JP2598871B2 - Reservation music input device for playback equipment - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention displays an input screen corresponding to a number or a character string pattern of a song number to be inputted when a user inputs a song number of a reserved song in a reproducing apparatus such as a so-called karaoke machine. The present invention relates to a reservation music input device of a reproduction device that can be used.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a karaoke box or a hotel, a plurality of types of karaoke autochanger devices, that is, an autochanger device using a laser disk and an autochanger device using a compact disc are installed in one place such as a control room. Terminal for controlling the above-mentioned autochanger device and monitor T
A V, a microphone, etc. are installed in each guest room, a request from each of the above-mentioned guest rooms is received by the above-mentioned autochanger device, the requested music of the corresponding disc is reproduced, and the reproduced requested music is transmitted to the control terminal of the corresponding guest room. A system that does this is in practical use.

[0003]

By the way, according to the above-mentioned conventional apparatus, when inputting the music number of the reserved music to the control terminal by using the remote control, it is necessary to input the music number contained in the laser disk, Since the maker and format of the disc are different from the case of inputting the track number contained in the disc, the format of the track number input screen (request screen) displayed on the monitor TV is also different, and the user inputs the reserved tune. Each time, the user is forced to perform an input operation in a procedure corresponding to an input screen uniquely set for each manufacturer, and there is a problem that the operability is poor and the input operation is troublesome.

[0004] In view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, the present invention can display a song number input screen in a unified format even if the disc manufacturer or format is different, and can easily input a song number from the same screen. It is an object of the present invention to provide a reservation music input device for a reproduction device to be used.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a song number input means having a plurality of song number input pattern setting switches, the song number input pattern setting switch, and a plurality of song number input devices. A memory means capable of storing a correspondence relationship with a pattern; a memory control means for reading a music number input pattern corresponding to the specific music number input pattern setting switch from the memory means based on a selection operation of the switch; The above-mentioned music number input pattern read from the means is converted into a character or symbol code, and the monitor TV
And a character / symbol generating means displayed above.

[0006]

Since the track number input patterns are different depending on the disc type and the manufacturer of the autochanger device, different track number input patterns are previously associated with each of the track number input pattern setting switches of the track number input means. The correspondence is stored in the memory means. When entering the track number, select the disc containing the song you want to sing,
Alternatively, the maker name is confirmed, and the corresponding tune number input pattern is set by selecting the tune number input pattern setting switch of the tune number input means.

Then, the memory control means recognizes the music number input pattern corresponding to the selected switch by referring to the memory means, and sends the music number input pattern to the character / symbol generating means. The character / symbol generating means converts the music number recognition pattern into a character / symbol code,
Display above.

Accordingly, the user can easily input the music number from the music number input means while watching the display on the monitor TV.

[0009]

FIG. 1 is an electric block diagram showing an embodiment of a reservation music input device of a reproducing apparatus according to the present invention. In this figure, A is a guest room, in which a karaoke device including a karaoke terminal 1, a monitor TV 2, an amplifier 3, a speaker 4 and a microphone 5 is installed. The same karaoke apparatus is installed in each of the other guest rooms B, C,.

Each of the karaoke terminals 1 receives various command signals transmitted from the remote controller 6, that is, a music identification number, a request request signal, and the like, converts these signals into high-frequency signals, and converts the signals to a main signal via a line L1. This is sent to the control device 7.

The karaoke terminal 1 is a playback device such as an LD autochanger (autochanger using a laser disc) 9 and a CD autochanger (autochanger using a compact disc).
10 and a VHD autochanger (autochanger using a VHD disk) 11 receive and demodulate the audio signal and the video signal (reproduced signal) sent from the mixer 12 and the line L2, and send them to the monitor TV 2 and the amplifier 3. Has a function.

Reference numeral 7 denotes the main control unit, and a built-in CPU controls each unit in accordance with a predetermined procedure based on various input signals. Further, the main control means 7 searches the automatic changer for the music identification number input from the terminal 1 to determine which music can be reproduced, and supplies a reproduction command signal to the corresponding automatic changer via the line L1 '.

Next, a specific configuration of the karaoke terminal 1 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 1, the terminal 1 has a multi-function processing unit (hereinafter, referred to as an MPU) 14, which includes a CPU and performs control according to a predetermined procedure.
Currently conceivable song number input patterns 1 to 5 for each manufacturer
(See Table 1), a memory 15a in which a karaoke manufacturer's company name or a changer format name to be displayed on the monitor TV2 is stored in advance.
b, a memory 15c for storing which one of the patterns 1 to 5 and the company name is associated with the switches SW1 to SW5 (song number input pattern setting switches) of the remote controller 6 (song number input means, see FIG. 3); A character generator (On Screen Display Cont) that generates a character or a symbol based on the character or symbol code, superimposes the image or the signal on a video signal line, and sends it to the monitor TV2.
and a demodulation circuit 17 for demodulating an audio signal and a video signal from a reproduction signal sent from the autochanger. It should be noted that the chapter number in Table 1 is a number indicating the number of the song on the disc to which the requested song corresponds.

[0014]

[Table 1]

The MPU 14 is provided with various command signals including a song number and a song number input pattern setting signal from the remote controller 6 and a maintenance pad for setting the correspondence between the switches SW1 to SW5 and the song number input pattern. 6 ′ (see FIG. 4) and determines various modes by receiving various signals from the remote control signal determining means 18 to be transmitted to the memory control means 19, the mode control means 22 and the remote control signal determining means 18. And a mode control means 22 for controlling the memory control means 19 and the character / symbol code generation means 21. The control means controls the mode control means 22 to read or write the data in the memories 15a to 15c. A memory control means for transmitting a music number, and the music number from the memory control means; Conversion means 20 for converting the signal into a high-frequency signal and sending it out to main controller 7, memory control means 19
And receives various data from the mode control means 22, generates a character or symbol code corresponding to the data, and
It comprises a character / symbol code generating means 21 to be sent to the DC 16. The OSDC 16 and the character / symbol code generator 21 constitute a character / symbol generator.

The present invention is configured as described above. Next, the operation will be described along each mode. (1) First, the operation of setting the input pattern of the music number input screen using the maintenance pad 6 'will be described. still,
This operation is performed by a karaoke administrator or the like in advance before the karaoke user as a customer uses the karaoke.

First, in the cabin A, the administrator presses the T1 and T2 keys of the maintenance pad 6 'to set a test mode (input pattern setting mode), and then presses the mode 2 key. 'And sends the same to the mode control means 22. When the mode control means 22 receives the signal, it supplies a test mode signal to the character / symbol code generation means 21, and the character / symbol code generation means 21 generates a character code of a test mode screen based on the signal.
Then, the test mode screen shown in FIG. 5 is displayed as an on-screen display on the monitor screen through the OSDC 16.

Next, the "input mode" displayed on the test mode screen from the maintenance pad 6 '.
Then, a music number input pattern corresponding to the switches SW1 to SW5 of the remote controller 6 is set. In the "input mode", "0" is input from the maintenance pad 6 '. "0"
Is set, the remote controller 6 is set in a normal mode described later.
Before inputting the music number, the music number input patterns (patterns 1 to 5 in Table 1) are determined by designating SW1 to SW5. When any one of "1 to 5" is input in the "input mode", the track number input pattern set in the "input mode" is displayed on the screen without pressing the switches SW1 to SW5 of the remote controller 6 in the normal mode. Will be displayed above.

Next, each music number input pattern (1 to 5) of Table 1 is input to the cursor position corresponding to SW1 to SW5 on the drawing from the ten keys 6a 'of the maintenance pad 6'. FIG. 5 shows the case where the patterns 1 to 5 are set to the switches SW1 to SW5, respectively. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and different settings can be made depending on the case.

In the above case, for example, when "1" is set at the cursor position of SW1 from the numeric keypad of the maintenance pad 6 ', the memory control unit 19 controls the mode control unit 22 to store the address of SW1 in the memory 15c. "1" which is the address of the music number input pattern 1 in the memory 15a is stored. The same operation is performed for the other patterns 2 to 5, and the numeric keypad 6 of the maintenance pad 6 'is also operated.
The patterns 1 to 5 corresponding to the respective addresses of SW1 to SW5 are stored as in the memory 15c of FIG. 2.

By setting as described above, when setting the music number in the normal mode, the switch SW of the remote controller 6 is set.
When any one of 1 to SW5 is pressed, a song number input pattern corresponding to the corresponding maker or disc format is displayed on the screen of the monitor TV2 as shown in FIGS. still,
If there are unused switches SW1 to SW5, S
"0" is input to the cursor positions of W1 to SW5.

(2) Next, on the music number input screen,
The operation of setting the initial mode for displaying the name of the corresponding karaoke maker or the name of the disc format will be described. Note that this operation is also an operation in which the karaoke administrator sets in advance before the karaoke user as a customer uses the karaoke.

First, in the cabin A, when the administrator presses the T3 and T4 keys of the maintenance pad 6 ', the remote control signal discriminating means 18 discriminates the initial mode signal from the pad 6' and sends it to the mode control means 22. Is sent.
When the mode control means 22 receives the signal, it gives an initial mode signal to the character / symbol code generation means 21. The character / symbol code generation means 21 displays an initial mode screen shown in FIG. Display.

Next, a number (address number of the memory 15b) corresponding to a company name or a disk name desired to be set in each of the switches SW1 to SW5 is inputted from the numeric keypad 6a 'of the maintenance pad 6'. At this time, the administrator performs the operation while viewing a list or the like displaying the contents stored in the memory 15b. In FIG. 6, “1” is assigned to SW1 for SW1 to SW5, and “1” is assigned to SW2 for SW1 to SW5.
(Set company A), "4" for SW3 (set company D), SW
4 shows a case where "6" (set CD) and "5" (set company B) are set in SW5.

In this case, for example, when the cursor signal corresponding to SW1 on the screen is set to "3" from the maintenance pad 6 ', the memory control means 19 instructs the memory control means 19 to switch "SW1" in the memory 15c according to a command from the mode control means 22. "
By storing the address “3” of “Company C” in the memory 15b at the same address as that of FIG.
c), the company name of the address “3” of the memory 15b is stored in the SW1 of the memory 15c in association with the SW1. Other SW2
By setting the maintenance pad 6 'by the same operation for SW5 to SW5, the address of the memory 15b can be stored corresponding to SW1 to SW5 as shown in the memory 15c of FIG.

The setting of the initial mode may be omitted if the karaoke maker name or the like is not displayed due to the convenience of the karaoke shop when inputting the music number in the normal mode. By setting as described above, when setting the track number in the normal mode, the switches SW1 to SW
When any one of W5 is pressed, the corresponding disc maker or disc type name is displayed on the monitor screen as shown in FIGS.

By the above operations (1) and (2), the music number input patterns (1 to 5) corresponding to the respective SW1 to SW5 and the company name (3, 1) are stored in the memory 15c as shown in FIG. , 4...) Are stored.

(3) Next, a description will be given of an operation in which the user inputs a song number from the remote controller 6 in the normal mode after setting the above-mentioned respective modes. First, the user looks at the input pattern of the song number in the songbook containing the song he / she wants to sing, and presses a switch (one of the switches SW1 to SW5) of the input pattern corresponding to the song number. In this case, assuming that the music number input pattern is 1, the remote controller 6
Switch SW1 may be pressed.

Then, the remote control signal discriminating means 18 detects the normal mode, discriminates the music number input pattern setting signal corresponding to SW 1, and sends the signal to the memory control means 19. The same memory control means 19
When the signal corresponding to W1 is received, it is recognized that the song number input pattern corresponding to SW1 is "1" and the company name is "3" by referring to the memory 15c, and the memory 15a changes the pattern to "1". The corresponding song number input pattern and the company name “Company C” corresponding to “3” are read out from the memory 15 b and sent to the character / symbol code generation means 21.

The character / symbol code generation means 21 generates a character / symbol code corresponding to the pattern and the company name, and displays the pattern 1 and the company name on the monitor TV 2 via the OSDC 16 as a request screen (FIG. 7 (a)). Thereafter, the user inputs a song number from the ten keys 6a of the remote controller 6. In this case, the song number is "1
234A56 ", a number and an alphabet are displayed at each input position of the corresponding pattern, as shown in FIG. 7B.

If the song the user wants to sing is a song on a compact disc, the user only has to press the switch SW4 of the remote controller 6 in the normal mode. Then, the remote control signal discriminating means 18 discriminates the music number input pattern setting signal corresponding to SW4 and sends the signal to the memory control means 19. The memory control means 19 includes the switch SW4
When the signal corresponding to the pattern "4" is received, the memory 15c refers to the memory 15c and recognizes that the pattern corresponding to the SW4 is "4" and the disc format is "6". Input pattern and memory 15b
The disk format name “CD” corresponding to “6” is read out and sent to the character / symbol code generation means 21.

The character / symbol code generation means 21 generates a character / symbol code corresponding to the pattern / format name, and displays the pattern 4 and the disc format name “CD” on the monitor TV 2 via the OSDC 16 ( FIG.
0 (a)). Thereafter, the user inputs a song number from the numeric keypad of the remote controller 6. In this case, the song number is "12345
Assuming that the number is "6", as shown in FIG. 10B, a number and an alphabet are input at each input position of the corresponding pattern.

The input music number is stored in the memory control means 1
9, the signal is transmitted to the conversion means 20, converted into a high-frequency signal by the conversion means 20, and transmitted to the main controller 7. In the same main controller 7, for example, the song number is "1234".
56 ", the same number is detected as a song in the compact disc autochanger 10, and
A request request signal is sent to the changer 10 together with the music number.

The CD changer starts playing the disk of the corresponding song number based on the song number and the request request, and sends out a reproduction signal to the karaoke terminal 1. The reproduced signal is reproduced on the monitor TV 2 and the speaker of the karaoke terminal 1.

As described above, according to the present invention, a request screen in a unified format can be displayed even if disc manufacturers are different, so that a karaoke shop using discs of many manufacturers or autochanger devices of many manufacturers. In such a case, the request operation can be made extremely easy.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 13 denotes a television antenna, L2 '
Reference numeral 8 denotes a line for transmitting a signal indicating an operation state such as a standby signal from each of the autochanger devices to the main control unit 7, and 8 denotes a CRT display for displaying various information such as the operation state of the main control unit 7.

[0037]

As described above, according to the present invention, even when a plurality of autochanger devices of different disk formats or a plurality of autochanger devices of different manufacturers are used, a music number input pattern different for each maker or disk format. Can be displayed on the monitor TV, so that the user can easily perform a song number input operation while looking at the display on the TV, even if the manufacturer is different. No action is required.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an electrical block diagram showing an embodiment of a karaoke apparatus using a reserved music input device of a reproducing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an electric block diagram showing one embodiment of a reservation music input device of the reproducing device.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the remote controller.

FIG. 4 is a front view of a maintenance pad.

FIG. 5 is a front view of the screen showing an example of a display screen on the monitor TV in a test mode.

FIG. 6 is a front view of the screen showing an example of a display screen on the monitor TV in the initial mode.

FIGS. 7A and 7B are front views each showing an example of a screen displaying a song number input pattern on a monitor TV;

FIG. 8 is a front view showing an example of a screen displaying a song number input pattern on a monitor TV.

FIG. 9 is a front view showing an example of a screen displaying a song number input pattern on a monitor TV.

FIGS. 10A and 10B are front views each showing an example of a screen displaying a song number input pattern on a monitor TV;

FIG. 11 is a front view showing an example of a screen displaying a song number input pattern on a monitor TV.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Monitor TV 6 Remote controller 15a to 15b Memory SW1 to SW5 Switch 16 OSDC 19 Memory control means 21 Character code generation means

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] A music number input means having a plurality of music number input pattern setting switches; a memory means capable of storing a correspondence between the music number input pattern setting switches and the plurality of music number input patterns; A memory control unit that reads a song number input pattern corresponding to the song number input pattern setting switch from the memory unit based on a selection operation of the song number input pattern setting switch; and a character or symbol that reads the song number input pattern read from the memory control unit. And a character / symbol generating means for converting the code into a code and displaying the code on a monitor TV.