JP2504264B2 - Audio device with video synthesis function - Google Patents

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an audio device with a video synthesizing function that can sing and enjoy a song in accordance with a reproduced video and a music accompaniment sound.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, in a so-called karaoke device equipped with a video device,
A video disc is generally used as this type of medium in order to speed up the playback video and the beginning of the performance song, and because the video data and the music data of the performance song have a large capacity. On this video disc, video data including lyrics and music data are combined and recorded so that they are output in synchronization.

By the way, the performance time per song is usually about 3 minutes to 4 minutes.
For professional use, the number of songs that must be prepared in one device is thousands, and to support this, dozens of video discs should be prepared. I had to. Also, as new performance songs are being produced more and more, new video discs had to be prepared accordingly.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] Providing new video discs one after another in this way requires a large cost burden on the user side, and should the media supply side also produce new video software one after another. And the cost was very high.
In addition, because the fashion of songs is changing rapidly, it is necessary to replace old and new frequently. However, the video data of the playing songs, which have not been used very often, are also discarded, resulting in a lot of waste.

In order to solve this kind of problem, there are some which use still images as video data (for example, see Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 60-214178), but the point that the user enjoys watching the video data. It was unsatisfactory.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems. By sharing video data for each song preference, the new and old music / song media are frequently replaced with the trend of music. It is another object of the present invention to provide an audio device with a video synthesizing function that can be used without changing the video media and that can greatly reduce the cost of the user or the like.

[Means for Solving the Problem] In order to achieve this object, the present invention provides an audio device including display means for reproducing video data and displaying an image, and output means for reproducing an audio signal and playing music. In the above, a music medium in which information such as acoustic signals and lyrics of a plurality of performance songs is recorded, and a plurality of video data which can be grouped for each keyword related to the performance song and used in duplicate between the performance songs. A table memory means for storing the recorded image memory, a keyword associated with a performance song, and a plurality of video data grouped for each keyword, and a desired performance song in the music medium were selected. At this time, the contents stored in the table storage means are read,
Selection means for automatically selecting one image data from a plurality of video data corresponding to keywords related to performance music stored in the image memory, and music media and images for the selected performance music and video data. Reproducing means for reproducing respectively from the memory is provided, and information such as lyrics reproduced from the music medium is combined with the video data reproduced from the image memory and displayed on the display means.

[Operation] In the above-mentioned configuration, when a desired musical piece is selected from the music medium, the image data which matches the taste of the musical piece is automatically and sequentially selected one by one from the image memory. Therefore, it is possible to add only music media when preparing new songs and share the image memory when playing old and new music media. Even when the same music piece is continuously selected, the background images are automatically selected one by one from the image memory, so that different background images can be selected without performing troublesome operations such as designation change. You can enjoy.

[Embodiment] An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows the appearance of this device. This device comprises a monitor receiver 1 (display means) for reproducing and displaying an image together with the lyrics of a performance song, a speaker 2 (output means) for reproducing and outputting a music performance sound, and music such as a compact disc (CD disc) 31. A CD player 3 (reproducing means) for reproducing a medium to obtain an audio signal, a laser disk player 4 (reproducing means) for reproducing an image memory such as a video disc 41, a microphone 9 for inputting a singing voice, and a musical composition to be described later are selected. It comprises input means for performing the above and various circuits (not shown in FIG. 1) for processing the outputs from the players 3, 4 and the like.

 FIG. 2 shows a block configuration of this device.

When the user inputs information such as the keyword number of the song desired to be played by the user from the input device 51 such as a keyboard, the central control unit (CPU) 5 reserves the data and refers to the data of the ROM 52 described later. Then, the music selection signal 5b of the reserved music is sent to the CD player 3, and the video cueing signal 5a of the video corresponding to this music is sent to the laser disk player 4. This function corresponds to a combination selection means of image data corresponding to the taste of the musical composition. Also, as described later, CP
U5 is the video data from the laser disc 41 and the CD disc
Reads music data from 31 and controls the entire device.

The CD player 3 has information 3a such as lyrics and musical scores of the performance music recorded on the CD disc 31 in accordance with the music selection signal 5b from the CPU 5.
Then, the acoustic signal (music data) 3b of the musical piece to be played is read out and output to the video image circuit 6 and the audio amplifier 7 in synchronization with each other. The video image circuit 6 displays information such as lyrics
3a is converted to video data 6a and output. The audio amplifier 7 synthesizes and amplifies the audio signal of the musical composition and the audio signal from the microphone 9 and outputs it as a sound signal 7a to the speaker 2.

The laser disc player 4 reads the background image data 4a recorded on the video disc 41 in synchronization with the above operation according to the image cueing signal 5a from the CPU 5, and outputs it to the image synthesizing circuit 8. The video synthesizing circuit 8 synthesizes the background video data 4a and the video data 6a, and CRs the video signal 8a.
Output to the monitor receiver 1 consisting of a T display or the like.

Next, the music selection operation of the above device will be described by referring to the
Description will be made with reference to the video number correspondence table and the song name-keyword correspondence table in FIG.

In the ROM 52, the laser disk 41 corresponding to the keyword 11 representing the content of the music as shown in FIG.
And a keyword number corresponding to the above keyword 11 representing the content of the song for each song name 13 as shown in FIG.
And a table indicating 14 are stored. Therefore, for the performance music selected by the input operation from the input device 51,
A background image suitable for the taste is automatically selected from the laser disc 41.

In the selection method of the background image data 4a described above, the song title is shown in FIG.
A plurality of keyword numbers 14 are assigned to 13 and a plurality of video numbers 12 are assigned to keyword 11 in FIG.
The background video data 4a is not decided by the relationship of, but a plurality of videos suitable for the taste are prepared as options, so even a person who always sings a certain song can see various video data. However, there is also an advantage that you can enjoy the song. In FIG. 3, a plurality of video numbers 12 are listed in correspondence with one keyword 11.
Therefore, either one of the video numbers may be automatically selected alternately on the device side, or the video number 12 may be input according to the preference of the user.

As described above, the background image data is read from the laser disc 41 in synchronization with the signal from the CPU 5, and the CD disc
Information such as lyrics and musical scores of a performance song corresponding to the image and music data are read from 31 and these data are synthesized (superimposed) by the image synthesis circuit 8. as a result,
As shown in FIG. 1, the background image is displayed on the monitor receiver 1.
The character string 16 of lyrics will be displayed on top of 15. On the other hand, the music data 3b from the CD player 3 and the audio signal 9a from the microphone 9 are mixed by the audio amplifier 7 into a sound signal 7a, which is given to the speaker 2 and output as a sound. Moreover, the background image 15 and the lyrics character string 16 displayed on the monitor receiver 1 are synchronized with the performance sound from the speaker 2.

In the above description, a video disk is used as a recording medium for video data, and a CD disk is used as a music medium. However, the present invention is not limited to these, and a hard disk (CD-ROM), a video tape or the like is used instead of the video disk.
Various image memories can be used, and instead of the CD disk, magnetic tapes and various memory means for storing digital code data (message) in a format according to the MIDI standard can be used. It is possible to include information for displaying lyrics in addition to music information as data according to the MIDI standard. MI like this
If DI information is used, it is easy to construct a system that downloads data from the outside using a communication line, reads this data, and reproduces it. Even when this device is used for business purposes, it is comparatively possible. It becomes possible to prepare new performance song data with a small running cost burden.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, in the audio device that reproduces the music accompaniment sound together with the video display and enjoys singing along with the performance sound while watching the video, the groups are grouped according to taste of the song. One or more of the divided video data are prepared in the image memory, and the background video data belonging to the music are automatically and sequentially selected one by one according to the music to be played so that the video is displayed. ing.

Therefore, the content of the background image can be reflected in the content of the song without requiring a troublesome operation, and even when the same performance song is repeatedly reproduced,
Since the video different from the previous video is automatically played back without the user having to specify the video one by one, the video does not become monotonous and no troublesome operation is required. In addition, since the video data is shared, the work of creating new background video data for each new song can be omitted, and the amount of data for the video can be significantly reduced, which incurs a cost burden on the user side. Can also be significantly reduced. Also, without using a mechanical mechanism such as a conventional autochanger of a so-called karaoke device,
With a simpler configuration, it is possible to appropriately play back the music piece and the video in combination.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external view of an audio device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the same, and FIG.
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a video number correspondence table, and FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a music title-keyword correspondence table. 1 ... Monitor receiver (display means), 2 ... Speaker (output means), 3 ... CD player (playback means), 31 ... CD disc (music media), 4 ... Laser disc player (playback means) , 41 ... video disk (image memory), 5 ... CPU, 51 ... input device (selection means), 52 ...
... ROM, 6 ... video image circuit, 7 ... audio amplifier, 8 ... image synthesis circuit.

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. An audio device comprising display means for reproducing video data and displaying video, and output means for reproducing acoustic signals to play music, wherein information such as acoustic signals and lyrics of a plurality of performance songs is displayed. The recorded music media, an image memory in which a plurality of video data which are grouped for each keyword related to the performance song and which can be used in duplicate between the performance songs are recorded, and a keyword related to the performance song, Table storage means for storing the relationship with a plurality of video data grouped for each keyword; and when the desired performance song in the music medium is selected, the contents stored in the table storage means are read out. Automatically from one of a plurality of video data stored in the image memory, which corresponds to the keyword related to the performance song.
Selecting means for selecting one image data, and reproducing means for reproducing the selected music piece and video data from the music medium and the image memory, respectively, and information such as lyrics reproduced from the music medium, An audio device with a video synthesizing function, which is synthesized with video data reproduced from an image memory and displayed on the display means.