JP4011146B2 - Online karaoke system - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a communication karaoke system capable of transmitting contact information such as an advertisement to a user .
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, in a communication karaoke system as an example of an information supply system, the communication karaoke apparatus is installed in a store such as a restaurant or a karaoke box. In some cases, user information is aggregated based on questionnaires answered by the user.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, aggregated user information is an extremely valuable source of information for karaoke dealers and karaoke shops, etc., but it can be used to grasp customer trends. However, it could not be said that the precious information source was being used smoothly.
Based on the questionnaire results on the page, for example, even if you want to send advertisements such as new song information to each user who responded to the application using Fuchs, use advertisements etc. The process of inputting the fax number into the fax machine and transmitting the fax number, etc., has been extremely troublesome.
The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, using a communication function of the communication karaoke system, the user, for example, a communication karaoke device capable of smoothly supplying information such as advertising The purpose is to provide a system.
[0004]
[Means for Solving the Problems and Effects of the Invention]
To achieve this object, in the communication karaoke system according to claim 1, the karaoke apparatus and the server are connected via a communication line, and karaoke song information is received from the server via the communication line. Transmitted to the device, the karaoke device is capable of reproducing the karaoke song information, has a personal information input mode, and includes personal information including communication destination information input during the personal information input mode, the communication line The server is connectable to a fax machine, has a personal information storage means, stores the received personal information in the personal information storage means, and stores the personal information in the personal information storage means. A predetermined data is transmitted at a predetermined timing to a fax machine corresponding to the communication destination information included in the stored personal information.
This makes it unnecessary to lay a new communication line for collecting personal information because it uses the existing communication line for transmitting karaoke music that is normally provided in online karaoke equipment. In addition, since the personal information input mode is realized as one function of the karaoke device, the existing karaoke device can be used effectively. In addition, for the user, personal information can be easily input as a function of the karaoke apparatus. Further, the server can efficiently transmit necessary information based on the personal information collected from the karaoke apparatus.
[0005]
Further, according to the communication karaoke system according to claim 2, the server has a scanner as an input means, and an image input by the scanner can be transmitted to a fax machine. Information to be transmitted can be easily created.
[0006]
Further, according to the communication karaoke according to claim 3, the server detects whether or not the creation of the data to be transmitted is completed, and detects the data after the completion of the creation of the data to be transmitted. Since it transmits, desired information can be transmitted reliably.
[0007]
[0008]
[0009]
[0010]
[0011]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, an embodiment in which an information supply system according to the present invention is embodied in a communication karaoke apparatus will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram schematically showing the electrical configuration of the information supply system S of this embodiment. The information supply system S includes a communication karaoke apparatus 1, a centralized management server (hereinafter abbreviated as a server) 14 that supplies image information and song information to the karaoke apparatus 1, and a user's home to which contact information such as advertisements is transmitted. The fax machine (FAX) 16 is provided. The server 14 and the communication karaoke apparatus 1 are connected to each other via a public line or other specific line. A plurality of fax machines (FAX) 16 are connected to the server 14 via a public line 15 as a communication line. The online karaoke apparatus 1 and the server 14 shown in FIG. 1 are a set, but a configuration in which a plurality of the online karaoke apparatuses 1 are connected to one or more servers 14 may be used.
[0012]
Moreover, in the communication karaoke apparatus 1 of FIG. 1, although only the central component relevant to this invention is described, the karaoke apparatus 1 is a numeric keypad for inputting personal information, such as a name and a fax number, for example. And the like, a terminal-server communication means 3 such as a modem, a CPU 4 for controlling the karaoke apparatus, and a performance means 5 for performing a song and displaying a lyrics telop, a background image, etc. And an input screen display means 6 composed of, for example, a CRT display device for displaying the information input by the input means 2 and displaying the lyrics telop and the background image. The CPU 4 is electrically connected to the input means 2, the terminal-server communication means 3, the performance means 5, and the input screen display means 6, and controls these means 2, 3, 5, 6. Thus, the entire karaoke apparatus 1 is controlled.
[0013]
The server 14 is connected to the terminal-server communication means 7 such as a modem for communicating with the terminal-server communication means 3 of the karaoke apparatus 1 and, for example, the fax transmission shown in FIG. Fax image data creation means 8 capable of creating credit image data on the display screen of the CRT display device, and public line communication means 9 such as a modem for communicating with the fax apparatus 16 via the public line 15. And a central control device (hereinafter abbreviated as CPU) 10 constituting the control means of the present invention, song data storage means 12 comprising a hard disk (HDD) and the like, and input means 2 of the karaoke device. The personal information storage means 13 for storing the personal information transmitted via the terminal-server communication means 3 and 7 and the personal information storage means 13 And a fax number acquisition unit 11 that acquires the fax number from the personal information to be 憶.
[0014]
The song data storage means 12 stores in advance thousands of karaoke song information and stores music information and image information for karaoke song performance. The song data storage unit 12 can further store karaoke song information of a new song transmitted by an information center (not shown) via a communication line.
In this case, the karaoke song information for one song is composed of song number information, which is identification information for identifying songs, and entity information. The entity information is composed of performance information of MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) standard, which is information of accompaniment music, and lyrics information obtained by encoding lyrics.
[0015]
The CPU 10 is electrically connected to the terminal-server communication means 7, the fax image data creation means 8, the public line communication means 9, the fax number acquisition means 11, the song data storage means 12, and the personal information storage means 13, respectively. By controlling these means 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, and 13, the entire server 14 is controlled. However, the function of the fax number acquisition unit 11 may be substituted by the CPU 10. The server 14 and the karaoke apparatus 1 are not necessarily connected via a line. The karaoke apparatus 1 includes a large-capacity external storage device (storage means) that stores music information and image information. The apparatus 1 may be configured integrally.
[0016]
Next, the specific configuration of the karaoke apparatus 1 will be described. As shown in FIG. 10, the karaoke apparatus 1 includes a karaoke apparatus body 20, an amplifier 21 that amplifies an electric signal related to music information, and the amplifier. 21 is provided with a speaker 22 that inputs an electrical signal from 21 and plays an accompaniment and a user's singing voice, etc., and a microphone 23 that inputs the user's singing voice and the like to an amplifier 22.
The input means 2 is provided on the entire surface of the karaoke apparatus main body 20 so that the user can easily operate it. In addition to inputting the personal information (name, fax number, etc.) described above, any input music And an operation section (not shown) for performing various adjustments such as echo, volume, tone, etc. The input means 2 may be a remote control type so that it can be input from a remote location.
Thereby, the music information in the music information selected using the operation unit is sent to the amplifier 21 in the performance means 5 and is electrically amplified, and this amplifier 21 is used via the microphone 23. Therefore, the mixed singing data and music data are output from the amplifier 21 to the speaker 22 and output to the outside from the speaker 22 as voice and performance music.
[0017]
On the other hand, in the input screen display means 6, the lyric data output by the CPU 4 is synthesized with the video data, so the input screen display means 6 synthesizes (superimposes) the background video signal and the lyrics display signal. Then, it is displayed on the display screen with lyrics subtitles superimposed on the background video. Thereby, the user uses the microphone 23 in accordance with the performance flowing from the speaker 22 while referring to the lyrics displayed on the input screen display means 6 based on the music information and the image information transmitted through the communication line. Can sing a song.
[0018]
And the user of the karaoke apparatus 1 can input input items (name, fax number, etc.) from the input means 2 according to the screen displayed by the input screen display means 6, but the input personal information is It is stored in the personal information storage means 13 of the server 14 via the terminal-server communication means 3, 7.
[0019]
Next, control of the information supply system configured as described above will be described.
First, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, a mode determination process for determining whether the karaoke apparatus 1 is in the personal information input mode is performed. If the personal information input mode is selected (S20: YES), the personal information input process of S21 is performed. If the personal information input mode is not selected (S20: NO), the process is terminated.
The personal information input process in S21 will be described with reference to FIG. The CPU 4 displays a personal information input screen for prompting the user to input personal information on the input screen display means 6 (S30). When the user inputs a name using the input means 2 (S31: YES), the CPU 4 proceeds to S32. When the user inputs a fax number using the input means 2 (S32: YES), the inputted personal information is stored in the personal information storage means 13 in the server 14 (S33), and this personal information input processing is performed. finish. Thereby, the personal information storage unit 13 stores table data as shown in FIG. 9, for example.
[0020]
If the user does not input a name (S31: NO) or does not input a fax number (S32: NO), the CPU 4 repeats S31 and S32 until the input is completed. Thus, the routine of FIG. 3 may be exited after a predetermined time has elapsed.
[0021]
4 to 7 are flowcharts showing the control processing of the CPU 10 in the server 14. 4 shows personal information addition processing, FIG. 5 shows image data update processing, FIG. 6 shows fax processing, and FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing in detail step S64 of the transmission processing of FIG.
As shown in FIG. 4, the CPU 10 determines whether or not new personal information has been added (S41). If personal information has been input (S41: YES), the personal information is added to the table (S42). And exit. If there is no input of personal information (S41: NO), the process is terminated as it is. The personal information table may be, for example, as shown in FIG. 9, but may be in other forms. Even when personal information is added, the amount of entries in the personal information table is sequentially increased by this control, so that the server 14 can reliably manage the personal information.
[0022]
Next, the image data update process in FIG. 5 will be described. As described above, the fax image data creating unit 8 can create the image data for fax transmission shown in FIG. 8 on, for example, a display screen of a CRT display device. However, since it is generally difficult to create complex image data from the beginning using, for example, a keyboard and a mouse, the original image data (image source data) is input to the CPU 10 in advance via, for example, a scanner. After that, it is desirable to rework sequentially. Thereby, for example, a scanner or the like constitutes a fax image acquisition unit that acquires original data for fax transmission.
Then, in the image data update process that requires the image source data to be updated, if the CPU 10 determines that image source data for fax transmission has been input (S51: YES), the CPU 10 updates the original data (S52). ) After that, the process ends. If there is no input of original data (S51: NO), the image data cannot be updated, and the process is terminated as it is.
This is because, for example, in the advertisement shown in FIG. 8, for example, the case where “open month × day” to be opened is changed is appropriately handled. The ability to perform such image data update processing improves usability when creating contact information such as advertisements using the fax image creation means 8. In particular, usability is greatly improved when creating fax image data for each fax number.
[0023]
Next, the fax process shown in FIG. 6 when transmitting the contact information to the communication destination will be described. First, the CPU 10 initializes the table counter (S60), and searches the table at the table counter position (S61). The CPU 10 determines whether or not the searched position is the last of the table (S62), and when the searched position is the last of the table (S62: YES), this process ends.
[0024]
When the retrieved position is not the last of the table (S62: NO), the CPU 10 performs a transmission process (S64) described later for a communication destination whose fax transmission status is not transmitted (S63: NO). After counting up the counter of the table (S65), the process proceeds to S61. Such a procedure is for surely sending a fax to all communication destinations described in the table data shown in FIG.
[0025]
Next, the transmission process of S64 shown in FIG. 6 will be described with reference to FIG. When the CPU 10 confirms that the fax image data as shown in FIG. 8 has been created from the image source data obtained by the image data update process (S70), the fax number acquisition means 11 is used to obtain the fax data from the table data in FIG. A fax number is acquired (S71). Then, the fax image data created in S70 is transmitted to the acquired fax number (S72). The CPU 10 determines whether the communication state is good or not when transmitted via the public line communication means 9 and the public line 15 (S63). If the transmission is completed (S63: YES), the fax transmission state in the table data of FIG. 9 is set to the transmitted state (S74), and this process is terminated.
This processing is also terminated when the fax transmission state is not transmitted (S73: NO), but the CPU 10 repeats the transmission processing until transmission is completed as necessary.
[0026]
Accordingly, the server 14 that stores the communication destination information and the like in the personal information storage unit 13 creates image data for fax transmission in the fax image data creation unit 8, and the fax number obtained from the individual information by the fax number acquisition unit 11. Since the fax image data is transmitted to the number via the public line communication means 9 and the public line 15, the contact information such as advertisements can be received by fax to the user. Communication information such as advertisements can be transmitted.
[0027]
In this way, the information supply system S stores the user information input from the input unit 2 in the personal information storage unit 13 of the central management server 14, takes in image data such as advertisements from the fax image acquisition unit such as a scanner, and transmits the fax. Fax image data is created by the image data creating means 8, and the fax image data is transmitted to the fax number in the user information obtained by the fax number obtaining means 11, so that an advertising fax unique to the store is provided to the user. Can be sent.
[0028]
As is apparent from the above description, according to the information supply system S, the input means 2 (user information input means) input by the user and the input means 2 (user information input means) are input. Personal information storage means 13 (user information storage means) for storing the user information, fax number acquisition means 11 (communication destination information acquisition means) for acquiring communication destination information included in the input user information, and A public line communication means 9 (communication means) that performs transmission via the public line 15 (communication line) to the communication destination, and a transmission using the public line communication means 9 (communication means). A fax image data creation unit 8 (contact information creation unit) that creates contact information such as advertisements, and transmits the contact information to a communication destination acquired from user information; Since comprises PUs 10 (control means), CPU 10 (control means) may be to the communication destination acquired from the user information, and transmits the contact information.
Further, the CPU 10 (control means) desirably performs control based on a management table (FIG. 9) that manages whether or not the contact information has been transmitted to the communication destination, but this aspect is not necessarily adopted. Good.
[0029]
The information supply system S is preferably a communication karaoke system that connects the karaoke apparatus 1 and the central management server 14 (management server) via a public line 15 (communication line), but is not necessarily limited to that system. Any system that supplies information may be used.
In the case of a communication karaoke system, terminal-server communication means 3 and 7 for communicating song information and the like via a specific line (communication line) between the karaoke apparatus 1 and the centralized management server 14 (management server) ( It is preferable to include a communication unit), but the terminal-server communication means 3 and 7 (communication unit) may not be provided. Since the terminal-server communication means 3 and 7 (communication unit) can communicate personal information as described above, the central management server 14 (management server) efficiently transmits personal information and the like. Centralized management.
Further, the central management server 14 (management server) is connected to a fax image data creation means 8 (fax information creation means) for creating fax contact information and a fax machine 16 at a user's home connected via a communication line. It is desirable to provide public line communication means 9 (fax information transmission means) for transmission. The central management server 14 (management server) having such a configuration can perform fax communication of management information such as advertisements based on centrally managed personal information and the like.
[0030]
Moreover, you may implement this invention in the following aspects. That is, it is connected to a plurality of karaoke devices via a network, receives karaoke song data via a public line, stores karaoke song data in a karaoke song data storage means, and performs a karaoke performance in response to a request from each karaoke device. In the central management server, user information storage means for storing user information input from the input means, fax number acquisition means for acquiring a fax number based on the input user information, and original data of the fax image data are acquired. A fax image acquisition unit, and a fax image creation unit that creates fax image data using the data acquired by the fax image acquisition unit as original data, the fax number acquired from the fax number acquisition unit via the communication unit The fax image To send over data.
[0031]
In addition, this invention is not limited to the said embodiment, Of course, various improvement and change are possible within the range which does not deviate from the summary of this invention. For example, the receiving-side terminal device is not limited to the karaoke device 10 and may be a game device or other device as long as it can receive information. Further, the contact information may be information other than advertisements.
The communication karaoke apparatus further includes user information storage means for storing user information input from the input means, and further transmits the user information stored by the user information storage means to the host apparatus. Further, a communication means for receiving karaoke music data may be provided.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram schematically showing an electrical configuration of an information supply system according to an embodiment.
FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a mode determination process according to this embodiment.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing personal information input processing according to this embodiment.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing personal information addition processing according to this embodiment.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing image data update processing according to this embodiment.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating fax processing according to this embodiment.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing transmission processing according to this embodiment.
FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an image of an advertisement fax according to this embodiment.
FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a table data layout of personal information according to this embodiment.
FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing a specific configuration of the karaoke apparatus of the embodiment.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Karaoke apparatus 2 Input means 3 Terminal-server communication means 4 CPU
5 Performance means 6 Input screen display means 7 Terminal-server communication means 8 Fax image data creation means 9 Public line communication means 10 CPU
11 Fax number acquisition means 12 Music data storage means 13 Personal information storage means 14 Server 15 Public line 16 Fax S Information supply system

Claims (3)

In a communication karaoke system having a karaoke device and a server,
The karaoke device and the server are connected via a communication line,
Karaoke song information is transmitted from the server to the karaoke device via the communication line,
The karaoke device
The karaoke song information can be reproduced,
It has a personal information input mode,
Transmitting personal information including communication destination information input during the personal information input mode to the server via the communication line;
The server
It can be connected to a fax machine,
Having personal information storage means,
Storing the received personal information in the personal information storage means;
Transmitting predetermined data at a predetermined timing to a fax machine corresponding to communication destination information included in the personal information stored in the personal information storage means;
It is characterized by that. In the communication karaoke system of claim 1,
The server further includes data input means,
The data input means is a scanner;
The predetermined data is data input by the scanner.
It is characterized by that. In the communication karaoke system of claim 2,
The server
Detect if the creation of the data to be sent is complete,
After detecting that the creation of the data to be transmitted is completed, communication destination information for transmitting the data is acquired from the personal information storage means,
Communicating the data to a fax machine corresponding to the acquired communication destination information;
It is characterized by that.

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