server apparatus. Therefore, the user can acquire a song containing a singing voice sung in karaoke from the server device.

  For example, the user can use the image acquired from the server device as the incoming image of the mobile phone he owns.

  Furthermore, in addition to the above-described configuration, the karaoke processing apparatus of the present invention is characterized in that the output means also outputs related information related to the recording data to the server apparatus together with the recording data.

  According to said structure, an output means outputs the relevant information relevant to recording data (namely, accompaniment singing voice data or the image data image | photographed by the said imaging | photography part) to a server apparatus. Therefore, it becomes easy for the user to specify the recording data based on the related information, and it is possible to obtain the desired accompaniment singing voice data or image data from the server device more easily.

  Furthermore, the karaoke processing device of the present invention is connected to an information output device that outputs information to the user in addition to the above configuration, and identification information for generating identification information for identifying the recording data Generating means and notifying means for outputting the identification information generated by the identification information generating means to the information output device, wherein the output means includes the identification information generated by the identification information generating means in the related information It is characterized by.

  According to said structure, a notification means notifies a user of the identification information for identifying the recording data which the identification information generation means produced | generated. Therefore, the user can know the identification information. And since the output means includes the identification information in the related information, the user can easily obtain desired accompaniment singing voice data or image data from the server device based on the identification information notified from the notification means. There is an effect that can be.

  The information output device is, for example, a display device such as a display, a printer, or the like.

  Furthermore, in addition to the above configuration, the karaoke processing apparatus of the present invention further includes terminal information acquisition means for acquiring terminal information for specifying a communication terminal, and the output means obtains terminal information acquired by the terminal information acquisition means. The information is included in the related information.

  According to said structure, since an output means includes the terminal information which the terminal information acquisition means acquired in related information, the server apparatus can specify a communication terminal, A communication network is specified with respect to the specified communication terminal. It is possible to make a predetermined notification via. The predetermined notification is, for example, an address of a server device, a URL of a Web page, identification information of recording data received from a karaoke processing device, or the like. Thereby, the user can easily obtain desired accompaniment singing voice data or image data from the server device.

  Further, in the karaoke processing apparatus of the present invention, in addition to the above-described configuration, the karaoke performance apparatus outputs time position information of each phrase in accompaniment music, and temporarily stores the time position information output by the karaoke performance apparatus. A phrase is selected in accordance with a storage unit and a user's operation, and a portion of the selected phrase is cut out from the recorded data recorded by the recording unit based on the selected phrase and the time position information stored in the storage unit. Cutting out means, and the output means outputs recording data of a portion cut out by the cutting out means.

  According to said structure, a cutting-out means selects a phrase according to a user's operation, and cuts out the part of the selected phrase from the recording data recorded by the recording means. Then, the output means outputs the recorded data of the part cut out by the cut-out means. Therefore, the user can acquire only a desired portion of the recorded data. Further, the karaoke processing device and the server device can reduce the volume of data to be transmitted. Furthermore, the server device has an effect that it can store more recording data.

  Furthermore, in addition to the above-described configuration, the karaoke processing device of the present invention is connected to a playback device that can play back the recorded data, and the cut-out means causes the playback device to play back the cut-out recorded data. It is characterized by that.

  According to said structure, there exists an effect that a user can confirm the recording data which the extraction means cut out.

  Furthermore, in addition to the above configuration, the karaoke processing apparatus of the present invention is characterized in that the output means performs a compression process on the recording data recorded by the recording means and outputs the compressed recording data. .

  According to said structure, an output means performs a compression process with respect to recording data, and outputs the compressed recording data. As a result, the volume of data output from the output unit to the server device can be reduced. As a result, the time required for data output and communication costs can be reduced.

  Moreover, the karaoke performance processing apparatus of this invention is provided with the said karaoke processing apparatus and the karaoke performance apparatus which outputs an accompaniment music and a user's singing voice.

  According to said structure, since the said karaoke processing apparatus and karaoke performance apparatus are implement | achieved by one apparatus, there exists an effect that the expense which a housing | casing etc. require can be reduced.

  In order to solve the above problems, the server device of the present invention records the accompaniment music output from the karaoke performance device and the user's singing voice together, and outputs the recorded data including the recorded data. A server device capable of communicating via a communication network, data receiving means for receiving the recording data output from the karaoke processing device, and storage means for storing the recording data received by the data receiving means in a storage unit; Receiving a transmission request specifying the recording data from a communication terminal, reading the recording data specified by the transmission request from the storage unit, and transmitting the read recording data to the communication terminal. It is said.

  In addition, in order to solve the above problems, the server device control method of the present invention records the accompaniment music output from the karaoke performance device and the user's singing voice together, and outputs the recorded data including the recorded data. A method for controlling a server device capable of communicating with a karaoke processing device via a communication network, the step of receiving recording data output from the karaoke processing device, and storing the recording data received by the data receiving means in a storage unit Receiving a transmission request specifying the recording data from a communication terminal, reading the recording data specified by the transmission request from the storage unit, and transmitting the read recording data to the communication terminal. It is characterized by.

  According to the above configuration or method, the transmission request specifying the recording data is received from the communication terminal, the recording data specified by the transmission request is read from the storage unit, and the read recording data is transmitted to the communication terminal. Therefore, the user can acquire the singing voice with accompaniment, that is, the music containing the singing voice sung in karaoke from the server device. In addition, since the number of times the user uses the karaoke facility increases because the song containing the singing voice sung at karaoke is acquired, the customer collection rate of the karaoke facility is improved.

  Furthermore, in addition to the above-described configuration, the server device according to the present invention converts the data format of the recording data read by the transmission unit in accordance with a communication terminal that is the transmission destination of the recording data transmitted by the transmission unit. And the transmission means transmits the recording data converted by the conversion means to the communication terminal.

  According to said structure, a transmission means transmits the recording data converted according to the communication terminal of the transmission destination to this communication terminal. Therefore, it is not necessary to perform data format conversion processing on the communication terminal side, and the user can immediately reproduce the recorded data. For example, when the communication terminal is a mobile phone, the user can immediately play a song containing a singing voice acquired from the server device as a ringtone or the like.

  Furthermore, the server device of the present invention, in addition to the above configuration, the karaoke performance device includes a photographing unit that photographs a subject, and the karaoke processing device records recording data of a photographed image photographed by the photographing unit. It is characterized by being included in the recorded data.

  According to said structure, the user can acquire the image of the figure singing in karaoke from a server apparatus, and can enjoy this image. For example, there is an effect that the user can use an image acquired from the server device as an incoming image of a mobile phone owned by the user.

  Furthermore, in the server device according to the present invention, in addition to the above configuration, the data receiving unit receives identification information for identifying recorded data from the karaoke processing device, and the storage unit receives the data receiving unit. The identification information is stored in the storage unit in association with the recording data, and the transmission unit receives the identification information from the communication terminal, and reads the recording data corresponding to the received identification information from the storage unit.

  According to said structure, a data receiving means receives the identification information which identifies recording data from a karaoke processing apparatus. Therefore, the identification information can be given to the recording data on the karaoke processing device side, and the user can obtain the identification information when in the karaoke facility.

  The storage means stores the identification information received by the data receiving means in the storage unit in association with the record data, and the transmission means receives the identification information from the communication terminal and records corresponding to the received identification information. Data is read from the storage unit. Thereby, the user can obtain desired recording data from the server device based on the identification information acquired at the karaoke facility.

  Further, in the server device according to the present invention, in addition to the above configuration, the data receiving unit receives terminal information specifying a communication terminal together with the recording data from the karaoke processing device, and the transmitting unit is configured to receive the data receiving unit. Is characterized in that the recording data is output to the communication terminal specified by the terminal information received.

  According to said structure, a data reception means receives the terminal information which specifies a communication terminal with recorded data from the said karaoke processing apparatus. Therefore, in the karaoke facility, the user can specify the communication terminal to which the record data should be transmitted by inputting the terminal information of the communication terminal into which the user takes the record data into the karaoke processing apparatus. Therefore, the user can easily obtain the recording data.

  Furthermore, in the server device of the present invention, in addition to the above configuration, the data receiving unit receives terminal information for specifying a communication terminal together with the recording data from the karaoke processing device, and the recording data received by the data receiving unit And providing identification information for identifying the recorded data and transmitting identification information to the communication terminal specified by the terminal information received by the data receiving means. The storage means stores the recording data received by the data receiving means and the identification information given by the identification information giving means in association with each other in the storage unit, and the sending means receives and receives the identification information. The recording data corresponding to the identified information is read from the storage unit.

  According to said structure, a data receiving means receives the terminal information which specifies a communication terminal with recorded data from the said karaoke processing apparatus, and an identification information provision means is provided with respect to the communication terminal specified by the terminal information. Sent the identification information. Therefore, the user can obtain identification information for identifying desired recording data by inputting the terminal information of the owned communication terminal to the karaoke processing apparatus.

  And a transmission means receives identification information, and reads the recording data corresponding to the received identification information from the said memory | storage part. Therefore, the user can easily obtain desired recording data by transmitting the obtained identification information to the server device.

  Furthermore, in order to solve the above problems, the communication system of the present invention includes the karaoke processing device, the server device, and a communication terminal, and the communication terminal records the recorded data recorded by the karaoke processing device. Is obtained from the server device.

  According to said structure, the user of a karaoke facility can take in easily the singing voice with an accompaniment from the server apparatus with respect to an external communication apparatus, ie, the music containing the singing voice sung in karaoke. For example, when the communication terminal is a mobile phone, the user can use the accompaniment singing voice acquired from the server device as the ringtone of the mobile phone. In addition, since the number of times the user uses the karaoke facility increases because the song containing the singing voice sung at karaoke is acquired, the customer collection rate of the karaoke facility is improved.

  The control program of the present invention is a computer program that causes a computer to function as each of the means described above.

  With the configuration described above, the karaoke processing device, the karaoke performance processing device, or the server device can be realized by realizing each means of the karaoke processing device, the karaoke performance processing device, or the server device with a computer.

  The recording medium of the present invention is a computer-readable recording medium that records the control program for operating the karaoke processing apparatus or the server apparatus by causing each of the above means to be realized by a computer.

  With the above configuration, the karaoke processing device or the server device can be realized on a computer by a control program read from the recording medium.

  According to the karaoke processing device, karaoke performance processing device, server device, communication system, karaoke device control method, server device control method, control program, and recording medium according to the present invention, as described above, the user can You can easily get songs with singing voices that you sang. In addition, since the number of times the user uses the karaoke facility increases because the song containing the singing voice sung at karaoke is acquired, the customer collection rate of the karaoke facility is improved.

Embodiment 1
An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 9 as follows.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an entire karaoke ringtone distribution system (communication system) including a karaoke recording device (karaoke processing device) 4 and a karaoke ringtone server (server device) 8 according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the karaoke ringtone distribution system performs a karaoke accompaniment (hereinafter simply referred to as an accompaniment) and records the accompaniment and the user's singing voice, and a mobile phone (communication terminal). ) 9, the karaoke distribution server 1 for distributing karaoke data of a new song to the karaoke system 7, the mobile phone carrier network C that performs wireless communication with the mobile phone 9, and the ringtone of the mobile phone 9 A karaoke ringtone server 8 for transmitting karaoke accompaniment singing voice data (accompaniment singing voice data) including karaoke accompaniment and singing voice recorded by the karaoke system 7 to the mobile phone 9. The karaoke distribution server 1, the karaoke system 7, the karaoke ringtone server 8, and the mobile phone carrier network C are connected to a communication network N.

  The user performs karaoke using the karaoke system 7, and then uses the karaoke ringtone server 8 as a ringtone for the mobile phone 9 with the singing voice song (accompaniment singing voice) recorded by the karaoke system 7. Can be downloaded.

  The karaoke system 7 is installed in a karaoke hall, for example. The karaoke system 7 outputs a karaoke accompaniment and a user's singing voice as sound, and outputs a karaoke recording device 4 including karaoke recording apparatus 4 including the accompaniment and singing voice, and a karaoke apparatus. The karaoke recording device 4 for recording the singing voice data with accompaniment output from 3, the display device (information output device) 5 for displaying video to the user, the karaoke device 3 and the karaoke recording device 4 are remotely connected. The remote control (remote control) 6 for operation and the communication device 2 that relays data transmission / reception between the karaoke device 3 and the karaoke recording device 4 and the communication network N are configured.

  The mobile phone 9 has a character input function and a WWW browser function in addition to a normal call function, and can be connected to the Internet via the mobile phone carrier network C. The mobile phone 9 can download various data from various Web servers via the Internet connection. Further, the mobile phone 9 has a function of outputting a human singing voice as a ring tone. Further, it is assumed that the mobile phone 9 has an e-mail transmission / reception function.

(About karaoke distribution server and karaoke equipment configuration)
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the karaoke distribution server 1 and the karaoke apparatus 3. As shown in FIG. 1, the karaoke distribution server 1 and the karaoke device 3 are connected via the communication network N and the communication device 2.

  First, the karaoke distribution server 1 will be described. The karaoke distribution server 1 is for distributing new song data to the karaoke apparatus 3. The karaoke distribution server 1 includes a data distribution unit 11 and a storage unit 12.

  The storage unit 12 stores karaoke data of new songs to be distributed to the karaoke apparatus 3. The storage unit 12 includes, as karaoke data, a MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) file 12a, which is a kind of accompaniment music data serving as the basis of karaoke, and time position information 12b indicating the time position of each phrase in the accompaniment. The lyrics information 12c corresponding to the accompaniment is stored. The MIDI file 12a, the time position information 12b, and the lyrics information 12c are determined for each music piece and are associated with each music number. The data is written into the storage unit 12 by a management device (not shown) that manages the karaoke distribution server.

  FIG. 3 is an example of the time position information 12 b stored in the storage unit 12. As shown in FIG. 3, the storage unit 12 corresponds to the music number 11A2222, the A melody of the lyrics 1 is time 0: 20-0: 40, and the B melody of the lyrics 1 is time 0: 40-0. : 55, and so on.

  The data distribution unit 11 distributes karaoke data including the MIDI file 12a, the time position information 12b, and the lyrics information 12c stored in the storage unit 12 to the karaoke apparatus 3 via the communication network N and the communication device 2. Is.

  Next, the karaoke apparatus 3 will be described. The karaoke apparatus 3 shown in FIG. 2 plays an accompaniment and outputs a user's singing voice loudly. The karaoke apparatus 3 includes a data update unit 31, a storage unit 32, a control unit 33, a mixer 34, a speaker 35, a microphone 36, and a remote control reception unit 37. The karaoke device 3 is connected to the communication device 2, the karaoke recording device 4, and the display device 5, and is remotely operated from the remote controller 6.

  The data update unit 31 receives karaoke data of a new song distributed from the karaoke distribution server 1 via the communication network N and the communication device 2 and stores the received karaoke data in the storage unit 32. Thereby, the user can enjoy karaoke of a new song. The storage unit 32 stores karaoke data including a MIDI file 32a, time position information 32b, and lyrics information 32c in association with the music number.

  The remote control receiving unit 37 receives the music number for performing karaoke from the remote control 6 and transmits the received music number to the control unit 33.

  The control unit 33 reads karaoke data corresponding to the music number from the remote control reception unit 37 from the storage unit 32, and performs processing for karaoke performance based on the read karaoke data. The control unit 33 includes a music processing unit 33a and a video processing unit 33b.

  The music processing unit 33 a restores the sound of each instrument based on the MIDI file 32 a read from the storage unit 32, and outputs the restored sound data to the mixer 34. In addition, the video processing unit 33 b displays the lyrics and the background video on the display device 5 based on the lyrics information 32 c read from the storage unit 32.

  The control unit 33 outputs the time position information 32b read from the storage unit 32 to the karaoke recording device 4 as it is.

  The mixer 34 mixes the accompaniment restored by the music processing unit 33 a and the user's singing voice input to the microphone 36, amplifies the mixed sound with a predetermined amplification factor, and outputs it from the speaker 35. The mixer 34 outputs singing voice data with karaoke accompaniment, which is sound data obtained by mixing accompaniment and singing voice, to the karaoke recording device 4.

  In this way, the karaoke device 3 is distributed with the karaoke data of the new song from the karaoke distribution server 1. Further, the karaoke apparatus 3 outputs the accompaniment corresponding to the music number designated by the user using the remote controller 6 and the user's singing voice from the speaker 35, and outputs the accompaniment singing voice data to the karaoke recording apparatus 4. . Furthermore, the karaoke apparatus 3 outputs the time position information 32b corresponding to the designated music number to the karaoke recording apparatus 4.

(About Karaoke Recording Device)
Next, the karaoke recording device 4 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the karaoke recording apparatus 4. As shown in FIG. 4, the karaoke recording apparatus 4 includes a recording processing unit (recording unit) 41, a storage unit 42, a password acquisition unit 43, a cutout unit (cutout unit) 44, an ID number assigning unit (identification information generating unit). ) 45, a transmission data generation unit (output unit) 46, a remote control reception unit 47, and a notification unit (notification unit) 49. Also, as shown in FIG. 1, the karaoke recording device 4 is connected to the communication device 2, the karaoke device 3, and the display device 5, and further receives an instruction from the remote controller 6.

  The recording processing unit 41 is for receiving accompaniment singing voice data and time position information output from the karaoke apparatus 3 and storing the accompaniment singing voice data and time position information in the storage unit 42. The recording processing unit 41 converts the singing voice data with accompaniment output from the karaoke apparatus 3 into a digital format and then records it in the storage unit 42. When the recording processing unit 41 finishes writing the accompaniment singing voice data 42 a and the time position information 42 b to the storage unit 42 for each piece of music, the recording processing unit 41 outputs a writing end signal indicating the end of writing to the password acquisition unit 43.

  The storage unit 42 is for temporarily storing information, and is configured by a memory or the like, for example. The storage unit 42 stores the accompaniment singing voice data 42 a and the time position information 42 b written by the recording processing unit 41.

  The remote control receiving unit 47 is for receiving a signal from the remote control 6. However, the remote control receiving unit 47 receives the signal only when it is in a reception standby state in which reception is awaited. The operation of the remote control receiving unit 47 is controlled by the password acquisition unit 43 or the cutout unit 44.

  The personal identification number acquisition unit 43 is for acquiring a personal identification number from the user. Upon receiving the write end signal from the recording processing unit 41, the personal identification number acquisition unit 43 confirms whether or not to use the singing voice and accompaniment sung in karaoke as the ringtone of the mobile phone 9, and asks the display device 5 the personal identification number. In addition to displaying the input screen, the remote control receiving unit 47 is put into a password number reception standby state for waiting for reception of the password. Then, the personal identification number acquisition unit 43 acquires the personal identification number from the remote control reception unit 47. The personal identification number acquisition unit 43 outputs the acquired personal identification number to the cutout unit 44.

  The cutout unit 44 is for cutting out a portion desired by the user from the accompaniment singing voice data 42 a stored in the storage unit 42. When the personal identification number is input from the personal identification number acquisition unit 43, the cutout unit 44 reads the time position information 42b from the storage unit 42, and selects a phrase based on the read time positional information 42b. A screen is displayed on the display device 5. In addition, the cutout unit 44 puts the remote control receiving unit 47 into a selected phrase reception standby state for waiting for reception of the selected phrase instruction. Then, the cutout unit 44 acquires the selected phrase selected by the user from the remote control receiving unit 47.

  The cutout unit 44 specifies the time corresponding to the selected phrase received by the remote control receiving unit 47 based on the time position information 42b. Then, the cutout unit 44 cuts out a portion corresponding to the specified time from the accompaniment singing voice data 42a, and outputs the cut out accompaniment singing voice data (accompanied singing voice cutout data) to the ID number giving unit 45 together with the password. To do.

  The ID number assigning unit 45 is for assigning a uniquely determined ID number as identification information for identifying accompaniment singing voice cut-out data cut out by the cut-out unit 44. The ID number assigning unit 45 outputs the accompaniment singing voice cut-out data and the personal identification number assigned with the ID number to the transmission data generating unit 46 at the subsequent stage.

  The transmission data generation unit 46 is for generating transmission data to be transmitted to the karaoke ringtone server 8 based on the accompaniment singing voice cut-out data and the personal identification number assigned with the ID number.

  The transmission data generation unit 46 performs compression processing of the accompaniment singing voice cut-out data and creates a compressed accompaniment singing voice (accompanied singing voice compression data). The transmission data generation unit 46 generates the above accompaniment singing voice compression data to which the ID number and the personal identification number are added as transmission data, and transmits the transmission data to the karaoke ringtone server 8 via the communication device 2 and the communication network N. To do. In addition, the transmission data generation unit 46 outputs the transmitted ID number and password to the notification unit 49.

  The notification unit 49 is for displaying predetermined information on the display device 5 and notifying the user of the information. When the notification unit 49 receives the ID number and the password from the transmission data generation unit 46, the notification unit 49 displays the received ID number, the password, and the URL of the Web page provided by the karaoke ringtone server 8 on the display device 5 for a predetermined time. Accordingly, the user can reconfirm the personal identification number input by the user and specify the ID number and the URL of the access destination.

(About karaoke ringtone server)
Next, the configuration of the karaoke ringtone server 8 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 5, the karaoke ringtone server 8 includes a communication unit 81, a data writing unit (storage unit) 82, storage units 83 and 87, a data specifying unit (transmission unit) 84, and a conversion unit (conversion unit) 85. It has.

  The storage unit 87 is a memory that stores terminal specification-format information 87a. The terminal specification-format information 87a is information in which specifications of a mobile phone terminal that can play a singing voice as a ring tone and a ring tone format in the mobile phone terminal are associated with each other. Depending on the specifications of the mobile phone terminal, the singing voice may not be reproduced as a ring tone. For example, in the case of the specification of a mobile phone terminal that emits only a single tone as a ringtone, singing voice cannot be reproduced as a ringtone. Accordingly, even if the accompaniment singing voice is provided as a ring tone for a mobile phone terminal having such a specification, the user cannot use it, and therefore the specification is not included in the terminal specification-format information 87a. Further, the terminal specification-format information 87a is added to the specifications of the terminal and the ringtone format thereof whenever a new mobile phone terminal capable of playing a singing voice as a ringtone is released.

  The communication unit 81 transmits / receives data to / from the communication network N. The communication unit 81 includes a data reception unit (data reception unit) 81a, an access request reception unit 81b, and a transmission unit (transmission unit) 81c.

  The data receiving unit 81 a receives the accompaniment singing voice compression data to which the ID number and the password are added from the karaoke recording device 4, and outputs the received data to the data writing unit 82.

  The access request receiving unit 81b receives an access request from a mobile phone terminal including the mobile phone 9, and determines whether or not to continue communication according to a communication destination that has requested access. The access request receiving unit 81b acquires the specification of the mobile phone terminal that is the communication destination that has made the access request, and determines whether the acquired terminal specification is included in the terminal specification-format information 87a stored in the storage unit 87. to decide.

  If included, the access request receiving unit 81 b permits access to the access request and outputs an access permission signal to the data specifying unit 84. At the same time, the access request receiving unit 81b reads the ringtone format corresponding to the acquired terminal specification and sends it to the conversion unit 85.

  The transmission unit 81 c is for transmitting predetermined data via the communication network N.

  The data writing unit 82 receives the compressed voice data with accompaniment to which the ID number and the password are added from the data receiving unit 81a, and stores the received data in the storage unit 83 as ID-accompanied singing voice data 83a. is there. When storing the data in the storage unit 83, the data writing unit 82 stores the accompaniment singing voice compression data and the ID number and the password added thereto in association with each other. That is, the ID-accompaniment singing voice data 83a is data in which accompaniment singing voice compression data, an ID number, and a password are associated with each other.

  The data specifying unit 84 is for specifying ring tone data to be downloaded. The data specifying unit 84 acquires an ID number and a personal identification number from the mobile phone 9 using a Web page, and specifies the ring tone data to be downloaded with the accompaniment singing voice compression data corresponding to the acquired ID number and personal identification number. The accompaniment singing voice compression data is read from the storage unit 83. Then, the data specifying unit 84 sends the read accompaniment singing voice compression data to the conversion unit 85.

  The conversion unit 85 restores the accompaniment singing voice compression data read by the data specifying unit 84 and converts it into a ringtone format corresponding to the destination mobile phone 9. The conversion unit 85 performs conversion processing according to the ring tone format received from the access request reception unit 81b. Then, the conversion unit 85 transmits the generated ring tone data to the mobile phone 9 via the communication unit 81, the communication network N, and the mobile phone carrier network C. Thereby, the user can use the music containing the singing voice (that is, the singing voice with karaoke accompaniment) sung by the mobile phone 9 at the karaoke as a ringtone.

(Processing flow in karaoke equipment)
Next, processing of the karaoke apparatus 3 when the user performs karaoke will be described with reference to the block diagram of FIG. 2 and the flowchart of FIG.

  First, in the karaoke device 3, the remote control receiving unit 37 determines whether or not there is a music number designation from the remote control 6 (S1). When there is no music number designation from the remote control 6 (NO in S1), the remote control receiving unit 37 determines again whether or not the music number designation is given from the remote control 6 (S1).

  When there is a music number designation from the remote controller 6 (YES in S1), the remote control receiving unit 37 outputs the designated music number (designated music number) to the control unit 33. And the control part 33 reads the karaoke data (MIDI file 32a, the time position information 32b, and the lyric information 32c) corresponding to a designated music number from the memory | storage part 32 (S2).

  After that, the music processing unit 33a restores the sound of each instrument based on the read MIDI file 32a and starts outputting the restored accompaniment to the mixer 34. The video processing unit 33b displays the lyrics on the display device 5 based on the read lyrics information. Based on the lyrics displayed on the display device 5, the user sings into the microphone 36.

  In S3, the mixer 34 mixes the accompaniment output from the music processing unit 33a and the singing voice input to the microphone 36 so that the mixed sound (accompanied / singing voice mixed sound) has a predetermined volume. Is output from the speaker 35. At the same time, the mixer 34 outputs singing voice data with accompaniment, which is the accompaniment / singing voice mixed sound data, to the karaoke recording apparatus 4. At this time, the control unit 33 also outputs the time position information 32 b read from the storage unit 32 to the karaoke recording apparatus 4.

  And the karaoke apparatus 3 will return to S1 again, if the output of an accompaniment / singing voice mixed sound is complete | finished about a designated music number.

  In this way, the karaoke apparatus 3 outputs the accompaniment singing voice data and the time position information to the karaoke recording apparatus 4 for each designated music number.

(Flow of ringtone data storage process to Karaoke ringtone server)
Next, the flow of processing until the accompaniment singing voice data output from the karaoke apparatus 3 is stored in the karaoke ringtone server 8 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  First, in the karaoke recording device 4, the recording processing unit 41 acquires the singing voice data with accompaniment and time position information from the karaoke device 3 for each piece of music (S11). And the recording process part 41 records the acquired voice data with accompaniment in the memory | storage part 42, and stores the acquired time position information in the memory | storage part 42 (S12). At this time, the recording processing unit 41 outputs a writing end signal indicating that the recording has ended to the personal identification number acquiring unit 43.

  Next, the personal identification number acquisition unit 43 that has received the write end signal determines whether or not to download the singing-voiced song sung at karaoke to the mobile phone (S13).

  Specifically, the recording processing unit 43 causes the display device 5 to display a screen for confirming whether or not to use a song containing a singing voice sung at karaoke as a ringtone of the mobile phone 9, and the remote control receiving unit 47. Is set to a reception waiting state for an instruction for the confirmation. For example, the personal identification number acquisition unit 43 displays on the display device 5 such as “If you want to download the song you just sang as a ringtone? Press“ 1 ”, otherwise press“ 0 ””. When the remote control receiving unit 47 receives the “1” signal, the personal identification number obtaining unit 43 determines to download, and when the remote control receiving unit 47 receives the “0” signal, the personal identification number acquiring unit 43 determines not to download.

  If it is determined not to download (NO in S13), the karaoke recording device 4 ends the process.

  On the other hand, if it is determined to be downloaded (YES in S13), the personal identification number acquisition unit 43 causes the display device 5 to display a screen for prompting the input of the personal identification number used for downloading, and causes the remote control reception unit 47 to wait for the personal identification number reception. State. As a result, the password acquisition unit 43 acquires the password desired by the user (S14). Here, the personal identification number is, for example, a four-digit number. When the personal identification number acquisition unit 43 acquires the personal identification number, the personal identification number acquisition unit 43 outputs the acquired personal identification number to the cutout unit 44.

  Next, the cutout unit 44 to which the password has been input reads the time position information 42 b from the storage unit 42. Then, the cutout unit 44 causes the display device 5 to display a phrase selection screen for selecting one phrase to be used as a ringing tone from all the phrases indicated in the read time position information 42b, and the remote controller The receiving unit 47 is set to the selected phrase reception standby state. For example, the cutout unit 44 displays on the display screen 5 a screen such as “Which phrase do you want as the ringtone?“ 1 ”for the 1st A melody,“ 2 ”for the 1st B melody, and so on. Display. When the remote control receiving unit 47 receives “1”, the cutout unit 44 determines that the first A melody is the selected phrase.

  In this manner, the cutout unit 44 specifies the selected phrase received by the remote control receiving unit 47 as a phrase used as a ringtone. Then, the cutout unit 44 cuts out a portion corresponding to the specified phrase from the accompaniment singing voice data 42a (S15).

  Specifically, the cutout unit 44 reads the time position corresponding to the identified phrase from the time position information 42b. Then, the cutout unit 44 cuts out only the portion corresponding to the read time position from the accompaniment singing voice data 42a. For example, as shown in FIG. 2, when the 1st A melody is time 0:20 to 0:40 and the 1st A melody is a selected phrase, the cutout unit 44 calculates the time from the accompaniment singing voice data 42a. Only the portion from 0:20 to 0:40 is cut out.

  Thereafter, the cutout unit 44 outputs the cutout portion of the accompaniment singing voice cutout data and the personal identification number to the ID number assigning unit 45. Further, the cutout unit 44 deletes all the information stored in the storage unit 42 when the cutout process is completed.

  Note that the cutout unit 44 may reproduce the cut out singing voice accompaniment data with the speaker 35 of the karaoke apparatus 3. In this case, the karaoke device 3 provided with the speaker 35 can be said to be a playback device.

  Next, the ID number giving unit 45 that has received the accompaniment singing voice cut-out data generates an ID number for identifying the accompaniment singing voice cut-out data, and assigns the generated ID number to the accompaniment singing voice cut-out data ( S16). The ID number generation method is not particularly limited. For example, the ID number giving unit 45 may use a combination of an identification number for identifying the karaoke device 3 and a number for specifying the date and time as the ID number. When the ID number assignment is completed, the ID number assigning unit 45 outputs the ID number, the password, and the accompaniment singing voice cut-out data to the transmission data generating unit 46.

  Next, the transmission data generation unit 46 performs compression processing of the accompaniment singing voice cut-out data (S17). As a result, the data capacity can be reduced.

  Then, the transmission data generation unit 46 generates transmission data in which the ID number and the password are added to the accompaniment singing voice compression data, and the generated transmission data is transmitted to the karaoke ringtone via the communication device 2 and the communication network N. It transmits to the server 8 (S18).

  Thereafter, the notification unit 49 causes the display device 5 to display the personal identification number acquired in S14, the ID number assigned in S16, and the URL of the Web page provided by the server ringtone server 8 (S19). By making a note of the screen displayed on the display device 5, the user can acquire the URL of the server that downloads the ringtone composed of the singing voice sung at karaoke and the ID number that identifies the ringtone. And never forget your PIN. Thereafter, the karaoke recording device 4 ends the process.

  On the other hand, the karaoke ringtone server 8 (see FIG. 5) receives the transmission data from the karaoke recording device 4 in response to the process of S18 (S21). Then, the data writing unit 82 of the karaoke ringtone server 8 creates ID-accompanied singing voice data in which the accompaniment singing voice compression data, the ID number, and the personal identification number included in the received data are associated with each other. The ID-accompanied singing voice data is stored in the storage unit 83 (S22). In this way, the karaoke ringtone server 8 obtains accompaniment singing voice data which is ringtone data distributed as a ringtone.

(Flow of download processing on Karaoke ringtone server)
Next, the flow of the ringtone download process in the karaoke ringtone server 8 will be described with reference to FIG.

  First, in S31, the karaoke ringtone server 8 determines whether or not there is an access request from a mobile phone terminal including the mobile phone 9 (S31). When there is no access request (NO in S31), the karaoke ringtone server 8 repeats the process of S31.

  On the other hand, when there is an access request (YES in S31), the access request receiving unit 81b in the karaoke ringtone server 8 acquires information on the terminal specifications (terminal specification information) from the mobile phone terminal that has requested access, It is determined whether or not the mobile phone terminal is suitable as a service providing destination (S32). Whether or not it is appropriate as a service providing destination means whether or not the mobile phone terminal of the providing destination can reproduce a singing voice as a ringtone.

  Specifically, the access request receiving unit 81b obtains terminal specification information based on information indicating an access request source included in an access request header or the like. Then, the access request receiving unit 81b compares the acquired terminal specification (acquired terminal specification) with the terminal specification-format information 87a stored in the storage unit 87, and the acquired terminal specification is in the terminal specification-format information 87a. Determine whether or not. If it is in the terminal specification-format information 87a, the access request receiving unit 81b determines that the communication destination mobile phone terminal is a service-usable terminal. If it is not in the terminal specification-format information 87a, the access request reception unit 81b receives the access request. The unit 81b determines that the communication destination mobile phone terminal is not a service usable terminal.

  If it is determined that the communication-destination mobile phone terminal is not a service-usable terminal (NO in S32), the access request receiving unit 81b notifies the communication-destination mobile phone terminal that the service cannot be provided, and processing Exit.

  On the other hand, when it is determined that the communication destination mobile phone terminal is a terminal that can use the service (YES in S32), the access request reception unit 81b displays the ringtone format corresponding to the terminal specification of the communication destination mobile phone terminal. It reads from the specification-format information 87 a and outputs the read ringtone format to the conversion unit 85. Further, the access request receiving unit 81b outputs an access permission signal for permitting access to the data specifying unit 84. At this time, the access request receiving unit 81b displays a screen as shown in FIG. 6 on the Web page, and notifies the communication destination mobile phone 9 that a ringtone including a singing voice sung in karaoke can be acquired. To do.

  Next, the data specifying unit 84 that has received the access permission signal displays a screen for inputting the ID number on the Web page, and acquires the ID number from the mobile phone 9 of the communication destination (S33). That is, the data specifying unit 84 causes the user to input the ID number displayed in S19 and noted in the web page displayed on the mobile phone 9.

  Next, the data specifying unit 84 determines whether or not the acquired ID number is stored in the storage unit 83 (S34). If the acquired ID number is not stored in the storage unit 83 (NO in S34), the data specifying unit 84 ends the process.

  On the other hand, when the acquired ID number is stored in the storage unit 83 (YES in S34), the data specifying unit 84 reads the accompaniment singing voice compression data and the password corresponding to the acquired ID number from the storage unit 83 ( S35).

  Thereafter, the data specifying unit 84 displays a screen for inputting a personal identification number on the Web page, and acquires the personal identification number from the communication destination mobile phone 9 (S36). That is, the data specifying unit 84 causes the user to input the password entered in the remote controller 6 in S14 (that is, the password displayed in S19) into the Web page.

  Next, the data specifying unit 84 determines whether or not the acquired personal identification number matches the read personal identification number (S37). If the code numbers do not match (NO in S37), the data specifying unit 84 determines that the communication destination user is not the other party to whom the ring tone should be distributed, and ends the process. As described above, the accompaniment singing voice data is not transmitted to the communication destination whose passwords do not match. For this reason, privacy is protected without being heard by others who do not know their singing voice.

  On the other hand, when the code numbers match (YES in S37), the data specifying unit 84 outputs the read accompaniment singing voice compression data to the conversion unit 85. And the conversion part 85 decompress | restores accompaniment singing voice compression data, and performs a conversion process according to the ringtone format acquired from the access request | requirement receiving part 81b (S38). Thereby, the conversion unit 85 can generate ringtone data according to the ringtone format of the mobile phone 9 that is the communication destination.

  Thereafter, the conversion unit 85 transmits the generated ringtone data to the mobile phone 9 via the ringtone data transmission unit 81c, the communication network N, and the mobile phone carrier network C (S39).

  As a result, the user of the mobile phone 9 can use the singing voice-tuned song sung by karaoke as the ringtone of the mobile phone 9. In addition, the karaoke store's rate of attracting customers is improved.

(About other modifications)
In the above description, in S34 and S37, if there is no identical ID number, or if the passwords do not match, the process is terminated. However, when there is no identical ID number or when the passwords do not match, the process of S34 or S37 may be repeated again a predetermined number of times. Thereby, even if the user makes an input mistake, the user can perform again from the input of the ID number or the password.

  Further, the data writing unit 82 stores the ID-accompaniment singing voice data in the storage unit 83 for a predetermined period (for example, two weeks), and erases the ID-accompaniment singing voice data after the predetermined period from the storage unit 83. You may do it. Thereby, the user may access the karaoke ringtone server 8 during the predetermined period. Further, it is possible to avoid the storage unit 83 being filled with data.

  Further, the data writing unit 82 may erase the ID-accompanied singing voice data that has already been downloaded from the storage unit 83. Alternatively, the data writing unit 82 may erase the ID-accompanied singing voice data from the storage unit 83 in accordance with an instruction from the user. As a result, the user does not have to worry about downloading a song containing a singing voice to others, and privacy protection is enhanced.

  In addition, if the user likes the downloaded song containing the singing voice, the user can also tell the friend the URL and password of the karaoke ringtone server 8. In this case, the friend can also download the same accompaniment singing voice from the karaoke ringtone server 8. In addition, when the user owns a plurality of mobile phones, the mobile phone can be downloaded to the mobile phone by accessing the karaoke ringtone server 8 from each mobile phone.

  In the above description, a charging system related to downloading of ringtones has not been described. Various forms can be considered as the charging system. For example, the karaoke recording device 4 is provided with a coin slot, and in the process of S13 (a process for confirming whether or not to download a song containing a singing voice to a mobile phone), the coin slot has a predetermined value only in the case of YES. You may make it throw only the amount of money.

  As another example, every time the administrator of the karaoke ringtone server 8 downloads a song containing a singing voice from the karaoke ringtone server 8, it may be possible to collect a download cost for the downloaded user. In this case, as described above, if there are a plurality of downloads for a song containing a singing voice, a larger amount of money can be obtained. Alternatively, the administrator of the karaoke ringtone server 8 may cause the karaoke store to bear the download cost. As a result, the karaoke store that bears the download cost can use the point that the user does not have to bear the download cost as a difference from other stores, or can be used as a campaign tool, further improving the rate of attracting customers. be able to.

  In the above description, the notification unit 49 displays the ID number, the password, and the URL of the karaoke ringtone server 8 on the display device 5. In this case, the user needs to memorize or write down the ID number, password, and URL, which is troublesome. Therefore, the karaoke recording device may be connected to a printer (information output device), and the notification unit 49 may print out the ID number, the password, and the URL of the karaoke ringtone server 8 from the printer. This eliminates the need for the user to store or write down the ID number or the like.

  Alternatively, in S <b> 19, the notification unit 49 may display a two-dimensional barcode (for example, QR code (registered trademark)) corresponding to the ID number on the display device 5. At this time, when the mobile phone 9 is equipped with a camera, the user can photograph and recognize the two-dimensional barcode displayed on the display device 5 with the mobile phone 9 with the camera. In S <b> 33, the data specifying unit 84 causes the user to input the ID number acquired by the two-dimensional barcode recognition on the Web page displayed on the mobile phone 9. This reduces the operation burden on the user and improves convenience.

  In the above description, it is assumed that the karaoke recording device 4 transmits the ID number, the password, and the singing voice compression data with accompaniment to the karaoke ringtone server 8. In addition to this, the karaoke recording device 4 acquires information related to the karaoke system 7 (for example, store name, venue name, device number of the karaoke device 3) and time information (date, time, etc.) at the time of recording, The acquired information may be transmitted to the karaoke ringtone server 8. When the karaoke ringtone server 8 downloads a song containing a singing voice, the karaoke ringtone server 8 displays on the Web page the name of the store representing the place where the karaoke was performed, the name of the venue, and the date and time when the karaoke was performed. Thereby, the user can specify the karaoke shop which created the downloaded music containing a singing voice. As a result, the karaoke shop side can expect the user to use karaoke again in order to create another song-song-containing music. As a result, the karaoke store's customer acquisition rate can be improved.

  In addition, when the user forgets the ID number, it is also possible to specify the song containing his / her singing voice based on the store name, the venue name, the device number of the karaoke device 3, time information, and the like. In this case, the data specifying unit 84 of the karaoke ringtone server 8 displays a search screen including a store name, a venue name, a device number of the karaoke device 3 and time information on the Web page, and performs a search based on the input information. Do. And the data specific | specification part 84 specifies the singing voice compression data with accompaniment to download based on a search result.

  In the above description, the cutout unit 44 displays the phrase selection screen based on the time position information on the display screen 5 and inputs the selected phrase to the remote controller 6. Not only this but the cut-out part 44 outputs the singing voice data with accompaniment memorize | stored in the memory | storage part 42 with the speaker 35 (or speaker which the karaoke recording apparatus 4 has not shown) of the karaoke apparatus 3, and with respect to a user. The portion to be cut out may be arbitrarily selected.

  Moreover, in this embodiment, it was set as the system which delivers to a user the music containing a singing voice sung by the karaoke system 7 as a ringtone of a mobile telephone. However, the distribution destination is not limited to a mobile phone, but may be a PHS (registered trademark) (Personal Handyphone System) or a communication terminal such as a personal computer. In this case, the karaoke ringtone server 8 functions as a server for distributing karaoke singing-song-containing music.

  In the above description, the karaoke device 3 and the karaoke recording device 4 are different devices. However, the karaoke device 3 may include each component of the karaoke recording device 4. In this case, since the functions of the karaoke recording device 4 and the karaoke device 3 are realized by a single device, the volume or cost required for the housing or the like can be reduced.

  In the above description, the accompaniment singing voice data recorded by the karaoke recording device 4 is once output to the karaoke ringtone server 8, and the mobile phone 9 downloads the accompaniment singing voice data from the karaoke ringtone server 8. . However, the karaoke recording device 4 may have the above-described configuration of the karaoke ringtone server 8. This eliminates the need to provide the karaoke ringtone server 8 separately from the karaoke recording device 4.

  In this case, in the karaoke recording apparatus 4, the transmission data generating unit 46 can directly send the ID number, the password, and the accompanying singing voice compression data to the data writing unit 82 without using the communication network N. . In this case, the transmission data generation unit 46 may send the accompaniment singing voice cut-out data to the data writing unit 82 without performing the compression process.

[Embodiment 2]
The following will describe another embodiment of the present invention with reference to FIGS. For convenience of explanation, members having the same functions as those in the drawings described in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted. Further, the various feature points and modifications described in the first embodiment can be applied in combination with the present embodiment.

  In the first embodiment, the karaoke recording device 4 displays the URL and ID number of the Web page provided by the karaoke ringtone server 8 on the display device 5. In this case, the user needs to write down the URL and ID number displayed on the display device 5 so as not to forget. Therefore, it becomes a troublesome work for the user. Further, if the written paper is lost, the user cannot access the karaoke ringtone server 8 and cannot download the song-song containing the singing voice as the ringtone. The present embodiment can solve such problems.

  Hereinafter, the karaoke ringtone distribution system of this embodiment includes a karaoke recording device 104 instead of the karaoke recording device 4 and a karaoke ringtone server 108 instead of the karaoke ringtone server 8. Other configurations of the karaoke distribution server 1, the communication device 2, the karaoke device 3, the display device 5, the remote controller 6, the mobile phone 9, the mobile phone carrier network C, and the communication network N are shown in the first embodiment shown in FIG. It is the same.

(About configuration of karaoke recording device)
The karaoke recording device (karaoke processing device) 104 of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the karaoke recording device 104. As shown in FIG. 10, the karaoke recording device 104 of the present embodiment is different from the configuration of the karaoke recording device 4 of the first embodiment in that an e-mail address acquisition unit (terminal information acquisition) is used instead of the ID number assigning unit 45. Means) 48 includes a transmission data generation unit (output means) 146 instead of the transmission data generation unit 46.

  The e-mail address acquisition unit 48 is for acquiring the e-mail address of the mobile phone 9 that uses a song-song-containing music sung at karaoke as a ringtone. The mail address is unique to the mobile phone 9 and is information for specifying a communication terminal.

  When the code number and the accompaniment singing voice cut-out data are input from the cut-out unit 44, the mail address acquisition unit 48 causes the display device 5 to display a mail address input screen that prompts the user to input the mail address of the mobile phone 9, and receives the remote control. The unit 47 is set in a mail address reception standby state for waiting for reception of the mail address input. Thereby, the remote control receiving unit 47 can receive the mail address input to the remote control 6 by the user. Then, the mail address acquisition unit 48 acquires a mail address from the remote control reception unit 47 and outputs the acquired mail address, password, and extracted data to the transmission data generation unit 146.

  The transmission data generation unit 146 is for generating transmission data to be transmitted to the karaoke ringtone server 108 based on the mail address, password and accompaniment singing voice cut-out data received from the mail address acquisition unit 48.

  The transmission data generation unit 146 creates singing voice compression data with accompaniment, similar to the transmission data generation unit 46. Then, the transmission data generation unit 146 generates, as transmission data, the singing voice compression data with the accompaniment number and the mail address, and transmits the transmission data to the karaoke ringtone server 108 via the communication device 2 and the communication network N. Send to.

  In addition, the transmission data generation unit 146 transmits the transmission data to the karaoke ringtone server 108 and notifies the display device 5 that the URL of the karaoke ringtone server 8 is transmitted to the mail address acquired by the mail address acquisition unit 48. It may be displayed for a predetermined time.

(About the configuration of the karaoke ringtone server)
The karaoke ringtone server (server device) 108 of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the karaoke ringtone server 108. As shown in FIG. 11, the karaoke ringtone server 108 according to the present embodiment includes a data writing unit (storage means) 182 instead of the data writing unit 82 and a data specifying unit 84 as compared with the first embodiment. Instead, a data specifying unit (transmitting unit) 184 is provided, and a URL adding unit (identification information adding unit) 86 is further provided.

  The data receiving unit 81a of the present embodiment receives the accompaniment singing voice compression data to which the personal identification number and the mail address are added from the karaoke recording device 104, and sends the received data to the URL adding unit 86.

  The URL assigning unit 86 assigns a separate URL to each singing voice compression data with accompaniment transmitted from the karaoke recording device 104. The URL assigning unit 86 receives the accompaniment singing voice compression data to which the personal identification number and the mail address are added from the data receiving unit 81a. Then, the URL assigning unit 86 uniquely assigns a URL to the received compressed data, and sends the accompaniment singing voice compression data to which the URL is assigned and the personal identification number to the data writing unit 182. Further, the URL assigning unit 86 creates an e-mail including the received URL as a transmission destination and including the assigned URL in the text. Then, the URL assigning unit 86 transmits the created electronic mail via the transmission unit 81c.

  The data writing unit 182 receives the accompaniment singing voice compression data and the password provided with the URL from the URL adding unit 86, and the received data with the accompaniment singing voice compression data, the URL, and the code number are associated with the URL. -It stores in the memory | storage part 83 as accompaniment singing voice data 83b.

  The data specifying unit 184 is for specifying ring tone data to be downloaded. When the data specifying unit 184 receives the access permission signal from the access request receiving unit 81b, the data specifying unit 184 obtains a personal identification number from the communication destination using the Web page. Then, the data identification unit 184 identifies the singing voice compression data with accompaniment corresponding to the URL for which access is requested and the acquired password as ringtone data to be downloaded, and reads the accompaniment singing voice compression data from the storage unit 83. Then, the data identification unit 184 sends the read accompaniment singing voice compression data to the conversion unit 85.

(Flow of ringtone data storage process to Karaoke ringtone server)
Next, the flow of processing in this embodiment until the accompaniment singing voice data output from the karaoke apparatus 3 is stored in the karaoke ringtone server 8 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  First, the process of S11-S15 demonstrated in the said Embodiment 1 is performed.

  Next, in S41, the mail address acquisition unit 48 causes the display device 5 to display a mail address input screen for prompting the input of the mail address of the mobile phone 9, and the remote control receiving unit 47 waits for the reception of the mail address input. The address reception standby state is set. Then, the e-mail address acquisition unit 48 acquires the e-mail address from the remote control receiving unit 47, generates transmission data of the acquired e-mail address, the personal identification number acquired in S14, and the accompaniment singing voice cut-out data extracted in S15 Output to the unit 146.

  Next, in S <b> 17, the transmission data generation unit 146 performs compression processing of accompaniment singing voice cut-out data.

  Then, the transmission data generation unit 146 generates transmission data in which a mail address and a password are added to the accompaniment singing voice compression data, and the generated transmission data is transmitted to the karaoke ringtone via the communication device 2 and the communication network N. The data is transmitted to the server 108 (S42). At this time, the transmission data generation unit 146 may display on the display device 5 for a predetermined time that the URL of the karaoke ringtone server 8 is transmitted to the mail address. Thereafter, the karaoke recording device 104 ends the process.

  On the other hand, after receiving the process of S42, the karaoke ringtone server 108 receives the transmission data from the karaoke recording device 104 (S43). The data receiving unit 81a sends the received accompaniment singing voice compression data, mail address and password to the URL adding unit 86.

  Next, the URL assigning unit 86 assigns a unique URL to the compressed data with respect to the received accompaniment singing voice compression data (S44).

  Thereafter, the URL assigning unit 86 transmits an e-mail in which the received mail address is used as a transmission destination and the assigned URL is included in the text (S45). At this time, the URL assigning unit 86 sends the compressed data to which the URL is assigned and the personal identification number to the data writing unit 182.

  Next, the data writing unit 182 stores the URL-accompanied singing voice data 83b in which the received URL, the personal identification number, and the compressed data are associated with each other in the storage unit 83 (S46). Then, the karaoke ringtone server 108 ends the ringtone data storage process.

(Flow of download processing on Karaoke ringtone server)
Next, the flow of the ringtone download process in the karaoke ringtone server 108 will be described with reference to FIG.

  First, the processes of S31 and S32 are performed as in the first embodiment. If it is determined that the communication destination mobile phone terminal is not a service usable terminal (NO in S32), the access request receiving unit 81b notifies the communication destination mobile phone terminal that the service cannot be provided. The process is terminated.

  On the other hand, when it is determined that the communication destination mobile phone terminal is a terminal that can use the service (YES in S32), the access request reception unit 81b displays the ringtone format corresponding to the terminal specification of the communication destination mobile phone terminal. It reads from the specification-format information 87 a and outputs the read ringtone format to the conversion unit 85. Further, the access request receiving unit 81b outputs an access permission signal for permitting access to the data specifying unit 184.

  Next, the data specifying unit 184 that has received the access permission signal reads out the accompaniment singing voice compression data and the password corresponding to the URL for which access has been requested from the storage unit 83 (S47).

  Thereafter, the data specifying unit 184 and the conversion unit 85 perform the processing of S36 to S39 described in the first embodiment, and ends the processing.

  In this way, the user of the mobile phone 9 accesses the URL described in the e-mail sent to the mobile phone 9 and inputs the personal identification number, so that the song containing the singing voice sung by karaoke can be obtained. It can be used as a ring tone for the mobile phone 9.

  In the above description, an electronic mail including a URL is transmitted to the mail address received by the data receiving unit 81a. However, an e-mail with the accompanying singing voice data received by the data receiving unit 81a as an attached file may be transmitted to the received e-mail address. Thereby, the user can obtain accompaniment singing voice data immediately.

[Embodiment 3]
2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, some mobile phones emit a ring tone and display an incoming image on a display screen when an incoming call is received. Thereby, the user can understand that there is an incoming call by looking at the incoming call image, and can also enjoy the incoming call image. As shown in the above embodiment, when using a song containing a singing voice as a ringtone as shown in the above embodiment, if the user sings a singing appearance as a ringtone image on the mobile phone display screen, the user You can own and enjoy your own mobile phone.

  The present embodiment is a karaoke ringtone / incoming image distribution system capable of downloading a song containing a singing voice as a ringtone and downloading an image taken at a karaoke venue as a ringtone image to a mobile phone.

  The present embodiment will be described below with reference to FIGS. For convenience of explanation, members having the same functions as those in the drawings described in the embodiment are given the same reference numerals, and descriptions thereof are omitted. In addition, various feature points and modifications described in the above embodiment can be applied in combination with this embodiment.

  Hereinafter, the karaoke ringtone / incoming image distribution system of the present embodiment includes a karaoke device (karaoke performance device) 203 instead of the karaoke device 3, and a karaoke recording / recording device (karaoke processing device) 204 instead of the karaoke recording device 4. A karaoke ringtone / incoming image server (server device) 208 is provided instead of the karaoke ringtone server 8. Other configurations of the karaoke distribution server 1, the communication device 2, the karaoke device 3, the display device 5, the remote controller 6, the mobile phone 9, the mobile phone carrier network C, and the communication network N are shown in the first embodiment shown in FIG. It is the same.

(About configuration of karaoke equipment)
The karaoke apparatus 203 of this embodiment is demonstrated referring FIG. FIG. 14 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the karaoke apparatus 203. As shown in FIG. 14, the karaoke apparatus 203 of the present embodiment includes a control unit 233 instead of the control unit 33 and further includes a camera 38 as compared with the configuration of the karaoke apparatus 3 of the first embodiment. Yes.

  The camera 38 takes a moving image of a person singing karaoke. The camera 38 is a digital video camera, and sends captured digital image data (moving image data) to the control unit 233.

  The control unit 233 includes an image processing unit 33c in addition to the music processing unit 33a and the video processing unit 33b. When the music number is input from the remote control input unit 37, the image processing unit 33c drives the camera 38 for the performance time corresponding to the music number, and acquires moving image data from the camera 38. Then, the image processing unit 33 c performs a predetermined process on the acquired moving image data and outputs it to the karaoke recording / recording apparatus 204. Therefore, the time of the moving image data output from the image processing unit 33c is the same as the accompaniment time output from the music processing unit 33a. The predetermined processing is brightness adjustment processing or the like.

  Further, the image processing unit 33 c may display an image on the display device 5 based on the moving image data sent from the camera 38. As a result, the user can confirm his / her singing appearance.

(About configuration of karaoke recording and recording device)
The karaoke recording / recording apparatus 204 of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 15 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the karaoke recording / recording apparatus 204. As shown in FIG. 15, the karaoke recording / recording apparatus 204 of the present embodiment has a recording / recording processing section (recording means) instead of the recording processing section 41 as compared with the configuration of the karaoke recording apparatus 4 of the first embodiment. ) 241 is provided with a cutout unit (cutout means) 244 instead of the cutout unit 44.

  Note that moving picture data, time position information, and accompaniment singing voice data are input to the karaoke recording / recording apparatus 204 from the karaoke apparatus 203.

  The recording / recording processing unit 241 stores moving image data, time position information, and accompaniment singing voice data input from the karaoke apparatus 203 in the storage unit 42. Thereby, the memory | storage part 42 memorize | stores the moving image data 42c, the time position information 42b, and the accompaniment singing voice data 42a. Also, the recording / recording processing unit 241 outputs a write end signal to the personal identification number acquisition unit 43 when the storage process is completed.

  The cutout unit 244 is for cutting out a portion desired by the user from the accompaniment singing voice data 42 a and the moving image data 42 c stored in the storage unit 42. When the personal identification number is input from the personal identification number acquisition unit 43, the cutout unit 244 reads the time position information 42b from the storage unit 42, and displays the phrase selection screen on the display device 5 based on the read time positional information 42b. . At the same time, the cutout unit 244 puts the remote control receiving unit 47 into a selected phrase reception standby state for waiting for reception of a phrase selection instruction. Then, the cutout unit 244 acquires the selected phrase selected by the user from the remote control receiving unit 47.

  The cutout unit 244 specifies the time corresponding to the acquired selected phrase based on the time position information 42b. Then, the cutout unit 244 cuts out a portion corresponding to the specified time from the accompaniment singing voice data 42a and the moving image data 42c, and generates accompaniment singing voice cutout data and moving image cutout data.

  The cutout unit 244 displays the moving image on the display device 5 based on the moving image cutout data. Thereby, the user can confirm a moving image. In this case, the display device 5 can be said to be a reproduction device that reproduces moving image cut-out data.

  Then, the cutout unit 244 outputs the cut out accompaniment singing voice cutout data and moving image cutout data, and the personal identification number to the ID number assigning unit 45.

  In addition, the transmission data generation part 46 of this embodiment performs a compression process with respect to accompaniment singing voice cut-out data and moving image cut-out data, and produces accompaniment singing voice compression data and moving image compression data. Then, the transmission data generation unit 46 transmits transmission data including the accompaniment singing voice compression data and moving image compression data, a personal identification number, and an ID number.

(About karaoke ringtone and incoming image server configuration)
The karaoke ringtone / incoming image server 208 of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 16 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the karaoke ringtone / incoming image server 208.

  As shown in FIG. 16, the karaoke ringtone / incoming image server 208 includes a communication unit 281, a data writing unit (storage unit) 282, storage units 283 and 287, a data specifying unit (transmission unit) 284, and a conversion unit (conversion). Means) 285.

  The storage unit 287 is a memory that stores terminal specification-format information 287a. The terminal specification-format information 287a is information that associates specifications of all mobile phone terminals that can play a song-songed song as a ring tone with the ring tone format and the incoming image format of the mobile phone terminal.

  The communication unit 281 transmits and receives data to and from the communication network N. The communication unit 281 includes a data reception unit (data reception unit) 281a, an access request reception unit 281b, and a transmission unit (transmission unit) 281c.

  The data receiving unit 281a receives the accompaniment singing voice compressed data and moving image compressed data to which the ID number and the password are added from the karaoke recording device 4, and outputs the received data to the data writing unit 282.

  The access request receiving unit 281b receives an access request from a terminal device such as the mobile phone 9, and determines whether or not to continue communication according to a communication destination that has requested access. The access request receiving unit 281b acquires the specification of the mobile phone terminal that is the communication destination that has made the access request, and determines whether the acquired terminal specification is included in the terminal specification-format information 287a stored in the storage unit 287. to decide.

  If included, the access request receiving unit 281b permits access to the access request and outputs an access permission signal to the data specifying unit 284. At the same time, the access request receiving unit 281b reads the ringtone format and the incoming image format corresponding to the acquired terminal specification and sends them to the conversion unit 285.

  The transmission unit 281c is for transmitting data to the transmission destination via the communication network N.

  The data writing unit 282 receives the accompaniment singing voice compression data and moving image compression data to which the ID number and the password are added from the communication unit 281 and receives the received data as ID-accompaniment singing voice data 283a and ID-moving image data 283b. Is stored in the storage unit 283. Note that the data writing unit 282 stores the accompaniment singing voice compression data and moving image compression data, and the ID number and password added thereto in association with each other.

  The data specifying unit 284 is for specifying ringtone data and incoming image data to be downloaded. The data specifying unit 284 acquires an ID number and a password from the mobile phone 9 using a Web page. Then, the data specifying unit 284 specifies the accompaniment singing voice compression data and moving image compressed data corresponding to the acquired ID number and password as ringtone data and incoming image data to be downloaded, and stores these data in the storage unit 283. Read from. The data specifying unit 284 sends the read accompaniment singing voice compression data and moving image compression data to the conversion unit 285.

  The conversion unit 285 is for demodulating the accompaniment singing voice compression data and the moving image compression data received from the data specifying unit 284 and converting them into a ring tone format and an incoming image format corresponding to the destination mobile phone. The conversion unit 285 performs conversion processing according to the format received from the access request reception unit 281b. Then, the conversion unit 285 transmits the generated ringtone data and incoming image data to the mobile phone 9 via the communication unit 281, the communication network N, and the mobile phone carrier network C. As a result, the user can use the song-song-containing music sung by karaoke as the ringtone of the mobile phone 9 and the moving image sung by himself as the incoming image of the mobile phone 9.

  Next, the flow of processing in the karaoke recording / recording apparatus 204 in this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  First, in the karaoke recording / recording apparatus 204, the recording / recording processing unit 241 acquires singing voice data with accompaniment, moving image data, and time position information from the karaoke apparatus 203 for each piece of music (S51).

  Then, the recording / recording processing unit 241 records and records the acquired accompaniment singing voice data and moving image data in the storage unit 42, and stores the acquired time position information in the storage unit 42 (S52). At this time, the recording / recording processing unit 241 outputs a write end signal indicating that the recording / recording has ended to the personal identification number acquiring unit 43.

  Next, the personal identification number obtaining unit 43 that has received the write end signal performs the processes of S13 and S14 to obtain a dark place number.

  Next, the cutout unit 244 to which the password is input reads the time position information 42 b from the storage unit 42. Then, the cutout unit 244 causes the display device 5 to display a phrase selection screen for selecting one phrase to be used as a ringing tone from all the phrases indicated in the read time position information 42b, and the remote controller The receiving unit 47 is set to the selected phrase reception standby state. As a result, the cutout unit 244 identifies the selected frame received by the remote control receiving unit 47 as a phrase used as a ringtone. Then, the cutout unit 244 cuts out the portion corresponding to the specified phrase from the accompaniment singing voice data 42a and the moving image data 42c (S53).

  Specifically, the cutout unit 244 reads the time position corresponding to the identified phrase from the time position information 42b. Then, the cutout unit 244 cuts out only the portion corresponding to the read time position from the accompaniment singing voice data 42a and the moving image data 42c, and creates accompaniment singing voice cutout data and moving image cutout data.

  Next, the cutout unit 244 displays the cut out moving image on the display device 5 based on the moving image cutout data (S54). Thereby, the user can confirm what kind of moving image can be downloaded.

  Thereafter, the cutout unit 244 outputs the accompaniment singing voice cutout data and the moving image cutout data to the ID number assigning unit 45. The ID number assigning unit 45 assigns the same ID number to both the accompaniment singing voice cut-out data and the moving image cut-out data (S55). The ID number may be different for each accompaniment singing voice cut-out data and moving image cut-out data.

  Next, the transmission data generation unit 46 that has received the accompaniment singing voice cutout data and the moving picture cutout data performs compression processing of the cutout data (S56). Thereby, the capacity of the transmission data can be reduced.

  Thereafter, the transmission data generation unit 46 generates transmission data including the accompaniment singing voice compression data and moving image compression data, the ID number, and the password, and the generated transmission data is transmitted to the communication device 2 and the communication network N. Then, it is transmitted to the karaoke ringtone / incoming image server 208 (S57).

  Thereafter, the notification unit 49 causes the display device 5 to display the personal identification number acquired in S14, the assigned ID number, and the URL of the Web page provided by the server ringtone server 208 (S19). By making a note of the screen displayed on the display device 5, the user can acquire the URL of the server that downloads the ringtone composed of the singing voice sung at karaoke and the ID number that identifies the ringtone. And never forget your PIN. At this time, the notification unit 49 may display a two-dimensional barcode corresponding to the ID number on the display device 5. Thereafter, the karaoke recording / recording apparatus 204 ends the process.

  In this way, the karaoke ringtone / incoming image server 208 obtains the accompaniment singing voice compression data and moving image compression data from the karaoke recording / recording device 204 with the ID number and the password.

  Thereafter, in the same manner as in the first embodiment, in response to an access request from the user, the karaoke ringtone / incoming image server 208 predetermines the accompaniment singing voice compression data and moving image compression data corresponding to the ID number and the password. The ring tone data and the incoming image data are transmitted to the mobile phone 9. Thereby, the user can use the song-song-containing music sung by himself at karaoke as a ringtone and can use his / her figure singing at the karaoke as an incoming image.

  In the above description, the moving image clipped by the clipping unit 244 is displayed on the display device 5 in S54. At this time, the cutout unit 244 may display a screen for confirming whether or not the displayed moving image is downloaded to the mobile phone 9 on the display device 5 at the same time, and the remote control receiving unit 47 may receive a user instruction. In this case, only when an instruction to download a moving image is received, the cutout unit 244 outputs the moving image cutout data to the subsequent stage. This eliminates the need for the user to download unnecessary moving images.

  In the present embodiment, the camera 37 captures a moving image. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a still image may be captured.

  By the way, the karaoke recording devices 4 and 104, the karaoke recording and recording device 204, the karaoke ringtone server 8 and 108, and the karaoke ringtone and incoming image server 208 in each of the embodiments described above are realized by causing a computer to execute a program. Also good. That is, the karaoke recording devices 4 and 104, the karaoke recording and recording device 204, the karaoke ringtone server 8 and 108, and the karaoke ringtone and incoming image server 208 are a CPU (central processing unit) that executes instructions of a control program, A storage ROM (read only memory), a RAM (random access memory) for expanding the program, a recording medium such as a memory for storing the program and various data, and the like may be provided.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications are possible within the scope shown in the claims, and embodiments obtained by appropriately combining technical means disclosed in different embodiments. Is also included in the technical scope of the present invention.

  INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention can be used as an apparatus related to a general karaoke apparatus installed in a general karaoke facility.

It is a block diagram which shows the karaoke ringtone delivery system which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows a karaoke delivery server and the karaoke apparatus 3 structure. It is a figure which shows an example of the time position information which the said karaoke delivery server and karaoke apparatus have. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the karaoke recording apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the karaoke ringtone server which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is an example of the web page which the said karaoke ringtone server produces | generates. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a process of the karaoke apparatus 3 which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a process until the singing voice data with accompaniment output from the karaoke apparatus is stored in a karaoke ringtone server. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the download process of the ringtone in the said karaoke ringtone server. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the karaoke recording apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the karaoke ringtone server which concerns on Embodiment 2. FIG. In Embodiment 2, it is a flowchart which shows the flow of a process until the singing voice data with accompaniment output from the karaoke apparatus is stored in a karaoke ringtone server. 10 is a flowchart showing a flow of a ringtone download process in a karaoke ringtone server according to the second embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the karaoke apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 3. FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the karaoke recording / recording apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 3. FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the karaoke ringtone and incoming image server which concerns on Embodiment 3. FIG. In Embodiment 3, it is a flowchart which shows the flow of a process until the singing voice data with accompaniment and moving image data output from the karaoke apparatus are stored in a karaoke ringtone and incoming image server.

Explanation of symbols

3.203 Karaoke device (Karaoke performance device)
4.104 Karaoke recording device (Karaoke processing device)
5. Display device (information output device, playback device)
8.108 Karaoke ringtone server (server equipment)
9 Mobile phone (communication terminal)
41 Recording processing section (recording means)
42 storage unit 43 password acquisition unit 44 cutout unit (cutout means)
45 ID number giving unit (identification information generating means)
46 Transmission data generator (output means)
49 Notification part (notification means)
81a / 281a Data receiving unit (data receiving means)
81c / 281c Transmitter (Transmitter)
82 Data writing unit (storage means)
83 Storage unit 84/184/284 Data identification unit (transmission means)
85/285 Conversion unit (conversion means)
86 URL giving unit (identification information giving means)
203 Karaoke equipment (Karaoke performance equipment)
204 Karaoke recording and recording device (Karaoke processing device)
208 Karaoke ringtone / incoming image server (server device)
N communication network

Claims (23)

Can communicate with external devices via a communication network,
A karaoke processing device connected to a karaoke performance device that outputs accompaniment music and a user's singing voice,
Recording means for recording accompaniment music output from a karaoke performance device and accompaniment singing voice combined with the user's singing voice;
A karaoke processing apparatus comprising output means for outputting recording data recorded by the recording means to the external device. The karaoke performance device includes a photographing unit for photographing a subject, and outputs a photographed image photographed by the photographing unit;
The karaoke processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the recording unit further records a captured image output from the karaoke performance apparatus, and includes the recorded data in the recording data.   The karaoke processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the external apparatus is a server apparatus that distributes data.   The karaoke processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the output unit outputs, to the server apparatus, related information related to the recording data together with the recording data. It is connected to an information output device that outputs information to the user,
Identification information generating means for generating identification information for identifying the recording data;
Notification means for outputting the identification information generated by the identification information generation means to the information output device,
The karaoke processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the output unit includes the identification information generated by the identification information generation unit in the related information. Terminal information acquisition means for acquiring terminal information for identifying a communication terminal;
The karaoke processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the output unit includes the terminal information acquired by the terminal information acquisition unit in the related information. The karaoke performance device outputs time position information of each phrase in accompaniment music,
A storage unit for temporarily storing time position information output by the karaoke performance device;
Cutting means for selecting a phrase according to a user's operation, and cutting out a portion of the selected phrase from the recorded data recorded by the recording means based on the selected phrase and the time position information stored in the storage unit; Prepared,
The karaoke processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the output unit outputs recording data of a portion cut out by the cut-out unit. Connected to a playback device capable of playing back the recorded data;
The karaoke processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the cutout unit causes the reproduction apparatus to reproduce the cut-out recording data.   4. The karaoke processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the output unit performs a compression process on the recording data recorded by the recording unit, and outputs the compressed recording data.   A karaoke performance processing apparatus comprising: the karaoke processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 9; and a karaoke performance apparatus that outputs accompaniment music and a user's singing voice. A server device capable of recording via accompaniment music and a user's singing voice output from a karaoke performance device and communicating via a communication network with a karaoke processing device that outputs recording data including recorded data,
Data receiving means for receiving the recording data output by the karaoke processing apparatus;
Storage means for storing the recording data received by the data receiving means in a storage unit;
A transmission unit that receives a transmission request specifying the recording data from a communication terminal, reads the recording data specified by the transmission request from the storage unit, and transmits the read recording data to the communication terminal; Server device to perform. According to the communication terminal of the transmission destination to which the transmission means transmits the recording data, the conversion means comprises a conversion means for converting the data format of the recording data read by the transmission means
12. The server apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the transmission unit transmits the recording data converted by the conversion unit to the communication terminal. The karaoke performance device includes a photographing unit for photographing a subject,
The server apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the karaoke processing device includes recording data of a photographed image photographed by the photographing unit in the recording data. The data receiving means receives identification information for identifying recorded data from the karaoke processing apparatus;
The storage means stores the identification information received by the data receiving means in a storage unit in association with recording data,
12. The server apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the transmission unit receives identification information from a communication terminal, and reads recorded data corresponding to the received identification information from the storage unit. The data receiving means receives terminal information for identifying a communication terminal together with recorded data from the karaoke processing device,
12. The server apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the transmission unit outputs recording data to the communication terminal specified by the terminal information received by the data reception unit. The data receiving means receives terminal information for identifying a communication terminal together with recorded data from the karaoke processing device,
Identification information for identifying the recording data is given to the recording data received by the data receiving means, and the identification information given to the communication terminal specified by the terminal information received by the data receiving means Including identification information providing means for transmitting
The storage means associates the recording data received by the data receiving means with the identification information given by the identification information giving means and stores them in a storage unit,
The server device according to claim 11, wherein the transmission unit receives identification information and reads recorded data corresponding to the received identification information from the storage unit. A karaoke processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 9, a server device according to any one of claims 11 to 16, and a communication terminal.
The said communication terminal acquires the recording data which the said karaoke processing apparatus recorded from the said server apparatus, The communication system characterized by the above-mentioned. Can communicate with external devices via a communication network,
A method for controlling a karaoke processing device connected to a karaoke performance device that outputs accompaniment music and a user's singing voice,
Recording accompaniment singing voice that combines accompaniment music output from karaoke performance device and user's singing voice;
And a step of outputting the recorded data to the external device. A server device control method capable of communicating via a communication network with a karaoke processing device that records accompaniment music and a user's singing voice output from a karaoke performance device together and outputs recording data including recorded data,
Receiving the recording data output by the karaoke processing device;
Storing the recording data received by the data receiving means in a storage unit;
Receiving a transmission request specifying the recording data from a communication terminal, reading the recording data specified by the transmission request from the storage unit, and transmitting the read recording data to the communication terminal. Control method of server device.   A control program for operating the karaoke processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the control program causes a computer to function as each of the above means.   A control program for operating the karaoke performance processing apparatus according to claim 10 for causing a computer to function as each means described above.   A control program for operating the server device according to any one of claims 11 to 16, wherein the control program causes a computer to function as each of the above means.   The recording medium which recorded the control program of any one of Claims 20-22.

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