JP4156555B2 - Karaoke system, karaoke remote control device, and karaoke device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a karaoke system, and more particularly, to a karaoke system comprising a karaoke device and a remote control device of the karaoke device, which can score singing karaoke music.

  The karaoke device is equipped with a function for scoring a song (see, for example, Patent Document 1). Such a conventional scoring function is mode setting, and a user's singing can be scored by selecting a scoring mode.

In addition, there are several variations in how to give the result of scoring. For example, there are some that normally display the score of the result, while others display the score of the result against the background of the image of the girl for adults. is there. Such a result can be realized by setting “Yes / No” for scoring for adults when selecting the scoring mode.
JP-A-8-83088

  The method of displaying the scoring results by the scoring function of the conventional karaoke device (for example, “score / do not scoring for adults”) once set, the mode is maintained unless the mode is switched, and the same method is used. The result is displayed. Therefore, if the person who sang just before was expecting a scoring result display for adults but selected the scoring result of the normal display, the normal display mode is maintained, so singing A person has had the annoyance of having to confirm with the mode confirmation function what kind of scoring is displayed immediately before singing.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and has a plurality of scoring result display methods, and a desired display method for each song in a remote control device capable of selecting one of them. An object of the present invention is to provide a karaoke system that can display a scoring result.

The present invention is described as [A] to [G] below.
[A] Configuration A (corresponding to claim 3):
An operation unit, a display unit, a wireless communication unit, a selection processing unit that selects a music in response to an operation input from the operation unit, and a music selected by the selection processing unit as an operation input from the operation unit A confirmation processing means for confirming according to the transmission processing means for transmitting performance reservation information of the music confirmed by the confirmation processing means to the karaoke device via the wireless communication section in response to an operation input from the operation section; A remote control device for karaoke equipped with
The confirmation processing means confirms the music according to the operation input from the operation unit for confirming the music, and displays the scoring result display mode selected at the time of the confirmation on the display unit,
In addition to cyclically switching the scoring result display mode according to the operation input from the operation unit, the scoring result display mode selected by the switching is further provided on each display unit.
The transmission processing means transmits performance reservation information via the wireless communication unit in response to an operation input from the operation unit for transmitting performance reservation information, and a scoring result selected at the time of transmission Transmitting display mode information via the wireless communication unit;
A karaoke remote control device characterized by that.

[B] Configuration B (corresponding to claim 4):
In configuration A,
“No designation”, “Normal”, “Gal”, “Gravure”, “Nationwide scoring”, meaning that the scoring result display mode is the same as the previous scoring result display mode, and no scoring process "Do not score", which means
A karaoke remote control device characterized by that.

[C] Configuration C (corresponding to claim 5):
A karaoke system comprising: a karaoke remote control device that transmits performance reservation information to a karaoke device; and a karaoke device that plays music based on the performance reservation information received from the karaoke remote control device,
The karaoke remote control device is:
An operation unit;
A display unit;
A wireless communication unit;
Selection processing means for selecting music in response to an operation input from the operation unit;
A confirmation processing means for confirming the music selected by the selection processing means in accordance with an operation input from the operation section and displaying the scoring result display mode selected at the time of the confirmation on the display section;
A switching processing means for cyclically switching the scoring result display mode according to an operation input from the operation unit, and displaying the scoring result display mode selected by the switching on the display unit each time,
The performance reservation information of the music confirmed by the confirmation processing means is transmitted to the karaoke device via the wireless communication unit in response to an operation input from the operation unit, and the scoring result selected at the time of transmission Transmission processing means for transmitting display mode information to the karaoke device via the wireless communication unit;
Have
The karaoke device
Storage processing means for storing the performance reservation information of the music received from the remote controller for karaoke and the scoring result display mode information in association with each other in a predetermined storage device;
A scoring process is performed on condition that the music stored in the predetermined storage device is played and the music is played and the scoring result display mode associated with the music is other than a mode in which no scoring is performed. And a performance processing means for executing
Display processing means for displaying a scoring result on a predetermined display device according to a scoring result display mode associated with the music when the performance of the music is completed;
Having
Karaoke system characterized by that.

[D] Configuration D (corresponding to claim 6):
In configuration C,
“No designation”, “Normal”, “Gal”, “Gravure”, “Nationwide scoring”, meaning that the scoring result display mode is the same as the previous scoring result display mode, and no scoring process "Do not score", which means
Karaoke system characterized by that.

[E] Configuration E (corresponding to claim 7):
A karaoke device comprising a storage device, a display device, and a performance device that plays music based on performance reservation information received from a remote control device for karaoke,
Storage processing means for storing the performance reservation information of the music received from the remote controller for karaoke and the scoring result display mode information in association with each other and storing them in the storage device;
When the music stored in the storage device is ready for performance, the music is played and the scoring result display mode associated with the music is not a mode in which no scoring is performed. Performance processing means to be executed,
Display processing means for displaying a scoring result on the display device according to a scoring result display mode associated with the music when the performance of the music is completed;
A karaoke apparatus comprising:

[F] Configuration F (corresponding to claim 1):
The program of the remote control device 100 according to the first aspect of the present invention is for causing the karaoke remote control device 100 used together with the karaoke device 10 to execute a function for instructing a scoring mode for each song in order to achieve the above-described object. A step of inputting music information to be reserved for performance (S100, S102), a step of displaying detailed information of the music based on the input music information (S104, S106), and the display Based on the instructions, step (S108, S110) for inputting scoring mode instruction information for instructing scoring for the singing at the time of performance, step (S112) for instructing request transmission to the karaoke apparatus, , At least a performance instruction for the displayed music information and a scoring mode when the music is played Request instruction information comprising a scoring mode instruction information instructing characterized in that it comprises a step (S114) to be transmitted to the karaoke apparatus.

[G] Configuration G (corresponding to claim 2):
A remote control device for karaoke in which the program of configuration F is incorporated.

  It should be noted that any combination of the above-described constituent elements and a conversion of the expression of the present invention between a method, an apparatus, a system, a recording medium, a computer program, etc. are also effective as an aspect of the present invention.

  According to the karaoke system according to the present invention, a scoring result display method can be displayed for each song by a desired display method in a remote control device that includes a plurality of scoring result display methods and can select one of them. A karaoke system can be provided.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below.

  Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a karaoke system 1 according to the present invention, and shows a basic configuration when applied to a communication karaoke apparatus.

  Reference numeral 10 denotes a communication karaoke apparatus. A CPU unit 12 controls the entire communication karaoke apparatus 10, and includes a ROM 12a for storing various control programs such as a scoring program in addition to the microprocessor, and a plurality of flag areas necessary for control. And a RAM 12b that temporarily stores data and the like, and performs control of various input / output devices, memory management, data processing, and the like.

  An operation unit 14 includes various keys and switches that set various states of the communication karaoke apparatus 10.

  Reference numeral 16 denotes a state information display unit, which includes an LCD, an LED, and the like that display information necessary for setting various states of the communication karaoke apparatus 10 to the operator (for example, a warning display).

  Reference numeral 18 denotes a main storage unit composed of a storage medium that can be rewritten and accessed at high speed, such as a semiconductor memory. Under the control of the CPU unit 12, the music data read from the auxiliary storage unit 20 described later is decompressed. A request instruction information management table TB18a that stores information requested by the remote controller 100 (music number, designation of marking (no designation, normal, gal, gravure, national scoring, no scoring, etc.)) is stored.

  An auxiliary storage unit 20 is generally composed of a hard disk device, a rewritable storage medium such as a CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, or DVD-RAM, or a read-only storage medium, and a recording / reproducing apparatus thereof. Under the control of the unit 12, music data (MIDI data, lyric data, lyric color change data, etc.) and background video data received by the communication processing unit 22 from the host computer 300 that distributes karaoke data via the network 400 are stored. Store. Normally, music data and background video data are stored in a compressed state so as not to reduce the storage capacity of the auxiliary storage unit 20 as much as possible. The music data and the background video data are taken in from the host computer 300 by the operation of the user of the communication karaoke apparatus 10 or automatically at a time zone where the communication karaoke apparatus 10 is not used frequently such as at night. Is taken from.

  The auxiliary storage unit 20 is provided with a search database 20a. The search database 20a stores information necessary for managing music data and background video data stored in the auxiliary storage unit 20. For each song, a song number, song name, singer name, singing lyric information, duet information, stored date (year / month / day), information indicating the number of times of music selection after storing, and the like are stored.

  A MIDI sound source unit 24 is supplied with MIDI data in the music data stored in the auxiliary storage unit 20 by the CPU unit 12 and outputs the MIDI data as a performance music signal by the function of the electronic musical instrument.

  A mixer / amplifier unit 26 synthesizes and amplifies the performance music signal output from the MIDI sound source unit 24 and the signal of the singer's singing voice captured by the microphone 28, and outputs the result to the speaker 30. Play music and singer's voice as audible sound.

  Reference numeral 32 denotes an external video playback device, which is a widely used VTR, video CD player, LD player, and recently, an MPEG (Moving Picture Element Group) player, a DVD (Digital Video Disk) player, etc. Under the control of the CPU unit 12, a video signal is reproduced and output from video data recorded on a video tape or various disks as recording media.

Reference numeral 34 denotes a display control unit which creates a lyric video from the lyric data and color change data of a song to be played read from the auxiliary storage unit 20 under the control of the CPU unit 12 and displays a background video as a background as an auxiliary storage unit. It is created from the background video data read out from 20, and the lyrics video and the background video are synthesized and output to the video display unit 36 described later. The display control unit 34 can also synthesize and output the video supplied from the external video playback device 32 as a background video.

  Reference numeral 36 denotes a video display unit, which is a display device capable of simultaneously displaying a plurality of videos such as a wide TV and a monitor TV, which are widely spread recently, in a plurality of windows.

Reference numeral 17 denotes a wireless communication unit that performs bidirectional wireless communication with the remote control devices 100a, 100b,..., And adopts Bluetooth technology as a wireless communication method in this embodiment.

100a, 100b, 100c,... Are remote control devices for karaoke devices, and are used for bidirectional communication with the wireless communication unit 17 of the communication karaoke device 10 as shown in the block diagram of FIG. A wireless communication unit 110 is provided, and in this embodiment, a Bluetooth technology is adopted as a wireless communication method.

  Reference numeral 120 denotes an operation unit which can input various kinds of operation information such as a search keyword input for karaoke music, a search remote control instruction input, a karaoke performance reservation remote control instruction input, and a scoring reservation instruction input.

  A CPU unit 130 controls the entire remote control device 100. In addition to the microprocessor, the ROM 130a for storing a control program and identification information ID unique to the remote control device and a search transmitted to the karaoke device 10 A RAM 130b is provided for temporarily storing various remote control information such as remote control instruction information and received information such as search result information received from the karaoke apparatus 10.

  Reference numeral 140 denotes a display unit including an LCD or the like, which displays various information such as a search operation screen, a search keyword KW, and a search result screen.

  As described above, the remote controller for karaoke 100 does not include a database for performing music search. Therefore, when performing a music search, a search instruction is transmitted to the karaoke apparatus 10 and the result of the search performed by the karaoke apparatus 10 is received and displayed.

  The configuration of the karaoke device 10 and the remote control device 100 described above can be realized in hardware by a CPU, memory, or other LSI of an arbitrary computer, and is stored in advance in a memory (not shown) in software and is executed at the time of execution. It is realized by a read program or the like, but here, functional blocks realized by their cooperation are depicted. Therefore, those skilled in the art will understand that these functional blocks can be realized in various forms by hardware only, software only, or a combination thereof.

  FIG. 3 is an external view of a remote control device 100 for karaoke that is an embodiment of the present invention. The remote control device 100 displays an operation button 120 for inputting a search keyword KW and various operations and various information on the input search keyword KW and a search result list, various software buttons to be described later, and the like. And a wireless communication unit 110 that communicates with the karaoke device via Bluetooth.

  Among the operation buttons, a “scoring” button 160 is a mode instruction button for instructing a scoring mode of the requested music at the time of request reservation. In the present embodiment, the scoring mode that can be instructed with the “scoring” button 160 is “not specified” (not specified, so depending on the scoring setting status at the time of performance (= automatic)), “normal” (normal) Scoring), "Gal" (the result display method is different from normal, the naked woman is hidden by the tile and the tile is peeled off according to the score. The higher the score, the more the score is removed. There are many tiles.Since it is for adults, it can be used only by selecting “Use for night” in the setting information on the karaoke machine side.), “Gravure” (for gal scoring day (for general use). Swimsuit gal hidden in tiles Tile is peeled off according to the score. The higher the score, the more tiles are peeled off.), “National Scoring” (scoring result display showing the number of scoring results displayed nationwide) function.), 6 kind of not scoring. "(If you do not want to scoring) are prepared.

  Each time the “scoring” button 160 is pressed once, the scoring mode is displayed as “unspecified” → “normal” → “gal” → “gravure” → “national scoring” → “not scoring” → “ It is controlled so as to switch cyclically to “unspecified”.

  A “Song Title” button 161, a “Singer / Genre” button 162, a “New Music / Release Year” button 163, and a “Song Number” button 164 are search buttons for specifying a search category, and a “Song Title” button 161. Is a search button for instructing a search category in the search category “song name”. If the “singer name / genre” button 162 is pressed once, a search by the search category “singer name” is performed. This is a search button for designating a search category by “genre”. When the “new music / release year” button 163 is pressed once, the search category “new music” is searched, and when pressed twice, the search category by the search category “release year” is selected. A search button for instructing, and a “song number” button 164 is a search button for instructing a search for a corresponding song by inputting a song number.

  The operation button 165 is an input button for hiragana, alphabet, alphanumeric characters, etc. for inputting a search keyword such as a song name, singer name, and song number, and a plurality of characters are assigned to one button. For example, the kana character (A, I, U, E, O) and the number “1” are assigned to the button 165a, and in the kana character input mode (the default is the kana character input mode, the number is input). To change the mode using the “character” button 166, “A” is input when the button 165 a is pressed once, “YES” is input when the button 165 a is pressed again (twice in succession), and the like In addition, "U" is pressed three times, "E" is pressed four times, "O" is pressed five times, "A" is returned after six presses, and thereafter the character is switched cyclically with each press. In the case of inputting “Oh”, since the next character can be input by pressing the cursor movement button 170 after pressing the button 165a once, the button 165a may be pressed once thereafter.

  Reference numeral 172 denotes an “OK” button, 170 denotes a cursor movement button, and 174 denotes a “RETURN” button.

  Next, referring to the flowchart of FIG. 4, the operation of the karaoke system 1 comprising the communication karaoke apparatus 10 and the remote control apparatus 100 according to the present invention configured as described above, and a scoring mode instruction input operation at the time of request reservation input, The operation according to the request instruction will be described.

  When the operator requests a song to be sung, the remote controller 100 is used to input the song number of the requested song or perform a keyword search to specify the requested song.

  When the “song number” button 164 is pressed (step 100, hereinafter, step is abbreviated as S. The same applies to the drawings), a song number input search screen is displayed (S102). When a music number, for example, “6001-97” is input on the search screen and the “OK” button 172 is input (S104), a detailed screen of music information corresponding to the music number is displayed (S106). FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a display screen example of the display unit 140 of the remote control device 100. FIG. 5A shows a song number input screen, and a display screen when “6001-97” is input as the song number. Is shown. FIG. 5B is a diagram showing a detailed screen example of the displayed song information. As song information of the song number “6001-97”, the title “Shobe! Gundam”, the program name “Mobile Suit Gundam”, The crawl “Moe, Ah, Ga, Re,” is displayed. Also, in the figure, the scoring reservation is information for designating a scoring mode when playing a music piece.

  When the “scoring” button 160 is pressed (S108), the display of the scoring mode is switched from “not specified” to “normal” (S110). When the “scoring” button 160 is pressed again (S108), the display of the scoring mode is “normal” → “gal” → “gravure” → “national scoring” → “not rated” → “unspecified” → It switches to “Normal” and cyclic.

When the “decision” button 172 is pressed (S112), the grading mode instruction information for instructing the grading mode is transmitted to the karaoke apparatus as request information together with the tune number information of the tune ( S114 ).

On the other hand, when the “song name” button 161 is pressed (S100), a song name input search screen (see FIG. 5C) is displayed (S116). On the search screen, when a song name, for example, “Tobage-damu” is entered and the “OK” button 172 is pressed , songs that match the search keyword are displayed in a list (S116). FIG. 5C is an example of the list screen, and the song name “Shobe! Gundam / Mobile Suit” corresponding to the keyword is displayed. When the song name is selected with the cursor and the “OK” button 172 is pressed, the screen of FIG. 5B is displayed.

  When the “scoring” button 160 is pressed in the screen display state of FIG. 5B (S108), the display of the scoring mode is switched from “not specified” to “normal” (S110). When the “OK” button 172 is pressed (S112), the scoring mode instruction information (in this embodiment, “normal”) is used as request instruction information together with the song number information of the displayed song, and the karaoke apparatus 10 (S114). The request information is transmitted with marking mode instruction information for designating the scoring mode.

  Upon receiving the request instruction information (S10), the karaoke apparatus 10 stores the music number, scoring mode instruction information (no designation, normal, gal, gravure, nationwide scoring, no scoring), etc. based on the request instruction information. It is stored in the request instruction information management table TB of the unit 18 (S12). The karaoke apparatus 10 analyzes the request instruction information stored in the request instruction information management table TB (S14), and prepares for performance based on the music number (S16). When the performance preparation is completed (S18), the performance is started (S20, S28). When the scoring mode instruction information is designated with designation, a scoring process is performed on the voice of the singer input from the microphone 28 (S22). When the performance is completed (S24), the result of scoring is displayed according to the scoring mode specified by the scoring mode instruction information (S26).

  The embodiment disclosed this time should be considered as illustrative in all points and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is shown not by the above description of the embodiment but by the scope of claims for patent, and is intended to include all modifications within the meaning and scope equivalent to the scope of claims for patent.

1 is a block diagram showing a system configuration of a karaoke system 1 according to the present invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the remote control apparatus 100 for karaoke which concerns on this invention. 1 is an overview of a karaoke remote control device 100 according to the present invention. It is an operation | movement flowchart of the karaoke system 1 which concerns on this invention. It is the figure which showed the example of a display screen of the display part 140 of the remote control apparatus 100 which concerns on this invention.

Explanation of symbols

1 Karaoke system
10 Karaoke device 12 CPU section 12a ROM
12b RAM
16 Status information display section 18 Main storage device 18a Request instruction information management table TB
20 auxiliary storage unit 22 communication processing unit 24 MIDI sound source unit 26 mixer / amplifier unit 28 microphone 30 speaker 32 external video reproduction device 34 display control unit 36 video display unit 100 karaoke remote control device 110 wireless communication unit 120 operation unit 130 CPU unit 140 Display section

Claims (7)

A program for causing a remote control device for karaoke used together with a karaoke device to execute a function for instructing a scoring mode for each song,
Inputting music information to be reserved for performance;
Displaying detailed information of the music based on the input music information;
For the displayed music, a step of inputting scoring mode instruction information for instructing scoring for singing during performance;
Instructing the karaoke device to send a request;
Transmitting to the karaoke apparatus request instruction information including at least a performance instruction for the displayed music information and scoring mode instruction information for instructing a scoring mode at the time of performance of the music based on the instruction. A program for causing a karaoke remote control device to execute a function for instructing a scoring mode for each song. A remote control device for karaoke in which the program according to claim 1 is incorporated. An operation unit, a display unit, a wireless communication unit, a selection processing unit that selects a music in response to an operation input from the operation unit, and a music selected by the selection processing unit as an operation input from the operation unit A confirmation processing means for confirming according to the transmission processing means for transmitting performance reservation information of the music confirmed by the confirmation processing means to the karaoke device via the wireless communication section in response to an operation input from the operation section; A remote control device for karaoke equipped with
The confirmation processing means confirms the music according to the operation input from the operation unit for confirming the music, and displays the scoring result display mode selected at the time of the confirmation on the display unit,
In addition to cyclically switching the scoring result display mode according to the operation input from the operation unit, the scoring result display mode selected by the switching is further provided on each display unit.
The transmission processing means transmits performance reservation information via the wireless communication unit in response to an operation input from the operation unit for transmitting performance reservation information, and a scoring result selected at the time of transmission Transmitting display mode information via the wireless communication unit;
A karaoke remote control device characterized by that. In claim 3,
“No designation”, “Normal”, “Gal”, “Gravure”, “Nationwide scoring”, meaning that the scoring result display mode is the same as the previous scoring result display mode, and no scoring process "Do not score", which means
A karaoke remote control device characterized by that. A karaoke system comprising: a karaoke remote control device that transmits performance reservation information to a karaoke device; and a karaoke device that plays music based on the performance reservation information received from the karaoke remote control device;
The karaoke remote control device is:
An operation unit;
A display unit;
A wireless communication unit;
Selection processing means for selecting music in response to an operation input from the operation unit;
A confirmation processing means for confirming the music selected by the selection processing means in accordance with an operation input from the operation section and displaying the scoring result display mode selected at the time of the confirmation on the display section;
A switching processing means for cyclically switching the scoring result display mode according to an operation input from the operation unit, and displaying the scoring result display mode selected by the switching on the display unit each time,
The performance reservation information of the music confirmed by the confirmation processing means is transmitted to the karaoke device via the wireless communication unit in response to an operation input from the operation unit, and the scoring result selected at the time of transmission Transmission processing means for transmitting display mode information to the karaoke device via the wireless communication unit;
Have
The karaoke device
Storage processing means for storing the performance reservation information of the music received from the remote controller for karaoke and the scoring result display mode information in association with each other in a predetermined storage device;
A scoring process is performed on condition that the music stored in the predetermined storage device is played and the music is played and the scoring result display mode associated with the music is other than a mode in which no scoring is performed. And a performance processing means for executing
Display processing means for displaying a scoring result on a predetermined display device according to a scoring result display mode associated with the music when the performance of the music is completed;
Having
Karaoke system characterized by that. In claim 5,
“No designation”, “Normal”, “Gal”, “Gravure”, “Nationwide scoring”, meaning that the scoring result display mode is the same as the previous scoring result display mode, and no scoring process "Do not score", which means
Karaoke system characterized by that. A karaoke device comprising a storage device, a display device, and a performance device that plays music based on performance reservation information received from a remote control device for karaoke,
Storage processing means for associating the performance reservation information of the music received from the remote controller for karaoke with the scoring result display mode information and storing them in the storage device;
When the music stored in the storage device is ready for performance, the music is played and the scoring result display mode associated with the music is not a mode in which no scoring is performed. Performance processing means to be executed,
Display processing means for displaying a scoring result on the display device according to a scoring result display mode associated with the music when the performance of the music is completed;
A karaoke apparatus comprising:

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